Jessie Williamson
@jlwilliamson.bsky.social
Bird migration, ecology, evolution & eco-physiology 🦜 + mountains, museums | Assistant Professor @ University of Wyoming
www.jessiewilliamson.com
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Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.
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Faculty Position in Computational Biology
Applications are invited for an Assistant/ Associate Professorship in Computational Biology to commence on 1 April 2026 or shortly thereafter. This is a joint post between the Department of Applied
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November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...
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September 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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🚨🚨 DREAM JOB ALERT 🚨 🚨
The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus on organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
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September 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚨🚨 DREAM JOB ALERT 🚨 🚨
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THRILLED to announce that my NSF "Closing the gap: The history of river connections with the formation of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on the evolution of plants in rivers" in collab w/Carlos Jaramillo at STRI and Caroline Strömberg at UW was awarded! Add for a PhD student+a postdoc to come🧵
August 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
THRILLED to announce that my NSF "Closing the gap: The history of river connections with the formation of the isthmus of Panama and its impact on the evolution of plants in rivers" in collab w/Carlos Jaramillo at STRI and Caroline Strömberg at UW was awarded! Add for a PhD student+a postdoc to come🧵
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Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...
Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Biology (Tenure-Track)
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July 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Kenyon is hiring a TT microbiologist! Please share widely. I’m the search chair & am happy to answer any questions. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...
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Applications now open for the SSE GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants provide up to $3500 to expand your dissertation work. Submit your proposal by September 15!
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July 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Applications now open for the SSE GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants provide up to $3500 to expand your dissertation work. Submit your proposal by September 15!
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
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the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
July 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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My @asn-amnat.bsky.social Presidents Address for #Evol2025 is now available on YouTube:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...
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ASN Presidential Address - EVOLUTION 2025
YouTube video by Evolution Meetings
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June 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My @asn-amnat.bsky.social Presidents Address for #Evol2025 is now available on YouTube:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=soPd...
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so... which Pacific seabirds need the most attention? Ask the experts! Excited to share a new paper in @society4conbio.bsky.social We interviewed 70+ seabird scientists, cultural practitioners and managers across the Pacific.
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June 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
so... which Pacific seabirds need the most attention? Ask the experts! Excited to share a new paper in @society4conbio.bsky.social We interviewed 70+ seabird scientists, cultural practitioners and managers across the Pacific.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The bottom line with the proposed cuts to NSF is to cut the number of working scientists and disappear opportunities to train new scientists.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
May 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The bottom line with the proposed cuts to NSF is to cut the number of working scientists and disappear opportunities to train new scientists.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
This is a PROPOSED budget to Congress. Call your reps.
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
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Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Science is pure awesome. I hope we can all keep doing it.
June 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Science is pure awesome. I hope we can all keep doing it.
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Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
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The diversity of the avian lung mycobiome is
largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@jlwilliamson.bsky.social @ethanofthegulls.bsky.social
Phylogenetic and ecological drivers of the avian lung mycobiome and its potentially pathogenic component - Communications Biology
“The diversity of the avian lung mycobiome is largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. While host phylogeny and geography contribute to differences,...
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April 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The diversity of the avian lung mycobiome is
largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@jlwilliamson.bsky.social @ethanofthegulls.bsky.social
largely driven by diet and sampling year, reflecting birds’ exposure to environmental fungi. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@jlwilliamson.bsky.social @ethanofthegulls.bsky.social
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Hello Community!
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
April 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hello Community!
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)
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Some species had an outsized role in shaping evolutionary theory. The Fiji Whistlers featured heavily in Ernst Mayr's development of the biological species concept and its application to allopatric taxa. In our new paper, we revisited this system with genomic data 🧵
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April 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Some species had an outsized role in shaping evolutionary theory. The Fiji Whistlers featured heavily in Ernst Mayr's development of the biological species concept and its application to allopatric taxa. In our new paper, we revisited this system with genomic data 🧵
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
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Applications now open for UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evo Bio (1–6 Sept 2025, Lausanne)!
Aimed at PhD students interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology questions like sexual selection, social & life-history evolution. Scholarships available.
Pls share! www.shorturl.at/znk5g
Aimed at PhD students interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology questions like sexual selection, social & life-history evolution. Scholarships available.
Pls share! www.shorturl.at/znk5g
April 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Applications now open for UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evo Bio (1–6 Sept 2025, Lausanne)!
Aimed at PhD students interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology questions like sexual selection, social & life-history evolution. Scholarships available.
Pls share! www.shorturl.at/znk5g
Aimed at PhD students interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology questions like sexual selection, social & life-history evolution. Scholarships available.
Pls share! www.shorturl.at/znk5g
Love this stunning plate showing variation in Oreocereus leucotrichus flower characters from Eggli & Giorgetta 2025, Haseltonia: doi.org/10.2985/026.... 😍
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Love this stunning plate showing variation in Oreocereus leucotrichus flower characters from Eggli & Giorgetta 2025, Haseltonia: doi.org/10.2985/026.... 😍
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Hey folks, its time to celebrate some outstanding scientists & science. The American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social gives out a variety of awards each year. It is my great privilege to announce this year’s slate of awards. These will also be announced in the next ASN newsletter.
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March 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hey folks, its time to celebrate some outstanding scientists & science. The American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social gives out a variety of awards each year. It is my great privilege to announce this year’s slate of awards. These will also be announced in the next ASN newsletter.
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AMAZING 🎉🎉🎉
NSF plans to reinstate all probationary employees who were fired on 18 Feb!
NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️
NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️
March 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
AMAZING 🎉🎉🎉
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There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
No, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
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February 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
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"I don't know what NSF is going to be now, but it's not more efficient. It's just a mess."
My story on today's firings and their impact.
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My story on today's firings and their impact.
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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce
NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"I don't know what NSF is going to be now, but it's not more efficient. It's just a mess."
My story on today's firings and their impact.
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
My story on today's firings and their impact.
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
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This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...