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Kaya Harper (she/her)
@kayaharper.bsky.social
PhD Student at Texas A&M Biology studying evolution, genetics, and conservation biology in aquatic ecosystem (freshwater and marine!)
Excited to have presented my work at #Evol2025!
June 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Is your student--or are you--looking for a PhD position? Check out this website that lists tons from across the globe.

www.findaphd.com/phds/
PhD Search
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.
www.findaphd.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Check out our new publication lead by Lucie Mahaut in @royalsocietypublishing.org

Functional diversity shapes the stability of reef fish biomass under global change

👉 Trait diversity and redundancy drive stability; human impacts reduce it.

🔗 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

#ReefLifeSurvey 🌐🧪🦑🌍
May 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Upset about federal funding cuts in the US? Want some ideas of what to do? I wrote a long-ish blog post about it here
ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com
summarizing things I learned meeting with Senate & House aides this week with the @aibsbiology.bsky.social Congressional Visits Day event.
Eco-Evo Evo-Eco
Academic musing by Hendry, Bolnick, Gotanda, and awesome guests. Opinions and statements expressed on this blog are the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent endorsement by the blog...
ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Today, UCS delivered a letter signed by over 3,300 scientific experts calling on Congress and Commerce Secretary Lutnick to stop the dismantling and illegal attacks on #NOAA.
Over 3,300 Scientists Sound Alarm on Attacks Against NOAA in Open Letter Sent to Congress, Trump Administration
UCS today delivered an open letter—with more than 3,300 signatory scientists and experts—to congressional leaders and Secretary Lutnick urging them to halt the ongoing assault on NOAA and restore staf...
www.ucs.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Compilation of #ConservationJobs in 🇨🇦. All job ads include salary range.

www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...

Please share! Conservation needs everyone.

(I’m not involved in these jobs and can’t answer questions about them.)
#conservationjobs #sustainabilityjobs | Aerin Jacob
[April 29, 2025] Compilation of #ConservationJobs and #SustainabilityJobs in Canada. All shared job ads include salary ranges. I'm not involved in these positions. 1) Six jobs at Nature Conservan...
www.linkedin.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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We're hiring an assistant prof in global change ecology! Apply!!! We're vibrant, supportive, and interdisciplinary EEB community!

Plz note the weird dates: We're reviewing applications beginning on ✨August 15th✨. I'm part of the SC and happy to answer questions!

apply.interfolio.com/164677
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media.tenor.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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This fall, we are offering a Light Microscopy Bootcamp for graduate students, postdocs, and advanced researchers! 🔬

Students will learn fluorescent microscopy, transmitted light microscopy, image processing, and more using our state-of-the-art systems. Learn more at the link!
bit.ly/4iGt8Yi
MBL Light Microscopy Bootcamp | Marine Biological Laboratory
Director:  Ed Munro, University of Chicago
bit.ly
May 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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#PhD fellowship available in Oslo, Norway, incorporating plant winter physiology into #CLMFATES model as part of a larger project studying the #carbon cycle of colder environments.

Apply by 5 May. Must have Master's/equivalent and be fluent in English.

#PlantSciJobs #ecophys 🧪🌍🌾
PhD Research Fellow in Arctic-Boreal vegetation modeling (278890) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Arctic-Boreal vegetation modeling (278890), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, May 5, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
April 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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#JobOpportunity in the #NT! The Northern Territory Government is hiring…

🎣 Aquatic Resource Management Officer
👀 buff.ly/41L2MQ1

🎣
Fisheries Enhancement Program Officer
👀 buff.ly/3Xkkjf7

🎣
Engagement Officer
👀 buff.ly/41CvnXD

🚨
Deadlines: 17-19 March
March 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Very excited to announce that the @nhmdk.bsky.social 🏛️🇩🇰 is #hiring a Collection Manager for its Marine Invertebrate collection! A vast, diverse, and beautiful collection. Please come and join our team here in Copenhagen!
#MuseumJobs
Please re-skeet and share!
Samlingsmedarbejder i marin invertebratzoologi til Statens Naturhistoriske Museum / Collection Manager in marine invertebrate zoology at the Natural History Museum of Denmark
The Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, is seeking a permanent full-time position for a Collection Manager,
candidate.hr-manager.net
February 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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📣 We are hiring! 📣

Are you a #microbiome enthusiast? And would you like to explore the deep biosphere in #Arctic marine sediments? Then we hope you apply!
🧪🦑🧬

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Three-year postdoc position – Exploring the deep biosphere in Arctic marine sediments
Are you interested in environmental microbiology, the deep biosphere, and Arctic climate change? We are looking for a postdoctoral microbiologist to join our in
candidate.hr-manager.net
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Friends, SevenSeas media has lost funding and is in danger of shutting down. They've been an invaluable resource for me and dozens of my students. If you have used their marine biology career resources, please consider signing this open letter in support. 🧪🦑🌎🐟

sevenseasmedia.org/an-open-lett...
An Open Letter in Support of SEVENSEAS Media — SEVENSEAS Media
Add your name to this list. Click here. For the last decade, SEVENSEAS Media has been an indispensable force in ocean conservation, serving as a hub for knowledge, networking, and ...
sevenseasmedia.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗

fishandfunctions.com/s/Postdoc_Ad...
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Message from SSE Council: Supporting our Community and our Mission

mailchi.mp/evolutionsoc...
February 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Late-stage PhD students:

We want to bring you to NYU Biology to meet peers and make connections with potential postdoctoral mentors. Apply to be part of our Emerging Scholars Symposium!
Emerging Scholars Symposium 2025
as.nyu.edu
February 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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🐠🧪🎓 New position alert: I am looking for a full-time research technician to work on my NSF CAREER project. Perks:

✅ SCUBA-based fieldwork in Belize 🤿
✅ Chemistry labwork 🧪
✅ Lots of fish and fun(ctions) 🐠📈😀

Deadline: Feb 21st

utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...

Please share widely.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Please share! I am hiring a postdoc in Evolutionary Development to join our lab 🧪 🥼 🧬 recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01855 initial reviews begin Jan 31st (to be adjusted in the ad)
Postdoctoral Scholar in Evolutionary Development
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
December 19, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Want to know how to support trans and gender nonconforming colleagues things you can literally do right now to help?

Check out the first link here for a new two-page handout to share widely! linktr.ee/trans_inclus...
Transgender Inclusion | Linktree
Resources for transgender inclusion in STEM and beyond.
linktr.ee
January 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Many of the (great) starter packs focus on faculty in different fields. In an effort to help #EarlyCareerResearchers in #marine biology, ecology, evolution, & related fields (re-)connect, here is a list of ECRs. Please give them a follow (and reply to be added or suggest people). go.bsky.app/KhWvT4u
November 10, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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Please spread the word as we have opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships which enable researchers to work for two years at a UK institution. If you fancy being away from your country right now this could be an option!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...
International Fellowships 2025
The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Great to see new people joining Bluesky - if you are interested in discovering some marine biology a good start is these two packs:
go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv
and some more
go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs
January 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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📢 3-year Postdoc Opportunity ❗❗ #FoodWebs

I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social

📅 31. of Jan. 2025

➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...

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December 19, 2024 at 9:21 PM