Rich Meisel
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Two weeks left to apply for the @stegg-interact.bsky.social post-bacc research program. Details on the website uh.edu/nsm/stegg-in...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Two weeks left to apply for the @stegg-interact.bsky.social post-bacc research program. Details on the website uh.edu/nsm/stegg-in...
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Applications are open for PREP Bio at the University of Oregon! A great opportunity for postbacs looking for additional research experience while preparing for graduate school. More here: cas.uoregon.edu/UO-PREP-Bio
UO PREP Biology program
cas.uoregon.edu
January 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Applications are open for PREP Bio at the University of Oregon! A great opportunity for postbacs looking for additional research experience while preparing for graduate school. More here: cas.uoregon.edu/UO-PREP-Bio
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NEW PAPER with @arvidagren.bsky.social and Manus Patten on evolutionary reversions in individuality now out (as an advance article) at @jevbio.bsky.social (see academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...). Thread below! [1/8]
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Evolutionary transitions and reversions in individuality
Abstract. Biological individuality exists in different forms—unicellular, multicellular, colonial, etc.—which have arisen through evolutionary transitions
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January 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
NEW PAPER with @arvidagren.bsky.social and Manus Patten on evolutionary reversions in individuality now out (as an advance article) at @jevbio.bsky.social (see academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...). Thread below! [1/8]
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There is still time to apply! The deadline has been extended until February 3rd.
Have thoughts for a special symposium at the Virtual Evolution meeting (May 20-22, 2026)? The @asn-amnat.bsky.social is looking for proposals! Click here to pitch your idea or find out more: www.amnat.org/announcement... #Evol2026
Call for Symposium Proposals for Evolution 2026
<p><strong>Due January 15, 2026:</strong> The ASN invites proposals for a special symposium at Evolution 2026! Have an idea? We want to hear it!</p><br/>
www.amnat.org
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
There is still time to apply! The deadline has been extended until February 3rd.
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📣Deadline approaching - Monday 19th January!
Would you like to support JEB and the evolution community? Our society journal is seeking new editors!
Apply now: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
Would you like to support JEB and the evolution community? Our society journal is seeking new editors!
Apply now: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
📣Deadline approaching - Monday 19th January!
Would you like to support JEB and the evolution community? Our society journal is seeking new editors!
Apply now: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
Would you like to support JEB and the evolution community? Our society journal is seeking new editors!
Apply now: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
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Wishing all of our followers a Happy New Year 2026! We kick off with the January Issue of JEB online now:
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/39/1
📸 A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in the water at the Toba Aquarium, Japan. Photo Credit Tomohiro Harano
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📸 A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in the water at the Toba Aquarium, Japan. Photo Credit Tomohiro Harano
January 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Wishing all of our followers a Happy New Year 2026! We kick off with the January Issue of JEB online now:
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/39/1
📸 A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in the water at the Toba Aquarium, Japan. Photo Credit Tomohiro Harano
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/39/1
📸 A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in the water at the Toba Aquarium, Japan. Photo Credit Tomohiro Harano
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Just a week left to apply for a position in our Editorial Board!
Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Just a week left to apply for a position in our Editorial Board!
Happy the one day a year you listen to the Vandals to all who celebrate 🥳
December 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Happy the one day a year you listen to the Vandals to all who celebrate 🥳
There should be a folk band that plays Christmas themed horror music called the Kingston Falls Trio
December 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
There should be a folk band that plays Christmas themed horror music called the Kingston Falls Trio
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Quiz time: what is the song Jingle Bells about?
a. Christmas
b. Street racing
c. A vehicle accident
d. Picking up women
a. Christmas
b. Street racing
c. A vehicle accident
d. Picking up women
December 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Quiz time: what is the song Jingle Bells about?
a. Christmas
b. Street racing
c. A vehicle accident
d. Picking up women
a. Christmas
b. Street racing
c. A vehicle accident
d. Picking up women
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This smells distinctly like collider bias and/or selection bias and/or regression to the mean... You simply can't select teen prodigies, and world class athletes rom databases, and go run regressions without serious consideration of the selection process!
"Most top achievers (Nobel laureates and world-class musicians, athletes, chess players) demonstrated lower performance than many peers during their early years. Across the highest adult performance, peak performance is negatively correlated with early performance" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This smells distinctly like collider bias and/or selection bias and/or regression to the mean... You simply can't select teen prodigies, and world class athletes rom databases, and go run regressions without serious consideration of the selection process!
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Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:
🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑💻🪸🦎
Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
What's a pirate's favorite sewing material?
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
What's a pirate's favorite sewing material?
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I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/GradStudentPositions//UIllinois.EEB.Genomics
The Catchen Lab (https://catchenlab.life.illinois.edu/), in the Department
of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign is recruiting graduate students to join...
evol.mcmaster.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
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I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am looking to hire a postdoc interested in combining genetics and evolution to understand why telomeres vary so much in plants. My group has been developing Mimulus a genetic model for studying plant telomeres and we have really cool research brewing. Please check ad for detail. Deadline is 12/31.
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WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
Thread with links below 🧵 1/4
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
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My amazing colleague Shelley Sianta (not on bsky) is looking for a tech to join her new lab at UT Austin. The position will involve lab, greenhouse, and field work to study local adaptation and speciation in plants. Please share! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate I
Job Posting Title: Research Engineering/Scientist Associate I ---- Hiring Department: Department of Integrative Biology ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA ...
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My amazing colleague Shelley Sianta (not on bsky) is looking for a tech to join her new lab at UT Austin. The position will involve lab, greenhouse, and field work to study local adaptation and speciation in plants. Please share! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...
Full catalogue of oingo boingo goes away at midnight Friday, as well
You only have 26 hours left to listen to The Monster Mash before the government takes it away again
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Full catalogue of oingo boingo goes away at midnight Friday, as well
We had a great time at the @official-smbe.bsky.social satellite meeting on Insect Antimicrobial Peptides at @uh.edu Thank you to everyone who attended!
bsky.app/profile/offi... @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social @uh.edu @uhnsm.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/offi... @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social @uh.edu @uhnsm.bsky.social
🦟 From October 13-15, a broad group of researchers met in Houston (USA) for the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Evolutionary Biochemistry of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides to discuss the evolution, molecular mechanisms, and translational potential of AMPs.
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We had a great time at the @official-smbe.bsky.social satellite meeting on Insect Antimicrobial Peptides at @uh.edu Thank you to everyone who attended!
bsky.app/profile/offi... @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social @uh.edu @uhnsm.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/offi... @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social @uh.edu @uhnsm.bsky.social
Do you have something to say about evolutionary biology? Consider a Review or Target Review at @jevbio.bsky.social ! Target reviews are an especially fun way to express your opinion, and then get your friends and frenemies to converse with you on that topic.
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bsky.app/profile/jevb...
Have you recently read about a particular field in depth? Perhaps you have just finished your PhD thesis?
@jevbio.bsky.social is seeking Review Articles!
Find out more about Reviews and Target Reviews at JEB here:
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/re...
@jevbio.bsky.social is seeking Review Articles!
Find out more about Reviews and Target Reviews at JEB here:
academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/re...
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Do you have something to say about evolutionary biology? Consider a Review or Target Review at @jevbio.bsky.social ! Target reviews are an especially fun way to express your opinion, and then get your friends and frenemies to converse with you on that topic.
bsky.app/profile/jevb...
bsky.app/profile/jevb...
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🦟 From October 13-15, a broad group of researchers met in Houston (USA) for the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Evolutionary Biochemistry of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides to discuss the evolution, molecular mechanisms, and translational potential of AMPs.
October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🦟 From October 13-15, a broad group of researchers met in Houston (USA) for the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Evolutionary Biochemistry of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides to discuss the evolution, molecular mechanisms, and translational potential of AMPs.