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Sammons Lab at UAlbany
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Associate Professor of Biology, transcription factor biology/gene regulation/genomics, thesammonslab.org, Albany, NY
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The Univ. of Nebraska’s Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has established a webpage soliciting the community’s help in saving their program. Their hearing in front of campus admin is next Friday, Oct 10th. Please consider sharing why they’re essential!

eas.unl.edu/save-earth-a...
Save Earth and Atmospheric Sciences! | Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proposing to close the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) as part of its budget reduction plan. We strongly oppose this plan. EAS conducts research ...
eas.unl.edu
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Position #4!

A tenure track faculty position in Algebraic Methods is available in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

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September 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Position #3!

A tenure track faculty position in Behavioral Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

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September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Position #2!

A tenure track faculty position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

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September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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A tenure track faculty position in Quantitative Systems Neuroscience is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

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September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Position #4!

A tenure track faculty position in Algebraic Methods is available in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Position #3!

A tenure track faculty position in Behavioral Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Position #2!

A tenure track faculty position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience is available in the Department of Psychology at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tenure track faculty position in Quantitative Systems Neuroscience is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Feel free to contact me for any information and please spread far and wide!

albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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what
Sen. Hagerty on his legal rationale for not counting undocumented immigrants in the census: "There's a constitutional interpretation I think that has been misapplied that goes back to slavery days and what portion of a person is going to be counted."
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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An R1 without languages programs isn't a research university, it's a joke.
August 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is a remarkably terrible suggestion.

thedispatch.com/article/scie...
Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
thedispatch.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
August 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It's apparently now a career goal for faculty members to have significant financial conflicts of interest that need to be disclosed before seminars.
July 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Report: Faculty Often Missing From University Decisions on AI

A new survey from the @aaup.org shows that a breakdown of shared governance around implementing AI has implications for the future of teaching, learning and job security. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3H0mcZp
July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Good news: grant renewal was scored
Bad news: this is the worst score I've ever received
July 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I would like the Study Section gods to be kind over the next two days.
July 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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It's New Foods at the Minnesota State Fair day, and there's some solid innovations in the Fair Food space here

www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/
July 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
beyond parody
Researchers Train Mice To Choose Between Life-Saving Medications And Other Essentials theonion.com/researc...
July 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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TIL that my credibility as a critic of
@colossal
and
@BenLamm
has raised "questions of professional misconduct in research communication" on reddit:

reddit.com/r/AskAcademi...

Let's take this as an opportunity to discuss misconduct in research communication! 1/n
Does Vincent Lynch’s public role as a de-extinction critic raise questions of professional misconduct in research communication? (example)
reddit.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Spending the weekend reviewing NIH fellowship applications. Hoping for some positive karma.
June 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Targeted p63 isoform switch corrects dominant mutations in AEC syndrome without disrupting epidermal homeostasis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.24.661308v1
June 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Congrats to Dr. Abby McCann on her successful dissertation defense this morning!

This is an amazing scientist. Reach out if you're looking for an adaptable, efficient, and motivated molecular biology/genomics expert for your lab or company.
June 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM