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Miles Zhang | 张远濛
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🇨🇳🇨🇦🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | USDA Hilo 🌴 🥥 🌺| (mostly) Hymenoptera taxonomy, phylogenomics, and evolutionary ecology |

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davidho.bsky.social
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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dochfroehlich.bsky.social
Like so many, I’ve been affected by the new US federal stance against science. As a result of this and seeking a better life balance, I have accepted a new Full Prof position at the University Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🤩

I will miss CA deeply, but a new adventure awaits 🐟

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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nick-mason.bsky.social
LSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠

Review begins February 15th, please share!

lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
ymilesz.bsky.social
I love these illustrations!
January 6, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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waspvenom.bsky.social
New paper from the Martinson Lab! A fun study where we find a nice example of cascading speciation and describe three new species. Plus some exciting data to suggest that ecological guild may influence the impacts of host-associated differentiation. A 🧵. #galls #insects 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Photo of a tank-like black parasitoid wasp, a new species called Eurytoma trixa
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
ymilesz.bsky.social
Hahaha yes I appreciate this so much as an aging metalhead.
sarahmackattack.bsky.social Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 16d
Always use the mic at a conference even if you’re loud. People who can’t hear you *can’t hear you * when you ask if you can hear them in the back. Some of us went to one too many hardcore shows in our youth without ear plugs and our hearing ain’t what it used to be 🥺
#SICB2026
January 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
2026 has been a long year.
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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nature.com
A graduate student from southeast Asia, now based in a European country and missing her homeland, agonizes over her next career move

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Should I return to my home country after my PhD abroad?
A graduate student from southeast Asia, now based in a European country and missing her homeland, agonizes over her next career move.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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shaylasalzman.bsky.social
New Job opportunity at the University of Georgia Department of Entomology! Come work a dream job in beautiful Athens!
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/463...
Assistant Professor: Insect Ecologist
The Department of Entomology at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track position (9-months) in insect ecology, to be based on the Athens campus at the Assistant Professor ran...
www.ugajobsearch.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
“That’s a fairly specialized technological skillset, I bet it pays more than the usual UK museum pos-
…ope”
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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dradriansmith.bsky.social
New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
Spring-Loaded Claws on a Wasp – Parasitoid Pincer Wasps
YouTube video by Ant Lab
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December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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shchurch.bsky.social
The Church Evolution Lab (CEL@NYU) is hiring a postdoc! We have several new projects to study the genomic basis of biodiversity in model clades – especially Hawaiian Drosophila. apply.interfolio.com/179354

Come join our new group, you can study bugs and live in NYC! Feel free to share widely!
December 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜

Initially for 6 years:
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Goethe University Frankfurt hiring Professur (W1 mit Tenure Track) für Evolutionäre Ökologie der Hymenopteren in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | LinkedIn
Posted 11:13:19 PM. Die Professur wird zunächst auf sechs Jahre befristet besetzt, nach erfolgreicher Evaluation…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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jessicalwarelab.bsky.social
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Systematics of Sphecidae sensu lato: Past, Present, and Future—Quantifying Diversity, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny
Abstract. Sphecidae sensu lato (s.l.) currently comprises 13 families and over 10,000 described species. Together with bees, they form the monophyletic sup
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December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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markscherz.bsky.social
🚨PhD position available!🚨🧪
I am seeking a talented PhD student to join my ERC StG project GEMINI, to explore the exciting world of vertebrate genomics and comparative genomics, seeking to understand the genomics of miniaturisation! 🦇🦎🦜🐸🐟🦈 🤏🧬
Deadline: 4 Jan 2026!
employment.ku.dk/phd?show=153...
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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eliaguariento.bsky.social
Want to work on biodiversity in the Alps? ⛰️

We are offering several internship positions for the upcoming spring and summer in collaboration with the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol 🕷️🦋🦇🐜🌼🦗🪱

biodiversity.eurac.edu/interns-want...
Interns wanted! - Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol
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December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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carlzimmer.com
The United States "is losing its long-held lead as a research powerhouse and collaborator in world science." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
China’s scientific clout is growing as US influence wanes: the data show how
An analysis of international research collaborations reveals the growing dominance of Chinese science.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ymilesz.bsky.social
Alright, Session 2 is starting in 1.5 hours, hosted by Luke Kresslein and me!
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
ymilesz.bsky.social
15 hours now!
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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bug-gwen.bsky.social
Absolutely with Jesus Esquivel on this: Please reject the proposed changes Ent Soc members entomologytoday.org/2025/12/02/g...
Governance Upgrade: ESA Members Beware
A past ESA Governing Board member encourages fellow members to vote against proposed Bylaws amendments to reshape the ESA Governing Board.
entomologytoday.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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aaronquinlan.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce the first official release (v0.1.8) of #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿, the successor to one of our flagship tool, #𝗯𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀! Based on ideas we conceived of long ago (!), this was achieved thanks to the dedication of Brent Pedersen.

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Intro to Bedder – The Quinlan Lab
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December 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
ymilesz.bsky.social
Alright if they are going to try to sequence all the wasp food genomes, we should do the same for the wasps too?
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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hoehna.bsky.social
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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jonathanpdrury.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Get in touch if you want to chat!
The Durham cathedral A male smoky rubyspot damselfly
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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biologylu.bsky.social
We're hiring!
A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology.

👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/
Please apply no later than 19 December!
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM