Becca Young
@becca-young.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UT Austin - phenotypic evolution, development, transcriptomics
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The Undergraduate Community at Evolution program provides travel funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2026. Please share with undergrads in your lab! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Undergraduate Community at Evolution program provides travel funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2026. Please share with undergrads in your lab! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...
@asn-amnat.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
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NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
We are hiring in Evolutionary Biology — apply to join our department!
My department at UT Austin is looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, broadly defined. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions you may have.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are hiring in Evolutionary Biology — apply to join our department!
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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!
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September 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚨🚨 DREAM JOB ALERT 🚨 🚨
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I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
September 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am recruiting 1-2 graduate students (M.S. or Ph.D. track) to join my lab at @psychualberta.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Please share widely, and if you are interested in endocrinology, animal behavior, neuroscience, and/or seasonal biology, I would love to chat! 🐟🧠🧬🍂
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We're hiring TWO (two!) tenure-track assistant professors in my Biology department: cellular/molecular biology and plant biology. Within those categories, we are very open to research focus. Come work with me! And please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We're hiring TWO (two!) tenure-track assistant professors in my Biology department: cellular/molecular biology and plant biology. Within those categories, we are very open to research focus. Come work with me! And please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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I'm happy to share with you that in a couple of weeks I'll start as a Stengl-Wyer Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin. I'll join @becca-young.bsky.social's lab to study the ecology, genomics, and development of my favourite colourful spiders.
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm happy to share with you that in a couple of weeks I'll start as a Stengl-Wyer Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin. I'll join @becca-young.bsky.social's lab to study the ecology, genomics, and development of my favourite colourful spiders.
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Hey wild immunologists of blue sky… do you work on a non-model taxa???
Would you have 15 min to spare to zoom in and share your research with my comparative immunology class?
I’m looking to spotlight real research this semester. Please spread the word and reach out if you’re interested!
Would you have 15 min to spare to zoom in and share your research with my comparative immunology class?
I’m looking to spotlight real research this semester. Please spread the word and reach out if you’re interested!
August 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey wild immunologists of blue sky… do you work on a non-model taxa???
Would you have 15 min to spare to zoom in and share your research with my comparative immunology class?
I’m looking to spotlight real research this semester. Please spread the word and reach out if you’re interested!
Would you have 15 min to spare to zoom in and share your research with my comparative immunology class?
I’m looking to spotlight real research this semester. Please spread the word and reach out if you’re interested!
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We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Genetics - Department of Biological Sciences | University of South Carolina
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August 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Please repost and amplify !
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
We are hiring a faculty position in Evolutionary Genetics in the Biology Department at U of South Carolina!
Check us out and come be our colleague!
sc.edu/study/colleg...
Deadline for applications is Oct 1
#AcademicJobs #EvoBio
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WSU biology is hiring a vertebrate ecologist! wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
Assistant Professor
Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: September 14, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 270-NN_FACULTY -...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
WSU biology is hiring a vertebrate ecologist! wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
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About NSF’s new(est) bulletin -
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
About NSF’s new(est) bulletin -
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
15% indirect cost rates will kill universities.
Apparently that’s the point.
I am sick.
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Please share:
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze
On Monday, January 27th, 2025, President Trump issued an order to freeze virtually all of approved and legally required federal funding.
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February 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please share:
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
@delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group.
They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
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Just be patient and kind to the remaining NSF folks. I promise you, they are still fighting for American science.
February 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just be patient and kind to the remaining NSF folks. I promise you, they are still fighting for American science.
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Congrats to my student Rebecca Clemons and UT Post-doc Chase Smith.Here they drill down on aspects of the frog immune system control that we think might be important in the frog-Bd system. More on this to come! 🐸🧬🦠🧫🧪
Primary regulatory T cell activator FOXP3 is present across Amphibia - Immunogenetics
The overall structure of the immune system is highly conserved across jawed vertebrates, but characterization and description of the immune system is heavily biased toward mammals. One arm of the vert...
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February 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Congrats to my student Rebecca Clemons and UT Post-doc Chase Smith.Here they drill down on aspects of the frog immune system control that we think might be important in the frog-Bd system. More on this to come! 🐸🧬🦠🧫🧪
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First paper (in review) from the Lipshutz Lab at Duke! Led by postdoc Leilton Luna
Sexually selected traits predict female-biased philopatry in a sex-role reversed shorebird https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.13.632832v1
January 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
First paper (in review) from the Lipshutz Lab at Duke! Led by postdoc Leilton Luna
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The Pease Lab in the Dept of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University is looking for a Postdoc interested in genotype-phenotype-environment evolution in plant and animal genomes. Details at osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar... and more info at www.peaselab.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Pease Lab in the Dept of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University is looking for a Postdoc interested in genotype-phenotype-environment evolution in plant and animal genomes. Details at osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar... and more info at www.peaselab.org
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Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎
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KZLab is Seeking a Lab Technician!
The Zamudio Lab (zamudiolab.org) in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented laboratory technician to play a key role in supporting the resear…
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December 18, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Friends, plz repost and share! We are hiring a lab technician with exp in mol biology and general lab management. BS or MS degree and good org skills are required. Deadline Feb 1, 2025. We are a welcoming and equitable lab community. Details at link below. 🐸🐢🐍🦎
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/18/k...
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Hey All, plz repost, and share with grads, post-docs and disease folks! We are hiring a post-doc to work on mechanisms of immune responses of frog hosts to Bd infections. Deadline is February 1, 2025. Details for the position can be found at the link below. 🐸🐸🐸
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...
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Post-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogs
We are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie…
zamudiolab.org
December 18, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Hey All, plz repost, and share with grads, post-docs and disease folks! We are hiring a post-doc to work on mechanisms of immune responses of frog hosts to Bd infections. Deadline is February 1, 2025. Details for the position can be found at the link below. 🐸🐸🐸
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...
zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...
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On the latest episode of NPR's Shortwave, marine biologist Brett Baker (@archaeal.bsky.social) talks about how we owe part of our immune systems to ancient microbes, the Asgard archaea.
December 12, 2024 at 6:09 PM
On the latest episode of NPR's Shortwave, marine biologist Brett Baker (@archaeal.bsky.social) talks about how we owe part of our immune systems to ancient microbes, the Asgard archaea.
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I recently got my first big-boy paper published! I got to discover & describe a new species of parasitoid wasp: Chrysonotomyia susbelli 🧵
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November 19, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I recently got my first big-boy paper published! I got to discover & describe a new species of parasitoid wasp: Chrysonotomyia susbelli 🧵
zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1275...
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UT Austin Cluster Hire: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Environmental Systems
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Deadline: January 6, 2025
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Deadline: January 6, 2025
November 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
UT Austin Cluster Hire: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Environmental Systems
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Deadline: January 6, 2025
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Deadline: January 6, 2025
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Outstanding opportunity here! Great department & city surrounded by the incredible Sonoran desert.
November 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Outstanding opportunity here! Great department & city surrounded by the incredible Sonoran desert.
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APPLICATIONS DUE OCT. 1ST!
Assistant Professor in
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
@RiceUniversity Please repost!
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Assistant Professor in
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
@RiceUniversity Please repost!
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We're hiring: Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. Come join us: Excellent and supportive colleagues at a private university with a beautiful campus and great students! please RT
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September 29, 2024 at 2:28 PM
APPLICATIONS DUE OCT. 1ST!
Assistant Professor in
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
@RiceUniversity Please repost!
🧬🔬🧫👩🔬🌻🪲🐜🐛🌱🍄🦠🐁🦋🐍🐸🐝🦅🐟🐢🦀🐙🐬🐘🦎
Assistant Professor in
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
@RiceUniversity Please repost!
🧬🔬🧫👩🔬🌻🪲🐜🐛🌱🍄🦠🐁🦋🐍🐸🐝🦅🐟🐢🦀🐙🐬🐘🦎
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Do you love evolutionary biology AND art? Good news - we're having a logo contest!
September 5, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Do you love evolutionary biology AND art? Good news - we're having a logo contest!
Elated to announce that I’m starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin, well today! We'll be recruiting for several positions soon & grad students for 2025. Interested in phenotypic evodevo, me too! Learn more here: sites.utexas.edu/beccayoungev...
Young Lab – phenotypic development, genomics, & evolution
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August 16, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Elated to announce that I’m starting as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin, well today! We'll be recruiting for several positions soon & grad students for 2025. Interested in phenotypic evodevo, me too! Learn more here: sites.utexas.edu/beccayoungev...