JL Weissman
@jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social
Microbial traits from genomes and metagenomes | they/she 🏳️⚧️ | https://microbialgamut.com
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Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869
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November 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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My department (ecology and evolution) is hiring a core bioinformatics/comp bio person (not TT but the last person retired after 25+ years). It's a great place to work!: stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...
Computational Biologist
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October 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
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October 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...
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Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869
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October 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869
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Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...
My department (ecology and evolution) is hiring a core bioinformatics/comp bio person (not TT but the last person retired after 25+ years). It's a great place to work!: stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...
Computational Biologist
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
stonybrooku.taleo.net
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My department (ecology and evolution) is hiring a core bioinformatics/comp bio person (not TT but the last person retired after 25+ years). It's a great place to work!: stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...
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I am excited to share the MMAR Lab is on! 🥳 Our work focuses on plankton and climate change, using numerical modeling and lab experiments. We are recruiting graduate students, 1 research technician, and 2 postdocs! Please help spread the word 📢 More details here: themmarlab.com/joinus
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I am excited to share the MMAR Lab is on! 🥳 Our work focuses on plankton and climate change, using numerical modeling and lab experiments. We are recruiting graduate students, 1 research technician, and 2 postdocs! Please help spread the word 📢 More details here: themmarlab.com/joinus
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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.
#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs
apply.interfolio.com/171403
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@stonybrooku.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.
#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs
apply.interfolio.com/171403
(I love being here. Come join!)
@stonybrooku.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.
#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs
apply.interfolio.com/171403
(I love being here. Come join!)
@stonybrooku.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.
#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs
apply.interfolio.com/171403
(I love being here. Come join!)
@stonybrooku.bsky.social
Come join our department! We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Climate Driven Disease Ecology apply.interfolio.com/171403
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August 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Come join our department! We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Climate Driven Disease Ecology apply.interfolio.com/171403
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"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr
Protect transgender scientists
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...
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June 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr
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Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones
Anaerobic metabolisms are thought to dominate nitrogen cycling in anoxic marine zones (AMZs). However, thriving populations of aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in AMZs challenge this assumptio...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
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CUNY and SUNY faculty, please sign this letter to the NY State Congressional Delegation protesting cuts to research funding (and all the other crap going on)!
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New York's Congressional Delegation Must Defend Federal Research Funding for CUNY & SUNY. List of signatories.
FACULTY & STAFF: ADD YOUR NAME BELOW TO THIS OPEN LETTER WRITTEN BY THE DEFENDING RESEARCH FUNDING WORKING GROUP OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONGRESS/CUNY
Federal investment in scientific research gene...
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May 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
CUNY and SUNY faculty, please sign this letter to the NY State Congressional Delegation protesting cuts to research funding (and all the other crap going on)!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you for reposting!
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Thank you for reposting!
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So happy to see this paper finally out! A fun project with collaborators Emily Zakem, @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social and Yubin Raut!
Functional biogeography of marine microbial heterotrophs #USC_MEB #ResearchAtUSC www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊
Functional biogeography of marine microbial heterotrophs
Heterotrophic bacteria and archaea (“heteroprokaryotes”) drive global carbon cycling, but how to quantitatively organize their functional complexity remains unclear. We generated a global-scale unders...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So happy to see this paper finally out! A fun project with collaborators Emily Zakem, @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social and Yubin Raut!
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Happy to have this out! Thanks to @asanchezlab.bsky.social and @jacrickets.bsky.social for their mentorship on this project. Below is the thread I previously posted on then-Twitter
Macroecological patterns in experimental microbial communities, led by Will Shoemaker & Jacopo Grilli
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Macroecological patterns in experimental microbial communities
Author summary Determining whether an empirical pattern can be manipulated is a crucial step towards building a predictive theory. Our study aimed to determine the extent that experimental manipulatio...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Happy to have this out! Thanks to @asanchezlab.bsky.social and @jacrickets.bsky.social for their mentorship on this project. Below is the thread I previously posted on then-Twitter
Our newest on using genomic and phylogenetic information to predict microbial maximum growth rates www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @liangxu.bsky.social
Improved maximum growth rate prediction from microbial genomes by integrating phylogenetic information - Nature Communications
Microbial maximum growth rates vary widely across species, and their measurement is challenging, especially for uncultivated organisms. Here, Xu, Zakem & Weissman present Phydon, a framework for g...
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May 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Our newest on using genomic and phylogenetic information to predict microbial maximum growth rates www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @liangxu.bsky.social
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It's Fustilarian Friday, so here's the latest statement from NSF's director, trying to dodge the news cycle.
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Updates on NSF Priorities
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April 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's Fustilarian Friday, so here's the latest statement from NSF's director, trying to dodge the news cycle.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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PRODiG+ Fellowship in Computational Environmental Science (Bradley defined) at Stony Brook! This is an awesome postdoc with a pathway to a permanent TT position! Come work with us at IACS!
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February 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
PRODiG+ Fellowship in Computational Environmental Science (Bradley defined) at Stony Brook! This is an awesome postdoc with a pathway to a permanent TT position! Come work with us at IACS!
apply.interfolio.com/162468
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♀️🇲🇽🧪🦠 This paper about the challenges of being a female microbiologist in México is authored by four women central to my career:
my PhD supervisor Valeria Souza
my PhD committee member Gabriela Olmedo
my PhD colleagues Esmeralda Lopez and Ana Escalante
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
my PhD supervisor Valeria Souza
my PhD committee member Gabriela Olmedo
my PhD colleagues Esmeralda Lopez and Ana Escalante
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
December 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM
♀️🇲🇽🧪🦠 This paper about the challenges of being a female microbiologist in México is authored by four women central to my career:
my PhD supervisor Valeria Souza
my PhD committee member Gabriela Olmedo
my PhD colleagues Esmeralda Lopez and Ana Escalante
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
my PhD supervisor Valeria Souza
my PhD committee member Gabriela Olmedo
my PhD colleagues Esmeralda Lopez and Ana Escalante
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
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Really over the moon to see this finally out! Thanks for leading us in this again @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social! Glad to be part of the AQTES group and can't wait for what is next!🌈🧑🏽🔬
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Queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring—A call for change
Queer and trans scientists face varied and systemic barriers to their professional success, resulting in a relative absence from faculty ranks at many institutions. This Perspective calls for a change...
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November 22, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Really over the moon to see this finally out! Thanks for leading us in this again @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social! Glad to be part of the AQTES group and can't wait for what is next!🌈🧑🏽🔬
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Are you on an academic search committee, or know someone on one? Please take a look at this comprehensive set of suggestions to make the application process more inclusive for queer and trans folks!
So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work!
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So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work!
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Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process
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October 10, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Are you on an academic search committee, or know someone on one? Please take a look at this comprehensive set of suggestions to make the application process more inclusive for queer and trans folks!
So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work!
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work!
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
One week left to apply!
We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...
microbialgamut.com
September 25, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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A little over two weeks left to apply!
We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...
microbialgamut.com
September 16, 2024 at 12:37 PM
A little over two weeks left to apply!
We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...
microbialgamut.com
September 4, 2024 at 9:06 PM
We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...
One day left!
Now (again) soliciting community feedback on "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process"
Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input!
Article: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form: forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...
Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input!
Article: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form: forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...
Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process
ecoevorxiv.org
June 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM
One day left!
One week left! Get your feedback in by the 20th! Spread the word, email your departments, etc.
Now (again) soliciting community feedback on "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process"
Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input!
Article: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form: forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...
Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input!
Article: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form: forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...
Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process
ecoevorxiv.org
June 14, 2024 at 11:01 AM
One week left! Get your feedback in by the 20th! Spread the word, email your departments, etc.