@marianamateos.bsky.social
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The wonderful people at the NZ Science Learning Hub have turned my talk on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction into a freely available educational resource. You can check it out here www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/my...
Mythbusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction
De-extinction hit the headlines recently with the ‘resurrection’ of the dire wolf and the push to bring back the moa. However, can scientists really bring back extinct animals? And more importantly, s...
www.sciencelearn.org.nz
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The wonderful people at the NZ Science Learning Hub have turned my talk on MythBusting de-extinction to sort fact from fiction into a freely available educational resource. You can check it out here www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/my...
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Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
www.nsf.gov
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Does anyone know the proportion of ecology PhDs that go into industry? Also, what type of industry do they normally go into?
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Does anyone know the proportion of ecology PhDs that go into industry? Also, what type of industry do they normally go into?
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Genome degradation results in nested symbiosis and endosymbiont replacement in cicadas www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Genome degradation results in nested symbiosis and endosymbiont replacement in cicadas - Nature Communications
The evolutionary mechanisms leading to symbiont replacement in insects are not well understood. Zhou et al. show that genome degradation results in nested symbiosis and endosymbiont replacement in cic...
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Genome degradation results in nested symbiosis and endosymbiont replacement in cicadas www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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My department is hiring a non-seed plant assistant professor!! Come join us @ubcbotany.bsky.social! BC has spectacular non-seed plant diversity and I would love to nerd out with a future colleague about all those cute little green guys outside! 💚 pls share!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
academicjobsonline.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My department is hiring a non-seed plant assistant professor!! Come join us @ubcbotany.bsky.social! BC has spectacular non-seed plant diversity and I would love to nerd out with a future colleague about all those cute little green guys outside! 💚 pls share!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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Apply and come be my colleague!
Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Apply and come be my colleague!
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The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
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A new study provides evidence of a biological mechanism for how Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) may trigger lupus.
EBV seems to reprogram B-cells at the beginning of a cascade that ultimately results in autoimmunity.
The authors mention that EBV is a cause of MS, and may be related to LongCOVID.
EBV seems to reprogram B-cells at the beginning of a cascade that ultimately results in autoimmunity.
The authors mention that EBV is a cause of MS, and may be related to LongCOVID.
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells to promote pathogenic antinuclear T and B cell responses in lupus.
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A new study provides evidence of a biological mechanism for how Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) may trigger lupus.
EBV seems to reprogram B-cells at the beginning of a cascade that ultimately results in autoimmunity.
The authors mention that EBV is a cause of MS, and may be related to LongCOVID.
EBV seems to reprogram B-cells at the beginning of a cascade that ultimately results in autoimmunity.
The authors mention that EBV is a cause of MS, and may be related to LongCOVID.
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Big Academic Freedom/First Amendment day today in Texas:
Will Texas A&M's regents approve a policy that amounts to an unconstitutional prior restraint by requiring faculty teaching classes about race and gender to get the president's approval?
Stay tuned.
Will Texas A&M's regents approve a policy that amounts to an unconstitutional prior restraint by requiring faculty teaching classes about race and gender to get the president's approval?
Stay tuned.
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Big Academic Freedom/First Amendment day today in Texas:
Will Texas A&M's regents approve a policy that amounts to an unconstitutional prior restraint by requiring faculty teaching classes about race and gender to get the president's approval?
Stay tuned.
Will Texas A&M's regents approve a policy that amounts to an unconstitutional prior restraint by requiring faculty teaching classes about race and gender to get the president's approval?
Stay tuned.
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Friday means a new #MattersMicrobial podcast. This week, Dr. Hannah Ledvina joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about how bacteria can shield themselves against Bdellovibrio attack! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/n31kkw576GE?...
youtu.be/n31kkw576GE?...
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Friday means a new #MattersMicrobial podcast. This week, Dr. Hannah Ledvina joins the #QualityQuorum to chat about how bacteria can shield themselves against Bdellovibrio attack! Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. @univpugetsound @ASMicrobiology @microbe.tv
youtu.be/n31kkw576GE?...
youtu.be/n31kkw576GE?...
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Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Warning. ⚠️ If you are writing an NSF GRFP, new this year, you need official transcripts to apply. Beware. They will not review applications without official transcripts. ‼️
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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Detecting Introgression in Shallow Phylogenies: How Minor Molecular Clock Deviations Lead to Major Inference Errors academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Detecting Introgression in Shallow Phylogenies: How Minor Molecular Clock Deviations Lead to Major Inference Errors
Abstract. Recent theoretical and algorithmic advances in introgression detection, coupled with the growing availability of genome-scale data, have highligh
academic.oup.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Detecting Introgression in Shallow Phylogenies: How Minor Molecular Clock Deviations Lead to Major Inference Errors academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
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📣 We are moving to Barcelona to join the amazing @crg.eu and explore how centrosomes & cilia work, evolve & respond to the environment. We are looking for
PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc...
Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager.
Get in touch!
PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc...
Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager.
Get in touch!
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📣 We are moving to Barcelona to join the amazing @crg.eu and explore how centrosomes & cilia work, evolve & respond to the environment. We are looking for
PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc...
Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager.
Get in touch!
PhD students www.crg.eu/en/content/t...
Postdocs gimm.pt/jobs/postdoc...
Other calls to open, also for an experienced lab manager.
Get in touch!
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New internship opportunity!
The American Philosophical Society and CSHL invite applications for a joint summer internship program for undergraduates working on junior or senior research projects related to the history of the life sciences.
More info here: apply.interfolio.com/174285
The American Philosophical Society and CSHL invite applications for a joint summer internship program for undergraduates working on junior or senior research projects related to the history of the life sciences.
More info here: apply.interfolio.com/174285
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New internship opportunity!
The American Philosophical Society and CSHL invite applications for a joint summer internship program for undergraduates working on junior or senior research projects related to the history of the life sciences.
More info here: apply.interfolio.com/174285
The American Philosophical Society and CSHL invite applications for a joint summer internship program for undergraduates working on junior or senior research projects related to the history of the life sciences.
More info here: apply.interfolio.com/174285
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We are hiring! 🧫 🧬 🚀
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE (Zürich): Doctoral studentships, Molecular Mucosal Immunology Group
Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering - BIIE has a job opening for Doctoral studentships, Molecular Mucosal Immunology Group in Zürich (published: 29.10.2025). Apply now or check the other available...
join.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are hiring! 🧫 🧬 🚀
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
Three PhD studentships with start dates in 2026 available in the Molecular Mucosal Immunology lab at the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering, Basel, Switzerland.
See here for details (Deadline: 7th November 2025):
join.com/companies/im...
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🪰 folks! Despite Harvard lawsuit outcome, FlyBase NIH grant was not released. FlyBase now runs on the public, like NPR, PBS etc. If we don't step up, it can go away! Donations site on flybase.org homepage. Note: it links to IU stock center, but its for FlyBase, see instructions. pls give+share! 2/2
FlyBase Homepage
FlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology
flybase.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🪰 folks! Despite Harvard lawsuit outcome, FlyBase NIH grant was not released. FlyBase now runs on the public, like NPR, PBS etc. If we don't step up, it can go away! Donations site on flybase.org homepage. Note: it links to IU stock center, but its for FlyBase, see instructions. pls give+share! 2/2
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🪰 folks! I spoke to the Transmitter about FlyBase. As noted at flybase.org, bridge $ ran out and many staff were laid off.
Good news is stopgap contributions will keep core FlyBase operations active. But community support remains essential. Please donate @FlyBase and share! 1/2
tinyurl.com/FlyBase
Good news is stopgap contributions will keep core FlyBase operations active. But community support remains essential. Please donate @FlyBase and share! 1/2
tinyurl.com/FlyBase
FlyBase secures funding for year, but future still uncertain
The FlyBase team’s fundraising efforts have proven successful in the short term, but restoration of its federal grant remains uncertain.
tinyurl.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🪰 folks! I spoke to the Transmitter about FlyBase. As noted at flybase.org, bridge $ ran out and many staff were laid off.
Good news is stopgap contributions will keep core FlyBase operations active. But community support remains essential. Please donate @FlyBase and share! 1/2
tinyurl.com/FlyBase
Good news is stopgap contributions will keep core FlyBase operations active. But community support remains essential. Please donate @FlyBase and share! 1/2
tinyurl.com/FlyBase
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@prczhaoyansong.bsky.social’s deep dive into the dark matter of compost communities is now out 🎉 Genomic islands hijack jumbo phages—whose capsids enable transfer of large tracts of DNA—shedding new light on the scale & scope of phage-mediated gene flow 😎
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Jumbo phage–mediated transduction of genomic islands | PNAS
Bacteria acquire new genes by horizontal gene transfer, typically mediated by mobile
genetic elements (MGEs). While plasmids, bacteriophages, and c...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@prczhaoyansong.bsky.social’s deep dive into the dark matter of compost communities is now out 🎉 Genomic islands hijack jumbo phages—whose capsids enable transfer of large tracts of DNA—shedding new light on the scale & scope of phage-mediated gene flow 😎
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Highlighting this Simons postdoc fellowship again. Looking for junior postdocs who might team up with Brian Enquist and me.
Keywords include nonlinear dynamics, reaction diffusion, population dynamics, metabolic scaling.
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Keywords include nonlinear dynamics, reaction diffusion, population dynamics, metabolic scaling.
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This is a great Simons foundation #postdoc opportunity for theorists with incipient interest. If you’re interested in working in quantitative laws of life in ecosystems, please message me.
Due date Dec. 4.
Note the 3 years w/in PhD condition.
#ecology #physics #maths
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Due date Dec. 4.
Note the 3 years w/in PhD condition.
#ecology #physics #maths
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Postdoc Opportunity - Interested in plant scaling, quantitative botany, or theoretical plant biology? join our group to explore how plant form, function & scaling principles connect across levels of organization
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology🧪🌾🌐
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Highlighting this Simons postdoc fellowship again. Looking for junior postdocs who might team up with Brian Enquist and me.
Keywords include nonlinear dynamics, reaction diffusion, population dynamics, metabolic scaling.
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Keywords include nonlinear dynamics, reaction diffusion, population dynamics, metabolic scaling.
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I have launched a new student project on experiment.com and we are looking for backers. The project budget is small so with your help we can do some cool science. We are also looking for city pillbug donations. Comment of interested. experiment.com/citypillbugs
Urban Pillbug Project: Measuring Genetic Diversity of City Pillbugs and Their Symbionts
The pillbug Armadillidium vulgare is a common isopod generalist decomposer in most natural landscapes. Past European and US studies have looked at the genetic diversity and frequency of A. vulgare and...
experiment.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I have launched a new student project on experiment.com and we are looking for backers. The project budget is small so with your help we can do some cool science. We are also looking for city pillbug donations. Comment of interested. experiment.com/citypillbugs
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📣 #OurLastPaper is out! And it's a major breakthrough that we're publishing in @cp-cell.bsky.social l: we've discovered architect bacteria that build complex structures to feed themselves better!
#SymbioSky 1/5
#SymbioSky 1/5
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📣 #OurLastPaper is out! And it's a major breakthrough that we're publishing in @cp-cell.bsky.social l: we've discovered architect bacteria that build complex structures to feed themselves better!
#SymbioSky 1/5
#SymbioSky 1/5