New for @undark.org
On: "The Birthday Paradox," the transatlantic slave trade, ancestral bonds, and the hidden power of statistics.
"Family is family, whatever our genetic relationship. Impressively, the birthday paradox study captures this possibility."
undark.org/2026/02/27/o...
And how do you meaningfully annotate a metabolic pathway like Krebb’s cycle for a screen reader? Or a histology image in an online quiz?
Truly interested to learn how folks are navigating this.
Poll: Is your university encouraging or requiring your digital materials to be “completely” accessible? Does your institution supply any assistance or compensation for the labor?
It’s a daunting task, for even a single lecture, to annotate all images in a ppt. 😳
Today at 1 pm Central! Our next installment of @genomicsed.bsky.social Science/IT Seminar Series by Dr. Chris Ellison: Transposons as telomeres. Hope to see you GEPers there!
How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller?
Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase.
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Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
Absolutely pumped for today’s GEP Science seminar from Carl Hjelmen @cehjelmen09.bsky.social
on investigations of insect genome size - propelled by the fresh eyes of undergraduate researchers at Utah Valley University. Hope to see yall GEPers @genomicsed.bsky.social at 1 pm CST!
Today’s the day! The kickoff seminar for @genomicsed.bsky.social is today at 2 pm Central. Hope to see you there!
Are you an #undergrad interested in #phenology, #trees, #herbarium & #livingCollections? Join our @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Herbarium / Systematics Lab as a summer NSF REU participant for a great project with my staff & me!
Apply today: mortonarb.org/science/oppo...
Message w/ Qs, & pls share!
The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov
Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!
Hey everyone:
UB Biochemistry is hiring! 2 positions at the Asst or Assoc Professor level. Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, metabolism, dev biol, neuroscience, gene expression, protein structure/function.
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/60078
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Undergraduate Community at Evolution Program. Applications due January 20, 2026.
The Undergraduate Community at Evolution program provides travel funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2026. More info & testimonials from previous participants are available on our website. Please share with undergrads in your lab! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
Hear how @redfly-database.bsky.social can be used in the classroom to help teach #bioinformatics, #genome-annotation, #gene-regulation, #biocuration, and more!
I forgot to tag the GEP! @genomicsed.bsky.social
Pumped for our virtual December 2025 Genomics Education Partnership Science Seminar, presented by Dr. Marc Halfon @marchalfon.bsky.social from the University at Buffalo on Monday, December 8th at 2pm CST. Hope to see you there!
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
PI Sabrina McNew is recruiting MS and PhD students for her Ecology and Evolutionary Biology lab at the University of Arizona for Fall 2026. Learn more: mcnewlab.com/contact. #phd
“The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
Agrawal lab logo. A fly in the UBC colors, with dots framing its body.
The Agrawal lab is moving! This January we will be setting up shop at #UBC in Vancouver, in the department of #Zoology! We are actively recruiting at all levels, especially masters and PhD students. These position are #funded! Please send anyone interested my way!
The Department of Biology at the University of Kentucky is hiring a Microbiologist (broadly defined). Microbial eco-evo folks, this is your sign to come work with us. Not in the search committee, but happy to answer questions.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/600...
#microbiology #ecology
Photos of past Burpee postdocs with some of our great students at Bucknell.
Excited to begin the search for the next (6th) Burpee Post-Doctoral Fellow in Botany here in my lab at Bucknell! Funded research and teacher-scholar training embedded in the primarily undergraduate institution (#PUI) environment.
#iamabotanist
Details (+ application portal) here:
lnkd.in/eVsbe7K5
Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
usfca.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USF_Fu...
"With 2 weeks left before the end of this fiscal year, USDA’s [NIFA] had awarded just 558 competitive grants ... 68% fewer than during the prior fiscal year—and $741 million less in competitively awarded research funds"
Don't forget #PlantSci and ag research, folks.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Looks like this could be a fun example for my students learning about fatty acids, but the link isn’t working for me. Can you try again?
