🧬 The Department of Biology at @univ-amu.fr will soon recruit a lecturer in Molecular Genetics & Genomics (Eukaryotes).
🧪 Apply with an eligible team: Bertrand; Delacour; Kodjabachian; Libé-Philippot; Mann; Schaeffer; Thomas.
Details: lnkd.in/eFS8qQpU
IOB welcomes DELBERT ANDRÉ GREEN II, as Associate Editor in 2026!
Green is an Assistant Professor of #Ecology and #Evolutionary #Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
greendeilab.com
#biology #academia #PhD #science #entomology #butterflies
Are you an relatively new to field ecology and data collection? Or are are you supervising students? Our guide for effective field data collection is now published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social! We also include a printable poster with a visual overview of the guide
doi.org/10.1111/2041...
#Fish are flooding back into #Toronto’s Don #River
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/26/n...
Published!📖
OccuGAMs: Non-linear occupancy and abundance modelling with imperfect detection🌍 🖥️
🔎 Find out more:
🌍 Are you an early career researcher attending #OSM2026 in Glasgow?
🌊 Our core team @sarahhasnain.bsky.social @anikahappe.bsky.social will host an in-person social. Sign-up here to receive details: tinyurl.com/59zfav73
#OceanSciences #OSM
The ISME20 abstract submission deadline has been extended to 22 February. Microbial ecologists worldwide are invited to submit abstracts for oral, short talk, or poster presentations and contribute to the ISME20 programme.
isme-microbes.org/isme20-abstr...
#ISME20 #MicrobialEcology
Eawag 2-year postdoc fellowship in Switzerland. Funding for Independent projects hosted in one of the research departments… come join us in Switzerland 🇨🇭! apply.refline.ch/673277/1335/...
@bloombergdotorg.bsky.social Jonathan Kelsey celebrates the #HighSeasTreaty’s entry into force for ocean protection.
Strong governance & implementation are key for the Treaty to help achieve biodiversity and climate targets.
Read the full opinion. @oceanographicmag.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that, thanks to the support of our institutional subscribers, all Royal Society subscription journals will be open access in 2026 through #S2O. Researchers can read all articles and publish #OpenAccess in our eight subscription journals for free buff.ly/4Lu9VpW
📢 🎓 Be quick, time is running out!
Don't miss your chance to apply at the International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology 🌍🛥️🧬🔬🗺️ !
Apply before February 28, 2026 ⏳
➡️ www.marmic.mpg.de
#microbiology #molecularbiology #sciencecareer #phd #msc #womeninstem #marinebiology #study
Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Our network is officially 3 years old, consisting of 300 members! 🎉 Now, we want to hear from you!
Make sure to register to our interactive session with our entire ECR community. We will discuss about the future of our network, your experiences and will hear your suggestions for future initiatives!
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Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
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🎓 The 2026 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award is now open for nominations! This award celebrates innovative Master’s and PhD research powered by GBIF-mediated data, with opportunity to win 2x €5,000 prizes!
Learn more:🔗 gbif.link/GRA_2026
#ApplyNow #EarlyCareerResearch #FundingOpportunity
#Workshop #Mesocosm Automation and High-Frequency Monitoring On 22 January 2026
Talks will feature Smart EcoLake, AQUABOX, and high-resolution chlorophyll-a sensors.
Everyone is welcome. Register: forms.office.com/r/tTQLqUP8Mp
#AquaticScience #SensorTechnology #EcoTech #WaterQuality #Aquacosm
Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
🚨⚠️‼️PHD OPPORTUNITY‼️⚠️🚨
🎓Looking to start a #PhD? 🪸Interested in marine sciences, cetaceans and food webs?
🔎 Apply to our environmental impacts of offshore infrastructures @netgain.bsky.social PhD and be part of the #VALMAS project.
⏰Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2026
Apply here: lnkd.in/eswMv-Pp
🚨 Two funded PhDs (one int'l, one UK) - study coral restoration & corporate sustainability with us in Lancaster! Enquiries welcome, January 30, please share widely! 🚨
🪸🐠 Coral restoration (int'l): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌴📊 Corporate sustainability (UK): www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fragile pink sea urchins roam the seafloor in large groups, grazing on dead kelp and organic material. With each nibble, they make nutrients and carbon available for other organisms on the seafloor and in the water column above. Dive in: youtu.be/9aN3m4uO91c
Help shape the future of large lakes research! JGLR is seeking two early career researchers to join its editorial board. Gain publishing and peer review experience. At least one editor will be outside the U.S./Canada. Apply by Jan 31: https://bit.ly/49sc99y
🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨 Abstracts for the 2026 SFS Annual Meeting in Spokane, WA, will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, January 26. Learn more about the conference, register & submit your abstract today: www.sfsannualmeeting.org/abstracts
The JGLR/Elsevier Student Award is awarded annually to the top-ranked paper in the current volume of the Journal of Great Lakes Research whose lead author was a student at the time of acceptance. Nomination information and portal: https://bit.ly/4j49wyN
Submit your application for the Graduate Student Conservation Research Awards by Jan 26
🏆 One or more awards totaling $1,000 to support the best graduate student research proposal(s) addressing at least one of the following criteria (1/3)
![Should PhD programmes require candidates to have at least one paper published in order to graduate?
Many PhD programmes require PhD candidates to have one (or more) papers accepted or published in a scientific journal in order to be able to graduate and complete their doctorate. This is of course a well-intentioned idea and may sound good at first, as PhD candidates would gain experience and start learning how to navigate the publication process in scientific journals. Having a publication out the PhD may also help them secure their next position. The publication requirement would also encourage that research results are published and not lost forever, particularly if the new PhD moves on after completing their doctorate. Finally, having a paper accepted at a scientific journal usually means that at least three people (editors and reviewers) have evaluated the research and the editor(s) have considered it good enough for publication, so it could be interpreted as an external validation and signal of quality.
Undesired consequences of requiring publication in PhD programmes
So far so good. But on second thoughts one can foresee how this publication requirement can create perverse incentives, bring many problems for early career researchers and science in general, and basically do more harm than good. Particularly considering that many PhD programmes last 3-4 years (at least in Europe) and the publication process can take well more than a year from submission to acceptance (more on this below). Thus, a few counter-arguments that come to mind:
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Should PhD programmes require candidates to have at least one paper published in order to graduate? Many PhD programmes require PhD candidates to have one (or more) papers accepted or published in a scientific journal in order to be able to graduate and complete their doctorate. This is of course a well-intentioned idea and may sound good at first, as PhD candidates would gain experience and start learning how to navigate the publication process in scientific journals. Having a publication out the PhD may also help them secure their next position. The publication requirement would also encourage that research results are published and not lost forever, particularly if the new PhD moves on after completing their doctorate. Finally, having a paper accepted at a scientific journal usually means that at least three people (editors and reviewers) have evaluated the research and the editor(s) have considered it good enough for publication, so it could be interpreted as an external validation and signal of quality. Undesired consequences of requiring publication in PhD programmes So far so good. But on second thoughts one can foresee how this publication requirement can create perverse incentives, bring many problems for early career researchers and science in general, and basically do more harm than good. Particularly considering that many PhD programmes last 3-4 years (at least in Europe) and the publication process can take well more than a year from submission to acceptance (more on this below). Thus, a few counter-arguments that come to mind: [continues in the linked website]
[Blog] Should PhD programmes require candidates to have at least one paper published in order to graduate?
frodriguezsanchez.net/post/should-...
#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
Shared among some EEB groups, there is a new affinity group for trans scientists: transscientistcollective.carrd.co Please share.
While undergoing any big life change is stressful, the final part of a PhD is particularly intense. Students must plan for their next steps – securing a job, moving house and publishing their PhD research – alongside the requirements of their programme. #AcademicSky #ChemSky
The situation of postdocs in Germany has made it to Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Very interesting and plausible from the viewpoint of an #ecological modeler. #limnology #cyanobacteria @cyanoaction.bsky.social
#Workshop #Mesocosm Automation and High-Frequency Monitoring On 22 January 2026
Talks will feature Smart EcoLake, AQUABOX, and high-resolution chlorophyll-a sensors.
Everyone is welcome. Register: forms.office.com/r/tTQLqUP8Mp
#AquaticScience #SensorTechnology #EcoTech #WaterQuality #Aquacosm
