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Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)

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Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Building AI models or the data to train them? Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30. www.nature.com/naturecareer... acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:... pls RT!

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Really fascinating story about Professor Bebhinn Treanor at U of T Scarborough. Her groundbreaking work in immunology led to the discovery of something called a Multabody platform which holds promise for treating infectious diseases. Read the full story to learn more: uoft.me/bxN

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I am looking for postdocs to join my group at NIH. Are you interested in Development, Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, and Human health? Please apply! www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-mb-...

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Rethinking my summer conference travels. Hard to believe.

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Renowned neuroscientist Melanie Woodin has been named #UofT’s 17th president — and asks the community to join in her in “dreaming big.” #UofT alumna Woodin starts her five-year term July 1st. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres17

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Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named #UofT’s 17th president. ➡️ uoft.me/uoftpres

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Exciting news! @wcratcliff.bsky.social and I published an essay last week in @nature.com reviewing the substantial contributions of 'long-term' studies to evolutionary biology www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/n

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Elevator pet peeve: When people charge in the second the doors open—without letting others exit first.

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Important words from @adamgrant.bsky.social in "Hidden Potential" (edited for #HigherEducation) #HigherEd #SOTL #AccessAbility #Inclusivity #InclusiveEducation #InclusivePedagogy #EDI #DEI

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Very cool!

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10 days left to submit an abstract. Slots for oral presentations heavily dependent on date of submission, so get on with it! event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag...

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The next round for international PhD scholarships at Monash in Australia are now open (closing 31st March). Interested in evolutionary ecology, global change, sex differences, and/or infectious disease? Get in touch. There will be Daphnia involved...

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TT- position - An amazing opportunity! [must be able to teaching in French and English]

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Every so often the universe provides some uplifting feedback. This was a letter I received from the mother of an international student who regularly chats with me after class and during my student hours. It was written in Mandarin and he translated it for me. I am humbled, to say the least.

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Excited to be a implementing ungrading in my 3rd yr course. Any tips for assessing student presentations? Do you provide a general rubric? Do you just discuss expectations? How do you structure your comments to students? #ungrading #highered #highereducation

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Today is my 4th kidneyversary! On Jan 8, 2021 my mother-in-law gave me the gift of life. It allowed me to return to life, return to work, and return to being a dad and husband. This milestone is not just about my health but also about the incredible power of love, generosity, and community.

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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? This woman gets stuff done! I’m in good hands!

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🧪📢💥We're hiring, Assistant Prof in ANIMAL BEHAVIOR!! 🐦🕷️🐸🐝🦋🐟🐁🐕🐌 This is a joint appointment in Biology (Evolution, Ecology & Behavior) and the Program in Animal Behavior. 🧪 #job #academia Apply by 11/15/23 indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/20413

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I'm seeking an assistant/associate professor of practice to lead our growing online master's program in higher education. This can be a fully remote position, and application review will begin February 15. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/160931

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Join us in Cambridge! This evolutionary genomics professorship (lecturer/reader level) has an emphasis on introgression and gene flow. If you study any aspect of evolutionary genomics then please apply! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/

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One reason (among several) that institutes of higher education are suffering these days: the provinces are giving us proportionally less (blue line) compared to their overall spending (orange line). This disparity is especially evident from 2018 to present. #HigherEducation #HigherEd

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Looking for a postdoc to do molecular work on vertebrates? The @lsumns.bsky.social is looking for a lab manager/museum postdoc (LSU Museum of Natural Science) Come work with us! #GeauxTigers lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/B000...

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Helping students to complete tasks or assignments isn't an intervention. Intervention is systematically taking a student to mastery on a critical skill using a research-based practice. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders #MTSS #UDL

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What a great read this is! digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/edd_capstone...

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Shareable link to @carlzimmer.bsky.social article in NYTimes on serious concerns over mirror bacteria, published in Science today. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/s...

submitted 150 days ago • 9 comments

Pushing this out again for anyone interested in a postdoctoral position in the realm of avian evolutionary genomics with our group 🧪🦉 psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

submitted 151 days ago • 2 comments

Applications open for several research positions here in Cambridge including evolutionary genetics, genomics and population genetics. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/

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We are hiring a postdoc in my lab @colorado.edu to work on this NSF CAREER proposal (tinyurl.com/cak8dkza) to quantify how and when global change (drought, warming) alters the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning. Job here: colorado.avature.net/searchhub/Jo... 1/2

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I'm hardly on X these days but I'm loving Bluesky 🦋. The #science #highered #academia #biology #evolution #SoTL communities on Bluesky are growing rapidly!

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The number of daily active US users on X has dropped by 8.4% since early October, from 32.3 million to 29.6 million. Meanwhile the number of Bluesky users has risen by 1,064%👏 www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

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If there's one thing harder than scientific writing, it's TEACHING scientific writing. My forthcoming book tackles that, and now that it's in production, I can share the contents. Here's what you can look forward too! scientistseessquirre...

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Please repost! University of Vermont seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor if #Soil #Ecology to start in Aug 2025. www.uvmjobs.com/postings/77192 #soilecology #soilbiology #soilhealth

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If you are interested in applying population genomics, experimental genetics, and innovative breeding to dissect the genetic basis of resilience in future environments, please contact me. You will join my lab and a wonderful team of researchers from the ARC training centre in predictive breeding.

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Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Our paper on convergent evolution of land crabs is out in its final final form. The journal didn't pick my image as the cover, so I'm sharing it here because it must be seen! academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic... 🦀🦑🧪

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