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My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday. I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further. If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

submitted 51 days ago • 75 comments

yesterday, my postdoc funding (salary and research funds) was cancelled by the National Science Foundation, effective immediately. I received the same generic, vaguely threatening, typo-ridden email as many of my colleagues who have had their awards terminated recently. (1/n)

submitted 51 days ago • 41 comments

Exploring supportive roles for global north investigators in global health research Will Global North universities change their incentive & promotion structures in academia to recognize allyship work? journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)? Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions. U.S. Applicant Week: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool

submitted 69 days ago • 10 comments

Brain gain? Toronto's @UHN hospital system will announce a strategy to attract U.S. health scientists - plan to be unveiled Monday. Website isn't up yet, but U.S scientists interested check here Monday. Hopefully other hospitals & universities follow UHNCanadaleads.ca

submitted 72 days ago • 3 comments

We had no plans to sample bats on this final field trip to Uganda. Luckily for us, we still happened across this beautiful female Nycteris thebaica while visiting Ngamba island. Look closely as she twirls and you can spot the wings of her pup! 🦇 #mammals

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Very interesting opportunity for a female African microbiologist. @tuliodna.bsky.social @ckyobutungi.bsky.social Please promote

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My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT! kundakoviclab.com More info 👇

submitted 97 days ago • 5 comments

thankful for all who stood together today at #standupforscience in Denver and for the team who made this happen!

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Okay, nerds, buckle in! It's time for some SCIENCE. Back in the late 1960s, a scientist got some government funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Atomic Energy Commission to look for interesting bacteria living in extreme environments. 1/x

submitted 105 days ago • 146 comments

For when you get here ... 🗺️👐🏼 28 Geospatial Technology Starter Packs: Maps Part I: bsky.app/starter-pack... Maps Part II: bsky.app/starter-pack... Cloud-Native Geospatial: bsky.app/starter-pack... Open Source Geospatial: bsky.app/starter-pack... GIS: bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 140 days ago • 9 comments

It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall. If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines. www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u... 🧵👇

submitted 108 days ago • 52 comments

If you are an entomologist affected by these federal terminations or know someone who was, please DM me. I’m working on an advocacy plan and need to start gathering support. As a first step, if you’re a member of the Entomological Society of America, I have a link for you, DM me. #entomology 🧪

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

NIH meetings are still not being announced in the federal register, so nearly all study sections and councils after this week are not going to happen. This is basically a freeze on funding new grants...

submitted 118 days ago • 1 comment

Please spread the word - I am looking for a postdoc to join my lab at @osubpp.bsky.social to study diversity and interactions of plants and pathogens in wild and working landscapes! More information here: agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu/diseaseecolo...

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

looking to find folks who have current access to identified specimens (can be live or dead and well preserved) of many mosquito species. there are 3500ish described Culidae out there - anyone know anyone who might have specimens from 50+ species? please get in touch if so!

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This chonk: Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri).Recorded during box checks in 2023 at a bat group box scheme in nearby parkland/woodland. Leisler's are superficially like noctules but smaller, more chill in my experience but equally as inquisitive and intelligent. We're hoping to record more in 2025 🦇

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I’ve begun a Wildlife Health Starter Pack, however, I’m very aware it’s probably missing lots of great people working in this space. If you know of any that are on Bluesky and should be included, please let me know! go.bsky.app/6T9kYR2

submitted 169 days ago • 1 comment

Welp, the webpage(s) hosting the Biden-Harris Administration's Roadmap for Pandemic Preparedness and Response have gone dark 💨 Thanks to @archive.org and @waybackmachine.bsky.social, we can still access these (and many other) important resources! web.archive.org/web/20250116...

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Couldn't ask for a better first Bluesky post! Our new paper, "Pathogens and planetary change," is out now in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social. We discuss the linkages between biodiversity loss + pandemics and how we can address these interconnected crises 🧪😷 Give it a read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

submitted 151 days ago • 1 comment

Published Friday, the National One Health Framework to Address Zoonotic Diseases and Advance Public Health Preparedness in the U.S. The dominant word seems to be "coordinate", which, yeah, needed

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🚨PLEASE SHARE: Senior reseach post: come and work at the IEU with Gib Hemani and @mendelrandom.bsky.social on Mendelian randomization, become my co-worker :) – research posts with closing date 5th February 2025.

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Happy New Year! I updated my webpage of envirionment-related scholarships, grants, & awards: www.aerinjacob.ca/funding--awa... It includes: * science * action & policy * communication * travel awards * international tho' emphasis on N Am, Africa, & women Please share. #ConservationFunding

submitted 163 days ago • 10 comments

Update from WHO on undiagnosed illness in #DRCongo now called: “Acute respiratory infections complicated by malaria” Tests ongoing but indicate “combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and falciparum malaria, compounded by acute malnutrition” www.who.int/emergencies/...

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

Let's talk about what happened in the Outbreak Twitter Industrial Complex this week with the DRC.

submitted 176 days ago • 5 comments

It's time for #gischat ! What's just the coolest thing in your opinion or experience right now in the field of geospatial data and analysis? Remember to use the hashtag in your replies!

submitted 179 days ago • 7 comments

I created a starter pack highlighting Women in the field of Disease Vector Biology and Ecology: go.bsky.app/E7wuQus Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! 🦟🦠🪰

submitted 187 days ago • 18 comments

Disease ecologist starter pack -- reply with people/organizations to be added or with related lists/feeds #diseaseecology 🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT

submitted 196 days ago • 2 comments

Me: an academic who studied bats 🦇🧪 📸: @asherperlman.bsky.social

submitted 187 days ago • 3 comments

In-line with some Ichthyology/ornithology individuals on here, I want to do 25 days of #BatMas this year! Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! 🦇 🧵

submitted 196 days ago • 17 comments

I made a starter pack of speciation researchers. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to be added. I am particularly sad that so far there are not many speciation researchers from the Global South represented. go.bsky.app/J7qDY56

submitted 190 days ago • 44 comments

Interesting study on spatial and temporal beta diversity from my close colleagues 🌐: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Phyllostomid bats: consistently just weird little guys

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The @batconservation.bsky.social podcast by @stevebats.bsky.social with @ramoneskaraoke.bsky.social is well worth a listen if you’re into #bioacoustics and/or #bats🦇 (The whole series is worth a subscribe too) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

submitted 193 days ago • 0 comments

Thrilled to share "How do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice?" out now in @ecography.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/ecog... We highlight patterns, best practices, and outstanding questions in studies of wildlife "occupancy." Let me know what you think. 1/3

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Divergent reference genomes compromise the reconstruction of demographic histories, selection scans, and population genetic summary statistics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.625554v1 🧬🖥️🧪

submitted 195 days ago • 1 comment

Come for all the different foraging strategies necessitated by all these different beak shapes, stay for egret-on-egret violence Featuring species: White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Snowy Egret, Great Egret

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