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Federal government scientists who have just lost your job, here’s a list of state-level and international government science jobs www.linkedin.com/posts/drkimb... 🧪🌎🦑

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We're hiring! Come work at UIUC! Assistant Professor in Molecular Epidemiology Tenure-track, 9 month position Closing date March 21 illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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I’m on the market! 🎉 What do I do? -I develop research questions and applied biotechnology to understand and disrupt insect symbioses. -I coordinate international teams to tackle interdisciplinary global challenges. -I train mycologists, entomologists and insect pathologists.

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We're searching for a postdoc to study insect-microbe symbiosis in our lab at UNC Chapel Hill. Application can be found here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/295...

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Introducing {wbw}, a new geospatial powerhouse in the R ecosystem by Anatolii Tsyplenkov! 🌍⚡ {wbw} provides a fast & powerful library for hydrology, geomorphometry, remote sensing, and more (raster, vector, LiDAR). Check it out: https://buff.ly/4gaWbCe #rspatial #rstats #geocompx #GIS

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I've been seeing devastating closures of USDA labs this week, and thinking about all the messaging I usually give microbiology and mycology undergrads on the importance of public science, with the USDA as a clear example. (1/9)

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@exposedwildlife.bsky.social is hiring!! Are you passionate about protecting and advocating for threatened apex predators like bears, wolves and cougars in Western Canada and beyond? www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org/jobs

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Now seems a good time to mention that I haven't yet filled a postdoc position in phylogenetic methods. If you just lost your job, need something temporary, and know something about bioinformatics/statistics/evolution, talk to me.

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ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

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Reposting with alt text and live link: www.jamhoff.com email: [email protected]

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Neat 🦟 paper www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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Megafauna disperse pathogens and ectoparasites. The End Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions led to an 85% reduction of pathogen dispersal, causing surviving species to become immunonaieve. This led to the rise of zoonotic disease and epizootics 🧪 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Check out our paper, co-authored by @akhorramnejad.bsky.social and me. Published in @commsbio.bsky.social We explore how global change will affect mosquito-virus interaction. We use single or multi-generational exposure to heat to address this. A 🧵 with our results (1/5) rdcu.be/d8wse

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Interested in collecting, sharing, and interacting with large collections of bacterial functional genomics data (RNA-seq, Tn-seq/TraDIS, etc.)? Check out our new web platform, Micromix, with case studies for Salmonella and Bacteroides! 🧫🧬🖥️🧪 Thread 1/n academic.oup.com/gigascience/...

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In our January issue: Vector of the Month: #Rhipicephalus #microplus (Southern #cattle #tick; Asian blue tick), authored by Kennan Oyen & @areyoukeddingme.bsky.social. www.cell.com/trends/paras...

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We're excited to see a bunch of LTER sites making their way over to BlueSky! Our sites are the heart of our network—they're the places advancing our understanding of ecology, one 40-year study at at time. You can follow all of our sites on BlueSky using our starter pack here: go.bsky.app/MrcEQVV

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We’re still looking for a postdoctoral fellow interested in tick-borne bacterial diseases ✨

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Entomology postdoc job! Function and Evolution of Insect Societies, Arizona State University.

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Applications for the NEVBD Summer Undergraduate Internship Program are open! Students can apply to work with vector surveillance & control professionals in CT, DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, & VA. Interns will receive a stipend. Apply by February 21. Learn more: neregionalvectorcenter.com/internships

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It is Faculty interview season, so I created a doc with compiled Chalk Talk advice! Please share widely- this shouldn't be hidden curriculum... there is a recipe for success! I will also share videos of my practice and actual UCSD chalk talk with anyone who wants it! DM me!

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Come be my colleague! Public Health Entomology faculty position at Penn State (Assistant/Associate). 70% research, 30% extension. (I am not on the search committee but happy to answer any questions that I can) psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

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DYK lone star ticks are SUPER mobile? But how much do they actually move in the field/lab? Danny Marshall (PhD student in Jeb Owen's lab) just published a paper on movement activity of LSTs.👏 We hope this work will help with future movement modeling of lone star ticks! Link: doi.org/10.1186/s130...

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Really important read about the extinction of experience among ecologists - and the barriers to doing fieldwork - both in teaching & research. @kevinjgaston.bsky.social Likely to hinder our efforts to address the biodiversity crisis doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🌏🧪

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How are pathogens and parasites responding to planetary change, what does this mean for people and biodiversity, and what is to be done? New @viralemergence.org synthesis out today in Nature Rev Biodiversity (@natrevbiodiv.bsky.social) with a fantastic author team🧪😷 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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The DOD is hiring an ORISE postdoc in Arthropod Vectors and Arboviruses. zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

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Check out our newly published scoping review in the Journal of Medical Entomology to learn about the current state of applied tick control research in North America! Find the article here: doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae155

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Very happy to share the latest preprint from my lab led by Kaylee Vosbigian @kaylee-vosbigian.bsky.social ! We found that Anaplasma activates the ATF6 branch of the unfolded protein response in Ixodes ticks to facilitate cholesterol uptake for growth and survival. #MicroSky #Anaplasma #ticks

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New paper! 🦠🐭🦟 Perspectives on the route towards a 'people and nature' paradigm for biodiversity-disease research and action, with fantastic co-authors @profkatej.bsky.social, @dwredding.bsky.social and Sagan Friant. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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To understand how climate change affects natural ecosystems we need to know how warming influences species interactions. In our newest paper we show that predator-prey interactions fundamentally change across latitude leading to context dependent effects of warming. 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/oik....

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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

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Using deep learning for multi-species distribution predictions ✨ by Y. Hu et al. Jan 2025 @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🔑 They apply MLP, CNN, ViT, and multimodal models to plant 🌱 community data from the French Alps⛰️. All models show a high predictive capacity ! 🧪🌐🌍🦤🪴

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ESA is hiring! We're looking for our next Marketing and Web Manager, someone ready to own and drive marketing across all ESA program and service areas. If you're a mar/comm pro looking for a new opportunity or know someone who is, learn more:

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Job opening for full professor and head of dept in infectious disease epidemiology and dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social. Deadline 31st Jan: jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

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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

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Please share. I'm recruiting up to 2 grad students to join my lab this fall and work on litter inverts or mosquitoes in Puerto Rico (summer start date possible). I am NOT taking non-U.S. students. Either student should have interests and background in ecology of insects. Details in ad.🦟🐜🪳🇵🇷🌴

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I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in PAID research. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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And Anna's paper is officially online in Theoretical Population Biology. Happy 2025 everyone, and well done team! Catching the wave: On the suitability of traveling-wave solutions in epidemiological modeling. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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📄NEW PAPER exploring #eDNA quantification methods! For #qPCR / #ddPCR end users aiming to enhance sensitivity & precision in detecting low eDNA quantities – a common challenge in #MarineEcology surveys. Bonus: An alternative framework for LoD & LoQ. doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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