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drmikewiser.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, teaching-track professor (knowledge transmitter), board game and cat enthusiast, teller of Dad jokes, believer that sarcasm doesn't have to be mean or denigrating. Also a "damn greenblooded hobgoblin". I read a lot. 🏳️‍🌈🧫 👨
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At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:

submitted 5 hours ago • 9 comments

I now have every variant of azuki officially recognized in Japan... and yet the golden variant of Thailand and China escapes me. I'd pay anyone willing to find it and do the import paperwork...

submitted 17 hours ago • 5 comments

We are recruiting @ox.ac.uk @dunnschool.bsky.social for a joint project between Kevin Foster's group and mine! Cluster hire of two postdocs interested in: 1) Mucosal immunology and oral vaccine development my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... 2) Microbiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Please share!

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

On Aug 12, 2026, there will be a total solar eclipse visible from eastern Greenland, western Iceland, northern Spain, and northern Portugal. Seeing totality in April 2024 (from Ohio) has been one of the coolest experiences of my life. A reminder that there are good things coming, even in chaos.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

It had been 2 weeks since I picked up my bow (illness, plus a cancelled class). There was no archery class today due to a tournament. So I went to the range and ... shot the best I ever have in my life. Would have earned my next pin had this been during class. Huh.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

It is the weekend; time for hedonism*! * I am making mac n cheese.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

Things we want: Research Eggs Education Food production Housing construction Things we don't want: Nazis Plane crashes Disease outbreaks A government obsessed with our genitals Theft of our personal data Blatant corruption Book bans

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

HEY IF YOU'RE A PALEONTOLOGIST can you please yell loudly in my direction? I need you for a (very fun) side quest. #standupforscience #scienceforall #askascientist

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments