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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TWO JOBS in our department #IntegrativeBiology at #UTAustin! Evolutionary Biology and Organismal Mechanistic Processes, both very widely defined. Come join us! Application info here: apply.interfolio.com/193270

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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 15/09/2026

The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270

Two Assistant Professor Positions in Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes

Description
The Department of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin seeks to fill two faculty positions in the areas of Evolutionary Biology and Mechanistic Processes, broadly defined. We are looking for candidates who are advancing (1) evolutionary biology or (2) the mechanistic understanding of organismal processes. These positions will be filled at the level of Assistant Professor.

Qualifications
Candidates should be using innovative approaches in evolutionary biology and/or the mechanistic understanding of whole-organism processes. Mechanistic processes include, but are not limited to, behavior, biomechanics, cognition, physiology, and development. The phylogenetic scope of the Evolutionary Biology position may include eukaryotes, prokaryotes, viruses, and the scale may include individual molecules to entire ecosystems and beyond. Candidates for either position may employ experimental, theoretical, or computational frameworks, or a combination thereof. Special consideration will be given to applicants with demonstrated potential for integrating across our target disciplines.

We seek applicants with a strong record of high-quality research, publications, potential for extramural funding, and a commitment to excellence in teaching and mentorship. A PhD or equivalent is required at the time of appointment, and postdoctoral research experience is strongly recommended.

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Floris BOSVELD @florisbosveld.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Join us for the symposium Morphogenesis: Where Form Takes Shape Oct. 27-28 Institute Curie Paris Free attendance, but registration is required. Short talks and posters will be selected from submitted abstracts. Abstract submission deadline: Oct. 10, 2026.

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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 11/09/2026

We have a tenure-track faculty position in Evolutionary Biology in Columbia's E3B Department. Application deadline is October 15. Come be our colleague. Please RT! apply.interfolio.com/193016

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SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Congratulations to, @marta-shahbazi.bsky.social recipient of the SEBD José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta (JLGS) Prize 2026! 🎉 Her research aims to uncover how early human development is organised. 🏆 Award ceremony at #SEBD2026 in El Rompido, Spain. #DevBio #DevelopmentalBiology Photo courtesy of @mrclmb.ac.uk

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Arnaud Krebs @arnaudkr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

EMBL QBMM is back this year with an outstanding line-up! Plenty of talks will be selected from submitted abstracts, with emphasis on junior scientists and representation across diverse fields. The abstract deadline is the end of this week, so don’t miss out! www.embl.org/about/info/c...

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

What happens when evolution adds an extra pair of eyes? Male mayflies evolve an extra pair of dorsal compound eyes, the Turbanate eyes, thought to help males detect females during mating swarms. we have investigate how this remarkable evolutionary novelty develops. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

First published teamwork of the lab 🎉! We wrote a review about emerging concepts of how metabolism promotes, regulates and changes during gastrulation. We hope it will be useful for anyone interested in the emerging field of developmental metabolism. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A metabolic view of gastrulation: Coordinating signalling, epigenetics and morphogenesis

Gastrulation is the morphogenetic process by which the single-layered pluripotent epiblast is reorganised into the three germ layers and the basic bod…

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Emília Santos @emiliapsantos.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

🎨 job alert 🐠 Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August. Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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Vicky & The Sleight Lab @vs-marine.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Please share, I am hiring an evo devo postdoctoral research fellow! 📍: The Sleight Lab, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (5th oldest University in UK & English-speaking world) 📅: start after 1st December 2026 🐌: Evolution and Development (molluscs) ⌛: 3 year contract sleightlab.com/vacancies/

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Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Just approved an order for standard lab consumables. Prices have nearly doubled since starting the lab. Meanwhile, the bar for publishing keeps rising, requiring ever more costly experiments, while grant budgets barely changed. Hard to see how this is a sustainable trajectory for academic research.

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

C.H. Waddington's lasting achievements in development and evolution Jonathan B. L. Bard examines some of Waddington's research papers that show why he is one of the few pre-molecular-age developmental biologists still widely remembered and how they remain significant. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

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C.H. Waddington's lasting achievements in development and evolution

ABSTRACT. C.H. Waddington (1905-1975) was a British biologist and perhaps the major figure in developmental biology between the 1940s and 1960s. He is one of the few pre-molecular-age developmental bi...

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Phil Abitua @ohnolog.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Annual killifish continue to surprise us: they make neutrophils before almost every other cell type, even before gastrulation. Neutrophils usually arise from the lateral plate mesoderm (forming in cyan), but in killifish they are already patrolling around the embryo in gold. tinyurl.com/killiphil

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EMBO @embo.org · 30/06/2026

For the first time ever, the EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum is coming to Dubrovnik, #Croatia, 28–30 October 2026. 🧪 Sign up now! Early bird registration deadline: 15 July 2026 event.fourwaves.com/eysf #EYSF2026 #LifeSciences #EarlyCareerResearchers

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Berta Verd @bertaverd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Our @jesusoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk student, Bethan Sheldon, reflects on her field course in Borneo.

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Institut Curie @institutcurie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Applications are open for the international course “Developmental Biology” organized by the Institut Curie in partnership with @sorbonne-universite.fr 📅 Oct. 19–28, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Jul. 19 & Sept. 18 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/developmental-biology-2026

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Theory of Living Matter Group @tlmcambridge.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🚨Online ECR Seminar TOMORROW- 24.06.26 | 16:00 UK Jan Rombouts (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Chandrashekar Kuyyamudi (Harvard University). Please share & to attend online please register to our 📧: lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/subscr...

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Mike Dorrity @mwdorr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

First pre-print from the lab, a collaborative effort led by Jess Bourn @bournsupremacy.bsky.social, a fantastic PhD in my group. We resolve a key problem in development + evolution: how do we quantify heterochrony and link temporal variation to phenotype? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Quantitative mapping of heterochrony to species-specific phenotypes

The genetic program of animal development is conserved, but its rate of execution varies across species. Heterochrony, shifts in the relative timing of developmental events, generates phenotypic varia...

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Berta Verd @bertaverd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Our new preprint by the super talented and persevering @callumbucklow.bsky.social on the integrated evolution of body elongation and vertebral shape. I guess it's not all about modularity after all!

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Dream job alert 🎉 Are you a talented videographer with a passion for nature? Join our team! Apply online ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📆 Full time. 📝 £33,954 per annum. 📍 Thetford, Norfolk (Hybrid). ⚠️ Application deadline: 5 July.

Puffins gather on the top of a rockface. Wording above reads: We're hiring! Digital Communications Officer (Videographer).

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Josefin Sundin @josefin-sundin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Fully-funded 4-year PhD-position available! The PhD-student will investigate the effects of restocking European eel. The position will be based at SLU Aqua in Stockholm, Sweden. Application deadline is July 6. Info about the PhD-position and link to apply: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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Thomas Lecuit @thomaslecuit.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Here is the announcement of a Symposium @college-de-france.fr on 26 June on Information Flow and Computation in Biological systems. A great line of speakers on a variety of topics from embryogenesis to neuroscience, immunology and microbiology. Free entrance, come if you are in Paris end of June 🤩

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 11/06/2026

Whole genome duplications over 450 million years ago enabled the emergence of different kinds of brain cells 🧠 These cellular innovations are shared across vertebrates - from primitive fish to mammals - and form the basis of the sophisticated brains seen today 👇

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Ancient genome duplications laid the foundations of complex brains

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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We have a fully funded PhD position on European eel! Please spread! 🐟 🪱 Main supervisor Josefin Sundin @josefin-sundin.bsky.social at SLU Aqua Stockholm (scholar.google.com/citations?us...). Apply through the portal: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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EMBO @embo.org · 09/06/2026

Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-go…

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Lara Krüger @lara-kruger.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

📢 We are looking for a Junior Group Leader to join us at @institutcurie.bsky.social! Having joined the department just over a year ago, I can honestly say that it is an exceptionally stimulating and supportive scientific environment, filled with outstanding colleagues — all in the heart of Paris.

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Congratulations to #HFSP Awardee Sonomi Yamaguchi, recipient of an Inspiration Prize in the 5th Marie Sklodowska Curie Award! 🎉 The award recognizes outstanding women researchers with exceptional scientific achievements and future potential.🧪 📑 zurl.co/1wtaS #sts

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Deep Piction @deeppiction.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

From Whole Body to Single Cell. At www.DeepPiction.com we can see where disease begins and identify ways to make therapies safer & more effective. We’re excited to share our new paper at @nature.com! Our goal is to advance drug discovery for #Cancer, #LongCovid, #Inflammation, and more.

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Champi @jpascualanaya.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🔈 Heading to Euro Evo-Devo #EED2026 in Glasgow? Don't miss out our Fish Satellite Meeting! Co-organized with Mike Dorrity @mwdorr.bsky.social, Ralf Schneider @ralfschneider.bsky.social, Laure Sanders @lsaunders.bsky.social and Joost Woltering, and with a list of outstanding speakers 👇

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東山大毅/ Hiroki HIGASHIYAMA Ph.D @h-higashiyama.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Join our Symposium S08 – Integrative Perspectives on Craniofacial Evo-Devo, at #EED2026 ! Invited speakers: Agáta Horáčková, Markéta Kaucká, Joseph Keating, Hiroki Higashiyama Contributing speakers: Taro Nojiri, Laura Wilson, Joshua Gross, Irene Soto Bajo, Richard Dearden, Tatjana Haitina

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Robin Pranter @robinpranter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Join our symposium, next week at #EED2026 ! Invited speakers: Katie Pelletier, Erica Nadolsky, Rebecca Green and Jukka Jernvall Contributing speakers: Luisa F. Pallares, Tobias Gerber, Chiara Castelletti, Alistair P. McGregor and Tom Van Dooren Funding from @biologists.bsky.social

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 01/06/2026

Professor Tim Coulson FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a biologist working at the interface of ecology and evolution, developing theory to explore how ecological change influences evolution, and vice versa. #RSFellows royalsociety.org/people/timothy-cou…

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Christian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Updated GRC Developmental Biology 2027 flyer/poster with the latest roster of invited speakers. 🌱🐟🧬🐭🪰🧪🧫 Come join us to discuss the latest in #devbio at the Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort, Jan 17-22 ! #GRCDevBio2027

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Denis Duboule @denisduboule.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

From this thursday May 28th onwards, Claude Desplan @NYU will give four seminars as a guest Professor @college-de-france.fr Dont' miss this great colleague and teacher, on a super interesting and timely topic! Free access, no registration and an air-conditioned auditorium🤘

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Zebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

“These results demonstrate that body elongation in cichlids necessitates integrated, multivariate changes in axial morphology [and] highlight the importance of morphological integration in facilitating coordinated evolutionary responses in anatomical systems.” New from @bertaverd.bsky.social et al🐠

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Alain Goriely @alaingoriely.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I am looking for a Post-doc in Oxford to work with me on morphogenesis at the cellular scale, with particular emphasis on growth processes and their mechanical and dynamical consequences. Please circulate my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... This bristle is created by a single cell! Let's model it.

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Nicoletta Petridou @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Glad to see this out in its final form! www.nature.com/articles/s41... What changed since the preprint? Wonderful experiments disentangling the effect of receptor binding vs tissue porosity on Nodal diffusion, plus one of the smoothest review experiences! Thanks @natcellbio.nature.com & reviewers 🙏

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Tissue rigidity phase transition shapes morphogen gradients - Nature Cell Biology

Autorino et al. report a feedback loop between Nodal signalling and tissue phase transitions in zebrafish embryos. Nodal alters adhesion, triggering tissue rigidification and reduced porosity, which l...

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 11/05/2026

🚨 A wonderful review exploring the diversity of sensory systems across life and species-agnostic tools we now have to study them and to better understand principles of neuroscience! @tessamontague.bsky.social @kocherlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Nature-inspired neuroscience

The early decades of neuroscience drew inspiration from the rich diversity of animal life, but in recent years, the field has converged on a narrow se…

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting is gonna be awesome! DEADLINE to register is June 1st! Sign up now! scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨Job claxon🚨 4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies. Come join us, we are nice. 🧪 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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Sally Lowell @cellysally.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Reminder! Application deadline Friday 8th May

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Bingo! Do I win a prize now?

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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 23/04/2026

Stay tuned to @dev-journal.bsky.social to hear more from the fellows in the coming months!

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Sally Lowell @cellysally.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Congratulations to all authors! Your #PaperThemeTune is this lovely number from the Kasambwe Brothers, who, like your little fishies, are a) from Malawi and b) great. thekasambwebrothers.bandcamp.com/track/mtima-...

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Mtima Wanga (My Heart), by The Kasambwe Brothers

from the album The Kasambwe Brothers

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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I love the comparative approach here. I think this is the way to go ! Again highlights the modularity of developmental processes Keeping the tempo of the clock the same but playing with initial conditions leads to variation in somite number.

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