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Curt Lively

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Evolutionary Ecologist, Indiana University

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Chris Smith @chriscrsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508
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Indiana University Academic Positions
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Jaap de Roode @jaapderoode.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So excited to share that the Department of Biology @emoryuniversity.bsky.social is hiring an open-rank faculty member in the area of ecology. Happy to answer any questions. Please share! 🧪 apply.interfolio.com/191783
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George Matsumoto @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 @mbarinews.bsky.social invites applications for in-person postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. Deadline to apply is 5pm PT on December 2, 2026. www.mbari.org/about/career...
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Postdoc Fellowships • MBARI
Each year, MBARI invites applications for several in-person postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of biological, chemical, and physical oceanography, marine geology, and ocean engineering. MBARI also...
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We're hiring TWO tenure-track Assistant Professors in Biology at UNA! Come teach and do some research in a cute little college town right on the Tennessee River. North Alabama is a major biodiversity hotspot. The barbecue ain't bad either. Job description links below: 1/2
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Jim Sun, PhD @sunlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join the team @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca to study TB pathogenesis and host-directed therapy! Please help disseminate amongst your network. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics
Academic Job Category Faculty Non Bargaining Job Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Host-Directed Therapeutics Department Research I Sun I Department of Microbiology...
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Jim Elser @drlimnology.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Would you like to work here? The search for the next director of Flathead Lake Bio Station is re-opened (search suspended last year due to admin issue). FLBS is in terrific shape, physically, financially, & academically with exciting prospects for the future. 🧪 Apply: apply.interfolio.com/192695
Colorful sunset over Flathead Lake as seen from Polson.  Flathead Lake Biological Station is about 16 miles up on the east shore.
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Maurine Neiman @maurineneiman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Terrific article in @quantamagazine.org about polyploidy and featuring our snails, along with some amazing other scientists! ❤️🐌🧬 www.quantamagazine.org/genome-dupli... @johnlogsdon.bsky.social @chelseahiggins.bsky.social @kylemcelroy.bsky.social @peterdfields.bsky.social @jsharbro.bsky.social
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Genome Duplication Is a Radical Evolutionary Gamble | Quanta Magazine
By doubling their entire genome, organisms can evolve extremely rapidly — or they can lose it all. New studies reveal how to survive the high-risk, high-reward evolutionary event.
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 26/08/2026
Join Professor Kayla King for the Francis Crick Prize Lecture on 14 October 2026. @kayla-king.bsky.social will explore the rapid evolution of pathogens across the tree of life. She will also reveal what drives evolutionary changes in pathogen virulence: royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Professor in Bacteriophage Biology & Evolution at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Closing date 1 October, with an expected start date no earlier than January 1, 2027, and a salary within the range of $200,000 to $270,000 per year. For details: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
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Rachael Bay @rachaelabay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My department, Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis is hiring a plant evolution position! I am biased, but it's a great department 😃 apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777
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Tim Linksvayer @tlinksvayer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Heard of the haplodiploid hypothesis (=¾ relatedness hypothesis)? It’s long been a staple of biology textbooks – you may’ve run into it in Intro Biology, Genetics, Evolution, or Behavior. It’s also been very influential on social evolution theory, yet surprisingly, it long remained untested.🧵
shots of pages from biology textbooks featuring the haplodiploid hypothesis for the evolution of eusociality
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Stu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Exciting early career researcher EMBO meeting in Dubrovnik. 4 great themes including adaptation and global change. event.fourwaves.com/eysf/pages
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EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum (EYSF) 2026
Join EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum (EYSF) 2026, October 28-30, 2026. Learn more on Fourwaves.
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Ostrom & her husband Vincent created a "workshop" at Indiana University. Their idea was to train students in the theory & practice of political economy and policy analysis as an apprentice works alongside a master carpenter. More than 50 years later it's still going strong. 2/9
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The Ostroms & Our History
For half a century, Lin and Vincent Ostrom's efforts in creating a long-lasting "workshop" have produced remarkable results and rigor.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Come be our colleague. I have been in this Division for 27 years (4 as a postdoc and 23 as a PI). It is an amazing place to work, collaborate, and be inspired. If you are applying to be an Assistant or Associate Professor this Fall, don't miss this deadline.
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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342
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Teresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bacteriology-Focused Assistant Professor Position in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Application deadline: August 15, 2026 Come be my colleague!
Bacteriology-Focused Assistant Professor Position in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan

Application deadline: August 15, 2026

Applicants are requested to send
1) A cover letter (up to 1 page)
2) A CV
3) A description of research interests and goals (up to 2 pages)
4) A description of teaching experience and philosophy (up to 1 page)
5) Contact information including email to solicit 3 letters of recommendation.
Application materials should be combined into one PDF and addressed to the department chair, Dr. Bethany Moore, and sent via email to Sheryl Smith - sherylhs@umich.edu
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
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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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Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
ALT: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
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Megan Frederickson @mfrederickson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Come work with me! We are hiring a Research Program & Operations Coordinator to administer a new CREATE training program and support other EEB initiatives at U of T. Please circulate to great people in Toronto looking for an academic admin position: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Research Program & Operations Coordinator
Research Program & Operations Coordinator
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Tim Janicke @timjanicke.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In a new #Viewpoint we argue that the binary definition of #BiologicalSex based on gamete size is a scientifically robust framework that is entirely compatible with the diversity of sexual phenotypes and human gender identities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Biological Sex Is Binary and Rooted in Anisogamy
Drawing on empirical evidence and evolutionary theory, we argue that biological sex is most coherently defined as a binary classification of reproductive strategies rooted in anisogamy (the productio....
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Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin @wiko-berlin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
CFA: Apply by November 1st! Wiko Early Career Call for fellowships 2027/2028 in the #NaturalSciences and #LifeSciences. Gain time to think during a 3–5 month #fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin – Institute for Advanced Study: www.wiko-berlin.de/en/becoming-...
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Asher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Come to EEB! U. Toronto Schmidt AI in Science Postdoc Fellowship in natural sciences, $85k/yr (2 yrs). Experience with AI not a requirement, but must have desire to learn new AI methodologies to accelerate discoveries in their domain. schmidtfellows.utoronto.ca/apply/
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Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center @bdsc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We are pleased to announce a major donation to support the work of the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center. Lawerence Washington, husband of former BDSC director Kathy Matthews, has established an endowment in her honor. bdsc.indiana.edu/news-events/...
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
JOB OPPORTUNITY: UNA Biology needs a new Lab Boss!! Do you like teaching biology and running labs? Do you have a Masters degree or higher? Do you want to live in a cute little college town on a massive biodiversity hotspot in the southeastern US? This is the job for you! Apply today!!
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Non-Tenure-Track, Lecturer in Biology
The University of North Alabama is accepting applications for the position of Non-Tenure-Track, Lecturer in Biology to begin in August 2026.   The successful candidate will primarily teach majors and ...
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) & interested email CV & transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️ @igs-egg.bsky.social
icebergs in a glacial lake
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Parul Johri @johriparul.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We are actively searching for a postdoc to join the lab! Details provided here - johrilab.org/join Please share. I will be at PEQG and will be happy to chat if you're interested!
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Join | JohriLab
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Lynda Delph @ldelph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has a super creative special exhibit of coral reefs, created by crochet and knitting. Follows a progression from healthy (colored yarn), to bleached (plastic bags), to dead. Powerful!
Part of the display room in the museum with healthy coral reefs represented by colorful yarn elaborately crocheted and knitted, to a bleached reef made from plastic bags.Coral reef of sooo many colors and an ancient diver covered in reef animals.
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Britt Koskella @bkoskella.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Please share widely! Abstract submissions open for the 2026 Jacques Monod conference: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world! Held in beautiful Roscoff France from November 2- 6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline : June 6 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
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Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Want to support graduate students in uncertain times? Consider donating to our Graduate Research Excellence Grants program, which provides research funds – and a vote of confidence – for students in evolutionary biology. www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
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Donate to Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!, organized by SSE Communications
The Graduate Research Excellence Grants are awarded by the So… SSE Communications needs your support for Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!
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UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute at @ucdavis.bsky.social is announcing a new Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity! Priority review starts June 15, 2026. Help us spread the word to the #MarineScience community. Details and Apply ➡️: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07627
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Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute (CMSI) Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Less than 1 week to apply for this postdoc! If you want to find out more about the project have a look at our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #mevosky
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Dorota Paczesniak @dorotdesigns.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
How is fertilisation different between flowering plants🌺 and naked-seed plants, like conifers🌳? This illustration has been commissioned by @pyhatanja.bsky.social and Robert Kesälahti and is now freely available on Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY 4.0 licence Link: bit.ly/4w9pyhq 🧪 #SciArt #EduSky
A graphic showing a fragment of an illustration with some text below on a cheerful yellow background. The text reads: Botanical illustration: Comparison between fertilisation in angiosperms and gymnospermsA graphic showing a botanical illustration with some text below. The text reads: This illustration shows the comparison between angiosperm (A) and gymnosperm (B) fertilisation and the anatomy of the female reproductive organsA graphic showing a screenshot from Wikimedia Commons with some text below. The text reads: It is available on Wikimedia  Commons with a CC BY 4.0 licence. Free to share and remix, attribution requiredA graphic showing a few small botanical illustrations and hand-drawn sketches with some text below. The text reads: I'm open to commissions of scientific figures, graphical abstracts, infographics and other learning materials. Drawing to explain and inspire. My portfolio: https://www.behance.net/dorotdesigns. Dorota Paczesniak (PhD), scientific illustrator
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Join us! @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position using experimental evolution to understand real-world resistance dynamics. See preprint for the 🤯 strain collection we will be working with www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Closing 15 May. Apply: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #mevosky
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Curt Lively @clively.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Awesome! Hearty congratulations, Jay
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Deanna Soper @deannasoper.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I have the privilege of being the external member of a search committee for our art department! We are looking for a sculptor who specializes in woodworking or carving, stone carving, metal fabrication, resins, rubbers, or other casting techniques. See: www.instagram.com/p/DTfrAlhDeD...
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udallas.art on Instagram: "[Update] Extended Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026 | Link in Bio | The Art Department at the University of Dallas is hiring an Affiliate Prof…"
[Update] Extended Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026 | Link in Bio | The Art Department at the University of Dallas is hiring an Affiliate Professor of Sculpture, starting August 2026. Please help spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
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Dr. Wen-Juan Ma | 马文娟 @wenjuanma84.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Excited that our new collaborative work on Amazonian frogs with giant meiotic chains of 8–12 😲 #SexChromosomes now is out in @commsbio.nature.com! 🐸🧬 Investigating the evolution of large meiotic rings of multiple X and Y chromosomes in two Leptodactylus species 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Sam Scarpino @scarpino.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We're searching for a tenure-track prof in health & tech at our Charlotte, NC campus! Successful candidates will join @nubouve.bsky.social, w/ cross-disciplinary appointments and membership in @nunetsi.bsky.social & Experiential AI encouraged. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Open Rank Tenure Track Professor in Technology and Health
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity Northeastern University invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in technology and health, beginning in the academic year 2026-27. This posit...
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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
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Curt Lively @clively.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I am halfway through Metamorphosis. It is a fantastic book! Lots of interesting history told in a very engaging way.
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Joel Sharbrough @jsharbro.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I am looking for a PhD student to start in my lab at UCSB in Fall 2026, studying evolutionary biology. See attached flyer for more information. Please also share with potentially interested students. Thanks!
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Joanne P Webster @joannewebster.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Very proud to share Poppy's first research paper: “Hard to Make and Hard to Take.” examining the imperative need for - but challenges against - the development of vaccines for the Neglected Tropical Diseases. lnkd.in/dPn_DEwi
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Hard to make and hard to take: Exploring the current and future barriers to the development and implementation of antipoverty vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) encompass 20 conditions or groups of diseases that affect almost exclusively the rural poor in low- and middle-inco…
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Parul Johri @johriparul.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The Johri Lab has an open postdoc position. Please send me an email, if interested. Start date is flexible. Please do share! Thank you in advance.
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Ben Hopkins @brhopkins92.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
Ichetucknee Springs State Park, a short drive from Gainesville, FL
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Dorota Paczesniak @dorotdesigns.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
You can see more of my visual design projects in the online portfolio www.behance.net/dorotdesigns
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Behance
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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Great new postdoc fellowship for foundational plant research. If you’re into genetics and genomics of plant reproductive evolution or adaptive convergence (incl in the cool and charismatic nightshades!) I’d be happy to talk about possible projects! www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
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Joanne P Webster @joannewebster.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Delighted to share our systematic review revealing significant associations between child protozoan infections and stunting, esp Cryptosporidium spp. & Giardia spp., although data on the impact of maternal infections were lacking and mixed. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Ben Ashby @bnashby.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Join us at SFU for a 2-year Mekler Postdoctoral Fellowship in mathematical biology to work with me and Ailene MacPherson. Apply at www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27... by Nov 15.
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MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society
Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Indiana University offers 2 NIH traineeships in reproductive diversity, focusing on sexual reproduction and development across species. PhD in relevant fields required. More info: reporter.nih.gov/search/tkwkKtadrUm…. #postdoc
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RePORT ⟩ RePORTER
RePORT ⟩ RePORTER
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Ashleigh Griffin @asgriffin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Join us in our swanky new pad... @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-a...
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We are hiring! Oxford biology has three associate professorships available as we move to new state-of-the-art facilities
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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
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Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
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