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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our lab is part of the #Marine #Chronobiology #Network = #MACHRO ! ⏰🌊🌿🪱🦟 And MACHRO is now on #Bsky as well @marine-chronobio.bsky.social - please have a look below, follow and share if you like! #circadian #tidal #lunar #annual #rhythm #MarineEcology #MarineLife #algae #worms #insect #clock

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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We have a new #preprint on #lunar #reproductive #timing as a #magictrait in #speciation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... with former PhD students Alexander Jacobsen 🧪💻 Runa Ekrem 🦟🌊 🙏 Big thanks to both for the great work! #EvoBio #barriers #Chronobiology #circadian #MarineEcology

Full moon and new moon strains from Roscoff differ in lunar reproductive timing (A). Genotyping of 11 divergent loci (B) in 797 field-caught individuals shows that thetwo timing strains are distinct genetic entities (C).

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How does pressure from below begin? Often quietly, when early-career researchers discover that a calculation they have been making alone is widely shared. New on Academic Renewal: notes from conversations among ECRs. academicrenewal.substack.com/p/how-pressu...

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How pressure from below begins

Notes from conversations among early career researchers

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If anyone looking for a postdoc with fantastic genomics/bioinformatics skills + strong intellect + great energy, please let me know! Preferably West Coast or remote/hybrid options & the candidate is open to a short (1 year) or longer term appointment

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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We had a visit by former #postdoc @juleneumann.bsky.social last week. She presented her current work on ⏰ #clocks & #crabs 🦀 @aberuni.bsky.social, including the her amazing high-throughput #phenotyping setup. Good to have you #home for a while! @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social #marine #chronobio

Jule Neumann, Tobias Kaiser and a crab drawn by Ernst Haeckel.

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Help needed! Does anyone know of a lab that has glass (pigmentless) guppies? We are interested in getting them for a project

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A further push to do something about the plague of journals that provide minimal editorial oversight, erode standards, distort incentives and threaten public trust in science; while at the same time reaping vast profit from tax-payer-funded research. febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Shark-like behaviour of predatory publishers

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Maxwell Shafer @maxshafer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Do you have trouble sleeping when away from home or your partner and family? In our latest, we find that shells 🐚🏠 (homes) and conspecifics 🐟❤️ (family) control (or mask) circadian rhythms in shell dwelling cichlid fish: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell

Alt: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell

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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

AUTOREPLY: Currently on field work in northern Spain, making new friends.

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Academic advice travels downhill: manage your supervisor, publish early, protect your time. Where is the genre in which early-career researchers advise the people who hire, fund and judge them? New post 👇 academicrenewal.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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The first curriculum

Academic survival guides teach junior researchers how to live with the judgements of senior scholars. No corresponding genre gives young researchers authority to advise the people who judge them.

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One faculty ad, 200 applicants, 600 papers before the first shortlist. Nobody can read that, so metrics do the reducing — and slowly a committee stops reading at all. An essay on what we lose when judgement is handed to citation counts and h-indices. 🧵 academicrenewal.substack.com/p/when-acade...

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When academics stop reading

Metrics can help decide where to look, but they turn dangerous when they replace contact with the work itself.

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My postdoc director called my work "phenomenological" and forbade it. I walked to a museum, found Tinbergen had shared a Nobel for work of exactly that kind, and finished the study anyway. On temperament, luck, and what the system selects against 👇 academicrenewal.substack.com/p/a-certain-...

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A certain cast of mind

The argument about research culture leaves out something personal, and no reform reaches it.

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Dr. Stepfanie Aguillón 😷 @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Interested in joining a growing lab in LA? We’re hiring a postdoc!! Please spread the word to folks in your network and feel free to get in touch with any questions recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11142

Colorful advertisement for the position that reads:

We’re seeking a new Postdoctoral Scholar to lead the analysis and publication of whole-genome sequencing datasets from the northern flicker hybrid zone.

This is a two-year appointment based in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. Start date is flexible and can begin as early as October 2026.

Basic Qualifications:
• PhD in evolutionary biology, ecology, genomics, or a related field by appointment start date
• Demonstrated ability to work with sequencing datasets
• Strong writing skills with a record of peer-reviewed publications
• Ability to lead independent projects and work collaboratively

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Peer review is unpaid. Click "claim credit" for a review and that record enters a database owned by Clarivate, the company that also sells the impact factor. Your free labour becomes their inventory, and once anonymised, raw material for profit. academicrenewal.substack.com/p/who-owns-y...

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Who owns your peer review?

The reward for reviewing has quietly become an asset on someone else's balance sheet.

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In choosing where to submit our work for publication, we have more agency than we sometimes recognise. Every submission helps determine which journals prosper, which publishing models grow, and ultimately how science is communicated. academicrenewal.substack.com/p/choosing-w...

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Choosing where to publish

Every submission helps shape the future of scholarly publishing

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The first Academic Renewal interview is now live! Denis Bourguet & Thomas Guillemaud, co-founders of Peer Community In, discuss peer review, diamond open access, and scholarly publishing organised around researchers rather than publishers. academicrenewal.substack.com/p/taking-pub...

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Taking Publishing Back

Denis Bourguet and Thomas Guillemaud on Peer Community In, diamond open access, and why scholarly evaluation should be controlled by researchers

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Public money should not flow automatically to journals that fail to meet acceptable standards of editorial quality, transparency and accountability. In this post I ask what a journal accreditation system might look like & how it could work. academicrenewal.substack.com/p/building-a...

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Building a journal accreditation system

How journals could be assessed without favouring size, wealth or brand

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Monday's thought's on APCs and why we should stop paying fees to publishers who do not earn the money (and plunder the system) academicrenewal.substack.com/p/stop-payin...

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Stop paying publishers who do not earn the money

Public money should support scholarly service, not unscrupulous publishers who rob the system

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Our piece about academic renewal is now out in the Times Higher Education. It deals with a familiar topic on which there have been multiple high-level declarations. We need to move beyond the symbolic. Early career researchers, pls read + ask questions! www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/academ...

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Academic renewal needs pressure from below and responsibility from above

High-level declarations pledging not to misuse metrics in research assessment are important, but they are far from enough. Senior academics, in particular, must use their influence to ensure instituti...

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Wall lizards are in the spotlight. 🦎 Recent features in The Guardian and National Geographic highlight research connected to Nathalie Feiner’s group on Mediterranean wall lizards. Biodiversity also lives within species. www.evolbio.mpg.de/3884924/wall...

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Wall lizards in the spotlight

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Women in Evolutionary Biology II takes place 1–3 June 2026 — and we’re delighted to spotlight this year’s keynote speakers: 🌟 Tiana Kohlsdorf, Laasya Samhita, Laura Nuño de la Rosa, Marjon de Vos, Kateryna Makova & Catalina Chaparro Pedraza lnkd.in/erb6wQbW #WomenInEvoBio #EvolutionaryBiology

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Deadline approaches: Applications for our workshop “Tracing evolution through cell lineages” are open until 29 May. 12–14 Oct 2026 | MPI EvolBio, Plön For researchers working on cell lineages & evolution. Apply: lnkd.in/eZnJuYcr

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Do you know any students who are planning to apply to graduate school this cycle? Encourage them to apply to the Biology Preview Program! We provide intensive workshops to help students w/ their applications + 1:1 mentorship.

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Facial diversity in birds and mammals doesn’t just come from different signals – but from how cells respond to them. A new study in Science Advances shows evolution acts on both: signal placement and cellular interpretation. More Info: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3879733/news... @marketa-kau.bsky.social

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Niki Hubbard, PhD 🐙🦀 @nikihubbard.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs. But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅 First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti. #rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates

Close up with a beautiful nudibranch on a rocky reef. The lower half of the image is a palette of swatches made from the nudi's vibrant colours.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

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Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future

The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

How do cell lineages evolve, and how does that shape trait evolution? Join our symposium Tracing Evolution Through Cell Lineages (Plön, 12–14 October). Hear perspectives from leading scientists and contribute with your own. Read more at: workshops.evolbio.mpg.de/event/145/ #EvoDevo #StemCell

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Please share widely! We will imminently be posting a technician position in our lab group since @rheasood.bsky.social is off to grad school 🙌! If you know of anyone excited about molecular biology, evolution, and functional genomics please have them reach out (schumer at stanford). Start date ~June

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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Our research is in #GEO #magazine! As a boy, I read every issue of GEO from front to back. Now the work of my lab is in it. Feels kind of surreal ... and very grateful for the journey! 🙏 Big THANK YOU to Solvin Zankl 📸 and Katharina Jakob ✍️ ! #moon #tide #science #scicom #nature @maxplanck.de

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

What is biodiversity? What is genomics? How do they work together to support species monitoring & conservation? 🌍🧬 The #Connections series explores these questions: biodiversitygenomics.eu/category/con... @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

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MPI for Evolutionary Biology @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Our very own Rajalekshmi N. Sarma is on the line-up! 🎤 Women Science Show (Science Comes to Town) — Thu, 5 March 2026, 7.00 pm, STUDIO Filmtheater, Kiel. Six 10-minute talks from early-career women researchers. Free entry — bring friends & family 😊

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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

"Der #Mond, das #Meer und die #Mücke - eine Reise durch die Welt der Biologischen #Uhren" Vortrag von Dr Tobias Kaiser MPl für Evolutionsbiologie, #Plön Mittwoch, 4.3.2026, 19 Uhr Eutiner Landesbibliothek, Schlossplatz 4, #Eutin #SHUG #CAU #WissKomm #Chronobiologie #Evolution #Ökologie #Genomik

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Kaiser Lab @clocksevolution.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Looking forward to this! The talk will be in German, though. And also about: #ecology #evolution #genomics #tides #basicresearch #scicomm

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