Reposted by Leslie TurnerJohn Logsdon @johnlogsdon.bsky.social · 14/08/20251) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology? 2) Are you in the US? 3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa? 4) Are you available to travel September 4-6? If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below. 76481
Reposted by Leslie TurnerMatt Rockman @wormsrock.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Late-stage PhD students: We want to bring you to NYU Biology to meet peers and make connections with potential postdoctoral mentors. Apply to be part of our Emerging Scholars Symposium!as.nyu.eduEmerging Scholars Symposium 2025 13449
Reposted by Leslie TurnerNeil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives. 483304713
Reposted by Leslie TurnerE. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio 45988
Reposted by Leslie TurnerJason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 09/01/2025🧬📝🚨 Out today: A genomics learning framework for undergraduates We hope this will be one more tool to help integrate genomics into undergraduate education by supporting evidence-based curriculum design with a set of standardized concepts. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...journals.plos.orgA genomics learning framework for undergraduatesGenomics is an increasingly important part of biology research. However, educating undergraduates in genomics is not yet a standard part of life sciences curricula. We believe this is, in part, due to... 49535
Reposted by Leslie TurnerIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/08/2024Our next VP: “Never underestimate a public school teacher." "While other states were banning books from their schools, we were banishing hunger from ours.” “Even if we wouldn't make those same choices for ourselves, we've got a golden rule: Mind your own damn business." 24510
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 07/08/2024Nice benefit of sabbatical - got to see Kamala Harris and Tim Walz tonight in Philly! #HarrisWalz #PhillyForHarrisWalz 050
Reposted by Leslie TurnerDr. Megan Fork @aforkintheriver.bsky.social · 06/08/2024🧪🌎 Calling all Biology postdocs in the Mid-Atlantic! West Chester University would like to invite you to give a seminar in our series highlighting diverse early-career biologists. Register your interest here: forms.gle/WwT5DZJSvHTk... Please share widely!forms.gleInterest Form: WCU Department of Biology Early Career Biology Seminar SeriesThe goal of this seminar series is to showcase diverse early-career biologists working relatively local to West Chester, PA. Apart from giving our students the chance to learn about cutting-edge scien... 11118
Reposted by Leslie TurnerJosé Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 06/08/2024The ecoevo job list for 2024-2025 is out. This is for those who are looking for a faculty position or postdoc in ecology, evolutionary biology, etc docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comecoevojobs.net 2024-25 13738
Reposted by Leslie TurnerDr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 06/08/2024I'm recruiting a graduate student this year - please help me spread the word! Research in our lab integrates field work, genomics, statistical methods, and mathematical modeling to test evolutionary theory and to predict species responses to climate change. 02029
Reposted by Leslie TurnerSarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 31/07/2024🌎💧🧪Are you a PI in Ecology/Evolution/Marine science and are recruiting grad students for Fall 2025? Help spread the word and enter the details about your positions in this Google Form. The results are being shared around with potential students docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comEcology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2025Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2025 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab... 12539
Reposted by Leslie TurnerEthan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 19/07/2024Sorry about beating the drum constantly but I’ve got basically everything riding on this thing and I’d greatly appreciate if you can share it around. It’s gonna be a great book I think! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...backerkit.comThe UnfamiliarsOne day, all the wizards disappear overnight. The only magic-users left are the most bottom-of-the-barrel familiars and it's now up to them to save magic and save the world. 15351
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 28/06/2024Evolution-related researchers can also join the Milner Centre for Evolution - particularly strong in microbial genomics. 000
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 28/06/2024Prize Fellowships are really great positions for ECRs - 3 years research-only to establish your independent lab, leading to a permanent (TT) assistant prof/lecturer position if successful. 100
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 28/06/2024My department at U Bath is hiring 6 new posts in Microbiome Research! 2 x Prof; 2 x Asst/Assoc Pof; 2x Prize Fellows www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/jo...bath.ac.ukJoin the Department of Life SciencesWe are seeking candidates with an excellent track record of research and teaching to join our highly-rated department. 1622
Reposted by Leslie TurnerLaura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 25/04/2024"We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different." 0219
Reposted by Leslie TurnerMegan Frayer @hybridzones.bsky.social · 18/03/2024I am so excited to share the advance online version of our new paper "Do genetic loci that cause reproductive isolation in the lab inhibit gene flow in nature?" Bret and I really enjoyed thinking about these ideas and we hope others find the discussion useful! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...academic.oup.comDo Genetic Loci that Cause Reproductive Isolation in the Lab Inhibit Gene Flow in Nature?Abstract. The genetic dissection of reproductive barriers between diverging lineages provides enticing clues into the origin of species. One strategy uses linka 03118
Reposted by Leslie TurnerLuisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 27/02/2024Couple of days left to apply for our postdoc position! If you want to chat in person, I will be at #TAGC24 #PEQG24 next week 033
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 10/01/2024Will do for sure! I’ll be in @phiferrixey.bsky.social lab at Drexel. 100
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 09/01/2024I got Helix & CRISPR-Cat9 collars with AirTags, in anticipation of transatlantic travel (to sabbatical in Philly!!!) Looks like they joined some weird cat cult (or modern bow ties?) 160
Reposted by Leslie TurnerCatherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 09/01/2024I'm advertising two awesome macroevolution-y PhD projects (at the University of Aberdeen) with upcoming deadlines: 1. On the global vertebrate pet trade, due Jan 17: quadrat.ac.uk/projects/tra... & 2. On parental care in fish, due Jan 30: findaphd.com/phds/project... Join us! 11321
Reposted by Leslie TurnerDr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 03/01/2024We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for Summer 2024 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES, BIOLOGY at the American Museum of Natural History. Application Deadline: January 31st 2024 www.amnh.org/research/ric...amnh.orgBiological Sciences: Research Experience for Undergraduates | AMNHApproximately eight students gather each summer at the Museum for a ten-week experience working with curators, faculty, and post-doctoral fellows. 0106136
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 04/01/2024Excited to share this cool paper from the Delmore lab! 🧪 @kdelmore.bsky.social I enjoyed contributing a bit as a coauthor. #birds #ornithology #evosky #evolbiol www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGene regulation and speciation in a migratory divide between songbirds - Nature CommunicationsLittle is known about the genetic basis of many natural behaviours and how they contribute to speciation. Here the authors address this by identifying genes linked to migration of a songbird, investig... 162
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 04/01/2024Hi Dani - Please include me in the Science Feed 🧪 I'm a lecturer/Asst Prof in Evolution at University of Bath 100
Reposted by Leslie TurnerI-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 18/12/2023Don’t let money go by. Supplements are one way to support individuals in your lab. www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...asbmb.orgNIH diversity supplements offer a pathway to independenceThese funding mechanisms have been underutilized. The ASBMB public affairs staff offers recommendations to change that. 11714
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 08/12/2023I keep a running list of R/bioinformatics resources for my students. Happy to share if you email me lmt38-at-bath.ac.uk 001
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 08/12/2023It is so lovely, but I forget to appreciate it sometimes. Decorations/change of season are good reminders. 020
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 08/12/2023You can make nice graphs in R pretty easily - great examples on r-graph-gallery.com And in more detail in R graphics cookbook - free online version r-graphics.orgr-graphics.orgR Graphics Cookbook, 2nd editionThis cookbook contains more than 150 recipes to help scientists, engineers, programmers, and data analysts generate high-quality graphs quickly—without having to comb through all the details of R’... 110
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 08/12/2023Xmas decoration in Bath is impressive this year! 251
Reposted by Leslie TurnerBen Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 04/12/2023Current starting point for postdoc salaries at Oxford University is just over £36k - £2.7K under threshold. According to The Royal Society 62% of postdocs are non-UK nationals (5/6 in my lab). Two things: (i) postdocs are underpaid; (ii) UK science is screwed royalsociety.org/-/media/poli... 59965
Reposted by Leslie TurnerDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 01/12/2023Captain Georg von Trapp-crushers everywhere: listen, for the first time in nearly 60 years, to Christopher Plummer's original vocals on "Edelweiss"! He actually has a perfectly nice voice that there was no need to dub. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Ta...youtube.com"Edelweiss" ft. Christopher Plummer's Original Vocals | The Sound of Music Super Deluxe EditionFor the first time ever, hear Christopher Plummer’s original vocals (dubbed by Bill Lee in the 1965 film and original soundtrack), featured on The Sound of M... 5389
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 01/12/2023Not quite as strong, but same vibe from Weimaraner on a couch 030
Reposted by Leslie TurnerCasapazzo @casapazzo.bsky.social · 30/11/2023There's a stand-up comedian, Nish Kumar, who has a great bit about how the ideal level of fame is to be the drummer from Coldplay: youtu.be/_4xxbx7ALSA?...youtu.beNish Coldplay Drummer 1015220
Reposted by Leslie TurnerCount Draugula @artd.bsky.social · 26/10/2023Came across my dad's stash of postcards from other scientists. 50 years ago this is how you had to get a print of any papers you wanted. He saved ones from 14 different countries.🧪 96017
Reposted by Leslie TurnerBen Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 28/11/2023Are you of African or African Caribbean heritage, based in the UK, and have an idea that you would like to develop into an academic book but are unsure where to start? Check out the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship: bit.ly/3sPnWxBbit.lyBloomsbury Fellowship 2023Bloomsbury is launching the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship scheme to help early career academics get their book idea into a form which is ready for publication. 34674
Reposted by Leslie TurnerAlison Feder @alisonfeder.bsky.social · 15/11/2023Are you an early career scientist who wants to pursue a research project in the lab of a Fred Hutch Computational Biologist mentor? If yes, then the Mahan Fellowship is for you. Apply by Dec. 1, 2023! Learn more: bit.ly/3YWS2e8 01414
Reposted by Leslie TurnerChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 08/11/2023Not enough people know about bioicons.com Open source vector graphics. Free alternatives to BioRender. 9223135
Reposted by Leslie TurnerFriedemann Weber @friedemann.bsky.social · 07/11/2023Highly recommended! 4 Young Researcher positions available at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). And there are more to comehelmholtz-hzi.de4 Junior Research Group Leaders 055
Leslie Turner @drlmturner.bsky.social · 06/11/2023Perfect timing for updating my Genetics lecture on sex determination for next week! Thanks for this great paper! 030
Reposted by Leslie TurnerNoah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 03/11/2023This is really cool - using the distribution of cells in a pipette tip for CFU quantification: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes - Nature MicrobiologyUsing agar media suspended in pipette tips and a standard camera, the geometric viability assay provides a user-friendly and scalable update to standard colony-forming-unit-count approaches. 66529
Reposted by Leslie TurnerElizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 03/11/2023"The Government prepared a secret dossier on an academic’s social media posts supporting transgender rights, Black Lives Matter, lecturer strikes and criticisms of No 10 amid a free speech row with universities, [i paper] can reveal" inews.co.uk/news/governm... 31513
Reposted by Leslie TurnerPlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 27/10/2023One person's garbage is another person's treasure. Awesome paper by Dario Galanti from Oliver Bossdorf's lab: unmapped sequencing reads from wild plants allow for mapping parasite resistance genes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 13213
Reposted by Leslie TurnerDan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 01/11/2023Man, we needed some good news and this is *really* good news. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/h...nytimes.comPanel Says That Innovative Sickle Cell Cure Is Safe Enough for PatientsThe decision by an advisory committee may lead to Food and Drug Administration approval of the first treatment for humans that uses the CRISPR gene-editing system. 171416403
Reposted by Leslie TurnerEvolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 27/10/2023Need a visa to register for the Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology in Montreal, Canada (aka Evolution 2024)? Registration is now available *for those needing a visa*! www.evolutionmeetings.org #Evol2024 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social (1/4) 31822
Reposted by Leslie TurnerProf Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 28/10/2023As pointed out in the replies, the whole thing is a total pile of shit…but one things that’s *super*-sketchy about this is the fact that she’s been tipped-off about people’s social media profiles (AND NAMED THEM) and she’s been monitoring UKRI’s EDI efforts over a long period of time. #ToriesOut 37132
Reposted by Leslie TurnerSam Giles @gilespalaeo.bsky.social · 29/10/2023It took weeks, or months, or more than a year for UKRI to respond to EDI concerns around lack of funding to Black researchers and bias in how doctoral funding is awarded. But this gets an response within hours - on a Saturday afternoon, no less - and promise of an immediate investigation. Shameful. 714076