Reposted by Flora RutaganiraMichalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 21h6-month internship to explore (genome-wide) enhancer-promoter interactions in the crustacean Parhyale – Hosted by the Averof and Ghavi-Helm teams at IGFL Lyon – Early 2027 – Student (any level) with some prior experience in mol biol – Stipend 695 €/month 22121
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraDacks Lab (Evolutionary Cell Biology) @dackslabecb.bsky.social · 13/10/2026We've been funded to start using Dictyostelium as a model system for early endomembrane evolution!! Now I'm hiring a Postdoc to join the lab in Edmonton and start playing with Dicty in the lab:) iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Scholar – Evolutionary Cell BiologyThis position has an initial appointment of 2 years. Location - This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person work at North Campus Edmonton. About the Role The Dacks Lab is seeking a highly m... 23436
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraUCSF @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social · 26/09/2026UCSF’s Kevan Shokat, PhD, just won the $1M Stephenson Global Prize for research in pancreatic cancer. He cracked KRAS, a cancer driver long considered “undruggable.” Drugs built on his work now treat lung and pancreatic cancer. ow.ly/UYuY50ZRSXg 310332
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraKenneth Loi @kenjmloi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026VIPR is now out in Science! What started with a mysterious RNA led us to an unexpected way of recognizing DNA, as well as some clues to CRISPR’s origins. So happy to share these two papers with an incredible team. Links below; original discovery thread here ↓ 25619
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraLeslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Transformative opportunity for early career faculty @hhmi-science.bsky.social #FreemanHrabowski Scholars competition opens 11/3/2026 but you can get started NOW: view application components, establish eligibility, and unlock example applications and other resources www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...hhmi.orgEarly Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMIThe Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ... 04841
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraDmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...facultypositions.stanford.eduAssistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United StatesThe Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que... 5151191
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraAnthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My final PhD chapter is now published in Microbiome (@microbiomej.bsky.social)! Using metabarcoding, photochemical measurements, and the first scRNAseq of a bleaching coral, we examined the microbial ecology of coral bleaching at the single-cell level! 🪸🔥 #CoralReefs 🔗 rdcu.be/zWHQ92WqZQUalink.springer.comSingle-cell ecology of coral-algal symbiosis breakdown - MicrobiomeBackground The symbiosis between corals and dinoflagellate algae is disrupted by heat stress, leading to bleaching and subsequent coral mortality, devastating reef habitats. Despite its planetary-scal... 15216
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraGeorge 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...mbari.orgPostdoc Fellowships • MBARIEach 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... 04040
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraSonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Neal lab is hiring a postdoctoral fellow to lead exciting structural and biophysical studies of membrane protein quality control! Competitive HHMI-scale salary + cutting-edge science + a genuinely wonderful and supportive lab culture. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested! 03531
Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It is sweeter and somehow stays firm for long! 011
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraMolly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If 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 23342
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraMwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I know I am repeating myself here but: in 2012 the right-wing government did this in Spain. They dismantled the Ministry of Science and incorporated it as a department in the Ministry of Economy. This effectively gave them control over the entire budget because it was one and the same 🧪 1176
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraSonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591apol-recruit.ucsd.eduAssistant Professor of Developmental BiologyUniversity of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now! 3150129
Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · 29/08/2026www.tiktok.com/@edithwivine... Also, knotless braids are hell to take out!tiktok.comI hate braiding my own hair 😭 but nothing beats that fresh braids feeling when you’re finally done! 4 hours of braiding my own hair condensed into 27 seconds. I Used X-Pression braiding hair for this ...TikTok video by edithwivine 020
Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · 29/08/2026My cousin posted a DIY hair-braiding video on the clock app. It went viral and immediately reminded me why I hate how DIY social media is now this performative hellscape. Why is it so aggressively mean & why cant we have the original YouTube DIY days?? #blacksky www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...theguardian.comBraiding used to be low maintenance and budget-friendly. What happened?Every time I get my hair done, I find myself confronted with rising costs, and dizzyingly long maintenance regimes 132
Flora Rutaganira @frutag33.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Indeed - especially since the immunogen/epitope is often “mysterious”… 110
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraMary Munson @marymunson4.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Structural biology postdoctoral position open in my lab--apply now! For more information about the lab, see www.umassmed.edu/munsonlab/. Interested candidates should apply through the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School jobs portal (www.ummsjobs.com/job/11668/).umassmed.eduMunson Lab | Home | BMB | UMass Chan Medical SchoolThe Munson Lab researches the mechanistic basis for the regulation of spatial and temporal specificity in membrane trafficking in the Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology Department at UMass Chan Me... 12744
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraCole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So as a joke, I decided to check in on the Space Force's research, development, testing, and evaluation budget for FY 2026 and the budget proposal for 2027. Space Force is roughly three times as large as NSF right now, and the administration proposes doubling that budget, while cutting NSF... 311246
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraAnthony M. Bonacolta @ambonacolta.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Symbiotic capacity in a changing ocean: emerging questions around phytoplankton interactions- Zwahlen & Vincent 2026 - Trends in Ecology & Evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...cell.comSymbiotic capacity in a changing ocean: emerging questions around phytoplankton interactionsPhytoplankton fix half of global CO2 annually and drive key global nutrient cycles. They depend on interactions with bacteria, viruses, and protists. Yet our understanding of these interactions remain... 0126
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraDarrin T. Schultz @dts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Our new paper in Science Advances asks how animals' genomes have changed since their origin from a common ancestor over 600 million years ago, and what patterns in their DNA have arisen in the churn of speciation and extinction. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 315055
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraSue Biggins @suebiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Junior faculty position in Basic Sciences @fredhutch.org! Please repost! 38097
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraNoah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Please consider nominating your finishing or recently finished PhD student for this award in any area of Drosophila research. The winner gives a big talk at the fly meeting and it is quite the feather in their cap! 0710
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraSergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton.org · 15/08/2026Try for your protein at py2dmol.solab.org (Style → Cartoon) 35214
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraJeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777recruit.ucdavis.edu 2127161
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraPawel Burkhardt @pawelburkhardt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Postdoc opportunity in Copenhagen! Interested in marine bioluminescence, comb jellies & experimental biology? A great 2-year postdoc (possibility of 1-year extension), working with CRISPR, imaging & EM in the labs of Anders Garm & Cornelia Jaspers. Deadline: 16.08 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...jobportal.ku.dkPostdoc in Marine Bioluminescence - re-advertisement 03539
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraAlt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 08/08/2026Time to spam the gears!!!! The appointment of Dorothy Fink as Deputy Director and acting institute director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development installs a MAHA mom to our children’s health institute. Send your thoughts to: NICHDethics@mail.nih.gov 310349
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism arstechnica.com/health/2026/...arstechnica.comReport: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autismTrump determined to link life-saving shots to autism, despite science and political risk. 7019969
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraAmerican Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Congratulations to the 2026 ASCB Honorific Award Winners! ASCB is proud to recognize scientists whose research, mentorship, education & leadership are helping shape the future of cell biology. See all the awardees: www.ascb.org/society-news/ascb-anno… 0177
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraOregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026We have great newts to share! Twenty tiny Mazama newts have hatched in our lab — the very first babies of their kind ever in human care. 211212214
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraCarolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 30/07/2026We already do this and companies who want them are happy to pay for PhD student interns. Why do precious and limited NSF funds need to be deployed for this? Most PhD student pursue industry jobs anyways - that has always been true. Use NSF funds to support basic science that industry wont support! 728698
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo... 8835811534
Reposted by Flora Rutaganiraelizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Gift Lift NY Times: Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...nytimes.comTrump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (Gift Article)Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election. 33026
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The FDA said a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms that is not part of the current recall tested positive for the parasitic illnessreuters.comFDA says sample of iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for US parasite outbreakThe FDA on Saturday said a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for a parasitic illness that has sickened thousands of people in the U.S. 461212548
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 19/07/2026If you was cheating in high school chemistry It is unlikely that you are running GLP1 “experiments” 1848
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraDr. Katie Glover (she/her) #BLM @katieglover.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Please share! This fully-funded postdoc position at the UCLA La Kretz Center allows candidates to design their own projects in California conservation, and offers mentorship from both academics and conservation practitioners. drive.google.com/file/d/1K2Qi...drive.google.comLKC 2027 Postdoctoral Fellowship.pdf 03840
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraLaura White @laurakwhite.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Ok first of all, I didn't know that NIH had a 3D print designs library, and second of all 🐸: 3d.nih.gov/entries/3DPX...3d.nih.govNIH 3DNIH 3D 1154
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraGrant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I’m looking for recommendations for the best breakfast sandwiches in the ENTIRE Bay Area. Send me your favorites, either here or to grant.marek@sfgate.com. Will do my best to track the journey here, starting with Bay Area breakfast sandwich #1: Verve’s Breakfast Sandwich in Palo Alto. It is good. 5226
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/07/2026The American Diabetes Association appears not to have learned their lesson the first time around (below). Now they've blocked publication of an editorial about this event that was slated for publication in the same journal, Diabetes Care, this week. But here it is. You know what to do.zenodo.orgCommunity Voices: On the Events of the American Diabetes Association 86th Scientific SessionsThe editorial and the seven opinion articles posted here were scheduled for publication on July 13, 2026, in the journal, Diabetes Care. All articles were provided, in advance of the scheduled publica... 8432247
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraAnthony Shiver @anthonyshiver.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The labs of KC Huang and Justin Sonnenburg at Stanford are working on an exciting and impactful project related to infant probiotics and are hiring a Life Science Research Professional to be part of that team. Take a look at the posting if you're interested. Please share/applycareersearch.stanford.eduLife Science Research Professional 2Applying a comprehensive understanding for the theories and methods of a life science discipline, perform work directly involved in research projects, interpreting results and participation in experim... 219
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/07/2026‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h... 28893
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraKrista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 16/07/2026How’d snakes get to be so long? Did they lengthen their necks? Their torsos? Or both? So far, my research is finding that snakes expanded their torsos and kept their necks pretty much the same length as their ancestors. Happy #WorldSnakeDay 36915
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraMagnus Bauer @kinasekid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Can we program a kinase like a switch? Inspired by natural autoinhibitory complexes, we designed miniproteins against active- and inactive-like conformations of Focal Adhesion Kinase. Depending on the targeted state, the resulting binders either activated or inhibited the kinase. 12513
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraOsterman Ilya @ostermanilya.bsky.social · 13/07/2026🚨 We're hiring! My new lab at EMBL Hamburg is looking for a Research Technician. I'm looking for someone excited by phages, metabolism, enzymes, structural biology and bacterial immunity—if you know the right person, please share this post!🧵⬇️ Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.comResearch Technician (Osterman Group – Metabolism-driven immunity)EMBL Hamburg / CSSB The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is Europe’s flagship life sciences organization, with more than 110 independent research groups across Heidelberg, Hamburg, Grenobl... 32940
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraEdward T Eng @edwardteng.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Muyuan Chen has turned structural biology into an immersive experience with his new video game Meowtabolism, now available on Steam. Try the demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/4045010/... Give Muyuan feedback: steamcommunity.com/app/4045010 #ScienceGaming #StructuralBiology #CryoEM #STEMOutreachstore.steampowered.comMeowtabolism - Examining Feline Behavior within Unicellular Algae on SteamExplore the interior of an algal cell on your four paws. Built with experimental data and populated with actual protein structures, Meowtabolism offers a glimpse of the vast world inside the basic fun... 15426
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraSebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@breakliquid.bsky.social and I are delighted to say our OpenEVO preprint is finally live! An open source hand-made turbidostat that's modular, affordable, and made to be customized. Designed with love for the research community. Enjoy!!!💚 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgOpenEvo: An Open-Source Platform for Automated Evolution and AnalysisHere we introduce OpenEvo, a fully open-source, low-cost turbidostat platform for automated continuous culture and directed evolution experiments. Existing tools are expensive, complex, or lack open-s... 211535
Reposted by Flora RutaganiraRashelf the cutest elf 🧝🏾♀️🍃💫🌬️ @sheliwaili.blacksky.app · 09/07/2026Free pizza for adults who read books from local libraries (ebooks included) 0115
Reposted by Flora RutaganirabioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The molecular triggers of human labour: a longitudinal plasma proteomics study www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 001