Reposted by Kate LaskowskiJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 10hThey quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 10391932263
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiJeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026My group is recruiting a Ph.D student for Fall 2027! We're a friendly group of mathematically-minded and computationally-inspired biologists studying topics including social evolution, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, and demography. See vancleve.theoretical.bio for more info!vancleve.theoretical.biovan cleve research groupVan Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky 04965
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiJeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 23hI'm holding a press conference tomorrow to announce the inauguration of the era of Super Selection 3405
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiAnita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783 2115142
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiEdward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A reminder to sign up to the @sortee.bsky.social conference: 13-14th October sortee.org/upcoming/! The advocacy committee will be running a hackathon (second event) looking at EcoEvo society journal policies and data/code availability/quality.sortee.orgUpcoming SORTEE conferenceUpcoming conference by the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE) 125
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Early career faculty in Evolution? I would love to chat with you! 24136
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiMatt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🚨 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Please share! We're looking for an entomologist to join our dept.! I'm excited as it's broadly advertised to find someone who can build a stellar teaching program w/research on insect ecology. Deadline is tight (end of Oct.). Read more & apply at jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235... 02848
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiAmmon Perkes @alltheperkes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🐟🚨 Fish paper alert! 🚨🐟 You might already know that individuals are unique, even when they’re genetically identical clones raised in identical environments. But what about groups? Groups of clones are distinct from birth, but (unlike individuals) those differences do not predict later behavior!authors.elsevier.comGroup-level phenotypes are idiosyncratic yet unpredictable over development in a clonal fishBehavioral differences among groups can have profound impacts on individual fitness,1 yet how group-level phenotypes arise and change during developme… 32720
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Okay this is just wildly cool - they tracked human ice-fishers *and* the fish they're hunting. Even though humans can't see the fish *at all* the humans are still surprising good at zero-ing on their prey. Probably the most complete picture of predator AND prey movement together. 🤯🎣 0259
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“The Imagination Library is encouraging the public to give directly to their local Imagination Library Partner on Dolly Parton Day, or help establish a new program in their community” 📚 www.nbcbayarea.com/entertainmen...nbcbayarea.comIt’s Dolly Parton Day! Here's how you can celebrate.Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day. Communities across the world are dedicating Friday to honoring beloved country singer. 423381
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiAnnemarie van der Marel @annemariemarel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Our paper is out in Ecology @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social! We found that an extreme drought year drove a local population of a social rodent to extinction. A sobering example of how climatic extremes can drive population collapse. Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 2207
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiLars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...eeb.msu.eduPostdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior 178114
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This @asn-amnat.bsky.social conference will feature some excellent afternoon symposia (with no conflicting sessions), including one organized by my grad student Emma Choi, on using spatial & landscape population genomics to detect coevolution! 0135
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106195026496
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiDrew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Peer review, 2026: AI submitting and reviewing itself 14213
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiTiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!recruit.ucdavis.eduAssistant Professor of Plant PathologyUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 03376
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This was such a monumental amount of work - we tracked groups of clonal fish from birth, all day, every day, for MONTHS, to figure out if we could predict group behavior. It's the coolest project giving us really great insight into what our expectations should be for group behavioral development! 0147
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiKirsten Sheehy @ksheehy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026📣 New paper! 📣 ❓Do clonal fish and their sexually reproducing heterospecifics differ in parasite load? 🤒 We found that clonal Amazon mollies were more likely to be infected than Sailfin mollies, but parasite loads were largely the same. 🤔 Could behavior have something to do with this pattern? 1/3doi.orgDifferences in Parasite Infection Status and Behavior Between a Clonal Fish and Her Sexually Reproducing HeterospecificsWe found that Amazons and Sailfins differed in their qualitative, but not quantitative, resistance to parasites. Amazons had worse qualitative resistance (i.e., were more likely to be infected with a... 2167
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiAndy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’ve come to the end of my 5-year term as a Trustee of @asab.org & Executive Editor of its journal, #AnimalBehaviour. It's been a real privilege to hold these roles & I’m grateful to all those who have made it such a productive & enjoyable experience. 🙏 Please support Society journals. 16013
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiJon Aguiñaga @jon-aguinaga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Anotha one! 🐟 This one is special to me. Kirsten conceptualized this cool experiment and brought me along to Texas, where we learned field methods on sampling our fish in the wild and measuring their behavior. Glad to see this out! This is also the first time my photos have been used in a pub! 0124
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yo the Amazon Warrior team is having a bumper crop of papers this month! Here Kirsten tries to figure out if our clonal fish are more likely to suffer from parasites compared to their sexual sister species? The answer - sometimes but not always! 0130
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiBernard Kim @bernardkim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Princeton EEB is running a very broad faculty search at the Assistant Professor level. Please consider applying to join us! This is a wonderful, collaborative, cohesive department with diverse interests and amazing colleagues. apply.interfolio.com/193474apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 0100101
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74255119547
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiBehavioral Ecology @behavecol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026📢 The new issue of Behavioral Ecology is out! 📢 Volume 37, Issue 5, September/October 2026 Read about all new research here ⬇️ academic.oup.com/beheco/issue... Cover set up by Viktor Storozhuk. Regular monitoring camera trap, FSBI ‘Land of the Leopard’ #Behavior #Ecology #Animal 0146
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiAshkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'd be grateful if you could circulate to good students: I'm recruiting PhD students for Fall '27 in the areas of species interactions and animal behavior. Ad here - jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id... 02840
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...popsci.comThe Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than everVoting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29. 211674708
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiJay Gallagher @jay-gallagher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A little more on what we actually did here and why the results surprised us! 🧵 We know that individuals are unique. But why? Where do these differences come from? 2107
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiJenn Houtz @jhoutz175.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My first post is to tell you to come be my colleague at Allegheny College! Our Biology Department is hiring a tenure-track geneticist. Allegheny champions undergraduate teaching and research mentoring. Applications are due Oct 1, 2026. alleghenycollege-ibwwjb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...alleghenycollege-ibwwjb.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comAssistant Professor of BiologyThis is a tenure-track faculty position at the academic rank of Assistant Professor in the Biology Department. Primary responsibilities include teaching, scholarship, and service. This position report... 01829
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiLeslie 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
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Visiting Michigan State for a seminar today and PEOPLE, I GOT TO HOLD A GAR! @solomonrdavid.bsky.social - I'm told these were once your babies! (Yes this looks very awkward but this is how they told me to do it 😆) 0672
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiSORTEE @sortee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Interested in helping make science a better place? Nominations for 2027 #SORTEE volunteer positions are open now! With 10 committees to choose from and so many ways to get involved, we welcome everyone to volunteer with us! Nominations close 31st Oct. sortee.org/join/ #openscience 01318
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiTiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Eric Jones is not a serious candidate. I recommend reading this short article if you are in Davis/Napa congressional district davisite.org/2026/09/14/e...davisite.orgEric Jones campaign hands out different flyers for Republicans and DemocratsA continuation of the deceptive tactics we’ve seen since the primary Republican-geared version of the Eric Jones for Congress flyer, with my annotations. By Roberta Millstein Last week, a Davisite … 042
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiEamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Read this paper! Very cool 163
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Jay used our clonal mollies to ask does increasing environmental variation increases phenotypic variation? Turns out.... it doesn't! Mollies reared with pred cues swim more slowly & hide more but the magnitude of individuality remained the same! It seems individuals are unique no matter what... 03112
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If you know me, you know that Am Nat 🐌 is one of my fav journals. So I am delighted (and a little terrified) to say I've recently accepted a role as one of its Senior Editors! Be sure to keep us in mind as home for your favorite work (including behavior) 😉! @asn-amnat.bsky.social 511416
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“…the push by AI companies to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics, and to the mathematical community. The goals of the AI companies and the goals of the mathematical community are severely misaligned.“ 16624
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiAndres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 11/09/2026We 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/193016apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 082105
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The SSE AIC Committee has extended their application deadline! The AICC’s mission is to promote an inclusive environment to enhance the field of evolutionary biology and foster the career of its developing scientists. Apply by Sept. 30! awards.evolutionsociety.org/awards/award... 045
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Adding this immediately into the opening lecture for my large undergrad class.... 03814
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiGraham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding 2119183
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Spent the past five days off grid backpacking in the mountains. As an East coast girl used the old green magic of the Appalachians, the ruggedness of the Sierra continue to amaze me. Their altitude nearly kills me 😆 but still, amazing! 0312
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiTom Turner @tomturner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Curator job alert: the Los Angeles Natural History Museum is searching for a new Invert Curator. spnhc.org/marine-inver...spnhc.orgMarine Invertebrates Curator | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History CollectionsNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County https://nhm.org/ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) seeks a full-time Assistant OR Associate Curator, commensurate with experience… 047
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I would be thrilled to support someone interested in applying to a NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...), reach out if interested. The RFP is focused on AI, & we have some datasets & projects suited to this studying evolution of multilayer biological networksnsf.govPostdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) 0810
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiZahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 01/09/2026BREAKING: The House Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a stopgap funding bill to fund the government through Dec. 11. Notably, the bill delays any action on the controversial WH proposal to overhaul federal science funding to allow political oversight of grants www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comCongress Sends Funding Bill to Avert US Shutdown to TrumpCongress cleared funding legislation to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown, sidestepping, at least temporarily, the partisan warfare that led to repeated disruptions over the last year. 02115
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiTempleton World Charity Foundation @templetonworld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Congratulations to Dr @katelaskowski.bsky.social for receiving the 2026 Ctrl-Z award by the Center for Scientific Integrity. The award celebrates scientists who discover errors in their work and take the necessary steps to correct the record. 👉 Learn more about the prize: bit.ly/4hSKk0b 05310
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiEric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · 31/08/2026🚨Update: Our analysis of global APC expenditure has now been expanded to cover more publishers (7 -> 14) and more years (2019-2025). We estimate $15B in APCs paid over seven years, $3.7B in 2025 alone. Elsevier crosses the $1B threshold by itself in 2025. arxiv.org/abs/2608.16322 #ScholComm 6179147
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiBob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Excited to be starting today as an Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. I look forward to working with the rest of the editorial and production team and, of course, authors to deliver a great experience and top quality science for a wonderful society journal. @asab.org @animbehsociety.bsky.social 41008
Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026So deserved! Bob Montgomerie and Am Nat really raising the bar on rigorous and trustworthy publication practices! 0134
Reposted by Kate LaskowskiBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Thrilled to announce that my department - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - at the U of Arizona will likely be hiring for a tenure-track position in "Population and Community Ecology" this fall. Watch this space for more details and official announcements coming soon ... #Ecology #EcologyJobs 🌐🌾🧪 011899