Reposted by Kasey Fowler-FinnJoel McGlothlin @joelmcglothlin.bsky.social · 18/10/2023I'm looking to recruit a PhD student beginning in Fall 2024 to develop theory and methods for studying genotype-by-environment interactions. We're specifically interested in how GxE is affected by phenomena such as habitat choice. Please share and get in touch ASAP if interested! 24467
Reposted by Kasey Fowler-FinnDr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 19/10/2023#BlackInNHMs today: pathways to leadership! @blackinnhms.bsky.social 096
Reposted by Kasey Fowler-FinnDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/10/2023generative models like Midjourney aren't able to create images that don't adhere to harmful stereotypes,even when instructed explicitly to flip stereotypes www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2…npr.orgAI was asked to create images of Black African docs treating white kids. How'd it go?Researchers were curious if artificial intelligence could fulfill the order. Or would built-in biases short-circuit the request? Let's see what an image generator came up with. 14548249
Reposted by Kasey Fowler-FinnDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 02/10/20231995: demoted by UPenn. 2013: "They [UPenn] told me that they’d had a meeting and concluded that I was not of faculty quality,” she said. ”When I told them I was leaving, they laughed at me and said, ‘BioNTech doesn’t even have a website.’”" www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna...wired.co.ukHow mRNA went from a scientific backwater to a pandemic crusherFor decades, Katalin Karikó's work into mRNA therapeutics was overlooked by her colleagues. Now it's at the heart of the two leading coronavirus vaccines 118464
Reposted by Kasey Fowler-FinnKim Rosvall @rosvall-lab.bsky.social · 26/09/2023🧪📢💥We're hiring, Assistant Prof in ANIMAL BEHAVIOR!! 🐦🕷️🐸🐝🦋🐟🐁🐕🐌 This is a joint appointment in Biology (Evolution, Ecology & Behavior) and the Program in Animal Behavior. 🧪 #job #academia Apply by 11/15/23 indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/20413 05982