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Jessica Tollkuhn @tollkuhn.bsky.social · 22h

junior faculty really need to understand that at least one of their grant reviewers will not be in their field, and may potentially not be familiar with the system or techniques in the application.

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Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Finally!! So happy for my colleague and buddy @deisseroth.bsky.social!!

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Nature @nature.com · 05/10/2026

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.” More to follow.

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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This was so long overdue!... optogenetics truly revolutionized neuroscience and more. Congrats @deisseroth.bsky.social

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

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UNR Biology Buzz @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our next profile is here! Dr. Katie Tschida (@katietschida.bsky.social) studies the neural circuitry underlying vocalizations. Follow the link below to listen and learn more! #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please share--2 tenure track positions!

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The 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

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Kacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📢 To everyone on the job market who has a vision for neuroscience applied to biomedical applications & technological innovation: The Duke Department of Biomedical Engineering announces a tenure-track faculty job search in neural engineering, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32784

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🚨🚨🚨 Very urgent for many of us. I also just learned this today. Tell your friends. Tell your grant admins. 🧪

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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We (Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech) are #hiring TWO tenure-track Molecular Microbiology professors! Review of applications starts 1 Nov. I'm happy to answer questions about the department, VT, life in Blacksburg, etc.! More info / to apply: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista... 🧪👩‍🔬🦠 #academicjobs

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Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...

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Ann Clemens @annmclemens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

if you're in Edinburgh and looking for research experience 👩‍🔬 🧑‍🔬 we're offering opportunities to join our work on **the sticky sense** in humans and rodents with potential for field research 🫎 🔭 get in touch 💻 📫 📞 @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social

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Reza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Faculty position opening in computational neuroscience at Duke University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32697

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Ben de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hello friends, the Harvard Life Science departments have banded together to hire a new colleague working at the intersection of Life Sciences and AI. Could be primarily an experimentalist, or could be primarily a compute/theorist. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16773

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Tenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AI

The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme...

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International Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 21/09/2026

🚨Last day to vote 🚨 Dear #ISN members, until TOMORROW you have the chance to have a say in the future leadership of our society and you can choose you favourite site for #ISN2030 - Vienna 🇦🇹 or Los Angeles 🇺🇲? Please vote 🗳 if you have not alredy done so and share widely 🤗 #Neuroethology 🧠🧪

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Jenn Houtz @jhoutz175.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My 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...

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Assistant Professor of Biology

This 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...

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Open Ephys @open-ephys.org · 18/09/2026

Butterflies and axolotls: our acquisition systems had a busy summer at the MBL @mblscience.bsky.social ! 🦋🧠 This year, we supported Grass Fellow Jack Supple and Whitman Fellow Angelo Forli @aforli89.bsky.social with Open Ephys acquisition boards. Here’s what they’ve been up to.

A summer of science at MBL: Jack Supple, Grass Fellow from Imperial College London, in the lab beside an Open Ephys recording setup, and Angelo Forli, Whitman Fellow from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, at the MBL waterfront.

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Gerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Please help us spread the word: Princeton University’s Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is hiring an Assistant Professor! I ❤️ this collegial and collaborative department full of inspiring people: eeb.princeton.edu/people Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193474

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

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Venki Murthy @neurovenki.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Faculty Job Alert 📣! The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developments to AI-enabled discovery. Please spread the word!

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Tenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AI

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Shari Steinman 🧜🏻‍♀️ @sharialaina.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

University of Vermont is hiring a new TT Assistant Professor! Here is a link to the posting: www.uvmjobs.com/postings/88091 Please share & reach out if you have questions!!

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Assistant Professor of Psychological Science: Clinical Psychologist

Officers of Instruction - Tenure Track

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My department (Biology at Emory) is hiring for a teaching track position! These are stable, well-respected, long-term positions with a path to promotion and ppl often staying for decades. The dept is wonderfully supportive and filled with amazing humans (faculty + staff) apply.interfolio.com/191814

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Seth Finnegan @sethf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My home department (Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley) is searching for an assistant professor in ecology—please distribute widely! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489

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Assistant Professor –Ecology- Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · 11/09/2026

We 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/193016

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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m on the faculty job market this fall! 🐦🧠 I’m an NIH K99/R00 awardee studying how the brain learns complex skills, using birdsong to connect molecules, synapses, circuits, behavior & computation. Know of a search where I might fit? Please send it my way & share!

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Drew Schreiner, Ph.D. | Neuroscience of Learning

I use birdsong to understand how the brain learns complex skills across molecules, synapses, circuits, behavior, and computation. On the 2026–27 faculty job market.

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 09/09/2026

We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack

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Brian Wiltgen @wiltgenlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Come work with the fantastic faculty at UC Davis! Great place to live and do science 🧪 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07812

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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Biological Bases of Behavior

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thrilled to announce that my department, UCI cognitive sciences, is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of computational social cognition. Further information including the application can be found at: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411

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Assistant Professor - Cognitive Sciences

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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Drummond Lab @drummondlab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/191981 bcmb.uchicago.edu

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Anne Urai @anne-urai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Come work in my institute! 👇https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/363675/professor-of-social-decision-making/

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Another wonderful opportunity where UCSD School of Biological Sciences is hiring! We’re looking for an outstanding colleague to join our vibrant scientific community. Come do exciting science with us in beautiful San Diego! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04607 Please share widely!

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Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Transformational Biological Technologies

University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Are you an ornithology student or postdoc thinking about a career at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI)? Register for this webinar hosted by @amornith.bsky.social to hear from myself and several other PUI ornithologists. We'll give you all the dirt! americanornithology.org/calendar/fac...

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Samantha Butler @samanthabutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296

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Open-rank tenure-track faculty position

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Come 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/JPF04591

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Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology

University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

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Marc Coutanche @marccoutanche.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are recruiting an Assistant Professor in Cog Neuro/Cog Psych to join us at Rice! Please spread the word! apply.interfolio.com/192080

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Mel Coleman @melcolemanlab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yes! I also get really hungry. 😂 I have returned to paper and pencil exams. The students seem to like working on paper, at least my classes last semester did. It surprised me.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thrilled 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 🌐🌾🧪

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My dept/area is hiring! We're open to animal species/model and research area. UCD is an amazing place to do nonhuman animal work - major 🐒 center, a band new rodent vivarium in the Psych building, and capacity to house all sorts of other animals! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07812

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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Biological Bases of Behavior

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We're currently hiring a new director for the renowned UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. The director will be appointed as a Professor in our psychology department: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07814

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Director of the Center for Mind and Brain & Professor of Psychology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Today is the final day to submit abstracts for SICB 2027!

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My department is hiring! Come join a vibrant and thriving neuroscience group. New faculty are exceptionally well supported and we offer a very collaborative/collegial environment. employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...

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