Reposted by Michel OhmerSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Reposting this would be very helpful. We're having a tough month at Skype a Scientist between much of my energy being devoted to Academy of Natural Sciences stuff. I need help!! 5212203
Reposted by Michel Ohmerjasonwalsman.bsky.social @jasonwalsman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I am hiring a postdoc! If you are interested in math and data analysis surrounding the spread and evolution of infectious disease, let's talk! See thread for interesting details. career15.sapsf.cn/career?caree...career15.sapsf.cnCareer Opportunities: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Health (2371) 303
Reposted by Michel OhmerFredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Come join us, PhD and postdoc positions! Please spread! Supervisor @patricepottier.bsky.social (patricepottierlab.com), me as co-supervisor. Impacts of climate change on different life-stages in fish.🐟🧪 PhD web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... Postdoc web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... 06771
Reposted by Michel OhmerJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🍄Spillover dynamics and asynchronous temporal fluctuations in host density and competence drive fungal parasite persistence in multi-host, seasonal communities🍄 🔎 Read more: buff.ly/mCH3AxQ 032
Michel Ohmer @michelohmer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I would be happy to support a prospective graduate student interested in applying for this fellowship, particularly at the intersection of environmental change and disease dynamics in amphibians. Please reach out! 040
Reposted by Michel OhmerSimons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 01/05/2026Now accepting applications for our 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards support students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs to conduct #ecology and #evolution research. Deadline is June 30, 2026: bit.ly/4umYKZd #sciencebit.lyApplications for 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution Now OpenThe Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division is now accepting applications for its 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution. 25164
Reposted by Michel OhmerDarío San Segundo Molina @dario-ssm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025🗺️🐛 mappestRisk is now on CRAN! We developed this R package to help non-expert R users create pest-risk maps based on experimental data of the thermal biology of crop-pest species. github.com/EcologyR/map...github.comGitHub - EcologyR/mappestRiskContribute to EcologyR/mappestRisk development by creating an account on GitHub. 3117
Reposted by Michel Ohmerjasonwalsman.bsky.social @jasonwalsman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025We measure ecological resilience in terms of a few variables at a time with widely differing choices of variables for different investigators, with conflicting outcomes. We need strategies to navigate diverse and conflicting resilience variables. Preprint: 10.22541/au.176219659.90163271/v1 111
Reposted by Michel OhmerMike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙 Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details 03756
Reposted by Michel OhmerLiving Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 21/09/2025New look, same mission! 🌿🦋🌎 We’re proud to introduce our new logo. Our new logo celebrates the diversity of life and the power of collaboration. Together, we advance knowledge and conserve biodiversity—because sustaining life on Earth takes all of us. 043
Reposted by Michel OhmerColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 22873499
Reposted by Michel OhmerSarah W. Fitzpatrick @swfitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Excited to share our new paper led by @alexlewanski.bsky.social showing largely positive, multi-decadal consequences of translocations in Red-cockaded woodpeckers at Avon Park Air Force Range in central Florida: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... press release: www.eurekalert.org/news-release... 47723
Reposted by Michel OhmerMike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.com2025 - Hypoxia PhD job adThe Moore lab at the University of Colorado Denver is searching for 1 Ph.D. student to study the elevational limits of dragonflies in Colorado (http://moore-evo-eco.weebly.com). This position is fully... 33435
Reposted by Michel OhmerMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 16/07/2025OPINION: "Anyone who has used GPS, read a weather forecast, received a vaccine, or eaten U.S.-grown produce has experienced the long-lasting benefits of federally funded scientific research and development," Logan G. Havard writes.buff.lyOpinion | Why Scientists Need Your Tax DollarsLogan G. Havard writes about how federal funding cuts affect scientific research that could otherwise benefit people at the local and national levels. 110952
Reposted by Michel OhmerJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 16/07/2025"In our study, we find that urbanization speeds up tadpole development and increased behavioral plasticity. However, exposure to urban conditions also decreased tadpole size, which may cause adult frogs to become smaller and less attractive for mates" Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FxGf8KD 0209
Reposted by Michel OhmerLiving Earth Collaborative @livingearthcollab.bsky.social · 16/07/2025🚨 Fall Internship Alert! 🚨 The @stlzoo.bsky.social Endocrinology Lab is accepting applications for its Fall 2025 internship! 🧪🦁🧬 Apply today 🔗 Info: livingearthcollaborative.wustl.edu/items/saint-... #scienceinternships #endocrinology #SaintLouisZoo #globalconservationfutures #conservationcareers 011
Reposted by Michel OhmerNeil Gilbert @gilbert-lab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities 05941
Reposted by Michel OhmerEvolution Students @ssegrad.bsky.social · 06/05/2025NSF funding is under threat — and students, postdocs, early-career scientists are to lose the most! We should stand together! Get informed and mobilized from today, by joining us in this Week of Action for NSF. Use this Media Tool to get started: shorturl.at/i7WfU #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF 01318
Reposted by Michel OhmerDr. David Miller 🏳️🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 08/04/2025🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!! But...good news and bad news. 👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now. 👎 # of fellowships went down by 51% (1000 this year vs. 2036 last year) See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...research.govResearch.gov :: GRFP 14328191
Reposted by Michel OhmerIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.latimes.comJapanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEHThe National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ... 278285237269
Reposted by Michel OhmerDaniel Noble @danielwanoble.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Check out our big new meta-analysis looking at plasticity and changes in physiological rate variance under climate change. Huge effort with a great team of fantastic thinkers! @itchyshin.bsky.social @fontikar.bsky.social Frank Seebacher and Alex Bush 14416
Reposted by Michel OhmerCory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up. 1045913486719968
Reposted by Michel OhmerJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Twenty-four hours into his time, Sen. Booker just passionately defended public science and universities-- which, at their best, are cornerstones of democracy and a powerful tool for collective liberation (which is why they've been so aggressively attacked). Thank you, Senator. 31111170
Reposted by Michel OhmerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/04/2025Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏 592310494523
Reposted by Michel OhmerDr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 31/03/2025🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ 0121
Reposted by Michel OhmerKayla King, Ph.D. @kayla-king.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...zoology.ubc.caJoin Us! | King LabAre you interested in joining the King Lab? More information here! 17786
Reposted by Michel OhmerCantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.comsciencehomecoming.comScience Homecoming 43905682
Reposted by Michel OhmerNicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 713662
Reposted by Michel OhmerLauren Buckley @lbuckley.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Devastating to hear from disappointed undergrads about all the summer programs being cut. NSF, NIH, and the complete cancelation of Mosaics in Science national park internship program focused on broadening participation. NSF REUs were crucial to my start in science www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduatesMany participants are from groups underrepresented in science 064
Reposted by Michel OhmerJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Forty-seven scientific societies have signed a letter organized by the @ucsusa.bsky.social urging Congress to protect federally funded research and federal scientists: www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...ucsusa.org48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science 12426175
Reposted by Michel OhmerDr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Dr. Charles Henry Turner was from Ohio; he earned a BSc and MSc from the University of Cincinnati. He was the first African American to earn a PhD in #entomology, which was at the University of Chicago in 1907. #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...smithsonianmag.comThis Pioneering Black Zoologist's Insights Were a Century Ahead of Their TimeCharles Henry Turner conducted trailblazing research on the cognitive traits of bees, spiders and more 4274117
Reposted by Michel OhmerCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 25/02/2025Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science. Story by @heidiledford.bsky.social & @humbertobasilio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comPostdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on scienceAs US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers. 48658
Reposted by Michel OhmerLydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Graduating during the pandemic slowed down my process and is part of why I did two postdocs. Now as a first year faculty, all the federal grants are frozen. I love the work I do but this has all of us questioning how much www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgU.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaosUncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard 682707540
Reposted by Michel OhmerLeslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Firings happening right now at the NSF. 43610406
Reposted by Michel OhmerDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This does away with awards based on underrepresentation, student support services based on race, scholarships, etc. Let me explain, pre coffee (wrote this morning, no time to update, you're getting a cut n paste), why this is a bad idea. 🧵 www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...insidehighered.comTrump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEIIn a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal. 5257136
Reposted by Michel OhmerGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RTevolutionsociety.orgLetter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and GenderPresident Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr... 9560422
Reposted by Michel OhmerEd Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Here’s @lizneeley.bsky.social’s latest newsletter, documenting the ongoing attacks on science and higher ed, and figuring out what to focus on: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...buttondown.comWeek 3Figuring out what to focus on now & what to focus on next in science and higher ed 4508161
Reposted by Michel OhmerThe Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Our next extraordinary biologist is Craig Franklin, current Editor-in-Chief of @jexpbiol.bsky.social and former President of the @sebiology.bsky.social. Craig is a comparative and ecological physiologist at the University of Queensland, Australia. #100biologists @craigefranklin.bsky.social 1189
Reposted by Michel OhmerDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council 34789313
Reposted by Michel OhmerSteven J Cooke @sjcfishy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025A reminder that there is a starter pack for the CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY COMMUNITY. Today we welcomed cons phys gurus @trishschulte.bsky.social @physiologyfish.bsky.social & @craigefranklin.bsky.social. Ping me if you work in this space and want to be added! go.bsky.app/RRAUWkk 117626
Reposted by Michel OhmerLeslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 02/02/2025 “Access to the Award Cash Management Service (ACM$) has been restored and the system is available to accept payment requests as of 12:00 PM ET on February 2, 2025.” new.nsf.gov/executive-or...new.nsf.govNSF Implementation of Recent Executive OrdersInformation for the NSF community regarding executive orders. 29355
Reposted by Michel OhmerKevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The dismantling of American Science continues. The Organismal Response to Climate Change grant call has been cancelled. The NSF Director is a disgrace 12271130
Reposted by Michel OhmerEd Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 01/02/2025@lizneeley.bsky.social is publishing a weekly newsletter to track the ongoing attacks in science and higher ed. If you want to keep abreast without drowning in the news, I recommend it: buttondown.com/liminalcreat...buttondown.comMaking Sense of It AllHi! I’m Liz Neeley and I’m glad you’re here. Making Sense of It All is an outlet for my work at Liminal, which focuses on sensemaking in a noisy and complicated world. I built Liminal as an antidote t... 10642237
Reposted by Michel OhmerJenny Cocciardi @jennycocciardi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Despite rescinding the original memo, the NSF continues to comply with the federal funding freeze and have not communicated with us on timeline... leaving many PRFBs without pay. Also, it seems that many Universities are unaware this is happening... spread the word 211238
Reposted by Michel OhmerKatharina Ruthsatz @kruthsatz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025We a re looking forward to receiving your submission for our Special Issue in @jthermbiol.bsky.social 🌡️ 🐘🐦🐸🐝🐟🐚🕷️🐍🦈 (all taxa welcome!) 01012
Reposted by Michel OhmerCatherine Grueber @cegrueber.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌍🦤🧬 #consgen #PopGennature.comGlobal meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - NatureA comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i... 9296146