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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺

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UConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend the 2027 Evolution meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. Submit your application by November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social

The San Juan coastline. Text: Evolution 2027, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 25-29. Society for the Study of Evolution International Travel Stipends, Deadline: November 1.

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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...

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Postdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, France

I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu

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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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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nominations are due Wednesday for the SSE Lifetime Achievement Award! The initial nomination form is brief; full nomination packages will be requested for select nominees. Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/society-awar...

Background image: A gold trophy on a table scattered with gold star confetti. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution, Lifetime Achievement Award, Nominations due September 30.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you looking for a postdoc exploring the cell biology of development, defining how cells change shape and move? Do you want to develop a research program & teaching skills preparing you for a position at a college or small University? Our new NIH grant will support those goals 1/n Please share

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The application to join the SSE Access, Inclusion, and Community Committee has been extended to September 30! Joining a committee is a great way to get more involved with SSE and make a positive impact on the community. www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Early career faculty in Evolution? I would love to chat with you!

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Science peeps: Looks like SciENcv updated the digital certificate used to sign Biosketch and Current & Pending documents without notification. The old certificate expires Saturday, September 26, 2026. SciENcv docs before that date may fail validation in eRA Commons delaying or blocking submission.

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Want to be featured in an upcoming Evolution Exchange interview? We are seeking two to four new faculty members to talk with host Dr. Gina Baucom about their careers and current positions. Nominate yourself or someone else by September 30! forms.gle/tnpK6NYwJZGG...

Text: The Evolution Exchange, a monthly conversation series from the Society for the Study of Evolution. Be our next guest! Nominations due 9/30.

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Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️‍🌈 @sabiagini.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨 Don't miss your opportunity! ⏳ The 𝗦𝗠𝗕𝗘 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 grant proposal deadline is approaching: 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ✨ We can't wait for your application! @official-smbe.bsky.social #AcademicSky

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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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Maitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Exciting news: @uwgenome.bsky.social will be hiring for two tenure-track faculty positions this year, one open rank and one assistant professor. Both are “Genome Sciences” interpreted broadly so we welcome applicants working in a variety of fields and methods. Ad will be out shortly.

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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Interested in testing hypotheses on pollen evolution using genomic data? Apply for our open 4-year PhD student position at Stockholm University! Application via the SU website, deadline Oct 24, 2026. #evolution #pollen #pollinationmode #plants #genomics #RNAseq su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

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Doktorand i ekologi och evolution

Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik (DEEP) bedriver forskning och utbildning vid Arrheniuslaboratorierna på campus Frescati. Vi är cirka 100 medarbetare, inklusive doktorander och postdok

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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489

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Assistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Brian Sidlauskas @briansidlauskas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The American Museum of Natural History is searching for a new curator, either in ichthyology or mammalogy. This is an incredible opportunity to work with an exceptional collection and outstanding colleagues. Review of applications begins November 10. careers.amnh.org/postings/4925

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Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor, Vertebrate Zoology

The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an outstanding tenure-track Assistant Curator/Assistant Professor in either the Department of Ichthyology or M...

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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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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Save the Academy organizers need some volunteers to help hand out informational flyers at the academy of natural sciences this weekend. If you are able to help please get in touch via this contact form save-the-academy.org/contact.html

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Questions, press, partnerships, or a way to help? Write to the Save the Academy campaign.

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Adam Steinbrenner @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Two faculty searches at Berkeley Plant & Microbial Bio @PMB_Berkeley Submit applications by Sept 30 Plant Responses to Environmental Changes aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Plant-Microbe Communities aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522

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Assistant Professor - Plant Responses to Environmental Changes - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

NSF has announced the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (due in October) 🧪🌐https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program/nsf26-526/solicitation

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute @ucscgenomics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Get excited! 🧬🌊 The UCSC Genomics Institute is happy to be partnering with Professor Joanna Kelley on her new Center for Marine Genomics. The center will create new collaboration opportunities, and new training opportunities for students beginning this Fall:

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UC Santa Cruz launches Center for Marine Genomics

UC Santa Cruz, known worldwide for both genomics and marine science research, is now bridging the gap between the two disciplines with its new Center for Marine Genomics. The center, which launched July 1, will bring opportunities for…

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life. The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists! Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com

A frog uses its comically long tongue to catch a fleeing fly and the words say “send this to a teacher” pointing right. Then under the tongue it says “Skype a scientist matches classrooms with scientists for free Q&As” and there’s a little pond scene with lily pads and spatterdock flowers and a rock with a snail on it and a salamander with the words get a match at Skype scientist.com

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Cawa Tran, PhD @cawatran.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Dept. of Biology at the University of San Diego seeks two tenure-track assistant professors for Fall 2027, with experience in cell biology and/or organismal biology (both broadly defined) & strong interest in undergraduate-research mentoring. Please repost! jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Details - Assistant Professor, Biology

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Why make the page, I asked @ce7an.bsky.social. Nobody will read it, I said. And here we are, with Cheeto being the most widely read page in the UC Davis High Performance Computing website. hpc.ucdavis.edu/people/cheet...

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Dr. Cheeto Cat

Cheeto joined HPC@UCD as a stray scholar-in-residence and has since established himself as a permanent fixture of academic life. Although lacking a formal degree, he has consistently demonstrated exce...

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523

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Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Megan Phifer-Rixey @phiferrixey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

As someone who swims regularly in an aging body (but a very nice pool) and who has a job where you just keep doing hard things for difficult to explain reasons, this interview was an absolute delight

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Chevy Ray @chevyray.dev · 23/08/2026

This interview with Melanie Buggey, who just swam across the Georgia Strait besting a 60-year world record, has me in absolute stitches. What an icon lolll www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

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Anna Allen @akallen10.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New NSF BIO solicitation is live.... this replaces the previous IOS, MCB, DEB solicitation www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I 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/JPF07777

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Kate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Attention: dream job alert!! 🚨 This is *my* home department, which I unabashedly love! We're a super collegial group (that really protects & supports junior faculty 💪) and Davis is a great place to live. Happy to chat more about what it's like to be a faculty here

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Our Native Plant Project has distributed 25,000 packets of free native plant seeds from 2025-2026. We're able to do this thanks to 100s of hours of volunteer labor. Over 200 people helped! Our venue isn't able to donate space this year, so I need to find sponsors! givebutter.com/native-plant...

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Native Plant Project 2027

By Skype a Scientist

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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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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Applications now open for the International Event Grants! These grants support symposia, workshops, courses, and other evolutionary biology events (including virtual events). Learn more and apply by October 15: shorturl.at/ru0lG

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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It's that time! Abstract submission is open for #SICB 2027! Come share your research and learn about the most exciting areas #scientific research in Pittsburgh, PA on January 3-7, 2027. abstract deadline is August 28 at 11:59 PM HST. Questions go to Matt McHenry: ProgramOfficer@sicb.org.

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Noah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481

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Assistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Yan Gong @yangong.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Please spread the words. This is the third annual AP search in our department to extend the junior faculty cohort!

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Leonie Moyle @speciationlab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Interested in genetics, diversification, and speciation? We're hiring a Research Associate to help with our projects, including the convergent evolution of fruit color. Come and work with us! Feel free to contact me with questions. (Reposts appreciated!) Link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33973

a matrix of 6 different Solanum (wild tomato) species with six different fruit colors, ranging from white to bright red.

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join 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/...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

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NPR @npr.org · 01/08/2026

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

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We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Pls share: GRINNELL COLLEGE – BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, TENURE-TRACK POSITION. Research and teaching interests might include but are not limited to organismal biology and ecology - apply by October 2, 2026. Please visit our application website at jobs.grinnell.edu

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George O'Toole (he/him/his) @geiselbiofilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I put a call out for mural walls yesterday and I got a lot of VERY good walls for projects of a variety of scales. Unfortunately I have only sold enough shirts this summer to cover 2 of those walls. This means more people need to buy shirts. Thems the breaks. More shirts more art. SquidFacts.Net

a bunch of people in our shirts, including our biology is bigger than binaries shirt, adam whose poor head got cut off in his montage in our plant native plants shirt, a blonde dude in the shrimp shirt, and Jay in oue firefly squid shirt in the dark forest

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

EEB Mentor Match is now open! But apps due soon (8/17). Mentees: get help applying for grad school or fellowships in ecology & evolution. Mentors: senior grads, post-docs, or faculty in these fields willing to give advice Org by Diversity Cmte of @asn-amnat.bsky.social Pls share! eebmentormatch.com

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EEB Mentor Match

Visit the post for more.

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We remind the SMBE community that applications for the second edition of the SMBE Fellows Program are ongoing. Apply before August 15. 🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program #society

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My alma mater (College of the Atlantic) is hiring faculty in Field Ecology, Agroecology, and Chemistry. If you're looking for a very cool small liberal arts college on the coast of Maine with a strong environmental focus, check it out (happy to answer questions!): www.coa.edu/human-resour...

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Career Opportunities | College of the Atlantic

Career opportunities at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor Maine.

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