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Rich Meisel

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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026
My 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!
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Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We have an old thermal cycler in my lab that we won't use for PCR (because oil), but it makes a great insect heat torture device
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Daniel Promislow @dpromislow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Promislow Lab in the HNRCA, located at the Boston campus of @tufts.edu, is hiring a Senior Research Tech with experience in Drosophila biology. We study aging, genetic variation, social behavior, metabolomics & systems biology, and more. Interested? Click here: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/23675?l...
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Senior Research Technician, Metabolism and Basic Biology of Aging in Boston, Massachusetts | Tufts University
Tufts University is hiring a Senior Research Technician, Metabolism and Basic Biology of Aging in Boston, Massachusetts. Review all of the job details and apply today!
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in my department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come be my colleague careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...
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GEValT @gevaltcrispr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Meet GEValT! Germline Engineering by Viral transduction! No more injections www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Infectious transgenesis in arthropods
In the last decade, there has been an explosion in the development of in vivo germline genetic editing technologies in arthropods, first pioneered by the Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo ...
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Maitreyi Das @daslabpombe.com · 16/09/2026
The Das lab has 1-2 open postdoctoral positions. Our lab investigates the fundamentals of cell-cycle-dependent cell polarity. Boston College has fantastic resources, including a cutting-edge imaging facility with state-of-the-art microscopes. Please apply here: bc.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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Maria Akopyan, PhD @akopyan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📣 I'm recruiting PhD students to join the Akopyan Lab at Rice University! If you're passionate about evolutionary genomics, I'd love to hear from you. Details: akopyanlab.org/opportunities Please share widely! 🙏
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Opportunities
We are recruiting PhD students in Evolutionary Genomics for Fall 2027 at Rice University!  Projects in the lab include investigating the causes and consequences of recombination rate variation, the...
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Laura Ross @laurarossevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My lab @ Edinburgh university is recruiting a postdoc to work on the weird and wonderful germline-specific chromosomes of flies. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... collaboration with @germline.bsky.social and yukiko yamashita funded by @novonordisk.bsky.social please repost!
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@prof-tregoning.bsky.social argues that scientific paper format does not reflect how we do science: 🤥are we telling a false story? 💡are we dismissing the central role of creativity in science? What do you think? Let us know in the comments... journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The university of Houston -victoria became texas a&m-victoria. Texas a&m then fired the faculty who live in Houston and didn't want to drive to Victoria. Where is Victoria? 2 hrs from Houston, about the same distance from San Antonio, and closer to corpus Christi.
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Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler @rejectresubmit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on an NSF-funded project developing new models of trait evolution for phylogenetic comparative methods! Info about the lab here: mhibbins.github.io Applications to our grad program are due December 1. Please share!
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Hibbins Lab
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Rebekah Rogers @evolscientist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch! We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
You'll have my attention when little Matt's stops giving away free drinks.
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Julia Kreiner @jmkreiner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job... The Kreiner and Carley Lab groups are hiring a shared Research Analyst to help lead wet lab protocol development and management. We're a fun group and would love to hear from you :) Get in touch with questions!
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Research, Analyst
Department BSD E&E Carley Lab About the Department The Kreiner Lab (kreinerlab.com) and Carley Lab (carleylab.uchicago.edu) in the Department of Ecology & Evolution at The University of Chicag...
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In a world with 9 months of compensation,
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My great technician is leaving the lab, and I'm trying to replace her. Are you or someone you know interested in evolutionary genomics research that combines animals experiments (with flies!) and molecular biology? Come work with me! Application info at the link evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 28/07/2026
Finally posted an ad for the postdoc position on my new NSF-funded project—come help build a new method to study plants' responses to environmental variation in space and over time, and figure out interesting ways to use it! Apply by 23 August to ensure consideration. Details: buff.ly/qTvaqvD
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Paulyn Cartwright @pcart.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Our NIH funded PREP postbaccalaurate program just got renewed! PREP is fully funded postbac program for recent graduates interested in pursuing a PhD in biomedical research. Applications are open for a start date of this Fall. prep.ku.edu/apply
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The official anthem of 2026: stutter steps and centerbacks
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Thomas Lenormand @thomaslenormand.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨Interested in #evolutionary #genomics and #popgen #theory? My lab just opened a 1+ year #postdoc position to work on sex chromosome dosage compensation. At #CEFE Montpellier 👉 bit.ly/4eMWDIh Informal enquiries welcome to me🙂 or Paul Saunders and Sylvain Glémin at #SMBE2026 Thanks for sharing!
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Tree of Sex @treeofsex.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
As everyone's winding down on #evol2026 we want to share our survey link with you again. Whether you work in reproductive biology specifically or not, please take a minute to help us understand how the scientific community uses reproductive terms in research! And hope to see you at #SMBE!
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Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I will be recruiting Ph.D. students at #Evol2026 in Cleveland!
Title slide for presentation at Evolution 26. Talk on deep-sea fish evolution by Elizabeth Santos
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Dan Schrider @samurscicop.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Postdoc search update! I am continuing to solicit applications for a postdoc opening in the lab, and probably around the beginning of July I will start selecting applicants to interview. See evoldir ad here: evoldir.net/brian/evoldi... Please RT or whatever!
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Gideon Bradburd @gbradburd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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recruitment
Multiple positions available: ​ Postdoc PhD students
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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Very excited about this special issue! Our goal is to bring together empirical and theoretical work across a wide range of “unusual” systems of aging. Sounds like a good fit? Consider submitting to our SI 🤩 Unsure? Feel free to contact us. And please spread the word!
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Ashkaan K. Fahimipour @akfbio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon.
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Dan Schrider @samurscicop.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Update! The posting for the postdoc opening in my lab is up! Apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/319...
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Post-Doc Research Associate (Schrider)
The Schrider Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a postdoc in population genetics and/or phylogenetics. The successful candidate will help design and carry out projects re...
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Hey @evolmtg.bsky.social do you have a timeline for when the poster and talk schedule will be posted?
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Many of us were taught experiments are for testing hypotheses. In Ch 1 of Experimentology, our free, open methods textbook, my coauthors and I argue differently: experiments are for estimating the magnitude of causal effects. This reframing has important consequences. 🧵 experimentology.io
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Canvas bout to become the next blackboard lol
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Only in Texas do you got a smoker in a public park
Smoker in a public park
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Jae Young Choi @jychoi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I'm looking to hire a postdoc. Please share if you can!
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Andrew Mongue @ajmongue.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Still accepting applicants for a postdoc! Here's the evoldir link if you're interested: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi... Please reach out! Share with a friend!
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https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//UFlorida.MothsGenomicsPhylogenetics
The Mongue Lab (Entomology and Nematology Department) and Kawahara Lab (Florida Museum of Natural History) at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, are currently seeking two postdoctoral fellow...
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Peiwei Chen @peiwei-chen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
plz repost 🙏 we are looking for a technician to start this summer/fall for 1-2 years to work with me at Cornell in the labs of @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social and Andy Clark, in collaboration with @corriemoreau.bsky.social on flies & termites 🪰🐜🧬🔬 Ithaca is gorges! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
Apply for CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
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Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler @rejectresubmit.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I'm hiring a postdoc (start date flexible) and a PhD student (for Fall 2027) to work in any area of computational phylogenetics! More info here: mhibbins.github.io I will be attending both PEQG and Evolution in June, so please reach out if you want to chat at these meetings!
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
opisthokonts say what?
Bag of dehydrated mushrooms that claim to be plant based
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Louis Bliard @lbliard.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
New paper out in @jevbio.bsky.social Using 58 years of data, we look at the effect of environmental variation on reproductive trade-offs in great tits. With @jsmartin.bsky.social, @dzchilds.bsky.social, Ella Cole, @sheldonbirds.bsky.social, @paniw.bsky.social & Arpat Ozgul doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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Ecological harshness has a weak influence on reproductive trade-offs in a great tit population
Abstract. Lack’s seminal work on bird clutch sizes has spurred expansive research on reproductive trade-offs, especially focusing on offspring quantity–qua
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Guerrero Lab at NC State University seeks a postdoc in computational evolutionary genetics. Ideal candidates have quantitative skills. Apply by March 10, 2026, via rfguerre@ncsu.edu. More info: rguerrer.org #postdoc
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📣SUBMISSION DEADLINE APPROACHING: 📣 28th February Special Issue: Foundations of Internal Conflicts Guest Edited by @martijnschenkel.bsky.social, @arvidagren.bsky.social, @imprintedgene.bsky.social, Nina Wedell and Manus Patten For more info: academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Two weeks left to apply for the @stegg-interact.bsky.social post-bacc research program. Details on the website uh.edu/nsm/stegg-in...
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Matt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Applications are open for PREP Bio at the University of Oregon! A great opportunity for postbacs looking for additional research experience while preparing for graduate school. More here: cas.uoregon.edu/UO-PREP-Bio
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UO PREP Biology program
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Martijn Schenkel @martijnschenkel.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
NEW PAPER with @arvidagren.bsky.social and Manus Patten on evolutionary reversions in individuality now out (as an advance article) at @jevbio.bsky.social (see academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...). Thread below! [1/8] .
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Evolutionary transitions and reversions in individuality
Abstract. Biological individuality exists in different forms—unicellular, multicellular, colonial, etc.—which have arisen through evolutionary transitions
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Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
There is still time to apply! The deadline has been extended until February 3rd.
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European Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📣Deadline approaching - Monday 19th January! Would you like to support JEB and the evolution community? Our society journal is seeking new editors! Apply now: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
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Call for Editors - ESEB | JEB Blog
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Wishing all of our followers a Happy New Year 2026! We kick off with the January Issue of JEB online now: academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/39/1 📸 A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in the water at the Toba Aquarium, Japan. Photo Credit Tomohiro Harano
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Just a week left to apply for a position in our Editorial Board!
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