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Arnaud Le Rouzic @arnaudlerouzic.bsky.social · 7h

Interested in a PhD in Theoretical evolutionary ecology / statistics? A position is open (again) in my lab. "Theoretical and statistical modeling of eco-evolutionary feedback loops from abundance-phenotype time series" Details and application: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

Illustration on an eco-evo feedback loop. The environment drives how selection affects individuals, while individual genotypes and phenotypes affect the environment (typically, by modifying the population density).

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Antigoni Samourdani @antisamourdani.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Are you a student? 🎓 Do you like 🐟 want to learn different methods used for research? My lab is looking for an intern! The internship includes lab support 🔬on various projects & some fieldwork in swiss rivers 🏞️ Please get in touch or share widely! apply.refline.ch/673277/1402/...

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Internships in Fish Ecology and Evolution (100%)

The Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc) located in Kastanienbaum (Lucerne) has vacancies for

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

Kai Shaikh, a Ph.D. student in mathematics at the University of Toronto, also currently at SLMath, observed that theorems are easy to use as benchmarks, but that they capture little of the wonderment at the heart of math. "Just like a photograph of a mile marker can't provide much of the value of actually going on a hike," he said,
"it would seem to me that proofs without stories, or even stories without struggle or mystery, and first glimpses of strange beasts, are not very meaningful or valuable to us humans."

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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*New event from the @eseb.bsky.social ESEB Special Topic Network on Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation* Join us next week, October 15, for a virtual symposium on Internal Conflicts Across Asia-Oceania! Sign up here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/asia-oceania...

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I promise we're usually at least somewhat fun people

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Piret Avila @piretavila.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New paper in Theoretical Population Biology with Laurent Lehmann: “Life history evolution and uninvadable mortality schedules with and without intergenerational energy transfers” 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“This recent dump of papers on Tuesday destroyed the careers of early-career mathematicians. We've had whole research programs wiped out on Tuesday by their dump … they have all the mathematicians research programs in their training data” - Tristan Buckmaster on OpenAI solving unsolved math problems

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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rutherford's puzzle about 'Napoleon's theorem' was published in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴' 𝐷𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦: 𝑜𝑟 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛'𝑠 𝐴𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑘. Interestingly, this woman's magazine was an important forum for math problems before more 'serious' math journals appeared in the UK in 1830.

Title and abstract of Teri Perl's paper "The Ladies' Diary or Woman's Alamack, 1704-1841", which is available here:

https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(79)90103-4

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Reach out to your math friends and offer to get coffee. For real

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International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology @iite-ecotheory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📣Next Tuesday, our online seminar speaker will be Mingyu Luo (UCLA) @mingyuluo.bsky.social, presenting: ⭐The many meanings of ecological stability⭐ Do join us - its free and open to all! Zoom link: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 Global times: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

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Blake Matthews @ebmatthews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Three new evolutionary ecology PhD positions are open in Switzerland (Eawag, and Uni. Bern) to work on Greenland lake ecosystems. We are interested in how stickleback and copepods evolve, and how their evolution affects the trajectories of lake ecosystem development. apply.refline.ch/673277/1403/...

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3 PhD positions in the fields of Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Genomics, and Ecosystem Science

The Department of Fish Ecology & Evolution (FishEc) has vacancies for

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

An incredible animation/explanation (and equally incredible science!)

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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

Van Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky

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Daniel Litt @littmath.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

that the mathematical literature as a whole is so reliable comes down to the fact that, over time, we have made an even number of sign errors

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NEW PUBLICATION: “Adaptive Dynamics of Discriminate and Indiscriminate Mating”, with Sam Rothberg & Brian Lerch. We model and analyze the evolution of indiscriminate mating—where organisms mate with others regardless of their sex. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

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Adaptive dynamics of discriminate and indiscriminate mating

Abstract. Same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) occurs across many animal taxa. Some instances of SSB likely arise from animals’ mating indiscriminately and/or wi

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 26/09/2026

Lie groups underlie some of the most fundamental laws of physics. www.quantamagazine.org/what-are-lie…

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Michael Manhart @michaelmanhart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two interesting Ph.D. student opportunities in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology, in labs I think very highly of: Tobias Bollenbach, U. Cologne (bpsb.uni-koeln.de/open-positions) Andrew Letten, U. Queensland (evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...)

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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net

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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is still time to apply! I'll start reading the applications this Friday.

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We are very happy to announce the launch of Systems Ecology @systems-ecology.bsky.social, a new independent, diamond open-access journal dedicated to advancing systems-level understanding in ecology. systems-ecology.org/index.php/se Check the Founding editorial! systems-ecology.org/index.php/se...

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Guim Aguadé-Gorgorió @guimaguade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This looks promising! "...free to read and free to publish, with no subscription barriers for readers and no article processing charges for authors. The journal is run by researchers, for researchers, with the goal of advancing ecology through systems thinking."

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States

The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If someone turned my scientific paper into this AI agent mess I'd be SO MAD, like, so beyond furious, I would be flipping tables. Just read the paper!!! This isn't hard!

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Rob Noble @robjohnnoble.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The excellent Hanna ten Brink in Amsterdam is advertising "a super cool Phd project on modelling krill and salps and, most importantly, their poo" that'd suit someone into mathematical modelling, coding, and marine ecosystems, polar regions, and/or biogeochemistry werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Vacancy — PhD candidate in ecological modelling of krill and salps in a changing Southern Ocean

Are you excited by ecosystem modeling, climate change and polar oceans? Do you enjoy quantitative work, coding, and turning ecology into equations? We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate ...

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Michael Reichert @reichertfroglab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I'm recruiting new grad students for fall 2027, looking for students motivated by animal behavior and animal communication. Our main study system is acoustic communication in treefrogs. More details here, please spread the word: reichertlab.com/2026/09/07/r...

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Recruiting grad students for fall 2027

The Reichert Lab in the Department of Biology at Oklahoma State University is recruiting 1-2 graduate students (MS or PhD) for Fall 2027. Our lab does integrative research in animal communication a…

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This! Of course the same idea extends to theory in applied fields

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Alexander Kasprzyk @amkasprzyk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If government believes "math is solved"; if research funders believe "math is solved"; if university administrators believe "math is solved"; if future would-be students believe "math is solved": then it really doesn't matter what the #LLM is capable or not capable of doing. Communicate our value.

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Daniel Litt @littmath.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Maybe too obvious to be worth saying, but: frontier models are now obviously superhuman at some mathematical tasks, including ones that the profession has, historically, rewarded with prestige etc.

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding

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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 10/09/2026

A wonderful review by Stefano on 100 years of Lotka–Volterra models. Don’t miss the incredibly detailed Supplement, truly the “War and Peace” of LV models. I really wish it had existed when I was a grad student! doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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One Hundred Years of Lotka–Volterra Models

Over the past century, the generalized Lotka–Volterra (GLV) model has grown from a mathematical curiosity to a cornerstone of theoretical ecology. Here we celebrate the enduring legacy of Lotka and Vo...

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Pranav Minasandra @pminasandra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I feel the worry is mid-range companies. With this solution to the Millennium problem it's easy for a start-up to sell themselves as "solving" a (non-theory) field of science with brute force. Scientists have published all data, code, ideas etc in the spirit of openness. I'm worried about some...[1]

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At the same time I'm also extremely worried that the large AI companies can evidently outthink us in terms of maths ideas given money. Remains to be seen whether big impacts will be felt in EEB, but I think that's more because the companies at present don't care about EEB (and other applications).

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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you're publishing massive unreadable AI-generated proofs and need to convince the world they're not just slop, you need to formalize them using Lean. Thus formalization paves the way for AI. 😒

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Precisely my fear for eco-evo. People often delude themselves into thinking they understand a theoretical result in eco-evo without delving into the maths because they understand the statement and think conceptual intuition is enough. Theorists are forced to do HW, AI tools encourage sidestepping it

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It is no longer possible to experience any sense of accomplishment. Accomplishment is something a computer does for you.

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The only thing I've ever done is thinking, which no longer has value. I think every conscious minute of my life, suboptimally.

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If I were a better mathematician, I'd be mourning less. But I'm not a better mathematician. I'm precisely on the margin where I have no place anymore in the world that comes. As the margin narrows (truly marvelously), I no longer fit.

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I already wasn't a good or productive mathematician. Why are they twisting the knife on me so hard?

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am very worried about the mental health of math friends :/

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Ben Allen @evodynamics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's hard to interpret OpenAI burning through $24 million of compute just to make sure the other guys don't get there first as anything other than a giant middle finger to the mathematical community

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 08/09/2026

Mathematicians at OpenAI announced that a group of 10,000 autonomous AI agents under their direction proved that the Navier-Stokes equations can “blow up,” thus solving one of the six remaining Millennium Prize Problems. The result is not without controversy. www.quantamagazine.org/ai-has-solve...

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AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems | Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians at OpenAI showed that the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe how fluids flow, can sometimes “blow up.” But the massive result is not without controversy.

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Going beyond pure maths, ideas of computer autonomy and ideas of being completely out-thought by large-scale efforts from huge AI companies both sound like a death sentence for careers in theory in ecology and evolution, if I'm being honest.

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singular locus sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

tried to explain to someone why openai's actions are so serious. not to be dramatic but we are in hell and all the demons are here

there are tons of issues here. almost impossible to convey how bad things are. in no particular order:

this research breakthrough was a consequence of dumping tons of money into the ai companies. if the future of the field means being entangled with openai et al. and extreme expenses that is going to upend mathematics in a much bigger way than ability to prove new things will. this hasn’t been a focal point of discussion yet but it looks to be at the center of mathematics going forward imo.

possibly for legal reasons, the statement stops short of accusing openai of stealing their in progress work. as in literally snaking their documents off the cloud and using them to try to undercut researchers. but it’s very clear that that is what the author believes happened

openai straight up threatened the mathematician in question. in a colloquial sense they’re engaging in extortion. apparently this is so routine for them that they didn’t even stop to consider that they can’t threaten an academic’s career (or they assumed the mathematician would understand there will be no academic careers in the future)

openai is straight up lying about their research methods. there are various ways that their announcements have had the potential to be misleading (for example when you see “we spent $2000 to compute these proofs” ask how much they spent on attempts that didn’t work). but what they’re saying may generally just not be true even in a literal sense

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Liam U. Taylor @liamtaylor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

the year 2028. our global meta-analysis Why Do Gulls Eat Trash? is published. We show that multiple drivers influence the ecology of animals. our paper is thus of pressing interest to the broad readership of Nature Eco Evo. I blow the NYT interview with a rant about eyeshadow for hooded eyes.

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/ccan... If I was cleverer I would have led with this

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The latest drama around AI use in maths manages to impact "is AI use better for the progress of mathematics as a whole", "is AI use plagiarism", AND "Are individual academics doomed if large AI companies are dedicating time and resources to tackling all the big maths problems" all in one fell swoop

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