Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveEllen Leffler @ellenleffler.bsky.social · 21hMy department at University of Utah is recruiting new faculty, with "Human" and "Genetics" broadly defined. It is a fantastic place to start a lab, with collaboration, creativity and conviviality encouraged. Applications due Oct 16. Please share and apply! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208... 01331
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveSeth Finnegan @sethf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program is accepting applications until November 1. If you're a finishing Ph.D student or recent grad interested in coming to Berkeley to work on a project in paleobiology/paleoecology/geobiology please feel free to reach out! ppfp.ucop.edu/info/ppfp.ucop.edu University of California | President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 02334
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling. 781551635
Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · 29/09/2026My 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!vancleve.theoretical.biovan cleve research groupVan Cleve Research Group – theoretical evolution & ecology at the University of Kentucky 04965
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A great overview of how the Trump admin cultivated fear inside NIH to force compliance, even with harmful, unethical & unlawful orders. Also covers origins of the Bethesda Declaration community. From my friend & co-organizer Dr. Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou. www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...psychologicalscience.orgNIH Employees Lived in A Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping ReceiptsSylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure. 110856
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveAnita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The 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 2115143
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For 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 3150138
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveKacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026JOB 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. 04788
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveTheresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 28/09/2026I show the receipts. #NIHpsychologicalscience.orgNIH Employees Lived in A Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping ReceiptsSylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure. 02010
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Gave my first public lecture on the return of eugenics and race science this week at the British Science Festival. Reassuring to see how much interest, and concern, there was in the room 316939
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I need everyone to understand a few things: 1. People in positions of power at ✨establishment✨scientific institutions are HEAVILY incentivized to maintain the status quo of the scientific ecosystem…even though it doesn’t benefit us, the public, or innovation. Sorry! It’s the truth. 1335
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveMaitreya Dunham @maitreya.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Exciting 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. 110498
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveMonique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My @epi.org colleagues @elisegould.bsky.social & Hilary Wething put together a banger of a chartbook on wage suppression--the single biggest cause of the affordability crisis. Some of the charts are among EPI's greatest hits & some are new (at least to me). www.epi.org/publication/...epi.orgWage suppression in 10 chartsWages for typical workers lag far behind productivity growth. It hasn't always been this way and does not have to be this way. These 10 charts outline the historical context of workers’ wage trajector... 03317
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveAlex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Many people are obviously interested in this report in the context of Claude's capabilities. Given that it was guided by experts, and that another human team had already made more progress on a similar system, I think this case study does not say much about Claude's current independent capabilities 1133
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Update on Vought’s #ScienceDeathPanels: The administration is reportedly backing away from the promised EO that would have furthered political oversight at NIH. Looks like our advocacy has worked (for now). www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u... When we fight, we win!nytimes.comTrump Backtracks on Plan for New Controls on N.I.H. Grants (Gift Article)Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards. 17325
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveRich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We'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...careers.uh.eduAssistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United StatesDepartment: 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... 37290
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveYun S. Song @yun-s-song.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Please help spread the word! We are recruiting multiple Postdoctoral Fellows as part of the recently launched Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative (BCBI) at UC Berkeley and UCSF. BCBI website: bcbi.berkeley.edu Apply by Nov 1, 2026: berkeley.infoready4.com#freeformComp... (1/n)bcbi.berkeley.eduBakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative | Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative 12835
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJudith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So very, very happy to see this out @plosbiology.org : Ancient inversion polymorphisms associate with sexually selected traits across natural guppy populations. Beautiful work by two very clever and talented coauthors, Yuying Lin and @vdbijl.bsky.social . journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... 1/journals.plos.orgAncient inversion polymorphisms associate with sexually selected traits across natural guppy populationsGenomic inversions spanning many genes can persist for millions of years. This study of Trinidadian guppy populations reveals how both ecological conditions and mate choice help maintain this hidden l... 17536
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - NatureEmerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ... 8553276
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveAlejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 11/08/2026As simulations grow in complexity, a set of non-trivial issues emerge: diminished identifiability as free parameters become too numerous relative to exp. constraints & difficulties grasping causality. In our new 📄, we point to potential avenues to move #CellBio forward 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2608.06998arxiv.orgSimulating is not always understanding: When model complexity obscures biologyIn cell biology, computational models of biological systems range from minimal representations with a handful of parameters to whole-cell simulations tracking thousands of molecular species across a c... 310735
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveHanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Are you into mathematical modelling of ecological and evolutionary systems? Look at this job ad for a senior lecturer in Lund. I've visited many times, splendid compact city, splendid department! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...lu.varbi.comSenior Lecturer in Computational BiologyLund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit 04156
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveTadashi Fukami @fukamit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Systems Ecology, a new journal launched today, "run by researchers, for researchers, and is free to read and free to publish, with no article processing charges" systems-ecology.org/index.php/se...systems-ecology.org Systems Ecology 15727
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired. 573331940
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveMark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026Several reports this wknd of Trump and Vought trying to impose control over NIH grants—that is, politicizing US cancer and dementia cure research. Big picture: that is just the same unitary executive logic they tried to impose on NIH months ago via regulation. We need to strike back at the root… 1186
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveMickey Rottinghaus @golfsobad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have submitted my comments and urge you to do the same. We can't let RFK Jr. mess things up any worse!! 057
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Excellent article by @jessicaglenza.bsky.social at @us.theguardian.com that highlights how the Trump-Bhattacharya NIH grant terminations undermine trust built in communities and waste public resources by terminating critical, rigorous cutting edge science. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Clear retribution’: dismay as key Alzheimer’s study cancelled amid Trump attacks on scienceParticipants in Pittsburgh may never learn the results of their cognitive tests – and funding cuts that target ‘DEI’ have the potential to delay vital diagnoses 26124
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The White House budget proposal for FY27 slash NSF funding by more than 50% and would drastically reduce support for PhDs, postdocs & investigator-initiated research. Selling something is not the same as doing something. Science is hard. This 'new golden age' won't make it easier. 49052
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation. One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...donmoynihan.substack.comChina: “Thank Trump”The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival 19962368
Reposted by Jeremy Van Cleveukybiology.bsky.social @ukybiology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026For more information about this position, click the link below. ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/646... 015
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Really cool site. www.lostfunds.orglostfunds.orgLost Funds — $177 Billion GoneTrack the Trump administration’s federal funding disruptions state by state — what was cut or frozen, who it hurts, and how states are fighting back in court. 13826
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveDmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We 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...facultypositions.stanford.eduAssistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United StatesThe 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... 5151190
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 17/09/2026When will the people who argued in April 2025 that Democrats should stay silent on immigration own up to being frankly just disastrously wrong about the politics of mass deportations? Their punditry basically bordered on enablement 904654842
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/09/2026Short thread: 18 months ago, as part of their assault on higher ed, Trump/DOGE/Vought terminated my friend Kelton Minor's NIH Director's award that would have allowed him to take a faculty position there. Without the funds, Columbia ultimately rescinded the position. Kelton moved to Denmark. 5614240
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026US policymakers must avoid the temptation to rebuild US science by mimicking China and going all in on STEM. That would be a mistake. We also need social science and humanities that makes sense of great technological change like AI. Thats part of US scientific tradition worth keeping. 520048
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/09/2026Today, with backing from the ACLU, Kelton and twelve other named researchers filed a class action suit against the NIH under director Jay Bhattacharya for censoring their research and violating their First Amendment rights.aclu.orgResearchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties UnionClass action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research 4692143
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJames M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wayne was my MA thesis and PhD dissertation adviser at Mizzou. He is kind, and good, and represents the best of what Mizzou is and has to offer. The Missouri state law that seeks to criminalize even the discussion of DEI is shameful, and so are those who support it. abc17news.com/news/educati...abc17news.comUniversity of Missouri investigating professor after video alleges DEI sympathiesCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is investigating allegations of staff violating federal and state laws against diversity, equity and inclusion practices after a video reportedly showin... 016257
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveMark Histed @markhisted.org · 16/09/2026Scientist here: It is widely known inside science that this—top-down imposition of a research agenda—leads to mostly rote, boring, non-innovative work. Building an institute to do discovery science is hard: you hire young people, put them together, hope synergies arise and ideas fall out. 9363145
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Colleagues, please... I know higher ed is under siege, but we desperately need more entry-level assistant professorships and postdocs in areas that are not AI or AI adjacent. And, as a graduate program director, "open rank professor of AI" is not something that most R1s train for outside of STEM. 725346
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveKelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026TWO JOBS in our department #IntegrativeBiology at #UTAustin! Evolutionary Biology and Organismal Mechanistic Processes, both very widely defined. Come join us! Application info here: apply.interfolio.com/193270 03144
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveNature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/09/2026Obituary: Robert Ricklefs (1943–2026) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Polymath ecologist whose research and textbooks integrating ecology and evolution have inspired generations of students. Free to read: rdcu.be/D33fLgYcv4Banature.comRobert Ricklefs (1943–2026) - Nature Ecology & EvolutionPolymath ecologist whose research and textbooks integrating ecology and evolution have inspired generations of students. 16742
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveKate Laskowski @katelaskowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Jay used our clonal mollies to ask does increasing environmental variation increases phenotypic variation? Turns out.... it doesn't! Mollies reared with pred cues swim more slowly & hide more but the magnitude of individuality remained the same! It seems individuals are unique no matter what... 03112
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveGerry Carter @gerrycarter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Please 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 14351
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 15/09/2026The Department of Integrative Biology at UT Austin has two open positions for assistant professors, one in evolutionary biology and one in mechanistic processes. Please share. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/193270 05483
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveKara Cerveny @kara-cerveny.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Reed College is an awesome place to teach and do research. Check out this piece about Reed's Beckman Scholars Program. www.reed.edu/newsroom/sto... So excited to see this finally come to fruition and hoping wereed.edu 155
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026This proposed rule for drastically restricting F-1 visa holders has thankfully now been delayed: bsky.app/profile/cojo... 0154
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchersNew document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas 143
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveJessica Santollo @drjess.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My department of Biology at the University of Kentucky is hiring! We are looking for a Neuroscientist whose research incorporates iPSC-derived neural cells and/or cerebral organoid models to study mechanics of neurodevelopment or neurodegeneration. Please share! ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/646...ukjobs.uky.eduAssistant or Associate Professor of BiologyThe Department of Biology at the University of Kentucky invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, with expertise in the field of Cell an... 048
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveDrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🧪🌏😡👇 As a former EPA scientist I can’t tell you how horrible this feels. Scientists spent decades getting these regulations in place. Political appointees can overturn all of the science in days. 27833
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveThom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Two longer pieces by Terrance Tao, one of the authors of the declaration: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1172373... arxiv.org/abs/2608.16753mathstodon.xyzTerence Tao (@tao@mathstodon.xyz)I wrote recently about how the collection of good, fruitful open problems is now being mined in a non-renewable fashion, leading to the potential scenario of these problems becoming scarce. This may ... 2124
Reposted by Jeremy Van CleveCultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026ACE Research Grant Alert 🚨! CES will give out two awards of up to $3000 each to support early career research projects in cultural evolution. The award is open to applicants worldwide, with an application deadline of October 9th 2026, 9:00 AM AoE. Applications: forms.gle/dsLdKQuNBH4W...forms.gleACE Early Career Research GrantsCES will give out two awards of up to $3000 each to support research projects in cultural evolution. To learn more about the Advancing Cultural Evolution (ACE) initiative, see here. Deadline: Appli... 02935