Clare Holleley

📣 We're hiring: Science Adviser
Do you have policy experience and the skill to translate complex science into actionable advice? Work with leading scientists to deliver evidence-based advice on national and global issues.

📍 Canberra ACT (Hybrid)
⏰ Apply by 27 Jan 2026

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Join CSIRO as Collection Manager for the Australian National Fish Collection (Hobart) and help contribute to the future of biodiversity science in Australia:
jobs.csiro.au/job/Hobart%2...

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Science position at the University of Southern Queensland. Candidates with a strong teaching background in Animal Science are encouraged.
📷 Toowoomba, Australia
Closes: 8th October 2025

🔗 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Biology Department

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Unlocking nature's time machine: Revolutionising collections science Australia’s natural advantage gives us the possibility of succeeding to protect our biodiversity on a grand scale – and collections science is key.

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New $90 million facility to house millions of insect and wildlife samples

Some of the news footage from yesterday's launch of the Diversity Building.

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Get the quick virtual tour here: www.facebook.com/share/v/1DZq...

Boy what a day. Our brand new collections building has officially launched. An amazing team helped us celebrate this landmark today: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Stable preservation and recovery of methylation marks from FTA elute cards in species with nucleated red blood cells using a customized DNA extraction method Specialized chemically-coated paper cards, such as Flinders Technology Associates (FTA) cards, provide simple and reliable storage of nucleic acids by protecting DNA from degradation. Owed to their si...

🚨 New paper led by ANWC postdoc @liviagerber.bsky.social!

We developed a high-yield 🧬 extraction method for FTA Elute cards - enabling long read AND epigenomic studies from field-collected nucleated blood 🦎 - even after 10+ years at room temp.

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My department has open positions at Level B (Lecturer) or Level C (Senior Lecturer), - one position in Genomics and two in Ecology. #PlantSciJobs

Applications close on Thursday 7 August Aussie time
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Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia?

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The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here:

Ecology:
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Genomics:
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Careers - Centre for Population Genomics

Excited to be in Milan for #eshg2025! If you’re interested in leading analysis of large, diverse cohorts with WGS and cellular genomic data in Australia, I’d be keen to chat - we’re looking to fill a variety of senior comp bio roles: populationgenomics.org.au/careers/ #eshg25

We're looking for TWO lecturers (in Conservation Biology & Evolutionary Ecology) to join us in this beautiful corner of the world! Come join our pretty awesome (if I do say so myself!) department! 💚 @zoologyotago.bsky.social

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🚨 Permanent position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Pūkenga/Pūkenga Matua) - Conservation Biology at @universityofotago.bsky.social. Candidates with strong wildlife management and conservation background are encouraged.

📍Dunedin, NZ Aotearoa

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Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

The results of The Chaser's Poll to Save Democracy are in and they suggest a real shock during tomorrow's election.

Read more: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/4483...

Postdoc in Avian Behaviour (2.5 yrs)
Study evolution of escape behaviour in threatened birds.
ARC-funded project w/ Matt Symonds & Mike Weston (Deakin), Lee Ann Rollins (UNSW).
Exp. in bird behavioural ecology required
Apply : careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/jo...

Science Leader |   Brisbane—West | An amazing opportunity to step into strategic science leadership in Queensland government. We are looking for someone to set the direction and lead a team of scientists to deliver ecological products ...

Conservation position closing 12th May. Queensland Herbarium and Biodiversity Science business unit- Science Leader of Ecological Sciences team. smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobtools/jnc...

Excited to share our preprint on the molecular architecture of heterochromatin in human cells 🧬🔬w/ @jpkreysing.bsky.social, @johannesbetz.bsky.social,
@marinalusic.bsky.social, Turoňová lab, @hummerlab.bsky.social @becklab.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social

🔗 Preprint here tinyurl.com/3a74uanv

Scientists love to debate and argue, but if there are 3 things every scientist absolutely agrees on, it's that:

1. Climate change is real
2. Vaccines work
3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤

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'Small piece in a really big jigsaw': Penguin frozen in time finds home The collections include 99 per cent of Australia's native birds as well as exotic bird species, skeletons, mammals, reptiles stored in ethanol, eggs and frozen tissue.

A bit of insight into how our National Biological Collections are moving house:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

The job isn't done yet, but we are well on the way.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA)- University of York - Department of #Archaeology #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML043/p...

Letter of Support for nomination of @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science In signing this form you endorse the proposal to nominate @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize in the category 'Leadership in Science'. The list of signatories will be appended to the nomination form. I wi...

Come on folk, get off your butts! Let's thank @arc-tracker.bsky.social. 3500+ of you follow their posts about proposed changes in ARC funding & which schemes remain open for now. But only 135 of you have signed up to support their nomination for a Eureka prize. Sign!

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It actually exists! A few copies of my new book just arrived. Nice to see it in person, finally.

If you've ever wondered about the ecology or evolution of an invasive population, this one's for you. #evobio 🌏 #bioinvasions #ecoevo

A job going at our National Collections: jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra...

Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project).

Applications close 25th March 2025!

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.

😈 A rare sight with an ominous name— a black seadevil anglerfish was recently spotted off the coast of Tenerife. Ben Frable (@frable.bsky.social), manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection, shared more about this cool creature for @nytimes.com. ⬇️

Hi Australian Researchers. I have a plan. Let's thank the amazing @arc-tracker.bsky.social for a decade of selfless work by nominating them for a Eureka Prize (Leadership in science). Are you with me? If so, repost this. Please also reply and state your support for this quest. We can do this people.