JL Weissman

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Two days left to apply!

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

Stony Brook is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Marine Molecular Ecology (assistant encouraged, molecular broadly defined, includes microbial omics!): apply.interfolio.com/174869

The ISC - your new home at UMass Boston?

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Heeeeey #Microbial #Ecology folk! My department has a job opening for a tenure track Microbial Ecologist! Feel free to DM me with questions. Come join our awesome supportive whip-smart & kind crew in the Biology Department of @umassboston.bsky.social! employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us...

My department (ecology and evolution) is hiring a core bioinformatics/comp bio person (not TT but the last person retired after 25+ years). It's a great place to work!: stonybrooku.taleo.net/careersectio...

I am excited to share the MMAR Lab is on! 🥳 Our work focuses on plankton and climate change, using numerical modeling and lab experiments. We are recruiting graduate students, 1 research technician, and 2 postdocs! Please help spread the word 📢 More details here: themmarlab.com/joinus

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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨

Assistant Professor in Global Change and Disease Ecology at Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology & Evolution. Deadline: October 1.

#AcademicJobs #tenuretrack #facultyjobs

apply.interfolio.com/171403

(I love being here. Come join!)

@stonybrooku.bsky.social

Come join our department! We are hiring an Assistant Professor of Climate Driven Disease Ecology apply.interfolio.com/171403

Protect transgender scientists Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...

"Institutions must support transgender and gender nonconforming and other marginalized scientists by securing their safety and privacy; their access to legal aid and health care; and their opportunities in education, employment, and society," argues a new #LetterToScience. scim.ag/4kQCMtr

Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones Anaerobic metabolisms are thought to dominate nitrogen cycling in anoxic marine zones (AMZs). However, thriving populations of aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in AMZs challenge this assumptio...

Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... #jcampubs 🌊

New York's Congressional Delegation Must Defend Federal Research Funding for CUNY & SUNY. List of signatories. FACULTY & STAFF: ADD YOUR NAME BELOW TO THIS OPEN LETTER WRITTEN BY THE DEFENDING RESEARCH FUNDING WORKING GROUP OF THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONGRESS/CUNY Federal investment in scientific research gene...

CUNY and SUNY faculty, please sign this letter to the NY State Congressional Delegation protesting cuts to research funding (and all the other crap going on)!

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So happy to see this paper finally out! A fun project with collaborators Emily Zakem, @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social and Yubin Raut!

Happy to have this out! Thanks to @asanchezlab.bsky.social and @jacrickets.bsky.social for their mentorship on this project. Below is the thread I previously posted on then-Twitter

Improved maximum growth rate prediction from microbial genomes by integrating phylogenetic information - Nature Communications Microbial maximum growth rates vary widely across species, and their measurement is challenging, especially for uncultivated organisms. Here, Xu, Zakem & Weissman present Phydon, a framework for g...

Our newest on using genomic and phylogenetic information to predict microbial maximum growth rates www.nature.com/articles/s41... with @liangxu.bsky.social

Updates on NSF Priorities

It's Fustilarian Friday, so here's the latest statement from NSF's director, trying to dodge the news cycle.

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

PRODiG+ Fellowship in Computational Environmental Science (Bradley defined) at Stony Brook! This is an awesome postdoc with a pathway to a permanent TT position! Come work with us at IACS!
apply.interfolio.com/162468

♀️🇲🇽🧪🦠 This paper about the challenges of being a female microbiologist in México is authored by four women central to my career:
my PhD supervisor Valeria Souza
my PhD committee member Gabriela Olmedo
my PhD colleagues Esmeralda Lopez and Ana Escalante

doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

Queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring—A call for change Queer and trans scientists face varied and systemic barriers to their professional success, resulting in a relative absence from faculty ranks at many institutions. This Perspective calls for a change...

Really over the moon to see this finally out! Thanks for leading us in this again @jlw-ecoevo.bsky.social! Glad to be part of the AQTES group and can't wait for what is next!🌈🧑🏽‍🔬
doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Are you on an academic search committee, or know someone on one? Please take a look at this comprehensive set of suggestions to make the application process more inclusive for queer and trans folks!

So glad I could contribute my two cents to this work!

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Thanks for the call-out! I'll try to get Liang to post one (his right as first author).

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A little over two weeks left to apply!

Also recruiting PhD students this cycle!

We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomics analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postd...

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One week left! Get your feedback in by the 20th! Spread the word, email your departments, etc.

We extended the deadline to June 20! We appreciate your feedback!

Now (again) soliciting community feedback on "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process"

Now with a much broader scope across the biological sciences (and neighbors). We value your input!

Article: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Feedback form: forms.gle/dj4iNiy4boZ6...

I’m starting a special interest group with monthly seminars + discussion focused on the role of mutation in evolution covering #evobio #popgen #histsci #philsci

Upcoming speakers: @PeterALind, @DeepaAgashe, Grey Monroe, Rose Novick, Alex Klug

To join, email <myfirstname>@umd.edu

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