Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, βI do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.β My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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EPIPLANT conference
π± You like plants and epigenetics?
Explore mechanisms of chromatin regulation & epigenetics in Nantes, France!
π€ Great speakers + oral & poster slots from selected abstracts.
22-24 June 2026
Abstract submission deadline: 24 April 2026.
epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org
As you can see here, right from the very first day he entered our house, Jim found great difficulty in getting settled and making the environment his own.
THREAD.
3 & 1/4 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he'd been living, in rural Cornwall, & decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st 2022
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
We are inviting applications for a joint appointment:
Director at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Full Professor (W3) at MLU
Apply by April, 24 via: berufungsportal.uni-halle.de
Join us in advancing innovative research at the interface of chemistry and bioactive natural products.
Private research that is useful for moving knowledge forward but not projected to be quite profitable enough never sees the light of day.
Then others, perhaps multiple other private or academic labs, will have to redo that research to gain that knowledge. That is the opposite of efficiency. (4/4)
Gun violence costs the United States an estimated $557 billion every year.
That is about 2.6 percent of the entire U.S. economy, or more than $1,600 per person, every year.
This cost is higher than what the federal government spends annually on education.
When someone says βScientists do not want you to knowβ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They canβt shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
03.03.2026 12:10 β π 9340 π 4054 π¬ 76 π 162These pudgy little dudes are my favorite!
01.03.2026 20:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
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Faculty position in Plant Molecular Biology (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark
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Ready for a wild statistic? Nearly 10% of the United States' population has died since 2018 when Donald Trump started promising that he had a healthcare plan that he'd reveal in four weeks. Since that first promise, he averaged 6 similar (broken) promises per year. Yes, even over Biden's term.
26.02.2026 18:23 β π 80 π 15 π¬ 0 π 0
Disapproving Trump voters claim to never have voted for him How people who voted for Trump in 2024 now claim to have voted, split by approval Response Say they voted for Harris Say they voted for Trump Say they didn't vote for either Trump 2024/Approve of Trump 0.9% 97.7% 1.3% Trump 2024/Disapprove of Trump 12.5% 75.8% 11.8% Data taken from The Argument's polls of national registered voters between August 2025 and February 2026. "How they actually voted" is defined as the the self-reported recorded vote in Verasight's panel profile, collected immediately after the 2024 election, or immediately after joining the Verasight voter pool for post-election recruits. "How they claim they voted" is the recalled vote claimed by participants during the survey. Total N=12,180 Chart: Lakshya Jain/The ArgumentSource: The ArgumentEmbed The Argument
25% of "disapproving" Trump voters now say they didn't vote for him. 12% of them now say they voted for Harris. www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-trump-...
25.02.2026 14:40 β π 23 π 9 π¬ 3 π 6
Are you passionate about computational biology and the evolution of specialized plant metabolism? We invite highly motivated and experienced students and early-career researchers to join our group in Bonn for a visiting research stay. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience, exchange ideas, and work in a collaborative and supportive scientific environment with excellent computational resources. We especially welcome colleagues with prior research experience in bioinformatics, phylogeny, evolutionary biology, or comparative genomics, and a strong interest in plant metabolism. Masterβs students and candidates looking to strengthen their research profile are strongly encouraged to reach out. If you are proactive, curious, and eager to conduct your own research project, we would love to hear from you. More details and contact information: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contact#EBPCM #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics #EvolutionaryBiology #ComparativeGenomics #ResearchOpportunity #EarlyCareerResearchers #PhDOpportunity #ScientificCollaboration #ResearchInGermany
Are you passionate about computational biology and the evolution of specialized plant metabolism?
More details and contact information:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/conta...
#Bioinformatics #Genomics #ResearchInGermany @puckerlab.bsky.social
Cartoon that shows how PhDs are pushing the frontiers of knowledge.
Keep pushing & don't forget the bigger picture :)
25.02.2026 12:37 β π 45 π 17 π¬ 2 π 0Join us in Toulouse !!
03.02.2026 22:35 β π 10 π 13 π¬ 0 π 0
"PhD student in experimental plant cell biology at University of GdaΕsk, GdaΕsk, Poland
*Application Deadline: 4/26/2026"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=168898.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
πΎ We have an open postdoc position in Plant Genomics in our group at HHU DΓΌsseldorf!
If you enjoy computational biology, asking big questions, and the satisfaction of code working on the first try, check out schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Mar. 31 | 3-year postdoc | German skills required
Trait discovery is one of the most difficult parts of our work here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social. Thus, we need help:
We are looking for a Scientist in #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics for Trait Discovery.
This is a full time, permanent position here in Einbeck.
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs
Just a few days left to apply for this postdoc position!
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I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate.
Please RT, many thanks
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The US President, which does not offer free healthcare to his own people, wants his own people to offer free healthcare⦠to Greenland⦠which already has free healthcare.
Maybe it is time for another brain scan for the US president.
Ordering flags to be flown at half staff for the racist Charlie Kirk but not for the African American Jessie Jackson kind of says it all.
22.02.2026 03:16 β π 566 π 194 π¬ 18 π 9So why argue that an LLM might actually be more energy efficient than a human at a particular job? The only way that energy efficiency actually results in any savings is if you start eliminating humans. Not eliminating human JOBS. Eliminating HUMANS.
22.02.2026 06:47 β π 244 π 42 π¬ 4 π 1
Group Leader Call at the @cbitoulouse.bsky.social in
Genome biology, projects at the interface with devbio will be given particular attention. please share :)
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ONE WEEK to the deadline! #PlantSciJobs #phd #plantsciphd email me jo.a.hepworth@durham.ac.uk for more information (I'm friendly and keen to meet you!) and tips on application documents. www.needl.org.uk
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Two things are simultaneously true:
1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it.
2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.
Firms are gearing up for the Refund Wars now. We're likely to see billions transferred from government to corporate coffers. And good! The taxes were illegal.
But *consumers* shouldered much of the tariff burden. And won't get those refunds.
A massive wealth transfer from consumers to investors.
