I taught Genetics again this year. We need to include discussion of the problematic history of our field, especially as the claims of eugenics are once again centered in our political discourse. Last year I wrote this piece, explaining my reasoning and approach π§ͺ 1/n
www.cell.com/trends/genet...
08.12.2025 12:37 β π 235 π 81 π¬ 9 π 4
Net-casting spider stretching it net
enlarged forward facing eyes of Asianopis subrufa
π¨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
22.11.2025 16:53 β π 86 π 43 π¬ 12 π 4
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
22.11.2025 15:51 β π 524 π 432 π¬ 33 π 30
Time to vote for our GSA officers!
Please repost
19.11.2025 19:52 β π 9 π 12 π¬ 1 π 0
Ichetucknee Springs State Park, a short drive from Gainesville, FL
The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
15.10.2025 20:42 β π 37 π 41 π¬ 3 π 2
Excited to share our new #biorxivpreprint:
βSexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous systemβ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We describe the #connectomics reconstruction and analysis of an entire adult #maleCNS #drosophila central nervous system. 1/10
15.10.2025 16:17 β π 123 π 67 π¬ 1 π 4
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
15.10.2025 15:53 β π 145 π 172 π¬ 1 π 4
we are recruiting a postdoc with interest in using genomics and molecular biology to study transcription factors. We have an R35 to fund the project/salary.
15.10.2025 16:00 β π 7 π 15 π¬ 1 π 0
π Want to fund your research abroad?
Join GSAβs Grants and Funding in Europe panel to hear how to secure international support for your work.
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Oct 20 | 11 a.m. EDT
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13.10.2025 16:45 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Cartoon illustration depicting a sick Drosophila melanogaster surrounded by different viruses, symbolizing the impact of persistent viral infections on the model organism. Image credit RubΓ©n GonzΓ‘lez.
Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed. @salehlabparis.bsky.social &co show how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence @plosbiology.org π§ͺ plos.io/4olpuXm
13.10.2025 16:49 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
If you are a current PRFB fellow, we have a slack where all of this and more is discussed.
Current fellows, please send me a message and I can add you.
01.10.2025 15:04 β π 5 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
Is anyone willing to share a successful GRFP they wrote along with the reviews with me? I didnβt know what they were when I was eligible and have some students that are thinking of writing them. Please and thank you.
29.09.2025 22:43 β π 1 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0
Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item
29.09.2025 19:33 β π 13 π 22 π¬ 1 π 0
Job Posting: CESA Five-Year Review Coordinator
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Department of Fish and Wildlife
JC-493311 - CESA Five-Year Review Coordinator
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
$4,269.00 - $8,877.00 per Month
New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.
Final Filing Date: 10/13/2025
CA Biology job alert
My unit at the CA Dep of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a permanent position to write 5 year reviews for species listed under the CA Endangered Species Act.
Based in West Sacramento, currently 2x week in office.
I am happy to answer questions
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...
25.09.2025 02:32 β π 71 π 62 π¬ 2 π 4
Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.
Funded PhD position available π Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experimentsβ¦ Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
24.09.2025 08:53 β π 67 π 50 π¬ 3 π 4
Quant Ecology positions opening:
Both a PhD student + postdoc available with @lifenonlinear.bsky.social in Biology at UMD, embedded in a growing network of labs interested broadly in quantitative ecology and evolutionary dynamics, with backgrounds spanning bio, computing, math, physics + more.
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17.09.2025 19:59 β π 5 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
Sex chromosome evolution
Dates 6-10 October 2025 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
Join our online course on Sex Chromosome Evolution (6β10 Oct) with @astridboehne.bsky.social & @idarolti.bsky.social to gain hands-on experience in genomic and transcriptomic analyses.
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
#SexChromosomes #GenomeEvolution #Transcriptomics #ComparativeGenomics
17.09.2025 15:37 β π 13 π 7 π¬ 0 π 2
Two weeks are left to apply for a 5 year Postdoc position in #neuroscience, #behavior, #neuroethology in collaboration with @puh23.bsky.social from Flinders University. π¦πΊπ©πͺπ π
17.09.2025 18:35 β π 8 π 10 π¬ 0 π 0
hey bluesky π visa hurdles mean Iβm looking for opportunities outside the US. Iβm a computational biologist (bacterial + phage genomics, postdoc in Kooninβs group @ NIH). I am interested in teaming up on funding apps. reach out if this resonates!
15.09.2025 17:26 β π 70 π 91 π¬ 1 π 3
Contact
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π¨Job alert!π¨
We are looking for a new lab manager to join our group at the University of Oregon! Applicants with experience in microbiology, evolutionary genetics, or protein biochemistry are especially encouraged to apply. See the link below for more information: barberlab.org/contact/
12.09.2025 19:17 β π 27 π 35 π¬ 3 π 2
Apply - Interfolio
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The Dept. of BioSciences at #RiceUniversity, in Houston, Texas, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position inΒ Evolutionary Biology, with a preferred focus onΒ organismal responses to environmental change. Please RT!
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173889
12.09.2025 18:45 β π 58 π 88 π¬ 0 π 2
We are looking for a postdoc to study single-cell transcriptional heterogeneity in the human skin microbiome.
We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated.
Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.
12.09.2025 16:49 β π 79 π 61 π¬ 0 π 0
Chair Search
Chair, School of Biological Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta The School of Biological Sciences of the Georgia Institute of Technology (βGeorgia Techβ) invites applications for the pos...
Come and be our new Chair of Biology at @gtsciences.bsky.social! We are growing an incredibly exciting ecology and evolution group here at GT and would love a visionary eco-evo minded person at the helm to help us do that. Please spread the word!
biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
05.09.2025 18:25 β π 14 π 28 π¬ 0 π 2
My lab cannot afford donating at the moment, so I donated privately. Even if you donβt work on flies we all owe so much to FlyBase. Consider donating, and importantly, letβs strive to make the more official funding bodies aware of how much is at stake.
27.08.2025 08:07 β π 19 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0
Just in case you needed another reason to donate in support of @flybase.bsky.social! wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
27.08.2025 16:24 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Flybase in fact is a key resource for people working on ANY #insects! So many folks developing non-model organisms get an idea of what a gene does based on whatβs known in the closest model organism like flies. Help support this database for everyone interested in genes in π¦πͺ²ππ¦πͺ°π β¦ or ANY organism!
24.08.2025 01:58 β π 22 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
We explore how evolution, ecology and biological clocks interact,
with a focus on lunar rhythms in development and reproduction
of the marine insect Clunio.
+ Genomics | Biodiversity | Behaviour | NeuroBio | MolBio | SciCom
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Founder of Liminal (LiminalCreations.com) & co-founder of Unbreaking (Unbreaking.org) Focused on turning knowledge into action. #science #communication #sensemaking #scicomm She/her. Married to Ed Yong.
Neuroethologist studying spatial navigation in diverse species ππ¦π¦. Currently, launching my group to study spatial memory in π.
https://www.spatial-navigation.com/
exec director @genetics-gsa.bsky.social | exec editor GENETICS & G3 | mama | hack photographer | fighting misinformation | corvids, aviation, water | views=myne | (aspire to) survive Her2+ breast cancer
PhD candidate | AHA Predoc Fellow | Grad student rep at Flyboard | Studying metabolism and development in the Tennessen Lab at IU Bloomington | She is into dancing and Drosophila ππ½πΆποΈπ©π½βπ¬π¬
bacterial geneticist, associate professor, mom. enjoy: science, dogs, gin, books, vaccines, chocolate, old bay
Assistant Professor at Van Andel Institute
Wnt | stem cells | zebrafish
Assoc Prof Immunobiology at University of Arizona, Assoc Dean Basic science and grad studies for College of Medicine-Tucson, NSURP.org director. Long live copper!
Associate Professor @ Indiana University - quantitative genetics and evolution of behavior in fruit flies. Love dogs and bad jokes (especially my own). Views my own
All photos are my own and not AI.
I am a filmmaker and photographer based in Olympia, WA, and Bijagua, Costa Rica @casabentbill.bsky.social but I spend as much time as I can in hot, humid, tropical forests. Because that's where the birds are!
he/him
#societyjournal (ESEB), covering #evolution across all organisms
#genetics #genomics #selection #lifehistory #evodevo #popgen #theory #speciation #morphometrics #phylogenetics #phylogeography
https://academic.oup.com/jeb
http://jevbio.net
GBE publishes leading original research at the interface between evolutionary biology and genomics.
π academic.oup.com/gbe
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#genome #evolution #science #biology #societyjournal
MBE publishes fresh insights into the patterns and processes that impact the evolution of life at molecular levels.
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π @official-smbe.bsky.social
π€ @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
#evobio #molbio #science #biology #societyjournal
SMBE fosters communication among molecular evolutionists and advances the field.
π smbe.org
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π @molbioevol.bsky.social β’ @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Stanford Biophysics PhD Student with Dmitri Petrov and Ben Good. evolution, ecology, genomics, microbiomes, biophysics :) she/her
https://sophiejwalton.github.io
We are a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel-Palestine https://linktr.ee/standingtogether.en
Automatically posts newly uploaded #Drosophila papers from Pubmed every hour.
Admin: @tkmkmym.bsky.social
Genetics professor: axon ER & degeneration in Drosophila, spastic paraplegia. Rejoin EU. Not the GAA commentator. Speak only for myself. Gaeilge, Deutsch. Maghera (Co Derry), Cambridge (UK).
https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/okane
Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
Regulatory element database for Drosophila and other insects. http://redfly.ccr.buffalo.edu