Seth Tomchik

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The University of Iowa Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology is hiring an Instructor to teach pharmacology in several Department lecture courses starting in 2026.

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How genetically encoded sensors have lit up neuroscience Tools that track specific molecules in neurons have enabled researchers to probe previously unexplored aspects of neurobiology — although important caveats remain.

How genetically encoded sensors have lit up neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with The University of Utah | 37914733 The University of Utah seeks a Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology

After 10 years, I am stepping down as chair of our department and we have an active search going on! Utah is a phenomenal place to live and work and it's been the honor of a lifetime chairing the department founded by Lou Goodman. #MedSky #Neuroskyence Repost!

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"If NOAA’s forecast holds, Thursday could bring an even higher chance of seeing the northern lights as a Kp index of 7 has been issued for tomorrow night"

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake

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Assistant Professor

🌟We’re hiring! 🌟
The Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy at the @UofSCSOMC is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor to join our collaborative and dynamic team!
❤️ Focus: Cardiovascular, cellular, and molecular research
Review begins Dec 1, 2025
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The UNC Department of Biology is seeking a Director of Biology Teaching Labs, a key leadership role overseeing our undergraduate laboratory program. 1/n
Learn more and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

The framing of the article (and others like it) is wildly misleading. Academia does not have a sweetheart deal and never did. Universities produce knowledge and educate students, and are funded to do those things. It is hard, undercompensated work, with extreme competition at all levels.

Thank you for calling it out when you saw it

We showed out y'all.

Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.

Dayyyum #Chicago. Unrivaled as the greatest large city in the US. ❤️ #LakeMichigan

How do I take MTA from Corteinlo to Atladcttv? 😆

My fantastic department at CU Boulder is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor! This is a broad search spanning nearly all areas of biology. Applications are due Nov 13, 2025. Feel free to reach out to me with questions, and please share widely.
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Opinion | Our Politics Differ, But We Agree: Trump’s ‘Compact’ Violates Academic Freedom Using federal funding to dictate who colleges admit and what faculty can say crosses a dangerous line.

This is a remarkable piece. Conservative AND liberal legal scholars come out TOGETHER to condemn Trump’s compact for higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/our-...

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We are excited to announce a new open search for a tenure track Assistant Professor position within the Brown University Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research!

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/175427

Are you advancing #Drosophila neurogenetics? 🧠🪰

Nominations are open for the Hugo Bellen & Catherine Tasnier Drosophila Neurogenetics Lecture—$5,000 + present at #Dros26! 2025 recipient Qili Liu shared groundbreaking work on protein-specific appetite. Who’s next?

Apply by Nov 6: buff.ly/kTdkONE

Some good advice in here but one critical piece I always give is this:

Get a hobby. Preferably a mildly social one. One that has NOTHING TO DO WITH SCIENCE. NOTHING.

You need friends. Not colleagues. FRIENDS. Friends who will love you no matter your research prospects...

Postdocs seated in a sunlit room, facing a panel of five professors seated at a table in the front of the room, who are in front of floor-to-ceiling windows.

Close-up view of five professors seated at a table in front of windows, engaged in a panel discussion with an audience that is not pictured (behind the camera)

Flyer for the Postdoc to PI panel

A new series of postdoc career development seminars launched this semester. The first, "Postdoc to PI" featured new Assistant Professors (i.e., with fresh experience) to coach postdocs looking to hit the academic job market soon.

Keep an eye out for more upcoming events:
uipda.grad.uiowa.edu

Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

My department at Case Western Reserve is recruiting an Assistant / Associate Professor of Neurosciences - come be our colleague!
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One month left to apply! The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa is hiring an assistant professor in genetics whose research focuses on a fundamental mechanism that can be applied to cancer. Apply at: jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view.... Come join our vibrant department!🧪

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

apply.interfolio.com/174371

An indoor atrium with afternoon light coming through a set of windows and casting long shadows on a concrete floor. Several tall round concrete pillars are visible and the atrium is lined with scattered tables and chairs. The photograph has a desaturated, almost grayscale appearance

Familiar spaces can take on such a different look if the light hits just right

Thank you, Tamara. Your work was the founding contribution!

Case Western Reserve Department of Biology is hiring! We're recruiting for a tenure-track position focusing on eukaryotic microbiology, especially microbial/environment interactions. Please share widely: apply.interfolio.com/174456

Lab get-together at Wilson's Orchard on the outskirts of Iowa City. The day included live music, sampling apple cider donuts and pizza and picking apples from the orchard. We sampled several varieties in season now, including Song of September, Honeygold, Chieftain, and Jonafree.

Tomchik lab members pictured in front of the green wall outside the Prem Sahai auditorium at the University of Iowa. Seth is in the center of the group, wearing graduation regalia and a Caver medallion from the ceremony.

Great week in the lab, including the Carver College of Medicine Investiture. Thank you to the Roy J. Carver Charitable Foundation for supporting our research. It was an honor to reflect on, and speak about, the influence of my mentors, and the work of our lab members, past and present (pictured).