Michi Tobler

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Nominations due December 1, 2025.

The Dobzhansky Prize recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The awardee will present the Dobzhansky Prize plenary at #Evol2026. Apply by December 1! shorturl.at/p70wY

Wrapped up the 2025 field season at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Marked safe from the upcoming Halloween season! Vampires, werewolves, and other monsters will avoid this house at all costs.

The University of Oklahoma is looking for a new Curator of Fishes. #tenuretrack
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Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!

Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.

(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)

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Can't make this shit up🤣😂😭

The Functional Ecology of Freshwater Mussels A comprehensive synthesis of mussel-driven ecosystem processes and their role in freshwater sustainability.Freshwater mussels are among the most endangered animals on the planet—and some of the most e...

Now available for preorder:

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Host‐Microbiome Associations in Livebearing Fishes Adapted to Toxic Environments Rich in Hydrogen Sulfide Organisms inhabiting extreme environments must tolerate a variety of physiochemical stressors. In some cases, host-associated microbial communities facilitate the survival of their hosts in extreme e...

Our first extremophile fish microbiome paper is now out! Fish adapted to hydrogen sulfide–rich springs have convergent microbiomes. Plus these microbiomes are similar to those found in deep-sea hydrothermal vent organisms, which also live in high H2S.

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📢 We're hiring!

Roles at SHOAL don't come up that often, and when they do, we know they're exciting: are you our new Data Officer?

Learn more and apply here
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Who needs more fish tanks? We need more fish tanks!

The last stretch of fish room building is finally on its way, with a dedicated cave room forthcoming.

Please bring me to fish hell, too, and share more!

Asexual Amazon mollies differ morphologically from their sexual hosts, resembling P. mexicana when coexisting with P. latipinna hosts, and vice versa! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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EvoBio Crash Course 2025 | Registration Form The fourth edition of the EvoBio Crash Course has opened registration and we are very happy to have you! We are focusing on delivering a rich course on the basics of evolutionary biology so that stude...

There is still lots of time to sign up for our 2025 edition of the #EvoBioCC 🥳💚✨

It is a FREE, online course in Evolutionary Biology, made by students and for students! Please share widely and don't forget to register! 💚💚💚

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Early morning hike to Inkpots

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation A Girl Looking at a Physics Model TAKE ACTION Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation. Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work. Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!

Has a take action toolkit with:

1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points

Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.

www.savensf.com

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Hello all!
If anyone needs or knows a need for a postdoc
Trained in genetics, genomics, behavior, physiology, evolution, sexual selection, and fishes.
Grant success (Full NSF as lead PI and PRFB)
Ran a productive UG lab as VAP for 2 years.
I'm looking for any job this fall.
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It is a pretty great museum. I have fond memories.

Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.

Here is a link to the full @60minutes.bsky.social segment!

👀 a nice surprise at 5:25 AND one of our very own, Kristin Weinstein makes an appearance at 9 mins.

#StandUpforScience
#scienceforall
#saveourscience

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Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June

Opinion | Higher Ed Is Adrift While colleges duck and cover, their employees feel angry and abandoned.

My latest. It’s feelings-forward and was hard to write.

“It’s an isolating experience when your industry, the source of your livelihood, is being uniquely targeted by your own government, and many Americans are either completely unaware or cheering on its demise.”
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NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks. We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential. These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84). THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨

We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!

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It's spring in the Ozarks, and the fish look fabulous!

A photograph of a very pale pink fish under dark water. Text says: "Karstsinnectes Cave Fishes"

🔦 Spotlight on #NewSpecies2024

🐟 Karstsinnectes Cave Fishes
📍 Southern Guizhou and western Guangxi of China

A newly described genus of cave-dwelling loaches, now has 7 species identified.

Read all about these #NewSpecies and others described in 2024: buff.ly/fwosOuN

The first expedition of the year is in the bag. Thank you to the awesome team for all the hard work exploring caves and springs in the Huasteca Potosina!

It’s the circle of life… on the path unwinding

@eawag.bsky.social 2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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Highly attractive #independent #postdoc position to to conduct relevant and innovative research in aquatic sciences.

Apply here: apply.refline.ch/673277/1246/...

A Message From the Editors-in-Chief We have been Co-Editor-in-Chiefs of Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) for 2 years now. In that time, we have learned a great deal about the science of

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I am looking for a Postdoc (3 years, start Mid-2025) to work on conservation genomics of ringed seal in the Baltic.
The project will use genomic data for 100s of individuals, SDM and genomic simulations.
#conservationgenetics
#consgen

Apply here:
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PhD student in Evolutionary Genomics with Yeast The Department of Zoology of Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees, including researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an intern

We have a 4-year fully funded PhD position available! Research topics include but are not limited to 1) Parallel evolution of climate adaptation in Europe and South America 2) The genetic architecture of temperature adaptation 3) The evolution of pathogenicity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...