Are you an early career biologist seeking a position (Masters up to faculty)? I have talked to so many people who feel alone, like they don't have resources, or who are seeking community during this difficult time in the job market. I created a Discord community to help. discord.gg/nmktHJhUPH
21.02.2026 18:25 — 👍 40 🔁 37 💬 1 📌 2
Come celebrate our Anniversary Day in Edinburgh, 25 & 26 June!
Join us for talks from our Honorary Members, Prize & Medal winners, and our Summer Students.
Programme & registration details: genetics.org.uk/events/anniv...
Deadline extended! You now have more time to apply for our Communicating Your Science workshop (15–17 April).
Apply today and take your communication skills to the next level: genetics.org.uk/grants/comm-...
Join @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, me, and our team of experts Yasmin Kahn, Stuart Prior, Meg Russell & Naomi Sykes on BBC2 TOMORROW at 9pm, for Digging for Britain Series 13!
06.01.2026 17:42 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨
The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists
Interested? Get in touch via direct message
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
#MicroSky 🧪
#PostDoc @univie.ac.at
Applications for the Genetics Society Summer Studentship Grants are open! If you’re an undergrad itching to dive into real research, this is your doorway into the lab.
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
Come work with us!! 2.5 year postdoc on HGT in plants.
Please share and get in touch if interested
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ418/r...
Our newly-launched Science Community Grants, made possible by a generous donation from The Julia Rausing Trust #JuliaRTrust, offer a three-year award to develop sustainable long-term partnerships between clusters of schools and colleges, and STEM professionals: https://bit.ly/4o2y901
22.11.2025 11:36 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1AI generated image?
22.11.2025 17:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fully-funded PhD opportunity to join us @sheffielduni.bsky.social on an interdisciplinary project to solve the mystery of how butterflies make their intricate scale structures nadeau-lab.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/news/bbsrc-p...
22.11.2025 10:59 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sorry just realised I posted the wrong link. It should be this nadeau-lab.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/news/bbsrc-p...
22.11.2025 10:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 A flyer for the 2026 workshop on #phylogenomics and #genome evolution
We have #instructors and #organizers from top-tier universities around the globe who will share their experiences in a two-week intensive course.
Register here while there are still seats available! evomics.org/apply-worksh...
We are looking for a part-time research assistant with an enthusiasm for working with insects and plants to join our Leverhulme-funded project on butterfly scale development jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
28.10.2025 15:48 — 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Join us for an extraordinary evening with Nobel Laureate Svante Pääbo!
Prof Pääbo will present a FREE public talk titled “Of Neanderthals and Denisovans, and how they live on in many of us” at the @crick.ac.uk.
Register here: genetics.org.uk/events/of-ne...
Picture of MEME students on the beach
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
24.10.2025 09:04 — 👍 60 🔁 66 💬 0 📌 2
A fluorescent confocal microscopy image of a butterfly wing scale showing the surface and internal structures
We are looking for a physics/maths graduate with an interest in biology, or a biology graduate with strong computational/mathematical skills/interests, to join us as a PhD student working on biomechanical modelling of butterfly wing scale structure formation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
23.10.2025 16:33 — 👍 10 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1The 2026 Workshop on Phylogenomics will take place between the 25th of January and 7th of February, in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. 🧬🌳 Applications are now open! Deadline: 15th of November, 2025. Do not miss the chance to attend! Spread the word among colleagues! 🤗 evomics.org/apply-worksh...
29.09.2025 14:52 — 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 2Apply now to the Workshop on Genomics 2026, which will take place 11-24 January, in the beautiful town of Český Krumlov, Czechia. Deadline: 20th of October, but applicants will be informed on a rolling basis. Spread the word among colleagues! 🙆🏽♀️ evomics.org/apply-worksh... #evomics2026
02.09.2025 14:26 — 👍 12 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Exciting that this person could be my first academic grandchild ☺️
24.09.2025 16:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.
Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
24.09.2025 08:53 — 👍 67 🔁 50 💬 3 📌 4I am looing for a postdoc to join us on this project! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
23.09.2025 12:44 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A fluorescent microscopy image of a developing scale
I'm looking for a postdoc to join the lab as part of @leverhulme.ac.uk funded interdisciplinary team working on butterfly scale structure development jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
23.09.2025 12:43 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Green butterfly sat on a flower.
I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
11.09.2025 13:45 — 👍 49 🔁 54 💬 1 📌 2
A butterfly with an iridescent blue colour perched on a bunch of yellow flowers.
Combining detailed super-resolution microscopy with manipulative experiments and biomechanical modelling, @nicolanadeau.bsky.social and her team @sheffielduni.bsky.social address the mystery of how butterfly scales form. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/nnad...
12.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Goodbye #eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social see you next time!
Perhaps what stuck most was powerful talk on resilience and survival by Palestinian researcher, play director, and ESEB EUEA awardee May Shehady. Let's not forget, let's not look away. 🇵🇸
7 people outside the conference venue
Good representation of evolutionary biologists from @sheffielduni.bsky.social at @eseb2025.bsky.social also a chance to meet up with many more past colleagues.
23.08.2025 05:24 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
If you like the look of lovely green #Sheffield and our wonderful Peak District on #springwatch #bbcspringwatch, why not come and study for an MSc #Biodiversity & #Conservation @sheffielduni.bsky.social? Happy to consider unconventional academic backgrounds www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate...
27.05.2025 19:17 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0