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Alexa Fredston

@afredston.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences at UCSC. Modeling ecological and biogeographical dynamics in past, current, and future seas.

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Our new study by Jameal Samhouri in @PLOSClimate reveals an uncomfortable truth about climate-ready fisheries: adaptive management strategies can boost population biomass OR harvestβ€”but rarely both. The 'right' choice depends on what we value as a society.
journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

06.10.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

06.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Contact the Governor | Governor of California You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.

Reminder that @governor.ca.gov is reportedly considering vetoing SB79, the best housing bill to clear the CA legislature in decades.

It would be a *disaster*, substantively & for Newsom's political future. Really hope he doesn't self-immolate.

Tell him!

05.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 383    πŸ” 139    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 20
An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu.

An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu.

A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves.

A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves.

A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.

A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.

🚨 Please repost widely!🚨

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions

03.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

02.10.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
connect – Openscapes

πŸ“£ Come work @openscapes.bsky.social ! We're looking for a NASA Openscapes Team Member to improve access & use of NASA suborbital data thru reproducible notebook clinics. Apply by October 26, 2025. Start December 2025.

Details including pay rate: openscapes.org/connect#work...
Please share!

02.10.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

and the latter is advertising a faculty job in my field this year. don't forget, folks

27.09.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can understand why NSF is limiting GRFP apps to undergrads and 1st year grad students .

What I can't why they didn't wait one cycle to implement after making the announcement.

But I do trust that the program officers are doing their best to keep science afloat under extraordinary conditions.

26.09.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you!!! I'll start there. Good luck with yours and sorry...

26.09.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!

26.09.2025 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a new macbook and, as always, have forgotten literally everything about the best way to install git, R, C++, all the things. #rstats any recent "guide to rig your new mac for statistical programming" to suggest? the one I've used before is a few years out of date...

25.09.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

25.09.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 214    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
Page Up - UMass Boston

UMass Boston Biology is hiring at the Assistant Professor level! Join our collegial department at our ocean front campus! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

25.09.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to work with @agu.org, @ametsoc.org, @costasamaras.com (and our colleagues not on Bluesky) to develop this special collection, which aims to advance climate assessments within the US at all scales.

25.09.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it

25.09.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

every object's first name is "boop"

every script's first directory is "sandbox"

25.09.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faculty First Responders Mutual Aid for Academic Freedom

This is a supreme example of mutual aid among academics. Faculty First Responders monitors the media of the anti-intellectual far right to notice when fellow scholars are being targeted, and offers practical support and guidance.

facultyfirstresponders.com

24.09.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŒŠπŸ”¬ Grad Student Opportunity!
I’m recruiting PhD students to explore marine biodiversity, body size, and bioenergetics with flexibility to design your own project! PDF of ad link below.
#PhDPosition #MarineBiology #Macroecology #Biodiversity #GradSchool #Ecology #OceanScience tinyurl.com/5n9434wk

23.09.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Flyer with a stone and moss background advertising the Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Workshop for Plant Researchers. Large header text at the top announces the workshop. Main text explains that the Botanical Society of America’s 2025 workshop is open to students preparing research statements for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) or other graduate-level grants.
Program includes:
A panel discussion in late September (date TBD) on how to write a winning proposal.
Small working groups with students, a grad student mentor, and a senior mentor to share proposals and give feedback.
On the right is a QR code with the text β€œStudents register here!” and a shortened URL. Logos of NSF GRFP, the Botanical Society of America, and Botany360 are at the bottom.

Flyer with a stone and moss background advertising the Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Workshop for Plant Researchers. Large header text at the top announces the workshop. Main text explains that the Botanical Society of America’s 2025 workshop is open to students preparing research statements for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) or other graduate-level grants. Program includes: A panel discussion in late September (date TBD) on how to write a winning proposal. Small working groups with students, a grad student mentor, and a senior mentor to share proposals and give feedback. On the right is a QR code with the text β€œStudents register here!” and a shortened URL. Logos of NSF GRFP, the Botanical Society of America, and Botany360 are at the bottom.

BSA’s Graduate Research Fellowship Writing Workshop is back! Whether you’re applying for the NSF GRFP or another graduate-level fellowship, this workshop will help you craft clear, compelling research statements.

Apply by Sept. 26: forms.gle/wfFPhVUELj47...
Workshop date to be announced soon!

23.09.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨
The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution.

πŸ“… Deadline: October 1, 2025
πŸ“§ Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu

22.09.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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7-Day Bird Migration Forecast

We’re entering the peak of fall migration across most of the U.S. Hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, with Thursday and Friday forecast to be the biggest nights of the season so far β€” over 400 million birds predicted to be taking flight.

22.09.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The worst thing about September here is how slowly the campus buses run

The best thing is teaching 18 year olds to yell BACK DOOR PLEASE like a New Yorker

22.09.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We seek early-career researchers who have interest in transforming biological research and inspiring new mathematical discoveries to join our NITMB Postdoctoral Fellows Program!

Learn more and apply by Nov. 1st, 2025 at www.nitmb.org/research/nit...

22.09.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Pink Book of #MarginalEffects (aka Model to Meaning) ships next week and I've got a backlog of Zoolander memes.

Hope you're hungry for some spam in your timeline.

#RStats #PyData

22.09.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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🚨 Job Alert – Data Manager BGC-Argo

πŸ“… Contract: 12-month renewable (full-time)
πŸ’Ά Salary: from €2200 gross/month (CNRS scale)
πŸ‘‰ Contact: raphaelle.sauzede@imev-mer.fr
πŸ‘‰ Apply: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

22.09.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

thank you!! the CSU page is great. I have the UC guidance posted outside my office. but we (esp folks teaching large lectures) thought we'd get more internal advice and training on "what are we actually doing this fall". hopefully, like you said, the essential people are prepared on campus.

19.09.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're looking for a new postdoc on our new BBSCR grant (Graham Taylor/Tim Guilford/Cait Newport). See link below!

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

19.09.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

@hormiga.bsky.social what are you all doing? might need some tips up here, since we aren't getting any guidance

19.09.2025 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

fellow California profs, what steps is your institution taking to resist ICE / how are they communicating with you and students?

our quarter starts in seven days. we've heard nothing since spring, and all of the links to resources/information from spring are broken πŸ™„

18.09.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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