Ian Hewson

First real snow of the season in Ithaca. Though I very much enjoy the snow, looking forward to an upcoming trip to the Caribbean to continue our project on Diadema scuticociliatosis

The question is, should I grind up a bottle of statins and then sprinkle this on my entire Thanksgiving dinner like salt?

Hey so does anyone know how to defrost a turkey in like 2 hours? Asking for a friend

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026 (Responses)

Also @hannahgreich.bsky.social shared this great resource with me for anyone else on the hunt: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

NIU biologist dives into coral reef mystery with NSF-funded research | NIU Newsroom DEKALB, IL — When long-spined sea urchins across the Caribbean began dying by the thousands in 2022, marine scientists feared a repeat of an ecological...

So excited for our #nsffunded research to kick off with an amazing team of researchers @viromegirl.bsky.social @ianhewson.bsky.social @drchriskellogg.bsky.social Dr. Marilyn Brandt (UVI).
newsroom.niu.edu/niu-biologis...

Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141

Plus it would have to be able to accept text messages as well

There’s a thought. Do they provide a local number?

Yeah a bit more complicated as they won’t send anything overseas. Apparently a $1 stamp is too much for them and their system won’t handle the “international number”. Grrr

As for the scientific supplies, I don’t mind paying I just have to be able to pay!

the mail, or 3) send her the paper copies and I’ll pay them when I’m down there every 4 or so months. They simply wrote back and said net terms of invoice are 10 days. How can I pay an invoice if I don’t even know how much it is for? Double SMH

This also on top of a medical provider in Australia who insists on sending PIN codes to access invoices to my mother’s phone number. Trouble is, she has dementia and can’t work her mobile beyond calling. I told them they have 3 options; 1) send me the codes; 2) send me the paper copies through

FTR the shipped item was dangerous goods, and I’m not certified to return ship.

No response after 3 days. Wrote to the company to ask for a secure link to pay with credit card.

Today, a week later, company emails to say “this is overdue! You must pay now!”

Umm… so it’s your mistake you sent something I didn’t order then you can’t provide me with a way to pay. right SMH

Scientific supply company to me: we sent you two of something by mistake 5 months ago, and you need to pay for the second thing

Me: sure, please send me an invoice (invoice arrived with a phone number)

Called their phone number, nobody answered, on voicemail.
Asked for a secure link to pay

And by carved I meant varved

Really regretting never publishing cyanophage and cyanobacterial diversity on vertical gradients in the profundal carved sediments of FGL… super cool ecosystem!

Thanks!

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island. The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) at the University of Rhode Island (URI) invites applications for an academic year (9 month), tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Marine Ecology. URI, the top public university in New England, is a land and sea grant research university located in Kingston, Rhode Island, a beautiful seaside community that is well connected by car, bus, and rail about 40 min from Providence, an hour from Boston and 3 hours from New York City.

Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.

jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960

But at least they are FINALLY releasing the classified files around Amelia Earhart…

Hmm maybe this is why my euk primers don’t work on some turf algal samples from St Thomas. Does anyone know what type of cyano this is? Lyngbya majuscula? It’s super purple…

Join Us The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...

Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html

Ah Ithaca. Looking for the aurora that everyone else is reporting but alas, as usual, just clouds… for the next 5 months

Prune juice please!

Yes!!! Another 20 page response to reviewers for a 1000 word short communication.

Trying to figure out how to travel to New Zealand, Philippines, and Reunion, all within a 3 week period over the holiday period, while also spending at least two weeks in Australia, and carrying sampling materials for science, and keeping it under $3000.

That was it. I felt bad but nearly peed my pants

I cried with laughter at one stage of that episode ;)

Super proud of Dr Brayan Vilanova Cuevas for successfully defending his dissertation on Philaster diadema interactions. Well done, and watch out world!!

Deeply concerned about colleagues in #jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Stay safe!

'Functionally extinct': After 10,000 years on the Florida coast, two key corals are dead In a grim study, a team of nearly 50 researchers concludes that extreme ocean heat killed off two crucial coral species that had been building reefs in Florida since the Ice Age.

Witnessing this in real time first hand along the Florida Reefs two years ago was extremely depressing.

www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...