Douglas Taylor

We are recruiting Neuroscientists at UVA

Assistant Professor of Biology

The Department of Biology at the University of Virginia seeks apps for multiple tenure-track Assistant Professor appointments in the field of neuroscience in our highly interdisciplinary department.

What Lurks in This Flower’s Bizarrely Large Y Chromosome? Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could unlock how the flower got that way.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/s...

The Silene latifolia genome and its giant Y chromosome In many species with sex chromosomes, the Y is a tiny chromosome. However, the dioecious plant Silene latifolia has a giant ~550-megabase Y chromosome, which has remained unsequenced so far. We used a...

Silene community comes together with their paper in Sceince. Thanks Gabriel Maria’s for his leadership. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Transcriptomic sexual conflict at two evolutionary timescales revealed by experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans Abstract. Sex-specific regulation of gene expression is the most plausible way for generating sexually differentiated phenotypes from an essentially shared

Early online at GBE: Transcriptomic sexual conflict at two evolutionary timescales revealed by experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans, led by @katjakasimatis.bsky.social. Exp evolution for sexual conflict in one sex reveals latent reciprocal sexual conflict academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Arrived yesterday.

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Hey Harmit…one of my mantras is to never give unsolicited advice to adults. Can I still be in your club thingy?

Add mois?

UVA Biology’s katjakasimatis.bsky.social hosted a webinar on this topic for our program, but might be relevant to many of these Qs.

virginia.zoom.us/rec/share/-w... (passcode: B*2!j&&^)

This is Jonas Salk (1914 - 1995) who decided not to patent his 1955 #polio #vaccine so that it would be affordable for millions of people who couldn't afford it. He lost out on an estimated $7billion. In an interview with Edward R. Murrow, Salk said: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

Sharing on behalf of Andy Clark @ Cornell. Their Dept of Mol Bio and Genetics has an Asst Prof opening with a focus on human genetics and genomics this year: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28554

I am hiring a postdoc to work with me on studying contagion spread on networks! Think dynamics, data science, Bayesian inference, and open software. Lots of opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration! 10/15 deadline and the posting is here: t.co/Zw1pSf58HK. Please share!!

It's pretty difficult to say so many incorrect things in so few words. Perfect timing as I teach about racism and genetic essentialism in my course....

What's Up With Heritability and Nature-Nurture? The vanishing heritability of human behavior

Blog post: What's up with the heritability of human behavior? ericturkheimer.substack.com/p/whats-up-w...

Exploring Climate Change’s Hidden Impacts Global warming is making deadly storms more commonplace, but it’s also changing how marine life behaves and grows. A new research initiative aims to understand what that means for the fish and for the...

UVA Biology's Tracy Larson, part of an interdisciplinary effort exploring how climate change affects the nervous system and behavior. This work complements her research on songbirds, which seasonally construct and de-construct the circuitry of their songs. as.virginia.edu/exploring-cl...

Are Ideas Contagious? As flu season rapidly approaches, researchers are discovering that the flu and fake news have far more in common than we may think.

Excited about UVA Biology's newest faculty member, Nicholas Landry, applied mathemetician working on network theory and all things contagion! as.virginia.edu/are-ideas-co...

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grants, Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards, Deadline: October 15, 5:00 PM Eastern.

Full instructions are now available for the 2024 Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants, part of our Graduate Research Excellence Grants, provide up to $3500 US in funding for PhD candidates. Submit your research proposal by October 15!

www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

Applications due Tuesday at 5 pm Eastern! Please submit early if you can to avoid delays caused by too much traffic on the website. Email communications@evolutionsociety.org with any questions. We look forward to reviewing your proposals!

UVA Biology - Mountain Lake Biological Station

The University of Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station (MLBS.org) is searching for the position of Associate Director. The Station hosts a wide variety of research, teaching, and educational programs.

Apply here, apply.interfolio.com/156510

UNC Chapel Hill’s Biology Dept is hiring a cluster of tenure track Assistant Professors: two in Plant Molecular Biology and one in Plant Evolutionary Biology. We're a vibrant community of awesome colleagues and an idyllic place to live. Please repost! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288...

We're hiring: Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. Come join us: Excellent and supportive colleagues at a private university with a beautiful campus and great students! please RT
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apply.interfolio.com/152527

Looking north at the Washington Square Arch, with 1 Fifth avenue behind it and a fountain in front of it. NYU Biology is a block to the right from this scene, on Washington Square East.

🚨 Tenure-track jobs at NYU Biology!!
We're going to hire two new assistant professors working in ecological and evolutionary genetics and genomics.
Live and work in Greenwich Village, with friendly colleagues invested in your success.
Apply!
apply.interfolio.com/155792

100 years of average June-July-August temperature anomalies over land areas through 2024...

Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0.

The Dept of Biology at UVA is searching for multiple TT faculty in Neuroscience. If you're looking for a vibrant scientific community with wonderful colleagues, then apply! Please share! apply.interfolio.com/153064

Interested in the UVA Biology PhD program? We're hosting a webinar on 9/11/2024 at 3PM EST. We'd love to see you there!