Jeremy M. Brown

Ok, we're down to the last 10 (!) spots available to register for #SSB2026 in Baton Rouge in January.

Who's in?

ssb2026.github.io

@systbiol.bsky.social

Reminder that this meeting is filling rapidly! If you need travel funding to come, make sure you fill out the travel award application by Sept. 30!

www.systbio.org/early-career...

So far, registrations are a balanced mix of career stages: 44% student SSB members, 12% postdoc SSB members, and 44% professional SSB members.

We're thrilled to see such an enthusiastic response for SSB 2026!

111 spots are already claimed, with a cap of 200. Be sure to register soon, if you're planning to join us!

ssb2026.github.io

#SSB2026 @systbiol.bsky.social

48 confirmed attendees already for #SSB2026, within a week of registration opening.

Remember that the meeting attendance cap is 200. Register today to join us in January!

ssb2026.github.io

@systbiol.bsky.social

My whole lab is going - who else will be there?

Postdoctoral Researcher All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...

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.)

lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...

Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs

The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections'

The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026.

ssb2026.github.io

Registration is now open for #SSB2026!

I'm so excited to see many of you here in Baton Rouge in January! We're going to hear great talks, discuss the immeasurable value of natural history collections, and continue to strengthen our scientific community.

ssb2026.github.io

@systbiol.bsky.social

Another exciting #SSB2026 workshop to highlight:

A Primer for Phylogenetic Causal Inference

with @oschwery.bsky.social & @pseudacris.bsky.social

Also, lots of new info on the website and more soon:

ssb2026.github.io

Follow for the latest updates!

@jembrown.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social

Today's featured #SSB2026 workshop: the Open Tree of Life with @snacktavish.bsky.social and @mtholder.bsky.social!

opentreeoflife.github.io

Registration opening soon. Keep an eye here for updates:

ssb2026.github.io

Hope to see you in Baton Rouge in January!

@systbiol.bsky.social

Jobs - OU Human Resources

Job alert! Sam Noble Museum (OU) seeks a Collection Manager for the Recent Invertebrates collection (insects, mollusks, arachnids & more). You’ll team up with the incoming Curator (👋 me). Apply via jobs.ou.edu, Job # 251244. DM questions. #museumjobs #arthropods #collections

University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

Registration for the SSB breakout meeting in Baton Rouge, LA in Jan. 2026 will be opening soon!

Registrants need to be SSB members, so make sure to check on your membership today and join/renew if needed: www.systbio.org

Check here regularly for updates: ssb2026.github.io

@systbiol.bsky.social

We're excited to kick off another year of LAGNiAppE! 🎉
Welcome to our new cohort — we can't wait to see how they grow as researchers and individuals.

Stay tuned as their journey unfolds!

@tropicalbotany.bsky.social @invertevoeco.bsky.social @jembrown.bsky.social

#postbacc #RaMP #training

Congrats Scholars!

🎉 Congratulations to Our Amazing Scholars! 🎉

What an incredible year of research, growth, and achievement! ☀️

Thank you for your contribution. Looking forward to see you shine. Wishing you all the very best!

#postbacc #NSF #RaMP #proudofyou❤️

‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...

Another day testing the limits of resilience.

The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.

Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.

The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

Evol2025 CheatSheet Event

#evol2025 First day of talks! When you aren’t in talks, come hang out with SSB! We’ve got our members forum at 1:30 and our coffee mixer at 3:30!

www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...

We hope you had a great time learning about some our early career members.

We’ve collated all the society-sponsored events in one handy cheat sheet on the website: www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...

Consider it your one-stop shop for the big events, as well as links to archived virtual #evol2025 ones

Cartoon drawings of a Hawaiian shirt, flashlight, compass, and camping tent. Text: Evolution 2025 Field Gear Swap, Diversity Committees Booth.

Packing for #Evol2025? Bring your new and gently used field gear and clothes that you no longer use to donate to the Field Gear Swap! Hosted by the tri-society Diversity Committees - drop by their booth to donate or pick up! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @evolmtg.bsky.social

The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is hiring a Collections Manager in Invertebrate Zoology. Come work with us!

In case you missed it: SSB is hosting a breakout meeting Jan 9-11.

Thinking about hosting a workshop or tutorial? Email @jembrown.bsky.social for more information - or find him at the in-person #evol2025 in two weeks!

ssb2026.github.io

Claudia Solis-Lemus lecturing to a dark room of students watching her slides on their laptops. And light from the hallway emergency lights illuminate Claudia.

High winds can't stop us from learning about phylogenetic networks from Claudia Solis-Lemus! The power is out, but we still have internet and zoom. #MOLE2025

So proud of all these outstanding early-career scientists! I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to collaborate with and/or teach six of them. #GeauxSystematicBiology #evol2025

Congratulations to all our speakers in the Mayr Session today!

And congrats to everyone who contributed to this year’s virtual meeting. See you in Athens next month, #evol2025!

In case you couldn't bear to read all the way to the end (understandable), here is the proposed picture for the BIO Directorate.

We covered all the timescales and tree sizes yesterday at #MOLE2025!

@lauraeme.bsky.social took us way back to the origin of eukaryotes.

Peter Beerli walked us through coalescent processes in single popn's.

Then @snacktavish.bsky.social guided us through genomes and a comprehensive tree of life!

Prez-Elect and council election season may be over, but student rep elections are just around the corner!

Get your application in by May 31. Details in the link.

Logo for Society of Systematic Biologists Mentorship Program. Two parallel phylogenies, nothing fancy.

It's back! The Society of Systematic Biologists is running Year 3 of the Mentorship Program!

Find community, support your colleagues, and talk trees. Apply by June 10th, 2025.

Program info: www.systbio.org/mentorship-p...

Application form: forms.gle/QtD22C9dtfRF...

@systbiol.bsky.social