Nichole Broderick, PhD

The UC Davis Ecology and Evolution in Working Landscapes REU provides undergrads with research experience in ecology and evolution in natural and managed landscapes. Apply now through Feb 15 via etap.nsf.gov

Contact me or @clhom.bsky.social for questions!

Erin Jimenez of Johns Hopkins University shares her insights on navigating the academic job market. From preparing for interviews to knowing what questions to ask, she offers practical advice for anyone pursuing a faculty position. Read more: buff.ly/cLAd5tt

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My department at California State University Northridge is hiring! We're looking for a new colleague studying microbiology or molecular/cellular biology. I'm not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions about the department and campus, and life in LA

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Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

If you have a student, anywhere in the world, who would like and entomological society membership please have them come on over to our entopoc.org website to sign up for up to three free memberships per student!

2/ The administration is very clearly working to purge people of color--especially Black people--from elite institutions and positions of power. This is part of their plan, and the universities are going along with it. Other universities in the middle of such "negotiations" should refuse.

If you're on Cape Cod this month, swing by the MBL gift shop to snag something cozy for winter! Pick up a sweatshirt, octopus socks, a nice throw, or a new book. We've got the perfect gifts (or a treat for yourself!)

Not local? No problem! You can order online, we ship! https://giftshop.mbl.edu/

We have 125 more calendars left to go to fully fund the 2026 Native Plant Project!

People who have received their calendars say they're even prettier in person, I'm just saying.

Get one at SquidFacts.net

❤️ It's Giving Tuesday: Support ABRCMS 2026 Student Travel Award Fund Fund the Future of Science...

On this #GivingTuesday please consider ABRCMS, one of the most significant and effective conferences to propel scientists toward PhD programs and careers in science.

Support the ABRCMS 2026 Student Travel Award Fund! @asm.org

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22% fewer NIH grants

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article) A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.

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🚨The Yap Lab at Northwestern Univ is looking to fill 2 postdoc positions in 2026 to study aspects of Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic resistance and RNA synthesis-degradation. Please contact Frances Yap at frances.yap@northwestern.edu for details. sites.northwestern.edu/yaplab/. Pls repost #Microsky

I've had a bit of a hiatus due to faculty job apps, but the Etsy shop is open again and ready for your holiday orders! All proceeds go to @flybase.bsky.social , and I just sent the August/September revenue donation. So grab some #drosophila stocking stuffers =>

a scrapbook style list of things, with pictures going around the list. The list is titled 2025, and the list is "Matched 4600 classrooms with scientists Distributed 5400 educational zines Distributed 10,000 packets of plant seeds Hosted 13 free science and art events Funded 13 scientists’ scicomm projects Hosted 9 Moth Nights Hosted 9 livestreams". The surrounding pictures are people drawing, voluntering around a table, playing in the woods with bugs, pictures of posters of plants, posters for events, two zines, etc

It's December!

Have you thought about year end donations?

If you're one of the lucky folks who has more to give this year, would you consider Skype a Scientist?

We accomplish a wild amount w/a shoestring budget & ONE staff member. Imagine what we could do with more!

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The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...

The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.

So we made that list for you 👇

Phylogenetic signal of egg-to-adult development times and body mass of dozens of fly species reared on a common media.

Egg-to-adult development times, lipid floating assay of larvae, and body mass of select fly species reared on various media.

The Prop recipe we're using supports a rich microbiota, and when we flip adults on it, some species die to a coinfection(?) that occurs when flipped on the prop recipe, rather than the pathogen we introduced.

One microbiota member we recovered from the Prop recipe was a virulent strain of Providencia rettgeri, a known pathogen of Drosophila. Fly species infected by P. rettgeri previously showed a high phylogenetic signal in infection susceptibility, and P. rettgeri has an interaction of critical importance with a single host gene (Diptericin/Dpt, shown in FigC). This microbe, alongside other potential pathobionts (e.g., Serratia, Pseudomonas) likely explains a key part of the susceptibility of different species to infection when flipped on the Prop recipe.

Paper for the #Drosophila community on a food recipe that rears dozens of species. This was a full team effort, with key contributions from UG, MSc, and PhD students! 👩‍🎓🎉

Plus an #infection observation re: Diet x #Microbiota 🦠

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#EvolBiol #AcademicSky #SymbioSky
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In addition to magic tricks you need to cultivate a family tradition of demon solitaire where every person playing needs a distinct 52 card deck. Having extra decks on hand for visitors is my excuse for buying new pretty ones when I see them.

Dear Biology professors, prep for this if you teach Evolution.

Also have one with Everbank- used to be a TIAA account, but they split off part of their accounts I guess?

I have one with Betterment that I’ve been happy with.

We are hiring! Please submit your application by Dec. 5! We are a basic science department housed in the school of vet med with potential to collab within the dept/school and with close ties to the medical school and the college of biological sciences. Please apply if you are a good fit! 🤩

Couldn’t agree more with my colleague @madhupai.bsky.social. And thanks for shout out to @defendpublichealth.bsky.social! @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @jonshaffer.bsky.social @mirandayaver.bsky.social

We're at 735 registrants and counting! 🎉🦠

If you haven't registered yet, don't miss out on this exciting (free) symposium on gut microbial metabolites and their impacts on host health.

Please share with your networks. 🔗👇

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Reposting our postdoc ad with the corrected link...

We have a new postdoc position available in the Promislow lab at the HNRCA at #Tufts in #Boston, to work on the #systemsbiology of #aging in #Drosophila. Come join us! For info on the position and to apply, see promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...

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“We’re Hiring! Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing”

Join Xerces and help our audience learn about invertebrates!

Job Title: Communications Specialist, Graphic Design & Content Marketing
🌎Location: Remote (USA)
💲Compensation: $32.34/hr; approx. $67,267/yr
📅Application deadline: Dec 7

Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs

Sweet Remote SciComm JOB! with @xercessociety.bsky.social

Great news for both of you! Best wishes for a smooth move!

We have a new postdoc position available in the Promislow lab at the HNRCA at #Tufts in #Boston, to work on the #systemsbiology of #aging in #Drosophila. Come join us! For info on the position and to apply, see promislowlab.org/wp-content/u...

We have some great AEM sessions that need your exciting abstracts!

From the Rhizosphere to Pollinators: Studying Agricultural Microbiomes Across Biological Scales.

Microbial Traits Driving Host Resilience in a Changing Climate.

Mechanistic Basis of Coexistence in Microbial Communities.