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Review of applications will start in two weeks so there is still time to apply (and we keep the portal open for submissions until the position is filled)
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In our recent episode, guest Paige Harden describes how we might think about moral responsibility to one another as humans who live together in a community. This is a core element of her new book “Original Sin: On the Genetics of Vice, the Problem of Blame, and the Future of Forgiveness”.
Regarding #NSF #GRFP announcements:
ENGR awards: 1529
ENGR honorable mention: 153
% of ENGR in top 4000 who earned awards: 90.9%
Life Sciences awards: 486
Life Sciences honorable mention: 573
% of Life Sci in top 4000 who earned awards: 45.9%
(calculations by Elizabeth Jockusch)
Recent Big Biology guest Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social talks more about her book “Original Sin: On The Genetics of Vice, The Problem of Blame, and The Future of Forgiveness.” 📖
#science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #podcast #bigbiology
If you're in Boulder, CO, on May 7, check out this exciting symposium. 9-1230 in the SEEC C120 AUDITORIUM.
Episode 147 "The Genetics of Vice" is out ✨
In this episode, we talk with Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she leads the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and teaches Introduction to Psychology.
This was one of the few existing ways to find long term research. That is horrible and a huge loss to all of science. I hope other organizations and university will step up to help this important research.
Extremely excited to start my 8-year @royalsociety.org Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship @uniexecec.bsky.social focussing on understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology. With 2x 4-year Postdoc and PhD positions being advertised shortly - do get in touch if interested!
Just a heads up that I will soon be advertising for a Postdoctoral position in my group to work on the evolution of cannibalism in Tribolium, starting ~September. Official Job ad to come soon. #academicjobs #postdoc #eeb
Can you help us find guests for the Night Science Podcast? We received generous sponsorship from Research Theory and they're challenging us to host 5 scientists each working in flight, genomics, nuclear power, computing & space. Ideas?
@nightsciencepod.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
New Op/Ed in Undark Magazine (@undark.org)
"...the authors of rigorous science communication products are conducting an essential activity of formal scientific practice, charged with transfiguring complex ideas and bringing them into the homes and minds of many."
undark.org/2026/03/26/o...
We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
Open postdoc position in my lab at Cornell, conducting comparative and experimental studies on transcriptomic responses to diet and toxins, utilizing the milkweed-insect community. Background in molecular bio & herbivory desired. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31867
Unifying Ecology Across Scales - Gordon Research Conference.
With @jennsunday.bsky.social as Chair
www.grc.org/unifying-eco...
Prepping for our next interview on @bigbiology.bsky.social…great read on a great Florida day, @kph3k.bsky.social !
The African golden cat is one of Africa’s most elusive predators.
Thanks to conservationists like Mwezi Mugerwa, we’re finally starting to understand consistent documentation of how they live.
Event poster for EGG2026: 70th Anniversary of Ecological Genetics. Abstract submission deadline: 15 Feb. Features a gecko's colorful skin.
The Ecological Genetics Group (@bes-egg.bsky.social) celebrates 70 years of ecological genetics with a three-day conference, 15-17 April 2026. This conference will highlight new research and developments shaping the future of the field.
📝Abstract submissions are now open.
Deadline: 15 February 2026
Exciting post-doc opportunity at UMD -- The Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applications for three quantitative biology postdoctoral fellow positions as part of its newly established Quantitative Biology Initiative (QBI)
Is the structure of amino acid codes like RNA completely arbitrary? 🧬
Biochemist and Author of “The Vital Question”, Nick Lane says probably not. He suggests that the physical chemistry of amino acids may be behind the structure of the code.
New paper on the link between FKBP5 expression
and risky foraging in house sparrow. Low FKBP5 expression is associated with increased risk taking. Also confirming correlation between blood and HPA axis regulatory region expression with @martinlabusf.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
ASIH is soliciting nominations for the 2026 Margaret Stewart Achievement Award for Excellence - to be awarded to a mid-career scientist in Herpetology. Deadline 20 April 2026. Info here: www.asih.org/awards/stewa... 🐸🦎🐊🐍🐢 Please share and repost!
Here is my first newsletter of the year, on the destruction of science past and future. buttondown.com/carlzimmer/a...
That’s a wrap! 2025 was a big year for the Big Biology community. Thank you to all our subscribers and guests for making 2025 a great year!
PIs, lab heads, parents with kids going to college for biology...what better gift for your academic or actual offspring than a subscription to @bigbiology.bsky.social!? Go to bigbiology.substack.com today and purchase a subscription to share. Happy holidays!!
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Are you interested in SciComm and attending the SICB meetings in Portland? Check out the Multi-Media Science Communication Workshop on Monday, January 5 at 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM in room B110/111. @bigbiology.bsky.social will be there with swag to give away!
A fire
Scientists have found the oldest evidence yet of humans making fires--400,000 years ago in England. Here's my story on the discovery and what it says about the minds of our ancestors. Gift link: nyti.ms/4q0Ls2q [Photo via Andrea H flic.kr/p/4cnSq ]
