A pleasure to speak to Gretchen Vogel @science.org - highlighting recent studies on neurocognitive outcomes of severe malaria
#PedsIDSky #IDSky #Parasitology
www.science.org/content/arti...
My super department @warwicklifesci.bsky.social is hiring 6 assistant profs in the wake of recent retirements. We're looking for people in microbiology/infection, cellular disease / immunity; environmental biology; and plant/crop science. #MicroSky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026!
This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution.
To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca
@sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky
Just a few weeks left to register - places are filling up fast!
🔊 Looking for a Research Assistant in Bacterial Evolution to join my lab 🦠
🥼Main duties: Research (AMR + microbiome) + lab assistance.
⏲️ Post duration: 30 months
🗓️ Closing date for applications: 20th April 2026
💰 Salary: ~£35k
Details and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2a3v66y7
Please share!
PLEASE SHARE. PhD Opportunity with me, Ben Raymond and Jan Engelstaedter and Andrew Letten at University of Queensland.
Experimentally testing mechanisms of how temperature may change selection and spread of AMR in E. coli. Coupled with some advanced modelling and sequencing.
🧪🦠 #microsky
"men continued to publish the same number of papers after becoming fathers, women experienced a significant drop in research output (mothers had 31% fewer publications than did fathers 8 years after the birth of their first child)"
New outreach project as part of a NERC @ukri.org grant on the ecological and evolutionary drivers of viromes in #moths at @uniexecec.bsky.social ecec.bsky.social w @savebutterflies.bsky.social
More on the science ➡️
benlongdon.com/uk-moth-viro...
Artists ➡️ thentrythis.org/notes/2026/0... (or ⬇️)
New preprint with an awesome former undergraduate student (Alyssa Anderson) on guarding and self-guarding mechanisms in innate immunity: doi.org/10.64898/202... (1/2)
The results are in! The Biodiversity Research Photo Competition showcase the diversity of research and researchers at UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre.
View the 2026 winners and all of the science photography from the competition at explore.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/BRC-photo-co...
Women haven’t always had equal space in learned societies, yet most of our staff are women. For #IWD2026, we celebrate the colleagues who help make the Society what it is today. We invited them to reflect on this year's theme of justice and action and the barriers women still face: buff.ly/oY03aSN
A warm, color portrait photograph of evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis seated outdoors next to the textured trunk of a large tree. She is smiling brightly and directly at the camera with a joyful, approachable expression, her eyes sparkling with warmth and intelligence. She has short, curly graying hair, and wears small stud earrings. Her outfit is a patterned blouse or dress in deep purple with floral accents in beige, gold, and brown tones.
Evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis' groundbreaking work revolutionized our understanding of life's origins and evolution, and how complex life began. She was born #OTD in 1938.
+ Elected, US National Academy of Sciences, 1983
+ National Medal of Science, 1999
#WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth
Happy International Women’s Day! We are grateful to the incredible women who lead (and have led) the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, & to all the women ecologists & evolutionary biologists across Canada for their important work. You help make our society, country, & planet a better place!
It's #InternationalWomensDay, and for the past year we've been commemorating the 80th anniversary of the election of our first women Fellows. Find out more about trailblazing women scientists and help us chart science history with our interactive map: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Join @berasymbionts.bsky.social , @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social and us for a postdoc on the remarkable developmental biology of symbiosis!
Applications are due March 25th 🪲🦠
@johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
A nice collaboration from post-docs in my lab 😊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @jingdi.bsky.social @luismsilva.bsky.social @paradyseb.bsky.social @molecularecolup.bsky.social
Check this FRESH REVIEW about how the #wildlife #microbiome can shape infection ecology and #parasite #evolution led by @jingdi.bsky.social - which I got to contribute for! 🕺
NOW OUT in Molecular Ecology 🦋🐸🐝🐻🦠
#MicroSky #SymbioSky
@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social
@science.ubc.ca
🔔Seminar Opportunity🔔
We're looking for (self)recommendations for a Postdoc who is working in the area of AMR (any area, any discipline) to give an online seminar in May.
Reply, DM or email me, there will more opportunities in the future as well so will be good to have a list.
#MicroSky #AMR
MENI is back! Join us in Dublin this August 2026 for our 3rd Meeting for Microbial Evolution in Ireland. We are delighted to have @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social @drrebeccajhall.bsky.social @jpjhall.bsky.social and @tweethinking.bsky.social join us as keynote speakers this year. miniurl.com/MENI
📢📢📢Lectureships at Bristol!📢📢📢
We're hiring 3 x lecturers (=assistant professor) in Biological Sciences, across the discipline.
Great department, great colleagues, great building, great city
Details here:
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
📢 Funded PhD opportunity (UK Home fees + stipend)
With me (RVC), Matthew Hall (LSHTM), and @krisparag.bsky.social (Imperial College)
Interested in bringing together field data and theory to understand how viruses persist in wildlife populations?
Full details here: bit.ly/4bVTBl4
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
Scientist's way of saying 'I ❤️ you'
"I found this paper/preprint that made me think of your project."
"I checked the mice/cells/plates already."
"I just sent you the edits you requested."
"I have a slide/diagram that will work for that."
"I had that problem with [lab equipment], I have a fix."
Call for Donations to Support the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓
Help remove financial barriers by supporting grad students & postdocs attending #CSEE2026 in Toronto through donating to the Equity Fund. Support access to science by donating / sharing! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo
gofund.me/cca1d39af
A super handy database to help support academic society journals and other ethical publishing. academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
Excited to share our latest publication, led by Dr. Ellie McCallum and Juan Burckhardt!
bit.ly/4kfzQaf
You can access the article for free here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mWb4L7PXu... And more information is available on the updated preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Join us for another Internal Conflicts STN seminar tomorrow at 9:00 UTC! Emily Hornett (@bolinabug.bsky.social) and Greg Hurst (@greghurst.bsky.social) will talk about their work on male-killing and sex determination evolution. Zoom info and more: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/
Dr. Alice Gauthey, a Newton International Fellow, standing in a forest, smiling at the camera and holding a leaf. A quote about establishing early-career research independence appears next to her, attributed to her and mentioning The Royal Society: "I wanted to establish greater independence as an early-career researcher. The Newton International Fellowship provided both the time and the resources to develop a strong research portfolio."
The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants https://royalsociety.org/grants/newton-international/
15 January is the deadline to file a brief Expression of Interest to be nominated for a Canada Impact Chair @UBC. Only candidates working and residing outside of Canada are eligible to apply, including expatriate Canadians. More info and the EOI portal are at research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
