A screenshot of bluesky posts from Catherine Sheard writing about dead flamingoes, followed by a post from Ellen Clarke with a photo of a book with flamingoes on the cover
It's all flamingoes all the time here on my bluesky feed!
A job posting flyer from the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison advertising a Teaching Faculty II position. The role involves coordinating and teaching microbiology lab courses and/or large enrollment introductory classes. The application deadline is May 5, 2026, at 11:59pm CDT. Applications must be submitted electronically via the Jobs at UW portal; emailed applications are not accepted. Applicants must upload a single document containing a cover letter, CV, and teaching philosophy. The job listing URL is https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/teaching-faculty-ii-madison-wisconsin-united-states, Job ID JR10009916. The flyer notes that Madison, Wisconsin is described as a vibrant place to live and work, combining college-town energy, lakeside scenery, and a community-focused atmosphere.
Interested in a teaching faculty position in Bacteriology at UW-Madison? See the attached announcement! @uwbact.bsky.social
Want to switch countries for a postdoc? Specifically, are you European, or are you non-European wanting to come to Europe? Now's the time to reach out to potential host labs!
(It's very normal to cold-email a PI about potentially hosting -- don't be shy!)
Why to choose between ants and microbes when you can have both? @khadlily.bsky.social, @adriatica.bsky.social and co. have been diving into what's happening in the honeypot ant repletes for years, and the first papers are coming out 🎉 (photo copyright: Smithsonian Institution-NMNH-Insect Zoo)
A man stands in front of a poster with various fancy images showing some fat ants, heat maps and phylogenies.
Action shot of the same man standing in front of a poster, telling his captive audience about his data as he points to parts of his poster
Belated congrats to postdoc @ian-oiler.bsky.social for winning a poster award at the RUMP (Rutgers University Microbiome Program) Symposium!
He presented his work on honeypot-associated Fructilactobacillus genomes and genome-scale metabolic models. Thanks RUMP and the RAD Collaboratory!
Disgraceful!
The US/Israel just bombed Sharif University in Tehran. This is not only Iran's best university, but also a top 100 global university in the field of Civil Engineering.
It has also been a center of student opposition to the Iranian gov
And Trump just bombed it...
Are you (or something you know) looking for a PhD? Like trait macroevolution but also yearn for an applied topic? Think plants are neat?
Want to live in beautiful northeast Scotland?! 🌊🐬⛰️🏴
I'm advertising a PhD in my lab! Deadline April 22, email me any questions. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Image of the cover of the 1st volume of ISME Host Microbe a new official journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology. Cover images shows a plant stomata with bacteria around and entering.
Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠
Ahhhh!!! Congratulations!!!!!!
Last week we received an OSCARR (Open Scholarship Commitment Award for Reproducible Research) for our research together with collaborators at @harvardforest.bsky.social on New England hurricanes and forest carbon stocks
The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
Americans are exhausted by endless wars built on lies and paid for with American and foreign lives.
I'm urging my colleagues to vote YES on the War Powers Resolution authored by Khanna-Massie and stop Trump's illegal war in Iran.
youtube.com/shorts/4luhy...
“They didn’t give him a chance...They could have done anything else besides that. It’s like they shoot first and ask questions later.” –Rachel Reyes, Ruben Ray Martinez’s mom, on how an immigration agent executed her son at a traffic stop. The federal agent's role only came out b/c of a FOIA lawsuit
New paper out today in the ISME | International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal and the first product from our ESIIL (Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab) working group on Fungal Dispersal. Check it out!
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
If you have previously received a @asn-amnat.bsky.social Student Research Award, we'd love to hear the outcome of your project (no matter how long ago the award was made): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#ecology #evolution #behavior
Applications close for this 4-year postdoc on Feb 9th (2 days!). The associated post for a technician should be online next week 👀
Dilley is a hellhole and we have to get it shut down and all those kids freed.
ugh. typo. Bianca's first paper from our lab..
Our new paper and associated blog post were published today! And @biancanogr.bsky.social and @diemq.bsky.social finally made bsky accounts so I could tag them.
This is Bianca's paper from our lab and DiemQuynh's first ever.
I'm so happy to have this review out finally!
I interviewed an expert on what's happening with connectivity in Iran:
The longest blackout in Iran's history. Thousands dead. Documentation of war crimes dependent on Starlink. A regime that uses AI's ubiquity to undermine the credibility of evidence. www.theverge.com/policy/87184...
The Murphy Lab did our annual retreat this week. This year's theme was using AI (what it's good and bad for). I wanted to be open-minded to make sure we are not missing something we should be using it for, so we did a few exercises to test, and had presentations.
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Naturalists, Society of Systematic Biologists, Undergraduate Community at Evolution Program. Applications due January 20, 2026.
Are you an undergrad interested in ecology, evolution or related fields? Apply by January 20 for our Undergraduate Community at Evolution program! This program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2026. www.evolutionsociety.org/content/educ...
I started getting reports of an unseasonal Joshua tree bloom in the last few weeks, and looking over records on @inaturalist.bsky.social it's pretty widespread! So we're putting out the call for folks to record this "bonus bloom" and help us study it 🌿
lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...
Boxing up the NSF at Eisenhower Av for the forced relocation. Boxes have “Details Matter” signage.
NSF
- Forced reorg
- POs down ~ 40% (DRP, most rotators not renewed, retirements)
- Forced move (and we have to pack and clean) to a building with no furniture, little to no conference space for panels, inadequate 🛜, …)
I personally love the boxes they gave us for packing.
“Details matter” 🙃
Many were eaten as well so there could have been more!
Four people and part of the head of another smile next to a table covered in decorated cookies.
A table full of colorfully decorated cookies
Together with the @brittbertolet.bsky.social lab, we decorated cookies and will take them to the department holiday party later this week 🎅
