New paper alert!! This project has been a favorite idea in the lab for many, many years! So excited to see this out. Huge congratulations to first author @gwelsh.bsky.social on her awesome work!

Love this paper! And the team was fantastic!! Congrats @gwelsh.bsky.social!!

Are you teaching for the first time? Running your first grant? Just became Chair? In charge of a new thing of any kind?

Don’t downplay your structural power over others. Be sincere and humble about your authority, because your students/mentees/employees take your power over them seriously.

announcement for the SSE Sponsored Workshop "Avoiding Bias When Writing Tenure and Promotion Leters"

Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social

Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

The University of Toronto's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department invites postdoc applications. Salary: $70K; start: July–Dec 2025. Deadline: April 25, 2025. More: https://eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/ #postdoc

Long-term studies provide unique insights into evolution - Nature Long-term studies provide insights into the complex interplay between evolutionary process and pattern across multiple systems and timescales.

Nature review article: Long-term studies provide unique insights into evolution

https://go.nature.com/3Rjd1ol

Be part of this movement! Today in #Denver at 1pm at the capitol! Come #standupforscience

Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

Looking for a postdoc with expertise in genetics and neuroscience. Experience in Drosophila a plus. Get in touch!

www.uwo.ca/research/fun...

Neural and behavioral evolution in an eavesdropper with a rapidly evolving host The diversification of animal communication systems is driven by the interacting effects of signalers, signal receivers, and the environment. Yet, the…

Flies from the genus Ormia parasite crickets which they localize by eavesdropping. Cricket songs have therefore rapidly diversed, in Hawaii . A new study @currentbiology.bsky.social gives insights into the rapid evolution in sensory tuning of an eavesdropper.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NSF plans to reinstate all probationary employees who were fired on 18 Feb!
NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

Colorado—

Looking for a @standupforscience.bsky.social sign/poster making event? Look no further!

Golden—3/3 @6
Boulder—3/5 @5
Aurora/Denver—3/6 @6

NSF fact sheet

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Stand up for Science with us!

When young scientists see programs disappearing, funding in flux, and no clear path forward, many will walk away from STEM entirely—not because they lack passion or talent, but because the system is failing them.

Action fatigue is real, but so is our power to create change. We built Action Lab to make it easier to find, track, and contribute action items that move science and policy forward in the midst of the news firehose. Try it out now, and stay tuned for a bigger launch! airtable.com/app3mMFCCzpp...

This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪.
(We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.)

Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings.

Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/

Thank you so much @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social for such a wonderful opportunity to talk about our work and the current attacks on science! The story is fantastic!! And thank you to @reichertfroglab.bsky.social for your kind words!!

This is an attack on US science. NSF staff provide critical support for scientific infrastructure and global excellence. These are valuable dedicated public servants. Please contact your reps, write letters, make noise!

Are there any plans for rallies at NSF headquarters?

Journalists: COVER THIS!

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...

Where can we donate to the legal fund for NSF employees fired without cause today?

Firings happening right now at the NSF.

NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds.

This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.

This is devastating. I am so incredibly sorry Leslie.

Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so!

Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report.

NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

One of my grants made the list. Not surprised...

Your kid’s tuition is about to go up.

Since I have way more non-academic followers than I ever would have imagined: a short explainer.

TL;DR: Substantially cutting indirect costs will either mean raising tuition and fees, or laying off a bunch of mid- and low-salary staff and students.

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

This is a good graphic explaining what overhead is used for

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