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
Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
One week left to apply to the Graduate Student Research Award!
These are financial awards in support of MS and PhD student research conducted as part of their degree.
See below for instructions to apply, and for the link to the application
www.systbio.org/graduate-stu...
Are you interested in receiving light-touch English language editing for your next @journal-evo.bsky.social or @evolletters.bsky.social manuscript? Check out our Evolution English Language Support program to learn how to receive free support! www.evolutionsociety.org/publications...
📢 Now accepting proposals for the Graduate Research Excellence Grants! These provide evolutionary biology research funds for early and advanced Master’s and PhD students. Applicants must be members of SSE. Deadline: May 18, 2026
www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
Thanks so much to @melodyschreiber.com for not only writing about this issue, but quoting trans scientists as experts!
The 2026 Evolution meeting logo. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Student and Postdoc Registration Waiver, Apply by March 15.
Are you a grad student or postdoc who needs financial assistance to attend #Evol2026 in person? SSE offers registration waivers for the early registration rate - apply by March 15! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
Friday, Friday, Friday!
SSB Early Career Travel Awards are due Friday! These awards are to support early career folks attending this summer’s Evolution meetings #evol2026
Of course they did, and of course you received it... Proud of you and this award, friend. ❤️
call me crazy but I think it's bad that cheating-as-a-service is a business model now
As I wrote:
"This administration would rather accuse scientists of being neo-Marxists, try to ruin projects and careers, damage local economies, disrupt the science discovery pipeline, and hurt American leadership compared to global competitors (including China)."
Unfortunately, holds up well.
Yes, the top-line budget numbers are (nearly) flat. I can assure you that does not mean that the state of science is sound. That is already a low bar for success. And, if last year is a guide, we should not expect that federal agencies will use $$$-s as intended:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...
In a (large) journal I'm an AE for, we ask authors to reach out and let us know. We take it from there, which can go in many directions, including taking measures towards the reviewer, and adjusting review answer requests. The main message: reach out to the AE and/or EiC and let them know.
This is a cool project I was just made aware of. Based at the University of Neuchatel, in Switzerland. Tell them your 3 favorite #plants, take a picture of them and explain why. This Valentine's, let's share our plant love with #science! ❤️ plantsbeaware.odoo.com
We welcome the new @ipbes.net Business & Biodiversity Assessment. Science-based evidence is essential to inform policy under the #KMGBF.
The message is clear: biodiversity is central to business viability.
🔗 ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES12Med...
#BizBiodiversity #ForNature #UNBiodiversity
Today is the last day to apply for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2026 in Cleveland, Ohio in June! Funds can cover registration, transportation, food, and lodging. A budget template is available on the website. @evolmtg.bsky.social www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
If you are a student whose NSF GRFP application was returned without review for vague 'eligibility' reasons:
1) Let your department chair & Graduate School know. Encourage them to contact NSF & congress
2) Write to your congressional reps.
3) Write to grfp@nsf.gov to request re-consideration;
Coming to #evol2026 this summer? The SSB Early Career Travel Funds competition is now live! Apply by February 27 for this years’ Tri-Society meeting.
More info:
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Little Rock Nine student Minnijean Brown-Trickey: "There were 20 nice kids...There were about 300 really mean kids.... there were 1700 silent witnesses who stood by & said nothing...if you're walking through terror, if somebody smiles with a genuine smile, you feel like oh, there's hope."
Shared among some EEB groups, there is a new affinity group for trans scientists: transscientistcollective.carrd.co Please share.
Four people sitting and talking on a stage.
Thanks @bruno-soares.bsky.social @kzutaustin.bsky.social and Valeria Ramirez Castaneda for presenting and bringing your insights during this weekend's @systbiol.bsky.social symposium and panel "Creating Meaningful Collaborations Across Communities and Natural History Collections"
Oooooh! It's *this* weekend! 🤩
Looking forward to seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and hearing about all the cool things this fine group of systematists are doing! #SSB2026
PS: come see me if you want to know the news about Calceolaria! 😁
If have ever been funded by #NSF, #NIH, #NASA, #DOE, #NOAA [ADD YOUR AGENCY HERE] and/or you think what they do is important, consider sending a note to your officer and thanking them for what they do. How they are being treated right now is... not OK. Let them know you appreciate them being there.
Look at this cool feature of one of our #EspindoLab grad students and her research!
Go, Jenan!!💪🏼👩🏼🔬👩🏼💻
#NSFGRFP #FundScience
🦋 We're currently looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board!
🌿 If you're interested in contributing to our journals, check the link below for more information 👇
buff.ly/7su8jMf
If you work on #phylogenomics or #genomics, check out this workshops co-taught by the awesome Dr. Erin Molloy. Deadline for registration coming up! evomics.org/apply-worksh...
I'll be at the @sacnas.bsky.social #NDiSTEM meeting next week, attending sessions and at the the tri-soc @systbiol.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social, and the @umdscience.bsky.social booths! Get in touch if you want to chat/meet! 👩🏼🔬👩🏼💻🌻🐝🧬💪🏼
