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Amanda Lea

@amandalea.bsky.social

Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University // Evolution, Biological Anthropology, Genomics // lea-lab.org

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Daniel Promislow@dpromislow.bsky.social · 14h ago

Interested in aging research? We're hiring a Research Technician to help manage our fly lab at Tufts HNRCA in Boston. Responsibilities include managing fly stocks, supervising undergraduates, and supporting studies of behavior, genetics, and healthy aging. Apply here: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/23747?l...

Research Technician, Metabolism and Basic Biology of Aging in Boston, Massachusetts | Tufts University

Tufts University is hiring a Research Technician, Metabolism and Basic Biology of Aging in Boston, Massachusetts. Review all of the job details and apply today!

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Megan Behringer@megbehri.bsky.social · 7d ago

Come be my colleague at Vanderbilt ⚓️! We have an Open-Rank Tenure Track search for a Theoretical Biologist in the Dept. Of Biological Sciences! Vandy BioSci is an awesome group of researchers with diverse interests. See Application Information Below ⬇️

Ann T. Tate@annttate.bsky.social · 7d ago

Please RT: Do you use math to address interesting biological problems? Join us at Vanderbilt BioSci! We are conducting an open-rank TT search in Theoretical Biology: apply.interfolio.com/194619. We are a friendly and collaborative department with interests spanning a range of biological disciplines!

Daniel Promislow@dpromislow.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So pleased to see post-doc @jessicafoley14.bsky.social paper on evolution of long lifespan in pollen-eating butterflies now out in Nature Communications (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), and what's more, with a nice write-up in The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...). How cool is that!?

Evolution of increased longevity and slowed ageing in a genus of tropical butterfly - Nature Communications

Studying long-lived species across the animal kingdom could provide insights into healthy ageing in humans. This study reveals long lifespans and slowed ageing in Heliconius butterflies, identifying t...

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The Castiglione Lab @ Vanderbilt@castiglionelab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Excited to drop our visual systems pre-print 10 years in the making. We hacked nature's cheat code to protect the eye from light damage. This unexpectedly also boosts rod sensitivity. Huge thanks to collabs Tonia Rex, @amandalea.bsky.social , Alex Bick, and their labs! @evolutionvu.bsky.social

bioRxiv Biochemistry@biorxiv-biochem.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Rhodopsin is a tunable capacitor buffering the toxic, desensitizing retinoids of the vertebrate eye https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.722510v1

Gina Baucom@gbaucom.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Head's up SSE members: Virtual Evolution is next week! Join us for the SSE Presidential Symposium on May 21 for talks from SSE leaders and past presidents on sustaining research, supporting trainees, navigating funding uncertainty, and strengthening evolutionary biology. Pls RT!

SSE Presidential Symposium – Navigating Uncertainty: Individual Resilience and Collective Action in Evolutionary Biology May 21, 9:15 AM - 12:30 PM This year’s SSE Presidential Symposium will consist of two linked sessions designed to address the current climate of uncertainty surrounding federal funding and its implications for evolutionary biology. Together, these sessions are designed to move from personal grounding to community-level strategy, offering both immediate support and longer-term vision. Part 1: Recommendations for the Community Lightning Talks from Past SSE Presidents and Leaders in the Field May 21, 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM EDT This session will feature past SSE Presidents and leaders in the field, each giving a 5-minute lightning talk offering concrete, actionable ideas for maintaining research programs, supporting trainees, and strengthening the field during periods of funding constraint. The emphasis will be on practical recommendations at multiple scales—individual researchers, departments, universities, the society, and the field as a whole. There will be a 30-minute Q&A following the talks. Prothama Manna Postdoctoral Fellow at Clemson University, SSE GSAC Chair “What Trainees Need in Uncertain Times: Paths to Resilient Science” Mohamed Noor Executive Vice Provost and Professor of Biology at Duke University, 2014 SSE President and former Evolution Editor-in-Chief “How to ask for help in uncertain times” Ruth Shaw Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota, 2020 SSE President and former Evolution Editor-in-Chief “Realigning scholarly evaluation to support scientists' agency” Joseph Graves MacKenzie Scott Endowed Professor of Biology at NC Agricultural and Technical State University “What Departments Can/Must Do to Support Junior Faculty in an Anti-Science Climate” Scott Edwards Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Ornithology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard Universit…
Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 6mo ago

A three-decade long study of chimpanzees has revealed a primate version of a bloody civil war. It's now at risk of getting eliminated due to cuts at the National Science Foundation. My story here (gift link): nyti.ms/4mhr5NQ

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Chenxin Li, PhD@chenxinli2.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If you think 2025 was bad, 2026 is even worse. It doesn't matter what the budget was because OMB has found ways to not allow NSF and NIH spend their money.

TK (Takashi DY) Kozai@bioniclab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📉 FY2026 is worse. NIH has made 10,195 awards so far. NSF has made 613. Six hundred thirteen. Congress appropriated the money. The agencies are not spending it. Grant freezes. NOFO collapse. Staff RIFs. Review cancellations. You can win the budget fight and still lose the funding war.

Graham Coop@gcbias.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Excited for this. Teaching popgen is one of my favourite parts of my job and I've wondered about doing an online version of the class for sometime. Teaming up with @jrossibarra.bsky.social to do this is wonderful.

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra@jrossibarra.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Yoav Gilad@ygilad.bsky.social · 2y ago

My book, An Intuitive Primer on Effective Functional Genomics Study Design, is published! I’d really appreciate it if you could help spread the word, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. I hope people will find it useful. It’s available on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mx2hewen

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Yuki Haba@yukihaba.bsky.social · 12mo ago

How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities? Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation. 🧵(1/n) @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515

Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito

Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...

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