Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch! We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).

Pls share. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences - Genetics/Genomics at Smith College. apply.interfolio.com/190342

Thanks to this grant we will be hiring!! Our grad position ad is already live with more opportunities forthcoming. But if you’re interested in postdoc or technician positions, please reach out! fuesslab.wp.txstate.edu/opportunities/

Dr. Lauren E. Fuess@laurenfuess.bsky.social · last wk.

Alright now that I’m home I guess it’s time to officially announce some really good news: I have received an NIH R35 MIRA!! This award will fund five years of research in my group using Aiptasia to study context dependency and GxGxE interactions in animal-microbe symbioses!

My lab at @stonybrooku.bsky.social Dept of Ecology & Evolution is recruiting a 2-year Postdoc! They will split time between genomics and symbiosis dynamics of cnidarians 🪸, and the development of STAGdb. Start date as early as Sept 2026. Please share this post with anyone who might be a great fit!

Friday happy hour in Coral City hanging out with the rainbows and French angels 🌈🦜🐟🇫🇷🐠 #rainbowparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #frenchangelfish #coralcitycamera

Excited to share that I've been awarded a 5-year NIH MIRA (R35) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences! The lab is growing! We're recruiting postdocs and research techs interested in microbial ecology, quantitative microscopy, microfluidics, and molecular biology. Please share!

Job opening: I'm looking for a lab tech primarily supporting ongoing projects and running computational analyses for the lab. Apply here and reach out with questions! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/205...

#JMIH26 #AES26 Gruber Award Presentation time! John Hlavin's Niche-shift reconstruction and ontogenetic shifts.

#JMIH26 #AES26 Julia Saltzman is exploring how changes in satellite telemetry systems affects scientists' inferences about shark movement and habitat use.

#JMIH26 #AES26 Emily Yeager looking at sharks, specifcally lemons, as mobile ecosytems for teleost assemblages.

I am recruiting a PhD student interested in the disease ecology of cavity nesting birds to start Fall 2027! Interested applicants can contact me by filling out the linked form. I will also be at ESA 2026 and am happy to meet! More info on my website: sauerlab.com Please share!

The onset of photosymbiosis on jellyfish development is linked to the assemblage of different microbiomes, holobiont physiology and strobilation patterns. Cassiopea xamachana continues to grow as a developmental symbiosis model system doi.org/10.1093/isme... @loesgenlab.bsky.social

I’m recruiting a PhD student to join our lab in the fall of 2027. If you’re excited about phylogenetics, comp bio, paleobiology, stats theory, macroevolution, etc. please get in touch! Folks at #Evol2026, you can talk to @brpetrucci.bsky.social & @sigournie.bsky.social to learn more about our lab

I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com Please share widely!!!

Do you know an outstanding aquarist? We're hiring a Senior Aquarist to help run our cephalopod facility at Columbia University. Our team maintains a colony of 250+ cuttlefish, develops new husbandry techniques (inc transgenics) & studies cuttlefish camouflage and social behavior. 1/3 [Pls repost!]

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Google is planning to release WMDs in the Bay Area. In this case WMD = Wolbachia of Male Destruction. Google wants to release mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, one of my favorite microbes. These Wolbachia infection are being used to make males sterile. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Google applies for permit to release 32 million mosquitoes in Calif.

The Debug Project wants to use sterile mosquitoes to stop the deadly bug from reproducing.

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A rare longnose batfish galumphed its way into the Coral City Camera Catalog of Fishes this morning as a brand new species of fish (Number 220) we’ve never seen before after 6 plus years of observing! 👃🦇🐟 #longnosebatfish #batfish #coralcitycameracatalogoffishes #coralcitycamera #elegantoddball

Sucker fish are hiding in manta rays’ ‘butthole,’ new study reveals | Scientific American

Sucker fish are hiding in manta rays’ ‘butthole,’ new study reveals

The practice of “cloacal diving” could help remoras hide from predators—it could also be a feeding strategy or help the fish hitchhike

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We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.

#WeekendReading: Côté et al. on how some marine climate change experiments might actually simulate extreme heatwaves much more than they do climate change. 🧪🌊 Link: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2069/20252573/481500/Do-climate-change-experiments-yield-relevant​

Launch day is here for Finspan: Sharks & Reefs and Euphoria Essential Edition! Our fulfillment centers are ready to start shipping these products early next week. store.stonemaiergames.com

As of today, I’m officially done with lab work for my PhD…that’s a weird feeling after so many days in the lab over the past 6 years😅

Do you know any students who are planning to apply to graduate school this cycle? Encourage them to apply to the Biology Preview Program! We provide intensive workshops to help students w/ their applications + 1:1 mentorship.

Ahem, if you love learning about weird animals... I spent the last decade making this for YOU! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804002...

Grizzled by Jason Bittel: 9781426223358 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Funny, fascinating, and scientifically grounded, this charming book reveals unknown details about 50 well-known animals. Effortlessly readable, Grizzled reintroduces nature lovers to species they th...

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The word cloaca comes from the Latin verb cluo (“cleanse”) and so the noun, cloaca, roughly translates as a “drain” or “sewer”.

So what is a cloaca, you ask? It’s an all-purpose rear orifice (“vent”) that is the only opening for digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts in tons of vertebrates (including amphibians, birds, reptiles, and, you guessed it, cartilaginous fishes).

The practice of “cloacal diving” could help remoras hide from predators—it could also be a feeding strategy or help the fish hitchhike

Sucker fish are hiding in manta rays’ ‘butthole,’ new study reveals

The practice of “cloacal diving” could help remoras hide from predators—it could also be a feeding strategy or help the fish hitchhike

scientificamerican.com

Interesting! We also observed this behaviour in 2017 in French Polynesia! But we were not able to publish it. It means that this behaviour is widespread across oceans! See below our observation:

Emily Yeager@emilyyeager9.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Looking for some weird science to brighten your Monday? Check out our new paper on remora cloacal diving behavior in manta rays published today in Ecology and Evolution! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Looking for some weird science to brighten your Monday? Check out our new paper on remora cloacal diving behavior in manta rays published today in Ecology and Evolution! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Hiding in Plain Sight: Evidence of Echeneidae Cloacal and Gill Diving Behavior in Manta Ray Hosts

Here we document seven observations of Echeneidae cloacal diving behavior in manta rays and one observation of gill attachment behavior. These observations span all three currently described species ...

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