Rebekah Rogers
@evolscientist.bsky.social
Moving to GW Fall 2026! Genetic Novelty, PopGen, Genomics. Editor at JEB and MBE. Conferences 2026: SMBE
Dear microbiome enthusiasts: I'm excited to be moving my lab to New York University this fall (& the NYU Institute for Engineering Health); with joint-appointment @isbscience.org I'm hiring a postdoc @ NYU to look at diet-driven evolution in the gut: apply.interfolio.com/189980 Please share! 🦠🤓
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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).
We remind the SMBE community that applications for the second edition of the SMBE Fellows Program are ongoing. Apply before August 15. 🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program #society
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · last mo.We're excited to announce the second edition of the SMBE Fellows Program! ✍️ 🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program The SMBE Fellows Program provides mentorship to early-career researchers in scientific writing for evolutionary and molecular biology by writing Highlight articles for MBE and GBE. #society
I am thrilled to share that the biology dept at Hamilton College is hiring a TT Evolutionary Ecologist to start in fall of 2027! This position would teach an upper level Evolution lect/lab, a section of Bio-100, rotate through our 200-level Eco/Evo course, and a seminar. apply.interfolio.com/190184
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Every conference name badge I've ever had. Except the dreaded seed badge from SMBE Copenhagen where I just have the lanyard.
Reality TV show pitch: 10 PIs have to move labs and home. Must coordinate with 2 university bureaucracies + at least external funder. You only win if >2/3 your fly stocks arrive in tact and no major home furnishings lost during the move.
Had a really spectacular time in Copenhagen for #SMBE2026. Glad to get to see the crew of top notch evo genetics across the conference. Thanks for all the science fun everyone!
Big congrats to the new council members for #SMBE, Esther Betran and Sohini Ramachandran! And Dmitri Petrov as president!
Protip: Check those conference hotel reservation dates before you get on the plane. That was a close one. See everyone in Copenhagen!
Big news this week from The Rogers Lab. We will be moving to GW University in Washington DC, starting August 1st. We will be hiring postdocs and recruiting new students! Email me if interested or come find me at SMBE!
Headed to SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen next week. Hope to see everyone there!
Check it out-- @johnwares.bsky.social 's student Anderson Smith got a Goldwater Scholarship, in part because of her work on freshwater mussels. news.uga.edu/three-uga-un...
Three UGA undergraduates awarded Goldwater Scholarship
The honor is the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of mathematics, engineering and natural sciences.
news.uga.edu
I can tell when @3rdreviewer.bsky.social is out of office because I stop getting manuscript assignments.
<diligently updating the list of career paths on the university’s “Major in Mathematics!” poster>
If I dropped the ball on something, this is a great time to let me know. Cranking through end of the semester to-do catchups.
My #FlyWeek contribution: The Variety of Testis Shapes in Pomace Fly Species Aren't they beatiful?🌈🪰🔬 An old-school sci-poster meets modern confocal imaging! #Drosophila testis diversity fascinated even Curt Stern (yes, the human genetics textbook guy!) back in the 1930s. #microscopy #insects
If you're a constituent in NC, go call/write/whatever to thank Tillis for standing up against a bad nomination.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last yr.NEWS: Trump ditches Ed Martin, a Jan. 6 insurrectionist defender, as his choice for DC US Attorney following Republican Senator Thom Tillis’ refusal to support his nomination.
Pet peeve: reviewers who invent a claim not present anywhere in the draft, then fault you for that false idea. At least trash me for the things I actually did instead of what you imagined?
Hypothesis: This will show something cool as long as you fund us at levels good enough to sequence genomes. #GrantWriting #Persuasion
I keep forgetting. Which American Girls doll was that one?
Anjali Dayal@anjalikdayal.bsky.social · last yr.2 dolls, 5 pencils, a job placing screws into AirPods, and the measles: every little girl's american dream, so worth the sacrifice
Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!
If you are an NC resident you may want to call to voice your support for this move from Tillis.
Amanda Terkel@aterkel.bsky.social · last yr.NEW — GOP Sen. Thom Tillis says he won't support Ed Martin for D.C. U.S. attorney, likely derailing his nomination www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus... by @ryanjreilly.com @frankthorp.bsky.social
Trump wants 100% tariffs on Hollywood movies shot in other countries
Josh McLaurin (of UGA fame) launches a bid for Lt Governor in Georgia! www.ajc.com/politics/dem...
Democrat Josh McLaurin launches bid for Georgia lieutenant governor
Democratic Sen. Josh McLaurin is the first politician to launch his 2026 campaign for lieutenant governor. Current Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is expected to run for governor.
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