Are you interested in an MS position and stream ecosystems? My lab (www.benjamintumolo.com) @bionmu.bsky.social is recruiting an MS student to join a collaborative NSF-funded project to study positive species interactions in streams. Apply by Nov 2, 2026 See here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Job: Come work with me! Ready to turn your love for lakes into a career? Join the MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams as our new Inland Lakes Shoreline Educator! MS and experience with shoreline protection desired. Location: Upper Peninsula. careers.msu.edu. Search for posting # 1148258.

Hey #chemsky! My department (NMU Chemistry) is hiring a one-year term position in organic chemistry. If you have any recent grads who might be interested, please contact me for more information! We're not doing an official national search so you might have less competition than normal...

I’m excited to share a new paper from my lab, by former PhD student Ben Schultz! It’s a genome paper for the northern redbelly dace, a small freshwater fish with fascinating biology - stay tuned for more cool work enabled by this resource. doi.org/10.1139/gen-...

The first chromosome-level annotated reference genome for Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly Dace

Hybridization amongst teleost fish species is an ongoing phenomenon with unclear implications Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly Dace, is a species with an especially complex and fascinating history...

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We're hiring a genetics lab manager position at NOAA in Juneau, Alaska! The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day laboratory operations and contribute to the development of new molecular methods. Salary is $75-145k/yr. Email wes.larson@noaa.gov with questions www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD...

Biologist (Omics)

This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Vacancies may be available in each listed location. Additional duty lo...

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Mikey’s latest project - a dataset for air quality and environmental hazards. App is new this week - download and try it out!

Moldmap@moldmap.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Where you live and travel shapes what you’re exposed to. Moldmap v1.1 maps environmental hazards: data centers, radon hotspots, toxic sites, high-voltage power lines, cell towers, and more. apps.apple.com/us/app/moldm... #EnvironmentalHealth #PublicHealth

Three weeks left to apply to our postdoc position on alpine plant resilience! Us: Three years of funding, an awesome collaborative team, a gorgeous study system, blueberry pie, unionized postdocs. You: A PhD and experience in ancient DNA, paleoecology, and/or plant genetics and genomics.

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

recruitment

Multiple positions available: ​ Postdoc PhD students

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Northern Michigan University and my local Negaunee public library are both doing summer reading programs for adults - yay! So here’s a summer books thread. Book 1: Project Hail Mary. Liked it overall but the narrator was occasionally tiresome. #UPSummerReading2026

🚨 Job alert! We're hiring a TT Assistant Professor in the Fisheries Department at UAF @uafairbanks.bsky.social. Broad search for applicants who focus on evolution, ecology, physiology, management, or social science. No visa support availably. Apply by July 1. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...

Here's to a fishy fourth 🐟

Still plenty of grading to do, but I am lichen the end of semester

Want to switch countries for a postdoc? Specifically, are you European, or are you non-European wanting to come to Europe? Now's the time to reach out to potential host labs! (It's very normal to cold-email a PI about potentially hosting -- don't be shy!)

European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 4mo ago

Big opportunities for researchers 🌍 We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU. The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open. More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw

So pleased to share that @amanda-meuser.bsky.social 's work is now published in Molecular Ecology! This was a particularly cool study, because it revealed very high rates of hybridization in a system with many closely related species.

Amanda V. Meuser@amanda-meuser.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm so so excited to share that the research I've done for my master's thesis is finally published in Molecular Ecology! ✨ We found that almost 1/3 of sampled Leuciscid minnows were hybrids 🐠 This includes hybrid crosses never before noted in scientific literature!! 🐟 doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Day 2 of the Blizzard of ‘26: deep snow drifts surround the home. The children are hopped up on sugar and have found a harmonica and a lightsaber. Worse, we’re all out of margarita supplies!

This might be the biggest snowstorm I’ve ever seen - and I’ve lived in really snowy places for my entire adult life! We’re hunkered down with our chips, cupcakes, and snow shovels, waiting to see just how much snow we get.

Mikey Tabak@mikeytabak.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Historic Blizzard coming to the UP! Up to 4 feet of snow in the highlands, where we live! I've never seen 3 inches of snow per hour. It's gonna be wild. Stay safe Yoopers! #906Life #WinterUPNorth

You might not be using the term "AI" correctly. If you have ever fit a line to data, you’ve built an artificial intelligence model. AI is much broader than chatbots. Read about how AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Large Language Models fit together. #DataScience #GenerativeAI

Quantitative Science Consulting@qscience.bsky.social · 5mo ago

AI is often treated as synonymous with chatbots like ChatGPT. But chatbots are just one small part of a much larger field. Our latest blog explains how AI, machine learning, deep learning, and large language models fit together—and why the distinction matters. www.qsc.earth/blog_posts/a...

Cool research from @bionmu.bsky.social !

Titus Seilheimer@drfishsg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The impacts of asynchronous hatching on morphology, growth, and development of larval burbot (Lota lota) #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Long hatching periods may be survival strategy adapted to generate variable offspring to deal w/ harsh & variable environmental conditions.

State water officials are asking towns and industry along the North Platte River to assess their water rights and whether they might have to tap into an emergency water bank. For now, those with "junior" rights must shut off their spigots, with little snow and water relief in the forecast.

Drought-triggered restriction on North Platte River squeezes spigots for Wyoming towns - WyoFile

Though full extent of the water pinch is unknown, the state is asking municipalities to assess potential water service shortfalls.

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Winter is getting real here!

Mikey Tabak@mikeytabak.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Following 3 deer down the street while driving home. They can’t jump off the road because the snow piles are so tall, so we slowly trot along… #WinterUpNorth #906Life

Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!! sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...

I coped with 2025 by reading and running. I read 52 books, mostly fiction. 34 new to me, 18 comfort rereads. I also ran 1,200 miles, including 2 50km races and a 43 mile fun run along Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks.

Huge congrats to my mentee @pfschwarz.bsky.social on her first first-author paper! Three-way secondary contact and mosaic hybridization in darters. Plus a bonus comparison of ddRAD vs lcWGS. @fishgenomes.bsky.social @tjnear.bsky.social #fish #evolution #genomics doi.org/10.1093/evol...

If a “little toy doll(y) that toddles and coos” is on your list, Salmonid Claus is definitely going to deliver on Day 21 of #25DaysofFishmas! We end the northwest leg of our road trip with the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), a brightly colored fish + this week’s #SundayFishSketch mystery species!

✍️New blog post! Evolution Has No Plan: Why Organisms Don’t Rewrite Their DNA jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/e... The news articles on polar bears that are “rewriting their DNA in response to climate change” triggered me to write this blog post. Evolution has no foresight.

Evolution Has No Plan: Why Organisms Don’t Rewrite Their DNA

A quick explanation of some common misunderstandings about evolution.

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🎶I’m dreaming of a white(fish)-mas🎶 No need to just dream it! On Day 16 of #25DaysofFishmas, our road trip heads to the high country for the Bonneville Cisco (Prosopium gemmifer), a species of freshwater whitefish found only in Bear Lake on the border of southeast Idaho and northern Utah.

Are you a sucker for cheesy holiday movies? Well, you’re in good company! Day 17 of #25DaysofFishmas brings us the Largescale Sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), a fish whose distinctive feeding habits and even scientific name - which means “large lips” - makes it perfect for mistletoe lovers 😘

Can professors enroll? Asking for a friend. Yes, that friend is me!

Jim Elser@drlimnology.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Do you know students who are keen for a transformative summer in western Montana! Our @umflbs.bsky.social summer session field courses are OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT! Please help spread the word. flbs.umt.edu/apps/educati...

New from #NearLab The role of ecology in allopatric speciation of darters in the Central Highlands, USA shorturl.at/YEmxH