Just came across this neat looking pre-print by @maxfarrell.bsky.social et al "Experimental infections reveal unexceptional viral tolerance in bats" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - meta analysis across 54 viruses, 85 host species, >5600 individuals

Fully funded PhD position available on mathematics of deep learning at the University of Glasgow. Info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Contact me via email with motivation and CV by 10 December 2025. Early applications are strongly encouraged @uofglasgow.bsky.social #phd #mathematics #AI #ML

PhD position (Glasgow, UK) Build lightweight AI tools supporting One Health decision-making. with @kirstynbrunker.bsky.social @bljog.bsky.social @jakelever.bsky.social at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2420

Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... Please share widely! #jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics

Lina, @ucuglasgow.bsky.social’s amazing current organiser/administrator, has just moved on to greater things at @ucuscotland.bsky.social, so we’re looking for someone to replace her - it’s a permanent job at £42.7k pro rata for 22.5 h/wk (so £27.5k). Please do apply by June 5th / let others know…

UCU Scotland@ucuscotland.bsky.social · last yr.

We're hiring! Job vacancy for branch administrator/organiser with our Glasgow University branch @ucuglasgow.bsky.social. Closing date 10am on 5 June. Details and application 👇 www.ucu.org.uk/vacancies#BAO5

Excited to be presenting at the AI for Biological Sciences symposium @edinburghup.bsky.social today 🧠🦠🧬🧪

One week left to apply! Please use the University of Glasgow portal to suit your applications! (Link on the right side of findaphd post)

Max Farrell@maxfarrell.bsky.social · last yr.

Come do a PhD with me using LLMs and comparative methods to understand the emergence of companion animal viruses! 🧠☠️🕸️🐕🐈🖥️ Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We are recruiting! Applications are open for Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in One Health Microbiology (Research & Teaching Track) grade 7/8/9. To apply, visit www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/senior-l... #worldchangerswelcome

Come do a PhD with me using LLMs and comparative methods to understand the emergence of companion animal viruses! 🧠☠️🕸️🐕🐈🖥️ Fully funded 3.5 year PhD based at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and @cvrinfo.bsky.social supervised by myself, Margaret Hosie, and Willie Weir www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Comparative study of tropism and emergence of virulent companion animal viruses using AI-powered text mining at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Comparative study of tropism and emergence of virulent companion animal viruses using AI-powered text mining at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

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In the UCL Dept of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, we are advertising for people interested in applying for senior fellowship funding. I can say personally that it is a fantastic place to hold a fellowship. Apply at www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclcber.bsky.social

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Multiple faculty positions available in our department at Trinity College Dublin, including plant conservation, biogeography and biodiversity genomics. #sciencejobs 🧪🌎🌾

Marcus Collier@marcuscollier.bsky.social · last yr.

For more information, please go to tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ and search the 'School of Natural Sciences'. You will see that we also have several Assistant Professor positions open at the moment. Please pass this on to any early career academics / postdocs, especially those who are new to this platform!

March 7th deadline coming up for @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD! Happy to chat with anyone interested in applying 🗓️✒️

Max Farrell@maxfarrell.bsky.social · 2y ago

Applications open for the fantastic @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD program! These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨‍💻🕸️🦠

🚨👨🏽‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! Work with us to develop supervised learning and graph analysis of the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues they can infect, and the hosts that can be infected. 3y role based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, apply by 18 Mar: vibelab.co.uk/blog/25-02-1...

3y postdoc role available in computational biology! | VIBE Research Lab

Work with us in a three year postdoc research role! The role will develop supervised learning and graph analysis methods to understand the evolutionary and genomic links between viruses, the tissues t...

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The Data Life Cycle is a useful narrative device to understand how data flow within a project. But understanding how it fits with complex model pipelines has been awkward. So we wrote a thing! It's called the Model Life Cycle, and it's now out in PLOS Comp Biol: 🧪 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle

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Up to twenty-one funded UK and International PhD studentships here at @uofglasgow.bsky.social and our partner institutions for potential students interested in Ecology and ML / AI / Computing / Stats / Maths between the two programmes at ecological-data-science.github.io and www.exageo.org.

Applications open for the fantastic @uofgecodatasci.bsky.social PhD program! These are 4 year funded positions and 3 spots are allocated to Black UK-domiciled students from low income backgrounds to do a 5 year Masters+PhD program Diverse projects include using LLMs for disease ecology with me 👨‍💻🕸️🦠

Richard Reeve@richardreeve.bsky.social · 2y ago

@uofgsbohvm.bsky.social has several funded PhD studentships in Ecological Data Science for UK and international students currently being advertised for an October start - ecological-data-science.github.io/about.html - funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social with a deadline of Friday 7th March.

If you're a non-UK scientist who wants to come to the UK for a postdoc, this year's Newton Fellowships are now open. You'll need a lab to host you (which could be me, but truly, could be any PI, so get in touch with someone you'd like to work with!) royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society

This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

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Reboosting this with the hope of offering colleagues in the US, especially those in precarious situations, a potential escape route as the system over there collapses… great team and place to live and work…

Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH)@helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚀 We are looking for a Junior Research Group Lead as part of the Helmholtz Initiative with 2 to 6 years of academic experience 🌟 👉 Application process: You apply by 15.02.25. One candidate per institute will prepare a full proposal by 30.04.25. 📄 More: one2.vs12951.internet1.de/sites/defaul...

‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

High visa fees putting skilled scientists and entrepreneurs off the UK

Leading scientists have now called on ministers to review the upfront costs that must be paid by workers in science, technology, engineering and maths fields.

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Don't miss out! 📣 The 4th round of applications for the @uofgjmsphd.bsky.social Scholarships are open until 31 Jan 2025. 12 Scholarships are available in any research area where the University can supervise. Plus mentorship, placements, networking and much more! ➡️ www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

🦠 We are recruiting two 2-year postdocs to work at the intersection of virus genomics and infectious disease. jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Please share widely!