New paper alert!! This project has been a favorite idea in the lab for many, many years! So excited to see this out. Huge congratulations to first author @gwelsh.bsky.social on her awesome work!

Gabrielle Welsh@gwelsh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So excited to share our new work out in @evolletters.bsky.social today! doi.org/10.1093/evle... Sexual signals and preferences for them often differ across groups, contributing to reproductive isolation. But how do new signals evolve if females already have preferences for existing ones? (1/4)

Are you teaching for the first time? Running your first grant? Just became Chair? In charge of a new thing of any kind? Don’t downplay your structural power over others. Be sincere and humble about your authority, because your students/mentees/employees take your power over them seriously.

Science For Everyone@hormiga.scienceforeveryone.science.ap.brid.gy · 11mo ago

Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social

The University of Toronto's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department invites postdoc applications. Salary: $70K; start: July–Dec 2025. Deadline: April 25, 2025. More: https://eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/ #postdoc

Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Nature review article: Long-term studies provide unique insights into evolution https://go.nature.com/3Rjd1ol

Long-term studies provide unique insights into evolution - Nature

Long-term studies provide insights into the complex interplay between evolutionary process and pattern across multiple systems and timescales.

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Be part of this movement! Today in #Denver at 1pm at the capitol! Come #standupforscience

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

Looking for a postdoc with expertise in genetics and neuroscience. Experience in Drosophila a plus. Get in touch! www.uwo.ca/research/fun...

Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

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Flies from the genus Ormia parasite crickets which they localize by eavesdropping. Cricket songs have therefore rapidly diversed, in Hawaii . A new study @currentbiology.bsky.social gives insights into the rapid evolution in sensory tuning of an eavesdropper. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Neural and behavioral evolution in an eavesdropper with a rapidly evolving host

The diversification of animal communication systems is driven by the interacting effects of signalers, signal receivers, and the environment. Yet, the…

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NSF plans to reinstate all probationary employees who were fired on 18 Feb! NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

Colorado— Looking for a @standupforscience.bsky.social sign/poster making event? Look no further! Golden—3/3 @6 Boulder—3/5 @5 Aurora/Denver—3/6 @6

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

Stand up for Science with us!

Sarah Senese@ssenese.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s official! Stand Up for Science with us on the east steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, CO! @standupforscience.bsky.social

When young scientists see programs disappearing, funding in flux, and no clear path forward, many will walk away from STEM entirely—not because they lack passion or talent, but because the system is failing them.

Action fatigue is real, but so is our power to create change. We built Action Lab to make it easier to find, track, and contribute action items that move science and policy forward in the midst of the news firehose. Try it out now, and stay tuned for a bigger launch! airtable.com/app3mMFCCzpp...

This is a five-alarm fire 🔥 for US science 🧪. (We keep saying that, but it keeps being true 😭.) Trump and Musk are blocking *ALL* NIH grants ‼️ by "exploiting a loophole in the process"—stopping study sections & council meetings. Every biomedical researcher in the country should be screaming. 1/

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal. Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled. All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is an attack on US science. NSF staff provide critical support for scientific infrastructure and global excellence. These are valuable dedicated public servants. Please contact your reps, write letters, make noise! Are there any plans for rallies at NSF headquarters? Journalists: COVER THIS!

Margaret Fraiser@margaretfraiser.bsky.social · last yr.

Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.

This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

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Where can we donate to the legal fund for NSF employees fired without cause today?

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · last yr.

DOGE hits NSF

Firings happening right now at the NSF.

NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.

Is your NSF grant on this list? Reach out if so! Ted Cruz released a list of grants flagged for DEI or "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda" from his Oct. report. NSF is using keywords from that report for their review, though Cruz's list is likely larger. www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...

Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database

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Your kid’s tuition is about to go up.

Since I have way more non-academic followers than I ever would have imagined: a short explainer. TL;DR: Substantially cutting indirect costs will either mean raising tuition and fees, or laying off a bunch of mid- and low-salary staff and students.

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

This is a good graphic explaining what overhead is used for bsky.app/profile/aida...

Aidan Milliff@aidanmilliff.com · last yr.

Here's a good infographic from AAUP on what indirect costs fund. It's a lot of important things!

The shut down of USAID is threatening the response to a new Ebola outbreak in Uganda. www.cbsnews.com/news/some-u-...

As Trump shuts down USAID missions, officials warn Ebola outbreak in Uganda will spread

Americans are among those exposed to the virus in Uganda.

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Send us a message if you are interested!

I've posted it several times but the deadline is this Friday: encourage undergraduate students you're working with to apply to this fantastic program! We've got amazing researchers and opportunities in organismal biology, biology education, applied ecology, evolutionary ecology and more!

Jenni Momsen@jennimomsen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey all! Please share this opportunity far and wide! We are recruiting post bac students for our RaMP program. More details online - and bonus! I'm recruiting a student in Biology Education Research! www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou... Great things happening @ndsu-biosci.bsky.social