My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735

And of course a huge thanks to support from UW and all my colleagues in the growing mosquito research hub in Seattle. Come for the science, stay for the scenery!

University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences@uwartsci.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Congratulations to the @uofwa.uw.edu faculty members who have been awarded early-career fellowships from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social! The new Fellows include #UWArtSci faculty members Maria “Masha” Baryakhtar, Matthew R. Golder, and Willem Laursen. www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

Excited to be named a 2026 Sloan Fellow in Neuroscience! Many thanks to all the labmates and mentors past and present for making it possible. A humbling experience to be part of this group, and great motivation to continue our research into mechanisms of blood-feeding behavior! 🩸 🦟 #SloanFellow

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0.00003 foot tall xmas tree from a Drosophila flight steering muscle 🎄 image by @anne-sustar.bsky.social

TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience! We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961

Thrilled to announce our lab just received an NIAID DP2 New Innovator Award!! 🎉 We’re looking for discovery-hungry postdocs + grad students who want to dig into sensory mechanisms of mosquito blood feeding. 🩸🦟🧬🧪 Join our swarm! 👉 sites.uw.edu/wlaursen/

Kicking off my Bluesky account by sharing a new review I wrote with @lindymcbr.bsky.social for @currentbiology.bsky.social! If you’ve ever wondered about the source of your stank or just want to learn why humans smell weird (it's true!), then this review is for you! 👃🧪🤔 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

We are #hiring! Interested in comparative neuroscience? Check details here (www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...). We look for a motivated #PhD student or #PostDoc to combine genetics, physiology, neural circuit tracing, and behaviour to study taste processing evolution in #Drosophila. Please repost.

We are hosting a day of science and invite you to join us! Families and science enthusiasts of all ages are welcome. UW Biology Open House UW Life Sciences Building Saturday, May 17, 2025 10 AM to 2 PM For more information, visit this link: tinyurl.com/UWBioOpenHou...

We are looking for a PhD student! If you are interested in Drosophilids, systematics, bioinformatics, fiddling with museum specimens of old/weird flies, and chemosensation, then maybe this is for you! Please rebutterfly(?)! Apply below. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

The Laursen Lab (U. of Washington) is recruiting all career stages! We use genetic tools to understand how mosquitoes and other pests sense the world and how this influences their behavior. We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds. The lab (and mosquitoes) can’t wait to meet you!