Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

by Kerem Okkay

PhD positions in Population Genetics

Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics

#Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics is looking for
bright #PhD students with a love for #evolution.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/vienna-graduate-school-of-population-genetics-27778-phd-positions-in-population-genetics-4/?feed_id=4635...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/vienna-graduate-school-of-population-genetics-27778-phd-positions-in-population-genetics-4/?feed_id=46354

Virtual evolution is coming soon (June 2-3)! The schedule is now available (with a few talks still to be scheduled). Hope to see you there!
https://www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/program/URURiZb/index.cfm

#Evol2023 @sse_evolution @SystBiol @ASNAmNat

The deadline to apply for these small grants for Teachers/Educators is June 1! Pls. Share; it's an easy, short application 🦋 Pls share!

Self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk will have a formal role in the presidential announcement of Ron DeSantis, who has launched an aggressive crackdown on free speech in Florida K-12 schools, universities, and private businesses

'Here we use a nutrient-sensitized screening strategy to identify drugs that shift cellular energy metabolism based on their selective effect on cell growth and viability in glucose- versus galactose-containing media.'

https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.1606

In which the author experiments with chatGPT as a reviewer.

"However, when asked to suggest more specific improvements, it fails and starts what is often described as hallucinating, the process by which the LLM provides a confident sounding response that is false or unsubstantiated."
#PeerReview

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00290-6/fulltext

“The idea that profits drove our current bout of #inflation surfaced in the last few years among progressive economists and lawmakers but was waved away by more mainstream types as a "conspiracy theory." That changed earlier this year.”

Once a fringe theory, "greedflation" gets its due

https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/once-a-fringe-theory-greedflation-gets-its-due

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuroscience - Gutierrez Lab

Barnard College

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/barnard-college-27778-postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-neuroscience-gutierrez-lab-2/?feed_id=46312

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research
New York #UnitedStatesUS #PostdoctoralFellow
https://jobrxiv.org/job/barnard-college-27778-postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-neuroscience-gutierrez-lab-2/?feed_id=46312

Interactions between members of the human gut #microbiome influence #Cdifficile's response to clinically relevant #antibiotics, identifying ecological & molecular factors that influence antibiotic susceptibility #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/41zm4UN

Welcome To Florida, Where You Can Be Subjected To Genital Inspections and DNA Tests To Use a Bathroom https://www.themarysue.com/new-florida-anti-trans-bathroom-law-comes-with-dna-tests-genital-inspections/

Within hours of #neuron birth, terminal differentiation genes are transcribed, but not translated. A new #PLOSBiology study reveals that these transcripts are only translated days later in a way that coordinates with developmental stage in #Drosophila #neuroscience #development
https://plos.io/3IzWad5

May 23, 1707, birthday of naturalist Carl von #Linné. He is best known for his taxonomic system for animal and plant classification, but he tried also to bring order to the #mineral kingdom 💎🐒

https://tinyurl.com/yavap3os

Yasuhiro Hirano, Hiraoka Yasushi and colleagues find that the ceramide synthase homolog Tlc4 suppresses cell lethality associated with an aberrant nuclear membrane via its translocation to the Golgi.
https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/136/10/jcs260923/310418/Ceramide-synthase-homolog-Tlc4-maintains-nuclear

You can read more about this research in our ‘First person’ interview with Yasuhiro Hirano:
https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/136/10/jcs261311/310675/First-person-Yasuhiro-Hirano

#OnThisDay, 23 May 1907, 19 women take their seats in the Finnish Parliament. They are the first women Parliamentarians in the world.

#WomenInHistory #VotesForWomen #FinnishHistory #EuropeanHistory #Histodons

Social media risks for youth mental health highlighted in new surgeon general report https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/23/social-media-youth-mental-health/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon_organic

Biologists still have much to learn about #preprints adoption in their community.
ASAPbio invited representatives from social sciences (including @philipncohen ) to share their knowledge and experience regarding strategies they’ve used to build communities of preprint users.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0oceCpqT8pGNCppCmhNcW2vNaOi4_9Nlrp#/registration