Jeff Dean (the Biochemist) @jeffdean@qoto.org

So, my initial impulse was to try to immediately recreate my birdplace experience, all of the same follows & -ers, over here. But then, maybe that’s not the point. Sure, there are certainly some journos & various voices I don’t want to lose track of. But maybe, just maybe I am missing an opportunity by not embracing the weird / uncomfortable / unknown fresh start of it all? I don’t know.
I’m 52, somehow on my first day at a brand new school.

🔬Dreaming of a Postdoc position to work with the most advanced technologies in the world for #StructuralBiology?

🤙Join us!

Have a look at the Coscia Group project funded by ERC on #thyroid 👉 https://careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoc-coscia-group

#cryoEM #cryoET #crystallography #biophysics #science #sciencemastodon #lifescience #lifesciences

- Job Assistant Professor Northeastern University Marine and Environment, evolution
Spread the word to finishing PhD students and postdocs that there is still time to apply for the Invest program at Northeastern, which seeks to recruit them and help them transition into faculty positions. #evolution #genomics especially encouraged! #jobs @joboffersecoevo https://cos.northeastern.edu/invest-a-new-junior-faculty-program/

Everyone knows about leap years, when an extra day at the end of (almost) every fourth February accounts for a full solar year taking 365.2422 rotations of Earth.

Leap seconds, however, adjust for the irregular slowing of that rotation: 27 have been added since 1972.

But that’s going to stop in 2035, & solar time & atomic clock time will be allowed to drift up to a minute different 👇

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/18/do-not-adjust-your-clock-scientists-call-time-on-the-leap-second

I have two post-doctoral positions open in my lab @MRC_LMB to use biochemical reconstitution & structural biology to understand mRNA processing.
I am looking for candidates with experience in structural techniques or high-throughput sequencing. We provide training and a supportive team environment that is a lot of fun!

https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/postdoctoral-scientist-structural-studies-dr-lori-passmore-lmb-1997-mrc-laboratory-of-molecular-biology-767027

Lovely Hare’s foot Inkcaps at Skipwith Common the other day. #MushroomMonday #fungi #inkcap #mushrooms #Yorkshire #naturephotography

“The disproportionate scientific productivity of elite researchers can be largely explained by their substantial labor advantage rather than inherent differences in talent.” #AcademicMastodon #ScienceMastodon https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq7056

The #Artemis I mission is on its way to the Moon — and you have a front-row seat.

No, really. @Snapchat just released the Orion 360 Lens, which gives you a 360-degree look inside the @NASA_Orion spacecraft: https://lens.snapchat.com/d5f64103747c4d7aa9b6b661612461cd
#NASA

To the mountains of New people joining (which includes us lol) here's a zine that can help you understand the Fediverse

https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine/ pls share it around!

I will give big points to the first news organization, big or small, that:
* Sets up an instance for its newsroom,
* Sets up an instance for the community it serves,
* Enables rel=me for staff,
* Creates a boost-on-Mastodon sharing function,
* Enhances that function so headlines/images (with alt-text) appear in the toot,
* Covers the Fediverse as more than a geeky curiosity or alt-Twitter,
* Listens to and joins in the conversation here.

Hey, #netsci and #rstats enthusiast! Next year, a US-based undergrad will be able to work with me on network science programming! This is a funded 10-week position with competitive applications. Apply by Jan 29th, 2023. More info at https://ggv.cl/spur2023 #sna #dataviz 🕸️🧑‍🔬🧑‍💻

the greatest part of chemistry class is when i found out chemists don't know what chairs OR boats look like

Right on the windshield of our car, this past summer. The male is indeed tiny. Crummy photo, was as spontaneous and unplanned as it gets: at a traffic light!

Lasius sp. (likely but unconfirmed) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125201675 There are more photos at the #iNaturalist entry.

#insects #entomology #ants #Lasius

Differences between males and females are the norm among ants. This male ant is tiny at 3 millimetres long. For the longest time, I had not the foggiest idea what this was other than a wasp-like animal. Thanks to the iNaturalist community it was identified.

Male ants are a rare sight, emerging only at the right season and only for a brief period of time. It is said that most die shortly after mating.

Stigmatomma sp, possibly S. denticulatum. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88809662

#iNaturalist #entomology #insects #ants

And differences in size are also the norm. Not only among ant castes of the same species, but particularly among different species! Here we see a desert ant (a relatively large ant for Europe) carrying a tiny dead one still clasping its mandibles on its antenna, marching on unfazed at full speed among the pebbles of a Croatian beach.

Cataglyphis nodus (large ant) and an unidentified tiny dead ant attached to its right antenna. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92084232

#iNaturalist #entomology #insects #ants

On dead ants ... their mandibles and bodies can endure a lot. Here is another unidentified dead ant, mandibles clasping onto the leg of a masked bee (who knew ants and bees battle?). The dead ant served as a natural marker for this one particular bee, which I was able to recognize over the course of multiple days on the same mint flowers.

Hylaeus modestus (a masked bee) plus unknown ant, on mint flowers https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30098847

#iNaturalist #nativebees #bees #ants #entomology

Hey #ChemiVerse

Nature Chemistry is recruiting for a full-time editor!

The ideal candidate will have expertise in chemical biology or biological chemistry.

Closing date for applications: 12th December

Locations: London, Berlin, New York, Shanghai

#Editorial #Publishing #Chemistry #Jobs #ScienceJobs #ChemJobs

Boosts appreciated!

https://careers.springernature.com/job/London-Associate-or-Senior-Editor%2C-Nature-Chemistry/871414101/