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More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the Royal Society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science go.nature.com/4hzks6l

Early-career researchers going to the CSZ-SCZ meeting in Waterloo 12-15 May, make sure you register for this fantastic JEB sponsored SciComm Workshop, run by Dr. Brittney Borowiec & co, to learn how to communicate your research to a wider audience bit.ly/4gR2N94

This will be SUPER fun! We're using the word "SciComm" very broadly here to include journal editors, other scientists, and yes, the many flavours of the general public! DM or email me with Qs! #scicomm SEB @sebiology.bsky.social AFS Students & Early Career Professionals APS Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology CSEE_SCEE IAGLR SICB

In my first essay for Maclean’s Magazine, I offer up a new path for Canadian foreign policy—the case for a "coalition of the unwilling." macleans.ca/politics/its-t…

This discussion of the Monty Hall problem inspired me to post about an under appreciated way in which the same counterintuitive finding appears in genetics. It comes from a real world example I teach about in my undergraduate genetics class.

Dark Taxonomy: From unknown to ready for biomonitoring in 5 steps. By describing 120 species, most species of fungus gnats routinely caught in Singaporean Malaise traps now have names. Bees, butterflies and birds, make room for your new friends. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cl…

Skylight development grants provide up to $5,000 in matching funds for projects that would significantly benefit undergraduate or graduate teaching and learning. DEADLINE: Friday, March 28. For more information go to skylight.science.ubc.ca/grants/skylight

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Research is for all of us. It requires support, not chaos. Researchers push boundaries, and must be free to explore, collaborate, challenge, present inconvenient truths, and speak to the media. When research is threatened, we have a duty to speak up for those who cannot.

In 2012, we in Canada fought back against the silencing of scientists and the erosion of evidence-informed decision-making. 📢 Now, our American colleagues are facing similar challenges, and we must stand with them.

The Editors-in-Chief of the 5 The Company of Biologists journals have written a joint Editorial, discussing the enormous challenges currently facing researchers in the US and how members of the community can support them through this difficult time journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22…

Here is a new publication of the Biomolecules Discovery Group 🔬, a joint work between LBMB-IKIAM and LPN-IKIAM 🧪. We continue to explore the potential of the Amazon 🌱. Congratulations to all the authors! . . doi.org/10.3390/molecu…

Natural Resources Canada, in collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans is looking for recent graduates in a field of natural sciences to join the Postdoctoral Research Program. natural-resources.canada.ca/corporate/care…

Absolutely delighted to announce that the lab has been funded by NSERC / CRSNG for the next five years! DGs are a team effort--an incredible group of hardworking students and postdocs, a supportive department and university, and generous mentors were all necessary. Thank you!

Students, make sure your voice is heard this election. Elections Canada has resources for students including information on student voting: how to vote early, what to do if you are living away from home, voting on campus, and more. elections.ca/content2.aspx?…

The time has come once again where we put out the request for donations for the 2025 CSZ-SCZ Silent Auction. All funds obtained go towards supporting the student section. For more details and if you plan to donate items, please see the form below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The student networking event is back for CSZ-SCZ 2025 Meeting on May 13th at 8pm at Splitsville Bowling Alley in Waterloo, and we are looking for later-career researcher volunteers! See the link below for more details and to sign up to volunteer: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Looking for short-term postdoctoral work and a genomics whiz? Kimberly Sheldon and I are looking to hire for this summer to assemble an insect genome and annotate two. Must be legally able to work in the US, but remote work is available: …lq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

📣 A new Parliament means a renewed opportunity to make science & research a priority in 🇨🇦 policy. Evidence for Democracy reminds us: we need leaders who listen to evidence & invest in the future of research. 🔗 evidencefordemocracy.ca/evidence-for-d…  #CdnSci #SciPol #SupportOurScience #E4D