📢 Upcoming Opportunity: CANSSI Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Statistics. It provides salary support (up to $70K) for postdocs in all areas of statistical sciences. Due Dates Faculty Projects: Oct 2024 Postdocs: Nov 2024–Jan 2025 ℹ️ bit.ly/3QWqkfE CANSSI - INCASS

Health data is key to all the work that World Health Organization (WHO) does. We are hiring a new Data and Analytics Director: bit.ly/47evXfl We are looking for a highly experienced professional who can lead the important work of turning health data into life-saving policies. I call on the

I'm pleased to announce that our paper on Aedes albopictus, dengue and phenotypic plasticity has been published in Nature Communications. A quick thread on what's in the paper... 👇 nature.com/articles/s4146…

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My commentary on the closure of VectorBase. Join me in rallying for its sustainable continuation. Comment, repost, and circulate. Let’s ensure this vital resource remains accessible for our global #VectorBiology research community.

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

We are recruiting for a Statistician/Modeller BioSS, to work collaboratively on a range of exciting Ecology & Environment problems. Based in beautiful Scotland! 📅Deadline: 28th October 2024. 👉bioss.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/36… #statistics #statsjobs flic.kr/p/2qmCqpq

Do you LOVE Thermal Performace Curves? Has your thirst for TPC models not been quenched by rTPC+ nls.multistart (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…)? Then check this out! nature.com/articles/s4146… Thanks to @DGKontopoulos for conceiving and leading this model fitting madness!

Interested in an academic position in statistical ecology at St Andrews? Closing date coming up soon: 23rd October...

We are receiving applications for the Biology of Vector-borne Diseases course in 2025. We have NSF-funded scholarships available American Society for Virology @_SOVE_ ASTMH @ui_ihhe #LoveVirology #ENTSOC24 #BVBDcommunity #PlantHealth2024 #TropMed24 #PlantHealth2025

Really excited to have this out! I’ve enjoyed being part of this effort and the community that we’re building.

The Rohr lab of ecology and global health is looking for postdocs to join the lab who are interested in data science and/or empirical projects on environmental change, infectious diseases of humans or wildlife, and/or sustainability studies. See info: jasonrohrlab.com/postdoc-opport…

In an article published in NatureClimate, three Virginia Tech Center for Ecosystem Forecasting researchers were among 23 global experts to call for scaling up current near-term iterative ecological forecasting. news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

Does anyone have recommendations for a basic Chinese language R tutorial? I have some ESL students who are struggling a bit, and I think it might help.

What a job! 5 year independent fellowship at Cambridge University in ecology and conservation. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK149/cla…

Twitter's scientific community dying, but... If anybody has some extra rock samples (structural geology) they'd be willing to share, dm me please! I'd pay to ship them to me. Yeah, I have almost no rocks to show in this class --- nothing handed down by former prof of the course

OK, time to bust another USAID myth. Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation. FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or... Anyway, caffeinate and read on. 🧵

Gearing up for #VTGivingDay, and celebration of Hokie Spirit! I’m excited to be an ambassador in support of The GLOBAL CHANGE CENTER at VT this year, and I’d love for you to step up to the challenge with me! Get ready for the 19th February: Global Change Center ~ at Virginia Tech

If you want to support the Global Change Center on Giving Day, here is the link! givingday.vt.edu/amb/hkk

Hokies, it’s time to make a difference! Join me in supporting Global Change Center ~ at Virginia Tech this #VTGivingDay. One of the best quotes that resonated with me as an environmental scientist was, “If we ignore the environment, it will go away.” Donate today and share! givingday.vt.edu/amb/Gray/GCC