Mark Fitzpatrick PhD
@blackbellied.bsky.social
University of Toronto Scarborough 🇨🇦 | Behaviour Genetics | Evolutionary Ecology | Inclusivity in Education | #HigherEd | #UDL | Invisible Disability 🌻 | #KidneyTransplant | 🎹🎸 X: @blackbellied
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Beaver
Black bear
Humpback Whale
Gray Whale
Moose
Beaver
Black bear
Humpback Whale
Gray Whale
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
bison
pronghorn
sandhill crane
gopher tortoise
manatee
bison
pronghorn
sandhill crane
gopher tortoise
manatee
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
bighorn sheep
green sea turtles
north american porcupine
ravens (friends)
grey whales
bighorn sheep
green sea turtles
north american porcupine
ravens (friends)
grey whales
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Beaver
Black bear
Humpback Whale
Gray Whale
Moose
Beaver
Black bear
Humpback Whale
Gray Whale
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PhD offer on island extinctions. Last week to apply! 👇🏼
🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
October 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
PhD offer on island extinctions. Last week to apply! 👇🏼
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Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Interested in a PhD in ornithology? Funding available for projects at the interface of ecology, behaviour & evolution from Oct '26 working on long-term population studies of tits at Wytham, based in @biology.ox.ac.uk in the new Life & Mind Building in Oxford
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Looking for a PhD position? Come and work with us on migratory songbirds at the University of Oldenburg!
uol.de/job788en
uol.de/job788en
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Looking for a PhD position? Come and work with us on migratory songbirds at the University of Oldenburg!
uol.de/job788en
uol.de/job788en
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I'm advertising a PhD project on the evolution of horizontal transfer. Interested in this or other topics in evolution and species diversity, please get in touch. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The evolutionary costs and benefits of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes (TB01) at University of Oxford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The evolutionary costs and benefits of horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotes (TB01) at University of Oxford, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'm advertising a PhD project on the evolution of horizontal transfer. Interested in this or other topics in evolution and species diversity, please get in touch. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
Beautiful ghost mantis .... made from bamboo!
artist: Noriyuki Saitoh
take64.wixsite.com/musi
www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/08/nori...
artist: Noriyuki Saitoh
take64.wixsite.com/musi
www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/08/nori...
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Beautiful ghost mantis .... made from bamboo!
artist: Noriyuki Saitoh
take64.wixsite.com/musi
www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/08/nori...
artist: Noriyuki Saitoh
take64.wixsite.com/musi
www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/08/nori...
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Case Western Reserve Department of Biology is hiring! We're recruiting for a tenure-track position focusing on eukaryotic microbiology, especially microbial/environment interactions. Please share widely: apply.interfolio.com/174456
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September 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Case Western Reserve Department of Biology is hiring! We're recruiting for a tenure-track position focusing on eukaryotic microbiology, especially microbial/environment interactions. Please share widely: apply.interfolio.com/174456
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We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
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It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
Trailblazers: Chemists with disabilities rethink how we do science
C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways
cen.acs.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!
cen.acs.org/people/profi...
#DisabledInSTEM
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A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
go.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
Tourist in my own city today. View from CN Tower. UofT campus in the distance. Great view of University College and Convocation Hall.
September 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Tourist in my own city today. View from CN Tower. UofT campus in the distance. Great view of University College and Convocation Hall.
I haven't played Wordle in forever. How about this for a welcome back!
Wordle 1,535 1/6
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Wordle 1,535 1/6
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September 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I haven't played Wordle in forever. How about this for a welcome back!
Wordle 1,535 1/6
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Wordle 1,535 1/6
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This is unfortunate, leading to intense financial stress (the most consuming stress IMO). Sure, my generation (Gen X) is also struggling compared to our parents' generation. However, new graduates (class of 2026 and beyond) are in for a very challenging life post higher ed.
Student Success | Class of 2026: Already Worried About Jobs After College
New Handshake data finds three in five rising seniors feel pessimistic about starting their career due to a competitive job market and a lack of available positions. https://bit.ly/4fXoFRk
New Handshake data finds three in five rising seniors feel pessimistic about starting their career due to a competitive job market and a lack of available positions. https://bit.ly/4fXoFRk
August 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is unfortunate, leading to intense financial stress (the most consuming stress IMO). Sure, my generation (Gen X) is also struggling compared to our parents' generation. However, new graduates (class of 2026 and beyond) are in for a very challenging life post higher ed.
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Welcome new and returning students! We are looking forward to another fantastic year of learning and growing.
#UofT President Melanie Woodin welcomes new and returning students, faculty, staff & librarians across the university's three campuses to the new school year. #MyUofT 💙 uoft.me/ft25
August 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Welcome new and returning students! We are looking forward to another fantastic year of learning and growing.
UTSC Biology Students:
Are you looking for help with studying, exams, time management? Looking for a sense of belonging on campus? Consider participating in BASS (details below)
Feel free to reach out to myself or Prof. Bell if you have any questions.
Are you looking for help with studying, exams, time management? Looking for a sense of belonging on campus? Consider participating in BASS (details below)
Feel free to reach out to myself or Prof. Bell if you have any questions.
Attention UTSC Biology Students:
Consider joining BASS.
- 9 modules relevant to academic success in biology
- Weekly meetings led by peer mentors
- Tips to improve time management, studying, test-taking, and more
- Apply by August 31 for Fall 2025 term
Consider joining BASS.
- 9 modules relevant to academic success in biology
- Weekly meetings led by peer mentors
- Tips to improve time management, studying, test-taking, and more
- Apply by August 31 for Fall 2025 term
August 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
UTSC Biology Students:
Are you looking for help with studying, exams, time management? Looking for a sense of belonging on campus? Consider participating in BASS (details below)
Feel free to reach out to myself or Prof. Bell if you have any questions.
Are you looking for help with studying, exams, time management? Looking for a sense of belonging on campus? Consider participating in BASS (details below)
Feel free to reach out to myself or Prof. Bell if you have any questions.
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Interested in joining the lab? The Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to bring outstanding scholars from around the world to UBC. I can nominate one person, and help with application materials. More information at www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam...
DM if you are interested!
DM if you are interested!
August 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Interested in joining the lab? The Killam Postdoctoral Fellowships are designed to bring outstanding scholars from around the world to UBC. I can nominate one person, and help with application materials. More information at www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam...
DM if you are interested!
DM if you are interested!
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I need to update my presentation on how to prepare fellowship applications for graduate students and postdocs. Any advice you think should be in there, beyond "read and follow the instructions"? I promise I'll cite my sources. Memes are welcome. Please share in your academic circles.
August 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I need to update my presentation on how to prepare fellowship applications for graduate students and postdocs. Any advice you think should be in there, beyond "read and follow the instructions"? I promise I'll cite my sources. Memes are welcome. Please share in your academic circles.
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This is one of the most stunning crinoids in my collection. Gennaeocrinus mourantae from the Devonian Arkona Fm. of Ontario. A large pocket of these were found decades ago and very few have been found since.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
July 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is one of the most stunning crinoids in my collection. Gennaeocrinus mourantae from the Devonian Arkona Fm. of Ontario. A large pocket of these were found decades ago and very few have been found since.
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
⬇️⬇️ Very cool ⬇️⬇️
From Sketching Science, a diagram explaining how some common lab enzymes interact with DNA.
#NicheAndNerdy
#NicheAndNerdy
May 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
⬇️⬇️ Very cool ⬇️⬇️
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Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)
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Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
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Really fascinating story about Professor Bebhinn Treanor at U of T Scarborough. Her groundbreaking work in immunology led to the discovery of something called a Multabody platform which holds promise for treating infectious diseases.
Read the full story to learn more: uoft.me/bxN
Read the full story to learn more: uoft.me/bxN
April 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Really fascinating story about Professor Bebhinn Treanor at U of T Scarborough. Her groundbreaking work in immunology led to the discovery of something called a Multabody platform which holds promise for treating infectious diseases.
Read the full story to learn more: uoft.me/bxN
Read the full story to learn more: uoft.me/bxN
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I am looking for postdocs to join my group at NIH. Are you interested in Development, Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, and Human health? Please apply! www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-mb-...
www.training.nih.gov
April 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I am looking for postdocs to join my group at NIH. Are you interested in Development, Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, and Human health? Please apply! www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-mb-...
Rethinking my summer conference travels. Hard to believe.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou
www.caut.ca
April 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rethinking my summer conference travels. Hard to believe.