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Eric 🏳️‍🌈
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Assistant Professor (Teaching) / Virologist/cancer biologist turned wormer. Passionate about undergraduate education and inclusive teaching. (He/him)
Hi all! What does your department pay biology teaching faculty. Very curious! If you’d rather message me, please do!
October 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Did the Tr*mp administration cancel your NIH or NCI grant proposal? Know someone who was affected? The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the House wants to hear from you. Please fill out this link and share. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#CancerResearch #OncoSky #CanSky
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June 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Happy Pride y’all! You are loved and supported! ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️
June 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Want to join the UNC Biology teaching faculty team? We’re hiring a new TAP! Please share. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/297...
Teaching Asst or Teaching Associate Professor
The position calls for teaching three classes per semester, which may include fundamental classes for biology majors such as cell biology and genetics, and biodiversity (ecology, evolution, and organi...
unc.peopleadmin.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
UNC will be hiring a new teaching assistant professor! Job posting to come. Contact me if interested! We have a great team!
February 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Damning. Embarrassing. Helpful.
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Not in my classroom!
Luckily UNC is an entire community of people not just one floppy unqualified hotdog in a suit who gets paid 500k a year and can’t read complex writing such as the constitution
New: UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts said today the university will “comply with any requests from law enforcement” regarding undocumented students www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
January 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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We are recruiting 2 postdocs to help us understand the mechanisms underlying HSV-1 latency.

You will be part of a collaborative team & receive extensive mentorship to develop your own independent line of research. #stemcells #virology

Please share 🙏

careers.humantechnopole.it/o/postdoc-ha...
Human Technopole - Postdocs - Harschnitz group - funded by FIS
APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: February 5th 2025Human Technopole (HT) is an interdisciplinary research institute in Milan (Italy) created and supported by the Italian government to develop innovative strat
careers.humantechnopole.it
January 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I’m going to need another week before the semester begins. K, thanks.
January 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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I am ***absurdly*** excited to announce the launch of a new funding opportunity through Experiment dot com!!! You have one month to pitch something wonderful in the realm of plant biology/biotech research and education. $10,000 max grant. PLEASE RE-POST + SHARE!!! 1/3

experiment.com/programs/pla...
Plant Biology Exploratory Research Microgrant | Experiment
For Science!
experiment.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:54 PM
One more push for holiday gifts! BioArt created by students in my intro research skills course! They are so excited to share this with you. All proceeds go to the department. Please share! uncbiology.printify.me/products
December 5, 2024 at 11:46 AM
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Microbiome FacultyJob at UC Davis in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology (one of the departments where I reside ...)

See recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847
recruit.ucdavis.edu
November 20, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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Students from racially minoritized backgrounds who perceive their faculty mentor to be more culturally aware experience more positive social climates in STEM labs & identify more as scientists. (From Aug)

www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/...
The Making of Future Scientists: Faculty Mentor Cultural Awareness and Inclusive Science Labs | CBE—Life Sciences Education
A compelling body of research suggests that students from racially marginalized and minoritized (RMM) backgrounds are systematically deterred from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fie...
www.lifescied.org
November 29, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Last sail of the year for Pier Reviewed! Brrr!
November 29, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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We are looking for a new PhD student, exploring whether ancient microbiomes can help us to develop a more sustainable agriculture. Deadline for application: 15th of December. We have a very nice team (I think...) and this is in an excellent consortium with top scientists from all over the World.
November 29, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Hasselback butternut squash. Yum!
November 28, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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We are hiring a Director for the Carolina Institute for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. This is a highly prestigious position and a great opportunity for a leader! This could be you! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/286...
November 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Before you fill up on turkey and pie, apply for our Conservation Genomics faculty position at UCLA! The deadline is 11/29! Come join us! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09875?utm...
Conservation Genomics Faculty Position
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
November 27, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Plenty of time for holiday gifts! BioArt created by our students! All proceeds go to the department. Please share! uncbiology.printify.me/products
November 28, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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Vaccines work!
The HPV vaccine has been recommended in the US since 2006. New study out today shows that cervical cancer deaths in young women in the years that followed have plummeted, decreasing 15% per year from 2013-2015.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cervical Cancer Mortality Among US Women Younger Than 25 Years
This study examines trends in cervical cancer mortality in US women aged younger than 25 years before and after the introduction of human papillomavirus vaccines.
jamanetwork.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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We’re recruiting a postdoc interested in developing translational rat models of psychiatric disorders/treatments, esp impacts of adolescent THC & early-life adversity. #behavior, #addiction, #depression, #circuits, #glia, #omics, #psychedelics. Thriving, collaborative community. Let’s talk!
November 27, 2024 at 9:48 PM