Niko Hensley, PhD.
@nikohensley.bsky.social
🧠🦗 base pairs, brains, behavior, biodiversity💡🦐
Herchel-Smith Fellow @ Cambridge in Zoology
🏳️🌈 he/him 🇵🇭 | no justice, no peace
Herchel-Smith Fellow @ Cambridge in Zoology
🏳️🌈 he/him 🇵🇭 | no justice, no peace
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Very happy that our new paper is just out in Proc B, on the synchronous mating displays of sea fireflies! We describe ecological and social dynamics contributing to collective behavior. doi.org/10.1098/rspb... With @ostratodd.bsky.social and others; see his posts for coverage by NYT and Science! 🧪🦑
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Our preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025... getting media coverage (!)
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Our preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025... getting media coverage (!)
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Fungal friends: The University of Minnesota is hiring a tenure track medical mycologist, with emphasis on emergence of pathogens, genomics and evolution!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
New Assistant Professor: Tenure Track - Fungal Biology/Medical Mycology - Minneapolis, Minnesota job with University of Minnesota - Medical School | 12848307
About the Job: The Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute on Infectious Diseases (UMIID) at the University of Minnesota Medical ...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Fungal friends: The University of Minnesota is hiring a tenure track medical mycologist, with emphasis on emergence of pathogens, genomics and evolution!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c
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Deadline for grad apps is December 1.
For interested parties: here are some quick links on the Biology department and admissions at IU
biology.indiana.edu/student-port...
biology.indiana.edu/graduate/evo...
For interested parties: here are some quick links on the Biology department and admissions at IU
biology.indiana.edu/student-port...
biology.indiana.edu/graduate/evo...
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Deadline for grad apps is December 1.
For interested parties: here are some quick links on the Biology department and admissions at IU
biology.indiana.edu/student-port...
biology.indiana.edu/graduate/evo...
For interested parties: here are some quick links on the Biology department and admissions at IU
biology.indiana.edu/student-port...
biology.indiana.edu/graduate/evo...
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#Job in #animalwelfare at University of Rhode Island!
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#Job in #animalwelfare at University of Rhode Island!
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Animal Health and Welfare. Focus on farm, companion, or zoo/captive wildlife. #academic @universityofri.bsky.social
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15931
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🚨RA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology 🚨
Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social
- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun
Deadline: 14/1/2026
Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social
- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun
Deadline: 14/1/2026
Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨RA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology 🚨
Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social
- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun
Deadline: 14/1/2026
Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social
- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun
Deadline: 14/1/2026
Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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📣 Job Opportunity: Plant Conservation Post Doctoral Associate (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)🌿
🌎 Escondido, CA
🧑💻 Using SDMs, plant collections, monitoring, & env. datasets, identify plant conservation action priorities in seed collections and translocations for CA rare plants
⌛ 3y FT
💸 $87k
🌎 Escondido, CA
🧑💻 Using SDMs, plant collections, monitoring, & env. datasets, identify plant conservation action priorities in seed collections and translocations for CA rare plants
⌛ 3y FT
💸 $87k
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
📣 Job Opportunity: Plant Conservation Post Doctoral Associate (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)🌿
🌎 Escondido, CA
🧑💻 Using SDMs, plant collections, monitoring, & env. datasets, identify plant conservation action priorities in seed collections and translocations for CA rare plants
⌛ 3y FT
💸 $87k
🌎 Escondido, CA
🧑💻 Using SDMs, plant collections, monitoring, & env. datasets, identify plant conservation action priorities in seed collections and translocations for CA rare plants
⌛ 3y FT
💸 $87k
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#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
Insertion of an invading retrovirus regulates a novel color trait in swordtail fish
For over a century, evolutionary biologists have been motivated to understand the mechanisms through which organisms adapt to their environments. Coloration and pigmentation are remarkably variable wi...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am so excited to share new work on a TE insertion that regulates iridescence in swordtails, led by fantastic grad student @nadiahaghani.bsky.social and with help from many coauthors! In a time that has been so difficult to navigate, this & other projects have kept my spirits up: shorturl.at/NE65A
angry ostracods are still small inspirations
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
angry ostracods are still small inspirations
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Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
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We have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look!
www.arcadiascience.com/careers
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Evolve with Arcadia.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We have a bunch of new job ads out @arcadiascience.com. If you haven’t checked them out, take a look!
www.arcadiascience.com/careers
www.arcadiascience.com/careers
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UNC Chapel Hill's Biology Dept is hiring an Assistant Professor in Organismal Biology. They will focus on resilience, teach, and build a research portfolio. Apply by Nov 3, 2025: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/307693 #job
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October 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
UNC Chapel Hill's Biology Dept is hiring an Assistant Professor in Organismal Biology. They will focus on resilience, teach, and build a research portfolio. Apply by Nov 3, 2025: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/307693 #job
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A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A new NYT as-told-to series, "Lost Science," documents the work of researchers who have lost their jobs or funding after cuts by the Trump administration. Share your story with us!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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LSUS is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Field & Organismal Biology starting August 2026. Required: Ph.D. in Biology. For applications, visit: [LSU Shreveport](https://www.lsus.edu). #job
LSU Shreveport
LSU Shreveport
www.lsus.edu
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
LSUS is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Field & Organismal Biology starting August 2026. Required: Ph.D. in Biology. For applications, visit: [LSU Shreveport](https://www.lsus.edu). #job
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🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
October 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
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Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
October 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
In 2020, Goodall spoke with Science Editor-in-Chief H. Holden Thorp for a #ScienceEditorial reflecting on the 60th anniversary of her arrival in Gombe to study wild chimpanzees. Read more: https://scim.ag/472Chb8
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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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Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco
Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...
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September 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Join us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
Assistant Curator, Vertebrate Zoology
The Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) seeks an Assistant Curator in either the Department of Ornithology, Ichthyology, or Mammalogy to start on or after J...
careers.amnh.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Join us! We are hiring a new #curator at the #AMNH in #Vertebrate #Zoology careers.amnh.org/postings/4600 #academicjobs #tenuretrack
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**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
**PhD POSITIONS** I am recruiting 1-2 PhD students to work on sociality and cognition in Monk Parakeets, starting Fall 2026. Full ad is here: hobsonresearch.com/index.php/20... (please help spread the word!)
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For those that have registered for #ASABWinter2025, you should have received an email last week asking you to confirm your attendance. If you haven't, please check your spam folders!
And don't forget, only one week left until the conference grant deadline (Oct 1)
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And don't forget, only one week left until the conference grant deadline (Oct 1)
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Conference Attendance Grants — ASAB
Conference Attendance Grants help PhD students and others with limited funds to attend ASAB conferences and workshops
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September 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
For those that have registered for #ASABWinter2025, you should have received an email last week asking you to confirm your attendance. If you haven't, please check your spam folders!
And don't forget, only one week left until the conference grant deadline (Oct 1)
www.asab.org/conference-g...
And don't forget, only one week left until the conference grant deadline (Oct 1)
www.asab.org/conference-g...
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We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
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📢ARTIST REQUIRED📢Love working with young people & families? We're seeking an artist/facilitator to lead some workshops & create an art installation, film or animation, on the theme of climate change & the Ice Ages! ❄️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct 🙂@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
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September 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
📢ARTIST REQUIRED📢Love working with young people & families? We're seeking an artist/facilitator to lead some workshops & create an art installation, film or animation, on the theme of climate change & the Ice Ages! ❄️ Apply by Mon 6 Oct 🙂@camunivmuseums.bsky.social
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Computational Ecology and/or Evolution @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496
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September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Computational Ecology and/or Evolution @columbiauniversity.bsky.social.
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496
Deadline to apply September 30.
Reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/172496