Annie Leonard
@annieleonard.bsky.social
Bees and flowers at UNR
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
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POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program sent free books every month to more than 18,000 children in Clark County. In November, those books will stop coming, after the program lost state funding. Learn more about the program here:
thenevadaindependent.com/article/pare...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/pare...
Parents lament end of Dolly Parton’s free books in Clark County, say it will hurt literacy - The Nevada Independent
More than 18,000 children younger than 5 will no longer receive a free book every month, after the state legislature failed to renew the program's funding.
thenevadaindependent.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program sent free books every month to more than 18,000 children in Clark County. In November, those books will stop coming, after the program lost state funding. Learn more about the program here:
thenevadaindependent.com/article/pare...
thenevadaindependent.com/article/pare...
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October 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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A fall tradition returns! Join us Oct 18th for @unevadareno.bsky.social 's Day at the Museum!
The bees, butterflies, and snakes at the Natural History Museum are always a big highlight! #reno #northernnevada #renotahoe
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
The bees, butterflies, and snakes at the Natural History Museum are always a big highlight! #reno #northernnevada #renotahoe
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
University of Nevada, Reno’s Day at the Museum returns Oct. 18 | University of Nevada, Reno
The event is free and open to the public
www.unr.edu
October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A fall tradition returns! Join us Oct 18th for @unevadareno.bsky.social 's Day at the Museum!
The bees, butterflies, and snakes at the Natural History Museum are always a big highlight! #reno #northernnevada #renotahoe
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
The bees, butterflies, and snakes at the Natural History Museum are always a big highlight! #reno #northernnevada #renotahoe
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
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A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
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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
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Friday afternoon after a long week: cave-dwelling lifestyle sounding appealing? Dr. Misty Riddle interview may be of interest!
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
How the cavefish lost its eyes — again and again
Mexican tetras that got swept into pitch-black caverns had no use for the energetically costly organs. They lost their eyes in multiple ways — and gained some nifty traits too.
knowablemagazine.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Friday afternoon after a long week: cave-dwelling lifestyle sounding appealing? Dr. Misty Riddle interview may be of interest!
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
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@unevadareno.bsky.social Biology Assistant Professor Misty Riddle featured in this career profile in @dev-journal.bsky.social!
(We love the shout-out to former Biology Facilities Manager Lou Christensen!)
(We love the shout-out to former Biology Facilities Manager Lou Christensen!)
Transitions in development – an interview with Misty Riddle.
We caught up with Misty from @unevadareno.bsky.social to find out about her path from the vet clinic to the lab bench, her research into cavefish and her transition to becoming a group leader:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
We caught up with Misty from @unevadareno.bsky.social to find out about her path from the vet clinic to the lab bench, her research into cavefish and her transition to becoming a group leader:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
September 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@unevadareno.bsky.social Biology Assistant Professor Misty Riddle featured in this career profile in @dev-journal.bsky.social!
(We love the shout-out to former Biology Facilities Manager Lou Christensen!)
(We love the shout-out to former Biology Facilities Manager Lou Christensen!)
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The rumors are true, "Nevada Plants: An Annotated Checklist of the State’s Botanical Diversity" is now out!
This represents the hard work of Jerry Thiem and Jan Nachlinger and all sales benefit the @unevadareno.bsky.social Museum of Natural History! 🌱
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This represents the hard work of Jerry Thiem and Jan Nachlinger and all sales benefit the @unevadareno.bsky.social Museum of Natural History! 🌱
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September 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The rumors are true, "Nevada Plants: An Annotated Checklist of the State’s Botanical Diversity" is now out!
This represents the hard work of Jerry Thiem and Jan Nachlinger and all sales benefit the @unevadareno.bsky.social Museum of Natural History! 🌱
shopbritpress.org/products/nev...
This represents the hard work of Jerry Thiem and Jan Nachlinger and all sales benefit the @unevadareno.bsky.social Museum of Natural History! 🌱
shopbritpress.org/products/nev...
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The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
jobs.colostate.edu
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
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Congratulations Biology Prof. Dr. Misty Riddle on her new #NSF CAREER award! 🦠+ 🐟 = 🎉
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
Evolutionary biologist Misty Riddle receives NSF CAREER Award | University of Nevada, Reno
Riddle will explore the genetic basis of host-microbiome interactions
www.unr.edu
August 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Congratulations Biology Prof. Dr. Misty Riddle on her new #NSF CAREER award! 🦠+ 🐟 = 🎉
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...
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We are hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno @unevadareno.bsky.social. 🧪🧠 #neuroscience #neuroskyence
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology - Reno, Nevada (US) job with University of Nevada, Reno - College of Science | 674336
The Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor to join us starting July 1, 2026. We...
jobs.sciencecareers.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We are hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno @unevadareno.bsky.social. 🧪🧠 #neuroscience #neuroskyence
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...
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Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow in Tomatillo Evolution
jobs.colorado.edu
August 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Big news! We are recruiting a postdoc to work on tomatillo evolution: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta.... The clade containing tomatillos and its allies (ca 300 spp) has evolved lantern fruits at least 25 times - we want to know why! Join us @rociodeanna.bsky.social & @caschenck-bio.bsky.social
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NSF is seeking a permanent Program Officer in the Population and Community Ecology cluster, Division of Environmental Biology.
If you are a mid-career academic ecologist still in love with science, but not so much with academia, this could be a great position for you! 🌎
www.usajobs.gov/job/759052000
If you are a mid-career academic ecologist still in love with science, but not so much with academia, this could be a great position for you! 🌎
www.usajobs.gov/job/759052000
Biological Science Administrator (Program Director)
<p>The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for a Biological Science Administrator (Program Director) position for the Population and Community Ecology Cluster within the Direct...
www.usajobs.gov
November 14, 2023 at 6:04 PM
NSF is seeking a permanent Program Officer in the Population and Community Ecology cluster, Division of Environmental Biology.
If you are a mid-career academic ecologist still in love with science, but not so much with academia, this could be a great position for you! 🌎
www.usajobs.gov/job/759052000
If you are a mid-career academic ecologist still in love with science, but not so much with academia, this could be a great position for you! 🌎
www.usajobs.gov/job/759052000
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I am looking for a postdoc! Please share with Evo-devo-neuro-sensory people who might be interested.
We have multiple projects available so don't feel like you are not qualified to apply if you don't check every single box on the job ad!
Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We have multiple projects available so don't feel like you are not qualified to apply if you don't check every single box on the job ad!
Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
University of Florida - Details - Postdoctoral Associate
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
July 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I am looking for a postdoc! Please share with Evo-devo-neuro-sensory people who might be interested.
We have multiple projects available so don't feel like you are not qualified to apply if you don't check every single box on the job ad!
Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
We have multiple projects available so don't feel like you are not qualified to apply if you don't check every single box on the job ad!
Apply here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...
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We're hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology at UNR jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...
Assistant Professor, Neurobiology - Reno, Nevada (US) job with University of Nevada, Reno - College of Science | 674336
The Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor to join us starting July 1, 2026. We...
jobs.sciencecareers.org
July 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We're hiring! Tenure-track position in Neurobiology at UNR jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/674336/a...
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🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
Assistant Professor - Biology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
tcnj.taleo.net
July 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
Sad news from UNR Biology @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social: longtime faculty Dr. Jeanne Zeh has passed away.
An impactful #animalbehavior and #evolution researcher, she created popular courses on #epigenetics.
To help fund a scholarship in her honor: tinyurl.com/mv9suehw
Obit: tinyurl.com/269844jf
An impactful #animalbehavior and #evolution researcher, she created popular courses on #epigenetics.
To help fund a scholarship in her honor: tinyurl.com/mv9suehw
Obit: tinyurl.com/269844jf
Donate to the JAZ memorial scholarship, organized by Adrian Zeh
Jeanne Zeh carried out research at the interface of behavior, genetics and evolution… Adrian Zeh needs your support for Donate to the JAZ memorial scholarship
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July 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sad news from UNR Biology @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social: longtime faculty Dr. Jeanne Zeh has passed away.
An impactful #animalbehavior and #evolution researcher, she created popular courses on #epigenetics.
To help fund a scholarship in her honor: tinyurl.com/mv9suehw
Obit: tinyurl.com/269844jf
An impactful #animalbehavior and #evolution researcher, she created popular courses on #epigenetics.
To help fund a scholarship in her honor: tinyurl.com/mv9suehw
Obit: tinyurl.com/269844jf
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
Now out in @royalsociety.org Open Science! Anna Tatarko explored how site of origin affects wild bumble #bee responses to pesticide combos! Collaboration with Rachel Vannette and Steve Frese allowed her to also look at the gut #microbiome 🐝🦠🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
June 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Now out in @royalsociety.org Open Science! Anna Tatarko explored how site of origin affects wild bumble #bee responses to pesticide combos! Collaboration with Rachel Vannette and Steve Frese allowed her to also look at the gut #microbiome 🐝🦠🧪 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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It's not going to "vanish," it's going to be eliminated by the current administration.
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Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish.
The top federal lab on native bees is set to close under President Trump’s budget.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It's not going to "vanish," it's going to be eliminated by the current administration.
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