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A decade of The Molecular Ecologist

Posted on 31 July, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

I recently took a look through the “Archives by month” drop-down in our right-hand sidebar and discovered that it goes all the way back to July 2010. Which means The Molecular Ecologist had its tenth anniversary this very month — specifically … Continue reading →

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Shutting down our science in solidarity with the #Strike4BlackLives

Posted on 10 June, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

We’re joining today’s Strike for Black Lives as part of ShutDownSTEM — taking the day away from our scientific work to study, plan, and act against racism and police violence in the places we live and research. It’s a good day … Continue reading →

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Black lives matter — and what that means in ecology and evolutionary biology

Posted on 5 June, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

We at the Molecular Ecologist affirm that Black lives matter. We join with, and ask our readers to join with, calls for an end to police violence and for justice on behalf of its victims, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, … Continue reading →

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The last Last Dance

Posted on 16 May, 2020 by Laetitia Wilkins

A faculty job application trilogy! Have you also been reading Katie’s recent blog posts on the costs of applying for a faculty job? One is about the workload of applying, the second one about the financial cost, and the last … Continue reading →

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Victoria Sork awarded the 2020 Molecular Ecology Prize

Posted on 4 May, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecology Prize Committee has announced the 2020 recipient of the award, which recognizes an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to the still-young field of molecular ecology: We are pleased to announce that the 2020 Molecular Ecology … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Podcast: A #NewPI chat about teaching, both before and after COVID

Posted on 28 April, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

A new episode of The Molecular Ecologist Podcast is now out on Anchor.fm. On this episode, we’re taking our NewPI Chat conversations among early-career faculty to the podcast format. In this chat, Rob Denton, Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, and Jeremy Yoder discuss … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Podcast: #StudentSciComm, diversity within an algae bloom, the origins of a vital mutualism, and population genetics in continuous space

Posted on 13 April, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

A new episode of The Molecular Ecologist Podcast is now out on Anchor.fm. The Molecular Ecologist Podcast made it to a second episode! Thanks for listening to our first one, and for all the positive comments. In addition to our “home” … Continue reading →

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Digging for Knowledge … and Nematodes

Posted on 3 April, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Hannah Oswalt wrote this post as a part Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Hannah is working towards her PhD in Dr. Chuck Amsler’s lab where she is investigating the effects of ocean acidification on macroalgae … Continue reading →

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Introducing The Molecular Ecologist Podcast

Posted on 17 March, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

The Molecular Ecologist is trying out a new medium for the first time since we launched: audio! That’s right, TME contributors, talking about the science we’ve been reading and writing about, recorded for easy listening on any internet-capable device. As … Continue reading →

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#StudentSciComm

Posted on 13 March, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

I just submitted my four year review and in so doing listed out the students that had published blogs on The Molecular Ecologist. Seventeen students have not only received course credit, but also have a non-peer reviewed publication on their … Continue reading →

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