Abandon hope, all ye who go outside: Mosquitoes are so good at sniffing us out that their attraction to us is almost impossible to break, Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D. reports. theatlantic.com/science/archiv… Leslie Vosshall PhD

I often see opinion here that in India academic research should be product oriented. Here I share my thought on the topic. Disclaimer - (1) In my lab I conduct fundamental research. (2) Promoting commercialization of R&D is my administrative responsibility

BIG NEWS!!! 🌟 I own a nonprofit!!! Let me introduce you to Field Inclusive: an organization designed to help Black & historically excluded Field Biologists thru recognition, financial aid, and field safety support! ✊🏾 Follow Field Inclusive on IG & Twitter! #BlackInFieldWork

BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on ScienceInsider.

It's worth spending some time discussing what this new @whitehouse Open Science policy does and doesn't do, and what is still be to determined. whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda…

New TT position! Are you interested in the interface of behavior, physiology / neurophysiology? UW Biology is searching for a TT position in integrative physiology. Fantastic colleagues in a great department and university! Please apply: apply.interfolio.com/110616

🚨Tenure Track Position Alert!🚨 UW Biology is searching for a TT Integrative Physiologist! The position is broadly defined, and applications are due Oct 1st. More info: apply.interfolio.com/110616 Please RT!

Good news for the youth: the Washington State Minimum Wage Act has set starting postdoc salaries at $65,484 from Jan 2023. It’s a good start to addressing life affordability at this critical stage. Come west! University of Washington_PBIO UW Computational Neuroscience Center @UW

Join us for The Future of Neuroethology Webinar Series! Register here: forms.gle/pMyd1MJ5Q886u8… Nominate (or self-nominate) a speaker here: forms.gle/oer8yVeYGhWiMG… (Deadline June 30th 2023) @neuroethology Ana Silva @mushroombody

Final call for speakers! The deadline is June 30th.

More than 60 people attended the fantastic talks of early career scientists and the career panel of the first webinar of the Future of Neuroethology 🤯🤩!!

1/3 The Neuroethology meeting ICN2024 is coming up and I'll write about the exciting science later, but now I want to highlight their mentoring program. Especially early career scientists with little access to mentoring, please take advantage of these opportunities!

Saumya Gupta Antoine Cribellier Florian Muijres Saumya Gupta’s article is now out in Current Biology! Link to the article can be found here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…