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Assistant professor at M(I)SU, evolutionary biologist cosplaying as a molecular biologist as needed, board game and cat enthusiast. 🦠🏳️‍🌈🧬👨‍🔬

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AyqvIuEAAAAJ&hl=en

"Your interests, to a first approximation, consist of everything." - my brother

My tepid take on the "Are viruses alive?" debate is:

- Virologists are a specific type of biologist.

- Biology is the study of life.

- Definitionally, then: yes.

Starting salary is between $55k and $65k; cost of living here is low.

Interested? Full details available at https://careers.msu.edu

Curriculum coordinator: job# 847550
Instructor: instructor job# 848264

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Things to note:

Our unit teaches nearly all the 100 level bio courses for life science majors.

It's not tenure track, but after 4 years you can apply for a status that turns you into 5 year rolling window contract, rather than 1 year at a time.

Our teaching is mostly team-based, with a shared curriculum and assessments across the multiple sections of a given course.

Both positions will involve developing curriculum, assessments, etc.

Interested in a teaching track biology job?

Biological Sciences at Michigan State is seeking two (non tenure track) faculty members. One will be the curriculum coordinator for an intro organismal lab for life science majors. The other will be an instructor in lecture & lab

Have I mentioned that I am heavily involved in organizing the virtual version of the Evolution conference (which is now open for registration)?

And that it is very, very inexpensive?

As in, $20 for student members inexpensive?

https://www.evolutionmeetings.org/

2025 Conference info

Evolution 2025 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, SSB

Evolution 2025

Registration is now OPEN for Evolution 2023! Join us for the in-person conference in sunny Albuquerque this June 21-25 and for the virtual event a few weeks before on June 2-3! Details and registration at: http://evolutionmeetings.org.

#Evol2023
@sse_evolution
@SystBiol
#AmericanSocietyOfNaturalists

2025 Conference info

Evolution 2025 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, SSB

Evolution 2025
Step 1: Get email that student evals are available.
Step 2: Psych self up to read horrible things about me.
Step 3: Log in to system.
Step 4: Discover that the only class currently available for me to read is the small grad seminar class (where I always get very good ratings)
Step 5: Feel awkward because reading those does not require psyching myself up.
#UseYourLibrary
I use my local library regularly. I borrow 6 books at a time. Libraries mean you can try authors, genres, new to you. My local library will help you with computers, genealogy, book groups and you can work there, study, join various groups or just sit quietly and read. The children's section has really good story tellers and there is a music library.
I cannot afford to buy books as often as I did when younger so libraries are a lifeline for folk like me.
#Libraries
ty google translate, very helpful
Ok someone write a YA story where the main character comes out as a trans girl to their parents who become suddenly alarmed because there is a prophecy about their daughter and they thought they were off the hook.