Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
We are searching for a new colleague in our Department of Biology at University of Oregon!
This is a super special opportunity-- an endowed chair position in Genetics/Genomics. Come join us!
I'm happy to answer any questions folks might have
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Applications are open for the NITMB Fellows program!
NITMB is seeking early-career researchers who have an interest in transforming biological research and inspiring new mathematical discoveries
Apply by November 15, 2026: nitmb.org/nitmb-fellows-prog…
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
This is *exactly* why I say we need *more* human mathematicians now than ever, not fewer!
I watched the video, start to finish. I'm not a combinatorialist, but I understood every word, and could have understood every word as an undergrad. (The idea of counting things and showing that the count is positive, and therefore concluding that the things actually exist, is very familiar to number theorists!!..) I'm embarrassed I never even heard of this problem, despite my great Rutgers colleagues Szemeredi and Komlos and others (the Hungarian mafia) having worked on it. It's a beautiful problem, and beautiful solution. "From the BOOK", as a certain Hungarian might say :)
If AI keeps coming up with amazing arguments like these, we, again, need many more mathematicians to go through them, make sense of them, incorporate the ideas in new research and textbooks, etc etc. So much work to be done; all hands on deck!
Replying to @thomasfbloom
And now there is also a great blackboard talk by David Wood presenting the entire proof (youtube.com/watch?v=WJlyqPj2…).
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
🚨 Out in @Nature! 🚨
How to judge someone when we have lots of info about their behavior? Our study shows that "looking twice and forgiving once" builds informative reputations that sustain cooperation—no complex norms or public institutions needed🧵👇
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
The City of Philadelphia is committed to improving the region’s trail network for pedestrians and cyclists.
The Christian to Crescent trail segment will connect the existing Schuylkill River Trail, which ends at Christian Street, to the Grays Ferry Crescent Trail.

ALT Picture of current construction for a new pedestrian cable-stayes bridge coming to the Schuylkill River Trail

ALT Image of a current cable-stayed bridge construction coming to the Schuylkill River Trail with text reading: The City of Philadelphia is committed to improving the region’s trail network for pedestrians and cyclists. The Christian to Crescent trail segment will connect the existing Schuylkill River Trail, which ends at Christian Street, to the Grays Ferry Crescent Trail. This connection will feature a brand new cable-stayed bridge spanning the east side of the Schuylkill River. Construction is well under way with expected completion in 2025.
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
I am excited to share that I will be starting a lab at @EmoryUniversity this September. We will aim to understand evolution by studying genomes of things ranging from viruses to humans. Looking for talented students and postdocs to do computational genomics. Get in touch! 1/2
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Hey y’all! We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology @RiceUniversity! Great place to work, excellent students & colleagues. Please RT!
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Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve joined the faculty at @BrynMawrCollege as an Assistant Professor of Math! I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to join a department full of incredibly kind and talented people.
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Developed & led by (old-grad-school-mate, friend & fantastic theoretician) Jeremy Draghi, w/ @LuisZaman, Todd Parsons, & k.a.n.e
*Relaxed selection can speed the evolution of complex adaptations* biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Some updates on my side: Ant Harvester is going to study harvester ants!
I am going to defend my PhD 🪰🎶 on July 16th at 3 PM EDT
I will graduate in August and then, I will join Deborah Gordon’s lab at Stanford as a postdoc to study the neurophysiology of ant social behavior!
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Announcing the 2024 Career Award at the Scientific Interface recipients buff.ly/3zyLYjp #bwfcasi
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Interested in postdoc research in evolution/sexual selection/evolutionary conflict, located @stfxuniversity on Canada's beautiful east coast?
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships provide 2 years salary, no citizenship requirement. I'm happy to discuss proposal ideas, pls email!
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
Finally, as we discuss in paper, our ability to safely do deep mutational scanning of H5 HA enabled by switch from live-virus to pseudovirus. I thank @mlipsitch & others for thoughtful discussion that prompted switch; we welcome continued input on those aspects of our work.
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
An insightful News & Views for this paper by @matjazperc and @ValerioCapraro is now available! nature.com/articles/s43588-0…
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
📢Out now: @jplotkin, @anzhisheng_1002, @QiSu_1991 and Long Wang develop a mathematical framework to study how the structure of higher-order interactions influences cooperative behavior. nature.com/articles/s43588-0…
👉rdcu.be/dEMaO
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
PLOS Comput. Biol.: Evolutionary graph theory beyond pairwise interactions: Higher-order network motifs shape times to fixation in structured populations
journals.plos.org/ploscompbi…
Joshua B. Plotkin retweeted
I'm grateful to @PhillyInquirer for letting me share my thoughts on the 48th and Chester "poop building", an anodyne, mixed-income, mid-sized development proposal that has become a national embarrassment as a result of years of neighborhood obstructionism.
A brief 🧵 follows.
The dream of the so-called "poop building" has been flushed away — and with it, any hope for affordable housing in West Philly's Squirrel Hill.
Read Taylor Kessinger's argument for why. inquirer.com/opinion/comment…
































