Mason Stothart
@M_Stothart
Postdoc studying host-microbe interactions at the blurry boundary of wild and domestic. Connecting micro- & macro- biological life in evo-eco and conservation.
Proud to see this out from my PhD! The culmination of years of work + data collection by many people. Does gut microbiome variation matter in free-living wildlife? doi.org/10.1038/s41467… Sure seems to for survival in @SI_Horses Why? We think it might be partly related to…
The Liber Ero Fellowship Program helps develop the next generation of conservation scientists as leaders who’ll affect policy & improve conservation of Canada’s wild places & natural resources. Apply by November 1. See liberero.ca for more details.
📢JOB ALERT: We are recruiting a 3-year postdoc in infectious disease dynamics at @RoyalVetCollege to join our highly collaborative US-UK EEID project on virus dynamics in wildlife populations. See advert for further info: bit.ly/3N2TbM8 Deadline Nov 3rd🦠🐭🧬
📣Heard of the new @HoloGen_MSCA to train researchers in #hologenomics?💡🦠 👋@evohologen is involved and our researchers @OstaizkaAizpu and @anttonio have 2 fully funded #PhD #positions available as part of the training network 🧵👇 ceh.ku.dk/news/2024/new-… @GrundforskFond #Job
The McGill freshwater ecology group is advertising for a postdoc. Come join me and six other profs! scasscsa.mcjobboard.net/jobs/165974
Plenty of time to apply for the #PhD position at @jyuscience FINLAND focusing on #microbiome in #birds, especially the #genetic, #environmental effects and links to #thermal #physiology. DL 13th Oct, start date in Jan25/flexible. ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctoral…
The Liber Ero Fellowship offers 2 years of support with amazing learning and networking opportunities. Applications are now open until November 1. See liberero.ca for more details.
Sharing again for those who were on summer holiday when it came out: Gut microbiome variation predicts survival in feral horses @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146…
Open #PhD researcher position in my group @uniofjyvaskyla FINLAND:Contribution of #genetic and #environmental factors on #microbiome variation in birds, and its associations with #thermal #physiology. DL 13th Oct, starting in Jan25/flexible ats.talentadore.com/apply/doctoral…
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📢 We are Hiring! The One Health Microbiome Center seeks a Research Project Manager to lead interdisciplinary projects, manage grants, and oversee outreach. Must have a Master’s/PhD in a related field. Apply now! #Microbiome #Research #Projectmanager 🧑💼 psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Staf…
Excited to announce we have a fully funded ($70K+) post-doctoral position available on Coastal Ecosystem Future Scenarios as part of our Blue Carbon Canada Project. Co-supervised by me @OConnorLab (UBC), Sara Knox (McGill); location flexible. Apps due 9/30 bluecarboncanada.ca/were-hiring
The Liber Ero Fellowship Program helps develop the next generation of conservation scientists as leaders who’ll affect policy & improve conservation of Canada’s wild places & natural resources. Apply by November 1. See liberero.ca for more details.
Interested in small mammals, eco-evo, the microbiome, hormones, maternal effects? My research group is recruiting again - come join us in beautiful Tucson, Arizona. Contact me for more info & see below👇. Apps due Dec 1. Please RT & share
It was a pleasure to collaborate with Emma Vaasjo, @M_Stothart Sandie Black & @DWhiteside27 on this one: The impact of management on the fecal microbiome of endangered greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in a zoo-based conservation program academic.oup.com/conphys/articl…
I had a fab week in Montreal at #Evol2024. For those that missed it, my talk examining the genetic basis for how life-history traits shape breast cancer risk among Dutch women is available now on YouTube: youtu.be/CBHrGi9t4Ps?si… Happy to answer questions or hear feedback!
Are you going to #ISME19? Will you present a poster? Do you use #anvio for your research? If yes, please consider filling out this form so we can bring stickers to your poster, say hi, and ask your advice on how to make anvi'o better. forms.gle/idoXJbN5bpUPjC… Thank you! 😇
Hello hivemind! Does anyone have a lead on a postdoc for a budding population geneticist such as myself? Open to relocating kind of wherever and/or doing remote work, but stuck in Saskatoon area until next July. Conservation is my main interest. #Biology #Genomics #postdoc
Consider rare Charitable Research Reserve a partner organization for conservation research! DM me if you'd like to know more.
We are now accepting applications for the Liber Ero Fellowship Program! The program supports post-doctoral fellows who address pressing conservation challenges of relevance to Canada. Application deadline is November 1, 2024. See liberero.ca/for more details.
We lack study of natural selection acting on gut microbiome variation. Stothart et al. provide evidence that gut microbiome variation is associated with survival in a population of feral horses. @M_Stothart @jocelynpoissant @ali_wilson @ruthjgee @SI_horses nature.com/articles/s4146…
Excited to be in Montreal for the @sse_evolution @eseb_org joint congress! Send me a msg or find me at the meeting if you’re interested in talking about positions in the lab. 🌱🧬 Make sure to checkout out current lab talks; postdoc Rozenn on Tuesday and myself on Monday
Our new paper is out in Ornithology: "Effects of age, breeding strategy, population density, and number of neighbors on territory size and shape in Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)" doi.org/10.1093/ornith… We found 5 patterns of variation in bird territories... 🧵1/7