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Who falls for all these editors asking us to contribute to journals that have nothing to do with our actual research topic? It has to work because I receive so many 😵‍💫

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My former PhD student Grace Vaziri had a paper published today from her grad work: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... Wood Frogs from colder / warmer-winter populations have different gene expression responses to overwinter freezing

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New review paper in TREE out! The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A few recent publications on Spatial Multi-Omics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Massive DNA sequencing effort reveals how colonization shaped Brazil’s genetic diversity. My new story in @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...

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1/n 🧵 Excited to share our new paper! We developed a framework to reveal hidden simplicity in how organisms adapt to different environments, particularly focusing on antibiotic resistance evolution. #EvolutionaryBiology #MachineLearning

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Finally out: Predicting adaptation to climate warming www.nature.com/articles/s41... We find that there are many genomic routes to heat-adaptation, but this can also make genomic data of limited value for prediction. A tour de force by @denovorego.bsky.social , with @stelkens.bsky.social.

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📢 Only two weeks left to apply for exciting postdoc opportunities in #SystemsBiology #EvoDevo and biological prediction 🧬💻📈! 🔗 Application link below—please share widely with anyone who might be interested!

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Arian is an excellent colleague! If you are interested in cancer multi-omics, here is your opportunity to do a PhD with a great scientist: www.scilifelab.se/career/docto...

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How is your day going?

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Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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NOBEL SYMPOSIA We are delighted to announce two exciting public talks on Ancient DNA at Aula Magna (Stockholm University) on May 30th, 10:00-12:30h. 🦣⬅️ ”Can we bring back the woolly mammoth?” by Beth Shapiro. 🐎✋”The taming of the horse” by Ludovic Orlando. Free entrance. All welcome!

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What's up with Agouti? Why so many mutations? It's a crazy gene...

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I’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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So happy to share this paper! It's been so much fun working on this project with these amazing collaborators.

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Spring has finally arrived 🌸

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Eucalyptus plantations are a disaster in Iberia. Glad someone is doing science on this issue!

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The Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine (GIMM) is one of the best research institutes in Portugal. It's currently recruiting for three Group Leaders (junior or senior) across different areas, including systems biology and bioinformatics. gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca...

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I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on adaptive genomics in bears 🐻‍❄️🐻 Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 28, 2025. More info at: puckettresearch.org/people/posit... I know it's late but if you know someone still looking for a position please pass this along.

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Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is sponsoring the Rising Stars in Genetics and Genomics symposium! - We are seeking nominations bu June 1. - September 18-19, 2025 - Please share with the star postdocs that you know. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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I'm looking forward to this seminar! Tune in to hear a bit about our work uncovering the evolutionary dynamics of genomic erosion www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... #popgen #consgen @hologenomics.bsky.social

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#popgen #jobalert

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New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles 159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist) 🧪 @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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We’re hiring: GIMM is launching its first call for Group Leaders. Looking for scientists ready to push boundaries, ask bold questions & build the future of biomedical discovery. 🔗 gimm.pt/jobs/open-ca... 📅 Apply by June 8 #ScienceJobs #GroupLeader #BiomedicalResearch

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New paper out in: “Bring back the phenotype”. Sewall Wright was right all along. After a century, it is time to catch up! Nice writing with Mike Wade from Indiana University, who has provided empirical evidence of group selection since 1976! doi.org/10.1111/nph.... @newphyt.bsky.social

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Many @climate.noaa.gov datasets are slated for “decommission” in the coming days. @consbio.bsky.social has ~90 volunteers helping save this and other government climate data to load into our open data platform, databasin.org You can support our efforts with a small donation: donorbox.org/data-basin

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Hot off the presses and so so thrilled. Thanks to @inaturalist.bsky.social + computer vision we found something beautifully simple: Red and orange flowers bloom later than all the other colors in the eastern United States. Paper here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kwzh3QW8S...

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Genomic studies in Linum shed light on the evolution of the distyly supergene and the molecular basis of convergent floral evolution https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.648331v1

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PhD candidates and postdocs of all disciplines: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims of our Emmy Noether Programme, its eligibility requirements and more. Questions welcome! ➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

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Deadline application extended until May 4th #Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent

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Part 1 and 2 of the Long-read sequencing Special Issues are now live! tinyurl.com/Genome-Res-LRS

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Come get your PhD with me, and at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and @scilifelab.se ! :)

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Two more weeks to apply for a PhD position in our yeast genomics and evolution lab at Stockholm University! Please share widely. 🧪🧬🌳🍄

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Postdoc position with @milocco.bsky.social at @scilifelab.se and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social in predictive modeling in evolution and development. #Evolution #Popgen #Modeling #Postdoc

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We are recruiting PhD student to work on genomics of seasonal camouflage in ptarmigan! There is still a week to apply! #Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent

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Great job opportunity for Evolutionary Biologists doing Genomics with Museum and Modern Collections!!

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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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Happy to share our new study of marked vgll3 genotype-specific expression patterns b/n males and females in various Atlantic salmon tissues. Results suggest Hippo-dependent mechanisms as mediators of sex differences in salmon maturation age. Paper led by Ehsan Ahi link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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🧬🌍 Happy to see our latest paper out at @royalsocietypublishing.org We show how genetic risks in endangered species can stay hidden due to a time-lag between demographic collapse and genetic loss. Work led by amazing MSc students Xufen Liu and Ester Milesi #ConservationGenomics Pic by David Stowe

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🐦 Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? 💫 New paper: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2846 We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. What we did & why it matters:🧵

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PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-) su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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DONE!

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New pub out in @annbot.bsky.social led by Astrid Ode titled "Temporal constraints on leaf-level trait plasticity for next-generation land surface models" We critically examine timescales of trait-environment responses Have a look! @lemontree-uofr.bsky.social academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

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