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Join us in Tuscany this summer for a Gordon Conference aimed at the cutting edge of how we use genomics to answer fundamental questions in ecology and evolution! Lots of great speakers already and we'd love to add you to the list www.grc.org/ecological-a...

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Join us at the Gordon Research Seminar on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics in Tuscany, co-chaired by @jcbnunez.bsky.social and me. If you’d like to present your research and be considered for a talk, make sure to submit your application before April 6th! www.grc.org/ecological-a...

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I am recruiting an #ERC funded PostDoc to work on the evolution of vertebral counts in cichlids. This is an experimental project & will be looking for candidates with experience generating reporter lines, live-imaging and experimental embryology. Application deadline: 25th Feb. tinyurl.com/33jbu8fa

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Our work on the enhancers regulating Sox2 in neural stem cells is published! This one has been a long time in the works. We found a cluster of downstream enhancers, including the more well studied SRR2, are required to maintain Sox2 expression and anterior neural identity. doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

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The new edition of European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology, ECCN2025 will take place from May 6th to 8th in beautiful Alicante (Spain) and soon you will be able to register and submit your abstracts through the conference website: eccn2025.umh.es

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Join us in Toronto for the next Canadian Zebrafish Meeting! Registration and abstract submission will open soon.

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Hi all, I am reposting this, as it is Christmas and we will only be closing the fundraising page in late January. If you can help click on the link below! Asante sana!

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Scientist position at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. We are looking for neuroscientists with interests in the molecular and cellular bases of cognition. The position is open-rank, and the successful candidate will also be appointed at U Toronto. Deadline is Feb 15th. Come join us!

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🧪🧬We're hiring for three new tenure-track positions🧪🧬 We're a friendly and collaborative department @umanitoba.bsky.social with lots of great research happening. Into genetics, dev bio, cell bio, specialized metabolism… we'd love to hear from you!! 🧪🧬🌎 viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.ASPX...

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Getting ready to hibernate and read some fun #science #books over the holidays? You can find my "Evolving Tomorrow: Genetic Engineering and the Evolutionary Future of the Anthropocene" at your fave little local bookseller, as well as at the behemoths! www.amazon.com/dp/0198874529

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Are you an undergrad interested in research this summer? Apply for the Data Science Institute's Summer program at UofT - datasciences.utoronto.ca/suds-student... - and work with me! "Fantastic Beasts and when to find them: leveraging citizen science to understand the activity patterns of animals"

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My lab was hard at work while I was gone

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Out now in Dev Cell! scRNAseq trajectories describe the cascade of gene expression as cells differentiate, but turning them into a clear understanding of the underlying biology of a cell type's development remains challenging. authors.elsevier.com/c/1k9qj5Sx5g... (1/)

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Ok, I don't think an #EvolutionaryNeuroscience starter pack existed already...so I have started one! This is not nearly as exhaustive as it should be, so drop your name (or the names of your colleagues) in the comments if you want to be added!🤩🙌 go.bsky.app/Q2UW2Sn

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Just In case people need to follow people in neuroscience focused on natural behaviors and the brains of cool non-trad animals! Please join let me know if you wanna be added. go.bsky.app/AcLpM4h

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Recommendations for who to include in this starter pack (including yourself!) are welcome! go.bsky.app/31tXVEC

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the first starter pack is already full so here is pack no. 2 with even more wonderful ethologists! as before, let me know if you would like to be included and also feel free to nominate others! 🌍🧪😊 go.bsky.app/JS5YC4s

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I made a starter pack for animal behaviour researchers / ethologists! please share and feel free to self-nominate or suggest others to be added as this is very much still a work in progress and not an exhaustive list 🌍🧪😊 #SciSky #BioSky #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #Ethology go.bsky.app/Tr8VZpV

submitted 106 days ago • 118 comments

For the hardcore regenerative biology folks, who are also into jigsaw puzzles and hardwood floors

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Post prandial sleep (💤 after 🍔) in larval but not adult fish (A. mexicanus) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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My laser pointers were confiscated by the Swiss federal government

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Please share broadly! We (Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto) are looking for a new faculty member! Deadline Dec 19. Those working on model organisms and using genomics, computational and systems approaches are strongly encouraged to apply! Reach out w/ Qs! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Chromosome scale genome assembly for the cichlid Etroplus suratensis www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Apply for our PhD program - great rotation system and great labs! www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/phd/internat...

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@sternarchella.bsky.social is finally here - it’s time to restart FISH Twitter !!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Fishsky?! Here’s a list of mostly evolution/ecology folks who love #fishes! #fish #scalybois #fishsky #evolution #ecology #evosky #evo 🧪🔬🧬 go.bsky.app/ULRG7Wf

submitted 105 days ago • 48 comments

University of Toronto to increase base funding for PhD students to $40,000 per year www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-inc...

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Up to 65 #SleepPeeps in our Starter Pack! I'm sure i missed some and i have plenty of space for more. Keep spreading the word and let me know if i missed you!! go.bsky.app/7zW7D9J

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We’re seeking a postdoc/student excited about animal communication, brain-wide circuits, microscopy, singing fish (Danionella), wacky ideas and who likes to: get things done, experiment, analyze, ask, learn, help and cooperate. jlab.berlin

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Single-cell sequencing of the cichlid (A. burtoni) hypothalamus and POA from the Hofmann lab www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Seeing a bunch of new followers, so I just tidied up my Evolutionary Biologists starter pack—mostly trying to represent folks' fields right, and get in some topical journals/societies Hope it's useful, but I'd also love to see packs from other folks, to better cover the field go.bsky.app/TUNHbNu

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