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Colin Garroway
@colingarroway.bsky.social
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Interested in ecology, evolution, & population genetics. Associate professor at the University of Manitoba.
He/him.

https://www.garroway-lab.com/.
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jmergeay.bsky.social
We have compiled a special issue for @evolappjournal.bsky.social on Effective population size in Conservation and Biodiversity Monitoring, dedicated to the late Michael W. Bruford.
This SI is a must read for everyone who struggles with what "effective population size" means.
#consgen
The Importance of Effective Population Size in Conservation and Biodiversity Monitoring
Effective population size (Ne) is a key concept in biology and conservation. Stripped to its bare essentials, it reflects how much genetic drift a population experiences, expressed as a number of ind...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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jazjanes.bsky.social
Come work with us! We are seeking a tenure-track botanist, preferably in the areas of non-vascular, systematics, physiology or cell. Happy to answer questions.

unbc.njoyn.com/CL/xweb/xweb...

🧪🌱 #botany
Assistant professor in botany job description for University of Northern British Columbia
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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mcmahok.bsky.social
We are hiring at the Wytham Woods for the upcoming field season. 4 roles available. Please share with anyone who might be interested. #UKbirds #birdringing
We are seeking to appoint four full-time field assistants to work on the Wytham Tit Project for 4-8 weeks in spring 2026. Two 8-week field assistants will join the nest monitoring team; duties for these posts will include (i) collecting standardised data from nest-box breeding populations of blue and great tits, (ii) catching and ringing parent birds, (iii) ringing nestlings, and (iv) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with run from approximately Tuesday 7th April to Monday 1st June. Successful candidates for these positions must have (or be qualified to obtain) a BTO permit to ring adult great tits and blue tits. A further two field assistants will be hired to support a project collecting behavioural (foraging) data for great tits breeding in the Wytham population. These roles will involve a significant amount of nightwork. Duties will include (i) setting up and calibrating electronic tracking equipment and nest box cameras in the field, (ii) mapping tracking equipment locations using GPS, (iii) helping with catching and ringing parent birds and fitting tracking devices, (iv) assisting with mistnetting to re-trap tagged parents, and (v) inputting data collected in the field. These positions with be approximately 7 and 4 weeks in duration, starting from 13th April and 4th May, respectively. Possession of a BTO ringing permit with misnet endorsement and driving license are highly desirable for these roles. All fieldwork will take place in Wytham Woods, near Oxford. All Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate skill and enthusiasm for biological research as well as experience of fieldwork under arduous conditions, and both lone work and working as part of a team. Due to the short-term nature of these posts, successsful applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Salary & Accommodation: Field assistants will be paid at grade 5.2 (£17.37/hour). Contact eleanor.cole@Biology.ox.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
colingarroway.bsky.social
Interested in genetic diversity-area relationships as a potential proxy for genetic diversity? Check out Chloé Schmidt's latest 😀
@chloology.bsky.social 🧪🌎🧬🌐
#consgen #popgen #evobio
with Sean Hoban, @debbiemleigh.bsky.social, & Walter Jetz
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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csee-scee.bsky.social
Happy New Year CSEE Community ! 📣We are excited to announce that our January #ECO.EVO.EDU webinar on Mentoring Early Career Writers takes place on Jan 13th! CSEE Members: check your emails for more information + webinar link. (Please note: English event). csee-scee.ca/event/mentor...
January 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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stephenbheard.bsky.social
Over the holiday, while folks were on well-deserved breaks, our new book was released!

Mentoring writers is hard - we can make it easier for you. Please help spread the word - repost this, tell your colleagues, etc.

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Teaching and Mentoring Writers in the Sciences: An Evidence-Based Approach
Scientific writing is hard (but my book can help) – but teaching scientific writing is even harder. Nearly all of us teach writing – sometimes in a formal classroom setting, sometimes as advisors t…
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January 5, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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bossdorf.bsky.social
Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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rdtarvin.bsky.social
Do I know any journalists interested in covering a story about a highway and the last population of a frog? Please message me
December 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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elinck.bsky.social
I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...
December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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csee-scee.bsky.social
Looking for an easy end-of-year gift?
CSEE memberships for your students ✔️ www. csee-scee.ca
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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drk-lo.bsky.social
I'm excited to share memes that my students made this year in my undergraduate #Evolution class #popgen #consgen #evolbiol . "When a batesian mimicry species comes to the party: hello fellow harmful species" "I found on all-encompassing way to define species"
"When a batesian mimicry species comes to the party: hello fellow harmful species" "I found on all-encompassing way to define species" (with desperation "phylogenic" "phenetic" "ecological" "biological" "genetic"
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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danielbolnick.bsky.social
Chonker of a squirrel getting ready for winter, contemplating competing in the Fat Bear contest
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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carlzimmer.com
How bowhead whales live for centuries—and how we might borrow some of their biology to extend our healthy lifespan. Gift link to my new column: nyti.ms/4hyD9ry
Bowhead whale. Illustration by Uko Gorter/American Cetacean Society
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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marcofesta.bsky.social
Northrup: polar bears are hard to count cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
Estimating the abundance of a polar bear subpopulation at their southern global extent
Climate warming is causing global biodiversity loss, with impacts to ecosystem function. Warming in the Arctic outpaces global averages, and projected declines in Arctic sea ice have led to prediction...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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danielbolnick.bsky.social
NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
September 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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rosiemestel.bsky.social
A great piece by Elie Dolgin on the use of epigenetics clocks in conservation. Really interesting, a pleasure to edit and I do love the banner art! 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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meaghanjones.bsky.social
A new article in @knowablemag.bsky.social that highlights some of @levinewediuk.bsky.social's PD work with me and @colingarroway.bsky.social, along with many other efforts to bring epigenetic clocks into conservation efforts.

knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
The clock is ticking: How epigenetics could help save wildlife from collapse
In polar bears, dolphins, baboons and more, molecular signatures of aging are changing how conservationists assess population health, resilience and risk
knowablemagazine.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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eepuckett.bsky.social
I'm recruiting two PhD positions in my lab for Fall 2026. 1) evolutionary genomics that will focus on constructing and utilizing pangenomes; 2) conservation genomics focused on pop structure and adaptation of Pacific coast Am. black bears.
Details: puckettresearch.org/people/posit...
Positions in the Lab – Puckett Research Lab
puckettresearch.org
September 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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jennyperry.bsky.social
MSc position in my lab. Come study the evolutionary & behavioural ecology of insects!
@stfx-university.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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jocelynpoissant.bsky.social
Great seminar by @albrechts-h.bsky.social at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine today. Thank you for visiting us and sharing your research with us!
September 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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mattbetts42.bsky.social
Science is rarely a linear path from hypotheses to published papers. Here, I tell the story of our many ups and downs during the discovery of pollinator recognition. Hope you enjoy it! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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sevans.bsky.social
Academia is all over this. It’s an ugly irony that nobody values tertiary education less than a professor seeking a field assistant with a biology degree to work unsalaried and covering their own travel costs.
thaddeus.zone Thaddeus is a girl's name 🏳️‍⚧️ @thaddeus.zone · Aug 28
this "passion tax" appears all over the place & should be talked about more. you see it in book stores and game stores all the time

excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other
August 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
colingarroway.bsky.social
Super cool! 🧪🧬 🌎
August 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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arynwilder.bsky.social
Excited to share our new paper on genetic rescue in the Pacific pocket mouse! To conserve this endangered species, we sought to understand whether small populations at risk of outbreeding depression are better managed in isolation or with gene flow. @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fitness benefits of genetic rescue despite chromosomal differences in an endangered pocket mouse
Two-thirds of Earth’s species have undergone population declines, leaving many vulnerable to genomic erosion and inbreeding depression. Genetic rescue can boost the fitness of small populations, but p...
www.science.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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erikpostma.bsky.social
If you are at #ESEB2025 and you are interested in predicting evolution 🧬📈 - retrospectively and into to the future - then you are in luck! Symposium 42 organised by @joelpick.bsky.social and Lizy Mittell is on today, and S24 by myself and @sevans.bsky.social tomorrow!
erikpostma.bsky.social Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Apr 11
What do you think, can we forecast evolution❓

@sevans.bsky.social and I would love to hear your thoughts, so if you are going to #ESEB2025, submit a talk to our symposium (S24: Forecasting evolution in natural populations) and join @colingarroway.bsky.social and Patrik Nosil!

Deadline April 25.
August 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM