Hilde Schneemann
@hildeschneemann.bsky.social
Postdoc at IST Austria working on hybridization, speciation, genetic interactions, fitness landscape models, Antirrhinum hybrid zone, and Hibiscus crosses.
New paper published together with John Welch on hybrid fitness and how it depends on ploidy and # of distinct ancestries, incl some remarkable fits of data & theory 😶. Keen to hear any thoughts/comments/questions! doi.org/10.1093/gene... Thanks to the team @ Genetics for the smooth experience :)
Predicting Hybrid Fitness: The Effects of Ploidy and Complex Ancestry
Abstract. Hybridization between divergent populations places alleles in novel genomic contexts. This can inject adaptive variation – which is useful for br
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November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New paper published together with John Welch on hybrid fitness and how it depends on ploidy and # of distinct ancestries, incl some remarkable fits of data & theory 😶. Keen to hear any thoughts/comments/questions! doi.org/10.1093/gene... Thanks to the team @ Genetics for the smooth experience :)
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Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
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I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
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September 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚂 This petition needs your signatures! Save the wonderful nighttrain that gets you into the center of Paris/Vienna/Berlin in time for breakfast whilst you doze off or have memorable encounters and conversations with fellow travellers agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
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Why do males and females often differ in traits?
The expected answer: selection.
But our new paper in GENETICS shows that genetic drift alone can generate sexual dimorphism — even when male & female optima are the same
The expected answer: selection.
But our new paper in GENETICS shows that genetic drift alone can generate sexual dimorphism — even when male & female optima are the same
August 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Why do males and females often differ in traits?
The expected answer: selection.
But our new paper in GENETICS shows that genetic drift alone can generate sexual dimorphism — even when male & female optima are the same
The expected answer: selection.
But our new paper in GENETICS shows that genetic drift alone can generate sexual dimorphism — even when male & female optima are the same
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I am happy to share my second paper with @samyeaman.bsky.social and collaborators! If you are into hybrid zones and tree genomics, this is for you!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The genomic basis of local adaptation in the white x Engelmann spruce hybrid zone
Hybridization between species can occur along repeated zones of contact, providing a powerful natural laboratory for studying the interplay between migration and selection, and for identifying loci in...
www.biorxiv.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I am happy to share my second paper with @samyeaman.bsky.social and collaborators! If you are into hybrid zones and tree genomics, this is for you!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet
www.au.dk
June 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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I'm reviewing applicants later this week and will continue to accept new applications until the position is filled
I'm hiring a postdoc! Searching for a candidate interested in the process of speciation to come join me at Georgia Tech in Atlanta -- an exciting place with a growing core of eco-evolutionary researchers. Various skill sets will be applicable. Please share!
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//GeorgiaTech.Speciation
The Anderson Lab at Georgia Tech is seeking a postdoctoral researcher
interested in the process of speciation. The expected focus of the
successful candidate's work will be questions related to evolut...
evol.mcmaster.ca
May 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm reviewing applicants later this week and will continue to accept new applications until the position is filled
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Now out in print! Elli Cryan (coadvised by @spicybotrytis.bsky.social) digs deep into the sgtructure and function of hybrid incompatibility loci in maize. Among other things she discovers a conserved, ancient pseudogene haplotype that silences the locus in trans! academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
May 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Now out in print! Elli Cryan (coadvised by @spicybotrytis.bsky.social) digs deep into the sgtructure and function of hybrid incompatibility loci in maize. Among other things she discovers a conserved, ancient pseudogene haplotype that silences the locus in trans! academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
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Really excited that our DFG grant on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size variation in *Heliconius* has been funded :) In the next weeks, I will post an advert for a PhD, but if you know of good students, please suggest they get in touch. Please repost.
April 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Really excited that our DFG grant on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size variation in *Heliconius* has been funded :) In the next weeks, I will post an advert for a PhD, but if you know of good students, please suggest they get in touch. Please repost.
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Why is sex so common if it's so costly?
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.28.646016v1
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Why is sex so common if it's so costly?
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
Super excited to share our new preprint “Sex decreases the pleiotropic costs of local adaptation”, where we bring a new angle to this age-old evolutionary question. Co-led by Parris Humphrey, in Michael Desai's lab. Short thread here: (1/n)
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Exciting news! @wcratcliff.bsky.social and I published an essay last week in @nature.com reviewing the substantial contributions of 'long-term' studies to evolutionary biology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/n
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Exciting news! @wcratcliff.bsky.social and I published an essay last week in @nature.com reviewing the substantial contributions of 'long-term' studies to evolutionary biology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/n
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Just extended the deadline to March 21 for this position in the Plant Phylogenomics group at the University of Vienna. It is sort of a "post doc plus" position funded for up to six years.
Please reach out if you want to chat - I'd love to talk to you about it!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Please reach out if you want to chat - I'd love to talk to you about it!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant postdoctoral
University Assistant postdoctoral
jobs.univie.ac.at
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Just extended the deadline to March 21 for this position in the Plant Phylogenomics group at the University of Vienna. It is sort of a "post doc plus" position funded for up to six years.
Please reach out if you want to chat - I'd love to talk to you about it!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Please reach out if you want to chat - I'd love to talk to you about it!
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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Do you want to map the loci underlying selection but you're on a budget? Let me introduce you to the concept of sequencing the living and the dead. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Do you want to map the loci underlying selection but you're on a budget? Let me introduce you to the concept of sequencing the living and the dead. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Please circulate widely:
We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology
We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education
tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology
We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education
tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
December 28, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Please circulate widely:
We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology
We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education
tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
We are hiring two Ass Prof tt at the Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social in conservation biology; mathematical & computational ecology
We are committed to diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership in research and education
tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
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The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (Mar-Jun). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/
February 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (Mar-Jun). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/
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The 2nd conference of the Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Population Biology @smtpb.bsky.social will be in Chicago @nitmb.bsky.social June 2-6. Applications are now open, both to attend (junior applicants can apply for financial support), and to present, at www.nitmb.org/modeling-and...
Modeling and Theory in Population Biology | NITMB
www.nitmb.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The 2nd conference of the Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Population Biology @smtpb.bsky.social will be in Chicago @nitmb.bsky.social June 2-6. Applications are now open, both to attend (junior applicants can apply for financial support), and to present, at www.nitmb.org/modeling-and...
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Job alert!
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
January 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Job alert!
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio
Check out our exciting programme of early-career speciation research talks for the Gordon Research Symposium on Speciation, this March in Ventura www.grc.org/speciation-g...
Graduate students & postdocs, if you'd still like to join us: make sure to register before the 1st of Feb!
Graduate students & postdocs, if you'd still like to join us: make sure to register before the 1st of Feb!
2025 Speciation (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Speciation (GRS) will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Check out our exciting programme of early-career speciation research talks for the Gordon Research Symposium on Speciation, this March in Ventura www.grc.org/speciation-g...
Graduate students & postdocs, if you'd still like to join us: make sure to register before the 1st of Feb!
Graduate students & postdocs, if you'd still like to join us: make sure to register before the 1st of Feb!
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@tbadet.bsky.social and I have a preprint out on transposon silencing in fungi!
Genome size evolution is fascinating and showcases the dynamic nature of transposon activation.
What we understand less are the dynamics of transposon defense systems encoded by the genomes.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Genome size evolution is fascinating and showcases the dynamic nature of transposon activation.
What we understand less are the dynamics of transposon defense systems encoded by the genomes.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
January 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@tbadet.bsky.social and I have a preprint out on transposon silencing in fungi!
Genome size evolution is fascinating and showcases the dynamic nature of transposon activation.
What we understand less are the dynamics of transposon defense systems encoded by the genomes.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Genome size evolution is fascinating and showcases the dynamic nature of transposon activation.
What we understand less are the dynamics of transposon defense systems encoded by the genomes.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Please forward: 2-year post-doc position in the lab Evo-Eco-Paleo (Lille, France) to work on plant self-incompatibility & evolution - email me if interested!
December 11, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Please forward: 2-year post-doc position in the lab Evo-Eco-Paleo (Lille, France) to work on plant self-incompatibility & evolution - email me if interested!
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@currentbiology.bsky.social does it again!
Our environments are considerably more complex than we typically think. Is it really so surprising that there are broad swaths of biology we don't even know about, let alone don't know how to interpret?
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Our environments are considerably more complex than we typically think. Is it really so surprising that there are broad swaths of biology we don't even know about, let alone don't know how to interpret?
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Latitudinal gradients in air density create invisible topography at sea level, affecting animal flight costs
Air density affects the costs of animal flight. This is well-established for flight at high altitude. Shepard et al. show that changes in air density cause regional differences in flight costs at sea level due to latitudinal temperature gradients. They discuss the implications for species distributions and for global change.
www.cell.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:09 PM
@currentbiology.bsky.social does it again!
Our environments are considerably more complex than we typically think. Is it really so surprising that there are broad swaths of biology we don't even know about, let alone don't know how to interpret?
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Our environments are considerably more complex than we typically think. Is it really so surprising that there are broad swaths of biology we don't even know about, let alone don't know how to interpret?
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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We identified protein domains in LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor). Their distinctive amino acid usage reveals the order amino acids were added to the genetic code, based mostly on size. Older proteins hint at earlier alternative codes. 1/15 @seekingluca.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Order of amino acid recruitment into the genetic code resolved by last universal common ancestor’s protein domains | PNAS
The current “consensus” order in which amino acids were added to the genetic code
is based on potentially biased criteria, such as the absence of s...
www.pnas.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM
We identified protein domains in LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor). Their distinctive amino acid usage reveals the order amino acids were added to the genetic code, based mostly on size. Older proteins hint at earlier alternative codes. 1/15 @seekingluca.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The Institut Pasteur is recruiting group leaders!
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
Call for applications 2025 – Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur | Research - Institut Pasteur
research.pasteur.fr
December 16, 2024 at 10:07 AM
The Institut Pasteur is recruiting group leaders!
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
Pasteur is an absolute incredible environment to start your lab. Surrounded by so many great scientists, in the beautiful city of Paris.
Come eat 🥐 and conduct awesome science.
Contact me if you want info !
research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...