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Sam Bogan @snbogan.bsky.social · 12h

It looks like you're right! No official 'no'. Fingers crossed!

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Sam Bogan @snbogan.bsky.social · 13h

Thanks, Thomas! Unsuccessful cover at submission. It will live on in a slide or two.

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Sam Bogan @snbogan.bsky.social · 14h

Many wonderful coauthors to thank, including (on Bsky) @scotthotaling.bsky.social @notothentoma.bsky.social @ilianabista.bsky.social @paulbfrandsen.bsky.social

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Sam Bogan @snbogan.bsky.social · 14h

Excited to share this work, out today in MBE! In polar fishes, we found that antifreeze protein genes expanded in copy number at low temperatures and contracted in the deep sea, highlighting a role of depth and pressure in AFP evolution.

🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

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Katie Solari @kasolari.bsky.social · 2d

Very excited to share that our work assessing the genomic diversity of snow leopards has come out today in PNAS! Spoiler alert - they have the lowest genetic diversity of all big cats!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
@petrovadmitri.bsky.social @elliecat.bsky.social

Exceedingly low genetic diversity in snow leopards due to persistently small population size | PNAS

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) serve as an umbrella species whose conservation benefits their high-elevation Asian habitat. Their numbers are belie...

www.pnas.org

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 3d

Faculty positions in animal morphogenesis that may be filled at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in one of my favorite Departments" Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Toronto. 1/n
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 8d

Another record month for bioRxiv - and further evidence the pandemic spike+dip was just that and growth continues. Thanks to all involved and that includes 🫵

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 8d

🔁 Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open.

We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.

🗓️ Deadline: October 15th

More information: smbe2026.org/symposia

#SMBE2026

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dr℮w @giantmolecular.cloud · 13d

It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 20d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 20d

Cool... a global focus on three core traits of ectotherms: metabolic rate, development time and fecundity. ShareTrait: Towards interoperable and reusable individual trait-based data in ectotherms #OpenTraits #FunctionalTraits besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 🧪🌐

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 20d

"Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change at University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"

Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20250919_UCB.pdf

#PlantSciJobs

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 20d

162,000 doctors strong: The American College of Physicians demands RFK Jr. be removed as HHS Secretary, warning he is undermining vaccines, science, and public health.

www.acponline.org/acp-newsroom...
#BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #NurseSky #SciSky

American College of Physicians Calls for Removal of Secretary Kennedy at HHS | ACP Online

Statement attributable to:Jason M. Goldman, MD, MACPPresident, American College of Physicians

www.acponline.org

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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 22d

🧨 The Naturhistoriska riksmuseet has a position open for a Tenure-Track group Leader position (DDLS fellow).

17 M SEK start-up (1.6 million euros, which will account for your salary / 2 PhDs / 2 Postdocs / plenty of money for starting projects and sending peoeple to conferences).

lnkd.in/d5jNr_Ti

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Daniel Kronauer @danielkronauer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ant reproduction is getting weirder and weirder. Here’s the latest: queens of a Mediterranean harvester ant mate with males from a different species and then lay eggs that clonally inherit those males’ genome. I.e., they lay eggs that develop into a different species. 🤯

Nature @nature.com · Sep 5

The discovery of an unusual reproductive system for one ant species solves a long-standing puzzle

go.nature.com/47mxGkM

Ant queens produce sons of two distinct species

The discovery of an unusual reproductive system for one ant species solves a long-standing puzzle about a missing population of another ant species.

go.nature.com

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Emília Santos @emiliapsantos.bsky.social · 23d

Very proud of this extremely collaborative piece: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Here, we show that divergence in visual systems - in response to differences in the light environment - leads to rapid divergence in sexually selected colour traits. Work brilliantly led by Madeleine Carruthers. 🐟👀🎨

Rapid Divergence of Visual Systems and Signaling Traits to Contrasting Light Regimes During Early Speciation of African Crater Lake Cichlid Fish

Abstract. Sensory adaptation is widely hypothesized to drive ecological speciation, yet empirical evidence from natural populations undergoing early stage

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Sam Bogan @snbogan.bsky.social · 23d

New preprint led by undergrad Owen Moosman! We uncover extensive haplotype diversity in antifreeze protein gene copy number in polar Zoarcoidei fishes, and report new tools to evaluate assembly uncertainty and switch error in phased genomes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 24d

The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies

jobs.sjsu.edu

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · Sep 9

University of Calgary is hiring a tier I CRC professorship in crop genomics. Come work in one of the most beautiful corners of the world!
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...

Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in Calgary, ...

careers.ucalgary.ca

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 24d

Really venturing out of my comfort zone for this next critter in the Kem Kem series - a fish! This is Axelrodichthys, a giant mawsoniid coelacanth with a potential upper length of 4m. Size comparison below ⬇️

#paleoart #sciart

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Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 24d

Interested in simulating the kind of data that you might commonly find in evolutionary and ecological studies?

Then we have the R package for you - squidSim!!

Check our new preprint:
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

squidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

ecoevorxiv.org

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Tami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · 27d

We are looking for a postdoc to study single-cell transcriptional heterogeneity in the human skin microbiome.

We have a new protocol mostly developed, but need someone to see it through. Experience with protocol dev or RNAseq appreciated.

Funded by a new grant from MIT-HEALS.

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Matt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 27d

🚨Job alert!🚨

We are looking for a new lab manager to join our group at the University of Oregon! Applicants with experience in microbiology, evolutionary genetics, or protein biochemistry are especially encouraged to apply. See the link below for more information: barberlab.org/contact/

Contact

View of the University of Oregon campus from nearby Hendricks Park Lab Address:322 Pacific Hall5289 University of OregonEugene, OR 97403 Lab Phone:541-346-1537 Joining the lab Lab Manager: We are c…

barberlab.org

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 27d

Do you like cichlids? Fossils? Fossil cichlids? Would you like to study them as part of a graduate degree at the University of Michigan, joining an NSF-funded project? Get in touch.

Multicolored CT model of a fossil cichlid skeleton. Image credit: Austin Babut (project technician).

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 6

AMNH is hiring a #curator! We are searching for an “Assistant Curator in #Climate #Physics: #Atmosphere or #Ocean”! Join us! careers.amnh.org/postings/4579 #academicjobs #tenuretrack

careers.amnh.org

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