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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · May 23

I wrote an opinion piece for @livescience.com about the #ColossalBioSci dire wolf deëxtinction campaign by #BenLamm; I explore the consequences of their #DisInformation on information and scientific integrity...

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Colossal's de-extinction campaign is built on a semantic house of cards with shoddy foundations — and the consequences are dire | Opinion

"Dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences were pegged as "the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction." But that all depends on your definition of de-extinction — and Colossal'...

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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · Feb 17

worth a read #consgen #popgen

Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · Feb 17

Robin Waples' reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne) #biodiversity #genomics #conservation #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size

This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’...

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Feb 17

Transgenerational effects of heat shock on gene regulation and fitness-related traits are stronger in arid than temperate Drosophila populations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.13.637908v1

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Dec 6

Great phd opportunity!

Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social · Dec 6

🚨 PhD Opportunity @halllab.bsky.social!
🔬 Decoding Early Life Microbiota & Host Interactions
🧬 Ideal for those with bioinformatics/microbiome experience
🌍 Open to international candidates (MSCA mobility rules apply).
📅 Deadline: 18th Dec
🌐 Apply now: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Decoding Early Life Microbiota and Host Interactions at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Decoding Early Life Microbiota and Host Interactions at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Dec 4

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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi · Album · 1985 · 12 songs

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Fabrício Almeida-Silva @almeidasilvaf.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thrilled to see this paper out! 🎉

We analyzed 470 (!) angiosperm genomes and identified and dated 132 whole-genome duplication events. Importantly, we observed that WGD occurrence dates are not randomly distributed, but clustered at times of major environmental upheaval.

Yves Van de Peer @yvdp.bsky.social · Nov 24

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The Rise of Polyploids During Environmental Catastrophes

Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), both a strong evolutionary and ecological force and a potential pitfall, occurs extensively across the tree of life, particularly in angiosperms. While p...

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Colin Osborne @colinplants.bsky.social · Feb 26

Come work with us!

We're hiring two postdoc research fellows working broadly on nature-based climate solutions, including mitigation and natural sinks.

If you'd like to chat about these, please get in touch.

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Nov 27

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and a nice little trial showing effects of feed with chitin on salmon metabolism and salmon-microbiome interactions:

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The effect of dietary chitin on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) chitinase activity, gene expression, and microbial composition

Chitin is a common component in the natural diet of many fish. While a range of chitin-degrading chitinases have been identified, it is unclear whethe…

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Nov 27

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Effective (and failed ) strategies to manipulate the salmon gut microbiome:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...

The need for high-resolution gut microbiome characterization to design efficient strategies for sustainable aquaculture production - Communications Biology

A multi-omic approach enables the reconstruction of microbial metabolic dynamics in the salmon gut in response to feed and feed supplements, outlining novel and potentially benefic...

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Nov 27

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An atlas of microbial gut genomes:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genomic and functional characterization of the Atlantic salmon gut microbiome in relation to nutrition and health - Nature Microbiology

Using shotgun metagenomics, cultivation and metabolic modelling, the authors construct the Salmon Microbial Genome Atlas as a resource for future studies on sustainable aquaculture.

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Nov 27

We have over the past month or so published a nice bouquet of papers about the interaction between the Atlantic salmon, its gut microbiome and the feed it eats.

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Nov 27

www.kqed.org/arts/1390978...

MC Hammer ‘Will Beat Yo' Ass’—and Other Hard Tales of the MTV-Friendly Rapper

As Redman put it: 'That goddamn MC Hammer? Very serious about beef.'

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Nov 27

Mc Hammer apparently had some great beef victories too 😎

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Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · Nov 19

Extremely happy to share our latest work on the functional genetic basis of maturity age variation in Atlantic salmon! 🖥️🧬🦑🧪🐟

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Nov 19

My friend an colleague Dan Macqueen has a PhD opening on WGD and genome evolution in his group at the Roslin. Great opportunity!

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Evolution following whole genome duplication - a comparative investigation of plant and animal genomes at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Evolution following whole genome duplication - a comparative investigation of plant and animal genomes at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Andres Bendesky @bendeskylab.com · May 15

Excited to share our newest paper, in which we report our discovery that monogamous oldfield mice have very recently evolved a novel cell type in their adrenal glands that promotes parental care
Work led by the fabulous Natalie Niepoth and @jennymerritt.bsky.social 🧵
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · Apr 15

My lab is hiring a technician, to hopefully start asap! FT position with benefits, and potential for two positions. Pls re-post! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Research Lab Tech Senior - Baucom Lab | U-M Careers

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · Mar 22

Excited to share my first undergrad-mentee-led manuscript! Here we introduce gatoRs, an R package designed to streamline the downloading and processing of biodiversity data. Check out our paper here: doi.org/10.1002/aps3...

Based on a pseudo-fuzzy match for your taxa of interest, gatoRs_download() circumvents iDigBio's exact match search logic and increases the number of unique records obtained from iDigBio.

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · Mar 15

Congratulations to Jeff Groh on the publication of "The temporal and genomic scale of selection following hybridization" showing how wavelets an be used to determine the timing of selection & drift during hybridization www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · Mar 15

Great new preprint reviewing variant calling for polyploids by Alyssa Phillips (of @jrossibarra.bsky.social lab): ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Mar 8

For this year’s International Women’s Day, I would like to put it as simply as possible: Men should be happy that women want equality. Not revenge.

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Victor A. Albert @plantgenomes.bsky.social · Feb 25

Brown bear - polar bear hybridization has been principally bidirectional over time, but with different preponderant directions; ancient being brown—>polar, more recent, polar—>brown. Read our work and new method, delta-statistics, led by Kalle Leppälä

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 21

🍓 From the upcoming #AJB #Polyploidy special issue 🍓

Neopolyploidy has variable effects on diversity & composition of the wild #strawberry microbiome

By Thomas Anneberg, Nevin Cullen, Elizabeth O'Neill, Na Wei & Tia-Lynn Ashman

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

Photo of a representative diploid and neopolyploid Fragaria vesca.

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srsandve.bsky.social @srsandve.bsky.social · Feb 20

I had no idea about this! Very interesting.

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · Feb 16

The first draft is for telling yourself the story, revisions are for telling your readers.

Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · Feb 16

I don't like "Your first draft will be shitty" as advice, because it's a really negative framing.

I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."

Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.

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