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Nadine Ziemert @nadineziemert.bsky.social · May 13

Happy to announce that our „newest old tool“ autoMLST2.0 is out and published. You need an accurate and easy to use tool to build #phylogenetictrees from #bacterialgenomes: academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

AutoMLST2: a web server for phylogeny and microbial taxonomy

Abstract. Accurate and accessible phylogenetic analysis is essential for understanding microbial taxonomy and evolution, which are integral to microbiology

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Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍 @devoevomed.bsky.social · May 13

I've written a Substack about the #ColossalBioSci #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign; it's focused on polluting the information landscape, rather than the underlying science (except for species concepts, I talk about them)

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The Extinction of Truth

Or, a Colossal Pile of Bullshit

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Apr 29

This meeting will be great!

Abstract submission open now

See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool

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Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting

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Owen Osborne @owengosborne.bsky.social · Feb 12

We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders.
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328

Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Feb 6

☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️

2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution

ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution?

Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!

Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Feb 6

🚨 Job alert 🚨 — are you interested in understanding how mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? 🧬 🧪 🧫 🦠 2x 5-year research positions available in experimental evolution @mermanchester.bsky.social Join us! #microsky
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Research Associate in Experimental Evolution:Manchester

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Feb 6

Very excited to see this out from @metallophyte.bsky.social's lab looking at plasticity and adaptation to environmental stressors! Led by @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social student Sarah Coates!

Alex Papadopulos @metallophyte.bsky.social · Feb 6

Our new paper shows that plasticity that has evolved to deal with one stressful situation, can help plants to adapt rapidly to new stressful situations. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @meebangor.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @ukri.org @pnas.org

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Jan 15

Looking to build your CV by doing a Masters project? Lots available at Bangor University in zoology-related fields and more:

PGR Research: College of Science & Engineering (Bangor Uni) @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social · Jan 10

Today we are releasing 64 (!) adverts for Masters by Research projects at the College of Science & Engineering. All are self-funded. Spanning 18 themes/disciplines this is the richest offering we’ve had in years. Check out the projects now and get in touch: tinyurl.com/4bw29ucv

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · Jan 15

Come to the UK to do your best 🧪! We’re not that bad by some comparisons 😊

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jan 14

The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships will open for applications next week on 21 January. These fellowships are for non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more on our website: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/newto...

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Jan 8

Huge congrats Philipp!! Great news :)

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Dec 13

🚨 We are recruiting a #PhD student for a #NERC RedAlert CDT funded project using microbiological and genomic approaches to track #AMR 🦠 in riverine ecosystems in #NorthWales 🌈 - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: tinyurl.com/5wstuwxu
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social

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Amy Ellison @amyellison.bsky.social · Dec 13

Come work with us on #eDNA and salmonid pathogens! 🐟🦠 Please share:

Si Creer @profsicreer.bsky.social · Dec 11

We are recruiting for #PhD opportunity funded by NERC RedAlert CDT investigating novel ways to identify #salmonid diseases in #freshwater ecosystems using #eDNA - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: findaphd.com?pj=176410
@thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social

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Chris Jiggins @chrisjiggins.bsky.social · Dec 10

As I have a few followers now I figure I could post about some recent papers: @henrylnorth.bsky.social analysed sequence data from @theswordlab.bsky.social for North American Helicoverpa zea - we found just two individuals from 400 with introgressed armigera allele for insecticide resistance

Rapid Adaptation and Interspecific Introgression in the North American Crop Pest Helicoverpa zea

Abstract. Insect crop pests threaten global food security. This threat is amplified through the spread of nonnative species and through adaptation of nativ

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Dec 8

👀 V. cool tour de force paper disentangling the genetic basis of gut colonization in a symbiotic 🦠 of the fruit fly gut - genetics + genomics + experimental evolution + comparative genomics + transgenics + imaging. Wow!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...

A conserved bacterial genetic basis for commensal-host specificity

Animals selectively acquire specific symbiotic gut bacteria from their environments that aid host fitness. To colonize, a symbiont must locate its niche and sustain growth within the gut. Adhesins are...

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Dec 6

Happy #frogfriday - I give you the spectacular Chihuahuan green toad. Found out on the road after some rain in southeast Arizona.

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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Dec 2

I am loving the @evolletters.bsky.social cover by G. Moggioli. This issue has 3 articles about the Darwin-Bateman paradigm. Lehtonen & Parker doi.org/10.1093/evle... provide theory, w/ comments by @timjanicke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/evle... and Mokos et al. doi.org/10.1093/evle...

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Darren Obbard @darrenobbard.bsky.social · Nov 27

#PhD Advert: Please share! Are you looking for a PhD studentship in comparative- or population-genomics, using 300+ species of #Drosophila and 1000+ genomes of #melanogaster? #Entomology #Genomics #PopGen #Phylogenetics

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Nov 23

Excellent - thanks for this, I will track those down! Line is going strong, so plenty of adults to work with.

Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Nov 23

So we need sequences ;)

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Nov 23

Thanks! I'll have a look at some older ones and see if testes trend more pink. If pinkish, you'd go obscura? They are pretty big flies if that helps at all (near hydei size).

Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Nov 23

#drosphila blueskyers, can anyone help ID new fly line in the lab? I think virilis, but unsure. Males with double sex combs. Collected in North Wales. @darrenobbard.bsky.social

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Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · Oct 30

Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy!

The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.

Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪

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Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social · Oct 8

Looking for a #postdoc? Interested in #evolution, #mutations, adaptation? Have #bioinformatics skills? Come join us on our beautiful campus @NCBS_Bangalore!

Text has details of the open postdoctoral position and contact information for Deepa Agashe. Picture shows lab members on a hike to a beautiful Jain temple.

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Erica Larson @ellarson.bsky.social · Nov 20

We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!

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Aaron Comeault @aaronc-research.bsky.social · Nov 19

👀 Enjoyed this perspective on the evolution of human commensalism! We need to quantify the degree to which species have evolved/adapted to anthropo environs and clearly define those environs. Plus I learned a neat new word: "synurbic". #drosophila would be great models for some of this!

Mark Ravinet @markravinet.bsky.social · Nov 14

Really glad to be able to say that former MSc student and now superstar PhD student Ruth Fawthrop has her first paper out in TREE - an evolutionary framework for studying human-commensalism. With @melissahrowe.bsky.social @naturalselection.bsky.social and others! bit.ly/3Z8nCYd

Understanding human-commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework

Human-commensalism has been intuitively characterised as an interspecific interaction whereby non-human individuals benefit from tight associations wi…

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