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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · 4d

And look at this graphic abstract….. 😱🤯

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 2d

New report on navigating challenges of doing science in Global South countries. We often hear about obstacles like bureaucracy and funding constraints. Some practical here on how to navigate

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Ashwini V. Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🧬 🙋🏾‍♀️ @crazychipkali.bsky.social · 2d

That must have been a great talk with an optimistic end! Thanks for the article and summary Rishika.

Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 2d

New report on navigating challenges of doing science in Global South countries. We often hear about obstacles like bureaucracy and funding constraints. Some practical here on how to navigate

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Anna R Landim @annarl.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🍈🦜🍒🐒🍊🐿️

We show that the functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions in tropical forests takes circa 20 years to recover after deforestation.

You can read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Delayed recovery of seed-dispersal interactions after deforestation

Landim et al. show that seed-dispersal interactions require about two decades to functionally recover in tropical forests in Ecuador, but the recovery time of seed-dispersal functions is delayed in pa...

www.cell.com

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Stephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · 8d

PhD position available at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on avialan ontogeny (birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives)!

jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...

42/2025 Research Associate with the goal of a doctorate (f/m/d)

jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin

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Patrick Krapf @krapfpatrick.bsky.social · 10d

(1) So happy to share our recent work on Finish wood ants 🐜🧬🥳
"Evidence for climate-mediated range expansion of hybrid wood ants"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@helsinki.fi & @uvapress.bsky.social
This integrative project was funded by the Research Council Finland & #MSCA of the European Comission

Evidence for climate-mediated range expansion of hybrid wood ants

Climate change challenges many species. To persist, species can shift ranges, respond plastically, and adapt. Yet, these responses require variation - often limited in natural populations. While hybri...

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Melanie Brien @melbrien.bsky.social · 14d

Funded PhD position available 🎉 Come and work with me in Helsinki to uncover the pathways producing colourful tiger moth wings. Lots of options for genomics, CRISPR, fieldwork, behaviour experiments… Email with questions! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Wood tiger moth on leaf. Photo: Juhani Maamela.

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 13d

Only known from a single plant growing in the botanic gardens in Sri Lanka, the endemic Pini-Beraliya was declared Extinct in the Wild.

But a post on social media about the tree has now led to the discovery of three wild populations and a recovery programme! 🌱🧪🙌🏻
news.mongabay.com/2025/08/soci...

Social media post sparks rediscovery of endemic Sri Lanka rainforest plant

COLOMBO — In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List delivered a grim verdict on endemic Pini- Beraliya, the towering dipterocarp Doona ovalifolia (syn. Shorea ovalifolia) tree by categorizing it as “exti...

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Ashwini V. Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🧬 🙋🏾‍♀️ @crazychipkali.bsky.social · 15d

Using gene-order information to infer phylogenetic relationship seems super interesting. Yet to read!

Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · 16d

Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 16d

Axolotls may enjoy celebrity status among pet owners, but their wild populations have been dealt huge blows by habitat loss, water pollution, invasive species and the pet trade.

Now, the success of reintroduction programs in their native ranges in Mexico brings new hope for their comeback.

The return of the axolotl (cartoon)

Axolotls may enjoy celebrity status among pet owners, but their wild populations have been dealt huge blows by habitat loss, water pollution, invasive species and the pet trade. Now, the success of…

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Ashwini V. Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🧬 🙋🏾‍♀️ @crazychipkali.bsky.social · 17d

Looks a good opportunity for #postdocs studying #neurobiology or #behaviour or any research that studies intelligence in different contexts.

MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 20d

Apply now to become a speaker at our Institute! We invite excellent postdocs in neuroscience, ecology and other fields related to our research to apply for our Emerging Scientist Talk Series. Apply by October 24: www.bi.mpg.de/ess

@chr-mayer.bsky.social @fleyes.bsky.social @michaelahau.bsky.social

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Hanna Johannesson @hannajohannesson.bsky.social · Sep 7

We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com

Lediga jobb vid Stockholms universitet

Jobb

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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Ashwini V. Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🧬 🙋🏾‍♀️ @crazychipkali.bsky.social · Sep 2

Looks like a terrific opportunity!

Centre for Palaeogenetics @cpgsthlm.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨JOB ALERT!🚨

Postdoc position at #CpgSthlm on Microtine Palaeogenomics!

Join our deep-time genomics project, funded by @erc.europa.eu, and help us explore lemming and vole evolution using ancient DNA from fossils spanning the last 2.6 million years 🐭🦴🧬

Apply here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Alexis Stamatakis @stamatak.bsky.social · Sep 1

Want to spend time in the French Alps and talk about Machine Learning for Evolutionary Genomics Data? Join us for the 2nd Legend conference - abstract submission deadline is on September 22 legend2025.sciencesconf.org

legend2025 : Machine Learning for Evolutionary Genomics Data - Sciencesconf.org

legend2025.sciencesconf.org

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Lucija Andjel @lucija-andjel.bsky.social · Aug 28

My first first-author article is finally here! Happy to share with you a little piece of the puzzle in the evolution of sex chromosomes in chameleons of the genus Furcifer. You can read the full text at academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...

#reptiles #chameleons #evolution #sexchromosomes

Comparison of non-synonymous/synonymous (dN/dS) ratios shows little evidence for a faster-Z effect in Furcifer chameleons after controlling for gene-specific evolutionary rates

Abstract. The faster-X/Z effect hypothesis states that genes linked to X/Z chromosomes should accumulate mutations faster than autosomal genes. Although fa

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Ashwini V. Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🧬 🙋🏾‍♀️ @crazychipkali.bsky.social · Aug 28

Learnt loads working on this review together with incredible 🌿 biologists! We discuss the role of chromosomal rearrangements in population div. & speciation & attempt to bridge the gap between macro- and microevolutionary processes. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

Frontiers | Bridging micro and macroevolution: insights from chromosomal dynamics in plants

Understanding the relationship between macro- and microevolutionary processes and their delimitation remains a challenge. This review focuses on the role of ...

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · Aug 27

A great and engaging set of students for the #Biodiversity bioinformatics @sib.swiss training couse in #Lausanne this week - congratulations to you all! www.sib.swiss/training/cou... @dessimoz.bsky.social @marcrr.bsky.social

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Dhanya Bharath @dhanyabharath.bsky.social · Aug 25

Some of the #Bengaluru representation at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona!

@shikharabhat.bsky.social @crazychipkali.bsky.social @vrindarvkm.bsky.social @gauravathreya.bsky.social @utharasrini.bsky.social

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Ashwini V. Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🧬 🙋🏾‍♀️ @crazychipkali.bsky.social · Aug 24

A really well written piece about an exciting recent work from Vijay Ramesh et al! india.mongabay.com/2025/08/old-... #scicomm #naturalhistorycollections #nhm

Old maps and dead birds reveal the story of grassland and bird decline in the Nilgiris

Since the mid-1800s, the Nilgiris have lost 80% of their grasslands, a new study finds by comparing a colonial-era map with satellite images.

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · Aug 19

Epigenetics and #chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera #eseb2025

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Aug 19

Wonderful wrap up for a great symposium #ESEB2025 - thank you to all parcitipants for their high quality presentations, talks and posters (here most of the female contributors, but there were more 😉)

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Ashwini V. Mohan ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ 🧬 🙋🏾‍♀️ @crazychipkali.bsky.social · Aug 17

Here for @eseb2025.bsky.social ? Catch my posters on the 19th (Tue.). 1: How can we measure genomic structural variants (P02.308), & 2. Genomic drivers of karyotype change & impacts on the linear & 3D genome structure (P02.328). Photo: cool decorations from the #gracia festival last night! #ESEB2025

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