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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 2d

This week in the @calstate.bsky.social bioinformatics webinar series! Yours truly - I’ll update y’all on recent work from my lab on addressing missing data problems in pop-gen. Friday, 10/10 at noon PST! Do join us via Zoom. Deets in flyer.

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 7d

There are key moments, key role models, key events in a person's life that shape who they are and what they do.

I vividly remember learning about Dr Goodall's work at a birthday party as a child and deciding that is what "I would do when I grew up".

She was the nudge that pushed me into science

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 8d

The global economy depends on #nature but also has an impact on nature. Learn more about these interactions with this graphic from the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Report.

Read the Summary for Policymakers: www.ipbes.net/transf...

An infographic showing global economic figures related to nature and biodiversity, displayed in a circular format with a money/globe illustration at the center. The data points are presented in descending order:

Global GDP: $105.6 trillion
GDP from nature-dependent sectors: $58 trillion
Nature decline externalities: $10.7 trillion
Subsidies to nature-declining sectors: $1.4-$3.3 trillion
Global biodiversity financing gap (annual until 2030): $598-$824 billion
Current global biodiversity funding: $135-$156 billion
The center features a mint green globe with stylized stacks of money and coins in front, using green and yellow colors. The data is arranged in a semi-circular arc, with monetary values shown in green and purple text. The visualization uses a clean, minimalist design with clear typography.

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 13d

Abstracts due on November 18th worldbiodiversityforum.org/call-for-abs...

Call for Abstracts

Call for oral and poster abstracts for WBF2026 More than 90 sessions, in 10 thematic tracks will bring together international researchers, artists, practitioners, companies and policy makers from a va...

worldbiodiversityforum.org

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 13d

Working in genetic diversity monitoring? Consider submitting an Abstract to the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session "Implementing and achieving the GBF goals and targets for genetic diversity"

🧪 🧬 ⚛️

#WBF2026 #geneticdiversity #KMGBF #biodiversity

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 13d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 16d

The TERRA cluster is looking for a CORE NGS specialist until 31.12.2032!

🧪 🧬 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

#Science #Bioinformatics #postdoc #Genomics

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James Bonfield @jbonfield.bsky.social · 23d

Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.

Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 26d

You can surely put in the private comments to the editor: I totally disagree with the rewrite needs, please reconsider?

Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · Aug 6

Shall we co edit a special issue in this very predatory journal that will not leave me alone and I even nicely asked them to? ;)

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · Jul 29

would you like to edit a special issue in our new high-profit journal for free?

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Jul 21

This is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the Caleb Scholars program. We give students funds to return home to learn from elders as they go to school, and we find undergrads though professional/PhD programs bc I know how hard it was to return home during grad school.

www.calebscholars.org

Caleb Scholars Program – Inuit-led conservation advocacy.

A fellowship program focused on providing community and cultural connection, professional development, mentorship, and financial support to students in the arctic.

www.calebscholars.org

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · Jul 16

Anyone who thinks college professors are in some kind of mind meld with each other where they all agree and indoctrinate their students with that unified message...has clearly never been in a faculty meeting.

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · Jul 14

If you like to connect with modellers of various flavours, who like to think about complex multiscale things, consider this "SCALES" workshop here in Mainz! Sept 1-5. model.uni-mainz.de/scales-confe...

SCALES Conference 2025 | Mainz Institute of Multiscale Modeling

model.uni-mainz.de

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · Jul 11

Nice job at Aarhus University @au.dk: we need more professorship in genetic biodiversity!
tech.au.dk/en/about-the...

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · Jun 24

Its not too bad today because we had a wind storm but over the weekend it was way way too hot. I have found a hand made ice cream place but it is South of the river :(

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · Jun 24

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BOU @bou.org.uk · Jun 20

🔊 SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

There's still time to submit your abstract for a Bluesky presentation at #BOUasm25

A day at the museum | 18 November 2025

No registration required to participate via Bluesky

⏰ Deadline: 28 July

Details: bou.org.uk/event/a-d...

#ornithology 🪶

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · Jun 17

Packing for #Evol2025? Bring your new and gently used field gear and clothes that you no longer use to donate to the Field Gear Swap! Hosted by the tri-society Diversity Committees - drop by their booth to donate or pick up! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @evolmtg.bsky.social

Cartoon drawings of a Hawaiian shirt, flashlight, compass, and camping tent. Text: Evolution 2025 Field Gear Swap, Diversity Committees Booth.

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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · Jun 12

We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!

DMF UNIL @dmf-unil.bsky.social · Jun 10

Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · Jun 3

“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night

It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

www.theguardian.com

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · Jun 3

Paige do you know about the infamous chip factory meets GPS loggers? Where all the birds were going to an inland mystery location that turned out to be... a chip factory 😃

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 30

The loss of diversity, including genetic diversity in crops like potatoes, poses a serious risk to global food security by undermining the resilience of many agricultural systems to pests, pathogens & climate change. 🥔

.— @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment

🎥 For #InternationalDayOfPotato w/ @fao.org

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · May 29

I think one person who was known to be in the landslide zone during the impact is missing. (My guess is maybe a farmer or someone going to check something)

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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · May 29

Climate change is far reaching and we must curb emissions.

Many years ago Nico and I found an oil painting in a small Alpine Broki. We soon found out it is of a famous 'study' spot in Blatten. Today it is no more.

We must do more to protect species, culture, and landscapes.

#blatten #glacier

oil painting from 1920s of a small alpine village with traditional buildings

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