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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 2d

It took decades for the work of Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi—the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology—to have clinical relevance. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Continued support for blue-sky research is essential to fuel the breakthroughs of tomorrow.
Carola Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 13d

Experimental Evolution of the Thermal Performance Curve https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.677994v1

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Jhelam N. Deshpande @djhelam1.bsky.social · 13d

I was recently invited by a cool student initiative from IISER in India @fishersfishes.bsky.social (fishersfishes.github.io) to talk about networks. I conveyed to undergraduates my ideas for how ecology, evolution and their interplay should be understood in light of biological system properties.

Jhelam Deshpande - Ecology, Evolution and Networks

YouTube video by Fishers Fishes

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Emanuel Fronhofer @efronhofer.bsky.social · 15d

Do you want to study #Quantitative #Ecology & #Evolution? Are you interested in a research-oriented #MSc program? Apply & join us at @umontpellier.bsky.social in the #IDIL program. #Fellowships available for #international #students

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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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Saismit Naik @saismit.bsky.social · 27d

Excited to share our new preprint!
Molecular processes of thermal adaptation shape how fast species expand their ranges:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.09.675142
#ecology #evolution #climatechange #preprint #Theory #Modeling

From proteins to species ranges: a framework for understanding thermal adaptation during range expansions

Species distributions are governed by both ecological and evolutionary processes. Traditionally, ecological factors have been the primary focus of species distribution studies, but recent work emphasi...

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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · Aug 25

🌡️ Rares voire rarissimes en France au XXe siècle, les températures dépassant localement les 40 degrés sont devenues fréquentes depuis l’an 2000. Voici une carte animée localisant chaque année où les stations de Météo-France ont relevé ou dépassé 40 degrés (données au 17 août).

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Emanuel Fronhofer @efronhofer.bsky.social · Aug 13

New paper from the group by Peter Kamal et al: #Dispersal #evolution can only rescue a limited set of species from #climate #change. In ProcB doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Dispersal evolution can only rescue a limited set of species from climate change | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Anthropogenic climate change threatens biodiversity on Earth. In response, species can adapt evolutionarily to changing environments or shift their ranges via dispersal. However, dispersal itself can evolve on ecological timescales. We explore ...

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Jul 17

New preprint about open science in eco-evo!
We sampled 110 journals, 550 articles, and assessed whether data and code are accessible: (1/5)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

#ScientificPublishing #OpenScience #ecology #conservation #EvolutionaryBiology #paleobio #systematics #archeology

An overview of open science in eco-evo research and the publisher effect.

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt

Programmer in Ecological Modelling

Full-time, permanent, EG 10, Reference number: 2025/72

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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · Jul 10

"The myth of meritocracy in science collapses under the financial sacrifices expected at every career stage. From unpaid internships and self-funded conferences to underpaid positions, these hidden costs disproportionately exclude those without generational wealth, compounded by race and gender."

Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM

From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...

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CNRS Écologie & Environnement @cnrsecologie.bsky.social · Jul 9

@cnrsecologie.bsky.social regrette profondément l'adoption de cette loi à la vision court-termiste & ses conséquences graves sur l’environnement, qui méprise santé & bien-être de la population & le rôle des espèces sauvages dans la prod. agricole. La communauté scientifique n'a pas été entendue.

Agence France-Presse @afp.com · Jul 8

Le Parlement a définitivement adopté mardi la proposition de loi agricole Duplomb-Menonville, comprenant entre autres une mesure décriée de réintroduction sous conditions d'un pesticide néonicotinoïde, et présentée comme une réponse à la colère agricole de 2024.

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Steven Van Belleghem @svbelleghem.bsky.social · Jul 7

Excited to advertise a shared PhD position at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Mondsee (Austria) with @markusmoest.bsky.social on the genetic basis, plasticity and evolution of melanization in Daphnia from alpine lakes. Apply here: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Jun 24

New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...

Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.

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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · Jun 9

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by J.N. Deshpande et al.

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems

Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras

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Jhelam N. Deshpande @djhelam1.bsky.social · Jun 10

Read our study to learn more about spatial networks and evo-evolutionary feedbacks in host-parasite systems.
@efronhofer.bsky.social

Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · Jun 9

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by J.N. Deshpande et al.

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems

Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras

doi.org

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · May 10

The two pictures are 11 years apart.

On 10 May 1933 the Nazi party staged ideological spectacle of burning of 'un-German’ books.

2nd image: Auschwitz II-Birkenau, burning pits outside gas chamber V, 1944.

#Auschwitz warns us of where ideologies of hatred can lead to.

Group of prisoners of Auschwitz burning corpses of people murdered in gas chambers in burning pits. Smoke is visible above the pile.

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Jeremy Van Cleve @vancleve.theoretical.bio · Apr 16

Straight up racism and misogyny.

Let us never forget, their issue with DEI WAS NEVER ABOUT MERIT.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 16

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards

Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Apr 15

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Jhelam N. Deshpande @djhelam1.bsky.social · Apr 6

Glad that the first thing that I share on here is our (@efronhofer.bsky.social , Vasilis Dakos and Oliver Kaltz) work from my PhD thesis at @isemevol.bsky.social on host parasite eco-evolution in spatial networks out now in Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems

Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras

doi.org

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Université de Montpellier @umontpellier.bsky.social · Mar 26

du 24 au 28 mars 📅 Semaine de lutte contre le #racisme et l' #antisémitisme à l'UM
Dans le cadre de la semaine de lutte contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme, l'Université de Montpellier propose 3 rendez-vous ouverts au public : ⤵️
actu.fr/occitanie/mo...

Université de Montpellier : semaine de lutte contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme

Dans le cadre de la semaine de lutte contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme, l'Université de Montpellier propose trois rendez-vous ouverts au public.

actu.fr

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Anne Charmantier @annecharmantier.bsky.social · Mar 8

Today is International Women's Day 👭🧪🔭. With this video we hope to motivate girls to engage in scientific careers, please circulate/ Cette vidéo en français/anglais a vocation à être diffusée dans les classes 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKlT...
#InternationalWomensDay2025 #JourneeDesDroitsDesFemmes

Portraits de femmes scientifiques

YouTube video by FemmesetSciences

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · Mar 6

#Communiqué 🗞️ Le CNRS exprime sa solidarité avec les scientifiques exerçant aux États-Unis, où la liberté académique est aujourd'hui mise à l’épreuve.

👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · Mar 4

#8mars À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, participez au webinaire organisé par la MPDF le 7 mars sur la place des femmes dans la coopération scientifique internationale. 🌍👩‍🔬
📅 Inscrivez-vous pour plus d'infos : premc.org/fr/coop-inte...

Webinaire Coopération Internationale CNRS - Accueil FR - PremC

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Emanuel Fronhofer @efronhofer.bsky.social · Mar 1

Applications for our MSc in Quantitative Ecology & Evolution still open. With scholarships for international students!

Emanuel Fronhofer @efronhofer.bsky.social · Jan 8

Applications open for our MSc in #Quantitative #Ecology & #Evolution @umontpellier.bsky.social

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