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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 9h

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 6d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 8d

The American Society of Naturalists is looking for a new Editor-In-Chief to begin Jan 2027. Info here:
www.amnat.org/announcement...

Call for new Editor-in-Chief (2027–2030)

<p>The ASN is seeking applicants for Editor-in-Chief, to begin in January 2027</p><br/>

www.amnat.org

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 12d

New: After a long wait, the GRFP solicitation is live! Deadlines have been extended to early November, so applicants have a bit over a month to submit. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · 12d

Nice work by Jessie Pelosi leading this paper on the genome and life phases in an invasive fern - www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The genome of the vining fern Lygodium microphyllum highlights genomic and functional differences between life phases of an invasive plant | PNAS

Functional and genomic studies on the differences between the gametophyte and sporophyte life phases of plants remain scarce, yet unraveling these ...

www.pnas.org

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · 16d

Microsynteny analysis informs cypriniform fish evolution - one of the most speciose groups of vertebrates. What's in those blocks of collinear genes unique to each lineage...?

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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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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Aurelie Hintermann @aurhin.bsky.social · 21d

Are digits modified fins, or evolutionary innovations? Read how we tackled this old question from a new angle🧪
A story with @chasebolt.bsky.social, @homeobox.bsky.social and myself, coordinated by @denisduboule.bsky.social from @college-de-france.fr and published in @nature.com today!
#InHoxWeTrust

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Great Lakes Now @greatlakesnow.bsky.social · 28d

Join the creators of @alltooclearfilm.bsky.social for a historic real-time dive to Superior Shoal, a towering underwater mountain in the heart of Lake Superior.

Explore the Freshwater Everest on Sunday, September 14 at 3 PM ET.

Learn more: inspiredplanet.ca/live

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Milton Tan @mtanichthys.bsky.social · Sep 6

Man I really like these guys, Chinese suckers Myxocyprinus asiaticus. They change as they become adults and get too big for any tank I'll have for the foreseeable future. I was involved in the genome paper on them. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 29

Cool paper. taars also involved in olfaction (cadaverine) for spawning, perhaps pleiotropy speeds it along or tradeoff? We see them pop out in genome scans in other fish.

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 27

If the DNA is sufficient quantity/quality it should sequence on ONT; sometimes pores clog/die quickly if secondary structures (e.g., g-quadruplexes) or chemical contaminants / DNA adducts present. Or digestive enzymes a problem in these perhaps? Could be cool biological underpinnings!

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sequence quality is low/short or assembly is poor or both? Filter out stickleback reads before assembly? We like ONT for almost everything, especially now that Hifiasm has ONT mode - that was significant improvement for assemblies.

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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · Aug 22

@robinaraya.bsky.social @naturalselection.bsky.social @kjetillsj.bsky.social et al. investigate TEs in four large inversions in Atlantic cod - TEs accumulate in breakpoints, suggesting they drive inversions through ectopic recombination.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf131

#genome #evolution #TEsky

Chromosomal Inversions Mediated by Tandem Insertions of Transposable Elements

Abstract. Chromosomal inversions play a crucial role in evolution by influencing phenotypes through the linkage of coadapted alleles. While inversions have

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Peter Sudmant @psudmant.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Sudmant lab at UC Berkeley is seeking a postdoc to work on a fully funded NIH project to understand differences in DNA repair and somatic mutation across the primate tree of life. Please spread widely to those who may be interested aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05052

Postdoctoral Scholar – Genomics, Aging, Somatic Mutation, Structural Variation, Evolution , Cancer – Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'd highly recommend the species selection chapter of Gould's 'Structure of Evolutionary Theory' for this thought experiment. Ecosystems have emergent properties (good re selection on 'immune system') but don't meet the criteria of being 'individuals', whereas species meet both criteria in my view.

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 13

Agreed. Not at community-structure level but at species level I see your argument and think that works. Interesting discussion, thank you!

Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 13

But I do buy species-level selection (a la Gould), and so lineages could be selected on the basis of their resilience to other species (plays well with others-type species) vs not, so maybe your model works at that level?

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 13

I agree that multiple rounds of invasion can have cumulative (or beyond) detrimental effects and meltdown can occur (a likely outcome). I don't see how the 'immune system' adapts in this case to increase resilience after invasion (the opposite phenomenon) because community structure isn't heritable?

Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 13

(quick skim) That paper involves (experimentally) teaching prey species to avoid predators so individuals with the learned behaviors are more likely to survive. If the behaviors are somehow heritable then yes, that is fine. Is your argument only that we can teach naive prey to avoid invasive spp?

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hmm, interesting question, but I don't think it works. What is ecosystem immunity in real terms? Community structure varies over time but doesn't 'evolve'; it isn't heritable. Invasions seem more likely to destabilize deep-time co-evolved interactions between spp. in favor of novel interactions?

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Trevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · Aug 7

Agreed. For the annotation, if a reasonable number of genes are present, I'd next check how many single exon genes are there. Split gene models (exons being called different genes) a common driver. I like gene length histograms and exon counts as a metric to complement gene counts and BUSCO.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Jul 31

Academics who have questioned the validity of efforts to “de-extinct” animals like the woolly mammoth and the dire wolf have complained of an apparent campaign to discredit them.

Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery smear campaign

Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been targeted by online articles trying to discredit them

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Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · Jul 30

My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

www.utm.utoronto.ca

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