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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · 1d

NoWPaS 2026 (International Workshop of PhDs and Post-doctoral Fellows on Anadromous Salmonids) will be organised in Iceland at the Holar University - Call for Abstracts opens Monday, hope to see some familiar faces!
nowpas.wordpress.com

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 29d

Nice interview to Katie Peichel @currentbiology.bsky.social

I completely agree with her claims for more funding for curiosity-driven research, basic Science... Science.

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Catherine Peichel

Interview with Katie Peichel, who studies the evolutionary genetics of sticklebacks at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

www.cell.com

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Trends in Genetics @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · Aug 13

"The molecular evolutionary basis of species formation revisited"
by Molly Schumer (@mollyschumer.bsky.social) & colleagues

"The origin of species has long fascinated biologists, but determining the genes [involved] has only recently become possible in non-model organisms."

shorturl.at/wG0B5

Figure 1. Illustration of different genetic and evolutionary mechanisms that can contribute to the evolution of hybrid incompatibilities.

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Darren Obbard @darrenobbard.bsky.social · May 16

How to estimate the additive genetic variance for fitness, without measuring fitness. Work from Manas Geeta Arun and Jarrod Hadfield: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Estimating the additive genetic variance for relative fitness from changes in allele frequency

The rate of adaptation is equal to the additive genetic variance for relative fitness VA in the population. Estimating VA typically involves measuring fitness proxies on a large number of individuals ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · Jul 12

Talking about multivariate phnotypic plasticity of resource polymorphims in salmonids at the Belfast FSBI Symposium.
#FSBI2025

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · Jul 11

FSBI PhDs at #FSBI2025 Belfast

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · Jul 10

NoWPaS 2025 connection
#FSBI2025

Peter Betts @peterbetts.bsky.social · Jul 10

It was brilliant to catch up with so many people from #NoWPaS2025 at #FSBI2025

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The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · Jul 10

The FSBI Medal Winners session starts with a talk from Colin Adams. Colin, previous President of the FSBI, has been awarded this year's Beverton Medal. Given the FSBI's focus on supporting ECRs, Colin draws on his wealth of experience, with a talk titled "Surviving a career in research" #FSBI2025

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · Jul 9

One of the best choice of my early career so far was to go for the FSBI studentship.

Ben Parker @aquaben.bsky.social · Jul 9

Did you know @thefsbi.bsky.social fund up to 2 PhD studentships each year?

These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.

See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025

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Ben Parker @aquaben.bsky.social · Jul 9

Did you know @thefsbi.bsky.social fund up to 2 PhD studentships each year?

These include:
🐟 4 years of PhD funding.
🦈 A stipend higher than UKRI (on average).
🐠 Annual research budget of £3500.
🎣 +other benefits.

See fsbi.org.uk/phd-students... for full details or grab Melanie or me at #FSBI2025

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Kathryn R Elmer @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social · May 28

great work by Nic Strowbridge in the PhD homestretch, bringing together a wide literature and range of species. How does methylation relate to colouration and what do we need to test next? @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @iapetusdtp.bsky.social

Trends in Genetics @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · May 28

Online Now! A new Review:

Contributions of epigenomic and epitranscriptomic methylation to animal colouration
by Nicholas Strowbridge, David R. Vieites, Michael G. Ritchie, & Kathryn R. Elmer (@profkathrynelmer.bsky.social)

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Figure 1. Example of the effect of region-specific methylation in DNA and RNA.

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · May 28

What are the effects of gene flow and introgression on gene co-expression networks? In a new #GENETICS paper, Runghen and @danielbolnick.bsky.social run simulations to show that hybridization and gene flow between populations can greatly modify co-expression networks.

Read more: buff.ly/CE5rCxu

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · May 23

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · May 23

It has been amazing to meet all the salmonids researcher mates at #NowPaS2025 representing @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @sceneuog.bsky.social and @thefsbi.bsky.social with @phoebekaiser-wilks.bsky.social. Best socio-scientific experience so far!!

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NoWPaS @nowpas.bsky.social · May 23

Workshop evening at #NoWPaS2025 — great energy as everyone dives into identifying major threats and challenges facing salmonids, and brainstorming innovative solutions!

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NoWPaS @nowpas.bsky.social · May 23

Great day in the field with the Nova Scotia Salmon Association learning about the ongoing West River Acid Rain Mitigation Project to restore Atlantic salmon habitats. Thank you!

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ProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · May 13

Heritability and genomic basis of age-at-maturity in Chinook Salmon, Journal of Heredity, 2025;, esaf021, doi.org/10.1093/jher...

Heritability and genomic basis of age-at-maturity in Chinook Salmon

Abstract. Intra-population variation in the age at return and reproduction of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), or age-at-maturity, acts as a buff

doi.org

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · May 20

#NowPaS2025 Where salmonids fanatics migrate

NoWPaS @nowpas.bsky.social · May 20

#NoWPaS2025 kicked off with a boat trip from Lunenburg, right through whale territory! 🐋

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Sam Fenton @thefentagon.bsky.social · May 16

Excited that the latest work from my PhD is available as a pre-print! (doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
We explore the challenges in delineating conservation units within highly diverse species using the salmonid species Arctic charr as a study system!

Defining conservation units in a highly diverse species: A case on Arctic charr

Defining appropriate conservation units is crucial to the protection and management of biodiversity. These delineations deliver further benefit when they encompass assessments of population vulnerabil...

doi.org

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · May 8

Thanks a lot @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk for sharing the research spotlight interview! Have a look to learn about my project and how fascinating is the evolution of the Arctic charr. I will be giving a PGR Seminar talk the 16/05/2025 at 4pm in the Graham Kerr Lecture theatre 1 to go a bit more in details.

School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · May 8

💡New Researcher Spotlight Article!💡

Next under the spotlight is PhD student Joris Philip (@jorisphilip.bsky.social).

Read here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/bohv...

Researcher Spotlight - Joris Philip

Next under the spotlight is PhD student Joris Philip. In his words, Joris shares his time between his research in evolutionary ecology and his mystic journey into mountain faces and summits of Scotlan...

www.gla.ac.uk

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Louise Lavictoire @louiselavictoire.bsky.social · Apr 22

We’re raising funds through the #GreenMatchFund for our #LakeDistrict #ArcticCharr Recovery and Management project, aka LD-CHARM 🐟

bit.ly/42BgnII

If you can, please donate. Each donation is matched pound-for-pound up to £10K, meaning we could unlock £20K of funding for £10K of donations!

Lake District Charr Recovery & Management (CHARM) – Big Give

We want to save one of England's rarest fish species, Arctic charr, from extinction. We will engage communities in the …

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · Mar 25

I like that tie!!

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · Mar 24

Great day indeed!

Mar Pineda @marpineda.bsky.social · Mar 24

Fantastic sunny day up at @sceneuog.bsky.social running our first ever Aquatic Research Away Day! Great talks and discussions at our beautiful field station- thank you for hosting us! @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · Mar 21

Professor Josephine M. Pemberton FRS is a British evolutionary biologist. In 2024, we were honoured to award her the Honorary Membership, one of the categories in the BES prizes.

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Joris Philip @jorisphilip.bsky.social · Mar 19

The FSBI Symposium 2025 in Belfast is a rare opportunity to unite academics and ecologists to discuss and address the future challenges of fish conservation and management - abstract submission has now officially been extended. Hope to see familiar faces there.

The FSBI @thefsbi.bsky.social · Mar 19

DEADLINE EXTENSION! Does your research fall into one of the 6 themes for #FSBI2025? If it does, be sure to submit your abstract by the deadline, which is 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆! 'Turning Science into Strategy: Advancing Fish Conservation and Management'. 7 - 11 July 2025, Belfast - fsbi.org.uk/symposium-2025/

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