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Stephen I Wright @stepheniwright.bsky.social · Aug 27

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Aug 11

And this paper came about purely through collaboration with other grad students in the department which was super fun - so big shout out to Isaac Eckert, Olivia Rahn, @cameronso.bsky.social, and Rowan for helping us out

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Aug 11

What can #herbarium collections tell us about genetic responses to global change? A lot!! 🌿

Check out our viewpoint, out now in @newphyt.bsky.social - genetic monitoring, extinctions, adaptation, GEAs, and more! ⬇️

doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Using herbarium collections to study genetic responses to global change

Earth's c. 406 million herbarium specimens represent a largely untapped resource of genetic data that could transform our understanding of global plant populations. Advances in DNA sequencing have ma...

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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · Aug 7

Dynamics of infection and immunity over 50 years as marine stickleback adapt to freshwater
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Pranav Sriramulu et al.
📷: Gilles San Martin

A photo of a threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), a small, elongate fish with iridescent green color along the back and translucent fins.

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Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social · Jul 25

July Editor's Choice article: "Parental care drives the evolution of male reproductive accessory glands across ray-finned fishes"

Lucas Eckert, Jessica S Miller, John L Fitzpatrick, Sigal Balshine, Benjamin M Bolker

academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...

@lucaseckert.bsky.social @bbolker.bsky.social

Tailspot Blenny Ecsenius stigmatura by LagunaticPhoto

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 21

So crazy to see my first ever publication on the cover of @journal-evo.bsky.social! Obviously it’s all thanks to Sigal, @bbolker.bsky.social, and our amazing coauthors

Please check it out! Parental care drives the evolution of reproductive accessory glands in fishes: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

The cover of the journal, Evolution, which shows a closeup of a male fish caring for his young

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Botany @botanyjournal.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our latest Editor's Choice led by Isaac Eckert @laura-pollock.bsky.social @mcgill.ca reminds us of the power of our natural history collections and #herbariums 🌱

Read it Free Access for the next month: buff.ly/d4BfrbB

#PlantSci #Botany #PlantNiche

buff.ly

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks Andrea!!

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks Dan! And glad to hear!

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks! This should include some adjunct, but they need to have an affiliation with a university at least

Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 10

In case you missed my talk at #CSEE2025, you can explore your own collaborative networks and see a little summary on my website!

www.lucaseckert.ca/side-project...

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 9

Today! 430! Don’t miss it! #CSEE2025

Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 5

I’ll be at #CSEE2025 talking about patterns of collaboration in the Canadian eco/evo research community 🇨🇦

If you’re a eco/evo prof in Canada, odds are you were one of my data points… so come check it out! Wednesday - 4:30 - Science in action

@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

A little teaser of some collaborative network graphs

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 5

I’ll be at #CSEE2025 talking about patterns of collaboration in the Canadian eco/evo research community 🇨🇦

If you’re a eco/evo prof in Canada, odds are you were one of my data points… so come check it out! Wednesday - 4:30 - Science in action

@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jul 5

Thanks! @aerinj.bsky.social

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CSEE SCEE Meetings @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social · Jun 23

📸 #CSEE2025 Photo Contest

Submit your best shots on Bluesky, X, or Instagram using #CSEEinFocus and tag us or submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📅 Open until July 1st!

Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jun 18

Recently back from fieldwork - so I might as well submit some pics to #CSEEinFocus @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

A researcher in a boat out on a lake with mountains looming behind

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jun 18

That’s a closeup of a stickleback for Fieldwork, a stickleback filled lake for Landscapes, and a fellow stickleback researcher out on the water for Scientists in the Wild

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Jun 18

Recently back from fieldwork - so I might as well submit some pics to #CSEEinFocus @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · May 27

This map ⬇️ is from a challenge I designed that encourages people to go out and observe the major group of taxa 🐟🍄🐍🪲🦫🪻 that is unusually under-represented in their county 🇨🇦

Katherine Hébert @katherinehebert.bsky.social · May 26

A series of 🏆 Challenges 🏆 were designed by graduate students, researchers, avid iNat users, conservation practioners, and more throughout Canada to highlight species and places that deserve a little more attention:
pollocklab.github.io/blitz-the-gap/

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Katherine Hébert @katherinehebert.bsky.social · May 26

One week until Blitz the Gap (www.blitzthegap.org) starts - a Canada-wide event to fill biodiversity data gaps with iNaturalist! @laura-pollock.bsky.social

Blitz the Gap 2025

www.blitzthegap.org

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · May 19

I’ve been helping plan this meeting so I can guarantee it’s gonna be a fun one 🐟🐟🐟

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · May 18

The upcoming International Stickleback Conference (at Bamfield Marine Science Center in late July) still has some openings, but register soon! Stickleback-curious researchers are welcome too!
event.fourwaves.com/stickleback-...

STICKLEBACK 2025: 11th International Congress on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution

Fourwaves - STICKLEBACK 2025: 11th International Congress on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · May 12

Collective behavior diverges independently of the benthic-limnetic axis in stickleback 🐟

Led by Kevin Neumann

Check it out!

doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Collective behavior diverges independently of the benthic-limnetic axis in stickleback - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Comparing populations across replicate environments or habitat types can help us understand the role of ecology in evolutionary processes. If similar phenotypes are favored in similar environments, pa...

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · May 8

Are you interested in the genomic basis of repeated adaptation? The RepAdapt group now has >70 members working to re-run their whole genome shotgun datasets through a common SNP calling pipeline, sharing VCFs, and working together to analyse data. Please contact me if you'd like to contribute!

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · May 1

And please check out the Blitz the Gap website for more info on this initiative and how to get involved!

I helped design some of the *challenges* targeted at specific places, habitats, or species where we need more data

blitzthegap.org

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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · Apr 29

How fast can brains epigenetically respond to predation stress?

We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.

New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Rapid Neural DNA Methylation Responses to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies

DNA methylation (DNAm) is a well-studied epigenetic mechanism implicated in environmentally induced phenotypes and phenotypic plasticity. However, few studies investigate the timescale of DNAm shifts...

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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · Apr 24

So happy to finally see my undergrad thesis published, and a big thanks to Sigal Balshine and @bbolker.bsky.social for making it happen :)

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