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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · 27d

I never did it, but I surely wanted to!

Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Jul 1

The somehow was at least in part incredible work from a lot of colleagues. It was not just the administration, faculty organized to make this happen

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Jul 1

I keep finding really cool papers to teach in @evolletters.bsky.social

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Jun 19

Oh no, it is that time of the year when I am not in #Evol2025 and therefore have to stop looking at my social media to avoid fomo.

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Jun 19

I have to confess that sometimes I do blame the victim... If a coyote eats your pet, it was an accident; if a coyote has eaten three of your pets in the last two years, it is your fault!

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Jun 19

😍

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Jun 18

I would love to host a PhD student on my lab with strong quantitative training interested in projects integrating ecology and evolution, or cell physiology and ecological dynamics
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 27

Also from the ecology (resource use) and constraints perspective... some people seem to think that the material world has no limits. Or more clearly, that the digital world can overcome all material limits.

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 27

There does seem to be a lot to be said from an evolutionary perspective to the AI discussion... I thought about you precisely on this regard recently - maybe soon we'll get a drink and I can ask you.

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 27

Which debates are you most interested in at the moment?

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 26

We organized this one: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic... in 2024. It is coming back in 2026 with 2 hubs in the US (Michigan and SoCal). It was a great experience

MEEhubs2024: A hub-based conference on microbial ecology and evolution fostering sustainability

This paper presents a multi-hub conference on microbial ecology and evolution, analyzing participant and organizer feedback to provide a template and recom

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Laboratory of Plant Morphodynamics @plantmorpho.bsky.social · May 23

The fantastic work of @kampova.bsky.social is finally out in PNAS: weather sensing and programmed cell death in anther dehiscence and opening. Cool science and awesome microscopy! @svosolsobe.bsky.social @handle.invalid @moritznowack.bsky.social

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 21

This is cool!!! Evolution will never stop surprising me

Nicolas Alexandre @nicmalexandre.bsky.social · May 21

🚨New paper alert!🚨
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology

Supplemental Feeding as a Driver of Population Expansion and Morphological Change in Anna's Hummingbirds

Bird beaks are highly adaptable, with the potential to undergo rapid morphological shifts in response to environmental change such as climatic variation or food availability. Anna's Hummingbirds (Cal...

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 14

This is how you loose amazing talent. I am so sorry!

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 13

Gran presidente!

Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · May 13

Pepe, te llora el pueblo. Gracias ❤️

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 8

And almost the entire funding for the National Endowment for the Arts...

Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · May 7

Lol!

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · May 7

Make your voice heard – join the tri-society Week of Action for NSF! Call and write congress, and tell colleagues, friends, and family about the importance of NSF funding. Find how to get started in our Media Tool: shorturl.at/i7WfU

SSE, SSB, and ASN logos. Text: Tri-societies Week of Action for NSF. Science under siege: Over 1000 NSF grants have been terminated by political appointees- threatening the foundation of American innovation and education, and more cuts loom; entire research programs are being erased without explanation. What’s at stake? STEM education for K-12 students, jobs and infrastructure in rural communities, support for veterans in research and education, cybersecurity and national defense innovation, global leadership in science and technology. Join the week of action: Contact Congress: Switchboard: (202) 224-3121, tell them to protect NSF. Share your story: Post on social media #WithoutNSF #SupportNSF #SaveNSF, engage local media; use our media tool to reach out to local reporters and newspapers; engage others: communicate the importance of NSF to colleagues, friends, and family.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 11

Totally unexpected development: my employer is responding to a financial crisis by implementing new bureaucratic measures that not only waste a ton of faculty time but serve to increase, rather than decrease, administrative staffing needs.

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Mar 28

Van a abrir más plazas en España?

Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Mar 27

I do 👍. It is a broader comment for people that have never fully recognized the difficulties of immigration and suddenly expect the whole world to be ready to receive them (that being said, I think many immigrants are the first that want to get out right now and with very good reasons).

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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · Mar 25

Exciting news! @wcratcliff.bsky.social and I published an essay last week in @nature.com reviewing the substantial contributions of 'long-term' studies to evolutionary biology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Maria Rebolleda-Gomez @mrebolleda.bsky.social · Mar 25

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John Stinchcombe @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social · Mar 25

We suggest that a combination of traditional and machine learning methods make measuring selection on the transcriptome an achievable task-- even in the field, at manageable sample sizes.

paper link: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Predicting Fitness-Related Traits Using Gene Expression and Machine Learning

Abstract. Evolution by natural selection occurs at its most basic through the change in frequencies of alleles; connecting those genomic targets to phenoty

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Max Reuter @maxreuter.bsky.social · Mar 22

Are you an early career researcher looking to establish your own group with as fellowship? Come and join us at @ucllifesciences.bsky.social!

Aida Andres @aidaandres.bsky.social · Mar 21

Interested in a starting PI position at University College London to work on Genetics, Evolution or the Environment? My department has opened the call for expressions of interest for sponsorship of independent fellowship applications.

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · Mar 19

Awwww yeah, check this out: snowflake yeast making their cover debut!

www.nature.com/nature/volum...

We have two papers in this issue:
1) A paper examining whole genome duplication in the MuLTEE

2) A review of long-term experiments in evolutionary biology led by @jameststroud.bsky.social 🧪

A microscopy image of snowflake yeast on the cover of Nature, with the extended cells of two clusters barely touching in a manner reminiscent of Michelangelo's depiction of Adam touching God in the Sistine chapel.

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