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Paige Byerly, PhD
@paigebyerly.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Senckenberg @sgn.one | research associate at Smithsonian NZCBI | conservation and museum genomics, seabirds, conservation biology | managing editor @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social she/her
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · Nov 18
new account 🚨! hi everyone I'm Paige Byerly, a postdoc researcher from the US living in Germany. I work on conservation #genetics of a lot of species, including the endangered Great Bustard I'm holding, but my true love is #seabirds. I'm excited to rebuild a community of scientists on here ❤️‍
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d
This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.
Winchell's Donut Hors Open Winchell's Donut House Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992. The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (Mark Elias/AP)
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Laura Kelley @lauraakelley.bsky.social · 19h
Back in the land of bowers this week! Investigating how male courtship signals are affected by urbanisation #greatbowerbirds @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social · 17h
The Animal #aDNA Research Community is looking for new members to its steering committee!

If you are an ECR and interested in the field, we would love to have you on board. We particularly would value committee representation from outside of Europe.

@aarc-community.bsky.social
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 21h
2025. The world's snow leopards are very similar genetically—findings suggest that doesn't bode well for their future phys.org/news/2025-10...
The world's snow leopards are very similar genetically—findings suggest that doesn't bode well for their future
There are relatively few snow leopards in the world, and it has likely been that way for a long time, a new study indicates. This situation increases their risk of extinction in a changing environment...
phys.org
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 2d
We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email [email protected] to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥
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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 2d
What a gem! the Death's Head #Hawkmoth. 💀🦋Excited each time I find one!
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Maria Akopyan, PhD @akopyan.bsky.social · 16d
Now published in Cell! We found that ~15% of SNPs from divergent refs did not liftover as SNPs in the gray fox ref—half mapped to monomorphic sites, half failed to map. Co-authored with Matthew Genchev, @elliecat.bsky.social, and @jazlynmooney.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 3d
Shit is so terrible right now that I find people sparring over something meaningless that I also don’t care about extremely soothing.
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 3d
The University of Oklahoma seeks an Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences for a tenure-track role starting Fall 2026. Apply at: https://apply.interfolio.com/174674 #job
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 3d
Edible mushroom foraging is a huge activity here but I only hunt with my camera bc I don’t trust my ID skills to not kill us. I asked some local friends if they’d be willing to show me the ropes but they politely brushed me off—no one wants the competition!
A small pink mushroom on the forest floor A cluster of orange and tan mushrooms on a rotting log A round brown mushroom with a shaggy top A cluster of yellow mushrooms on a mossy rotting log
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Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 3d
Lots of rain here recently, which means it’s finally autumn mushroom-hunting season here in the Spessart Forest of Central Germany 🍄🍁
#fungusfriends #fungus
A cup of coffee next to several German guides to mushroom ID A small blue mushroom poking out of autumn leaves A cluster of white mushrooms on a mossy log A large yellow mushroom on a forest floor
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Sari C. Cunningham @saricunningham.bsky.social · 4d
I spent several days in my own cabin in Sweden this past week, on a quest for mushrooms. I was lucky to be guided by my partner's uncle to some choice spots, and bagged ten different edible species, including the elusive horn of plenty. Chanterelle dominated, but also wood hedgehog.
Porcini / steinsopp / Boletus edulis Chanterelle / kantarell / Cantharellus cibarius A tisket a tasket, I pop fungi in my basket. Trumpet chanterelle / traktkantarell / Craterellus tubaeformis
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Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 5d
Fly Agaric aplenty at Castor Hanglands this week, drifts of them in birch woodland along with more Red-cracking Bolete than I've ever seen, and a single young Bay Bolete with a velvety cap and swollen, fibril-covered stipe

#fungusfriday #fungifriends
Red-cracking Bolete (no blue at base of stem) Bay Bolete
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 5d
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
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The Seabird Group @theseabirdgroup.bsky.social · 5d
Exciting news!! The World Seabird Union @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social 4th World #Seabird Conference is now open for registration! 🕊️🌏

🏢Hobart, Tasmania. 📅7-11 Sept 2026

Click the link for all the info 🤓
worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir... #WSC4
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Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos @dortizba.bsky.social · 7d
Excited to share our new paper in
@GeneticsGSA
! We developed "Retriever," a novel method that enables high-quality genotype imputation in non-model organisms. 🧬 Congratulations to Charles on his first PhD paper!

Paper: doi.org/10.1093/gene...

A thread 🧵👇
Chimeric Reference Panels for Genomic Imputation
Abstract. Despite transformative advances in genomic technologies, missing data remains a fundamental constraint that limits the full potential of genomic
doi.org
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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 7d
Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...
Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Faculty
The Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is inviting applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. The position requires a doc...
jobs.rutgers.edu
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 6d
The Weir Lab at the University of Toronto seeks PhD students for Fall 2026 to study avian genomics and speciation. Competitive funding, diverse training, and a collaborative environment are offered. Apply: [email protected]. More info: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~jweir/index.html #phd
Jason Weir's research page
Jason Weir's research page
www.utsc.utoronto.ca
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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 6d
A new assessment of land-use changes in Europe, accounting for small-scale changes, indicates a 50% higher loss of green spaces.
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'Cementing over our own future': Europe's nature loss is 600 football pitches daily
Every year, Europe loses 1,500km² to construction. Green spaces that once sheltered wildlife, supplied food and removed carbon from the atmosphere at an alarming rate, a new investigation reveals.
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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · 7d
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions
Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...
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Per Alström @peralstrom.bsky.social · 7d
Just published: Conservation genomics of two
endangered buntings reveal genetic diversity
before and after severe population declines. doi.org/10.1186/s129... Despite severe population declines, both species retained high genetic diversity but experienced increased inbreeding. #ornithology #birds
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 7d
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 7d
Come work with us - The School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is looking for a tenure track assistant professor in plant biodiversity and conservation 🧪🌏🌾 my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Drop me a message if you want to chat about what it's like to work here or live in Ireland.
an old building with climbing plants around the door with purple flowers. The sign above the door says school of botany 1907
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pumpkin spice itati|agnostic to the optics @itativcs.bsky.social · 8d
🧪Petition about changes in eligibility requirements for the NSF GRFP - they specifically want signatures from folks who were going to apply and now cannot laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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