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Patrícia Beldade @pbeldade.bsky.social · 1d

The annual meeting of the Portuguese Society for Evolutionary Biology will be in beautiful Bragança, on December 18 - 19. Save the date and "vinde" !!

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XXI ENBE – The International Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology – 18th-19th December, 2025

XXI ENBE – The International Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology

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Vítor S. @homemdasteclas.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nada é por acaso, o objectivo deste governo é arrasar com o SNS até que tudo esteja nas mãos dos privados que financiam campanhas, "spinumvivas" e lhes arranjam tachos.

Nem que morram velhos ou novos à porta dos centros de saúde.

E nos OCS o "caos" do tempo do Costa passou a "constrangimentos".

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Carlos Paz @carlospaz.bsky.social · Sep 2

E depois digam lá que não vivemos MESMO no Absurdistão...

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Thomas Shahan @tshahan.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sarota acantus! 😍

Extremely cute butterfly we spotted one afternoon in Costa Rica - a male (note reduced front legs) metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae) - one of several fluttering about a plant at chest height - a pleasure to photograph!

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Rui Gonçalo Martinho @martinholab.bsky.social · Aug 9

Interested in pursuing a PhD to study the epigenetic functions of the meiotic synaptonemal complex? This research position offers an excellent entry point! The application deadline is 15 September.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/365827

1 (one) Research Grant in the scope of R&D project EPic-Oocyte, COMPETE2030-FEDER-00849800

Reference: Edital 10/2025/BI/iBiMED/EPic-Oocyte NOTICE FOR THE AWARD OF GRANTS IN THE SCOPE OF R&D PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jul 25

Wow

Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions

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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

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Michael Cunliffe 🏳️‍🌈 @marinemicrobes.bsky.social · Jul 22

We are looking for a new @thembauk.bsky.social Anne Warner Research Fellow (5 year post) to develop an independent research group in the area of cell and molecular biology of marine organisms here in #Plymouth 🔬🦠🧫🧬 mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....

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Patrícia Beldade @pbeldade.bsky.social · Jul 23

😮
(can one be simultaneously established and anti-establishment? asking for a friend.)

In the Spotlight—Established Researcher

Click on the article title to read more.

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Dorean Paxorales @dpaxorales.bsky.social · Jul 2

expliquem-me como se eu tivesse 6 anos qual a razão legítima para um político não querer ser transparente na sua declaração de rendimentos e interesses.

Expresso @jornalexpresso.bsky.social · Jul 2

Políticos fizeram 31 pedidos para impedir acesso a declarações de rendimentos e interesses: Montenegro foi um deles

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Patrícia Beldade @pbeldade.bsky.social · Jul 1

Unclear!

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Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · Jun 30

(2/2) 🦋 Read more to see why the authors suggest that a high number of short chromosomes = more recombination per base ➡️ faster sequence evolution.
👉deep dive: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
This could supercharge adaptation and accelerate population divergence.
#Genomics #Evolution #Butterfly #Chromosomes #Atlas

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Patrícia Beldade @pbeldade.bsky.social · Jun 30

Small butterfly, many chromosomes

Earth BioGenome Project 🌍 @ebpgenome.bsky.social · Jun 30

(1/2) 🦋 The Atlas Blue butterfly has a staggering 229 chromosomes—far beyond the usual 31–32 in most moths and butterflies! 🧬
Join EBP trailblazer Mark Blaxter and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social team as they tackle the challenge of assembling them all.
👉learn more: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
📸 M. Harzallah

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · Jun 30

theintercept.com/2025/06/27/i...

Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month

The U.S.-backed system for food aid in Gaza is a “tactical intervention in humanitarian wrapping,” per an Israeli professor.

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · Jun 30

What every initiative like this says is "we underinvest in science or suck in some other fundamental way so have to bribe people to come here." A+ formula for developing a research ecosystem.

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Patrícia Beldade @pbeldade.bsky.social · Jun 30

This !

Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · Jun 30

When can we stop taking these programs seriously.
- there is no global capacity to absorb US funding cuts
- nowhere with good funding and scientific environment has a hard time recruiting scientists ever
- nowhere is short of scientists, they are short of resources to do research

STAT @statnews.com · Jun 30

In the French city of Marseille, a university's ambitions to poach American scientists could mask broader tensions over funding in Europe.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/f...

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Dorean Paxorales @dpaxorales.bsky.social · Jun 30

2025, records de temperatura para junho atingidos em portugal e na europa.
curiosamente tb é o ano do alargamento para 8-oito-8 faixas da auto-estrada para a costa de caparica.
#éstrumpistaenãosabias

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Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · Jun 30

Ongoing academic jobs lecturer in ecology or genomics level b and c at Monash University, Australia

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Deadline 7th August

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · Jun 30

Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.

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Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social · Jun 30

Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲

For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website:
➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783

#Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs

A close up of hands using pinning forceps to transfer an Emperor moth specimen to the main drawer which can be seen in the background.

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Domingos Henrique @domhenri.bsky.social · Jun 28

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How Lisbon put itself on the map for real estate and tourism – and became Europe’s least affordable city | Agustín Cocola-Gant

Tourists stay in short-term rentals and foreigners buy second homes, while residents of the city rent rooms, not apartments, says researcher Agustín Cocola-Gant

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Jun 26

I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!

Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs

1yr FTC, remote in the UK

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC

UK-Remote

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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Jun 26

Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet

Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet

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Patrícia Beldade @pbeldade.bsky.social · Jun 26

New lab's pre-print on immunity & pigmentation pattern formation. 🦠🦋

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Jun 26

Wound-induced eyespots on butterfly wings at the intersection of immune response and pigmentation development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.22.660915v1

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · Jun 26

Come and be our colleague at Monash, there can’t be any better place! ;)

Two ecologists: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

One genomics: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

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