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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jul 12

Congrats to both of you. The GRS is in good hands.

Noah Houpt @noahhoupt.bsky.social · Jul 12

Excited to get to work on GRS 2027 with @duhitasant.bsky.social!!

Hit me up here or via email if you have any feedback or ideas for the next Micro Pop Biol GRS!

Laura Suttenfield @lcatherines.bsky.social · Jul 12

Still winding down from the Microbial Population Biology GRS/GRC!🦠 It was a great experience to be GRS co-chair with @mikeblazanin.bsky.social, and congrats to the newly-elected GRS chairs @noahhoupt.bsky.social and @duhitasant.bsky.social!💃 #GRCMicroPop #MicroSky

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Mike Blazanin @mikeblazanin.bsky.social · Jul 12

For those who saw this earlier, make sure to follow the most recent additions! For those who'd missed it, follow all these amazing folks!

This was such a great meeting this year, thanks to everyone who organized and attended, already looking forward to the next one!

Mike Blazanin @mikeblazanin.bsky.social · Jul 3

Looking forward to seeing everyone, new and old, at the Microbial Population Biology GRS + GRC in just a couple days!

go.bsky.app/GGxRjzC

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

One week left to submit your abstract to @microbiologysociety.org meeting on “Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics” at Liverpool 26-27 November

Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters!
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

microbiologysociety.org

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jul 12

Still evolving after all these years. Thanks for making this an amazing meeting - outstanding science and incredible people. Awesome. @lcatherines.bsky.social @mikeblazanin.bsky.social @drhhnz.bsky.social and Christina Burch.

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jun 23

You wouldn’t be able to check it anyway - I dropped the analysis (to which I suspect you are referring) in the second edition cuz your excellent points made me rethink the whole thing and, in the end, there wasn’t sufficient data. So there!

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jun 23

I won’t take it personally. At least this year there *is* a display copy

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jun 11

It maybe a joint project @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social ?

Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · Jun 11

Are you a recent PhD (or soon to be PhD) from outside Canada looking to do a postdoc in Quebec?

Get in touch if you are excited about microbes, evolution, ecology, genomics (or all of the above!) and I'd be happy to help develop a project together!

www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/...

PBEEE/Quebec Merit Scholarship for Foreign Postdocs and Visiting Research Student and Visiting Researchers

**Note that the FRQ is in the process of revamping their webpages. We will update links soon as we can with the current 2025 year's information. Be sure to check back to see if any eligibility or docu...

www.mcgill.ca

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · May 28

I couldn’t do any better than Aleeza I suspect.

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · May 5

With thanks the Cheryl Andam www.albany.edu/biology/facu... for the opportunity to collaborate.

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Feb 15

And are hopefully now corrected (trying to feverishly remember if the edits were done)

Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · Feb 15

It, um, turned out that (some of) the published calculations were incorrect.

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · Feb 15

It, um, turned out that (some of) the published calculations were incorrect.

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jan 10

Application review for the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology begins on Jan 20. Maximize your chance of acceptance and $ support by submitting your application with a poster abstract before that date! Details: www.grc.org/microbial-po...

2025 Microbial Population Biology Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Nov 9

If you’ve ordered the book (thank you for doing so) and not yet received it in a reasonable amt of time (like, you’ve been waiting months rather than weeks) please DM me. I’m sorry for the delay. Apparently an issue with supply chains, of all things.

Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jun 24

Oh I’m so sorry, Danna! Ech…you deserve the credit

Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Jun 20

Hard copies, finally. What little things tell us about evolution and biodiversity. Thanks to Chris Griffin for the cover. Check out his work at www.christophergriffin.ca

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Jun 5

Not that anyone here wants my views on SARS-CoV-2 origins, but just in case, letting experts like @eddieholmes.bsky.social and the f'ing DNI speak on this:
1. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
2. www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...

(as opposed to crazy 8chan stuff and sloppy op-editors)

The Emergence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 | Annual Reviews

The origin of SARS-CoV-2 has evoked heated debate and strong accusations, yet seemingly little resolution. I review the scientific evidence on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and its subsequent spread throug...

www.annualreviews.org

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · May 7

What little things tell us about big questions (in biology). New edition of ‘Experimental Evolution & the Nature of Biodiversity’ out today. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Human Verification

global.oup.com

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European Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social · Feb 21

Registration and abstract submission for the 3rd Joint Congress (@eseb.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social, SSB) on Evolutionary Biology is now open!

To register: www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...

Further details: www.evolutionmeetings.org

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Nov 27

Condolences, Dan. May his memory be a blessing.

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Nov 17

Using little things to answer big questions. Second edition of Experimental Evolution and Nature of Biodiversity due out in April 2024 from OUP. Thanks to Chris Griffin www.christophergriffin.ca for the cover.

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Nov 8

Hey @noahhoupt.bsky.social you’re in the news!

American Naturaliﬆ / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · Nov 7

As populations diversify, what kind of interactions evolve? In this paper, Houpt & Kassen investigate how the evolution of interactions in microbial communities depends on environmental complexity.
Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Oct 19

Can spatial subdivision of a population accelerate adaptation? Yep. Check out our new study with @ppc_bio & @BiophysicsFL for more details: doi.org/10.1093/evle... @EvolLetters

Rees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · Oct 19

Rees here. Evolutionary biologist with a focus on microbes. I also do things at the science-society interface. In Montreal and Ottawa, with a toe in BC

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Sep 26

Science on Bluesky is growing rapidly!

Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based?

I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area.

🧪🦑🌎🦈🐡

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