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Integrative Biology - UT Austin @texas-ib.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations to Fabian Salgado-Roa, winner of the Medalla Humbold-Caldas Best Publication in Biogeography! His paper is titled "The Andes as a semi-permeable geographical barrier: Genetic connectivity between structured populations in a widespread spider." tinyurl.com/2pmcem2c

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Tom Keaney @tom-is-kean.bsky.social · Aug 21

At #ESEB2025 a high frequency of talks have ended with advertisements for PhDs and Postdocs. Grad students, crack in! You never know where a simple conversation might lead.

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Jul 22

⭐Issue 6 of JEB is now online!⭐

This issue is headlined by a Target Review from @josselin-clo.bsky.social et al. on #matingsystems evolution, accompanied by several #invitedcommentaries expanding on this key discussion comparing concepts in plants and animals:

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Volume 38 Issue 6 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · Jul 22

The 1st author is here too: follow @tom-is-kean.bsky.social ! His clever idea was to highlight similarities between meiotic drive and inbreeding's "automatic transmission advantage". We ask: given structurally identical(ish) problems, why is what is viewed as paradoxical so different between fields?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Jul 22

Why zoologists should not treat the automatic transmission advantage as an afterthought: a commentary on Clo et al. (2025)

Thomas Keaney & @kokkonut.bsky.social

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Why zoologists should not treat the automatic transmission advantage as an afterthought: a commentary on Clo et al. (2025)

Clo et al. (2025) provide a welcome synthesis of the plant and animal literature concerning the propensity (or lack thereof) for inbreeding. A review of th

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Sam England @samjakeengland.bsky.social · Jul 24

Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS

The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...

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Ben Phillips @benflips.bsky.social · Jun 29

We're hiring. 2.5 year statistical ecology postdoc in Perth, Western Australia. Closing 6 July. 🌏 #bioinvasions #biosecurity Check it out: www.seek.com.au/job/85070198...

Post Doctoral Research Associate in statistical ecology Job in Bentley, Perth WA - SEEK

The Population Biology and genomics Group is seeking to appoint a Post Doctoral Research Associate.

www.seek.com.au

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Tom Keaney @tom-is-kean.bsky.social · Jun 18

Next heatmap sorted.

Craig McGowan @craigmcg.bsky.social · Jun 18

Kimberley Colours.

Looking down on the Roebuck Bay shoreline. The turquoise waters, contrasting against the red pindan soil is quite the colour palette...

#photography #nature #landscapephotography

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Fonti Kar @fontikar.bsky.social · Jun 11

🗺️ Ever wander to a new place and think, "Hmm I wonder what birds/plants/[insert favourite taxonomic group] I can find here?" 🔍

We built {infinitylists} 📋 to help nature lovers create personalised, location-based taxon lists! 🌏

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Uthara Srinivasan @utharasrini.bsky.social · May 19

Starting to post here on Bluesky👋
Hi! I'm Uthara Srinivasan, PhD student with Dr Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social + other amazing kokkonuts 🥥🌴 at JGU Mainz. Starting a PhD in theoretical eco-evo; hope to explore where adaptation meets processes like epigenetics and much more!

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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · May 17

#Ecology and #Evolution bluesky, a question: Do you think our field has famous open problems that essentially everyone in the field agrees are fundamental and important? If we had to come up with something like the Millennium Problems (www.claymath.org/millennium-p... ), are there clear candidates?

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · May 9

The University of Melbourne seeks a female-identifying academic in genetics/genomics/epigenetics to join the School of BioSciences. Strong quantitative skills required. More info: https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/920074/lecturer-senior-lecturer-associate-professor-in-genomics #job

Details : Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Genomics : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

jobs.unimelb.edu.au

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Tom Keaney @tom-is-kean.bsky.social · May 5

Soon is sooner than later, but both can extend as much as a week into the future

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Tom Keaney @tom-is-kean.bsky.social · May 5

4am-11am. Make of that what you will.

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Apr 16

🎉 Thrilled to announce the second instalment of the Evolution of Ageing workshop, taking place 30th Sept – 2nd Oct in Ingelheim, Germany!

"The Evolution of Ageing: Traversing the Interdisciplinary Divide", hosted by the Gutenberg Workshops.

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Apr 9

Why publish in JEB?

✅ Society-owned and not-for-profit model
✅ Dedicated submission support - in-house Managing Editor
✅ Range of article types
✅ Modern Open Science policies - our own Data Editor
✅ Large editorial board with wide-range of expertise

#societyjournal @eseb.bsky.social

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Dr David Hamilton @drdevildave.bsky.social · Apr 1

Happy Tasmanian Devil Average Birthday! 🥳

Tasmanian devils breed annually during late Feb/Mar, & have a very short gestation (~21 days). This means the average birth date for devils is 1st April

So wish any devils you know a Happy Birthday! &, on average, you’ll be right on the money 🥳

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Tom Keaney @tom-is-kean.bsky.social · Mar 17

Huge opportunity here. @lili-buche.bsky.social just defended her PhD and is on the market for a theory/empirical postdoc. This paper is just a small reflection of what she’s capable of.

Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · Mar 17

The ASN President’s Award is given to an outstanding paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social in the past year. This is a tough process to read through and compare such diverse papers over a year. This year’s award goes to a paper by Lisa Buche et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Multitrophic Higher-Order Interactions Modulate Species Persistence | The American Naturalist: Vol 203, No 4

Abstract Ecologists increasingly recognize that interactions between two species can be affected by the density of a third species. How these higher-order interactions (HOIs) affect species persistenc...

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Rob Knell @robknell.bsky.social · Mar 17

Bloody hell! Blue-lined octopus males inject females with tetrodotoxin before mating with them. 🧪 Something for your sexual conflict lectures... www.cell.com/current-biol...

Blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate females to facilitate copulation

Chun et al. show that in the blue-lined octopus Hapalochlaena fasciata males envenomate females during copulation, most likely as a defense against being cannibalized.

www.cell.com

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Tom Keaney @tom-is-kean.bsky.social · Feb 28

Couldn’t agree more. Domain specific knowledge cannot be overstated. Combine that with a clear research question and statistical prowess, and you’ve got all the tools to make accurate predictions.

Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · Feb 27

I spoke with @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for this story on the many analysts paper in ecology. To me the concerning thing is the interpretation, not the (expected) finding.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Even faced with the same data, ecologists sometimes come to opposite conclusions

Study highlights powerful role subjective choices can play in research, though some critics urge caution about applying findings too broadly

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Tom Keaney @tom-is-kean.bsky.social · Feb 4

I certainly believed and perpetuated the myth. Cool work proves me wrong.

Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Feb 4

Check out the latest @evolletters.bsky.social cover article! Genetic structure and common ancestry expose the dingo-dog hybrid myth, by Weeks and colleagues. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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Michael Kearney @ecophys.bsky.social · Jan 15

Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...

Details : Research Fellow in Mammalian Movement Ecology and Energetics : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

jobs.unimelb.edu.au

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E. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · Jan 9

Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio

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Hosken Lab Cornwall @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social · Dec 17

Postdoc @ evol-lab. A Leverhulme funded 3-year postdoc studying body shape evolution (through a sexual conflict lens) on Exeter's Penryn (UK) campus. Starts April 2025. Contact David Hosken @ U of Exeter for detail.

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popgengoogling.bsky.social @popgengoogling.bsky.social · Dec 6

How much are two Charles worth?

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Martijn Schenkel @martijnschenkel.bsky.social · Nov 22

Whoops, off to a good start, dropped the link 😅 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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