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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté

@amdioncote.bsky.social
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Associate professor @ UMoncton. Evolutionary genetics, reproductive isolation, TEs.

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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello molecular biologists working in Canada! Where do you currently order your #oligos? I've always ordered from IDT, but would like to explore possibilities to order them from a Canadian company, if such thing exists. Thanks in advance for any advice and sharing!
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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Germline removal reprograms somatic genome maintenance towards faster, energy-efficient, high-fidelity DNA defence and repair www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The scientific comittee #smbe2027 is very much looking forward to review your symposium proposals! Don’t forget to put them in soon as deadline is on September 20!
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's 10 days to go - submit your proposals for symposia for #SMBE2027 to help shape next year's SMBE meeting. 📨 event.fourwaves.com/smbe2027/sub...
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do you offer your services? 😀
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#SMBE2027 Call for symposia proposals now open Proposal submission link 📨 event.fourwaves.com/smbe2027/sub... 🗓️ Key dates Deadline: Sept 20, 2026 Communication of results: Oct 21, 2026 Public announcement: Nov 2, 2026 Abstract selection: Feb 2-20, 2027 #society
SMBE 2027 - Call for Symposia is now open

Deadline: September 20, 2026
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bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Dr. Stepfanie Aguillón 😷 @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Interested in joining a growing lab in LA? We’re hiring a postdoc!! Please spread the word to folks in your network and feel free to get in touch with any questions recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11142
Colorful advertisement for the position that reads:

We’re seeking a new Postdoctoral Scholar to lead the analysis and publication of whole-genome sequencing datasets from the northern flicker hybrid zone.

This is a two-year appointment based in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. Start date is flexible and can begin as early as October 2026.

Basic Qualifications:
• PhD in evolutionary biology, ecology, genomics, or a related field by appointment start date
• Demonstrated ability to work with sequencing datasets
• Strong writing skills with a record of peer-reviewed publications
• Ability to lead independent projects and work collaboratively
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Clearly we need a tunnel between Europe and Canada! Any engineers in the room??
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So excited for #smbe2027 to occur in my hometown, and grateful to @christianlandry.bsky.social, @naubinhorth.bsky.social, the LOC and the student committee for jumping in again! It will be an amazing opportunity for members of the lab to network, learn and share our work!
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Tree of Sex @treeofsex.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Okay once more for the #SMBE2026 crowd! If you haven't yet, please take our survey on definitions of sex and reproductive terms. Link here or in the QR: univie.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
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Vincent CASTRIC @vincentcastric.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I will be presenting a follow-up of this work later this afternoon at #SMBE2026. A great collaboration with the group of @tanjaslotte.bsky.social with @mafraca.bsky.social Join us at the session on the evolution of gene regulation (room Lumbye)
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We wish everyone is having a fantastic meeting in Copenhagen; however, we acknowledge the harmful impact of any potential violation of our Code of Conduct. If you come across any prohibited behavior, please use our reporting form: 📨 tinyurl.com/smbe2026cond... #SMBE2026
SMBE 2026 Code of Conduct
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Arthur Matte @arthurmatte.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We all know what sperm does. But what is its origin story? 🧬 Excited to be speaking about our #sperm #phyloproteomics work tomorrow 29th at 15:05 in the Main Hall in the grad student award symposium! #SMBE2026 An update from our preprint with @adriatica.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The origins and molecular evolution of sperm
Sperm is a nearly universal cell type among animals, yet its evolutionary origins remain unclear. Using comparative proteomics and phylogenomics across 32 species, we reconstruct the 700+ million year...
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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I am at booth #10 to present the destination for the SMBE 2027 meeting, come and see me there or anywhere in the congress center! #SMBE2026
A woman is showing a roll-up
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And you?!
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Reese Richardson @reeserichardson.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
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Simon Lamarre @sglamarre.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New from the lab 🐟❄️ What happens when a cold-water fish repeatedly runs low on oxygen? Arctic char don’t just cope, they remodel their metabolism. Proud to see this work from former PhD student @loick-ducros.bsky.social now out! 🐟 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Simon Joly @simjoly.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Voici un article rédigé avec mes collègues Laurence Feyten et Fanie Pelletier qui souligne plusieurs enjeux environnementaux majeurs reliés au projet de réforme réglementaire proposé par le gouvernement fédéral. lp.ca/7arRBM?shari...
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Grands projets économiques | Le pari risqué du recul des garde-fous environnementaux
Le Canada souhaite accélérer la réalisation de grands projets économiques au nom de la souveraineté énergétique et commerciale. Dans le contexte géopolitique actuel, cet objectif peut paraître raisonn...
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I was the sole female professor in our department of 10 when I started in 2019. The are now 3 of us, with an additional lecturer missing on the picture. Keep it up ladies, parity will be found along the way! And thanks to my amazing colleagues 💕💪🏻
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
To oppose the wholesale dismantling of environmental regulations in Canada, please go to this page www.canada.ca/en/one-canad.... ignore the very leading 'proposed' questions and submit your comments. CC your MP. If you need inspiration here is what I just sent.
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
💯
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
And of course @annabellefournier.bsky.social and I had to go visit the fishies #csee2026 #teamfish
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
DMed link!
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I was thinking about spending some time at the Duke later but I am unsure if they have TVs?
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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We’ve been talking in our lab meetings about sexual conflict and sexual dimorphism, and have some thoughts. What if animal genomes are far more sex-specific and less cosntrained than we assume? @linley-sherin.bsky.social pulled it all together here www.zoology.ubc.ca/mank-lab/pdf... 1/n
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Time to bug your research office if you haven’t heard back from NSERC DG 🙏
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a baby is crying while sitting in a stadium .
ALT: a baby is crying while sitting in a stadium .
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Jen Perry @jennyperry.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For other NSERC watchers this week:
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Ben c’était pas aujourd’hui 😅
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I believe last 2 years were 03/27 and 04/01 (so earlier than in the past). Our research councillor expects early next week, but I'm still crossing fingers for today.
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Ark.
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
And this year? 😄
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
But it’s private so… you don’t get to see them 🤣
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Aren’t they cute? I think their gonads are even cuter 🤩🐟🤓
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
See you there!
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Is the goal to eventually extract DNA from them? If so, and if it’s a possibility, I’d suggest shipping DNA. Else I am not of much help 😅
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!
Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
We love to fetishize "top" researchers and give them special big pots of money. But we get far more science by spreading money among all researchers (closer to the NSERC DG model). This old post is magically relevant again... scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/w...
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Why grant funding should be spread thinly
How should a granting agency distribute the funds at its disposal? Different agencies have different answers to that question. The NSF (USA), for example, has traditionally awarded operating grants…
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Are these unsolicited/non-consented AI review of biorxiv posted papers really a thing? 🙄
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Mia Levine @levine-lab.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
How to keep in step when your (protein) partner speeds up… Here we investigated the adaptive remodeling of a protein-protein interaction surface essential for telomere protection. Congrats to whole team! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rapid compensatory evolution within a multiprotein complex preserves telomere integrity
Intragenomic conflict with selfish genetic elements spurs adaptive changes in subunits of essential multiprotein complexes. Whether and how these adaptive changes disrupt interactions within such comp...
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
In this latest piece, part of a trans-Atlantic enriching collaboration, we investigate sex-specific differences in gametogenesis in fish hybrids underlying clonal reproduction: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Sex-specific modifications of gametogenesis in natural and lab-bred Fundulus spp. hybrids
Successful hybridization between species can be limited by a variety of reproductive barriers; the emergence of asexual lineages is an example of a strong post zygotic barrier that is relatively rare ...
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I think!
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
You should be able to find that in the mutation section on OMIM
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Christian Landry @christianlandry.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
#CancerGenetics people: I am looking for examples of tumor suppressor genes that are inactivated in cancers by regulatory mutations (non-coding) rather than coding mutations. Please share.
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Very pleased to see this one out. Unexpected and fascinating finding. I look forward to follow-up on this story 😁
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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Integrative Biology at UT is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist! Happy to answer any questions about the position/dept/UT. Come join us! integrativebio.utexas.edu cns.utexas.edu apply.interfolio.com/177547
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Decoding Nature’s Networks
The Department of Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🍃📣Upcoming CSEE Event! Join us online on Nov. 26th for a panel discussion Q&A on faculty positions. CSEE members will receive the link in their mailbox. (Event in English) #CSEE #online #paneldiscussion #eeb
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Great initiative! It may be too late, but I feel it would have been nice to include someone from a small institution, including primarily undergraduate institution, as the landscape and overall experience may differ significantly from U15 and comparable institutions.
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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
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Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
One week to apply for our fully funded PhD position in Norway! This is a really exciting project in collab. with University of Helsinki and Benchmark Genetics. Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩 Please RT!
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