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Bonnie Fraser

@bfraser.bsky.social
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Lecturer at University of Exeter, evolutionary biologist, guppy geneticist, expat Canadian

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PolyAdapt STN @polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are looking forward to an exciting seminar by Dr. Bonnie Fraser (University of Exeter, UK) about Genomic basis of local adaptation in guppies on 24th September, 2026, 3 pm CET/CEST (Germany). Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.
Dear Vice Chancellor, Provost, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences and Chair of Council (cc Director of Human Resources and Chief Financial
Officer)
We write, as authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, publishers, academics and performers in the public
sphere, to express our deep concern at the University of Exeter’s plans to make redundancies within the
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). The cuts come at a point when Exeter is not in
deficit, and they are not distributed equally across the university. With 114 of the proposed 153 FTE
academic redundancies falling within HASS, the University is dismantling areas of established excellence
and international renown in a Russell Group University whose reputation is known to be outstanding in the
Humanities. Several of the disciplines subject to the proposed cuts, including Classics and Ancient History,
English and Creative Writing, History, and Theology and Religion are among the UK’s strongest according
to league tables, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF),
and other recognised indicators, including QS World Rankings.
The extent of the proposed cuts is both shocking and misguided. Exeter is seeking to make up to 20
academics redundant in English and Creative Writing, out of a headcount of 62. In Languages and Visual
Culture upwards of 17 colleagues will be made redundant, decimating subjects including Art History and
Visual Culture, French, German, Italian, Hispanic Studies, Russian and Chinese. 5 posts will go or have
gone in Classics and Ancient History (2 academics have already left), out of a staff body of 20. In Theology
and Religion up to 5 academics will be made redundant out of a group of 13. In History over 17 colleagues
will be made redundant, out of a staff body of 53. In the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies staff are
facing a headcount reduction of almost a third (6FTE out …
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Stu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social
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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) | Research Groups | University of Exeter
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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Interested in the evolutionary genomics of host-pathogen interactions or the evolutionary ecology of senescence? 1 week left to apply for the two postdoc positions in our badger - bovine TB project🦡🦠🧪🧬👇
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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Spread the word! 📢 Funded by @aria-research.bsky.social, @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall is creating a cohort of 20 (!) MbyRes students that will tackle some of the biggest questions in order to bring about a step-change for ecosystem resilience. For more information, see 👇!
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Ben Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Masters by Research at @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/masteer-coho... these are *funded* - covering home tuition fees, a research/training support grant and a prog of cohort activities. Lots of projects available (including one w/ me!) - pls share!
Penryn campus - home of CEC - views across campus and Cornish coastline
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 15/06/2026
A type of natural selection known as negative frequency dependent selection is thought to be a major force promoting genetic diversity in important traits. Read research in a new issue of #PhilTransB: buff.ly/bOhpNlE
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Hanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Polymorphisms are fun to study, here is a butterfly one. Negative freq.dependence works to maintain things but where does it come from? Temporal variation works but not always! @koraklein.bsky.social and @chriswheat.bsky.social looked into this in detail. royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Emergence time difference can create negative frequency dependence and maintain a colour polymorphism in Colias butterflies
Abstract. Many species of Colias butterflies show a female-limited colour polymorphism where the dominant Alba allele leads to white wings, faster developm
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Bonnie Fraser @bfraser.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📣📣Out today, our special issue on Negative Frequency Balancing Selection! Co-edited by Helen Rodd, Kim Hughes, and me. It's got it all: NFDS in organismal biology, behaviour, genomics, and ecology. @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...
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Volume 381 Issue 1952 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📣 GBE is launching a Methods section GBE is launching a new Methods section dedicated to theoretical advances, methodological innovation, and critical assessments of existing approaches. 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/pages/methods-articles #genome #evolution #societyjournal
Genome Biology and Evolution - new Methods section
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
GBE is launching a new Methods section dedicated to theoretical advances, methodological innovation, and critical assessments of existing approaches. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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Editorial 2026
After one year of joint leadership by Laura A. Katz and Maud I. Tenaillon at the helm of Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE), the time has come to take stoc
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Last couple of days to apply for this postdoctoral research position in my group working on the population genomics of serotine bats in the UK and Lyssavirus transmission at the University of Exeter. Job reference: Q13679 🦇🧬🧪🌍🌐 eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🚨🚨Job Alert 🦇🚨🚨 Come to join my group! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in population genomics and bioinformatics to work on the UK serotine bats and Lyssavirus transmission project with APHA. 18 months project based @exeter.ac.uk 🦇🧪🌍🌐🧬 jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We already have more than 💯 participants for #ExE2026, but there are still places available. Once you have registered, you have until April 1 to submit an abstract, so don’t miss out and register now at sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/registra... Everything you need to know is 👇 and at evoxeco.uk!
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Registration
To register for ExE 2026, visit the conference web shop by clicking the Register button below. We also ask you to register for free events to get an overview of the number of participants. Capacity
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨JOB alert🚨 We have three (yes, THREE) 🌟lectureships🌟 advertised in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. Broad remit, including #AnimalBehaviour & #GlobalChangeBiology ⏱️Deadline: 8th March 2026 🙏Please circulate widely 😊Come join us! Full #job details: tinyurl.com/y3us95rc
bristol.ac.uk
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🔊🐟 New ERGA-BGE reference #genome of Gambusia holbrooki, a globally invasive freshwater fish 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-48 @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @bfraser.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #invasive #freshwater #fish #genomics
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Juliette de Meaux @meauxjuliette.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Publishing in our Society Journals is already a proof of great achievements. Take this opportunity, however, to make your students even more visible! Call for Best Grad Student Paper is now out!
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🚨 Only three days left to apply for this PhD on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global change with @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social 🦇🧬🌍🌐
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🦇Interested in a bat-related PhD? 👇 Using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social , @bfraser.bsky.social and BCT, based at the University of Exeter. Application deadline 8 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🚨 2 PhD opportunities under Wessex One Health to join my group & work on: 1. Integrating bat and fungal pathogen ecology to understand epidemiology 2. AI-augmented metagenomics to map British bat virome and assess zoonotic potential Deadline 26 January 2026 🦇🧪🦠🌍🌐 www.surrey.ac.uk/wessex-one-h...
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Available studentships| University of Surrey
18 fully funded studentships for October 2026 start: interdisciplinary infection bioscience training to address disease threats to human and animal health.
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪 Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
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POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Exciting news! The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris. This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics. More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk See you there !
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Ben Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in @uniexecec.bsky.social - Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... - RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... Pls share!
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We are hiring - PDRA position exploring how information access shapes social dynamics in killer whales. Collaboration with @samellisq.bsky.social @drwhale.bsky.social Prof Dan Franks (York) start 1st Nov (or ASAP) end 31st Oct 2028. Apps close on 19th Oct. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT336/p...
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Jazmín Ramos Madrigal @jazminrm.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
@official-smbe.bsky.social is coming to Copenhagen next year! 🇩🇰 And we’re looking for your symposium ideas to help us shape the content of this meeting. Submit your proposal now (link 👇). The deadline is October 15th. #SMBE2026
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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Network, we are looking for PhD students and Postdocs on evolutionary and ecological genomics in 2025/2026 Join our diverse and welcoming lab at UC Berkeley & HHMINEWS! Check job ads-> www.moilab.science/team/join-us
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M O I L A B - Join us!
Join us! Our lab is based at the University of California, Berkeley, embedded in the vibrant and multicultural San Francisco Bay Area, surrounded by astonishing nature!
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑‍🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecological Genomics
About the Opportunity Job Summary A postdoctoral research associate is available at the Lotterhos Lab at Northeastern University. The postdoc will be based at Northeastern University’s Marine Science ...
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🚨 Last opportunity to apply for a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social on the genomics of #bat population declines 🦇🧬. Deadline 13th Jan‼️
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Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
5 exciting PhD opportunities to join the Center for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of Exeter in Sept 2025. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro...
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Aida Andres @aidaandres.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Great NERC PhD project to come to UCL and work with @maxreuter.bsky.social and me on balancing selection, sexual antagonism, experimental evolution and natural populations.
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Bonnie Fraser @bfraser.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣📣PhD alert📣📣 Come work with me and @orlyrazgour.bsky.social at the Uni of Exeter. Using genomics to understand bat population declines. 🦇🧬🦇 Message us for more details. Link here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Award details Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2025 Entry Ref: 5388 at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Award details Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2025 Entry Ref: 5388 at University of Exeter, listed on FindA...
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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
🚨 Postdoc alert! 🚨 Come and work with Alastair Wilson, @bfraser.bsky.social and myself @exetercec.bsky.social on a NERC- funded project that combines behavioural ecology, quantitative genetics and genomics in guppies. And all that in beautiful Cornwall🏖️🏄‍♂️⛵️! More info t.co/xFh8RNpoO6
A male and female guppy
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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
The Biology Dept at Queen's U, Canada is hiring 2 faculty, either Assistant or Associate: i) Indigenous Science - joint with Envt'l Studies ii) Director of the Queen's University Biological Station Find details here: biology.queensu.ca/jobs/ #evolution #ecology #conservation #IndigenousSTEM
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