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EMPSEB 31 @empseb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🎭 Attending EMPSEB? Got a creative twist on science? Get a chance to win one of three Zymo-EMPSEB awards, all kindly provided by Zymo Research Europe. 🏆 Best Alternative Presentation – €250 🥈 Second Place – €150 🥉 Third Place – €100 Send us an email at empsebconf@gmail.com to participate!

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EMPSEB 31 @empseb.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Heading to EMPSEB31? We’re giving away five €200 prizes in a lottery for attendees who arrive by train (including to our official shuttle cities). The Company of Biologists generously funds the prize money for this sustainability initiative. Lower your footprint and get a chance to win €200. 🌍

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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Here's why we should not (only) study global change drivers in isolation! Check our new preprint showing how a fungal pathogen interacts with habitat disturbance to shape the skin bacterial communities of an Amazonian frog: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @klivvvienna.bsky.social

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EMPSEB 31 @empseb.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Dr. Abderrahman Khila will lead the workshop Life in Academia, discussing topics related to navigating the publishing process, choosing host labs and projects, your training path, and reflecting on the steps toward securing future positions. Join us to explore academia beyond your own experience🌱

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Really beautiful to see this student-led initiative continue for over 30 years!

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EMPSEB31 @empseb31.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Hey everyone! 👋 We’re switching to a new Bluesky account. Follow us at @empseb.bsky.social for all updates and announcements: bsky.app/profile/emps... @empseb31 will no longer be active.

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EMPSEB31 @empseb31.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

When resources are scarce, do you cooperate… or take the shortcut? 🕷️ Social spiders and insects face that choice every day. 👀 Excited to have Prof. Mariella Herberstein join us at EMPSEB31 to share her work on the complex social lives of arachnids and insects. #EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

EMPSEB30 in Czech Republic was such an experience! I'm excited for EMPSEB31 🤩

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Brandon Samuel Whitley @brandonswhitley.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Apps to the MEME Mobility European MSc Prog. in Evolutionary Biology are open! The MEME program was fundamental in training, teaching, and inspiring me in research, exposing me to many projects, skillsets, and academic cultures. Check out our starter pack to meet some alumni! go.bsky.app/QCDqsWu

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EMPSEB31 @empseb31.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🦋 Ever thought about the artist behind those naturalist illustrations? Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th-century German naturalist, worked when women were rarely recognized in science. Her timeless art now represents EMPSEB31 in the spirit of curiosity and observation! ✨🔍 #ScienceArt #EvoBio #EMPSEB31

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EMPSEB31 @empseb31.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🧬✨ It’s official! EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026! Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, organized by PhD students, for PhD students. Expect inspiring research, new connections, and a mix of science + fun, the EMPSEB way! 📍Save the date & follow us for updates! Link in Bio 🌍

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Michael Branstetter @mgbranstetter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

New paper drop! 🚨 Led by my awesome postdoc @renamschweizer.bsky.social — we used genomics + museum DNA to explore the decline of Bombus franklini, a bee not seen in the wild since 2006 🐝 Now out in @PNASNews! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Museum genomics suggests long-term population decline in a putatively extinct bumble bee | PNAS

Pollinator declines globally threaten ecosystem stability and agricultural productivity. Reconstructing pollinator historic demographies provides a...

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Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Really looking forward to #LivingData2025, starting tomorrow! Below is a summary of the @biogeneurope.bsky.social sessions. For those in Europe: the conference takes place is Colombia, so mind the times! @ebpgenome.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social #barcoding #Genomics

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Charissa de Bekker PhD (she/her) @zombieantdoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Which fungal 🍄 molecules cause zombie 🧟‍♀️ ant 🐜 behaviors? @williamycete.bsky.social has begun to answer this question! He found a peptide that binds to scramblase and affects important odor-dependent behaviors in ants. Spoiler: worms 🪱 played a key role in this research 🧐 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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The First of Us: Ophiocordyceps use a novel scramblase-binding peptide to manipulate zombie ants

Parasite-adaptive manipulation of behavior is a widespread natural phenomenon. While Ophiocordyceps zombie fungi are well-known for hijacking ant behavior to increase their fitness, functionally chara...

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

PhD life = scientist, writer, teacher, organizer, science communicator… all in one.🤯 It’s a lot sometimes, but also a pretty special chance to grow. 🌱

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Christina Hansen Wheat @chansenwheat.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨 Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve. Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I had a great time visiting the @museuciencies.cat in Barcelona this summer! Beautiful collections and informative displays are essential bridges between science and the public ✨️🌱

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Had a great time in Barcelona for #ESEB2025! 🌍🧬 Huge thanks to the organizers and my group for making it such a wonderful experience. #evolution

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Shoutout to the few allies who came to the underrepresented groups mixer this week 💙 Your presence meant a lot. Imagine the impact if more PIs and leaders joined too — sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is simply show up. 🌱

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Science + snacks + chats = happy PhD student 🧬📊✨️ Had a great time sharing my poster at #ESEB2025 and walking away with new ideas I wouldn’t have thought of alone. 🤝✨️

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Earlier this summer, I stepped into a classroom to teach high shool students about gene regulation and evolution 🧬✨️ It was inspiring to see concepts click for students 🦋 Thank you to the Summer of Science team! 📊

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thank you to the organizers! Amazing job 🐠🦐🦋🪲

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EvoBio Crash Course @evobiocc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Hello Everyone! We are back for the 2025 edition of the #EvoBioCC 🥳💚✨ Register to our free online course on Evolutionary Biology, focused on supporting the dreams of Global South students hoping to build their careers in the field! Here is the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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EvoBio Crash Course 2025 | Registration Form

The fourth edition of the EvoBio Crash Course has opened registration and we are very happy to have you! We are focusing on delivering a rich course on the basics of evolutionary biology so that stude...

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EMPSEB 31 @empseb.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Is there a better way to present your research than an alternative approach? At EMPSEB30, we had butterfly development 🦋(Ana Carolina Varela Pereira), a sonnet 🐦(Lea Huber), a live demonstration with participants 🐁(Gokul Bhaskaran) and a drawing/poster 🐟(Ayla Linnéa Kesim).

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EMPSEB 31 @empseb.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

EMPSEB30 first plenary talk just started.😍 Filip Kolář talks about repeated adaptation to extreme environments in wild Arabidopsis.🌱 #empseb30 #conference #biology #arabidopsis

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#Throwback (i.e., forgot to post) I had a great time at the genomics workshop in Český Krumlov 🧬 #evomics

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Excited to share that I won the prize for Best Scientific Poster at the #Zoology2024 conference in Belgium! 🐟🦋🐦🦓

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