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working on theory of host-associated microbiota diversity ( and a few side-quests ) at the crc1182 in kiel - a kite fellow they/them/dey/deren bobweek.github.io

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Pierre de Villemereuil @pdevillemereuil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With fieldwork, I didn't get to advertise our (not so now) new paper on the quantitative genetics of growth in the 🦎 in @journal-evo.bsky.social: dx.doi.org/10.1093/evol... It's an exciting paper paper in which we disentangle what it means to treat the whole growth curve as a function-valued trait!
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Quantitative genetics of lifetime growth curves in a lizard
Abstract. Body size is an iconic trait in quantitative genetics. For species with indeterminate growth however, growth curve, a function-valued trait, is t
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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New preprint led by grad student Caleb Charpentier that I'm very excited about! This is a hefty review & perspective on how we can close the gap in trust between new "Deep comparative methods", and the biological meaning & inferences that systematists want. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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On the Promise (and Practice) of Deep Comparative Methods: Expressivity, Limitations, and Design
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New paper out with @kaylastoy.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
anton wakolbingers talk at mmee was perhaps the most violent thing ive witnessed this year . very engaging !
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Thomas Mock @thomasmock.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
W3 Professorship (tenured) @geomarkiel.bsky.social (GEOMAR, Germany) in Marine Experimental Benthic Ecology www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
a kewt lil tripartite intxn to observe while waiting for the bus . two of the members dont appear to have any direct interaction , but i wonder if there's any indirect effects mediated by genetic correlations across traits of the host member ⋆˚꩜。
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
hey mmee people ( and everyone else ) look at my slides on a stochastic eco-evo modelling framework and the response of G-matrices to selection ! im the second talk in the trait evo session (G04) come by (ㅅ´ ˘ `) bobweek.github.io/talks/driftG...
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The Response of \bf G-matrices to Random Genetic Drift
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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 20/07/2026
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A great paper by three leading experts on this topic (also super cool figures!
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From Lotka-Volterra Dynamics to Community Assembly: Theory, Topography, and Empirical Applications
1. Community assembly graphs (CAGs) summarize which species combinations can coexist and how single-species invasions drive transitions between them, encoding the pathways, alternative endpoints, and...
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
who's coming to mmee ?? its my first time joining and im so excited ::) www.ucc.ie/en/matsci/ev...
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Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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Michael Sieber @michaelsieber.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!
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Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)
Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics
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Owen Maresh @graveolens.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What a fantastic opportunity! Come to Tübingen 😊
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚣 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝐆-𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚡 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 ;-; 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝 ⋆˚꩜。 bobweek.github.io/talks/driftG...
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The Response of Genetic Correlations to Drift
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Gideon Bradburd @gbradburd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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Multiple positions available: ​ Postdoc PhD students
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
yes pls ... /\__/\ ( • v • ) Yes. / |___n_ | |. _____| U| __ | U U
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Owen Maresh @graveolens.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Owen Maresh @graveolens.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
grr my math bio interrupted by *real* bio •︵• the nerve !
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What is your Biology or EEB departments minimum PhD stipend? Update it here: mlgaynor.com/BiologyPhDSt...
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Biology PhD Stipends
Biology Ph.D. stipend database with live summaries from the shared Google Sheet.
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Shryli Shreekar @shrylishreekar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Check our new paper which I had the privilege to write with @kostchristian.bsky.social published in PNAS!
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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Applications now open for the UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evolutionary Biology (31 Aug–5 Sep 2026, Lausanne)! For PhD & postdocs interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology (incl. social evo, life-history, species interactions). Scholarships available, Pls RP! shorturl.at/fo1GA
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Schulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Funding for new Leibniz ScienceCampus on AMR evolution at FZB Borstel and Kiel, with several open PhD positions! Incl @daganlab.bsky.social @bramkamplab.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailans...
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Neuer Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus zur Erforschung von Antibiotikaresistenzen
 FZB und CAU erforschen im  WissenschaftsCampus „AMR-PLAS“ gemeinsam die AMR-Plastizität bei bakteriellen Krankheitserregern 
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Christoph Kaleta @kaletalab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The lab of Johannes Zimmermann at Jena University has an opening for a PhD position - exciting research in a highly innovative group: www.jsmc-phd.de/admission/va...
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Thomas Lesaffre 🌱 @thomaslesaffre.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🌺 PhD position in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology! 🌺 There is about two weeks left to apply to come work with me on the evolution of plant reproductive strategies at @unifr.bsky.social ! Contact me or visit here or for more info: tinyurl.com/monoecy Please share! 🌱
A view of the city of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Schulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
See the new paper by Hanne Griem-Krey and @michaelhabig.bsky.social on hitchhiking on starships... fungi are weird!
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Schulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Just out: our new study on hysteresis and antibiotic resistance! Great work by Florian Buchholz, Lina Upterworth, Roderich Roemhild and others, incl @bramkamplab.bsky.social @holgersondermann.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Robust antibiotic sensitization of pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa via negative hysteresis in the cell envelope - Nature Communications
Here, the authors describe negative hysteresis as a phenomenon where the initial exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to β-lactam antibiotics causes cellular sensitization towards aminoglycoside antibio...
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
new framework for stochastic eco-evo dynamics of multivariate traits now published at jtb 1 new result on response of G matrices to drift , questioning classical wisdom 2 new tools to make measure-valued processes accessible 3 synthesis of classic multvr quant gen ! enjoi :3 doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...
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Redirecting
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
birs @ banff ist fantastisch 10/10 do recommend maria martignoni rebecca tyson jimmy garnier organized a truly awesome workshop on host-microbiome modelling ::)) www.birs.ca/events/2026/...
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Piret Avila @piretavila.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Postdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now! #postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
new favorite field thats not my field . and possibly most interesting read this year www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Social cognition in autism and ADHD
Social cognition is a crucial capacity for social functioning. The last decades have seen a plethora of social cognition research in neurodevelopmenta…
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
excited to announce v2 of my stochastic eco-evo framework is up ! main text now clarifies links w prev werk and points to an emp test of gen corrs result . supp greatly expanded to include worked derivations and further explanation of mathematical foundations !! hope u enjoi ;) tinyurl.com/stecoevo
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STOCHASTIC ECO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF MULTIVARIATE TRAITS: A Framework for Modeling Population Processes Illustrated by the Study of Drifting G-Matrices
I derive a novel stochastic equation for the evolution of the additive genetic variance-covariance matrix G in response to mutation, selection, drift, and fluctuating population size. Common wisdom ho...
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Really nice opportunity to run polygenic adaptation experiments on Drosophila as a postdoc with the great @nedabarghi.bsky.social ! Located at MPI in the lovely town of Ploen. Come join this wonderful research community ::)) evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//MPI-EvolBiol_Germany.PolygenicAdaptation
A Postdoctoral position is available in Evolution of Polygenic Traits Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology- Pl�n, Germany. Our group studies the genetic basis of adaptat...
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
adorable one year anniversary card from the @schulenburglab.bsky.social group . tysm ! so glad to be here ::))
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
really neat opportunity to do a phd in stochastics in berlin !! apps due nov 1 www3.math.tu-berlin.de/stoch/IRTG/2...
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[New!] Call for Applications
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
the finalized version is live ! [ in case you prefer oup's formatting over mine ;) + we fixed couple typos below eqn ten :B ] doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Quantitative genetics of microbiome-mediated traits
Microbiomes, the complex communities of microorganisms associated with multicellular hosts, play a vital role in shaping host traits and fitness. But how d
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Timothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.com · 19/09/2025
In community ecology, this is called the "Appendix XVII of a Peter Abrams paper" effect
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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microbiome #symbiosis
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Schulenburg Lab Kiel @schulenburglab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Our perspective on Applying Extended Synthesis Frameworks to Understand Host-Microbiome Evolution is now out in Nature EcoEvo !!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Our Quantitative Genetic approach to Modelling Microbiome-Mediated Host Adaptation is now published in Evolution !!! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Quantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated Traits
Abstract. Multicellular organisms host a rich assemblage of associated microorganisms, collectively known as their “microbiomes”. Microbiomes have the capa
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
happy trails ::))
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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
hey eseb ppl check out toms talk !
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
hai eseb people ! come to my talk introducing the quantitative genetics of microbiome mediated traits :) 2:30-2:45 at S07.02 btw our ppr just got accepted at evolution ! amazing and challenging reviews ::)) revised pre-print here www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Quantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated Traits
Multicellular organisms host a rich assemblage of associated microorganisms, collectively known as their “microbiomes”. Microbiomes have the capacity to influence their hosts’ fitnesses, but the condi...
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Shikhara Bhat @shikharabhat.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Hey #ESEB2025 folk! I'll be presenting my work on describing evolution in finite populations at 11:30 am on Tuesday in S-03. Drop by to learn how taking ecology and variable population size seriously changes classic pop gen descriptions like the Price eqn, revealing novel directional eco-evo forces.
An illustration with populations on the left and mathematical representations of these populations in terms of birth-death processes on the rightStochastic differential equations for trait frequencies, mean value of a trait, and the variance of a trait in the population
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
the biggest question i have (aside from the haze of political/cultural turmoil) is ... what software is Bob Holt using for his presentations ?? shares the aesthetics of a theoretical ecology book published around the time jurassic park came out - purple background (pseudo papyrus font?) - legendary
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bob week @bweek.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
i made a new framework for modelling stochastic eco-evolutionary dynamics of multivariate traits !! doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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