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Blair Perry

@bwperry.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at MSU IBIO. Functional and evolutionary genomics. 🐻🐍🧬 Website: theperrylab.org

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am currently searching for a postdoc to work on the evolution of adaptations, cold acclimation, and freezing tolerance in switchgrass. The position entails lab, growth facility, bioinformatics, and fieldwork. careers.msu.edu/jobs/postdoc...
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Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct field and laboratory experiments to understand the causes of genetic variation...
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Apparently Toxicon is publishing what appear to be 100% AI-generated manuscripts now (both text and figures). Extremely disappointing and frankly embarrassing. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The genomic alchemist's arsenal: A comprehensive review of gene recruitment, regulatory rewiring, and the evolutionary arms race in snake envenomation
Snake venom represents a striking example of evolutionary innovation, in which ancestral physiological gene networks have been co-opted into potent bi…
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New paper now online at @molbioevol.bsky.social! We used capped-small RNA-seq to identify enhancers involved in regulating adipose gene expression during bear hibernation, and explore non-coding evolution across bears. Happy to finally have this out! doi.org/10.1093/molb...
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Rob Denton @rddenton.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Bummed to miss #Evol2026. For all those students looking for a position, we're recruiting MS students (polyploid genomics) and a PostDoc (conservation genomics) for next year. Shoot me an email!
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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
New paper! Evolution of barriers to gene flow in rattlesnake speciation. Congrats to Keaka, Drew, and a big list of awesome collaborators! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
@tywooldr.bsky.social et al. present assemblies for three bear species — the sun, sloth, and Andean bears — and use a whole-genome alignment of all bear species and other carnivores to reconstruct the evolution of Ursidae. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf188 #genome #evolution
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Chromosome-scale Genomes Show Rapid Diversification and Ancient Gene Flow Among Bear Species
Abstract. Reconstructions of evolutionary history can be restricted by a lack of high-quality reference genomes. To date, only four of the eight species of
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phy_papers @phypapers.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Chromosome-scale genomes show rapid diversification and ancient gene flow among bear species pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41047635
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/08/2025
Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had theonion.com/man-who...
Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪
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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or braasch@msu.edu)!
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I am thrilled to announce that I will be starting my lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University in January 2026! I will soon be recruiting graduate students and postdocs, so stay tuned and please reach out if you know anybody that might be interested! 🐍🐻🧬
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New paper on the phylogenetics of Western Rattlesnakes led by @justbernstein.bsky.social is out now! Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes
Species tree inference is often assumed to be more accurate as datasets increase in size, with whole genomes representing the best-case-scenario for e…
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Blair Perry @bwperry.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
#pag32 was a great experience! So many cool people, talks, and posters. Plus I got to see one of these guys for the first time!
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