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Laurent Hébert-Dufresne @lhd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Interested in complex systems research in beautiful Vermont? Teams @vcsi.bsky.social hope to fill postdoctoral positions on very short notice. One position is at the intersection of cognitive and epidemiological modeling. DM for details or keep an eye out for postings on here.

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Sam Díaz-Muñoz (they / ella) @sociovirology.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hi Everyone! I will be broadcasting live from the Social Lives of Viruses 2026 conference @zoology.ubc.ca @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social in beautiful Vancouver BC, organized by @asherleeks.bsky.social and myself with the support of Canadian Institutes of Health Research and @moorefound.bsky.social.

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

New paper out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! 🎉 Who drives disease transmission? The answer seems obvious: measure who releases or disperses the most parasites. But after dissecting transmission step by step, we found that’s often not the case. 👇 🧵 #EvoSky #IDSky www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Transmission heterogeneity emerges from uncoupled parasite shedding and spreading

Silva et al. show that disease transmission emerges from multiple ecological bottlenecks rather than a single host trait. Separating parasite shedding from downstream infection success reveals why hos...

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Jeff Groh @jeffgroh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNAS

In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...

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Luís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

1/🧵 Excited to finally share my latest paper (and my first solo paper)! 🎉 Pathogens evolve. Hosts respond. But does pathogen evolution simply change the magnitude of the host response, or does it reshape which host programmes are activated? 🤔 👇 doi.org/10.1038/s420... #Anopheles #EvoSky

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Host transcriptional signatures associated with disease tolerance and environmental persistence in a mosquito–microsporidian system - Communications Biology

Mosquito host transcriptomes reflect the evolution of contrasting microsporidian parasite life histories, linking virulence and environmental persistence to distinct gene expression programmes.

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Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Our scoping review "Emerging frontiers in infectious disease modelling: reassessing the data-driven feedback loop between human behaviour and disease dynamics" is out now! From a group of epidemiologists, behavioural scientists, & mathematicians. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...

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Emerging frontiers in infectious disease modelling: reassessing the data-driven feedback loop between human behaviour and disease dynamics

Abstract. Mathematical models have produced important insights into the relationships between disease transmission, risk perception, and human behaviour. H

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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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Harman Jaggi @harmanjaggi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Excited to share our new preprint on noise and determinism in Trinidadian guppy population dynamics! Thanks to all collaborators: Ron, Joe, Arshed, Dave & Simon. We develop a framework for quantifying how stochasticity alters equilibrium structure, stability and vulnerability to perturbations. 1/5

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Ben Ashby @bnashby.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Paper is now published in @journal-evo.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

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Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We're recruiting! We're looking for two graduate students to join us at UBC in Vancouver. Fully funded and open to global applicants, with flexible start-date. Topics include theory, bioinformatics, and microbiology. More details: asherleeks.com/apply #socialviruses #evosky #virosky 🧪

Leeks Lab is recruiting. We study social evolution in viruses. We're recruiting for two fully funded PhD or MSc positions, starting from September 2026. Evolutionary theory / experimental microbiology / viral bioinformatics. Experience optional / enthusiasm essential. asherleeks.com/apply

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Asher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The Social Lives of Viruses is coming to Vancouver, Canada, from 4th-8th August 2026! This is a free meeting dedicated to all aspects of virus-virus interactions & evolution. To apply: socialviruses.zoology.ubc.ca @sociovirology.bsky.social #socialviruses #evosky #lovevirology #virosky

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Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Honoured to have been involved in this collaboration, led by the dream team of Kylee Hoffman and @ayesha-mahmud.bsky.social

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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This pre-printed article discusses insect oviposition as a tractable, mechanistically grounded model for behavioural immunity, linking individual egg-laying decisions to population level disease dynamics. 🪰🦠 doi.org/10.32942/X2W...

A drawing of fruit flies eating and laying eggs in a mix of clean and pathogen-contaminated substrates.

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Emma Zajdela @mathemmatician.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Had fun talking with @websedgescience.bsky.social at the #APSSummit26 on how physics & math can explain fashion cycles! @aps-dsnp.bsky.social @stevenstrogatz.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18/03/2026

The need to preserve animal culture in conservation efforts. 🪶 Gift link.

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How to Bring a Bird’s Song Back From the Edge of Extinction

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Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Very excited to share our latest article in Trends in Microbiology, with @ninan-abraham.bsky.social, @chilbe.bsky.social, @ayesha-mahmud.bsky.social, and Arne Traulsen! We highlight the importance of disentangling these interactions and suggest potential paths forwards

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/02/2026

Kea! 🪶

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Dont miss the ESPIDAM summer program in June 2026 in Stockholm, covering many key concepts for ID modelling: stochastic models, AI for ID control, nowcasting and forecasting, phylodynamics, data analysis, network models, within-host models, health economics www.statistics.su.se/english/divi...

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ESPIDAM, the European Summer Program in Infectious Disease Analysis and Modelling - Stockholms universitet

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16/12/2025

Looking for a faculty job at one of the world's great research stations? We're looking for a marine invertebrate biologist at UW's Friday Harbor Labs. apply.interfolio.com/178804

Assistant Professor without Tenure (WOT), Marine Invertebrate Organismal Biology
University of Washington: Academic Personnel & Faculty: College of the Environment: Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Location
Friday Harbor Labs, WA
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Dec 12, 2025
Description

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) and Friday Harbor Labs (FHL) at the University of Washington (UW) invite applications for the Riddiford – Truman Endowed faculty Chair, a position in the Without Tenure (WOT) track at the Assistant rank with specialization in marine invertebrate organismal biology. The successful candidate is expected to develop a collaborative, extramurally-funded and nationally recognized research program based at FHL that leverages FHL’s unique marine research infrastructure and natural setting. We especially welcome candidates whose scholarship in natural systems advances fundamental knowledge and contributes to environmental stewardship. All University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research, and service.

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Prakhar Jaiswal @prakharj.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Recently had the chance to hear @carlbergstrom.com on information foraging in the current space of LLMs. He and @jevinwest.bsky.social have crafted a course that touches various facets of LLMs. Just finished reading through its 18 modules. Absolutely loved it! thebullshitmachines.com

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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction

A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

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Matthew Silk @mattjsilk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Its very exciting to see this paper out in @behavecol.bsky.social. These conversations, expertly led by @delphinedemoor.bsky.social, have really shaped how I now think about working with social network data. Check out Delphine's thread to learn more!

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Sophie Jean Walton @sophiejwalton.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Super excited that the bulk of my PhD work is now preprinted! Here we used whole-community competition, or coalescence, experiments to quantify selection acting on genetically diverged strains within larger communities. (1/n) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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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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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I'm really excited to see this paper by @fernpizza.bsky.social, @baym.lol, et al. This is a great model system for studying multilevel selection, and the experimental work builds nicely on cross-scale theoretical modeling approaches that I've enjoyed learning about over the past few years. 🧵

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Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I'm super excited to have joined @ubcmath.bsky.social and @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social !! Please get in touch if you might be interested in graduate studies or postdoctoral research opportunities!

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Pedro Vale @pfvale.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

This piece on infection history as a driver of individual heterogeneity in infection outcomes was fun to think about and to write with @chadisaadroy.bsky.social and Mike Boots. Also suggest that systems like #Drosophila can offer useful tools to tackle the epidemiological consequences.

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Daniel Cooney @danielcooney1.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I am really happy to share that there will be a @nitmb.bsky.social workshop next year on mathematical and biological features of evolutionary game theory. It was really fun to co-organize this workshop with Olivia Chu, Alex McAvoy, and @jplotkin.bsky.social. www.nitmb.org/evolutionary...

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Evolutionary Games: Mathematical Theory and Biological Insights

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theobioarne.bsky.social @theobioarne.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Corina Tarnita and I have discussed the relation between theoretical ecology and evolutionary game theory since my sabbatical in 2022. Now the paper is out, doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Cooperation in nature may not be mysterious when there are growth differences- questioning the notion of cooperation.

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Reconciling ecology and evolutionary game theory or “When not to think cooperation” | PNAS

Evolutionary game theory (EGT)—overwhelmingly employed today for the study of cooperation in various systems, from microbes to cancer and from inse...

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Kayla King, Ph.D. @kayla-king.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Come join us at beautiful UBC! The King Lab is recruiting a Post-doc Fellow to develop mathematical theory on infectious disease evolution and emergence, together with Ben Ashby (SFU) #zoonoses #biodiversity www.zoology.ubc.ca/kinglab/join...

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Join Us! | King Lab

Are you interested in joining the King Lab? More information here!

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Chadi Saad-Roy @chadisaadroy.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I’m really thrilled to announce that I will join the University of British Columbia in September as an Assistant Professor in @ubcmath.bsky.social and @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social! Please get in touch if you might be interested in graduate studies or postdoctoral research opportunities!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 27/12/2023

Today @billhanage.bsky.social and I have a commentary in PNAS, where we discuss the role of factors other than acquired immunity in generating bell-shaped epidemic curves. Our purpose is to provide context for Saad-Roy and Traulsen's model of human behavior and disease dynamics in the same issue.

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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