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Chloé Schmidt

@chloology.bsky.social
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Thinking about evolution and biodiversity, and 🐿️🐿️🐿️, and drawing ✏️ Assistant Prof at Dalhousie University www.schmidt-biodiversity-lab.org

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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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Michael Gerth @mgerth.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New preprint from PhD student Emily Dovydaitis with @chloology.bsky.social: We need to better account for symbionts in #biodiversity studies. Happy to hear feedback! #SymbioSky
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Lucas Eckert @lucaseckert.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
How useful can #herbarium collections be for genetic monitoring? 🌿 We show that Earth’s currently digitized herbarium specimens can be clustered into HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of historical “populations” suitable for population genetic studies 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/bios... 🧵
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The utility of herbarium collections for genetic monitoring
Abstract. Despite growing evidence of widespread genetic responses to anthropogenic activity, data shortfalls constrain genetic monitoring efforts and prec
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Ellis Rosen @ellisjrosen.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Congratulations to the 2026-28 cohort of Liber Ero Fellows: Mirjam Barrueto, Madison Earhart, Rosemary Hohnen, Sage Raymond, and Hannah Watkins! liberero.ca/meet-the-fel... #LiberEroFellows #CdnSci
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Meet The Fellows - Liber Ero Fellowship Program
We are pleased to announce the 2026 Liber Ero Fellows!     Mirjam Barrueto Project: Toward one hundred quiet zones: predicting, locating, and managing wolverine reproduction, connectivity, and source-...
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Shahar Chaikin @shaharchaikin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Are warmer oceans good or bad for #fish? 🐟 The answer is a dangerous paradox. Our new paper in @natecoevo.nature.com shows how marine heatwaves may create “fake” fish gains that mask a large-scale crash. Read our findings here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @mncn-csic.bsky.social #ClimateChange
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Pat Schloss @patschloss.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When I scan through open peer reviews I'm surprised by how rarely people comment on the design of visuals. I've been working to develop a constructive approach to critique and have been trying them out on the Tube. Here's the latest www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWpt...
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How would you improve upon this set of pie charts published in Nature Microbiology (CC401)
YouTube video by Riffomonas Project
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Juan Carvajal-Quintero @juancarvq.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New paper out examining fish food web degradation in the Anthropocene. We show the structure of aquatic food webs are changing-- even when species richness doesn’t. These signals are strongly associated with decreases in body size within fish communities. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐🐠🐡🦈🐟
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Degradation of fish food webs in the Anthropocene
The decrease in body size driven by the selective species turnover is widely altering fish food web topology and function.
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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
What happens when fish communities shift towards smaller species?🐟 Global study led by alumnus @juancarvq.bsky.social shows widespread changes in food webs across marine & freshwater systems. Even where species numbers stayed stable, interactions & body size changed. 🔗 www.idiv.de/smaller-fish...
School of fish / by Toby Matthews, Ocean Image Bank
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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/02/2026
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful! here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
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Colin Garroway @colingarroway.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Interested in genetic diversity-area relationships as a potential proxy for genetic diversity? Check out Chloé Schmidt's latest 😀 @chloology.bsky.social 🧪🌎🧬🌐 #consgen #popgen #evobio with Sean Hoban, @debbiemleigh.bsky.social, & Walter Jetz onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 19/09/2025
"Ladybugs of the sea" in formation 💃 These beauties took the top honors of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/2025...
two very tiny sea creatures balance on a frond of coral
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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This isn't how birding is supposed to work!
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Chloé Schmidt @chloology.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Looking for a PhD? 2 open positions in a fun lab, with an awesome advisor!! 👇
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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025
A blue poster describing opportunities to join the Bernhardt Lab -- for more information please see https://www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The 2025 Cooper Award @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social has been awarded to the authors of “Harmonizing taxon names in biodiversity data: A review of tools, databases and best practices”. Congratulations to Matthias Grenié, @smartenwinter.bsky.social & all co-authors! 🥂🎉 www.idiv.de/cooper-award...
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Authors of iDiv paper awarded W.S. Cooper Award
ESA’s 2025 Cooper Award Honors Groundbreaking Work on Taxonomic Harmonization in Biodiversity Research
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Post your art or photo by May 15 to enter!
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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Wildlife Research Analyst position with Ontario MNR. Focus on combining telemetry and genomics datasets. Apply by May 1st: www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/Preview.aspx...
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Ontario Public Service Careers - Job Preview
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Chloé Schmidt @chloology.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I’m recruiting a PhD student in macrogenetics at Dalhousie University 🇨🇦! Focus will be on the biogeography of vertebrate genetic diversity or urban evolutionary ecology. Full ad: www.schmidt-biodiversity-lab.org/macrogenetic... If the ad is up, applications are still open. Please share widely! 🧬🧬
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Macrogenetics PhD position | schmidt-biodiversity-lab
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Ricardo J Pereira @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🦤🧬🧑‍🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬 Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections. 🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen ⏰ Deadline: June 15th 📩 Contact me! 🚀 Excited to explore new horizons! Please share 🕊️
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Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Open positions
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 03/04/2025
Squirrels are good!
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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 26/03/2025
From swimming guillemots and sun-dappled Scots pines to a coy seal and ravenous pigeons, the winners of this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards celebrate the diversity of animal life across Great Britain. 🐦 www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/brit...
a photograph of four feral pigeons walking toward the camera, framed by a bag of French friesa photograph of a fox on a pedestrian bridge in Bristol
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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
hiiii come chat with me about how to make stellar presentations to tell your science stories 🥲🫶🏼 🧪🌐🌎👩🏻‍🔬
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Whale Scientists @whalescientists.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A new and exciting @nature.com Communications study reveals baleen whales operate the planet's largest nutrient transport system, moving tons of nitrogen and carbon from polar feeding grounds to tropical breeding areas. Great job @jjkiszka.bsky.social and coauthors ✨
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Debbie Leigh @debbiemleigh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Protected Areas are important for global conservation. However, their impact on genetic diversity has long remained unclear. Check out our new paper lead by @chloology.bsky.social which answers this question for mammals and fish. 🧪 lnkd.in/ePDzJeef #ProtectedAreas #Science #Biodiversity
Scientist in the field sampling DNA
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Jason Munshi-South @urbanevol.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Immediately assigning this new paper to my pop gen students! Waples publishes some real hits - "What is a population?" is another instant classic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size
This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’...
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Juan Carvajal-Quintero @juancarvq.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
PhD project alert! 🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab and the MacroSize network to investigate the trends, patterns, and processes driving intraspecific variation in fish body size in the Anthropocene. Exciting opportunity to explore ecological dynamics in a changing world! :) 🌎🐟🐠🐡
PhD Advertisement that reads:

I am recruiting a PhD student to join MacroSize, a new international research network advancing hypotheses and theories on intraspecific body size variability in fish.

The selected candidate will co-develop the project, analyze large datasets, and collaborate closely with MacroSize members, including co-leads Pablo Tedesco, Ignasi Arranz, Xingli Giam, and Juan Carvajal-Quintero.

To apply, Send your CV and a motivation letter to juan.carvajal@dal.ca. Applications are open now and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Start date September 2025 (flexible).
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James B Dorey @jamesbeedorey.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
✨International fieldwork bee/fly Honours degree opportunity✨ I am happy to be able to share an opportunity with myself and a few others at the Uni of Wollongong to undertake an Honours research degree with field work in Fiji! You will get a scholarship on your CV but must be an Australian Citizen 🧵
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Jon Cairns 🦒 @joncairns.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This is a paid fellowship to draw mushrooms in upstate New York this summer. Seems relevant to some of y’all’s interests. 🍄
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SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR FELLOWSHIP
Collaborations between artists and scientists are increasing the quality of public engagement and the accessibility of the research being conducted.
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Sonja Wild @sonjawild.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Vole hunting: novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels In our new video article in the Journal of Ethology we document the emergence of this exciting behavior following a population explosion of California voles doi.org/10.1007/s101...
An adult California ground squirrel holding a California vole between its paws and consuming its head
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W. Chris Funk @fieldgenomics.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
What can genome sequence data reveal about population viability? (And equally important, what CAN'T it reveal??) These are key questions that @martykardos.bsky.social, Lukas Keller, and I address in our new paper in a Molecular Ecology special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #congens
Marty KardosLukas Keller, Chris Funk, and fury toothy friend.
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Colin Garroway @colingarroway.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🧪🧬We're hiring for three new tenure-track positions🧪🧬 We're a friendly and collaborative department @umanitoba.bsky.social with lots of great research happening. Into genetics, dev bio, cell bio, specialized metabolism… we'd love to hear from you!! 🧪🧬🌎 viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.ASPX...
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Calling all artists & creatives! Help shape the face of Conservation Letters! We're seeking iconic, stylized art that captures the beauty & diversity of conservation science for the new cover of @consletters.bsky.social. 🎨📸🌍 #conservation #ecology #artcompetition
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Evan Peck @peck.phd · 20/11/2024
Trying something new: A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?" It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social 🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...
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Liana Lareau @lianafaye.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
important cat news www.science.org/content/arti...
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Gene behind orange fur in cats found at last
After 60 years, scientists know why gingers, calicos, and tortoiseshells look the way they do
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Naviira @naviira.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Ummm… I had to.
Not just an Orca, but an Orca with flair
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Jess da Silva @jess-dasilva.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Check out this new paper just out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution on better understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... #conservationgenetics #PopulationGenetics
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Redirecting
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Here, a summary of our previous work revealing evolution in action in #Chornobyl frogs. 🧪 #EvoBio theconversation.com/chernobyl-bl... (and the paper here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)
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Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
Research on Chernobyl frogs has shown that the ionising radiation caused by the accident triggered a process of natural selection among these animals.
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Matthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy! The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*. Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
soo excited to share my latest paper & illustration~ a sturgeon meta analysis evaluating thermal tolerance where we asked can sturgeon handle climate warming? Unfortunately we found that physiological impacts across life stages limits ecological success 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🐠🌎🐡 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This illustration depicts north america colored te to burnt orange, highlighting temperature differences across the continent. The 8 north american sturgeon species ring the outside of the map. Each sturgeon species is underlaid by a color which corresponds with dots on the map.  The dots on the map show where thermal tolerance studies were completed, and the size of the dot corresponds to how many studies were completed in that area. Illustration by Madison Earhart.
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A very cool paper @asn-amnat.bsky.social, with a lot of potential for teaching in evolutionary biology #EvoBio. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Michael Landis @landismj.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Here's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio go.bsky.app/MzND7nX
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
What happens to the #genome of #bacteria as their association with the host becomes ever more intimate?🧪🦠 A lot: Expansion, pseudogenization and shrinkage, driven by reduction of phage pressure New by Stefanos Siozios, Greg Hurst &co #evolution #genomics #microbiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Starter Packs are great, but they favor well established individuals (understandably so). To help prop up new voices, here is a set of early career ecologists (self defined) who are, or would like to become, active on BlueSky Please reply if you would like to be included! go.bsky.app/Di74bDy
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W. Chris Funk @fieldgenomics.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Postdoctoral position available on population and landscape genomics to inform host-pathogen co-evolution and conservation of wild 🦌and CWD as part of highly integrative, fun team!: drive.google.com/file/d/1qAyg.... Please RT!
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Job opportunity! ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR (TIER 2) IN PLANT RESILIENCE FOR FOOD SECURITY #plantscience #plantscijobs academicjobsonline.org/ajo/UBC/Bota...
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University of British Columbia, Botany
Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Antarctic blue whales display high movement rates around the Southern Ocean. Estimated 8-32% movement rates from one ocean basin to another each year, and therefore circumpolar-wide complete mixing in under 10 years. doi.org/10.3354/esr0...
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