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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Structural variant characterization is a hot topic in genomics, but the types of data and methods researchers use can yield different results! Check out this preprint we just dropped on inversion detection and characterization in Timema stick insects: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Inversion characterization in Timema stick insects: from local PCA to pangenome approaches

Structural variants (SVs) can strongly influence evolutionary processes by suppressing recombination to create jointly inherited regions and by altering gene expression and the 3D organization of DNA....

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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is such an awesome stats resource!!

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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/06/2026

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. scim.ag/4xY2KCm

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Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

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Samridhi Chaturvedi @samridhi.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New preprint led by Kenen from Zach Gompert’s lab is now online. Here we focus on estimating genomic offsets in Lycaedies butterflies to assess adaptation/maladaptation to climatic changes over time.

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John Lovell @jotlovell.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We’re excited to share the Pan-genomes Doorstep Meeting @ #PEQG26! Join this 3-hour workshop on evolutionary applications of pangenomics, covering construction, analysis, phylogenetics, annotation & graph QC. Register separately or as an add-on to PEQG: genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/do...

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Pan-genomes Meeting - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference

Visit our website to learn more.

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Jill M. Love, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @jillmlove.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Preprint up now! With @ferrisifolius.bsky.social, we found positive selection on leaf shape plasticity across the altitudinal range of the cutleaf monkeyflower. This experiment was a HUGE personal undertaking. If you give it a read, I’d love to hear your thoughts! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Phenotypic plasticity is broadly adaptive across an elevation gradient in the Cutleaf Monkeyflower

Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism by which organisms can cope with environmental heterogeneity, but its evolutionary consequences depend on how plastic responses align with the broader adaptive...

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Brooke Kern, PhD @botanist-brooke.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My amazing colleague Shelley Sianta (not on bsky) is looking for a tech to join her new lab at UT Austin. The position will involve lab, greenhouse, and field work to study local adaptation and speciation in plants. Please share! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...

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Research Engineering/Scientist Associate I

Job Posting Title: Research Engineering/Scientist Associate I ---- Hiring Department: Department of Integrative Biology ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA ...

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ybrandvain.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Proud of the latest edition of my free intro biostats book. gitrepo: github.com/ybrandvain/b... book: ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/ Not complete but at a good point to take a break, and I think its quite usable dm me with comments , ideas etc

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Applied Biostatistics

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Out now on the cover of @journal-evo.bsky.social! Led by Sarah Khalil, we took a genomic approach to investigate the hybrid zone between different-colored Red-backed Fairywren subspecies. We found some interesting candidate genes under selection. Check it out! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I’m excited to announce that I am starting a postdoc position in the Gompert Lab at USU. It brings me comfort and joy to study processes of change and adaptation- how boundaries between groups can break down and result in more variable and resilient populations. Catch me learning about 🦋 hybrids!!

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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I'll be giving a talk today at #Evol2025 at 4:30 pm in Hybridization IV, come through!!!

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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I was laid off from my position as Biologist at the US Geological Survey during the mass firings in the government on Friday.

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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

For something uplifting... Mimulus is kind to its kin! We add to the growing evidence that plants sense their neighbours and respond differently to kin vs unrelated individuals! Congratulations to @isabeaulewis.bsky.social 🧪🌾 #evolution #mimulus #botany royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Photograph of perennial Mimulus guttatus along a creek

Image from published paper showing that plants invest in more flowers and more stolons when surrounded by unrelated plants, compared to when their neighbours are relatives.

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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

So excited about this cool opportunity to talk about my love of field work and monkeyflowers! And share some picture highlights!!!

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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

Tuning back in after a few months to share my new website with folks! dianatataru.weebly.com

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Kathleen (Katie) Ferris @ferrisifolius.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Interested in living and working in Yosemite NP this summer? Do you like working outside with beautiful plants (#Monkeyflowers)?!?! Are you interested in ecology and evolution? Then apply to be a field technician in my lab this spring/summer 2024!!!! Please Repost!!! #Mimuluspropaganda

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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Excited to share a new pre-print from our lab that demonstrates surprisingly repeatable genome evolution in replicated Xiphophorus hybrid populations! Led by former postdoc Quinn Langdon with substantial contributions from Jeff Groh from @gcbias.bsky.social's lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

I've been searching for the breakpoints of this adaptive chromosomal inversion for 15 years. We have now finally found those breakpoints and have discovered that the inversion contains an even older large inversion. This and more in this new preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The role of breakpoint mutations, supergene effects, and ancient nested rearrangements in the evolut...

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Diana Tataru @dianatataru.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

A belated goodbye to my last field season (for now) and hello to a new communication platform! Stay tuned for more on complex hybridization, big wall ecology, and more :)

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