Reposted by Stephen ProulxDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 4639991572
Reposted by Stephen ProulxAmerican Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Don't miss any of the ASN events at #evol2026 ! Here is a cheatsheet of ASN and tri-society events at the Cleveland meeting this year: www.amnat.org/announcement... 075
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Our new work (bit.ly/4nlB0RU) demonstrates how environmental cue reliability can drive the evolution of adaptive maternal effect plasticity. We evolved nematodes in random environments and populations receiving a reliable cue adapted to an otherwise unpredictable environment. 071
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 03/01/2025#Asilomar2025 @asn-amnat.bsky.social Set up and ready for you to register! 0162
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 02/01/2025The American Naturalist conference at Asilomar starts tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing many of you there! #AmNatAsilomar 040
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 19/11/2024There is still time to register for the coziest, chat by the fire with your colleagues sort of EcoEvo conference, the @asn-amnat.bsky.social meeting in Asilomar, California. The meeting is Jan 3-6, 2025, and you still have a few weeks (until Dec 1) to get your abstracts in! asnasilomar2025.org 098
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 06/11/2024guess i'll just leave the halloween decorations up. 130
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 06/11/2024It is 4 pm pacific time, which means the cats have been eagerly awaiting the closing of the refrigerator signaling the food bowls are about to be revealed. 060
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 10/09/2024If you haven't yet registered, now is your chance! The best meeting to have a fire side chat with a vibrant group of scholars! 010
Reposted by Stephen ProulxEvolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 30/07/2024Coming to the super social at #Evo2024? Don’t forget to bring your badge – it’s your ticket to the social! See you at the Grand Quai! 063
Reposted by Stephen ProulxJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 27/07/2024#Evol2024 IDEA plenary by @coreywelch.bsky.social starts by tracing his preparation as a field biologist to his Indigenous heritage, "seeing what you see" and "scanning" the landscape around him. 22413
Reposted by Stephen ProulxSeema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 25/07/2024Excited to attend my 1st in-person @sse_evolution meeting since 2017. Check out postdoc @lucasjalbano.bsky.social’s talk about dissertation work Sun 28 July, 3:30 PM in 520B “Adaptation to environmental variation and manipulation in a cosmopolitan plant” #Evol2024 083
Reposted by Stephen ProulxCorrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 25/07/2024So excited and proud of all the #MoreauLab talks happening at #Evol2024 this year! Be sure to check them all out! #ProudPI 041
Reposted by Stephen ProulxLuís M. Silva @luismsilva.bsky.social · 25/07/2024Attending this weekend’s @evolmtg.bsky.social #Evol2024 ? Pass by room 525AB on July 28th 11:20-11:45 for some nice results and discussions surrounding virulence evolution and parasite transmission presented by yours truly :) from my postdoc in Koella lab 111
Reposted by Stephen ProulxColautti Lab @colauttilab.bsky.social · 25/07/2024Please join us at the Evolution2024 meeting in Montreal to discuss why we cite who we cite and why it matters. #Evol2024 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social 0144
Reposted by Stephen ProulxMaria E. Orive @meorive.bsky.social · 26/07/2024Happy to be in Montreal for #Evol2024 ! Stop by the @evo-journal.bluesky.social booth during the Monday afternoon coffee break to say hi or talk about the Evolution journal (I’m an AE). And my talk is Tuesday morning - great symposium on evolutionary rescue! 092
Reposted by Stephen ProulxDr. Stepfanie Aguillón 😷 @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social · 24/07/2024I'm excited to give an @asn-amnat.bsky.social Early Career Investigator talk at #Evol2024! Come check out the award talk session on Sunday from 4:15-5:45pm (Rm 516C) to learn about what I've been up to during my postdoc and what my lab will be working on now that it's open! 03817
Reposted by Stephen ProulxEuropean Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social · 24/07/2024We are very excited for the kick-off of the in-person part of the Joint Congress this week in Montreal! Safe travels everyone and follow @evolmtg.bsky.social for conference updates #Evol2024 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social 065
Reposted by Stephen ProulxEvolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 21/07/2024We're excited to see in-person attendees in Montréal on Friday! Don't forget to download the conference app and check out the schedule. #Evol2024 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social 01711
Reposted by Stephen ProulxKatherine Corn 🌽 @kacorn.bsky.social · 18/07/2024I am OVER THE MOON that our paper is out at Am Nat today! We find phylogeny & biogeographic contingency shape functional diversity in cichlid radiations. It's my first as co-first author, & Chris Martinez was an A+ co-lead. We had an amazing team-I am so proud of this work! doi.org/10.1086/731477 37225
Reposted by Stephen ProulxSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 18/07/2024This year’s SSE Presidents’ Award goes to Dr. Samarth Mathur for his paper, “An evolutionary perspective on genetic load in small, isolated populations as informed by whole genome resequencing and forward-time simulations.” Congratulations Dr. Mathur! shorturl.at/f45PN @journal-evo.bsky.social 193
Reposted by Stephen ProulxChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 17/07/2024Prime Day, Schmime Day. Hey, listen, indie bookstores are out there being awesome every day. And they tend to ship directly to you, even if you're not local to the store. They're where the books live! And booksellers are book wizards! Bonafide bibliomancers fast with the recommendations. 291387353
Reposted by Stephen ProulxN. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 13/07/2024The heck? Both Esquire and the NYT have put out "best books" lists, and THE FIFTH SEASON is on both! Is there a holiday coming up or something? Anyway, yay! Esquire's is SFF-specific (#4) and the NYT's is this-century specific (#44). www.esquire.com/entertainmen... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...esquire.comThe 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All TimeSee if your favorites made our expanded list. 781702191
Reposted by Stephen ProulxJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 12/06/2024I'm excited to see "Inclusion and Advancement of LGBTQ+ People in STEM Fields" out today — it's a comprehensive evidence review and policy report from a think tank event I joined last year My quick intro post: lab.jbyoder.org/2024/06/12/p... And the full report: drive.google.com/file/d/1mjFr...lab.jbyoder.orgPolicy report: “Inclusion and Advancement of LGBTQ+ People in STEM Fields”Posing with Alli Mattheis after we spent the day recruiting survey participants at Twin Cities Pride, way back in 2013. (jby) Last May I was invited to Washington, DC, for a symposium and workshop … 03015
Reposted by Stephen ProulxGéza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · 10/06/2024IITE webinar William Campillay-Llanos (University of Talca, Chile): Body size impact on trophic dynamics: mathematical modeling and biological control in a three-level food chain 11 June, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 Web: iite.info/seminar/ 🧪,🌍, #ecoevo 054
Reposted by Stephen ProulxEvolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 01/06/2024The SafeEvolution initiative is recruiting new EvoAllies for the Evolution meetings. The goal of the program is to improve the climate at the meetings, making them more welcoming for everyone (1/2).docs.google.comEvoAllies 2024We are recruiting new EvoAllies for the Evolution meetings as part of our SafeEvolution initiative. The goal of the program is to improve the climate at the meetings, making them more welcoming for ev... 159
Reposted by Stephen ProulxGéza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · 27/05/2024IITE webinar Géza Meszéna (Eötvös University, Budapest): What is niche-space? The exact and intuitive theory. 28 May, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 Web: iite.info/seminar/ 🧪,🌍, #ecoevo 053
Stephen Proulx @evoecodynamics.bsky.social · 21/05/2024Spread the word! Note that the committee is particularly receptive to proposals from early career scientists and that it can be a great way to get a exposure for a developing research area! 075
Reposted by Stephen ProulxJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 15/05/20242024 Molecular Ecology Prize goes to Michael Whitlock, for foundational contributions to the study of population genetics in space www.molecularecologist.com/2024/05/15/2...molecularecologist.com2024 Molecular Ecology Prize goes to Michael Whitlock, for foundational contributions to the study of population genetics in spaceThe Molecular Ecology Prize Committee has announced the 2024 recipient of the award, which recognizes an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to the still-young field of mol… 03713
Reposted by Stephen ProulxAmerican Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 19/04/2024Storz et al. report the discovery of multiple species of Andean mice living at extreme elevations that far surpass previously assumed range limits for mammals. These discoveries contribute to a new appreciation of the environmental limits of vertebrate life: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 0188
Reposted by Stephen ProulxSusana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 15/04/2024📣 Introducing 📣 microPublications in Ecology and Evolution! Please help support this effort by spreading the word and submitting and reviewing papers! #evolution 🌎 🌍 🌏 🧪 #PlantScience #conservation 111480
Reposted by Stephen ProulxGéza Meszéna @gezam.bsky.social · 25/03/2024IITE webinar Robin Snyder (Case Western): The role of luck in reproductive skew and individual success 26 March, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific Zoom: liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287 🧪,🌍, #ecoevo 034
Reposted by Stephen ProulxRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 02/01/2024Every time I mention the 3rd edition of my book, people throw money at me and ask when it will be published. Here are some evasive answers and broad details:elevanth.orgThe Third Edition, the Dotted Half Note of EditionsFranco of Cologne was a 13th century music theorist. Franco developed many of the conventions of modern music notation. Including the terrible idea of adding a dot to a note to indicate that its durat... 53510
Reposted by Stephen ProulxJeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 14/12/2023New paper out today: An "unprecedented" range map of the eastern and western Joshua tree, based on Google Maps satellite imagery for more than SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND quarter-square kilometer grid cells Blog post rundown: lab.jbyoder.org/2023/12/14/n... And the paper: doi.org/10.3389/fevo... 26820
Reposted by Stephen ProulxAmerican Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 07/12/2023Undergrads! Thinking of attending the Evolution meeting in Montréal w/ ASN, ESEB, SSB, & SSE? You may be eligible for financial assistance, lodging, and more. The societies aim to create a diverse pool of student attendees! Applications due Jan 29, 2024: www.evolutionsociety.org/education/un... 01128
Reposted by Stephen ProulxHolly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 29/11/2023I am *thrilled* to finally announce that our department is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist. We are esp looking genetic/genomic expertise, and those who can help us build a more equitable biology community at UCSB. Please apply by Jan 15! recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02635 #unicornjobrecruit.ap.ucsb.eduAssistant Professor of Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now! 2121164
Reposted by Stephen ProulxNoah Fierer @noahfierer.bsky.social · 03/11/2023This is really cool - using the distribution of cells in a pipette tip for CFU quantification: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA high-throughput and low-waste viability assay for microbes - Nature MicrobiologyUsing agar media suspended in pipette tips and a standard camera, the geometric viability assay provides a user-friendly and scalable update to standard colony-forming-unit-count approaches. 66529
Reposted by Stephen ProulxPatrick Phillips @patrickphillips.bsky.social · 14/10/2023Truly epic preprint from @amywebster.bsky.social : Epigenetic context predicts gene expression variation and reproductive traits across genetically identical individuals. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 12411
Reposted by Stephen ProulxNed Dochtermann @neddochtermann.bsky.social · 10/10/2023So it was a frequent twitter topic but what's the consensus of how to deal with coauthors you're no longer able to contact? I'm about to submit a revision and I haven't been able to contact a UG coauthor. They last saw a draft about two years ago and have been out of contact since. 111
Reposted by Stephen ProulxLMU Open Science Center @lmu-osc.bsky.social · 09/10/2023You can find all the training material (slides, lecture recordings, workshop tutorials) of our week-long summer school on open science in this repository: osf.io/nymr5/ Happy self-learning! #OSCSummerSchool23 02114
Reposted by Stephen ProulxZach Reitz @zachreitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2023It's nice to be back at UCSB! Today I start an exciting new postdoc with @mixotrophe.bsky.social and @evoecodynamics.bsky.social, working on mathematical models for siderophore production. Is this part of some quest to explore every corner of metallophore research? Stay tuned to find out! 172
Reposted by Stephen ProulxGraham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 21/09/2023The UC Davis Center for Population Biology postdoctoral fellowship is now being advertised. This is a great opportunity to come join our wonderful community of Evolution & Ecology here at Davis. Please RT. cpb.sf.ucdavis.edu/cpb-postdoc-...cpb.sf.ucdavis.eduCPB Postdoctoral FellowshipPOSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN POPULATION BIOLOGY EFFECTIVE: September 26, 2023 DEADLINE: November 1, 2023 15065
Reposted by Stephen ProulxChris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social · 20/09/2023International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology (IITE) just announced their fall seminars over at the old place. "As ever, all our Zoom seminars are free and open to all around the world - for more information: iite.info/seminar/ See you next week!" 176
Reposted by Stephen ProulxAnny Chung (鍾彥儀) @yyachung.bsky.social · 20/09/2023In this case, it's actually not :) Fungal fairy rings can be quite different from vegetation rings (the one pictured is of a blue grama ring; quite common in NM). Here's our paper studying the exact phenomenon if you're interested!sciencedirect.comPlant-microbe interactions as a cause of ring formation in Bouteloua gracilisPatterned vegetation growth such as grass rings is found in many arid ecosystems, yet the mechanisms behind their formation are often unknown and have… 281