Reposted by Amanda Ackisstaber @kvetch.gay · 01/10/2026one reason Lake Superior is so much deeper than the other Great Lakes is that unlike the others, much of it is in an ancient rift valley — about a billion years ago the North America craton started splitting, but failed, leaving behind the Midcontinent Rift System, a deep intrusion in the Earth 65311
Reposted by Amanda AckissThe American Genetic Association @theaga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🧬 High-quality genome assemblies are vital for accurate biological insights. A recent study highlights the importance of integrating cytogenetics with genome data, revealing potential misassemblies even in high-contiguity genomes. Image of karyotypes from the manuscript 1/2 143
Reposted by Amanda AckissKristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Alright fish folks I’m talking to some 4th and 5th graders at the museum next week about science and writing and need a good funky fish to test their observation skills + ability to remember things without writing them down (you bet I’m making a point). Any fish come to mind? 10125
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thrilled to see this out! We built a GT-seq panel for identifying cryptic early life ciscoes and were blown away by its flexibility to cross amplify non-target species. More exciting research using this tool coming soon! #ciscoinferno🔥 🐟🧬 @wes-larsonak.bsky.social @fishgenomes.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.comA Genomic Tool to Tackle Cryptic Diversity Demonstrates the Potential for Off‐Target Use of <fc>GT</fc>‐Seq PanelsA comprehensive understanding of life history is vital to successful species conservation and management. When different life history stages are accompanied by considerable morphological or cryptic v... 034
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Port Elgin sunset does not disappoint! #LakeHuron 🍁 011
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Hard to believe it’s been 3 yrs since our community lost the great Dr. Louis Bernatchez. @clarevenney.bsky.social , @philhenault.bsky.social , & @raphaelbouchard.bsky.social did an incredible job opening a genomics section in honor of Louis at the 16th International Coregonid Symposium 030
Reposted by Amanda AckissMoi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 21/09/2026 📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027! Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates? Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19! Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.socialtinyurl.com2027_PhD_RapidEvolutionGenomicsEcology-MoiLab_Berkeley-HHMIPhD positions: Rapid evolutionary genomics in plants Moi Exposito-Alonso Lab — www.moilab.science Assistant Professor, Freeman Hrabowski Scholar HHMI · Department of Integrative Biology · Innovative G... 03447
Reposted by Amanda AckissAsher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Come to @romtoronto.bsky.social and EEB in Toronto! ROM is seeking entomologist/arachnologist curator who would also be faculty in EEB at UofT royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/mdMTpA...royalontariomuseum.applytojob.comCurator of Insects & Arachnids - Royal Ontario Museum - Career PageApply to Curator of Insects & Arachnids at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada. 02431
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Checking a proof and realizing Wiley took out all my Oxford commasstatic.klipy.comSpongebob Character StillesqueALT: Spongebob Character Stillesque 110
Reposted by Amanda AckissAndrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026We have a really unique (and cool IMHO) opportunity open for a cooperative research faculty member at Auburn Fisheries. If you work on aquatic conservation genomics, check this out. Feel free to DM me with questions. 👇 1917
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026New personal record for # of separate copyright agreements needed for a single paper. 5! 🤪 Take home? I work with a lot of cool people working at a lot of cool places! 🤓 011
Reposted by Amanda AckissPeter Flood @pjflood.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🚨New paper out this week in Food Webs from my time at FIU where we constructed the Everglades food web from algae to alligators🐊🐍🐢🦆🐟🐌🌱🌎 Our team reviewed 50 years of diet studies to synthesize who eats whom and collaborated with a graphic designer to generate these food-web diagrams 1/8 #TeamFish 1105
Reposted by Amanda AckissIna Satokangas @inasatok.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A cool bunch of new speciation papers out recently in Molecular Ecology, looking at divergence, hybridisation, recombination, genome architecture, and so on! Genomics of Speciation special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #speciation #divergence #hybridisation #recombination #genomicsonlinelibrary.wiley.comSpecial Issue: Genomics of Speciation: Molecular EcologyMolecular Ecology is an international journal for research using molecular genetic techniques to address questions in ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation. 02821
Reposted by Amanda AckissWilliam B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026We're hiring a Curator of Marine Invertebrates either at the Assistant or Associate level. Please spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested. Applications due October 15th! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...workforcenow.adp.comRecruitment 01422
Reposted by Amanda AckissKristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Schemed myself up a side project that allows me to flee my laptop and hang out with the cool kids at the museum! Ciscoes are a taxonomic nightmare and genetic work from the lab is raising questions about two species. So we go to the types! Pray we have luck extracting from formalin fixed tissues 🫣 1156
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Tiny dinos on parking lot patrol this afternoon at work 010
Reposted by Amanda AckissMoisés A. Bernal @evofish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Excited to share our new manuscript, where we show differences in acclimation to salinity fluctuations among neighboring populations of Gulf Killifish onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comNeighboring Gulf Killifish (<fi>Fundulus grandis</fi>) Populations Differ in Their Plastic and Genetic Responses to Salinity FluctuationsCoastal development can alter the salinity fluctuations experienced by tidal creek systems. Understanding how resident organisms, such as the Gulf killifish, respond to these changes is critical, as ... 012
Reposted by Amanda AckissNoah Whiteman @nkwhiteman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I’m thrilled to share that our search for a tenure-track colleague in my *truly wonderful and collegial* Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development Division in the MCB Department at Berkeley @berkeleymcb.bsky.social is live! Please share this broad search widely: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor -Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development - Molecular and Cell BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 0183232
Reposted by Amanda AckissRebekah Rogers @evolscientist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch! We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants). 04767
Reposted by Amanda AckissCraig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Still 4 days to apply! (DL: 7 August EET) 069
Reposted by Amanda AckissKristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026#SundayFishSketch this week is the Northern Starhead Topminnow (Fundulus dispar), an endangered species found in Michigan. This is a secret gift for a departing coworker 🤫 #SciArt 14111
Reposted by Amanda AckissTrevor Krabbenhoft @fishgenomes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This preprint is now published - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgGenomic structural variation rescues a classic biological invader from a population bottleneckGenomic structural variants rescue a textbook biological invader from a population bottleneck and inbreeding. 2145
Reposted by Amanda AckissRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The federal government told the Klamath Tribes they weren't a "salmon tribe" because dams wiped out their fish 100+ years ago. So the Yurok Tribe applied for the $5.9M grant & passed the funds through. This is Indigenous solidarity in action. www.hcn.org/articles/the...hcn.orgThe Klamath Tribes couldn’t get federal dollars for salmon. Then the Yurok stepped in - High Country NewsFor more than 100 years, salmon had been absent from the Klamath Tribe’s lands — a fact that cut them off from funding sources to fix that. 4650226
Reposted by Amanda AckissEvoKE @evokeproject.bsky.social · 01/07/2026On this day in 1858, the scientific world first heard the idea of evolution by natural selection from a joint presentation by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace at a meeting of the Linnean Society in London. It is a case of integrity and collaboration (thread below 👇) #Evolution #EvoKE #OTD 🧪 12515
Reposted by Amanda AckissLiz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m excited to share a new paper from my lab, by former PhD student Ben Schultz! It’s a genome paper for the northern redbelly dace, a small freshwater fish with fascinating biology - stay tuned for more cool work enabled by this resource. doi.org/10.1139/gen-...doi.orgThe first chromosome-level annotated reference genome for Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly DaceHybridization amongst teleost fish species is an ongoing phenomenon with unclear implications Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly Dace, is a species with an especially complex and fascinating history... 11811
Reposted by Amanda AckissJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Here’s Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate Lately. Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. gizmodo.com/heres-why-we...gizmodo.comHere's Why Weather Forecasts Have Seemed So Inaccurate LatelyMeteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it. 342206971
Reposted by Amanda AckissCraig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Thanks to a couple of recent Ws on the funding front, we have 3 open postdoc positions in Helsinki, Finland in the field of salmonid fish ecological and evolutionary genomics. DL 7.8. More details in advert: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... 03343
Reposted by Amanda AckissSofia L. Mendes @sofialmendes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Excited to be at #SMBE2026 and looking forward to so many interesting talks and posters! I'll be presenting a poster today on pervasive hybridization and conservation challenges on a very cool group of freshwater fish 🐟🐟 at Arkaden 4+5. Come say hi! (if you can find the posters upstairs) 043
Reposted by Amanda AckissKristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026One more pride fish before the month is out for #SundayFishSketch, the anemone fish. This is a re-attempt from my first go at this fish almost a year ago, much happier with this one 😮💨 03311
Reposted by Amanda AckissProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Y'all - the Smithsonian is hiring three new curators - herpetology, ichthyology, and ornithology! Notably, this is a 2nd fish curator position - i.e., not the same as the one advertised last month. So if you applied for that one apply again. www.usajobs.gov/job/873849000 4164150
Reposted by Amanda AckissWes Larson @wes-larsonak.bsky.social · 24/06/2026We're hiring a genetics lab manager position at NOAA in Juneau, Alaska! The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day laboratory operations and contribute to the development of new molecular methods. Salary is $75-145k/yr. Email wes.larson@noaa.gov with questions www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD...usajobs.govBiologist (Omics)This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Vacancies may be available in each listed location. Additional duty lo... 01227
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Had a paper come back with minor revisions and one of the reviewers wrote, “It was a joy to read and there are no methodological changes needed” in their review 😭🤓😭 Currently burning this comment in my brain for all posterity. 160
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Attending #Evol2026 and need some research on drivers of rapid adaptive speciation to tickle your brain this afternoon? Kristen will be stoking the #ciscoinferno🔥 in 25C @3:15 with some of the latest and greatest from our lab 🐟🧬 030
Reposted by Amanda AckissKristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It’s #SundayFishSketch but the #Evol2026 edition! Some very quick sketches of the fish from talks I’m going to today. 1157
Reposted by Amanda AckissInternational Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026THREAD: Why OMB Docket OMB-2026-0034 matters for Great Lakes science (and why it should concern you if you care about clean water). Proposed federal rules could reshape how scientific research is funded and shared across the U.S. Here's what's at stake → #sciencepolicy #peerreview #greatlakes 154
Reposted by Amanda AckissHeng Li @lh3lh3.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Minibwa is a hybrid of bwa-mem and minimap2 and the successor of bwa-mem for short-read mapping. ~4X/2.5X as fast as bwa-mem/bwa-mem2 for WGS reads at comparable accuracy. Native support of directional bisulfite-seq. Applicable to long reads. Preprint at arxiv.org/abs/2606.15357 1193109
Reposted by Amanda AckissKristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I am back from getting an A+ in maid of honor duties which means on to the next, #Evol2026! I’ll be presenting on some of my postdoc research on Monday afternoon in the Speciation I section so drop by to hear about some Great Lakes fish genetics! 1132
Reposted by Amanda AckissTitus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Cisco face for #SundayFishSketch! Also known as Lake Herring (not actually a herring), this species supports a commercial fishery in the @GreatLakes. 1265
Reposted by Amanda AckissbioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026A genomic tool to tackle cryptic diversity demonstrates the potential for off-target use of GT-seq panels www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 021
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026New preprint! We built a GT-seq panel to help us distinguish the ciscoes of the Great Lakes. Its flexibility has blown us away, and many exciting papers are coming soon from its use with historic and contemporary samples. 🐟🧬 @wes-larsonak.bsky.social @fishgenomes.bsky.social #ciscoinferno🔥doi.orgA genomic tool to tackle cryptic diversity demonstrates the potential for off-target use of GT-seq panelsA comprehensive understanding of life history is vital to successful species conservation and management. When different life history stages are accompanied by considerable morphological or cryptic va... 064
Reposted by Amanda AckissGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Reminder that the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) is asking members to sign letters regarding the OMB rule (by 6/15) and to submit individual responses (by 7/13!!). We have >250 signatories right now, GREAT!, but we have ~4k members, give or take, so pls get those signatures in! 12023
Reposted by Amanda AckissClaire Mérot @clairemerot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Looking forward to our next STRiVE seminar by @aruizherrera.bsky.social 052
Reposted by Amanda AckissAlex Fraik @akfraik.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The US Forest Service National Genomics Center is hiring an eDNA lab technician! Come work with us on cool genetics projects in Missoula #ConsGen #eDNApaycomonline.netEnvironmental DNA Lab Technician... 0610
Reposted by Amanda AckissProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 12/05/2026And … the link is open trustcareers.si.edu/postings/173... 001
Reposted by Amanda AckissKelsie Hunnicutt @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Thrilled that our new review article on animal hybridization is now up on EcoEvoRxiv! 🎉 Working on this review with @mollyschumer.bsky.social was a blast, and it was such a wonderful opportunity to catch up on all the amazing work in animal hybridization over the last few years! 04619
Reposted by Amanda AckissMatt Herbert @matteherbert.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Two hundred years of historical spawning and nursery data for ciscoes and whitefishes in the #GreatLakes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comTwo hundred years of historical spawning and nursery data for coregonine fishes in the Laurentian Great Lakes - Scientific DataScientific Data - Two hundred years of historical spawning and nursery data for coregonine fishes in the Laurentian Great Lakes 0104
Reposted by Amanda AckissKatie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 06/05/2026In the lower #GreatLakes, whitefish numbers have been declining in part due to invasive mussels - now a bill under consideration in the Michigan state Senate would allocate funding to the state's DNR for a rearing/stocking program to support whitefish recovery www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/05/05/m...greatlakesnow.orgMichigan lawmakers may fund last-ditch effort to save whitefish - Great Lakes NowLawmakers move to restock the iconic fish that are disappearing from the lower Great Lakes. 03214
Reposted by Amanda AckissWilliam B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Are you a graduate student who is a member of ASIH and studying fishy things? Looking for research funds? Consider applying to the Raney Fund, which awards up to $1,000 for research, field or travel purposes. The deadline to apply is April 30th! More info here: www.asih.org/awards/raney...asih.orgRaney Fund Award — American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists 058