Reposted by Amanda AckissGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Do populations evolve similar traits through the same or different genetic mechanisms? 🐠A #cavefish study identifies that repeated evolution comes from reusing a limited subset of genomic regions, affecting eye size, sleep, and feeding traits. Now live in October #GENETICS issue: 🔗 buff.ly/ae5YNB1 02011 0
Reposted by Amanda AckissKristen Behrens, PhD @behrenskristen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If anyone knows a lab willing to karyotype a salmonid with their horrible little extra whole genome duplication, point me their way please! 🧪 I’d love to conclusively know how many chromosomes ciscoes have 235 0
Reposted by Amanda AckissMichigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 12/10/2026Great Lakes lab hit by DOGE is hanging on — for now michiganadvance.com/2026/10/12/g...michiganadvance.comGreat Lakes lab hit by DOGE is hanging on — for now • Michigan AdvanceIf the Trump administration had its way, an Ann Arbor-based research lab that studies the Great Lakes and its coastal ecosystems would be gone. 02916 0
Reposted by Amanda AckissCooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) @ciglrum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🌊🧬🚨 NEW BLOG post! highlighting the Great Lakes Atlas of Multi-Omics Research (GLAMR), a public platform that brings together environmental ‘omics datasets from across the #GreatLakes. 📖 Read: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/omics-discov... 📝 NEW GLAMR fact sheet: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/wp-content/u...ciglr.seas.umich.eduFrom Water Samples and eDNA to Shared Knowledge: Building an ‘Omics Discovery Platform with the Great Lakes Community | CIGLR 064 0
Reposted by Amanda AckissTitus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That freshwater mussel and lake whitefish crossover everyone has been asking for! Documentation of giant floater (Pyganodon grandis) glochidia attached to larval lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in the Laurentian Great Lakes #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 1122 0
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Practice for when you are a PI and everything is just flying by the seat of your pants? 😅🤔 110 0
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026An exciting graduate opportunity, but also…what in the fish??? 🧐🧐🧐 @lampichthys.bsky.social if you are looking for an upcoming #sundayfishsketch theme, imagining what this fish looks like from a lateral view could be fun 👀 141 0
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 0
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 1/2 153 0
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 0
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Extra 👏 for that fin detail from someone that brought the conference funk back with her 😆 110 0
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... 044 0
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Port Elgin sunset does not disappoint! #LakeHuron 🍁 011 0
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 0
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... 03547 0
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. 02531 0
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026lol - I did assert dominance when I noticed they had changed the phrase from the accepted manuscript “as was commonly done” to “as was commonly performed” which in the context sounds odd. Since when are they changing authors’ language??? 🤔 000 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 1125 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Tiny dinos on parking lot patrol this afternoon at work 010 0
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 0
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! 0184232 0
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 0
Reposted by Amanda AckissCraig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Still 4 days to apply! (DL: 7 August EET) 069 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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. 342205971 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 4164149 0
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 0
Amanda Ackiss @fin-gen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026👀static.klipy.comCartoon Frog Says "And You're Next!"Alt: Cartoon Frog Says "And You're Next!" 110 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0