Reposted by Craig PrimmerMike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Deadline tomorrow! Don't be shy! 037
Reposted by Craig PrimmerStefan Schoenfelder @stefanschoenfelder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The number of MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship applications in 2026 (21,627) has more than doubled since 2024 (10,360 proposals) and more than tripled since 2022 (7,044). Stating the obvious here but this is not sustainable. 01212
Reposted by Craig PrimmerSociety for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Just two more days before the deadline! This is your chance to shape next year's SMBE meeting - September 20 is the deadline to submit symposia proposals for #SMBE2027. Visit the link below for details. 📨 event.fourwaves.com/smbe2027/sub... #society 031
Reposted by Craig PrimmerJussi T. Eronen @jussiteronen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Pitkäkestoinen työ tiedekunnassa tutkimusasemien vahvistamiseksi jatkuu. Vihdoin voimme julkistaa että Kilpisjärvellekin (Kilpisjärven biologinen tutkimusasema) on perustettu professorin tehtävä. ping @fishcongen.bsky.social ja muut, nyt tiedote on julki.helsinki.fiKilpisjärven biologiselle asemalle professuuri | Bio- ja ympäristötieteellinen tiedekunta | Helsingin yliopistoHelsingin yliopiston bio- ja ympäristötieteellinen tiedekunta on perustanut Kilpisjärven biologiselle asemalle professuurin. Siihen on valittu akatemiatutkija Elina Kaarlejärvi, joka aloittaa tehtäväs... 0163
Reposted by Craig PrimmerJessica Abbott @jessicakabbott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Are you a mathematical modeller in ecology and evolution looking for a job? My department has an opening! Please spread the word! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...lu.varbi.comSenior Lecturer in Computational BiologyLund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit 03143
Reposted by Craig PrimmerHanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...evoldir.net 195117
Reposted by Craig PrimmerJuliette de Meaux @meauxjuliette.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Time for you to plan how you will shape our next SMBE meeting in Quebec! 0114
Reposted by Craig PrimmerBob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Are you an ecologist/evolutionary biologist looking for an ongoing academic position? Monash University’s School of Biological Sciences is hiring! Come join us in Melbourne, Australia! Details here: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... 0146202
Reposted by Craig PrimmerIndividual-based Ecology @ibe.pensoft.net · 07/08/2026📢 Individual-based Ecology is now accepting submissions for a new topical collection featuring ecology research from #NetLogoCon2026! 🌿🖥️ 🚶Open to conference attendees. ⌛Deadline: Sept 30, 2026. Find out more: ibe.pensoft.net/news/1425 @netlogo.bsky.socialibe.pensoft.netTopical Collection: NetLogo Con 2026, Now Open For SubmissionsFrom June 29 to July 1, 2026, the NetLogo Center at Northwestern University welcomed researchers and educators to Chicago for the very first NetLogo user conference. As the go-to platform for individu... 013
Reposted by Craig PrimmerDorothee Bornhorst-Ohmstede @dorotheeb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🚨 Hiring a PhD student! 🚨 Join my lab in Münster to investigate how vascular and lymphatic networks regulate gonad development and fertility using zebrafish, advanced imaging, CRISPR, and single-cell transcriptomics. 📅 Apply by 19 August 2026. #Zebrafish #VascularBiology #ReproductiveBiology 0108
Reposted by Craig PrimmerKathryn R Elmer @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026new paper in @molecology.bsky.social from MVLS-DTP @uofgmvls.bsky.social research of @teamlizard.bsky.social 's J Smout 🧬 gene expression & alternative splicing in a viviparous lizard; new candidate genes + some known from other amniotes 👀🦎 @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comGene Expression and Alternative Splicing Throughout the Reproductive Cycle of a Viviparous Lizard Reveal Novel Genes for Pregnancy and Convergence With Squamates and MammalsSquamate pregnancy is an important topic in reproductive and evolutionary biology, as it provides insight to amniote live-bearing that is not mammalian. Gene regulation in squamates is poorly charact... 0127
Reposted by Craig PrimmerMarc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Open position of Associate Professor in Behavioral ecology and cultural evolution at the @dee-unil.bsky.social! You can toggle the ad to English on top right: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...wwwfbm.unil.ch 02046
Reposted by Craig PrimmerEmma-Liina Marjakangas @emmamarjakangas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026📢 PhD opportunity at the University of Helsinki! Join the ANEW project to study ecological networks, seed dispersal and biodiversity conservation under global change. Apply by 31 Aug 2026. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/31_8_202... #PhD #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobsjobs.helsinki.fiDoctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity ConservationDoctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation 03240
Reposted by Craig PrimmerEuropean Society for Evolutionary Biology @eseb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Excited to launch the first call for proposals focusing on policy and/or societal impact of evolutionary biology research. Activities might include: ✅ local meetings on policy and/or societal impact ✅ actions to influence policy 💰€500-2K available Read more here and apply: shorturl.at/ixlby 01812
Reposted by Craig PrimmerJess Stephenson @jfstep.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Hey @isbe2026.bsky.social - I’ll be in Turin from tomorrow, and looking to recruit PhD student and postdoc to my lab in Stockholm soon… anyone interested in parasites, sexual selection, transgen effects, fish (guppy) tracking - let’s meet up! 02823
Reposted by Craig PrimmerKees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Check out this amazing special issue in @avianbiology.bsky.social edited by @rebeccachen.bsky.social Bernice Sepers Caroline Isakson and myself. A beautiful set op papers showcasing the recent status of avian studies on epigenetic mechanisms. Thanks to all contributors and @toblermichi.bsky.social 087
Reposted by Craig PrimmerFlorian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates. 21836
Reposted by Craig PrimmerJoachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Atlantic Salmon in Spain is on the verge of extinction, with only 106 specimens caught in Asturias and THREE in Cantabria. 012
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Mental note for next time: write "DL: 7 August". It seems some potential north American applicants think the deadline has passed, but in Europe, 7.8 = deadline in 3 weeks 😅, so there is still time to apply! 025
Reposted by Craig PrimmerVolker Lipka @volkerlipka.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipkauni-goettingen.deStellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität GöttingenWebseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 06174
Reposted by Craig PrimmerAlfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I think I was too vague & nobody engaged, so let me ask more directly: any ecologists & evolutionary biologists out there who pilot their studies? If so, could you briefly share what kind of piloting you do? 🙏🙏🙏 204
Reposted by Craig PrimmerMarco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Very relevant for people involved in long-term studies. Always worried about self-plagiarism in describing study area and basic procedures - apparently it's kosher. 🧪 0123
Reposted by Craig PrimmerAlexander Kotrschal @kotrschal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟 Looking for a postdoc? Let's develop a proposal together: www.wur.nl/en/jobs/pers... Get in touch to discuss topics 🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠🐟🐟🐠backend.wur.nl 0612
Reposted by Craig PrimmerBob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠 082108
Reposted by Craig PrimmerSociety for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Save the date for the 2027 SMBE Conference in Québec City! The LOC of #SMBE2027 would like to welcome you to Québec City for the 2027 Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution,from June 20-24, 2027, and hosted by Université Laval at the Québec Convention Centre. #society 14919
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Had a great time at #smbe2026! Huge thanks to the organizers and all presenters. Had to leave a bit early in order to get to Stockholm in time for overnight ferry to Finland #NOFLYSMBE 092
Reposted by Craig PrimmerRoli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Researchers in #EvolutionaryBiology & #Ecology wanting to do the right thing? @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social at #SMBE2026 talking about DAFNEE, a database of >600 #ecoevo #evoeco academia-friendly journals for "responsible publishing" - @plos.org seems to do OK here...! 02819
Reposted by Craig PrimmerNadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026There is the DAFNEE database and there is also “Where to publish”, a manually curated database in life sciences #SMBE2026 011
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026#smbe2026 mascot species increasing its fitness during the conference 071
Reposted by Craig PrimmerPavel Payne @pavelpayne.bsky.social · 30/06/2026#SMBE2026 I thought maybe this table-layout of the programme might be handy for more of us: drive.google.com/file/d/1tYF3...drive.google.comSMBE_2026_Tue_Wed_side_by_side_timeblocks_10pt_compact_consecutive.pdf 064
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Ana Lindeza presenting to a full house at #smbe2026 on the effects of a chromosomal inversion on life history traits in rainbow trout in a common garden 0182
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026#smbe2026 organizers should offer a prize for each speaker who completes their talk without any errors with the slide changer/pointer 😅 142
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Some great salmon functional genomics research on show at today's #smbe2026 poster session. Get some exercise and climb the stairs to the 2nd floor to talk with @xindih.bsky.social and Rachel! (work with @jpverta.bsky.social) 083
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026To #smbe2026 attendees, come and have a chat with me if you are interested or let me know of others who might be! 074
Craig 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 Craig PrimmerVille @outokuningas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Suomen kehitys akateemisessa vapaudessa Orpon hallituskaudella. 715553
Reposted by Craig PrimmerSociety for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026#SMBE2026 day 2 is ongoing! The day started with a great talk by @emmateeling.bsky.social on why understanding bat evolution is crucial for human health. The symposia are now starting. We wish everyone a great first full day of the meeting! 0278
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The timetable planets aligned (for once!) so @eevaprimmer.bsky.social and I can travel from Stockholm to our respective conferences in Copenhagen and Hamburg on the same train #smbe2026 #hsc26 #noflySMBE 0130
Reposted by Craig PrimmerDarren Obbard @darrenobbard.bsky.social · 27/06/2026#SMBE #SMBE2026 Public Service announcement: If you want people to be able to find you in the app: (1) Click on the 'menu' lines (top right), (2) then click on "Privacy & Settings" and (3) *then* scroll to the bottom and click 'update'. This was not obvious to me. 2115
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026For those interested in more sustainable (evolution) conferencing options like #NOFLYSMBE, consider the next @eseb.bsky.social meeting #eseb2027 which is a 4 city hub meeting aimed at allowing #nofly participation eseb2027.org #smbe2026 #Istanbul #London #Munich #Gothenburgeseb2027.orgESEB 2027 – Hub Congress 0209
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This was an easy one from Helsinki: overnight ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm and direct train between Stockholm and Copenhagen. Ironically I have to skip the polycrisis session on final day in order to get to Stockholm in time for the o/n ferry to Finland #NOFLYSMBE #SMBE2026 031
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Looking forward to catching up with old friends in #SMBE2026, but the attendee list in the app is not helping me find who is going, as it lists full first name but only first letter of last name 🙄. "P, Craig" will be there in any case! 1120
Reposted by Craig PrimmerProfColinBean @profcolinbean.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Selection against dispersers: sex, age and origin-dependent fitness differences in wild Atlantic salmon doi.org/10.1098/rspb...doi.orgSelection against dispersers: sex, age and origin-dependent fitness differences in wild Atlantic salmonAbstract. Local adaptation is often portrayed as uniform fitness disadvantages of immigrants relative to locals. Yet dispersal costs vary with origin, sex 043
Reposted by Craig PrimmerNeil Gemmell @profgemmell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Want to join our team? Check out this opportunity. Closes 30 June NZT. 032
Reposted by Craig PrimmerScience Magazine @science.org · 25/06/2026Are you a recent Ph.D. graduate? Apply for the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. The $30,000 grand prize will be awarded for outstanding research in cell and molecular biology, genomics, ecology, or molecular medicine. Apply by 15 July: scim.ag/4lUpKMN scim.agScience & SciLifeLab Prize for Young ScientistsThis Prize was created to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community and we need to encourage our best and brightest to continue in their chosen fields of res... 24133
Reposted by Craig PrimmerJukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Our brilliant PhD students are at #SMBE2026 ! S22: P334 Rachel Carboni with snMultiomics S22: P339 @xindih.bsky.social with epistasis vs modularity in GRNs (w/ @fishcongen.bsky.social) S22: talk at 17:45 @jennisiren.bsky.social with GxE in gene expression (w/ main sup @pyhatanja.bsky.social) 1227
Reposted by Craig PrimmerSusan Johnston @susanjohnston.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Still some time to apply to our postdoc position - deadline 3rd July. I'll be at #SMBE2026 if anyone would like to chat about it 😊 22437
Craig Primmer @fishcongen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Some days are a bit more memorable than others,and today was one of those when we celebrated the graduation of MD Milli Primmer #proudfather 1220