Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Applications for the 2027 DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship are now open! www.krellinst.org/csgf/how-applykrellinst.orgHow to Apply | DOE CSGF 000
Reposted by Gavin ConantAnita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Emory Biology department is hiring a tenure-track ecologist at any rank. Deadline is Nov 1, link below! As I've said many times before, I couldn't ask for a more supportive department. Our faculty colleagues, dept chair, and admin staff are truly awesome ❤️ apply.interfolio.com/191783 2115143
Reposted by Gavin ConantKacy Gordon @kacylynn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026JOB ALERT: UNC Bio is hiring 2 tenure track assistant profs doing molecular, cell, and dev bio. The search is intentionally broad, so please share widely and spread the word! Find more information and apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... Application review begins Nov 1. 04788
Reposted by Gavin ConantEvolution Meetings @evolmtg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Evolution 2027 meeting logo contest! The winner will receive free conference registration and t-shirt! www.evolutionmeetings.org/2027-logo-co...evolutionmeetings.org2027 Logo Contest2027 Evolution Logo Contest! San Juan, Puerto Rico Please submit your original images to be considered. The winner will receive free meeting registration and t-shirt! Due October 1 Submit to... 12823
Reposted by Gavin ConantEvolution Students @ssegrad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How can we teach evolution more effectively and help students engage with concepts they find challenging? Join us for "Teaching Evolution: Evidence-Based Pedagogy for Graduate Students & Postdoc Instructors", a virtual workshop featuring practical, research-backed approaches to teaching evolution. 12012
Reposted by Gavin ConantShantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Newly discovered cuties! gizmodo.com/scientists-d...gizmodo.comScientists Discover First New Cat Species in Over a Century—and It's Love at First SightThe tiny cats only measure between one and two feet long and weigh between four and six pounds. 317147
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026@bsky.app Raleigh friends: Join us for a public lecture by Carl Bergstrom @ NC State's Hunt library on Oct. 14th!! 000
Reposted by Gavin ConantSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Applications are now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2027! Funds cover registration, travel, meals, and lodging. The application deadline is earlier this year: November 1st! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social 03020
Reposted by Gavin ConantArbel Harpak @arbelharpak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program is a great launch pad for early independence. Supports 3y of research at UT Austin. Inquiries to faculty sponsors welcome! Apply by 12/7/26 biodiversity.utexas.edu/about-center/endowments-biodiversity/stengl-wyer-endowment/stengl-wyer-scholars-programbiodiversity.utexas.eduStengl-Wyer Scholars ProgramStengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholars Program in Biodiversity at the University of Texas at Austin 012
Reposted by Gavin ConantGraham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding 2119183
Reposted by Gavin ConantNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A milkweed flower makes fake figs: brood-site mimicry and mutualism in Heterostemma ficoides Kidyoo et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HNYYIN... 03117
Reposted by Gavin ConantMolecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Kim et al. introduce PRIME, a framework of codon-level maximum likelihood methods that explicitly model amino acid exchangeability as a function of physicochemical properties. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal #evobio #molbioacademic.oup.comThe physicochemical basis of protein evolution: property-informed evolutionary models (PRIME)Abstract. Standard probabilistic models of coding sequence evolution effectively identify where and when selection acts but remain agnostic to the mechanis 143
Reposted by Gavin ConantYa’el Courtney, PhD @scienceyael.bsky.social · 10/07/2026HHMI released the official 2027 Gilliam Fellowship details, and a lot changed. Deadline's earlier this cycle: Oct 27. Int'l & MD-PhD students now eligible. Stipend up to 50K. New postdoc pathway adds up to 7 yrs of support. No Journal names!!!! www.yaelcourtney.com/resources-an...yaelcourtney.com2027 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship: New Deadline, Eligibility, and Award Changes — Ya'el CourtneyHHMI's 2027 Gilliam Fellowship guide is out. What changed: an earlier October 27 deadline, expanded eligibility, a higher stipend, and a new postdoc pathway. 04644
Reposted by Gavin ConantLuke Remage-Healey @healeylab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Come be our colleague!!! TT position in Evolution careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...careers.umass.eduAssistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United StatesTitle: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A... 07284
Reposted by Gavin ConantMFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Sequoia National Park in California 29494361151
Reposted by Gavin ConantGenome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Agwamba et al. identify the western Iberian Peninsula as the primary source of American populations of house mice; divergence dates are consistent with post-15th-century European maritime expansion and settlement in the Americas 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... #societyjournal #evolution #genome 12210
Reposted by Gavin ConantSanta Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Applications for the 2027 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships are open! Katrin Schmelz just completed SFI’s Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowship, and she reflects on what the experience meant to her. Deadline: September 30, 2026 Requirements & application: santafe.edu/sfifellowship 02915
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Reminding me that the urge to ingest lunatic things in the name of health is not unique to our era… 000
Reposted by Gavin ConantJoint Genome Institute @jgi.doe.gov · 03/08/2026Interested in working with the JGI and never led a proposal with us? Now is your chance! We are accepting submissions to our New Investigator call for first-time PIs. Deadline to submit is Sept. 9. jointgeno.me/CSPnewPI @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @biosci.lbl.govjointgeno.meCSP New Investigator Call | Joint Genome InstituteThe CSP New Investigator Call is for investigators and research initiatives new to the JGI. Projects must be independent of ongoing JGI proposals, and lead PIs cannot have been lead PI on any previous... 0812
Reposted by Gavin ConantSiobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 06/08/2023Deer in Phoenix Park this morning. 915823
Reposted by Gavin ConantRebekah 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 Gavin ConantLars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...eeb.msu.eduPostdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior 178114
Reposted by Gavin ConantMichael Sieber @michaelsieber.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!mpg.deGroup Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics 07383
Reposted by Gavin ConantBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“We also propose that the total human population of the area in 100–300 ad was 1.25–3 million people. If similar results are found elsewhere in Amazonia, the …current Amazonian …biodiversity and even some modelling of the global climate should be re-evaluated” 🧪 🌐 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comOver 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia - NatureUsing canopy-penetrating LiDAR data, the northern part of southwestern Amazonia appears to contain as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia. 03710
Reposted by Gavin ConantSanta Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Applications are open for SFI's 2027 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships. SFI is looking for recent Ph.D. graduates with strong quantitative and computational skills who want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research. Deadline: September 30, 2026 Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship 04645
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A true pioneer in our understanding of the large-scale patterns of genome evolution…he will be missed. 010
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I enjoyed Paul Strathern’s book on the northern Renaissance because it chained together developments in science, art and religion I hadn’t seen as linked: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ot...simonandschuster.comThe Other RenaissanceAn original, illuminating history of the northern European Renaissance in art, science, and philosophy, which often rivaled its Italian counterpart... 001
Reposted by Gavin ConantClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 21/07/2026Responding to common pushback I receive when I say you should present your research or other technical work by telling a story. blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/if-the-wor...blog.genesmindsmachines.comIf the work is good why does it need a story?I thought we do science here, not fiction or romance 0226
Reposted by Gavin ConantSanta Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 14/07/2026SFI's Andreas Wagner (University of Zurich) was awarded the European Research Council’s Advanced Grant to study fitness landscapes in evolutionary biology. The award will help the SEASCAPES project. Wagner believes this could have strong implications in fields like medicine and protein engineering.santafe.eduAndreas Wagner awarded ERC Advanced GrantSFI External Professor Andreas Wagner has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to study fitness landscapes in evolutionary biology. 091
Reposted by Gavin ConantGenome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 14/07/2026@therealpdogue.bsky.social , Salzberg & Wolfe find evidence that virus-like elements were present in the common ancestor of all terrestrial fungi, and that they were already subdivided into killer and helper types by this time. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... #societyjournal #genome #evolutiondoi.orgEvidence that Zymocin-Like Killer Plasmids Were Present in the Common Ancestor of Terrestrial FungiAbstract. Some budding yeasts secrete killer toxins made by linear dsDNA plasmids located in the cytosol. The best-known example is the Kluyveromyces lacti 095
Reposted by Gavin ConantIt’s actually Dave @davidacody.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We spent the morning at Hurricane Ridge in Olympic NP and ran into this curious guy. What a treat. #Nature #wildlife #photography #nikon #EastCoastKin 863531294
Reposted by Gavin Conantc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Need a little joy in your life? Have you considered: baby elephant in a sprinkler? You will certainly not regret baby elephant in a sprinkler. This is Sam Houston, an Asian elephant born April 1, 2026 to parents Bluebell & Romeo. 🐘 (📷: Fort Worth Zoo) 731093
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Finally got the author copies of my book! (The remaining slight mystery is why the cover is different between the hardback and paperback...) 041
Reposted by Gavin ConantMel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98! 1055303713597
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 26/06/2026New preprint out describing evidence for late resolution of polyploidy in fishes, ciliates and yeasts: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...biorxiv.orgEvidence for post-allopolyploidy genetic exchanges between duplicated regions in three ancient polyploidiesMany successful lineages, including flowering plants and vertebrates, owe some of their evolutionary prosperity to whole genome duplications (WGD). However, in the immediate aftermath of a WGD, the ne... 000
Reposted by Gavin ConantBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Four postdoc positions - Evolutionary Dynamics and Genomic Ecology (BCI EDGE)integrating population & evolutionary genomics, community ecology, metabolomics, & long-term forest dynamics to investigate the evolutionary processes maintaining tropical forest diversity stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... 🧪 🌐 🌾stri.si.eduBCI Evolutionary Dynamics and Genomic Ecology project 02925
Reposted by Gavin ConantWAFB @wafb.com · 23/06/2026New Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell disease: www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/new-orleans… wafb.comNew Orleans man becomes first in Louisiana functionally cured of sickle cell diseaseDaniel Cressy, 23, underwent gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital. 6970852045
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Back in Dublin to offer UCD's post-graduate certificate in bioinformatics. Looking forward to giving NC State students the chance to attend next year! 000
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Just posted a new pre-print on how buffering of cellular noise by changes in ploidy could be responsible for for hybrid vigor. I would be very interested in whether people find this a plausible idea or just "noise!" bioRxiv 2026.05.27.728238; doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...doi.org 011
Reposted by Gavin ConantKevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 19/05/2026I saw this barred owl yesterday as well, just feet from where the egret was hanging about. I'm not entirely sure what it was doing, I took this photo from directly below so it was essentially laying down on the branch and looking at me. #Scrollback #BirdOfTheDay #Photography #Birds #Owls 1856415661
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 18/05/2026With the addition of a new 8-genome dataset for the grass Rho polyploidy, POInT Browse is now up to 13 polyploidies, 87 genomes and almost 1 million genes. Check it out: wgd.statgen.ncsu.edu 031
Gavin Conant @gavin-conant.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Is there a reason journal editors don't check whether we already have accounts in editorial systems before creating new ones? I appear to have at least 20 different accounts for some of these systems, and my password manager can't cope any more... 020
Reposted by Gavin ConantRuss McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A trail cam check on Monday revealed 3 clips of a beautiful male jaguar in a Sky Island south of Tucson, in the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'odham. Jaguars’ northern range is being ripped apart by border wall, mining, groundwater depletion and climate-driven drought. @biologicaldiversity.org 37935
Reposted by Gavin ConantYves Van de Peer @yvdp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The rise of polyploids during environmental upheaval: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comThe rise of polyploids during environmental upheavalFrom the dating of 132 ancient whole-genome duplication events across 470 angiosperms, paleopolyploidization events cluster around pivotal periods of environmental upheaval and extinction, notably the... 04114
Reposted by Gavin ConantCaiti Smukowski Heil @caitismuheil.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Super excited to share our lab's work led by PhD student Margot Ruffieux on domestication of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with a focus on sourdough and baking associated yeast! 🍞biorxiv.org 12711