Reposted by Henry RosatoMichael Manhart @michaelmanhart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Two interesting Ph.D. student opportunities in microbial ecology, evolution, and systems biology, in labs I think very highly of: Tobias Bollenbach, U. Cologne (bpsb.uni-koeln.de/open-positions) Andrew Letten, U. Queensland (evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...) 0139
Henry Rosato @henryrosato.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Holy teleology: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/s... 010
Reposted by Henry RosatoWill Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social. rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa For an overview, check out the video below. 11360159
Reposted by Henry RosatoMichael Manhart @michaelmanhart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am co-organizing the Ecological Dynamics session at the 2027 APS Global Physics Summit (Apr 11-16, Atlanta). The session will span all domains of life and theory/data/exps (more here tinyurl.com/382vkbrh). If you're interested, submit your abstract to this session by Oct 22! tinyurl.com/4jfpyux5summit.aps.orgAPS Global Physics Summit abstract submissionPresent your physics research to over 14,000 physicists from around the world. 085
Henry Rosato @henryrosato.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As a recent UMN grad, I can say that these cuts all almost entirely due to financial mismanagement on the part of high level admin, including exorbitant consulting contracts and salary raises for the president and other, compounded by a split state legislature unwilling to fund higher ed. 020
Reposted by Henry RosatoSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The SSE Education and Outreach Committee is seeking speakers for the Evolution 2027 Education and Outreach Symposium titled “Evolution in a Changing World.” Nominations are due November 1! Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... 0410
Reposted by Henry RosatoAsher Leeks @asherleeks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Come work with @viromehunter.bsky.social and myself at UBC! We have a postdoctoral position available for someone with an interest in bioinformatics and genomics, using sociovirology to understand disease dynamics in plant viruses. Advert: ppvlab.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2026/0...ppvlab.sites.olt.ubc.caBrowser Verification | UBC Cybersecurity 02635
Reposted by Henry RosatoSTCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 18/09/2026the "Mg²⁺ problem" has been known for a long time. For example, in the standard "rich medium" LB (see👇). now we get to know more about the reasons! #MicroSkysmallthingsconsidered.blogThe Limitations of LB Mediumby Hiroshi Nikaido — LB medium, also known incorrectly as Luria-Bertani medium, is widely used to grow bacterial cultures, mainly because it is easy to prepare and provides a broad base of nutrien… 15515
Reposted by Henry Rosatoybrandvain.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm excited to release the newest version of my free applied biostats textbook. It's tidyverse style, clarkia inspired and loads of fun Im putting this down until the end of the semester, when I'll add and polish additional chapters, but the 1st 21 are pretty solid yanivjb.github.io/biostats-bookyanivjb.github.ioApplied Biostatistics 212661
Reposted by Henry RosatoCSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026CSEE’s new student-led campaign is raising awareness about the impacts of the "Getting Major Projects Built in Canada" discussion paper. Check it out, follow the initiatives & amplify student and researcher voices! 📣 IG & TikTok: @cangrads4nature csee-scee.ca/new-student-... 153
Reposted by Henry RosatoEvolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Recombination helps evolution—but it can also cause mutations. New theory shows that even small increases in mutation near crossovers can oppose the evolution of higher recombination rates. By @sarperotto.bsky.social and Bret Payseur academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...academic.oup.comElevated mutation near crossovers inhibits the evolution of recombinationAbstract. Recombination diversifies offspring genomes and helps ensure chromosome segregation during meiosis. Mutation rates are elevated near crossovers d 05432
Reposted by Henry RosatoMEPGT @mepgt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Very important paper by @phylogenetrips.bsky.social "Genes and sites under adaptation at the phylogenetic scale also exhibit adaptation at the population-genetic scale" | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgGenes and sites under adaptation at the phylogenetic scale also exhibit adaptation at the population-genetic scale | PNASAdaptation in protein-coding sequences can be detected from multiple sequence alignments across species or alternatively by leveraging polymorphism... 14323
Reposted by Henry RosatoGitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026🤢Horrible take. " The value of a good postdoctoral fellowship is not to be measured in salary but in the opportunity to learn at the feet of, yes, a master." Are you kidding me?! The best scientists I worked with/for both train AND learn from their trainees. It's not a master-slave relationship. 2336
Henry Rosato @henryrosato.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Evolutionary biologist: We need to know if the fullness of the cup is a heritable trait that is changing between generations 062
Reposted by Henry RosatoAlvaro Sanchez @asanchezlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026New preprint from the lab: The Latent Simplicity of Microbial Ecological Interactions www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We're excited about this one. We find that high-order microbial interactions often obey simple linear laws making microbial communities far more predictable than one might expect 37032
Reposted by Henry RosatoJeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Fun sci-comm opportunity for press releases at AmNat! 099
Reposted by Henry RosatoCurtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Professor in Bacteriophage Biology & Evolution at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Closing date 1 October, with an expected start date no earlier than January 1, 2027, and a salary within the range of $200,000 to $270,000 per year. For details: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac... 25685
Reposted by Henry RosatoPaul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Ever wondered how new evolutionary individuals arise? Wanted to engineer communities so the parts integrate to form a new whole? Or impose conditions that cause simple chemistries to become Darwinian? New MS shows how. Psst… don’t tell AI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgForging an evolutionary individual from separate replicatorsA central puzzle in the evolution of individuality is the origin of heredity. Egalitarian transitions integrate formerly independent replicators into a higher-level individual, but this requires the c... 04114
Reposted by Henry RosatoAnya Auerbach @aauerbach.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This semester I'm designing a freshman seminar I've titled "Evolution and Society". Post-defense I'm now working on course planning details, & have both too many ideas & worry what I'm neglecting.. What would you consider an essential topic(s) or reading(s) for a class like this? Please do share! 132514
Reposted by Henry RosatoHolly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Freaking finally! A massive compilation of data that sat on various desks for almost a decade is finally out. On the positive side, gave me time to learn expansion microscopy and make Fig 1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgEmergent metabolic parasitism driven by organelle sequestrationChloroplast-stealing ciliates evolve, increasing reliance on their prey for all aspects of metabolism, including photosynthesis. 26320
Henry Rosato @henryrosato.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I feel like some of Gould’s and/or Lewontin’s critiques of sociobiology would be valuable material, especially since Gould’s writing is quite accessible to a freshman audience! 100
Reposted by Henry Rosatocallista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026hiiii everyone! my department @zoology.ubc.ca is hiring an assistant professor in cell and developmental biology! deadline is october 1! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32408 // please share!!!!!academicjobsonline.orgUniversity of British Columbia, Department of Zoology Job #AJO32408, Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA 16598
Reposted by Henry RosatoCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/08/2026Yep. Yesterday JSTOR was unreachable. Aaron Swartz was hounded to death for far less. 826668
Henry Rosato @henryrosato.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I don’t know if there are currently any openings for post-docs, but the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science has a strong philosophy of bio community and a lot of folks interested in cognition/agency! 100
Reposted by Henry RosatoCasey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026EEB Mentor Match is now open! But apps due soon (8/17). Mentees: get help applying for grad school or fellowships in ecology & evolution. Mentors: senior grads, post-docs, or faculty in these fields willing to give advice Org by Diversity Cmte of @asn-amnat.bsky.social Pls share! eebmentormatch.comeebmentormatch.comEEB Mentor MatchVisit the post for more. 03748
Reposted by Henry RosatoAlexei Drummond @alexeidrummond.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Get excited :) PhyloSpec is coming! A shared standard + modelling language for phylogenetic models. Write a model once, run it across engines like BEAST X, BEAST 2.8 & RevBayes. Easy and reproducible. Built by @tochsner.bsky.social & collaborators (ETH Zürich, Auckland, LMU). phylospec.comphylospec.comPhyloSpecA standardized way to describe phylogenetic model components, common assumptions, and best practices in the field of phylogenetics. 25026
Reposted by Henry RosatoMinnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Catching up on a few of Center Director Alan C. Love’s recent publications - both are available #openaccess Measuring biological function in biomechanics: observations and consequences buff.ly/bhtxteP Philosophy of biology in an interdisciplinary key buff.ly/8AWc69g #philscibuff.lyMeasuring Biological Function in Biomechanics: Observations and Consequences | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge CoreMeasuring Biological Function in Biomechanics: Observations and Consequences 0103
Reposted by Henry RosatoDarren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Magic traits, search costs, and the persistence of species in secondary contact Jack R. Farley, Darren Irwin bioRxiv 2026.07.23.740407 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgMagic traits, search costs, and the persistence of species in secondary contactWhen two populations come into secondary contact, assortative mating can act as a barrier to gene flow. However, when assortative mating is incomplete, associations between preference and cue loci can... 0108
Reposted by Henry RosatoGina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Here's the SSE Presidential Plenary I gave last month I reframe how we define a "weed," share lab research linking herbivory and herbicide resistance across two weed species, and show how the chemical mix in ag fields differentially shapes resistance evolution.youtu.beSSE Presidential Plenary: Lessons from Weeds: Persistence and Resistance in the AnthropoceneYouTube video by Evolution Meetings 1239
Reposted by Henry RosatoDevon DeRaad @devonderaad.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This December (2026) I'll be starting my own research lab as a curator of ornithology at @amnh.org. We will seek to understand global avian biodiversity using evolutionary and conservation genetics, with the backing of the incredible AMNH ornithology collection. devonderaad.github.io 137517
Reposted by Henry RosatoCristian Hernandez @crisomus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Had such an amazing time at JMIH in NOLA last week! Gave my first talk, met ASIH moses, took home the Raney Fund, and kicked around a bit in the swamp! 062
Reposted by Henry RosatoDr Kathleen Millen @neurodevkathy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026🚨 Heads up. Time to keep submitting comments. NSF is planning to comply in advance to OMB proposed grant policies. Comment by Aug 24. You should be an expert on this now!! 12739
Reposted by Henry Rosatoybrandvain.bsky.social @ybrandvain.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Introducing my 1st R package. I built this to address common misunderstandings of linear models i often see in intro biostats students. this is strongly paternalistic and aims to improve students' understanding of intro stats comments welcome yanivjb.github.io/honestlm/ #Rstats #ggplot2 #biostatsyanivjb.github.ioGuardrails for Teaching Linear ModelsProvides small, opinionated wrappers around familiar linear model workflows. The package keeps base R and ggplot2 interfaces recognizable while adding guardrails around common interpretation traps, in... 1257
Reposted by Henry RosatoKevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026A thorough documenting of the statistical shenanigans in the embryo selection company Herasight’s claims about genetic IQ prediction. The paper was published in a new Intelligence journal against the reviewers’ protest that the proprietary prediction model was not disclosed and so was unverifiableopen.substack.comHerasight: Latent Promises, Observed FailuresMany make the mistake of rejecting Herasight on ethical grounds, but doing so gives them too much credit. 33920
Reposted by Henry RosatoCraig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 06/07/2026New Essay: 'Resistance potentiators: Evolutionary catalysts of antibiotic resistance' To understand the evolutionary drivers of #AMR we need to move beyond resistance genes to thinking about the ability of genomes to generate AMR variants. #microsky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...journals.plos.orgResistance potentiators: Evolutionary catalysts of antibiotic resistanceHow do bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics? Drawing on evidence from experimental evolution, pathogen genomics, and molecular microbiology, this Essay argues that the evolution of antibiotic res... 23812
Reposted by Henry RosatoLeeban Yusuf @leebanhy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026How do coevolutionary interactions begin in nature, and what are the first steps of reciprocal adaptation? Our preprint investigates these questions in a natural experiment: an introduced cricket (T. oceanicus) and its acoustically hunting parasitoid (O. ochracea) in Hawaii. shorturl.at/7llsA 1/nshorturl.atEcological genomics of a novel host-parasitoid arms-race in natureNovel antagonistic interactions between species are expected to drive especially rapid coevolution. However, little is known about the genomic basis of such coevolution in nature because novel inter-s... 11811
Reposted by Henry RosatoMinnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Exciting news! Latest volume coming this month. 21 July 2026. PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT AND GENOMICS Edited by Christopher R. Donohue&Alan C. Love University of Minnesota Press | 600 pages | July 21, 2026 ISBN 978-1-5179-2102-6 | Paper | $40.00 buff.ly/Dv493Zl @uminnpress.bsky.sociallinkedin.comPERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT AND GENOMICSA groundbreaking volume that examines the pivotal roles of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in the Human Genome Project (HGP) and the development of other major genomics projects 043
Reposted by Henry RosatoMagdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026‘A society that loses science loses the future’ says Neil Shubin, as he starts his tenure as the NAS President @neilshubin.bsky.social - thank you for speaking to us @nature.com 🧪 #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIncoming US science academy chief vows to ‘double down’ on researchNew leader of the National Academy of Sciences Neil Shubin warns: ‘a society that loses science loses the future’. 06730
Henry Rosato @henryrosato.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Are incoming graduate students (starting their programs Fall 2026) eligible to apply for 2027 committee roles (aside from GSAC)? 110
Reposted by Henry RosatoRees Kassen @reeskassen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026What might a functional theory for the genetics of adaption look like? A first proposal: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-... TL;DR : it’s all about rebalancing stress and growth.academic.oup.comTowards a functional genetics of adaptation: insights from microbial experimental evolutionAbstract. A general theory of adaptation is one that accounts for both the quantitative and functional properties of adaptive evolution. To date, the field 22610
Reposted by Henry RosatoAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026A professor in Tufts University’s School of Engineering required one of his international graduate students to work an unpaid TA job this past spring semester. After she went to her union and blew the whistle, Tufts withdrew her from her program. A thread of rage. 1/ 8857325
Reposted by Henry RosatoC. Brandon Ogbunu @cbo.bsky.social · 26/06/20261/3 🚨New Perspective🚨 (@genetics-gsa.bsky.social) "When evolvability meets constraint: reflections on empirical fitness landscapes after Weinreich et al. (2006)" 20 years after a seminal study, I discuss the forces that both constrain evolution + make it possible academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...academic.oup.comWhen evolvability meets constraint: reflections on empirical fitness landscapes after Weinreich et al. (2006)Abstract. In 2006, a manuscript appeared with a provocative title: “Darwinian evolution can follow only very few mutational paths to fitter proteins.” Twen 36328
Reposted by Henry RosatoSimon Roux @simrouxvirus.bsky.social · 29/06/2026🚨New paper alert 🚨 Here we tried to leverage an (incredible) metagenome time-series to better understand MGE diversity and activity in soil across decade(s). @scbagby.bsky.social has an amazing thread about this work with all the details - bsky.app/profile/scba...nature.comMobile genetic elements shape microbial diversity and functions in thawing permafrost soils - Nature MicrobiologyAn 8-year soil meta-omic time series shows how mobile genetic elements shape permafrost microbial diversity and impact a range of functions, including carbon and nutrient cycling. 13113
Reposted by Henry RosatoJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Well reported piece from @beebrookshire.bsky.social at the Verge on the proposed OMB grant making regulations and the likely consequences. [Gift link] www.theverge.com/science/9576... 1/4theverge.comThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“ 16530
Reposted by Henry RosatoRachel Germain @gerlame.bsky.social · 24/06/2026To the #Evol2026 folks, I am recruiting MSc/PhD students (with or without their own funding) - please send people my way if you know of anyone interested in blending ecology & evolution! 04041
Henry Rosato @henryrosato.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Presented my first poster at #Evol2026 earlier this week, based on my senior undergrad work with @fkbarker.bsky.social. Was great making so many connections and interacting with so many incredible researchers during the conference! 0151