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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations to @diegodelorbe.bsky.social!! who is officially a PhD candidate today!! Diego’s got some great ideas so watch for super cool work to come on telomeres, evolutionary rescue, ash resilience to EAB and much more!! #proudadvisor

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Ethan Linck @elinck.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm hiring a postdoc to help build tools for inferring complex speciation histories with genomic data. strong computational skills are a must, but this is a training opportunity. 60K$+ salary, 2 years, details flexible. please reach out! (and repost) ad here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/53150

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Postdoctoral Researcher

The Department of Ecology at Montana State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar as part of NSF-funded research on speciation under alternating cycles of gene flow and isolation (fundi...

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Chris Smith @chriscrsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508

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Indiana University Academic Positions

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Laura Kelly @laura-j-kelly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So excited that the ash tree pangenome @danielwood1992.bsky.social worked so hard on is now out in the world 🥳 Thanks to all our co-authors (including @rbuggs.bsky.social @dariogala.bsky.social @emmacurran.bsky.social @leviyant.bsky.social) and @forest-protection.bsky.social for funding 🧬🌳⬇️

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The Schatz Center is hiring a Research Technologist in Forest Genetics. If you are a recent graduate and interested in getting experience in interdisciplinary research that spans the lab, the field, and the greenhouse - this position is for you! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/jo...

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Part-Time Research Technologist - Forest Genetics

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The Schatz Center is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar with experience in whole-genome resequencing to study how demography, genetic variation, and selection interact to contribute to range expansion and adaptation. Come join us!! #evolutionarygenomics psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

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Postdoctoral Scholar - Adaptive Evolutionary Genomics

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Juliette de Meaux @meauxjuliette.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

We have openings at the University of Cologne, come and join our consortium in Plant Ecological Genetics TRR341!Applications open soon for 10 PhD position. Description here: trr341.uni-koeln.de/join-us #TRR341 #PlantEcologicalGenetics

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Reasons I love Pennsylvania! Exploring Bald Eagle State Forest by bike this weekend was pure bliss! The views spectacular! #gravelbikeadventures

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Great field trip with Tree Species in Peril crew today to Pisgah National Forest to see hemlocks dying (and maybe surviving?), the Cradle of Forestry, discussions for identifying lingering hemlock and monitoring for wooly adelgid, and an insectary to test adelgid predators #foresthealth #foresthope

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Not sure if it’s a good or bad sign when your students start trolling your edits to their manuscript @michellezavala.bsky.social @diegodelorbe.bsky.social @krlopicc.bsky.social

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Genetic variation underlying plasticity in physiological traits mediates response to climate in a Populus hybrid zone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thank you so much to @danielwood1992.bsky.social @laura-j-kelly.bsky.social and many more for the wonderful visit and great scientific discussions at Kew gardens: from ex situ seed banks and restoration to Fraxinus, genetics, conservation and much more. It was inspiring!

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Christian Rellstab @christian-rellstab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Very proud to be part of the "Tree Evolution Colloquium" at the Cumberland Lodge in Great Windsor Park, England. For three days, we discussed whether evolutionary rates in trees are underestimated or not.

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Penn State Department of Biology @psubiodept.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🌱 We’re hiring in Plant Biology at Penn State! The Department of Biology at Penn State University Park is searching for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in any area of plant biology.

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Such a privilege to be at a tree evolution colloquium at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Park, UK with amazing colleagues from around the world to discuss the foundations and latest advances in what we understand about tree evolution. The setting is inspiring!

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Thank you so much to Kevin Martin, head of tree collections at RBG Kew, who took us tree geneticists around the arboreta to discuss the changing environment and its impacts to garden trees and approaches to mitigate that change now and a hundred years from now. Also monkey puzzle tree pollen wowza!

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 01/05/2026

Now accepting applications for our 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards support students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs to conduct #ecology and #evolution research. Deadline is June 30, 2026: bit.ly/4umYKZd #science

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Applications for 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution Now Open

The Simons Foundation’s Life Sciences division is now accepting applications for its 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution.

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Excited to see @seh-pang.bsky.social new @ecography.bsky.social paper out: a timely formalisation of the demographic niche concept, linking niche theory with vital rates to better understand range-wide population dynamics and #globalchange responses 🌿♨️🌍 #speciesdistributions #demography #ecology

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Charlie Anderson @candersonlab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Penn State Biology is hiring! We have an opening for a tenure-line faculty position in plant biology - if you'd like to pursue awesome science in a supportive and interdisciplinary community of researchers, consider applying! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

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Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Plant Biology

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Congrats to @krlopicc.bsky.social and undergraduate mentees @lucieanderson.bsky.social and @jacobmazza.bsky.social for submitting new work detailing the relationships between climate of origin, seed morphology, and early life history critical to fitness in black ash. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Climate gradients drive the evolution of seed morphology and life history with impacts to seedling fitness in Fraxinus nigra www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Thanks to @eepuckett.bsky.social , faculty and grad students in the Department of Biology at University of Memphis for an awesome visit! It was an absolute blast thinking about cool new synergies to complement research ideas. Fantastic visit to reinvigorate creativity!! With homage to Tiger Elvis ❤️

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Dream scenario: write a fun paper and work with a good friend! Super proud of this new mini review (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) - but working with an awesome buddy from back when I was a grad student, Rush Dhillon (www.rushstudio.ca) who helped bring my ideas to life was the best part!

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Congratulations to @michellezavala.bsky.social for winning the Paul Hand award for Graduate Research Achievement in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. I couldn’t be a more #proudPI. This a very well-deserved award!!

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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Special Feature in AmNat @asn-amnat.bsky.social just out on Genomic Forecasting. "Collectively, the articles underscore both the promise and the limitations of genomic forecasting while [showing] predictive performance is context dependent" 🧬🧪👨‍🔬🖥️🌲🐋🌿 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

This graph shows exponentially increasing publications for the term genomic offsets from 2015 to 2024

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The Botanical Society of America's Impact Award is now accepting applications! These awards highlight those building a more inclusive community through research, teaching, or outreach. Apply, or encourage others to, and see info in link! @botsocamerica.bsky.social botany.org/home/awards/...

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BSA Impact Award

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Gina Baucom @gbaucom.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics! My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026. We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems. #Postdoc #EcoEvo Pls RT!

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Marty Kardos @martykardos.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Join Fred Allendorf, Sally Aitken, and me this November for a 6-day course on conservation genomics at the legendary La Selva Research Station in Costa Rica. Register by April 1. Details here: tropicalstudies.org/course/conse...

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Conservation and Genomics of Populations with Fred Allendorf - Organization for Tropical Studies

This course will be 6 days long, and the instructors are Fred Allendorf, Sally Aitken, and Marty Kardos. This course will be based on Conservation and Genomics of Populations (Allendorf et al. 2022). ...

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

When the whole lab ventures to the arboretum for the new lab photo on a snowy afternoon in February and the smiles are there in spite of the chills - you know you are working with the best people!! #luckyPI

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Katrin Heer @katrinheer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).

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Jill Wegrzyn @jillwegrzyn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

North American Forest Genetics Society #NAFGS26 🌲 🌳 🧬! Abstracts due Mar 1 | Travel Awards Mar 8 | Early Reg ends Mar 31 | Looking forward to welcoming you & our invited speakers in Québec City: @jillahamilton.bsky.social @cavenderg9.bsky.social @jeansebmoore.bsky.social @arthurouaknine.bsky.social

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Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Are you working on biodiversity monitoring using genomics? Are you developing (AI)tools to track molecular change in declining populations? Are you employing novel methods to track molecular change during or after genetic decline? We would be happy to receive your submissions for #SMBE2026!

SMBE2026 Symposium 5 | Molecular evolution in the era of genetic diversity decline

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- Madlen Stange — Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Germany
- Deborah M Leigh — Senckenberg Nature Research and Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Loss of genetic diversity is now recognised as a critical component of the global biodiversity crisis, with direct implications for species’ adaptive potential, population persistence, and long-term evolutionary trajectories. For molecular evolutionists, this represents both an urgent challenge and a unique opportunity: unprecedented genomic resources and analytical methods allow us to quantify genetic erosion, reconstruct historical baselines, and model future outcomes at scales unimaginable a decade ago. We are now able to directly study evolutionary processes in declining, newly formed, or eroded populations, which offer unique insights into the evolutionary past and future. This symposium aims to highlight research at the interface of molecular evolution, population genomics, and biodiversity monitoring. We will showcase cutting-edge genomic methods—ranging from ancient and historical genomics, whole genome-based analyses, and multispecies genomic syntheses, to entirely novel AI and synthetic biology frameworks—that track population-level molecular change over time and space. How these methods have been used to identify evolutionary patterns or changes in the face of loss or restorative action. As well as, how these methods can be used to support transformative change. By bringing together researchers working on evolutionary theory, genomic inference of diversity loss, temporal monitoring of populations, and large-scale data integration, this symposium will provide a forum to identify common conceptual ground, share methodological innovations, and explore the methods needed for future advances.

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Jeffrey Dean @jeffdean-uga.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Forest Genetics, Genomics and/or Tree Breeding at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...

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Katrin Heer @katrinheer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🌳 PhD Position in Forest Genetics @uni-freiburg.de Join the BeGenDiv project to study genetic diversity of ~30 tree & shrub species across Germany’s Biodiversity Exploratories. 🧬 Fieldwork, lab work, bioinformatics & interdisciplinary collaboration More info & apply: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

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Universität Freiburg

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Congratulations to @alaynamead.bsky.social and the entire #PopUpPoplars team for this collaborative effort predicting genotypic responses across environments. This research uses 17 replicated ‘mini gardens’ to predict role of mixed ancestry to growth, survival, and expansion to novel environments

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Sofia van Moorsel @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🌳Interested in using genomics, metabolomics and/or remote sensing to study the drought tolerance of a majestic tree species? Apply for the PhD position in my group! Deadline: 8 December 2025. 🌳 @spatialgenetics.bsky.social jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

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UZH: PhD position – Drought Tolerance of European beech

We invite applications for a 4-year PhD position working on drought tolerance of European beech using a variety of methodological approaches from remote sensing to genomics and metabolomics.

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Michelle Zavala-Paez @michellezavala.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Always learning, always sharing, how trees adapt today, and how they’ll keep adapting as our world changes. Thanks #EVOLTREE for the opportunity to be part of such an amazing conference

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Michelle Zavala-Paez @michellezavala.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Just published! 🌿 Our new study uncovers how hybridization and climate selection interact to shape stomatal trait evolution across six Populus contact zones. @jillahamilton.bsky.social If you’re curious about how hybridization influence adaptive trait variation, take a look doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Very much a #proudPI moment when your PhD students @michellezavala.bsky.social and @krlopicc.bsky.social give such lovely presentations of their research. So glad to have the opportunity to join the #EvolTREE meeting and share our ongoing research and learn from diverse systems across Europe.

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Amazing field trip with the #EvolTREE conference. Wonderful to learn of the new breeding efforts in Cork oak and Holm oak, integrations of new technologies, and degree of monitoring for conservation that has leveraged, expanded, and established leadership in genetic conservation

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Climate and hybridization shape #stomatal trait evolution in #Populus 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Zavala-Paez et al. @WileyPlantSci @michellezavala.bsky.social @jillahamilton.bsky.social

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

So happy to be with European colleagues in Madrid for #EvolTREE to share new ideas, technologies, and applications of forest genetics to conservation, restoration, breeding, and much, much more

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Congratulations to @michellezavala.bsky.social on the publication of one of her PhD. This research builds on #NSF-funded #PopUpPoplar research using WGS and replicate common gardens to understand how climate and hybridization influence stomata evolution nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Climate and hybridization shape stomatal trait evolution in Populus

Stomata play a critical role in regulating plant responses to climate. Where sister species differ in stomatal traits, interspecific gene flow can influence the evolutionary trajectory of trait vari...

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Charlie Anderson @candersonlab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Are you interested in pursuing groundbreaking research and gaining world-class training in plant biology in a supportive community amidst the beauty of Happy Valley? Consider applying to the the Plant Biology PhD Program! Applications due December 1: www.huck.psu.edu/graduate-pro...

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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It is official! DR. @michellezavala.bsky.social defended a very impressive dissertation today!! With friends, family, stomata cookies, and Ecuadorian Guinea pigs cheering her along! We understand so much more about the consequences of hybridization to the evolution of physiological traits!! #proudPI

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