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Jocelyn Poissant

@jocelynpoissant.bsky.social
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Associate Professor @ UCalgary 🇨🇦 | wildlife 🐴🦌🐏 | molecular ecology | evolutionary ecology | conservation genetics. Mostly long-term individual-based studies. 🏃🏻⛷️ He/him sites.google.com/site/jocelynpoissa…. Opinions are my own.

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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The various divisions of woodland caribou herds have sometimes confused researchers in the past. But new genetic research has revealed the inner makeup of caribou populations in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Wild Cam: Woodland caribou genes match glacial patterns
Large-scale analysis in western Canada reveals hidden identity of herds
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Exciting news🤲 My PhD thesis, "Conservation genomics and metagenomics of caribou", has officially been accepted and published by the University of Calgary! Read the thesis here: hdl.handle.net/1880/126146
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm hiring a bioinformatician! Review of applications starts October 1 with a start date as soon as possible. 🧪 #Genomics #popGen #CompBio northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Bioinformatician - Lotterhos Lab
About the Opportunity About the Center for Marine Ecological Genomics The successful candidate will be based at the Lotterhos Lab and the Center for Marine Ecological Genomics at Northeastern Marine S...
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Dr. Aurelia Strauß @aureliastrauss.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🐎 Very happy for the opportunity to present a poster and connect with vets and colleagues at the UCVM Equine Practitioner Event 2026 🐴 With an amazing evening program at Spruce Meadows 🎆 @sihorses.bsky.social @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social @ali--wilson.bsky.social #MSCA #MSCAfellow
Dr Strauss in front of her posterHorse jumping over a fence at spruce meadow masters
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🦌💩🦠 PhD opportunity! I am recruiting a fully-funded PhD student at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in caribou. Start date is flexible. Please share!
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Mason Kulbaba @mason-kulbaba.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Plant Eco-Evo lab is now established at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. NSERC funding is available to support graduate and undergraduate research. If interested in the evolutionary ecology of plant reproduction and/or adaptation, please reach out! See mason-kulbaba.github.io #botany #ecology #evolution
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🐦 Job offer: Research Data Analyst – Wildlife Telemetry 📊 GPS • R • ecology • habitat selection 📍 Paris 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 2026 Join the #HABITRACK team at CESCO @mnhn.fr and help uncover how European birds use their habitats! 👉 recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d... #EcologyJobs #ornithology #RStats
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Katherine Drotos @spiritofcavalia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"All of this is *maybe* a problem if you know how to do research, but it’s *definitely* a problem for the student who hasn’t mastered the procedural- nor meta-learning necessary to focus and produce good work."
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Gut microbes may help wild horses evolve to survive harsh Canadian winters | Science News | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Gut microbes may help wild horses evolve to survive harsh Canadian winters
Study is first to show that the bacteria in an animal’s gut can give it an evolutionary leg up
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Our new @sihorses.bsky.social microbiome preprint was just featured in the Science news section! 😀🐴🦠 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Gut microbes may help wild horses evolve to survive harsh Canadian winters
Study is first to show that the bacteria in an animal’s gut can give it an evolutionary leg up
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New paper from my PhD is now published in @evolappjournal.bsky.social !!! We investigated inbreeding and demographic history (Ne) in caribou across western Canada using a genome-wide SNP array, covering 45 subpopulations and >750 individuals. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/eva....
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Benjamin Larue, Ph.D. @benjaminlarue.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📢 Nîkanêse Wah tzee Stewardship Society is hiring a Restoration Director to lead their multi-year caribou habitat restoration program in Klinse-Za Park, BC. Hybrid, $90-120K, closes Aug 20. Amazing opportunity!
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Restoration Director
We are looking for an experienced and collaborative leader to help guide our multi-year caribou habitat restoration program.
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If you would be interested to apply for a fellowship to join the lab to work on fecal microbiome MAG assembly and/or mGWAS in caribou and feral horses, please get in touch. We have had great success with this competition so far (3/3 funded) research.ucalgary.ca/postdocs/fun...
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VPR Postdoctoral Excellence Award
The Spring 2026 competition is now closed. Applications for the December 1 competition will open on October 1.
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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026
People using AI to write: your readers can tell. Your texts become insufferably boring, full of AI-isms (e.g.: it's not this -- it's that) and of stupid statements that seem logical to a machine but are just dumb truisms for humans. Please, don't.
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you are interested in fitness and microbiomes in wild animals, you should definitely check this one out. New @sihorses.bsky.social preprint by @mstothart.bsky.social
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Drew Sauve (he/him) @sauvedrew.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Sauve Lab is recruiting students! Please share! Interested in conservation, forensics, or evolutionary ecology? Email your research interests, CV, and info for two references to sauve.drew@ontariotechu.ca! While Fall 2027 is the primary intake, there may be some flexibility in start dates.
Poster for the Sauve Lab at Ontario Tech University recruiting graduate students for Fall 2027. The poster includes the Sauve Lab and Ontario Tech logos, photos of an eastern loggerhead shrike, a flock of black-legged kittiwakes, and human chromosomes, along with scientific illustrations.
Text: "The Sauve Lab is recruiting graduate students. We run a research program focused on using genetics, primarily quantitative genetics, and statistical modelling to answer questions and solve problems in evolutionary ecology, conservation, and forensic science. We're excited about family trees in their various forms, from zoo population registries to pedigrees in long-term wild populations and genealogical records. We collaborate broadly with government, non-profit, and industry partners.
We're looking for students from all backgrounds who want to be part of a welcoming, supportive research group. Our lab believes everyone belongs, and we work together to create projects that fit graduate requirements and individual strengths.
Interested? Email sauve.drew@ontariotechu.ca with your research interests, a CV, and contact information for two references. For a Fall 2027 start, please email by August 25. Learn more about the Applied Biosciences programs at Ontario Tech University.
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you are interested in fitness and microbiomes in wild animals, you should definitely check this one out. New @sihorses.bsky.social preprint by @mstothart.bsky.social
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mathotlab.bsky.social @mathotlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Please share! I have two positions for graduate students in my lab, starting Fall 2027. Details on the position s and application process can be found here: kjmathot.wordpress.com/opportunities/
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Opportunities
********************************************************************************************************* ***Two graduate student positions in the Mathot Lab**** I am recruiting two new graduate st…
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Pretty happy to have secured another NSERC Alliance grant to support our caribou conservation genomics work in British Columbia 🍾. With this being our 3rd caribou-related Alliance grant, it is fair to say this program has been key to our efforts. I'm very grateful for the continued support 🙏
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I am recruiting a PhD student to study the causes and consequences of gut microbiome variation in wild caribou using shotgun metagenomics, with a start date in 2027. This opportunity is currently limited to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Feel free to email me for details if interrested!
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Xav Harrison @xavh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We are now recruiting for a 3 year NERC-funded postdoc to study the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in migratory birds. Based in the Wild Microbiome Lab @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall.
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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I am recruiting a PhD student (fully funded, 4yrs) to analyze modern 🧬 and ancient 🦴 genomic data from humans and domestic animals 🐑 Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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PhD student position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University
PhD student position in Population Genomics , Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
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Susan Johnston @susanjohnston.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
A female and male sparrow stand on a wooden post. Photo by Peter S. Ranke.
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Great to see this study by @sam-deakin.bsky.social and Anita Michalak published in Evolutionary Applications. Using genomic data from >750 caribou and hierarchical structure analyses, we show that genetic clusters do not align with current conservation units in western Canada doi.org/10.1111/eva....
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Greg Owens @gregowens.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
UVic is hiring a Terrestrial Plant Ecologist Assistant Professor! Come join our department! We're nice and Victoria is awesome. www.uvic.ca/science/biol...
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Faculty Position in Terrestrial Plant Ecology - University of Victoria
Department: Biology                 &am...
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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.
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KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Forgive the title, but it's time we talk about it - 🐘🐣💩🦠 The elephant (bird) in the room: unknown mechanisms and unresolved impacts of low DNA yields in avian microbiome research link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The elephant (bird) in the room: unknown mechanisms and unresolved impacts of low DNA yields in avian microbiome research - Animal Microbiome
To holistically understand the biology of animals, we must unravel the complexities and specificities of host-microbe interactions across animal taxa. Birds represent enigmatic and scientifically comp...
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Dr. Aurelia Strauß @aureliastrauss.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Joining the photo contest with our Sable Island horses: LANDSCAPE 🏝️ Breathtaking beach views of Sable every day. SCIENTISTS IN THE WILD 👩‍🔬 3-7 weeks continuous field require rest. FIELDWORK 🐴 Horses commuting along the beach to limited freshwater ponds. #CSEEinFocus @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
And that is a wrap for #CSEE2026. See you next time!!
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S Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Looking forward to @csee-scee.bsky.social in 2027 in Halifax (May 15-19) and in 2028 in Edmonton (tentatively May 29-June 1). Thanks to all the organizers! @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
To oppose the wholesale dismantling of environmental regulations in Canada, please go to this page www.canada.ca/en/one-canad.... ignore the very leading 'proposed' questions and submit your comments. CC your MP. If you need inspiration here is what I just sent.
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Great week at CSEE 2026 in Toronto. Huge congratulations to all lab members for the excellent talks and representing the group so well 👏🫶 @sambarrette.bsky.social @aureliastrauss.bsky.social @jsmveitch.bsky.social @margaretthughes.bsky.social @charlottebrbn.bsky.social
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Dr. Aurelia Strauß @aureliastrauss.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Thanks to @sauvedrew.bsky.social and Mathieu Videlier for organising the fantastic Quantitative Genetics symposium! 🐎 Very happy for the opportunity to present on stress responses in @sihorses.bsky.social 🐎 @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social @ali--wilson.bsky.social #CSEE2026 #MSCA #MSCAfellow
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Jasmine Veitch @jsmveitch.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Check out the Poissant Lab (and friends) at #CSEE2026 next week! Looking forward to cool science and great chats with good people 🤓 And thanks to the talented @charlottebrbn.bsky.social for putting together this amazing graphic @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social
Infographic of talks given by members of Poissant lab. Visual shows profile photos and talk information (date/time, talk titles).
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Heading to CSEE? Come say hi 👋 and listen to new research from current lab members and collaborator @victoriacrozier.bsky.social. A disclaimer is that my own talk is mostly about the work of @mstothart.bsky.social
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Denis REALE 🇨🇦 @denisreale.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
You are interested in evolutionary ecology and quantitative genetics. You enjoy fieldwork and birds. Join our laboratory and our international team. csee-scee.ca/job/fully-fu...
Pictures of blue tits, adults and nestlings, with some views of the field sites of the research project on Corsican blue tits.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! 🐦 Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via www.bto.org/jobs Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
Photo of a Buzzard by Edmund Fellowes / BTO and text advertising three jobs at BTO.
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
PLS RT📣 Two Postdoc jobs at #mpaib with Serena Ding on collective behavior of worms (Never seen a "wormuration"? That's them in green) 🪱 social dynamics of collective dispersal: bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/2... 🪱 sensory ecology of worm towers: bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/7...
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Sable Island Horse Project @sihorses.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
First in-person, multi-institution Summit since COVID in the books. Long overdue... Great to reconnect, with plenty of catching up and productive discussions with @aureliastrauss.bsky.social @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social @victoriacrozier.bsky.social @mickyahn.bsky.social @weronikaklecel.bsky.social
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years
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Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde @albrechts-h.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Join us here at @laurentianu.bsky.social as we rebuild our ecology/evolution group. We are hiring an assistant professor in animal ecology Working with me is a treat, so that's a bonus not mentioned in the ad. laurentian.ca/about/career...
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Dr Rachael Miller (Harrison) @drrmiller.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Extremely excited to start my 8-year @royalsociety.org Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship @uniexecec.bsky.social focussing on understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology. With 2x 4-year Postdoc and PhD positions being advertised shortly - do get in touch if interested!
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Dan Mennill @dmennill.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us
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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Great news for Nemabiome enthusiasts: the ITS2 database on nemabiome.ca has just been updated. First update in nearly two years, so expect some noticeable differences www.nemabiome.ca/its2-database
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Index - Nemabiome.ca
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
This could be your dream job! PhD in ecology, and English and Japanese language skills required... working for POKEMON!!! www.ign.com/articles/the...
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The Pokémon Company Is Actively Recruiting PhD Holders With Backgrounds in Ecology to Work in Tokyo - IGN
The Pokémon Company is actively recruiting PhD holders with backgrounds in ecology to work in Tokyo. This is perhaps the closest chance Pokémon fans have to channel their inner Professor Oak in real l...
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Charlotte Bourbon @charlottebrbn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Excited to share our new preprint! 🧬🦌 We investigated inbreeding and demographic history of caribou across western Canada using genome-wide SNP data, covering 45 subpopulations grouped into 6 metapopulations. Take a look 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What most determines variation in the strength of natural selection? Spatial variation, temporal vn or space*time together? New research by @jorgensoraker.bsky.social et al. exploring this Q using 45y of Wytham tit data. Strong time & space*time signal + cross-species corr'n doi.org/10.64898/202...
Schematic illustration of variation in selection predominantly determined by (a) spatial effects, (b) temporal effects or (c) spatio-temporal effectsAnnual variation in natural selection on two reproductive traits (egg laying date and clutch size) between 1980-2024 in blue and great tits in 8 sub-populations of Wytham Woods, OxfordshireScatter plots - with associated correlation coefficients - for annual estimates of natural selection on reproductive traits in blue and great tits. Relationships are moderately to strongly correlated across years, suggesting that there are common drivers of variation in selection in both species
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Jocelyn Poissant @jocelynpoissant.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI is threatening science jobs. Which ones are most at risk?
Data-analysis and modelling positions are already becoming obsolete, but hands-on experimentalists can breathe easy for now.
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Nicolas Bierne @couplingdmi.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Un poste MCF en génomique évolutive / écologie moléculaire à ECOBIOP - Université de Pau #PopGen 👇 urlr.me/rVQmN6
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