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STRIVE @strivestn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The STRiVE online seminar series continues! 🧬🦍 🗓️ Wed, Sept 30 | 6 PM CEST (9 AM PDT / 12 PM EDT) 🗣️ Evan Eichler (HHMI, Univ. of Washington) 🔬 "Segmental duplication and the evolution of novel ape genes"

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨Reminder: Genetics Society of AustralAsia (GSA) Student Research Grants deadline is on 5th Oct. 2x sequencing grants🧬🖥️, each valued at ~$15,000 is available for postgraduate students in Australasia that are GSA members. Info available here: genetics.org.au/student-gran...

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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! Parallel selection in the native and invasive range of the Common Starling avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/p... Based on the Molecular Ecology study of Katarina Stuart and her colleagues | #ornithology

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Parallel selection in the native and invasive range of the Common Starling

Recent study highlights the importance of a historical baseline.

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Hui Zhen Tan @huizhentan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New study 🧬 Inbreeding depression is a concern in small populations, and evaluating its genomic proxies is important for #ConservationGenomics. In hihi, genome-wide homozygosity best predicts lifetime reproductive success, compared to genetic load and FROH. Publication: doi.org/10.1111/eva.... 1/3

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Genome‐Wide Homozygosity Predicts Inbreeding Depression in the Hihi/Stitchbird (Notiomystis cincta) Better Than Realised Load

Population declines result in increasingly small populations, which often experience an increase in inbreeding. Inbreeding may be negatively associated with fitness traits like survival and reproduct...

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STRIVE @strivestn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

🌻 Next STRiVE seminar: Loren Rieseberg (UBC) explores SVs, adaptation & speciation—from wild sunflowers to 1000+ species! 🗓️ Apr 29 | 9am PDT / 6pm CEST ✉️ Zoom link via mailing list: groupes.renater.fr/sympa/subscr... ℹ️ Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/about/

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Please join us for the next Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar on Wednesday April 1st (1pm AEST / 3pm NZST). We will hear from Assoc Prof Anna Santure from Waipapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland presenting a seminar titled "Genomic Predictors of Fitness in a Threatened Population".

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Australian BioCommons @ausbiocommons.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Excited to welcome Dr @katarinastuart.bsky.social (Macquarie University) to our next #Genomics Community Meeting 🧬💻️ She’ll present: "A Beginners Guide to Structural Variants in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics." 🗓️ 17 March 2026. All welcome! Agenda & join link: buff.ly/IlrqHv4

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

GSA’s 2026 abstract submission & registration are open! www.gsa2026.com Details: July 5-8, University of Queensland’s St. Lucia campus, Brisbane🌴 Abstracts due April 6, early bird reg closes May 25. Exciting program and plenty of opportunities for everyone to present their exciting work!

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The 2026 Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) Annual Conference, will be held at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus in Brisbane from 5–8 July 2026. This premier meeting offers an excepti...

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Claire Mérot @clairemerot.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We hope this little guide and review of the recent literature on SVs will be useful for the community in #ecology #evolution #genomics #PopGen. Great lead by Kat!!

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Applications are now open for the Genetics Society of AustralAsia’s 2026 awards for achievements in #genetics research & teaching🧬🧑‍🏫🔬. Awards presented at our annual conference. Pls RT! genetics.org.au/awards/ #PhDchat #ECRchat #WomenInScience #STEMoriginal #LGBTSTEM

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Pavel Pipek @pavelpipek.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

A starling with a yellow front (thanks to NZ flax pollen) made it to the blue front of Molecular Ecology journal. This beautiful shot by Dominic Scott advertises a paper, that peeped into history of invasive starlings in NZ (and, spoiler-alert, Australia too). #biologicalinvasions

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Katarina Stuart @katarinastuart.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

New Zealand’s invasive starlings on the cover of Molecular Ecology! 🐦🧬 This collaborative project unpacks the invasion history of starlings in Aotearoa New Zealand, combining population genomics with historical records of human-mediated translocations. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Audald Lloret-Villas @audald.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

💡 Bonus: Open Snakemake pipelines for both simulation and imputation are provided: - github.com/vibaotram/si... - github.com/vibaotram/im... Feel free to test and optimize imputation strategies for your own datasets before committing to large-scale LCS projects.

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GitHub - vibaotram/simulation

Contribute to vibaotram/simulation development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🧬 Upcoming Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar: 📅 30th September Join us for the "Epigenetics in Evolution and Ecology" symposium, featuring three outstanding early career researchers who will share their latest discoveries. 👉 Register now using the poster below!

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Hui Zhen Tan @huizhentan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Genomic imputation can boost dataset quality and benefit research on wild populations. In hihi, we found high #imputation accuracies despite a small reference panel of high-fecundity individuals. Imputation improves downstream #ConservationGenomics analyses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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High Imputation Accuracy Can Be Achieved Using a Small Reference Panel in a Natural Population With Low Genetic Diversity

Genotype imputation, the inference of missing genotypes using a reference set of population haplotypes, is a cost-effective tool for improving the quality and quantity of genetic datasets. Imputation...

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Excellent keynotes this morning from Professor Alexei Drummond and Professor Cris Print on the power of genomics and computational biology in precision medicine and health research. #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Day three of #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025 kicking off with a great plenary session: diving into the world of plants and regulatory genetics with excellent talks by Miloš Tanurdžić and Erika Varkonyi-Gasic.

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

A bit of MAGIC spotted in Kathleen's talk at #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Amazing talks in the Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, and the Human Genetics concurrent sessions today. Emma Carroll, Isabelly de Lima, Graham McCulloh, Amara Shaukat, Kathleen McLay, & some excellent lightning talks! #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Megan Leask closing off the Indigenous Early Career Leaders session with her work designing precision medicine for Māori, by Māori. #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Catherine Collins walking with us through the tāhuhu kōrero in DNA. #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Amazing start to #GSA2025! Amanda Black and Dawn Lewis opened with beautiful, thought-provoking science. Indigenous Early Career Leaders Alana Alexander, Jordon Lima, and Conor Watene O'Sullivan shared wonderful projects and reflections on community and communication. More to come!

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Katarina Stuart @katarinastuart.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New preprint out: "A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Variants in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics: Everything You Wanted to Know" A primer for anyone curious about digging into structural variants within their study system. Huge thank you to my brilliant co-authors! doi.org/10.22541/au....

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A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Variants in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics: Everything You Wanted to Know

1. IntroductionCharacterizing genomic variation is fundamental to address many ecological and evolutionary questions. The ‘evolution’ of DNA sequencing methods over time has enabled the identification...

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Katarina Stuart @katarinastuart.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Excited to share a short blog post I wrote with Greening Australia about the project I’m working on at Applied Biosciences, Macquarie University! 🌱🪴🌿 🧬How plant DNA can shape the future of native seed production: www.greeningaustralia.org.au/how-plant-dn...

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Only one week left to get your abstracts in for GSA 2025! 🐑🍃🐀🦎🌼🐟🥝🦟🦕🌳💻🦉 No matter your flavour of genetics, you'll find it in Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand) on the 7th - 10th of July! Hope to see you all there! www.gsa-2025.com

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia Conference 2025

The Genetics Society of AustralAsia Conference 2025 will be held in Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland 7-10 July 2025. The GSA 2025 Local Organising Committee is excited to welcome you. For general enquiries ...

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

📣GSA 2025 Award winners announced! 📣 All winners will be presenting at 🧬GSA 2025🧬 in Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). 🚩Reminder to submit your abstracts by April 7th and register to hear these amazing researchers present their work!

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

🚨REMINDER Make sure to register for🧬GSA’s 2025 conference🧬! The conference will be held at Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland in Aotearoa - New Zealand 🥝 from 7-10 July 2025. 🚩Abstracts are due in three weeks (7th April) Early bird registration ends 11th May www.gsa-2025.com

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Keynote speakers include Prof Amanda Black 🦠, Prof Alexei Drummond 🌳, Prof Matt Littlejohn 🐄, Prof Cris Print 🩺 and more! The conference will also include an Indigenous Early Career Leaders Session and a Precision Medicine Session. More info here▶️ www.gsa-2025.com/program

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 17/03/2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Abstract submission and registration for🧬GSA’s 2025 conference🧬is now open! The conference will be held at Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland in Aotearoa - New Zealand 🥝 from 7-10 July 2025. 🚩Important dates Abstracts due- April 7 Early bird registration ends- May 11 www.gsa-2025.com

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

🚩REMINDER: Genetics Society of AustralAsia annual awards are currently open - deadline is midnight AEDT on 28th February 2025. 📣 Please consider applying yourself, or nominate or encourage eligible students and colleagues to apply for one of these awards. genetics.org.au/awards/

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Catherine Grueber @cegrueber.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌍🦤🧬 #consgen #PopGen

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Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature

A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🚨 Free one-week in person workshop on SLiM from 24th - 28th March at the University of Auckland. 📉🧬 Hands on tutorials will be lead by experienced SLiM users Dr @williampearman.bsky.social and Anna Clark. Some ECR travel funds available.🎉 Register here 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Hui Zhen Tan @huizhentan.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Recombination has a major role in evolution. Sex-differences in recombination (yes!!) – heterochiasmy – are common but not well understood. Our new paper in @HeredityJournal examines heterochiasmy in the hihi/stitchbird using a high-density linkage map.🧬 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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A high-density linkage map reveals broad- and fine-scale sex differences in recombination in the hihi (stitchbird; Notiomystis cincta) - Heredity

Heredity - A high-density linkage map reveals broad- and fine-scale sex differences in recombination in the hihi (stitchbird; Notiomystis cincta)

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John Whale @jwwhale.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Visiting our West Australian smokebush (Conospermum undulatum) species for some genomic sequencing #conservation #ConservationScience

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