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Liz Mandeville

@lizmandeville.bsky.social
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fish evolutionary biologist, data nerd, outdoor enthusiast, herder of small humans. Associate Prof. Views my own.

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Ben Tumolo @bbtumolo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Are you interested in an MS position and stream ecosystems? My lab (www.benjamintumolo.com) @bionmu.bsky.social is recruiting an MS student to join a collaborative NSF-funded project to study positive species interactions in streams. Apply by Nov 2, 2026 See here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
pretty forest stream
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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Job: Come work with me! Ready to turn your love for lakes into a career? Join the MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams as our new Inland Lakes Shoreline Educator! MS and experience with shoreline protection desired. Location: Upper Peninsula. careers.msu.edu. Search for posting # 1148258.
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Dr. Robin Bond, biogeochemist at a PUI 🧪 @diygeochemist.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Hey #chemsky! My department (NMU Chemistry) is hiring a one-year term position in organic chemistry. If you have any recent grads who might be interested, please contact me for more information! We're not doing an official national search so you might have less competition than normal...
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m excited to share a new paper from my lab, by former PhD student Ben Schultz! It’s a genome paper for the northern redbelly dace, a small freshwater fish with fascinating biology - stay tuned for more cool work enabled by this resource. doi.org/10.1139/gen-...
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The first chromosome-level annotated reference genome for Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly Dace
Hybridization amongst teleost fish species is an ongoing phenomenon with unclear implications Chrosomus eos, the Northern Redbelly Dace, is a species with an especially complex and fascinating history...
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Wes Larson @wes-larsonak.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We're hiring a genetics lab manager position at NOAA in Juneau, Alaska! The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day laboratory operations and contribute to the development of new molecular methods. Salary is $75-145k/yr. Email wes.larson@noaa.gov with questions www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD...
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Biologist (Omics)
This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Vacancies may be available in each listed location. Additional duty lo...
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Mikey’s latest project - a dataset for air quality and environmental hazards. App is new this week - download and try it out!
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Three weeks left to apply to our postdoc position on alpine plant resilience! Us: Three years of funding, an awesome collaborative team, a gorgeous study system, blueberry pie, unionized postdocs. You: A PhD and experience in ancient DNA, paleoecology, and/or plant genetics and genomics.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the stat...
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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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Gideon Bradburd @gbradburd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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recruitment
Multiple positions available: ​ Postdoc PhD students
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Northern Michigan University and my local Negaunee public library are both doing summer reading programs for adults - yay! So here’s a summer books thread. Book 1: Project Hail Mary. Liked it overall but the narrator was occasionally tiresome. #UPSummerReading2026
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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨 Job alert! We're hiring a TT Assistant Professor in the Fisheries Department at UAF @uafairbanks.bsky.social. Broad search for applicants who focus on evolution, ecology, physiology, management, or social science. No visa support availably. Apply by July 1. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor of Fisheries - College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences - Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) invites applications for one or more tenure-track faculty positions (9-month annual support) at the Assistant Pr...
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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Here's to a fishy fourth 🐟
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Still plenty of grading to do, but I am lichen the end of semester
Lichen on a tree stump in front of conifers and a paper birch
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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Want to switch countries for a postdoc? Specifically, are you European, or are you non-European wanting to come to Europe? Now's the time to reach out to potential host labs! (It's very normal to cold-email a PI about potentially hosting -- don't be shy!)
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
So pleased to share that @amanda-meuser.bsky.social 's work is now published in Molecular Ecology! This was a particularly cool study, because it revealed very high rates of hybridization in a system with many closely related species.
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Day 2 of the Blizzard of ‘26: deep snow drifts surround the home. The children are hopped up on sugar and have found a harmonica and a lightsaber. Worse, we’re all out of margarita supplies!
An exterior door snowed in with over 2 feet of snow
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
This might be the biggest snowstorm I’ve ever seen - and I’ve lived in really snowy places for my entire adult life! We’re hunkered down with our chips, cupcakes, and snow shovels, waiting to see just how much snow we get.
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Mikey Tabak @mikeytabak.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
You might not be using the term "AI" correctly. If you have ever fit a line to data, you’ve built an artificial intelligence model. AI is much broader than chatbots. Read about how AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Large Language Models fit together. #DataScience #GenerativeAI
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Cool research from @bionmu.bsky.social !
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WyoFile @wyofile.com · 10/02/2026
State water officials are asking towns and industry along the North Platte River to assess their water rights and whether they might have to tap into an emergency water bank. For now, those with "junior" rights must shut off their spigots, with little snow and water relief in the forecast.
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Drought-triggered restriction on North Platte River squeezes spigots for Wyoming towns - WyoFile
Though full extent of the water pinch is unknown, the state is asking municipalities to assess potential water service shortfalls.
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Winter is getting real here!
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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!! sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I coped with 2025 by reading and running. I read 52 books, mostly fiction. 34 new to me, 18 comfort rereads. I also ran 1,200 miles, including 2 50km races and a 43 mile fun run along Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks.
Woman in running clothes on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior
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Dan MacGuigan @dmacguig.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Huge congrats to my mentee @pfschwarz.bsky.social on her first first-author paper! Three-way secondary contact and mosaic hybridization in darters. Plus a bonus comparison of ddRAD vs lcWGS. @fishgenomes.bsky.social @tjnear.bsky.social #fish #evolution #genomics doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Map and phylogeny of complex hybrid zone between two darter speciesComparison of Fst estimates from ddRAD vs lcWGS
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
If a “little toy doll(y) that toddles and coos” is on your list, Salmonid Claus is definitely going to deliver on Day 21 of #25DaysofFishmas! We end the northwest leg of our road trip with the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma), a brightly colored fish + this week’s #SundayFishSketch mystery species!
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Dolly Varden trout on December 21
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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
✍️New blog post! Evolution Has No Plan: Why Organisms Don’t Rewrite Their DNA jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/e... The news articles on polar bears that are “rewriting their DNA in response to climate change” triggered me to write this blog post. Evolution has no foresight.
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Evolution Has No Plan: Why Organisms Don’t Rewrite Their DNA
A quick explanation of some common misunderstandings about evolution.
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🎶I’m dreaming of a white(fish)-mas🎶 No need to just dream it! On Day 16 of #25DaysofFishmas, our road trip heads to the high country for the Bonneville Cisco (Prosopium gemmifer), a species of freshwater whitefish found only in Bear Lake on the border of southeast Idaho and northern Utah.
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Bonneville Cisco on December 16
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Are you a sucker for cheesy holiday movies? Well, you’re in good company! Day 17 of #25DaysofFishmas brings us the Largescale Sucker (Catostomus macrocheilus), a fish whose distinctive feeding habits and even scientific name - which means “large lips” - makes it perfect for mistletoe lovers 😘
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Largescale Sucker on December 17
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Can professors enroll? Asking for a friend. Yes, that friend is me!
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Tom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
New from #NearLab The role of ecology in allopatric speciation of darters in the Central Highlands, USA shorturl.at/YEmxH
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The beautiful shiner is a small fish (<3.5 in/9 cm) that's part of the Leuciscidae family (shiners, daces, minnows) and the Cyprinella genus - also known as sailfin shiners. Like many other Cyprinella species, male beautiful shiners are known for their vibrant breeding colors #25DaysofFishmas
A beautiful shiner wearing a Santa hat; the text says December 13
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Joel Corush @jcorush.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026. Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes? Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research. #hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
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Corush Lab
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Mountain mullet is part of the Mugilidae family (grey mullets), a group whose members are mostly found in marine coastal waters worldwide. The mountain mullet goes against the flow (literally!) of its family by migrating far inland and spending most of its adult life in freshwater #25DaysofFishmas
A Mountain Mullet wearing a Santa hat; the text says Decemebr 6
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Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Madtoms are kind of the Tiny Tim of the catfish family. #25DaysofFishmas
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Suwannee bass is one of the smaller members of the black bass genus (Micropterus) typically growing only ~8 in/21 cm long - though females grow faster + reach larger sizes than males. Mature fish often have turquoise blue coloration on the cheeks/belly that's brighter when breeding #25DaysofFishmas
A Suwannee bass wearing a Santa hat; the text says December 4
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Like the 7 other living species of gars, Florida gar have unmistakable long slender bodies, beak-like jaws, and interlocking diamond-shaped scales. They’re one of the smaller gars, often ~2 ft (0.6 m) long - compare that to the alligator gar which can grow to nearly 10 ft (3 m)! #25DaysofFishmas
A Florida gar wearing a Santa hat; the text says December 3
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Rudolph, the red-eared reindeer! 🦌 With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with redear sunfish on Day 2
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The Christmas darter is one of ~200 species of darters (fish in a group called Etheostomatinae) that are all native to North America + mostly found east of the Rocky Mountains. Christmas darters are Tiny Tims, typically only growing <2 in (5 cm) long #25DaysofFishmas
A Christmas darter wearing a Santa hat for Day 1 of #25DaysofFishmas
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶 There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with the Christmas darter on Day 1
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.
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Mandeville Lab
Fish are so delightfully weird. We study the evolutionary genetics and ecology of freshwater fishes, plus a few more things, at Northern Michigan University
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Eryn McFarlane @erynmcfarlane.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Amanda Sabatino, @jpjahner.bsky.social and I have a new paper on @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social. Amanda, in her undergraduate thesis work, found variation in Colias colour phenotypes is associated with different metrics of urbanization in Toronto. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Anthropogenic factors explain wing colour variation in Colias (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) butterflies across the Toronto urbanization gradient
Hybridization, or interbreeding between two previously diverged populations, is increasing due to human influences on the environment. Rates of hybridization might be increasing particularly quickly a...
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ntherk.bsky.social @ntherk.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
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Join Us
The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
It begins!
One kid pulls another kid through a snowy forest on a sled
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Marquette being gorgeous. Good job @lakesuperior.bsky.social too
Photo of rainbow ending over lighthouse on Lake Superior
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Capturing plankton for teaching on a crisp fall morning. Chilly, but beautiful!
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Some days, this is my job. Scouting for a field lab.
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My car cloned itself while I was at work! But I’m confused as an evolutionary biologist bc I thought only hybrids did that, and it’s electric! Is my car a plant? Was it parthenogenesis, gynogenesis, or kleptogenesis? Mysteries abound!
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Anne-Marie Dion-Côté @amdioncote.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Peer review ✍️, when done properly, remains an excellent mean to improve manuscripts ✔️. Special thanks to two anonymous reviewers that helped us put together this new version! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Accumulation of a biparentally-inherited Neptune transposable element in natural Killifish hybrids (Fundulus diaphanus X F. heteroclitus)
Transposable elements (TEs) are abundant selfish genetic elements that can mobilize in their host genome, causing DNA damage, mutations and chromosome rearrangements. TE silencing is thus critical, an...
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Nicolas Bierne @couplingdmi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Still possible to apply to this #post-doc position at CESAB #Montpellier. Application closing date: September 15th 2025 (12:00 PM CET) How taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS #Biodiversity
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Liz Mandeville @lizmandeville.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Very cool! The more we learn about the biology of sex determination, the more interesting and complicated it gets. (I rescind my previous snarky comments that birds are "simple and boring" in this department.)
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