Reposted by Britta MeyerBarbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 21/05/2026We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions. 4142104
Reposted by Britta MeyerUniversität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · 25/03/2026Was wir von Pinguinen über gesundes Altern lernen können 🐧 Komfort verlängert das Leben – aber nicht unbedingt die gesunden Jahre. Das zeigt eine neue Studie mit Beteiligung der Universität Hamburg (@meyerbritta.bsky.social), die nun in „Nature Communications“ veröffentlicht wurde. Mehr dazu:uhh.deGut ernährte Pinguine leben länger, altern jedoch schneller – ähnlich wie moderne Menschen 072
Reposted by Britta MeyerTobias Lenz @biotobi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Please share: We are hosting the 2026 DZG evolutionary biology graduate meeting at Uni Hamburg on March 25-27: "Interactions and Coevolution: from Molecules to Species". #PhD students, early postdocs and advanced Master students in evolutionary biology are welcome to register! t1p.de/dzg2026evolbio 12117
Reposted by Britta MeyerDiyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I participated in the amazing PopGroup @popgroup2026.bsky.social for the first time in Lille, and it was a great experience to present my work for the first time. Many thanks to everyone who organized and participated. I am already very excited for the next ones! 092
Britta Meyer @meyerbritta.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Love this project from my colleague Jamie at @uni-hamburg.de 🐭 Help map where wild house mice meet across Schleswig-Holstein and be part of real citizen science in action. Check it out 👉 jwinternitz.github.io/mouse-hybrid #CitizenScience #HybridZone #Ecology #DFG #WildMice #OpenScience @dfg.dejwinternitz.github.io 050
Reposted by Britta MeyerJamie Winternitz @jcwinternitz.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Join Our Citizen Science Project! We are mapping the house mouse hybrid zone in Schleswig-Holstein, DE, and you can help. Visit our House Mouse Hybrid Zone Project website to learn more jwinternitz.github.io/mouse-hybrid.... Funded by @dfg.de at @uni-hamburg.de #DFG #musmusculus #wildmice 298
Reposted by Britta MeyerCaro Barisch @carobarisch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Yesterday’s NGMI3 symposium @fzborstel.bsky.social was a real highlight 🎉 Great keynotes, inspiring discussions & a lot of fun! Many thanks to #NDI3, #Nordinfect & Oliver JT who did such a great job👏 @oneyrolles.bsky.social, @maxgg.bsky.social, Susanne Häussler, Silke Meiners & Christian Karsten! 2115
Reposted by Britta MeyerWorkshops @evomics.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Applications are now open for the Workshop on Genomics 2026 (11-24 Jan) in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. For the first time, we are offering Early Bird Registration discounts! 🐣 Do not miss the chance! 🤩 Help us spread the word among friends and colleagues! 🙆🏽♀️ #evomics2026 evomics.org/apply-worksh... 11213
Reposted by Britta MeyerE. Yağmur Erten @yagmurerten.bsky.social · 30/04/2025My knees tell me I’m aging—but do you also wonder what we can learn about aging by looking beyond humans? If you study aging in corals, duckweed, or other "unusual" systems, join us at @eseb2025.bsky.social to talk about aging outside the box! Abstract deadline: 5 May. eseb2025.com/call-for-abs... 01514
Reposted by Britta MeyerThorsten Reusch @thorstenreusch.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June 17492
Reposted by Britta MeyerAdam Phillippy @aphillippy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025A project five years in the making, we've now published complete "T2T" genomes for six additional ape species! It turns out that finishing (and analyzing) six genomes is slightly more work than one... doi.org/10.1038/s415... 515577
Reposted by Britta MeyerJoanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 09/04/2025📢 new paper alert for the primate and genomics nerds. telomere to telomere ape genomes. I led MHC annotations on this work w/ @biotobi.bsky.social and @meyerbritta.bsky.social And hey it’s my first nature paper 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comComplete sequencing of ape genomes - NatureComplete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evol... 04219
Reposted by Britta MeyerOnur Özer @tmrca.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Hello Blue world! I recently migrated from the old Twitter as I got tired of the continuous bombardment of far-right propaganda. I intend to use this account mainly for scientific exchange with a pinch of politics. So, why not start with a summary of our recent paper? doi.org/10.1186/s130...doi.orgAdmixture as a source for HLA variation in Neolithic European farming communities - Genome BiologyBackground The northern European Neolithic is characterized by two major demographic events: immigration of early farmers from Anatolia at 7500 years before present, and their admixture with local wes... 1112
Reposted by Britta MeyerTobias Lenz @biotobi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I just noticed this new header above the website of #MolecularEcologyResources. I'm sure that there are vast numbers of 'healthcare professionals' who will want to read our paper on MHC diversity in sticklebacks (😂), but what about the other few remaining scientsts? Just asking, @wiley.com ... 332
Reposted by Britta MeyerWPSG @wpsg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025At the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics, Joana Meier is kicking off the second week with a talk on Hybridization – very much looking forward to this one! 092
Reposted by Britta MeyerGerman Ornithological Society @dornitholges.bsky.social · 20/01/2025The DOG supports its members with financial grants for #research projects. Current funding opportunities: - 5th Special Call: Ursula Honig Legacy Grant: €15,000 - 1st Research Grant 2025: €7,500 Application deadline: February 1, 2025. For more information, visit: www.do-g.de/forschungsfoerderung 089
Reposted by Britta MeyerAnimal Ecology Uppsala @animecol-uu.bsky.social · 11/12/2024📣 We are recruiting! Please spread the word! We look to hire an associate professor in animal ecology, specializing in evolutionary ecology. Apply by Feb 7 2025. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden! Application page and contact info 🔗👇 #ecology #evolution #job www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...uu.seAssociate Professor in Animal Ecology with specialization in Evolutionary Ecology - Uppsala UniversityAssociate Professor in Animal Ecology with specialization in Evolutionary Ecology , Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University 073120
Reposted by Britta MeyerWorkshops @evomics.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Follow @wpsg.bsky.social to see all updates about our workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics! 🙌🏽🤩 #evomics2025 062
Reposted by Britta MeyerWPSG @wpsg.bsky.social · 20/01/2025And it’s on! The Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics has started in Cesky Krumlov, with 61 participants and - as always - a great international faculty. 076
Reposted by Britta MeyerWPSG @wpsg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Excited to start the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics 2025 in Český Krumlov in just a few days! The WPSG team has started to assemble and prepare. @evomics.bsky.social 0319
Reposted by Britta MeyerMatthias H. Weissensteiner @mweissensteiner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Excited to share my first paper with the Liedvogel lab @genmig.bsky.social at @ifv-whv.bsky.social: Together with @jpartecke.bsky.social from the @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and many others, we looked at the genetics of partial migration in blackbirds onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comCombining Individual‐Based Radio‐Tracking With Whole‐Genome Sequencing Data Reveals Candidate for Genetic Basis of Partial Migration in a SongbirdCombining individual-based radio-tracking and whole-genome sequencing, we investigated the population genetics of a partial migratory songbird, the common blackbird. Using population genetic summary ... 03513
Reposted by Britta MeyerClare Venney @clarevenney.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Are you interested in evolutionary epigenetics? After Evolution 2024 in Montréal, we created an Evolutionary Epigenetics Discord server for all things epigenetics - data analysis, events, job opportunities, etc. Interested? Message me for the link! 😄 395
Reposted by Britta MeyerDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 21/11/2024You don't study speciation? That's okay! Here's why you should come to the Speciation GRC anyway: www.grc.org/speciation-c... Our goal is to bring together people studying adjacent topics: developmental bio, neurobio, behavior, ecology, mating systems, etc, to provide a fresh perspective...grc.org2025 Speciation Conference GRCThe 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Speciation will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot. 1152
Reposted by Britta MeyerPhysalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 19/11/2024📊 We're having a fantastic time diving into the Genomic Data Visualization in R course this week! 🎨✨ Our participants are mastering the art of turning complex genomic data into clear, compelling visuals using R. 🚀 #DataViz #Genomics #Rstats 0164
Reposted by Britta MeyerLove Dalén @lovedalen.bsky.social · 10/10/2024🚨Job alert 🚨 I’m looking for a Postdoc to join us in Stockholm, on a project that aims to use palaeogenomics to investigate cold adaptation in several different Arctic animals! ❄️🧬❄️🧬❄️🧬❄️🧬❄️🧬❄️🧬 Please repost! Full advertisement is here: www.su.se/department-o... 047
Reposted by Britta MeyerJoanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 10/10/2024This week I discussed some of my primate MHC work at SIB Conference for Evolution and Characterization of the Immune System in the Netherlands. The best part was acknowledging all the people and organizations that support this work including @biotobi.bsky.social @meyerbritta.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Britta MeyerCommon Tern Project @commonternproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2024What happens when terns & quail meet life history theory? If that sounds like an intriguing question, have a look at @kokkonut.bsky.social's advert for a 3-yr postdoc position - deadline for application 15/10/2024: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi... 055
Reposted by Britta MeyerMatthias H. Weissensteiner @mweissensteiner.bsky.social · 10/09/2024The newly established Core Facility for Genomics at the University of Oldenburg is looking for a bioinformatician! Please apply / or spread! (3 years + possibility of permanency) uol.de/stellen?stel...uol.deBioinformatician/Computational Biologist (m/w/d), E13 // Universität Oldenburg 056
Reposted by Britta MeyerDr. Mathilde Cordellier @mcordellier.bsky.social · 14/08/2024📣HIRING!📣 I am looking a for a long-term postdoctoral researcher to work in my new lab starting this fall at Rostock University! Official annoucement here jobs.uni-rostock.de/jobposting/0..., please get in touch for more infos - Thankful for forwarding.jobs.uni-rostock.deResearch Assistant (m/f/d) 023
Reposted by Britta MeyerWorkshops @evomics.bsky.social · 06/02/2024The Evomics Workshops made it to BlueSky! Our workshops are design to train academics on how to effectively analyze and manage data generated by modern sequencing technologies! Visit our website to learn more: evomics.org 🧬 🖥️🧪🌍 #AcademicSkyevomics.orgHome - Evolution and Genomics 0178
Reposted by Britta MeyerJoanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 01/08/2024 Excited to be part of this effort with @biotobi.bsky.social and @meyerbritta.bsky.social. Here we led annotation of MHC I/II diploid haplotypes of six ape species. This is a huge advance for primate immunogenomics! I am currently adopting some of this for marmosets www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgComplete sequencing of ape genomesbioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution 273
Reposted by Britta MeyerTobias Lenz @biotobi.bsky.social · 12/02/2024Always wondered how the immune system knows whom to fight? #PhD position in our lab to study evolutionary genetics of adaptive immunity in humans and/or fish. We use comput. and mol. approaches. Topic open, to be matched with student's interest/skills. #MHC #TCR www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan... 199
Reposted by Britta MeyerMarkus Moest @markusmoest.bsky.social · 02/02/2024It is still possible to apply for this 3-yrs Postdoc position! 👇 024
Reposted by Britta MeyerCheyenne Payne @cheyennepayne.bsky.social · 10/01/2024So excited to see this massive project led by @ben-moran.bsky.social on ☠️ hybrid mitonuclear incompatibilities 🧬 in swordtails 🐟🗡️ out in Nature today! Here's the Research Brief we wrote, and see Molly's thread 👇 for all the amazing pieces of this paper | doi.org/10.1038/d415...doi.orgDeadly mismatch between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in swordtail fish hybridsAn analysis of the genomes of hybrids of distinct swordtail fish species uncovered a lethal incompatibility between certain combinations of nuclear and mitochondrial genes that encode subunits of comp... 0144
Reposted by Britta MeyerMolly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 10/01/2024So glad our paper on lethal hybrid incompatibilities is out at Nature today: rdcu.be/dvFcM ! @ben-moran.bsky.social moved mountains for this project: we identified two new incompatibilities in swordtail hybrids , characterize mechanisms of lethality, and their evolutionary history.rdcu.be 48844
Reposted by Britta MeyerPhilipp Engel @pengellab.bsky.social · 08/12/2023Our Department at University of Lausanne is recruiting a tenure-track Assist. Prof. on microbial interactions linked to the nccr-microbiomes.ch Don't miss this opportunity to join a friendly, dynamic department in a city with hard-to-beat quality of life. Apply tinyurl.com/4k2mevax by Jan 31! 🧪 03443
Reposted by Britta MeyerTanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 06/12/2023I like Asher Cutter’s “A primer of molecular population genetics” - an accessible & updated introduction to the subject. Or Graham Coop’s Population and Quantitative Genetics (freely available at github.com/cooplab/popg...) for those slightly more mathematically inclined.github.comGitHub - cooplab/popgen-notes: Population genetics notesPopulation genetics notes. Contribute to cooplab/popgen-notes development by creating an account on GitHub. 153
Reposted by Britta MeyerMadlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 04/12/2023Did you know that the haplotypes of a genome can be very different? You can find out this & more in the first preprint from my group, providing an annotated ref genome for Eurasian minnow, led by PhD students Temitope Oriowo & Ioannis Chrysostomakis biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #fishes #Phoxinusbiorxiv.orgA chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved genome assembly and annotation for the Eurasian minnow (Leuci...bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution 032
Reposted by Britta MeyerElin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · 30/11/2023New paper out in Molecular Ecology! "Molecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild: Common pitfalls, methodological advances and future directions" Was great co-writing this paper with other Mol Ecol microbiome editors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comMolecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild: Common pitfalls, methodological advances and future di...Molecular Ecology is an international journal for research using molecular genetic techniques to address questions in ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation. 1146
Reposted by Britta MeyerHolly Moeller @mixotrophe.bsky.social · 29/11/2023I am *thrilled* to finally announce that our department is hiring an Evolutionary Biologist. We are esp looking genetic/genomic expertise, and those who can help us build a more equitable biology community at UCSB. Please apply by Jan 15! recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02635 #unicornjobrecruit.ap.ucsb.eduAssistant Professor of Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now! 2121164