Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Open access in Heredity 👇 doi.org/10.1038/s41437-026-00827-8 030
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Phoxinus phoxinus uses an XX/XY system (males are XY). Phoxinus csikii uses a ZZ/ZW system (females are ZW). Same river, opposite strategies. The mismatch may actually help keep the two species separate: hybrid offspring could suffer from mito-nuclear incompatibilities, reducing their fitness. 130
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 24/02/2026#paperalert #fishes Two closely related minnow ( #Phoxinus ) species share the same rivers — and sometimes even hybridise. But new research shows they've evolved completely different ways of determining sex. 🐟🧬 Lead author PhD student @thetemi.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.socialdoi.orgDifferent sex determination systems in two closely related Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus) species - HeredityHeredity - Different sex determination systems in two closely related Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus) species 1147
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Are 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! 086
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 21/01/2026#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Jan 27, 3PM CET. Listen to Susanne Reier from @nhmwien.bsky.social, talking about #Museomics of Alpine #Whitefish Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 032
Reposted by Madlen StangeWissenschaft im Dialog @w-i-d.de · 07/01/2026Zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt suchen wir eine*n Student*in zur Unterstützung der Kommunikation des Multimedia-Wettbewerbs Fast Forward Science. Die Bewerbungsfrist ist der 20. Januar. Alle Infos in der Stellenausschreibung: wissenschaft-im-dialog.de/documents/51... 032
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 06/01/2026#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Jan 13, 3PM CET and listen to: Sarah Schmid from @usyseth.bsky.social @ele-ethwsl.bsky.social talk about #museomics to improve #eDNA #monitoring of marine fishes! Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 023
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 08/12/2025@debbiemleigh.bsky.social and I are inviting abstracts for our symposium S05 showcasing research at the interface of molecular evolution, population genomics, and biodiversity monitoring. 01211
Reposted by Madlen StangeSarah Lemer @sarah-thesea.bsky.social · 02/12/2025#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Dec 9, 3PM CET and listen to: Mandë Holford from Harvard OEB @harvardoeb.bsky.social talk about connecting nature and humanity through venom! Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. @leibnizlib.bsky.social 012
Reposted by Madlen StangeAntigoni Samourdani @antisamourdani.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Looking for an internship in spring? Do you like fish, lakes, cycling & cheese? Our lab in Kastanienbaum might be the place for you! Apply, it’s great! apply.refline.ch/673277/1301/... 016
Reposted by Madlen StangeTorsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Become our colleague! - 2yr Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past (UU) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social 🧪 Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...uu.se Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past - Uppsala UniversityPostdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University 01916
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 11/11/2025It's not to late to request the link for @kmkocot.bsky.social talk today, on #marine #invertebrate #biodiversity. 8AM CST, 9AM EST, 3PM CET. Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 000
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 04/11/2025#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Nov 11, 3PM CET. Listen to Kevin Kocot @kmkocot.bsky.social from Alabama Museum of Natural History, talking about #Biodiversity & Systematics of Marine Invertebrates Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 042
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 27/10/2025For anyone interested, Dirk Ahrens will talk about the insights gained in this paper tomorrow, Oct 28, 3pm CET on zoom in the @leibnizlib.bsky.social MEEGene seminar. Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 000
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 27/10/2025#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom tomorrow, Oct 28, 3pm CET and listen to Dirk Ahrens from @leibnizlib.bsky.social talking about chafer #beetles with extreme #philopatry and DNA-based #taxonomy. Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 021
Reposted by Madlen StangeHanna Kokko @kokkonut.bsky.social · 17/10/2025🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de 03742
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Lead by Lars Dietz and Dirk Ahrens @leibnizlib.bsky.social , contributed by @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @lpodsiadlowski.bsky.social Jonas Eberle, Sandra Kukowka, Erika Bazzato Oliver Niehuis Christoph Mayer and me 110
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Extreme female philopatry in Pachypus beetles reveals 14 cryptic species! 🧬 Our study shows ancient speciation (5.3mya) despite limited dispersal, linked to the Messinian salinity crisis. Integrative taxonomy uncovers hidden diversity. #Taxonomy #Genetics url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...academic.oup.comCryptic species can be phylogenetically old despite strong sex-biased dispersalAbstract. The impact of strongly differentiated populations on species delimitation due to limited or sex-biased dispersal remains challenging and under-ex 183
Reposted by Madlen StangeChristian Schwägerl @christianschwaegerl.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025Endspurt zum ersten Crowdfunding-Ziel von @riffreporter: 16.125€ von 25.000€, um die Plattform für unabhängigen und sachkundigen #Journalismus zu #Klima, #Natur, #Wissenschaft, #Weltgeschehen und weiteren wichtigen Themenfeldern sicher ins nächste Jahr zu bringen, sind geschafft. Macht gerne mit […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 0511
Reposted by Madlen StangeNature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 14/10/2025In our October issue: Perspective led by Laetitia Navarro (@laenavarro.bsky.social) on historical ecology, which uses various sources of information to study past biodiversity change and human-nature interactions. 🧪🌎 bit.ly/46Qp6Kp Readcube: rdcu.be/eKYfH 0105
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Join @lauratensen.bsky.social's talk on the role of colour #polymorphisms in #evolution and in red leopards, today at 3 PM CEST. To receive login details, please contact meegene@leibniz-lib.de. 000
Reposted by Madlen StangeAnthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Attempted eradication of smallmouth bass promotes rapid evolution. Here's the study that is the focus of the Scientific American article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgEradication efforts catalyze rapid evolution in an invasive predatory fish | PNASSpecies invasions spur costly and labor-intensive control efforts, yet even local eradication is seldom achieved. When control measures are initial... 17037
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 09/10/2025#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom next Tuesday, Oct 14, 3pm CEST and listen to Laura Tensen @lauratensen.bsky.social from @unigreifswald.bsky.social talking about comparative #genomics in red #leopards. Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 043
Reposted by Madlen StangeLaura Bertola @lauradbertola.bsky.social · 27/09/2025African lion conservation requires adaption to regional anthropogenic threats and mitigation capacity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 002
Reposted by Madlen StangeWSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · 24/09/2025🗓️ Today @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich) will present her work on drought sensitivity in European beech at our Seminar Series. Join us to hear more about intraspecific traits, VOCs, and imaging spectroscopy. Everyone is welcome, in-person or online. 062
Reposted by Madlen StangeWSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · 10/09/2025What are the interconnections between livelihoods, biodiversity, and the services that connect the two? Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today. Join us in-person or online! 10 Sep at 11 am CEST biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de... 195
Reposted by Madlen StangeHYCLIMM - Hydrology & Climate Impacts Group @hyclimm.bsky.social · 27/08/2025🤩New paper from our team member @cchartierrescan.bsky.social entitled 'Snow drought propagation and its impacts on streamflow drought in the Alps' published on Environmental Research Letters! Big congrats! Check out more details here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #ClimateChange #Hydrology 084
Reposted by Madlen StangeAkrotelm 🌾 @akrotelm.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Dass man hier handeln könnte, wenn man wollte, zeigt der LK #Potsdam -Mittelmark und der dortige Wasser-& Bodenverband Nuthe-Nieplitz. Dort werden auf Kreistagsinitiative von #CDU & @die-linke.de (!) alte Stauanlagen systematisch saniert, um dem fallenden Grundwasserspiegel entgegenzuwirken. /1/ 27318
Reposted by Madlen StangeLIB @leibnizlib.bsky.social · 28/08/2025#LIBresearch finds high mercury & arsenic in the critically endangered sawback angel shark (*Squatina aculeata*) near the Canary Islands. Contamination in liver & muscle exceeds safety limits, stressing urgent need for conservation monitoring. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... #MarineScience 022
Reposted by Madlen StangeStephen I Wright @stepheniwright.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with @shaky-dingo.bsky.social and colleagues 35290
Reposted by Madlen StangeERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 22/08/2025And that’s a wrap for #ESEB2025 - what an amazing week! It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and meet new ones. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat with us! We look forward to seeing many of you online soon. #ERGA meetings resume in September ☀️ @ebpgenome.bsky.social 1239
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Thanks to everyone who joined my talk the past Tuesday on different sex determination systems in two closely related hybridising minnow species in the Rhine #ESEB2025 #MINNOWS 0111
Reposted by Madlen StangeRob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 20/08/2025The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a pan-European community initiative to coordinate the generation of reference genomes representing European eukaryotic biodiversity @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #eseb2025 12214
Reposted by Madlen StangeLIB @leibnizlib.bsky.social · 30/07/2025#LIBresearch with @mstange.bsky.social, @gymnotus.bsky.social et al. lays foundation for studies on ecology & conservation of tropical aquatic biodiversity: 42 ecological traits for over 6,300 species of Neotropical freshwater fishes in one matrix! 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Biodiversitydoi.orgAn ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes - Scientific DataScientific Data - An ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes 021
Reposted by Madlen StangeCarlos Moffat @carlosmoffat.com · 25/07/2025🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n) 8317227
Reposted by Madlen StangeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/07/20251. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee. + 🧵 www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...monbiot.comThe Hunger GapA gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk. 32889412
Reposted by Madlen StangeMilton Tan @mtanichthys.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Great to see this paper out I contributed to: 1124
Reposted by Madlen StangeWSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The new report on Swiss biotopes of national importance is out! Since 2011 @wslresearch.bsky.social has monitored dry meadows & pastures, fens, raised bogs, floodplains & amphibian breeding areas. The latest data 2017-2023 show both wins & concerns for biodiversity. www.wsl.ch/en/news/mixe...wsl.chMixed results on the development of biotopes of national importanceA new WSL report on particularly valuable habitats shows progress, but also the need for action. 043
Reposted by Madlen StangeInfopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · 20/05/2025"Sorgen bereite (), dass nun auch der #Gletscher auf den Radarmessungen instabil sei. Sprich: Er verschiebt sich nach vorne." (20.5., 15:23 h) "Bereits 1,5 Millionen Kubikmeter Fels sind abgestürzt" (20.5. 15:11 Uhr) «Wir sprechen von einem #Bergsturz, nicht von einem Felssturz» (19.5.25, 16:17 h)aargauerzeitung.chLiveticker: Murgang am Kleinen Nesthorn bedroht das Dorf Blatten im LötschentalEin Murgang am Kleinen Nesthorn bedroht das Dorf Blatten im Walliser Lötschental. Am Montag haben die Behörden die Evakuierung des Gemeindegebiets mit Ausnahme zweier Weiler angeordnet. Die wichtigste... 22812
Reposted by Madlen StangeWorkshops @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
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 01/07/2025www.kmae-journal.org/articles/kma...kmae-journal.orgHuman impacts on the distribution and genetic diversity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Leuciscidae) in the Rhenish Massif | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic EcosystemsKnowledge and management of aquatic ecosystems (formerly Bulletin Français de la Pèche et de la Pisciculture), an international journal on freshwater ecosystem 010
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Rather than a story of recent invasions, Phoxinus in the Sieg is a case of cryptic nativeness—highlighting the importance of historical context and genetic tools in biodiversity assessments. #Phoxinus #FreshwaterEcology #COIbarcoding #Biodiversity #ConservationSciencedoi.org 110
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 01/07/2025🧬Through COI barcoding & stakeholder interviews, we found: ✅ Clade 5b (P. csikii) is native to both the Ahr & the mountainous Sieg ✅ Clade 10 (P. phoxinus) is native to the Sieg's foothills 🚚 Historical introductions brought additional clades (10, 11, 12) via (trout) stocking from other drainages 100
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 01/07/2025#paperalert #PhD @leibnizlib.bsky.social 🔬 Uncovering hidden histories, not hidden invasions! 🐟 Our study revisits the genetic identity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus spp.) in the Rhenish Massif (Western Germany), testing previous assumptions of non-native presence in the Ahr and Sieg rivers.kmae-journal.orgHuman impacts on the distribution and genetic diversity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Leuciscidae) in the Rhenish Massif | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic EcosystemsKnowledge and management of aquatic ecosystems (formerly Bulletin Français de la Pèche et de la Pisciculture), an international journal on freshwater ecosystem 121
Madlen Stange @mstange.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom tomorrow, July 1, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to Duilio Silva from the NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, USA talking about " #Evolution of a mouse #selfishDNA" Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details. 043
Reposted by Madlen StangeGenome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Ryan, @rishidekayne.bsky.social et al. present six new chromosome-level genome assemblies for Poeciliidae, providing a foundation for studies on convergent evolution, repeat content, and demographic history. 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/17/6/evaf111/8169767 #genome #evolutionacademic.oup.comNew Genome Assemblies for Poeciliidae: A Foundation for Adaptation StudiesAbstract. Multiple lineages in the family Poeciliidae have independently adapted to hydrogen-sulfide-rich springs. The independent colonizations of such sp 097
Reposted by Madlen StangeSchweizerischer Nationalfonds - Fonds National Suisse @snf-fns.ch · 23/06/2025📣 Der SNF beteiligt sich an der Ausschreibung «Resilience» des @belmontforum.bsky.social . Forschende in der Schweiz, welche die Förderkriterien des SNF erfüllen, können einen Förderbeitrag beantragen. 🗓 Eingabefrist: 17 Oktober 2025. ➡️ buff.ly/mWvs9ZF 112
Reposted by Madlen Stange Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart @smnstuttgart.bsky.social · 23/06/2025#SavetheDate Tue | June 24th | 4PM | zoom & twitch Research Colloquium From species delimitation to hypothesis testing – a revision of the European black and white russulas Join us via Zoom or on twitch (@naturkundemuseum)! www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/besuch/veran... 031
Reposted by Madlen StangePhysalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 16/06/2025🚨 Last discounted seat available! The final spot at the 60 EUR discounted rate is still open for our Spatial Data Visualisation in R course. Please feel free to share this opportunity with researchers and students from developing countries who may be interested. 👉 forms.gle/VzUEPdrKFQm8...forms.gleReduced-Fee Application – Spatial Data Visualisation in R (June 2025) 012