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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Are you looking for a PhD on the intersection between evolutionary and ecological theory? Join us @univie. Fully funded PhD position in fundamental eco-evolutionary theory, open to international students. Apply by 13.7.2026: ecoevo.owlstown.net/search Reposting appreciated. #evolbio #evoeco #ecology

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Jitka's EcoEvo Lab - Jobs

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I'm hiring a postdoc to lead sedimentary aDNA reconstructions of alpine plant biodiversity as part of a broader project exploring the mechanisms of alpine plant resilience. Come join a collaborative team working in beautiful places! Bonus: postdocs at UMaine are unionized!

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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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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In principle, any species with its range limited by environmental gradients. Humans in the past - possibly; I do not think that currently, genetic drift vs natural selection are particularly relevant for our range limits. In general, the predictions are better suited to species with local gene flow.

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New #ecoevo paper @pnas.org: Evolution of species’ range and niche in changing environments. I show that feedback between evolutionary and population dynamics can create a tipping point where genetic variance erodes, and species’ ranges contract or fragment www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #popgen 🧬🧪 🌎

Drawing shows a group of chimeric species at the center, from which three spirals of diversity loss lead to a single form: a bird, a fish, or a fox. Image credit: Tereza Nekovarova.

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Luke Holman @lukeholman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Lovely article about the impactful and inspirational career of Roger Butlin (now retired). I've always admired how he worked hard at community building and research synthesis, and his research achievements were even more extensive than I realised: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

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A career in pursuit of the origin of species: celebrating Roger Butlin’s contributions to the advancement of knowledge and growth of our scientific community

In 2025, the annual meeting of the Population Genetics Group (PopGroup) returned to Sheffield, U.K., for the third time. The timing could not have been mor

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📣 EvolDir is now managed by @eseb.bsky.social! We are delighted to be taking the reins and express our gratitude to both Brian Golding who began this service to the community in the mid-1980s and to @rdmpage.bsky.social who ran this account until now 👏 You can now find evoldir here: evoldir.net

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Jan Hrcek @janhrcek.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I invite applications for a PhD position. Join our team exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity! Application deadline is 7th May 2026. See lab.hrcek.net

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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨 Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!) Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1093/fems...

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

PhD-position vacancy in Jan Hrcek's lab lab.hrcek.net, Czech Academy of Sciences: Exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity. @erc.europa.eu 🪰 🧬 🌏 🧪Application deadline: January 7th 2026

Ilustration of evolution in ecological communities, feuturing Drosophila

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Population Biology Modeling & Theory (PBMT) is a peer-reviewed journal reporting advances in modeling and theory within population biology. Its scope spans demography, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, population genetics, and phylogenetics. PBMT will be online soon.

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Yannick Wurm @yannickwurm.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Big news: ARIA's Engineering Ecosystem Resilience (EER) opportunity space has begun funding, we're hiring, and we're sharing our (tentative) roadmap.

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Hi! (evolutionary) theoretical ecologists here, particularly concerned with evolution of species' ranges - if you still have space.

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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!

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danielfalush.bsky.social @danielfalush.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Delighted to present our Macrogenetics atlas of prokaryotes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... This is a herculean effort from Chao Yang, which has a previous existence as a preprint first posted in 2018 "why panmictic bacteria are rare?" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Macrogenetic atlas of prokaryotes

Macrogenetics investigates the patterns and predictors of intraspecific genetic variation across diverse taxa, offering a framework to address longstanding evolutionary hypotheses. Here, we present a ...

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

It is worth paying close attention to the new bill "Dangerous Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act" introduced by Senator Roger Marshall. If enacted, it will effectively stop all of virological research, including for vaccines. www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/u... 🧵👇

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

You are right! Incidentally, I am just trying to put together a sentence to at least refer to some of the ENM works which I came across (www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....). I take that ENM work comes from ecology, whereas this comes from evolution: coupling evolutionary genetics with population dynamics.

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Thanks! Looking forward to questions/comments. Submitting at some point next week..

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Preprint finally out! I show that eco-evo feedback can drive a tipping point where genetic drift overwhelms adaptation. This can result in a contraction of a species' range border or range fragmentation. Fragmentation is abrupt and arises readily under rapid temporal change. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

doi.org/10.1101/2025... - comments welcome!

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Cecile Gubry-Rangin @micecoevo.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Excited to share our new study in @ismepublications.bsky.social showing that microbial niche breadth specialisation (being a generalist or a specialist) impacts ecological and evolutionary adaptation following environmental change doi.org/10.1093/isme...

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Niche breadth specialization impacts ecological and evolutionary adaptation following environmental change

Abstract. Ecological theory predicts that organismal distribution and abundance depend on the ability to adapt to environmental change. It also predicts th

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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Opportunity! We are looking for new editors - application deadline is Monday 20th January. Positions available: Associate Editors Handling Editor Commissioning Editor Details here: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

If you have space, I am interested in species cohesion as much as in speciation; particularly in spatially structured environments.

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Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I made a starter pack of speciation researchers. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to be added. I am particularly sad that so far there are not many speciation researchers from the Global South represented. go.bsky.app/J7qDY56

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I work on models of joint evolutionary (population genetic) and ecological (population) dynamics in spatially and temporally variable environments. If it fits, I'd love to be added too.

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The above paper is a classic, well worth a read. Recently, Nick Barton (2024) wrote a detailed overview of the theory of limits to adaptation, focusing on feedback between evolutionary (population genetic) and demographic dynamics, as well as insights from information theory: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

One near-tautology well articulated by Janis Antonovics in The nature of limits to natural selection (1976): "Insufficient genetic variability and the swamping effects of gene flow are inadequate [later: "almost tautological"] explanations of limits to natural selection." doi.org/10.2307/2395...

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The Nature of Limits to Natural Selection on JSTOR

Janis Antonovics, The Nature of Limits to Natural Selection, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 63, No. 2 (1976), pp. 224-247

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Michael Landis @landismj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I'm building a Starter Pack of Early Career Evolutionary Biologists. It's hard to gather usernames using the search tool. Please add your name to this thread if you want to be added!

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Ondrej Mottl 🌿💻📈🌍⏳ @ondrejmottl.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Exciting opportunity! 🌱Join our Lab of Quantitative Ecology at Charles University, Prague! 🇨🇿 Fully funded PhD in Functional Vegetation Paleoecology. 📅Start October 2025 - Apply by January 15 Details: bit.ly/PhD_Function...

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Aww thanks. A nice hike two weeks ago in the Austrian Alps. The pic that you posted is beautiful!

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Philip Leftwich @philipleftwich.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Probably don't have the reach on here yet - BUT: I have a fully-funded four year PhD studentship available - the deadline is soon - November 25th - so please share if you can. And let's connect if you are interested in #genedrive #pestcontrol #evobio biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/new...

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New strategies for pest insect control by population suppression | Doctoral Training Partnership

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

If you see this, please repost with a favourite photo of the sky that you’ve taken recently.

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Ecological modelling: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Ecological forecasting: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

This paper was a long time coming! Exploring the interaction between two convergent lizards who evolved separately on different Caribbean islands and were introduced to south Florida. Read all about how character displacement could play out in real time in the wild! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Observing character displacement from process to pattern in a novel vertebrate community - Nature Communications

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Claudia Bank @cbank.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT): APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩‍💻 APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾‍🔬 More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs Application deadline: 1 March 2025

Panorama view onto the old town of Bern and the alps behind it on a sunny day.

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Billur Bektaş 🍃 @billurbektas.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just created a starter pack for ecological forecasting community! 🦋🍃 Please let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/Qk9PfFw

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I work on species‘ range dynamics in changing environments, atm more from population / evolutionary genetic perspective than an ecosystem one. Is that of interest?

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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

This is great - even better now with the high specificity option! Works fast & better for me to find highly relevant folks. 🙂 [I was a little uneasy with the increasing asymmetries with the number-based one - the high specificity also works as some sort of an equalizer, which is nice.]

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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 12/11/2024

My app for finding 🦋 accounts you may want to follow has had a make-over: it now displays names and bios, and allows adding an "app password" for direct follow buttons in the listing bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

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Bluesky Network Analyzer

Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.

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BioSS @bioss.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

📣Don't miss your chance to apply for these two permanent positions at BioSS! Applications are open until 25th November! #statistics #maths #statsjobs #researchjobs #mathsjobs

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