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Renske Onstein

@renskeonstein.bsky.social
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Senior Scientist at Naturalis Biodiversity Center NL; macroevolution ☄️, macroecology 🌎, botany 🌺, palms 🌴, megafauna 🐘, frugivory 🦧, traits ☘️

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Journal of Systematics and Evolution @journalsysevo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
📛Meet WalDB!🤝 This comprehensive #evolutionary #multiomics #database for the walnut family (Juglandaceae) integrates: ✅ #genome ✅ #transcriptome, and ✅ #population-level variant data sets across the clade. Read the paper here! ⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/jse.... @wileyecology.bsky.social #PlantScience
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WalDB: An evolutionary multi‐omics database for the walnut family (Juglandaceae)
WalDB is a comprehensive multi-omics database for the walnut family (Juglandaceae), integrating genome, transcriptome, and population-level variant data sets across the clade. By applying a unified a...
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Sreetama Bhadra @sreetamabhadra.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📢 New Paper @royalsociety.org Our new study traces palm evolution to uncover how genome size, trait evolution, and allometry have shaped biodiversity @renskeonstein.bsky.social @biggenomes.bsky.social WilliamBaker SidonieBellot Link: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @idiv-research.bsky.social #sDiv
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Yuanshu Pu @yuansoup.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
First PhD paper out!🎉 Dive in here to see how past frugivores and present human pressure jointly shape seed size distributions on Madagascar: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... Huge thanks to Alexander Zizka and my supervisor Renske Onstein @renskeonstein.bsky.social . Excited to keep going on this journey!
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Legacy of the Lost and Pressure of the Present: Malagasy Plant Seeds Retain Megafauna Dispersal Signatures but Downsize Under Human Pressure
Using structural equation models, we show that Malagasy assemblages with higher human pressure have smaller maximum seed sizes, especially through downsizing of extant frugivores. Furthermore, among ...
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Renske Onstein @renskeonstein.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Very proud of @acabral-bio.bsky.social and @yuansoup.bsky.social for defending their PhD theses at Leipzig Uni. Both experts in #frugivory, and #trait-based #ecology and #evolution! @idiv-research.bsky.social
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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The fleshy sarcotesta of Ginkgo biloba smells really nasty. Some biologists suggest that the stench evolved to attract scavenging dinosaurs (or ancient mammals), which dispersed the seeds. 🤷‍♂️ Maybe. If so, that vile smell is the aroma of Jurassic death. 💀 #dispersal #Ginkgoaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a pair of fleshy seeds of ginkgo hanging in the tree, not yet dispersed. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2.
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Renske Onstein @renskeonstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Very proud of @yuansoup.bsky.social on getting this PhD chapter published- a synthesis that started due to travel restrictions from COVID-19 but turned out to be very insightful, highlighting the botanical consequences of defaunation 🦜🦣🥑🥭
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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A new @natcomms.nature.com study led by iDiv alumna @adrianaalzate.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social uncovered that across >26,000 species evolutionary age is positively linked to range size, except in marine mammals. #Biodiversity #Evolution #iDivResearch www.idiv.de/older-specie...
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Older species tend to have large ranges – unless they live on islands
New Nature Communication publications sheds light on how ecological, evolutionary, and geographical processes can simultaneously shape species’ vulnerability to extinction.
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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Ever wonder about what spatial scale of biodiversity #eDNA 🧬 samples capture? We did. So we used data from the 16-ha Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot 🇵🇷 to investigate the spatial scale of soil eDNA samples for tree🌴🌳 diversity. (Please share with #eDNA folks!) www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Martin Bulla @martinbulla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We’re hiring a postdoc (2+ years) in macroecology and macroevolution in my new lab at CZU Prague: www.researchgate.net/job/1021667_...
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POSTDOCTORAL DATA SCIENTIST IN MACROECOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION (2+ YEARS IN PRAGUE) at Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in Prague, CZECHIA
May 12, 2025 | We invite applications for a full-time, two-year data scientist postdoctoralposition (with potential for an extension) spanning large-scale... | NEW JOB
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Interesting for epidemiology as well as macroevolution and biogeography. Rates of species interactions from co-phylogenies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Different scenarios on co-phylogenies.
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Eliot Miller @eliotmiller.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
*** Academic BFD alert *** We just published a new global bird phylogeny. It synthesizes the work of thousands of researchers before us, and it will grow and improve over time. @snacktavish.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Andressa Cabral @acabral-bio.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Ever wondered what explains the amazing fruit diversity in the custard apple family (Annonaceae)? See what we found: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @renskeonstein.bsky.social @hsauquet.bsky.social @ingolfkuehn.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social @tlpcouvreur.bsky.social, and others!
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Joseph Tobias @josephtobias.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Heads-up for fans of trait-based models & trophic interactions! A fresh & fruity paper led superbly by Andressa Cabral & Renske Onstein @naturalis.bsky.social investigates the role of seed-dispersing animals in shaping pantropical plant diversity. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
A conceptual framework figure from Cabral et al. 2025 Seed-dispersing vertebrates and the abiotic environment shapefunctional diversity of the pantropical Annonaceae. New Phytologist
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Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra @caordonezparra.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
In my latest interview for @botany.one, I present you the work of @renskeonstein.bsky.social, a researcher always looking for the "big picture" of plant evolution and biogeography #Botany #PlantScience #SciComm 🧪🌍 Renske's research is something you don't want to miss! botany.one/2025/03/rens...
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Renske Onstein: A Passion for "Big" Plant Questions
Botany One interviews Dr Renske Onstein, a researcher passionate for the evolution of plants and their characteristics on a global scale.
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Using 90-million-year-old pollen fossils and DNA from a vast collection of global herbarium specimens, @benkuhnhaeuser.bsky.social has been able to map the spread of rattan palms across Asia, and understand the drivers that led to their astonishing diversity 🌴🏝️ 👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
A figure from a paper shows a DNA tree of palms in Asia - each part of the tree is colour coded to the area of Asia that those families are found. There are also pictures of two species of large palm, and pollen fossils both ancient and modern
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Renske Onstein @renskeonstein.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It’s been a while since I shared some updates, but here we go! New place, new grant, and successful PhD defenses. Check out my (forgotten and lost) blog at onsteinison.wordpress.com
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center @naturalis.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Zet hem alvast in je agenda: over een maand is het weer Schelpenteldag. Op 20 Nederlandse stranden (meer dan ooit!) kun je strandschelpen verzamelen en op naam laten brengen bij de Schelpdesk. Leuk, leerzaam, en je helpt de wetenschap. www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu...
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Nature Today | Landelijke Schelpenteldag: 22 maart
Kom ook dit jaar naar het strand voor de landelijke Schelpenteldag. Weten wat je ziet op het strand maakt elk volgend bezoekje leuker! Je helpt ook wetenschappers om in kaart te brengen hoe het leven ...
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Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We’re hiring again! Our new Leader Systematic Botany role at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team of 15 scientists working on systematics, phylogenomics, and macroevolution of the Australian flora. iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/leader-s...
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Laura Antao @lauraantao.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy to share we have a new postdoc position in "Biogeography of genetic diversity changes or Macrogenetics" at @utu.fi to work on large-scale patterns of genetic diversity using Lepidoptera= moths and butterflies 🦋🦋 Applications are open until March 10! ats.talentadore.com/apply/tutkij...
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Leon Marshall @lmar.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
🦋Job!🦋 #Postdoc integrating South East Asian butterfly collections with machine learning & ecological modelling!📊 Join us @naturalis.bsky.social Unlock the power of museum collections and drive innovation in biodiversity science🌍🦋 #butterflies #AI #ecology 👉Info: shorturl.at/xCM0t by 3 Mar 2025
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Machine Learning & Butterfly Ecology
Are you looking for a new opportunity to contribute to the science that is needed to understand the state of biodiversity and help develop tools that can be used to inform conservation strategy and po...
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Mario Coiro @lepidodendron.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
if you are looking for a PhD opportunity in paleobiology, check it out here! www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
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Jobs for Scientists | Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
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Anna Dewar @annadewar.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Our review is out in Nature Reviews Genetics! rdcu.be/d5AY2 We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets. These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit. @lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social
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A phylogenetic approach to comparative genomics
Nature Reviews Genetics - Controlling for phylogeny is essential in comparative genomics studies, because species, genomes and genes are not independent data points within statistical tests. The...
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center @naturalis.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Botanicus @renskeonstein.bsky.social onderzoekt de relaties tussen dieren en planten. Ze haalde laatst een grote onderzoekssubsidie binnen voor haar werk aan uitgestorven reuze-dieren.
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Wat als een planteneter verdwijnt? Onderzoek naar de gevolgen
Wat gebeurt er met planten als de dieren die hun zaden verspreiden uitsterven? Naturalis-onderzoeker Renske Onstein heeft een zogeheten VIDI-beurs gekregen om het te gaan onderzoeken.
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