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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am looking for potential candidates interested in applying for an external postdoctoral fellowship in my lab at Uppsala University. If you want to work on buzz pollination please get in touch. Reach me by email. More about our current work here: plant-evolution.org/wp/

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Torsten Günther @trstngnthr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I am recruiting a PhD student (fully funded, 4yrs) to analyze modern 🧬 and ancient 🦴 genomic data from humans and domestic animals 🐑 Please share, I am happy to chat at #ICP2026 or #SMBE2026 this summer www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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PhD student position in Population Genomics - Uppsala University

PhD student position in Population Genomics , Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University

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Heng Li @lh3lh3.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Minibwa is a hybrid of bwa-mem and minimap2 and the successor of bwa-mem for short-read mapping. ~4X/2.5X as fast as bwa-mem/bwa-mem2 for WGS reads at comparable accuracy. Native support of directional bisulfite-seq. Applicable to long reads. Preprint at arxiv.org/abs/2606.15357

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 14/05/2026

Climate determines the plant characteristics that favor naturalization. In cold or dry regions, successful newcomers must be similar to native plants to survive. In hot and humid regions, distinctiveness makes new plants more competitive. In PNAS: ow.ly/KFgV50YZz28

Hypothetical causal link between climate and the alternative scenarios of Darwin’s “Naturalization Conundrum” in the context of phenology.

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Luane Landau @lulandau.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

1/ New paper out in Nature Communications! We studied the salivary amylase gene, AMY1, in Indigenous Andean populations and found evidence that high AMY1 copy number rapidly increased in frequency, likely through recent positive selection. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Rapid adaptive increase of amylase gene copy number in Indigenous Andeans - Nature Communications

The salivary amylase gene exhibits copy-number variation linked to dietary shifts. Here, the authors describe an adaptive expansion of the amylase gene in Indigenous Andean populations coinciding with...

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Katia Bougiouri @katiabou.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Still time to register and submit an abstract to our next online AaRC conference! #aDNA

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BehavEcolPapers @behavecolpapers.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Exchanging Genes Within a City: Analysis of Pollen Flow Patterns in a Narrow Endemic Plant Species Threatened by Urbanisation Ecol&Evol

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Exchanging Genes Within a City: Analysis of Pollen Flow Patterns in a Narrow Endemic Plant Species Threatened by Urbanisation

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.

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Nicol Rueda @nicolr.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

If you are researcher or student in Latin America apply for our Biodiversity Genomics course in Colombia from 27th-31st July 2026 (10 days left for registration) biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

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Pilar Herrera Egoavil @tikaevolutiva.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The first chapter of my PhD thesis is out: doi.org/10.1111/mec.... !!! This comparative study explores the presence and maintenance of a joint contact zone among three important forest tree species (formed during recolonisation after the LGM). Trees, genetics and evolution, just a perfect combo!

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When South Meets North: A Joint Contact Zone Coinciding With Environmental Gradients in Three Boreal Tree Species

Post-glacial recolonisation of Fennoscandia created secondary contact zones in many species, offering opportunities to study how gene flow and selection contribute to their establishment and maintena....

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 10/04/2026

The competitive #researchfunding system is at breaking point. In our new Perspective, Peter Kolarz from @rorinstitute.bsky.social argues for whole system transformation, as innovations to address ongoing problems will not suffice. 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4mjCi0g

Image shows the title of the article, "The time has come for big changes to improve research funding", and the author, Peter Kolarz.

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María cortazar-chinarro @cortazar-chinarro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A new phD position in my lab about amphibian, infection diseases in a global changing world. Check it out! And spread the word ;)

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We will be telling the story behind the beer and our exciting journey to get it bottled at The Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 13th February. See the invitation to the event here: www.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/event/the...

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The chemistry of yeast – from Patagonia to local beer

Listen to researcher Rike Stelkens talk about the role of yeast in evolution, and enjoy a tasting of locally brewed beer.

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Rike Stelkens @stelkens.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We made a new lager beer! "Indomitus" for wild and untamed. Brewed with a wild yeast strain from Patagonia! This is the result of a super fun collaboration (and lots of hard work) with Francisco Cubillos in Chile (@fcocubillosr.bsky.social) and Andrés Furukawa at the Nils Oscar Brewery in Sweden.

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves! Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳

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loic-yengo.bsky.social @loic-yengo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

First time on Bsky and first big announcement! I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature. Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

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Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes - Nature

WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Ecological stoichiometry and life history theory, not the identity of genomic variants, predict rapid adaptation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Hilde Schneemann @hildeschneemann.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

New paper published together with John Welch on hybrid fitness and how it depends on ploidy and # of distinct ancestries, incl some remarkable fits of data & theory 😶. Keen to hear any thoughts/comments/questions! doi.org/10.1093/gene... Thanks to the team @ Genetics for the smooth experience :)

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Predicting Hybrid Fitness: The Effects of Ploidy and Complex Ancestry

Abstract. Hybridization between divergent populations places alleles in novel genomic contexts. This can inject adaptive variation – which is useful for br

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Schneeberger Lab @labschneeberger.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics! Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf. More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/ Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position

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Career – Schneeberger Lab

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Katerina Guschanski @kguschan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

Faces of different guenon species to show their morphological differences

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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)

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Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University

Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...

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Verena Kutschera @vekutschera.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Happy to see my former @nbis.se advisory program student Zach Nolen's new pipeline PopGLen for analyses of short-read data using genotype-likelihood based methods out! Github: github.com/zjnolen/PopG... Paper: academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

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PopGLen—A Snakemake pipeline for performing population genomic analyses using genotype likelihood-based methods

AbstractSummary. PopGLen is a Snakemake workflow for performing population genomic analyses within a genotype-likelihood framework, integrating steps for r

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 26/09/2025

Many frogs can be either green or brown—two colors that can help them stay hidden depending on their environment. A study explores how evolution can maintain multiple color morphs for millions of years through long-term balancing selection. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Brown and green morphs of Ptychadena robeensis. A locus near FoxD3 is associated with dorsal coloration in Ptychadena robeensis.

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Noah Hensen @noahinstockholm.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Are you a researcher from the Global South working in the Global North? We are looking at whether host institutions’ support systems are truly adequate and culturally relevant — and what changes could make them more inclusive. Globalsouthsurvey.com #GlobalSouthSurvey

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Global South Survey

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Jenn Coughlan @jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I'm so proud of this work!!! It was an incredible amount of effort that started when I was trapped in a greenhouse during the pandemic and is only now seeing the light of day. Kudos to Megan, Hagar, & Pia! We'd love to hear your thoughts! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Introgression and Parental Conflict Underlie Repeated Occurrences of Postzygotic Isolation

Postzygotic reproductive isolation is often thought to accumulate as a byproduct of neutral divergence. Yet, it frequently evolves rapidly, in line with non-neutral evolution. A major driver of intrin...

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UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Several of our reserachers are among the 122 expert signatories in an #op-ed calling for the Swedish goverment to take immidiate action to prevent #genocide in #Gaza: 🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord

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Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena

Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.

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Human Evolution Research Program Uppsala University @humanevouu.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Application deadline in less than a week! Apply to join the Uppsala Human Evolution team!

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Krystyna Nadachowska-Brzyska @krynadachowska.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

And finally formatted :) Complex Genomic Landscape of Inversion Polymorphism in Europe's Most Destructive Forest Pest academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-... photo credit: Gilles San Martin

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Where does pollen go after leaving a flower? Our paper on pollen fates in buzz pollinated flowers is out. Congrats to the three brilliant undergrads that carried out this study from beginning to end! pollinationecology.org/index.php/jp...

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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

⚡️The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre is recruiting a PhD Student in climate change adaptation of forest ecosystems. 🕒 4-year full-time PhD position 📅 Application deadline: 8 October 2025 🔗 www.slu.se/en/about-slu... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #AssistedMigration #ClimateChange

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Jim Leebens-Mack @jleebensmack.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Analyses of a new genomes for garden asparagus and a Mediterranean basin congener reveal independent origins of dioecy and XY sex chromosomes. The work led by Phil Bentz @pbentz.bsky.social finds no overlap in the two Y-linked sex-determination genes - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... .

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Two independent origins of XY sex chromosomes in Asparagus

The relatively young and repeated evolutionary origins of dioecy (separate sexes) in flowering plants enable investigation of molecular dynamics occurring at the earliest stages of sex chromosome evol...

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This Saturday 13 September at 19:00 I’m giving a talk in the Linnaeus orangerie as part of the Culture night events. Stop by if you’re around! I heard there will be music and dance events at the gardens. www.uu.se/en/faculty/s...

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UppTalk at Kulturnatten: What’s the ‘buzz’ about? - Uppsala University

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Simon Baeckens @simonbaeckens.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Extreme climate events can catalyze rapid evolutionary change! in our new Current Biology (@currentbiology.bsky.social) piece, Colin and I argue it’s time to study their evolutionary consequences systematically — beyond opportunistic observations. www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Evolutionary consequences of extreme climate events

Simon Baeckens and Colin Donihue review case studies of rapid evolutionary change in response to extreme climate events and sketch a framework for future studies in the rapidly changing climate of the...

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Maud Tenaillon @maudtenaillon.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

📢 Postdoc Opportunity – Université Paris-Saclay 🌾🧬💻 Reproductive isolation between crops and their wild relatives Candidates with PhD in evolutionary genomics & programming skills. 👉 Full description & how to apply: [moulon.inrae.fr/en] #Postdoc #EvolutionaryGenomics #Speciation

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Germán Hernández-Alonso @germanha.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

New rock dove paper!🕊️ Bit by bit, we are disentangling their evolutionary history and adding evidence to recognise the elusive West African rock doves as a different species *please ignore the little typo in the title, livia should be lowercase @trstngnthr.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove, Columba Livia, Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert

In this study, we tested the hypothesis of the existence of a hybrid zone between two differentiated rock dove lineages, which may contribute significantly to their divergence. By analyzing newly gen...

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Pável Matos @pavelmatosm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

New PhD position: Butterfly Conservation Genomics 🦋 The project focuses on threatened butterflies in Czech dry grasslands and steppes. Deadline: September 12, 2025 More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/

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Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. PhD position (full-time doctoral funding) We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our team. The goal of the project is…

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Vicencio Oostra @climate-adaptation.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Goodbye #eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social see you next time! Perhaps what stuck most was powerful talk on resilience and survival by Palestinian researcher, play director, and ESEB EUEA awardee May Shehady. Let's not forget, let's not look away. 🇵🇸

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Noah Hensen @noahinstockholm.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Last day of #eseb2025! Come join us after the coffee break in room 113-117 to celebrate the JMS and EUEUA award winners and listen to their stories! 🎤 10.30-12.30 in 113-117, Hope to see you there!

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations

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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Two last two things: This paper comes from the thesis project of a super star MSc student @uu.se, Cesc, who put in a tremendous amount of work. By the way, he's looking for a PhD in case anyone is interested... #ProudPI

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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Overall, we urge caution when using eDNA to characterize tropical tree biodiversity. Based on our results, we could be pretty sure the samples came from wet forest of Puerto Rico; a more spatially-restricted inference would be difficult (and note this is with a pretty good local reference library).

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Joshua Hufton @joshuahufton.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Come see me poster '059' today "temperature-dependent DNA methylation in the Swedish sand lizard" 🦎 #ESEB #methylation #epigenetics

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Maddi (Maji) @garate-olaizola.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Happy to present my poster at #ESEB2025 on eastern Baltic cod population (or populations?), preliminary results of one of the chapters from my PhD thesis.

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Bob Muscarella @bobmuscarella.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🚨New paper out in PNAS🚨 Soil eDNA reflects regionally dominant species rather than local composition of tropical tree communities 🧬🌿🌳🌺🧬 We asked about the spatial scale of biodiversity captured by samples of DNA from tropical soils #Luquillo #eDNA. A short 🧵.... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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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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