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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston

@uh-ecoevo.bsky.social
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We are the division of Ecology and Evolution at the department of Biology and Biochemistry of the University of Houston 🐸🐜🪰🐿🦎🐠🦋🐛🐝🌲💻🍄🔬🧬🧪👩🏻‍🔬🐾

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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in our department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come work with us! careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We're hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology in my department at the university of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social Come be my colleague careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great talk by Daniel Matute from the University of North Carolina at chapel hill on the evolution of flies
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I made it to the "quote of the day" at @uhouston.bsky.social :)
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
UH Associate Professor Martin Nuñez Explores Why Some Trees Grow Much Faster Outside Their Native Ranges 🧪🌐 Thanks for the interview @uhnsm.bsky.social🌟 www.uh.edu/nsm/news-eve...
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UH Associate Professor Martin Nuñez Explores Why Some Trees Grow Much Faster Outside Their Native Ranges
New study published in “Nature” and EU-funded group highlight how non-native pines outgrow native forest ranges.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Go UH ecology and evolution!! Congratulations to Dr. Zufall and Dr. Azevedo! www.uh.edu/news-events/...
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University of Houston Biologists Awarded Nearly $1M NSF Grant to Study How Mutation Rates Evolve
A nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow University of Houston researchers to investigate how mutation rates evolve across species — work that could offer critical ins...
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Must read! 🧪🗺️
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
On the job, counting grasshoppers in the salt marsh. Sapelo Island GA.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
UH scientists Steve and Kalpana at the 2026 DRAGNet workshop. 65 sites to date have implemented the same fertilization and disturbance experiment, and are synthesizing results to see how they differ among sites. Also present, Erika Hersch-Green, fresh off collaborations in Houston with Dr. Crawford.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Dr. Pennings speaking in Okinawa, Japan.
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University of Houston @uh.edu · 04/07/2026
Happy 250th birthday, America! 🇺🇸 Have a wonderful and safe Independence Day, Coogs!
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Dr. Pennings at conference in Okinawa.
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
MMM7 mangrove conference has started in Ishigaki Japan. Steve and Anna Armitage in attendance.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
UH ecological researcher about to give a seminar in Japan. Our work takes us all around the world. Science is an international effort.
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
How dead organisms affect the living. theconversation.com/life-after-d...
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Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
The dead remains of foundation species can boost or deter how well future generations are able to grow and thrive.
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Wonderful review of my book!! “Each year, I buy a book for each of my postgraduates to support their studies, academic development and personal growth. This year, I am buying them A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing by Martin Nuñez” www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2...
Book review on a pocket guide to scientific writing and publishing
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Responses of marsh plants to sea level rise. jecologyblog.com/2026/05/26/a...
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A foundational salt marsh grass exhibits spatial variation in trait responses to sea level rise
Robert Dunn and Steve Pennings, University of Houston, discuss their article: Variable trait responses to rapid sea level rise in a foundational grass across a coastal marsh landscape One strategy …
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New paper from the lab: as sea level rises, marsh plants are getting taller in response. But only at some sites. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Variable trait responses to rapid sea level rise in a foundational grass across a coastal marsh landscape
Substantial spatial variability in salt marsh plant trait responses to changing abiotic conditions emphasizes the value of taking a landscape perspective when investigating trends in plant traits.
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Congratulations to Jennifer Ruiz, second place oral presentation at the regional ecology and evolution symposium in Houston.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Must read paper!! From exclusion to engagement: advancing student success in environmental science By Tony Frankino Here Tony summarized his deep knowledge on the topic from decades on experience. Must read paper!!! www.academia.edu/2997-6006/3/...
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From exclusion to engagement: advancing student success in environmental science
Numerous well-documented contextual and structural barriers exclude undergraduates from some populations, contributing to their status as underrepresented minorities in Science, Technology, Engineerin...
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Finalmente la version en Español!! Guía de Bolsillo para Escribir y Publicar Papers Por favor compartan mybook.to/hacer_public...
tapa del libro "guia de bolsillo sobre escribir y publicar papers"
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Mate workshop tomorrow Organized by @uhsacnas.bsky.social and @martin-nunez.bsky.social!
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I didn’t know that books can have so much impact and that book signing will be so fun:) I had a great time talking about writing and publishing in Germany! www.amazon.com/Pocket-Guide...
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New paper from the extended Pennings lab.
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
se viene, se viene!
Book cover para escribir y publicar papers
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"Humans have become extremely good at moving things, and that sometimes creates big problems" says Martín Nuñez, an invasion biologist at @uhouston.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/wild...
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Wild monkeys invaded Florida. Should people protect them?
A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Wonderful and important paper by Amy Sater! "Inclusive excellence in faculty hiring to advance environmental and sustainability sciences" Must read if you are ever somehow involved in hiring in academia. Believe me. www.academia.edu/2997-6006/3/...
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Inclusive excellence in faculty hiring to advance environmental and sustainability sciences
A broadly representative faculty benefits student learning and the practice of science. In the context of environmental science and sustainability, a more representative and inclusive community of inv...
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
A must-read for anyone involved in academic hiring 🎓 Amy Sater’s latest paper on "Inclusive excellence in faculty hiring" provides a vital roadmap for advancing environmental and sustainability sciences. Don’t miss this: www.academia.edu/2997-6006/3/...
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Hazards of field work in Port Aransas.
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Five years after the freeze killed mangroves in Port Aransas TX, large areas of intertidal remain un-vegetated mudflat.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Pennings lab at UH contributed data from Texas and Georgia to this analysis.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Research from the Pennings lab at UH contributed to this new global analysis of grassland species richness.
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GCE-LTER @gce-lter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research program is accepting applications for paid summer internships. gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/emplo...
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
As a result, @martin-nunez.bsky.social has stepped up from his role as Senior Editor to be appointed as the latest Executive Editor 🌱 We're looking forward to seeing what the year ahead will bring! 💭
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
#TansleyInsight: #Invasive #EctomycorrhizalFungi: belowground insights from South America @nahpo.bsky.social & @martin-nunez.bsky.social 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue @uh.edu
Fig. 1 Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) being introduced together with their plant hosts on Isla Victoria, Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina, in 1936.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
#Genotype × genotype interactions in a plant–microbe #symbiosis 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 👆 A #Commentary by Kerri Crawford & Claudia Franco on this article by Hanley et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience
Fig. 1 Photograph of a salt marsh at Sapelo Island, GA, USA, showing dense stands of Spartina alterniflora.
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Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Have thoughts for a special symposium at the Virtual Evolution meeting (May 20-22, 2026)? The @asn-amnat.bsky.social is looking for proposals! Click here to pitch your idea or find out more: www.amnat.org/announcement... #Evol2026
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Call for Symposium Proposals for Evolution 2026
<p><strong>Due January 15, 2026:</strong> The ASN invites proposals for a special symposium at Evolution 2026! Have an idea? We want to hear it!</p><br/>
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
UH and GCE graduate student Claudia at the CERF conference with her poster about long-term change in salt marsh vegetation.
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
UH and GCE graduate student Eamon Hennessy talking about marsh recovery from disturbance at the CERF conference
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
UH graduate student Jennifer Ruiz presenting at CERF about mangrove mortality and recovery following winter storm Uri in Texas. @jennyruiz.bsky.social @marshdispatch.bsky.social
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Steve talking about marsh plant responses to sea level rise at CERF.
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
UH and GCE graduate student Kalpana presenting about disturbances in salt marshes at the CERF conference in Richmond VA.
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Narda Lucía Pacay-Barrientos @nardapacay.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Your book is exactly what I needed! Thank you very much for dedicating time to share many helpful advices :)
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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🦟 From October 13-15, a broad group of researchers met in Houston (USA) for the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Evolutionary Biochemistry of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides to discuss the evolution, molecular mechanisms, and translational potential of AMPs.
Attendees of the SMBE Satellite Meeting on Evolutionary Biochemistry of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides, in Houston (USA), October 13-15 2025
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Rich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We had a great time at the @official-smbe.bsky.social satellite meeting on Insect Antimicrobial Peptides at @uh.edu Thank you to everyone who attended! bsky.app/profile/offi... @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social @uh.edu @uhnsm.bsky.social
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
With Megan Vahsen and collaborators on Sapelo Island collecting cores. The goal is to resurrect ancient seeds from the cores and see how the plants have evolved over time.
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Kerri Crawford @kerricrawford.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
We were at the beach today, too! But surveying plants, not inverts. We did see a crab.
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Ecology and Evolution at the University of Houston @uh-ecoevo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Great talk by @rominadimarco.bsky.social on butterflies and chemical defenses in our Latin American Ecology class. Thanks!!
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