First preprint of the year! New work from @jimmy-ly.bsky.social revealing unexpected roles for 5' UTR length in controlling alternate translational isoforms - important implications for both physiological cell function and rare disease. Small changes -> big impacts.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Evolution of Reproductive Plasticity in a Seasonal Tropical Environment https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.20.700078v1
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Evolution of Reproductive Plasticity in a Seasonal Tropical Environment https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.20.700078v1
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Super proud of PhD student @marcushicks.bsky.social who went to Peru and discovered reproductive diapause in tropical butterflies - see preprint below. He developed a new model system, assembled reference genomes and is now uncovering transcriptomic footprints of diapause. More to come!
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Very excited to share that my first first-author pre-print is out today! Many thanks go out to all of our collaborators, especially those who helped with the fieldwork in Peru - it really wouldn't have been possible without you! π¦
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Very interesting new preprint on detecting genome wide signatures of balancing selection (itβs hard, and we probably miss lots of them) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
17.01.2026 07:43 β
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Hmm, @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social rejected our submission because it contains non-English text? Surely we should be able to include a Spanish language abstract with our mostly English language preprint? π€ Doesn't seem very inclusive...
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trans scientist collective
Trans Scientist Collective Landing Page and Interest From
Shared among some EEB groups, there is a new affinity group for trans scientists: transscientistcollective.carrd.co Please share.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
Postdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now!
#postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Apply - Interfolio
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Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics!
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
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Have you an exciting and transformative idea to improve ecosystem resilience? ARIA @aria-research.bsky.social have seed funding available and NEOF facilities and expertise are able to support this call www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
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π£Deadline approaching - Monday 19th January!
Would you like to support JEB and the evolution community? Our society journal is seeking new editors!
Apply now: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...
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π’ I would be happy to host a 2-year DDLS Postdoc at my group using museum genomics to look at recent adaptation in insect pollinators πππ¦π§¬
If you are interested in this (or have other project ideas) get in touch ASAP!
The application deadline is March 31.
INFO π www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...
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Are you a #PhD student in #EvolutionaryBiology? Donβt miss the opportunity to join this yearβs #EMPSEB β a conference organized by PhD students, for PhD students!
ποΈ Submit your abstract before February 1st.
π empsebconf.github.io
#EMPSEB31 #conference #EvoBio @eseb.bsky.social
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Leafcutter ant holds up a large piece of leaf that says "Call for Scientists."
Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a πcomicπ about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026
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Rare variation in malaria parasites biases population-genetic inference
Understanding how pathogens evolve is fundamental to disease control and is a basic question in evolutionary biology, yet pathogens with complex life cycles violate assumptions of classic evolutionary...
New preprint! and my first single-author paper, so bear with me.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Malaria population genetic studies have found some puzzling patterns: Ne estimates spanning orders of magnitude, genome-wide negative Tajima's D, and over a quarter of genes with ΟN/ΟS >1
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Tips and tricks for writing constructive peer reviews
Peer review has been the cornerstone of scientific inquiry for centuries and is considered the backbone of scientific quality and rigour (Spier, 2002). Des
In my first Editorial as Associate Editor for @conphysjournal.bsky.social, we help combat this lack of training by providing some "tips and tricks" for writing constructive peer reviews, based on our collective experiences as editors for multiple scientific journals.
15.12.2025 12:53 β
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Programme - SMBE 2026 - Copenhagen Denmark
SMBE 2026 Programme Days Hours Minutes Seconds CONFERENCE PROGRAMME This programme overview presents the preliminary conference program, offering a general outline of the planned sessions and activiti...
Join us at #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen this summer!
π΅ With @ergabiodiv.bsky.social & @official-smbe.bsky.social
π£ Symposium 21 | From genomic graphs to evolutionary insights: standardising #pangenomes for population inference
π’ smbe2026.org/programme/
#biodiversity #genomics
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LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem
Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem
Itβs good to see papers start to address LLMs as structural plagiarism β provenance, more hidden than the original words or training data. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Summer school:<br> Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
Information about the annual summer school Evolutionary Biology in Guarda
Join the 2026 Guarda Summer School in Evolutionary Biology, June 13-20, 2026, in Switzerland. Open for master's and early PhD students. Apply by Jan 20, 2026: https://tb.ethz.ch/education/guarda.html. #course #workshop
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10 more days to apply for this postdoc position.
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
βThe goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before.β
Open letter, consider signing ποΈ if you havenβt yet π openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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And here is the working link: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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A photo of the painted beauty butterfly, sitting on a leaf. https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/13221456 Β© Andrew Neild
A reference genome for Batesia hypochlora, the painted beauty from the Amazon - first reference genome for Biblidinae subfamily. Led by Tan Pham, with help from collaborators in Peru, UK, Finland, & Poland.
Here's to many more Neotropical Lepidoptera genomes!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Abstract submission & Award applications for SMBE 2026 are now open!
Abstract submission & Award applications for SMBE 2026 are now open!
Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal.
π Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts
And symposium selection is now finalized!
π See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
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π Please share π I have two open developmental biology/genetics/evo-devo PhD project vacancies for October 2026 start.
1 = π π π¬(embryos!!)
β±οΈπ DEADLINE 15th DEC πβ±οΈ (competition)
sleightlab.com/vacancies/
2 = π¦ͺ π π§¬
β±οΈπ DEADLINE 14th JAN πβ±οΈ(fully funded)
sleightlab.com/phd-vacancy-2/
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