Emanuel Fronhofer

Continued support for blue-sky research is essential to fuel the breakthroughs of tomorrow. Carola Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute

It took decades for the work of Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi—the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology—to have clinical relevance. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Experimental Evolution of the Thermal Performance Curve https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.23.677994v1

YouTube video by Fishers Fishes Jhelam Deshpande - Ecology, Evolution and Networks

I was recently invited by a cool student initiative from IISER in India @fishersfishes.bsky.social (fishersfishes.github.io) to talk about networks. I conveyed to undergraduates my ideas for how ecology, evolution and their interplay should be understood in light of biological system properties.

Do you want to study #Quantitative #Ecology & #Evolution? Are you interested in a research-oriented #MSc program? Apply & join us at @umontpellier.bsky.social in the #IDIL program. #Fellowships available for #international #students

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

From proteins to species ranges: a framework for understanding thermal adaptation during range expansions Species distributions are governed by both ecological and evolutionary processes. Traditionally, ecological factors have been the primary focus of species distribution studies, but recent work emphasi...

Excited to share our new preprint!
Molecular processes of thermal adaptation shape how fast species expand their ranges:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.09.675142
#ecology #evolution #climatechange #preprint #Theory #Modeling

🌡️ Rares voire rarissimes en France au XXe siècle, les températures dépassant localement les 40 degrés sont devenues fréquentes depuis l’an 2000. Voici une carte animée localisant chaque année où les stations de Météo-France ont relevé ou dépassé 40 degrés (données au 17 août).

Dispersal evolution can only rescue a limited set of species from climate change | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Anthropogenic climate change threatens biodiversity on Earth. In response, species can adapt evolutionarily to changing environments or shift their ranges via dispersal. However, dispersal itself can evolve on ecological timescales. We explore ...

New paper from the group by Peter Kamal et al: #Dispersal #evolution can only rescue a limited set of species from #climate #change. In ProcB doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

New preprint about open science in eco-evo!
We sampled 110 journals, 550 articles, and assessed whether data and code are accessible: (1/5)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

#ScientificPublishing #OpenScience #ecology #conservation #EvolutionaryBiology #paleobio #systematics #archeology

Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt

"The myth of meritocracy in science collapses under the financial sacrifices expected at every career stage. From unpaid internships and self-funded conferences to underpaid positions, these hidden costs disproportionately exclude those without generational wealth, compounded by race and gender."

@cnrsecologie.bsky.social regrette profondément l'adoption de cette loi à la vision court-termiste & ses conséquences graves sur l’environnement, qui méprise santé & bien-être de la population & le rôle des espèces sauvages dans la prod. agricole. La communauté scientifique n'a pas été entendue.

Excited to advertise a shared PhD position at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Mondsee (Austria) with @markusmoest.bsky.social on the genetic basis, plasticity and evolution of melanization in Daphnia from alpine lakes. Apply here: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by J.N. Deshpande et al.

Read our study to learn more about spatial networks and evo-evolutionary feedbacks in host-parasite systems.
@efronhofer.bsky.social

Group of prisoners of Auschwitz burning corpses of people murdered in gas chambers in burning pits. Smoke is visible above the pile.

Group of prisoners of Auschwitz burning corpses of people murdered in gas chambers in burning pits. Smoke is visible above the pile.

The two pictures are 11 years apart.

On 10 May 1933 the Nazi party staged ideological spectacle of burning of 'un-German’ books.

2nd image: Auschwitz II-Birkenau, burning pits outside gas chamber V, 1944.

#Auschwitz warns us of where ideologies of hatred can lead to.

Straight up racism and misogyny.

Let us never forget, their issue with DEI WAS NEVER ABOUT MERIT.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras

Glad that the first thing that I share on here is our (@efronhofer.bsky.social , Vasilis Dakos and Oliver Kaltz) work from my PhD thesis at @isemevol.bsky.social on host parasite eco-evolution in spatial networks out now in Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Université de Montpellier : semaine de lutte contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme Dans le cadre de la semaine de lutte contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme, l'Université de Montpellier propose trois rendez-vous ouverts au public.

du 24 au 28 mars 📅 Semaine de lutte contre le #racisme et l' #antisémitisme à l'UM
Dans le cadre de la semaine de lutte contre le racisme et l’antisémitisme, l'Université de Montpellier propose 3 rendez-vous ouverts au public : ⤵️
actu.fr/occitanie/mo...

YouTube video by FemmesetSciences Portraits de femmes scientifiques

Today is International Women's Day 👭🧪🔭. With this video we hope to motivate girls to engage in scientific careers, please circulate/ Cette vidéo en français/anglais a vocation à être diffusée dans les classes 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKlT...
#InternationalWomensDay2025 #JourneeDesDroitsDesFemmes

#Communiqué 🗞️ Le CNRS exprime sa solidarité avec les scientifiques exerçant aux États-Unis, où la liberté académique est aujourd'hui mise à l’épreuve.

👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...

Webinaire Coopération Internationale CNRS - Accueil FR - PremC

#8mars À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes, participez au webinaire organisé par la MPDF le 7 mars sur la place des femmes dans la coopération scientifique internationale. 🌍👩‍🔬
📅 Inscrivez-vous pour plus d'infos : premc.org/fr/coop-inte...

Applications for our MSc in Quantitative Ecology & Evolution still open. With scholarships for international students!

Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🌿 We're hiring! The Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group is looking for 2 researchers in ecological modeling or environmental science (conservation/ecology focus).
Join us and make an impact!
Apply now: iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...

Applications open for our MSc in #Quantitative #Ecology & #Evolution @umontpellier.bsky.social

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.

This, from the president of Wesleyan U, is excellent.

“Authoritarians have long known that total control will elude them if they don’t eradicate the autonomous support engendered within civil society by cultural, religious, commercial, and educational institutions.”

slate.com/life/2025/02...