Peter Beerli

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days “I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Cocha

Thanks Jeremy for dinner recommendations, we went to www.cochabr.com tonight , exceptional dining, #ssb2026

Assistant Professor, Evolutionary Genetics - Tallahassee, Florida job with FSU Biological Science | 675930 The Dept. of Biological Science at FSU invites applicants for a tenure-track Asst. Prof. in the broadly defined area of Evolutionary Genetics.

FSU Biology is searching for an assistant professor in evolutionary genetics: jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/675930/a...

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

It is not a political statement to note the fact that science enhances our well being, expands our knowledge of the world, and drives economic growth 🧪

And if you can’t make it on the workshop day to come chat with NSF officers, join us for coffee on Tuesday, June 24 at #evol2025

No registration, just grab a coffee and come on by

The promise of composite likelihood for species-level phylogenomic inference Abstract. Species-level phylogenetic inference under the multispecies coalescent model remains challenging in the typical infe- rence frameworks (e.g., the

Ever wondered how the tree of life is pieced together? Species-level phylogenetic inference remains challenging, but here @sungsik.bsky.social & co have developed a composite likelihood framework that handles SNP & multilocus data, improving species tree estimation!
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

Yesterday was Bayes Day at #MOLE2025!

Paul Lewis kicked things off with Bayes' Theorem, Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), and many related topics.

Afternoon and evening devoted to gene-tree inference (me) and divergence-time estimation (@trayc7.bsky.social‬) using graphical models and RevBayes.

The new leadership cancelled planned events for NSF’s 75th anniversary and tried to prevent staff from even taking a group photo to celebrate the landmark. These are the faces of the hardworking employees they’ve been treating as disposable.

NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️

What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.

NSF employees brace for major restructuring Although paused by a court order, reorganization plan creates concern about the agency’s future

“The entire landscape of American science, research, and engineering are under heavy attack,” the employee says. “It’s really critical that we all speak against it and be unified in our opposition.”

Estimating Genome-wide Phylogenies Using Probabilistic Topic Modeling Abstract. Methods for rapidly inferring the evolutionary history of species or populations with, genome-wide data are progressing, but computational constr

Some of you may be interested in this: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

Today marks the beginning of OpenRxiv, which replaces bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world's largest preprint platform for life and medical science
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
@openrxiv.bsky.social

Today is the 100th bday of Margaret Dayhoff! She is the mother of bioinformatics. In her honor, some are celebrating it as Bioinformatics Day or Bioinformaticians' Day.
H/T to Farzana!
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Happy bioinformatics day to all!

Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

Please repost this government led survey to get this into every fired government employees hands! 🧪 democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

They could spend their energy to make DC the 51st

Public Statement on Recent Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives On 10 February 2025, the ASIH Executive Committee voted in support of the following statement: 11 February 2025 The Executive Board of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) is concerned about recent turmoil at the United States federal governmental agencies established to promote the advancement of science. Many of our members are supported by federal funds in their scientific pursuits, and this funding is paramount for better understanding the diversity of our natural world. Inquiries into amphibians, reptiles, and fishes have resulted in major breakthroughs in the medical industry, serve as models for our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes, and have even been used to better prepare our armed forces for international conflicts. Federal funding has supported many of these endeavors. While we understand that funding models change over time, we adamantly condemn any model that does not incorporate cooperation between politicians and the greater scientific community. We also condemn any model that does not fairly provide funds to scientific investigators through peer review by experts in the scientific community. The suggested changes in governmental funding practices centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have resulted in confusion amongst members of ASIH, and the greater scientific community. The Executive Board of ASIH fully supports the idea that diversity and inclusivity of the scientific community leads to greater discoveries in ichthyological and herpetological research and ultimately strengthens us as a community of scholars. Similar to DEI initiatives at ASIH, these initiatives at the federal level are designed to foster and protect diversity in STEM education and research. We want to reaffirm our mission and commitment to all of you: ASIH condemns the recent attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion initia…

Public Statement on Recent Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

Sincerely,
the Executive Board of the ASIH (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) #TeamFish #TeamHerps #ASIH

www.asih.org/2025-asih-ex...

Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.

Just got confirmation from NSF that all review panel meetings scheduled for this week are canceled and will be rescheduled. Story coming.

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

There is one week to apply for the 2025 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA!

More info here: molevolworkshop.github.io

Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Application deadline: Jan. 29th

Workshop dates: May 22nd - June 1st

This is my favored workshop -- look it up!

Time is fleeting -- a single sheet of paper cut with scissors

Are there www.societyofanimalartists.com members on Bluesky? #animal #art #papercutting

Several state's poster insect is the "exotic" honey bee, depressing that they cannot elect a local insect.

ecoevojobs.net 2024-25

📣 📣 📣 Still lots of TT jobs being advertised: The 2024-2025 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...

For many jobs a two week notice/fire and hire is common, but certainly too short; but is 6 month vetting really needed? {rhetorical question, answer is no!}.2/2

This whole early pressure of having all papers for admittance of phd students in December is nuts. Why do institutions think they need more time for that than hiring their assistant professors? 1/2

Bill to define pi=4 The Indiana Pi Bill, formally known as Indiana Bill No. 246, was an infamous legislative attempt to redefine the mathematical constant π (pi) in 1897. Dr....

It seems they try to top the indiana pi=4 bill: www.perplexity.ai/search/bill-...