Sam Bogan

My first co–first author paper with the amazing PoPo @popomicro.bsky.social is now on bioRxiv ! 🧬

We found that Tn7-like transposons - known for finding specific insertion sites before they jump - aren’t just in bacteria. They're in archaea distributed across all major superphyla!

Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...

New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

diagram developed by Environmental Science Associates that displays the typical fill -> breach -> drain -> close cycle of bar-built estuary inlets

For those of us interested in California coastal ecology, the timing of the coming tsunami is particularly interesting. By this time of year, many of California's estuaries are closed off from the ocean by a sandbar that forms in response to decreased inflows and constructive wave energy:

Here are the NSF funding data by state. Click on your state, peruse data, and then click on the Fact Sheet at the top to see annual spending.

Then, please call your congressional reps. NSF money creates stable jobs for people at all career stages. tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN...

Upset about federal funding cuts in the US? Want some ideas of what to do? I wrote a long-ish blog post about it here
ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com
summarizing things I learned meeting with Senate & House aides this week with the @aibsbiology.bsky.social Congressional Visits Day event.

Updates on NSF Priorities

“Awards that are not aligned with NSF's priorities have been terminated, including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation”—National Science Foundation

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

No evidence for Peto’s paradox in terrestrial vertebrates | PNAS Larger, longer-lived species are expected to have a higher cancer prevalence compared to smaller, shorter-lived species owing to the greater number...

Peto's Paradox—that cancer does not increase with body size of mammals—was wrong.
A new, comprehensive study of 263 species documents higher cancer prevalence with increasing body mass. Some large animals (e.g. elephants) have some built-in genetic adaptations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org

Flowers from two species of spiral ginger (Costus). On the left a bee-pollinated species, and on the right a hummingbird-pollinated species.

Convergent floral scent loss following transition to hummingbird pollination in spiral gingers (Costus).
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO)

Looks like the following programs in #NSF BIO have been 'archived':
BRC-BIO - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
BIO-LEAPS - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
PRFB - new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Trauma-informed pedagogy and trauma-informed everything else

Why trauma-informed pedagogy is important, and also that trauma-informed is a thing for collaboration, mentoring, and everything else in this business of ours. 🧪

Special Issue: skúkum tílixam: Uniting to Support Indigenous Contributions to Molecular Ecology: Molecular Ecology Resources: Vol 25, No 2 Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad journal publishing computer programs, statistical & molecular advances & more for studies in evolution, ecology & conservation.

The Molecular Ecology Resources special issue I helped edit is (finally) out!
𝙨𝙠𝙪́𝙠𝙪𝙢 𝙩𝙞́𝙡𝙞𝙭𝙖𝙢: 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
Read More: buff.ly/4j3lkkW

#PAG32 I'd bet that every genome studied at PAG has a least 1 #Transposon, if not thousands! Find us on Sunday for an exciting session on #mobileDNA!

Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize, to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist, nominations due December 1, 2024.

Nominations due soon for the 2025 Dobzhansky Prize! This award recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Submit your nomination now! https://buff.ly/4fNJk9k

Thanks for your patience as we navigated some technical difficulties today! Moving forward, the performance issues you may have noticed should hopefully be resolved.

TL;DR we're so back

You asked for it...

Happy to see the Bluesky community growing!

If you're a fan of long-read sequencing technologies, make sure to follow the official #PacBio account (@pacbio.bsky.social).

There are also a few relevant starter packs to consider:
go.bsky.app/JGkefsJ
go.bsky.app/aKBj4a
go.bsky.app/3oiGMBe

Seems that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ought to consider adding links to @bsky.app posts given the mass transfer of scientists from Twitter to @bsky.app that is taking place.

Weekend tidepool highlights! Black abalone, clown nudibranchs, sea lemon nudibranchs, San Diego nudibranchs, and two spotted octopus

4 armed sea star with distinct border appearing like a square rather than a star

Oral surface of a sea star with only 4 arms rather than 5- Square like rather than star shaped

During my many museum visits-you see some CRAZY stuff! Here's a goniasterid starfish, Ceramaster patagonicus-but with only FOUR ARMS! SEA SQUARE? Ocean RAVIOLI? ha! #echinoday (specimen at California Academy of Sceinces)

Since the #aDNA community is growing here, I’m sharing a new tutorial on ancient DNA, written by marine scientists with diverse backgrounds in #genomics. We share how to integrate best 'omics principles into aDNA research 🧬🧪🦑

Next up: code tutorials for aDNA packages, watch the MarineOmics space!

A dynamic web resource for robust and reproducible genomics in nonmodel species: marineomics.io Genomic methods are becoming increasingly valuable and established in ecological research, particularly in nonmodel species. Supporting their progress and adoption requires investment in resources...

Another shout out to those who keep the MarineOmics site running, especially @snbogan.bsky.social 🧬 The site hosts lots of cool content, including tutorials on population genomics, functional genomics, PCA, RDA, and more! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Common misconceptions of speciation Abstract. Speciation is a complex process that can unfold in many different ways. Speciation researchers sometimes simplify core principles in their writin

My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

Excited to share a new review by Soojin Yi and myself
on the role of DNA methylation in phenotypic plasticity

We take an earnest look at evidence of whether epigenetic variation drives plastic responses to the environment across cells, organisms, and populations

academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Reminder that apps for the Student Research Award from @asn-amnat.bsky.social are due in two weeks (3/15)

My and Soojin Yi's upcoming review evaluating the role of DNA methylation in phenotypic plasticity is featured on Genome Biology and Evolution's Feb issue!

My doodles don't usually find a home outside of slides and cards. I'm thrilled this one is on the cover!!

If you’re at #wsn2023, come see my talk today to learn about how fitness trade offs constrain thermal adaptation!

11:30 at session 4 in spyglass