Dr. Wen-Juan Ma | 马文娟

🚀 Exciting PhD opening! Join an amazing team led by top-notch supervisors and dive into cutting‑edge research on #Daphnia evolution & melanization.

🌟 Apply by 31 July, don’t miss out! 👇

#PhDOpportunity #Adaptation #Genomics

📢 One week left to apply, by July 15!

We are hiring a PhD and teaching assistant in the Biology Department @vubrussel.bsky.social! Dutch proficiency is required. Topics on #FrogSexChromosomes #SexDetermination #Speciation🌎🐸🧬

Apply here: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-D...

@academic-chatter.bsky.social

The third Keynote speech of #SMBE2025 will be given by Molly Przeworski (@mollyprz.bsky.social), Professor of Biological Sciences and of Systems Biology at Columbia University.

"Why do human germline mutation rates depend on sex and age?"

2025.07.22 | 09h00

🐸🧬Lab new preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social👇

Gene duplication, translocation & molecular evolution of Dmrt1 and related sex-determining genes in anurans
➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Dive into #MasterSexDetermining genes evolution & sex chr. turnover in 🐸✨

Comments welcome!

#SexChromosomes

Very looking forward to this @official-smbe.bsky.social
symposium #EverythingAboutSexChromosomeEvolution #SexDetermination🧬👇

🚨Fully-funded #PhD opportunity in #EvoBio at
@vubrussel.bsky.social

🧬 Genetics, evolution of frog #SexChromosomes across Eurasia & the Caribbean
🌍 Fieldwork + teaching in 🇧🇪
📢 Dutch fluency required

Apply👉: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-D...

ERC-lab: www.wmalab.com

#PhDposition @phdvoice.bsky.social

Repeated loss of function at HD mating-type genes and of recombination in anther-smut fungi - Nature Communications Basidiomycete fungi typically have two mating-type loci located on different chromosomes. Here, Lucotte et al. report the convergent loss-of-function of mating-type genes across several species of phy...

New paper is out in @natcomms.nature.com. I had only a tiny role, but still thrilled to be part of the ride. Huge kudos to E.A. Lucotte, @tatianagiraud.bsky.social & team for leading this great work 🧬🍄🎉

Check it out 👉
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#SexChromosome #Genomics @academic-chatter.bsky.social

🙏Thank you, @eseb.bsky.social, for the prompt support for delegates with children under 3👶! It's a huge relief for scientists in similar situations who are juggling conference participation and family responsibilities with little ones

@academic-chatter.bsky.social #academics #ESEB2025 #Barcelona

Come join us for a great lineup of speakers and diverse topics on #Sexchromosome, #Sexdetermination, #evolution! 👇
Virtual participation is possible 👉
smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index...

@official-smbe.bsky.social #smbe2025 @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Thanks so much for these thoughtful suggestions! We really appreciate them and look forward to exploring the optimal solutions to make our time at @eseb2025.bsky.social both scientifically fulfilling and family-enjoyable.

Dear @eseb2025.bsky.social, as a dual-career couple with a 3 yo and 1 yo, we’d love to attend @eseb.bsky.social in #Barcelona! On-site care is only for ≥3 yo (300 €) & private care is €20/hr, hard to manage it. Any support or suggestions for childcare for under‑3yo? 💙👶

#ESEB2025 #Academiclife

Lab's new paper is out @jevbio.bsky.social 👇

#Dmrt1 #SexDetermination #Gonadalsexdifferentiation

🚨Our lab is hiring @VUBrussel!
6-year funded PhD assistant position – combine #research on evolution of sex in frogs 🌍🧬 + #teaching in microbiology/dev bio.
Fluent Dutch req.
Start: 1/Oct/2025

More info👇
www.wmalab.com/Join%20us/

Please RT
#phdvoice #AcademicChatter #evolution

#editorbio @wenjuanma84.bsky.social

Our #societyjournal is built on the work of our dedicated Editorial Board. Over the next few weeks, in no particular order, we will introduce all of them to you on Bluesky

Firstly, please join us in welcoming @patrickrohner.bsky.social who joined us this year:

Recent neo-X and Y sex chromosomes in an ant cricket Abstract. In eukaryotes with separate sexes, sex determination often involves sex chromosomes that have diverged as a consequence of recombination suppress

M. myrmecophilus displays a neo-XY system which stemmed from an X- autosome fusion and includes two strata with varying degrees of Y degeneration. Ant crickets thus represent a promising new model for studying the early stages of sex chromosome evolution.

Mérel et al:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Introducing our new Commissioning Editor @richmeisel.bsky.social - please join us in welcoming him to Team JEB!

Please do reach out to us if you are thinking about submitting a Review or would like to propose a Special Issue. Find out more here: jevbio.net/information/

Thank you for the invitation, so many very interesting projects, and all the inspiring discussions 😃🧬📊📈

#popgene #seminar #evolutionarybiology

🗓️ till 30/01/2025 👇
One more week to submit an abstract for #smbe2025 @OfficialSMBE

See you in Beijing this summer 🧬☺️
smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index...

#sexchromosome #sexdetermination @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Join us this summer in #Beijing for #SMBE2025! 🌏👉

@zhouqi1982.bsky.social and I are thrilled to have Tatiana Giraud as the invited speaker! We welcome abstracts on #Evolution of #SexChromosomes, #SexDetermination.

A great opportunity to discuss your research! @official-smbe.bsky.social 🧬🐸🐟🦎🐭🪲🦋🐞🌱🍄

Hello, Bluesky🦋 I am an #evolutionarybiologist & immigrant, moving across the global for science 🇨🇳🇳🇱🇨🇭🇬🇷🇳🇱🇺🇸, now settled in🇧🇪

Excited to connect with the community here! If you’re into #Evolution, #Ecology, #Genomics, or the #AcademicLife, follow along 🌍

Find me on Twitter/X too: @WenJuanMa84