European Society for Evolutionary Biology

📣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...

Thanks to @eseb.bsky.social for funding our proposal for a Special Topic Network on Polygenic Adaptation. Watch out for workshops/seminars and more activities. The STN runs for several years, so we hope this innitiative can sustain the network of oldies and new members of the polygenic community!

Are you a #PhD student in #EvolutionaryBiology? Don’t miss the opportunity to join this year’s #EMPSEB — a conference organized by PhD students, for PhD students!

🗓️ Submit your abstract before February 1st.
👉 empsebconf.github.io
#EMPSEB31 #conference #EvoBio @eseb.bsky.social

🔔 Reminder
If you’re planning to apply for the ESEB Conference Travel Award 2026 or the Congress Attendance Aid (CAA) Grant from @eseb.bsky.social to attend EMPSEB31, don’t forget:

📄 Abstract submission deadline: 15 January 2026

Apply! And please take note of the guidance we wrote as a committee-- eseb.org/wp-content/u...
We really tried hard to take the mystery out of the evaluation process, and spell out explicitly what we look for in a GHMA proposal.

Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize!

📣Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!📣

Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!! 📣

The next deadline for the #GodfreyHewitt mobility award is 31st January 2026. Open to ECRS in support of research trips or lab visits.

For more information, eligibility and how to apply: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

The Congress Attendance Aid (CAA) Grant is offered by ESEB to promote equal participation, diversity, and accessibility @empseb31.bsky.social June 2025, Oberwiesenthal, Germany

For more information and to apply click here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

our #society journal @jevbio.bsky.social is looking for new editorial board members!

When resources are scarce, do you cooperate… or take the shortcut? 🕷️ Social spiders and insects face that choice every day. 👀
Excited to have Prof. Mariella Herberstein join us at EMPSEB31 to share her work on the complex social lives of arachnids and insects.
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife

🎙️ Announcing our second keynote for EMPSEB31!
Dr. Jonathan Henshaw (University of Freiburg) explores sexual selection, mating systems, parental care, and fertilization strategies using analytical + simulation models.
📅 8–12 June 2026
📍 Oberwiesenthal, Germany
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #Mating

Attention ECRs! Apply now for a Conference Travel Award from @eseb.bsky.social to attend @empseb31.bsky.social OR the upcoming @evolmtg.bsky.social in Cleveland 2026 📣

DEADLINE: 30th January 2026

eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

Open call for both thematic sessions and workshops for the Nordic OIKOS-GfÖ conference next year!
Join us in Denmark from 14-17th September 2026.

#Ecology #NSO2026 #gfoe2026 #Evolution

NEW DEADLINE - Global Evolutionary Biology Initiative 📣

🌍MARCH 1st 2026🌍

GEBI provides financial, organisational & strategic support to foster growth of local evolutionary biology communities in various parts of the world.

eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

Please apply for this, and/or encourage your mentees and peers to do so!

APPLICATIONS welcomed for the ESEB #Outreach Initiative Fund for educational initiatives that promote #evolution, public outreach seminars, public exhibitions, workshops, etc.

Up to €4K available per project.

eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

For a while (many years!) back, @eseb.bsky.social gave us €€€ to form a Special Topic Network. Formally, the network no longer exists, but informally for sure AND we can now pick the fruits of our labours! Here is one and the next post shows another... Thank you ESEB! 🙏

📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!!

The next deadline for the #GodfreyHewitt mobility award is 31st January 2026. Open to ECRS in support of research trips or lab visits.

For more information, eligibility and how to apply: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize! Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!

Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...

Have you recently read about a particular field in depth? Perhaps you have just finished your PhD thesis?

@jevbio.bsky.social is seeking Review Articles!

Find out more about Reviews and Target Reviews at JEB here:

academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/re...

Continent-wide differentiation of fitness traits and patterns of climate adaptation among European populations of Drosophila melanogaster Abstract. A particularly well-studied evolutionary model is the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, a cosmopolitan insect of ancestral southern-central Af

Phenotypic divergence among European populations was assayed in 173 isofemale lines, spearheaded by Esra Durmaz Mitchell and Thomas Flatt, we show that populations differed markedly in multivariate trait structure @evolletters.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evlett/artic... (5/7)

🚨 Reminder!
The deadline to submit for #EvoKE25 is September 25th 🗓️
Don’t miss the chance to be part of this!

👉 More info & dates: evokeproject.org/important-da...

@eseb.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @natecoevo.nature.com @jevbio.bsky.social

✨ Huge thanks to @eseb2025.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for an inspiring week of science in #Barcelona!

Grateful for the chance to connect with old friends and new colleagues: what a community 🌍

Already looking forward to the next #ESEB in 2027! 🙌

#ESEB2025 @academic-chatter.bsky.social

I could not agree more. As Mike Ritchie said in his #ESEB presidential address: learned societies have never been more important than now! @eseb.bsky.social

A special thanks 💗 to @jevbio.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for supporting our attendance and in-person gatherings 🤝, and the Equal Opportunity Initiative @annecharmantier.bsky.social for all their efforts to disseminate and increase #diversity, #inclusivity and #equity in science 🌈

Getting ready for another semester of seminars for the @eseb.bsky.social STN Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation.

First seminar on September 19 internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/

This is a big innovation for #eseb2027 not without it's challenges (time zones, currencies, technical delays...) but with potentially HUGE savings in terms of carbon footprint. So well done @eseb.bsky.social, let's embrace the experiment and make the hub concept a success!

#eseb2025

Mike Ritchie emphasising the huge importance of supporting society journals like JEB in his ESEB presidential address, Barcelona. @eseb.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social

Thank you, Mike Ritchie, for the inspiring and entertaining presidential talk, and for all the work and contribution you have done for the #ESEB society @eseb.bsky.social . We look forward to your leadership in the coming years!

@eseb2025.bsky.social #eseb2025

Perfectly timed to coincide with our Thermal Fertility Limit Special Topic Network meeting we’ve received a further 2 years of funding, thank you @eseb.bsky.social! And great work fellow leads @rhondasnook.bsky.social, @liamdougherty.bsky.social and Claudia Fricke.