Tuomas Kankaanpää

I think this very much underpins peoples attitude toward environmentalism and nature more broadly. Environmental and public health questions contain a reminder of mortality, which puts some people off.

New paper in @pnas.org — and this is my favourite one out of my PhD thesis! Field transplants of wall brown butterflies show life history evolution during climate change-driven range expansion, BUT non-evolving winter tolerance still sets the range limit.🧵1/12. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The aim of this proposal is to place population genomic insights into a comparative framework to gain fundamental insights into the determinants of evolutionary outcomes. The project will work within LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium (https://lepeu.github.io/). LepEU provides access to field samples from European populations of diverse species. Chromosome-scale reference genomes are provided by Project Psyche (https://www.projectpsyche.org/). Networking during the postdoc will be facilitated by participation in the 10kLepGenomes COST Action (https://10klepgenomes.eu/). Existing datasets await analysis, while additional samples need DNA extraction and submission for sequencing. Functional validation capability (CRISPR/Cas9 gene manipulations) is also available to test emergent hypotheses of allele-to-phenotype impacts. Personal research interests of the postdoc will be important to determine the exact project, as the project has a generous sequencing budget.

The successful applicant should have a PhD (obtained within 6 years of the application deadline) in a suitable subject area, such as evolutionary biology or population genomics. A strong interest in population genomics, local adaptation, comparative analyses, and experience working with genomic-scale data is essential. The candidate must have a documented publication record demonstrating relevant skills. Experience working with bioinformatic pipelines (e.g., Snakemake), or working with butterflies is welcome but not essential. The net salary is 28,000 SEK/month (~2,430 Euro, not subject to Swedish income tax) and comes directly from the Carl-Trygger Foundation stipend, which is paid out directly to the postdoc. Only PhD candidates acquired outside of the host department can apply. Currently, the lab of Prof. Wheat consists of 3 postdoctoral researchers, while the Dept. of Zoology provides a vibrant and excellent research environment of active, dynamic researchers. Applications should include: i) a succinct description of research interests and experience, detailing your contribution to any relevant publications (max 1 page), ii) why you are the ideal candidate for this position in the lab (max 1 page); iii) a CV including a list of publications, and iv) the name and contact information of two personal references. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of 23 August 2025. The project is planned to start on 1 October, but flexibility in the starting date can be provided for a suitable candidate. Please contact Prof. Wheat for additional information.

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies

2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.

Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.

Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com

Actual gameplay accurate Henry there wearing gauntlets with his sunday attire.

Päivän sompasammalet.

It's the end-permian mass extinction again.

Only useful spines are sharp protrusions on a chitinous exoskeleton.

Israel has sank an US warship in a false flag attack before. Opposing them in a dinghy definitely takes courage.

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Erebidae systematics: past, present, and future—progress in understanding a diverse lepidopteran lineage Abstract. Erebidae, the largest family of Lepidoptera with approximately 25,000 known species globally, forms the major clade of the superfamily Noctuoidea

An amazing review of the current state of knowledge of the systematics and classification of themoth family Erebidae, the most diverse family of Lepidoptera! This is a really necessary compilation of available information. 🥳 🙌

academic.oup.com/isd/article/...

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...

A good discussion on interacting effects changes in seasonality can have on communities.

Illustration depicting a late Cretaceous arctic beach where several species of birds are nesting and several other dinosaurs are around

Bird nesting in the Cretaceous! This is the illustration I did for a new paper by Lauren Wilson and colleagues that is published TODAY in Science

The new paper describes an assemblage of fossils that includes both chicks and adults from multiple species of Late Cretaceous birds!

#paleoart #birds

Read how the geographic distributions of dinosaurs changed through time, from their origins through to their final extinction, in ‘A brief review of non-avian dinosaur biogeography: State of the art and prospectus’: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... | #BiologyLetters #FossilFriday

Humans moving to ancient cities sent bedbug numbers soaring, say scientists The insects had been in decline until people started cramming together in the first large settlements

Genetic analysis of a (small) group of bedbugs showed their history was entwined with the human story, with the blood-sucking parasites spreading & thriving as humans crammed together in large settlements.

🧪🪲🛏️😬

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Justhan oli hankkimassa liki päästöntä kulkupeliä. Kai svanissa on vähintään saildrivepluginhybridi? (tietty ei oikeesti matkusta sillä mihinkään, vaan miehistö hoitaa siirtopurjehdukset ja Tom lentää kohteeseen pariksi päiväksi)

Esimerkiksi normalisoimalla vuodet.

Joo. Tässä yhtenä ajatuksena on, että ennusteet hyödyttäisivät matkailuyrittäjiä. Vähähyttyselliset ajat tietty helppo hyödyntää, mutta jos näyttää pahalta niin silloinkin voi varautua ja parantaa asiakkaiden kokemusta. Tuo mahdollinen karkotusvaikutus pitää varmaan huomioida...

Jos on pakko arvata niin hyttyskesästä tulee etelässä äkkinäinen, lyhyt ja huono, pohjoisessa tavallinen, mutta don't quote me on it. "Poikkeuksellinen hyttyskesä" otsikoita heti väännetty, vaikka tarkoitus oli kertoa, että olemme vasta alottamassa tutkimusta arvailun lopettamiseksi.

#aurorainterreg projektista me #insectsofthenorth julkaistiin tänään lehdistötiedote ja kyllähän hyttyset kiinnostavat. Lähitulevaisuudessa pystymme antamaan täsmällisempiä hyttysennusteita.

Bumble Bee Probability of Occurrence Responds to Interactions Between Local and Landscape Land Use, Climatic Niche Properties and Climate Change We analyse a collation of bumble bee presence and absence data from across the continents of Western Europe and North America, spanning both natural and human-modified habitats. We find that bumble b....

✨Bumble bee probability of occurrence responds to interactions between local and landscape land use, climatic niche properties and climate change🐝New paper out, led by @tnewbold31.bsky.social, & with @jetkerr.bsky.social & Peter Soroye (the result of some fantastic trips across the Atlantic 🇨🇦) 🌎 🧪 🌐

Kyllähän 15 kokemuksella treenaa itsekseenkin ja valmentajia on maailma pullollaan. Mutta uppopallo, siinä olisi hänelle sm-urheilijauraa vielä 40 vuotta edessä.

How much additive mortality is needed to suppress an outbreak?—A neglected question in forest insect pest management Outbreak-prone insects often undergo explosive population growth despite high natural mortality caused by predators, disease, host toxicity and inclement weather. Although contemporary forest pest ma...

Interesting work simulating spruce budworm outbreaks, exploring how different suppression tactics affect additive mortality and how this concept can be implemented in outbreak suppression.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AnnalsAppliedBiology

Yeah, and then it has become basic science literacy to ignore the words an look at the numbers. I'm not sure if it's really necessary to do it this way.

Se hepatiitti E meetvursti auttoi myös.

Sanainnovaatio "naposteluliha" toimi ainakin itselleni. Kuulostaa yhtäaikaa turhalta, epäluonnolliselta, ja siksi fysiologisetikin epäterveelliseltä sekä jossakin määrin härskiltä. Lisäksi leikkeleiden kilohinnalla saa aika paljon kaikenlaista.

The number of studies reporting the occurrence of each deer species, together with the different effects on woody vegetation that were studied. Note that the numbers in this matrix add up to more than the total number of studies (n = 455), as many studies reported more than one deer species present and more than one effect category.

High deer densities are one of the main challenges in temperate forest restoration and management. But not all deer are the same! In this review we consider the evidence for their impacts on woody vegetation ->

There is a real problem, that due to profit incentives (high risk, low financial gain), much of this root cause research is left to the public sector. Yet, they are just cutting such funding.

Same here. Only saw parly, had nightmares for a year. Became an entomologist.

A review and meta‐analysis of host‐plant selection by lepidopteran larvae: no evidence of diet breadth constraints on larval decision‐making Information processing by herbivorous insects can impair the accuracy of decision-making during host-plant selection. Consequently, insects with a narrower diet breadth are expected to be more accura...

Homem-de-Carvalho et al. A review and meta-analysis of host-plant selection by lepidopteran larvae: no evidence of diet breadth constraints on larval decision-making nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...