bob week

adorable one year anniversary card from the @schulenburglab.bsky.social group . tysm ! so glad to be here ::))

really neat opportunity to do a phd in stochastics in berlin !! apps due nov 1

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the finalized version is live !

[ in case you prefer oup's formatting over mine ;) + we fixed couple typos below eqn ten :B ]

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In community ecology, this is called the "Appendix XVII of a Peter Abrams paper" effect

Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microbiome #symbiosis

Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...

I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...

Our perspective on Applying Extended Synthesis Frameworks to Understand Host-Microbiome Evolution is now out in Nature EcoEvo !!!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated Traits Abstract. Multicellular organisms host a rich assemblage of associated microorganisms, collectively known as their “microbiomes”. Microbiomes have the capa

Our Quantitative Genetic approach to Modelling Microbiome-Mediated Host Adaptation is now published in Evolution !!!

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YouTube video by doctorodub The Flextrek Whipsnake

me hiking in vienna . wait for the french wedge . really brilliant product line

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happy trails ::))

Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!

hey eseb ppl check out toms talk !

Quantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated Traits Multicellular organisms host a rich assemblage of associated microorganisms, collectively known as their “microbiomes”. Microbiomes have the capacity to influence their hosts’ fitnesses, but the condi...

hai eseb people ! come to my talk introducing the quantitative genetics of microbiome mediated traits :) 2:30-2:45 at S07.02

btw our ppr just got accepted at evolution ! amazing and challenging reviews ::)) revised pre-print here

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

An illustration with populations on the left and mathematical representations of these populations in terms of birth-death processes on the right

Stochastic differential equations for trait frequencies, mean value of a trait, and the variance of a trait in the population

Hey #ESEB2025 folk! I'll be presenting my work on describing evolution in finite populations at 11:30 am on Tuesday in S-03. Drop by to learn how taking ecology and variable population size seriously changes classic pop gen descriptions like the Price eqn, revealing novel directional eco-evo forces.

im not advocating ai slop . this really shouldn't be a concern anyways . most papers are terribly written , so our filters should be well trained to exclude all slop . we have little to lose and so much to gain from adopting ai assisted writing . seems pretty obvious to me !

scientific vernacular and grammar is algorithmic . llm's are language calculators . lets embrace that to make our fields more inclusive and also not waste precious time and creative energy . lets not play the same game that was played when hp and ti replaced slide rules

aso ! time to get a virtual machine running !!

this is not only expected , it is your civic duty

truly a visceral display of scientific communication

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Papyrus - SNL

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the biggest question i have (aside from the haze of political/cultural turmoil) is ... what software is Bob Holt using for his presentations ??

shares the aesthetics of a theoretical ecology book published around the time jurassic park came out - purple background (pseudo papyrus font?) - legendary

happy priiide !!

but the framework can be used to formally obtain all sorts of novel models (eg, evolutionary rescue and coevolution) and provides a useful direction for understanding the relationship of multivariate traits and eco-evolutionary processes !!!

trait correlations evolving in response to drift . they wiggle a lot but ultimately veer off towards plus or minus one

i was motivated by studying G-matrix evolution , and found drift tends to drive trait correlations to their extremes despite commonly held wisdom that drift merely tends to scale G-matrices !!

i made a new framework for modelling stochastic eco-evolutionary dynamics of multivariate traits !!

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I signed the Bethesda Declaration support letter and please consider signing it as well! Support NIH scientists and staff!!

The call for MSCA fellowships is soon opening! This is a great postdoc program, so do get in touch if you'd like to join our group from another country, within or outside Europe. The University of Montpellier and CNRS can train you on writing your proposal!
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yes of course i asked my horse ! they're having even worse martingale problems :'(

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