Cynthia Riginos

Led by Iva Popovic, with Katharine Prata, @melissanaugle.bsky.social le.bsky.social, @ilhabyrne.bsky.social habyrne.bsky.social, Sam Howitt, Tom Bridge, Vero Mocellin, Emily Howells, Line Bay & @couplingdmi.bsky.social lingdmi.bsky.social

#RRAP #AIMS @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

Table coral

Three-way hybridization of table corals in the Acropora hyacinthus group from the southern Great Barrier Reef results in parallel adaptive introgression. Check out our new preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202...

#CoralSky #MarEvol #coral #popgen #consgen #genomics

Davis Summer Population Genomics Program Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

But, standing genetic variation for heat adaptation insufficient at SSP 8.5.

With wonderful co-authors Iva Popovic, Andreas Bachler, Katrina McGuigan, Jennifer McWhorter, and Yves-Marie Bozec.

UQ, AIMS, RRAP, @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

Standing genetic variation for heat adaptation under moderate scenarios (<=SSP2-4.5) is spatially widespread in Stylophora pistillata from the GBR. Genomic offsets, GEAs, redundancy analyses. Led by @zoe-meziere.bsky.social.
 
#CoralSky #consgen #MarEvol
 
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It's baffling why the Go8 (a group of 8 leading universities in Australia) endorsed a position to weaken environmental laws. Not only do we, the researchers at these universities, disagree, but our research shows it is a bad idea. In just one day, 90 Go8 researchers documented our opposition.

🌊 Mytilus galloprovincialis meets Eco-Evo-Devo. We’re excited to announce the first school dedicated to the bivalve M. galloprovincialis. Applications are now open!✨🐚
Get ready to explore the fascinating world of mussels in an inspiring international environment 🔬
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Pilot Deployment Program Coral Aquaculture Assistants (Fifteen casual positions) - Australian Institute of Marine Science

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#coralreefs #jobs #jobopportunity #coralpropagation #australia #coral #careers #coralreproduction #coralnursery

Still possible to apply to this #post-doc position at CESAB #Montpellier.
Application closing date: September 15th 2025 (12:00 PM CET)
How taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs.
Please share widely #PopGen #NbS #Biodiversity

Job opportunities: 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is currently recruiting two eDNA Postdoctoral Fellows. Applications close on October 5th. More information and links below. CSIRO Postdoctoral Fell…

Job opening! CSIRO @csiropublishing.bsky.social is currently hiring 2 #eDNA Postdoctoral Fellowships!

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New 2yr postdoc position @ University of Queensland on coral distributions and Allee effects. Must have permission to work in Australia

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#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

The Australasian Evolution Society comes home to the Goddard Building, UQ, St Lucia, Brisbane- where it started 25 years ago (I was a founder and on the first conference organising committee). 1st to 3rd of October 2025

Calling all evolutionary biologists!

**AES 2025 Conference**

📍 UQ Brisbane | 🗓 1–3 Oct

**Talks close 1 Sept**

Don’t miss out — submit & join us for three days of cutting-edge science + community!

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#AES2025 #Evolution #ECR #SciComm #AusSci

Are you a top US-based scientist wanting to relocate to Australia? We are now calling for formal applications from both Australian and non-Australian citizens based in the US whose work is internationally recognised as exceptional.
📅 Applications close: Aug 29, 2025
🔗 science.org.au/gtap/?utm_so...

Job opportunities - Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité Créée en 2008, la FRB recherche régulièrement de nouveaux collaborateurs. Elle constitue un point de convergence entre la science et la société, autour des défis que doit aujourd’hui relever la recher...

3-year #postdoc position at Centre de synthèse et d'analyse de la biodiversité (CESAB) in Montpellier to work on how taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS
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Global Talent Attraction Program */

Any international research colleagues interested in a move to Australia 🌊🔬🧪🇦🇺🌏

Research shows coral larvae could be 'key' to restoring damaged reefs A University of Queensland study has found the further coral disperses, the better chance reefs have at bouncing back from disaster.

CORAL REEF RESEARCH NEWS: Research finds understanding how far coral larvae travels could help to protect Great Barrier Reef populations

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#coralreefs #coralresearch #connectivity #coralresilience #coralhealth #corallarvae #larvae #recruitment #coralreefecology

Wonderful work led by @zoe-meziere.bsky.social , @kepra3.bsky.social, Marine Lechene, Renata Ferrari, & Iva Popovic. Corals can differ in their connectivity, a lot! #Coralsky #CoralReefs #MarEvol

Ongoing academic jobs lecturer in ecology or genomics level b and c at Monash University, Australia

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Deadline 7th August

Super cool initiatives that I hope other conferences will emulate! So many people commented during #ICCB and all positive.

#conservationgenetics #conservationgenomics people attending #ICCB! Special symposium Tuesday at 15:15 “Conservation strategies to support adaptive evolution in a rapidly changing world” Featuring talks by Andrew Weeks, Rebecca Jordan, Jarrod Sopniewski, and Maurico Rossetto!

A study now six years in the making. Thank you Rachel Toczydlowski and @gbradburd.bsky.social for pulling together the whole package. LuckyLinckia, you are missed.

The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef Large genome databases have markedly improved our understanding of marine microorganisms. Although these resources have focused on prokaryotes, genomes from many dominant marine lineages, such as Pela...

Very excited to present the Great Barrier Reef Microbial Genomes Database (GBR-MGD), a comprehensive DB of 1000s of high-quality prokaryote, virus, plasmid, and chromosome-level eukaryote MAGs using Nanopore long reads. Subthreads incoming. Please share widely. 🙂

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Genomics - Townsville, QLD, Australia James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally.  We now have an opportunity a...

We @marine-omics.bsky.social are hiring. We're looking for a postdoc in population genomics. @janstrugnell.bsky.social careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...

Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics @geomarkiel.bsky.social / University of Kiel www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June

Professor Maria Beger smiles at the camera.

Congratulations to Prof. @mariabeger.bsky.social who has won a Water Woman Award from water@leeds.

Not only has Maria secured competitive grants and driven research impact, she also consistently fosters an inclusive research culture 👏

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Good news we have now passed the 100 signature mark. But we should have as many signatures as people that follow @arc-tracker.bsky.social (over 3000!) So please keep sending the link to colleagues, spread the word and encourage others to sign. Thank you.

Letter of Support for nomination of @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science In signing this form you endorse the proposal to nominate @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize in the category 'Leadership in Science'. The list of signatories will be appended to the nomination form. I wi...

Australian Researchers,

If you want to support @arc-tracker.bsky.social being awarded a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, sign this letter of support.
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Q: "Are they eligible?",
A: "Let's find out"

Sign, repost & send the link to colleagues. Word of mouth. Do it!

Whoa … this is getting real! Thanks, @mikejennions.bsky.social for putting this together. I'm blushing! 😊