Astrid Böhne

The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers is available now! 🏡

Explore this first of it’s kind report highlighting methods and actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies on nature.🌍

🧪 https://ipbes.canto.de/b/JTB1U

Our experience in @biogeneurope.bsky.social suggests that we need to go beyond "project-level thinking" for biodiversity genomics in Europe, and that is exactly what we have started to do today at @naturalis.bsky.social! @horizoneu.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

.@yingbio.bsky.social is the new TA for our 2026 Genome Assembly & Annotation course with Giulio Formenti and Guido Gallo.
As every year, we have an outstanding lineup fo invited speakers: @bombarelya.bsky.social Kirsty McCaffrey Marco Sollitto& Bonhwang Koo
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Last chance to sent us your abstracts !!!

Join us in Bodø!

🚨JOB ALERT!
We’re hiring a Head of the new Imaging Facility at Goethe University Frankfurt. You’ll support researchers across disciplines, train users, and help enable cutting-edge science with high-end microscopy platforms.
tinygu.de/TknxZ
If facility-building + imaging is your thing, please apply!

A permanent research group leader position is open in Crete, Greece, for the Biodiversity Computing Group. Apply at https://apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998. For more info, see https://jobs.ics.forth.gr/job_opportunities/2446_GR_biodivesrity.pdf. #job

Komm mit an Bord! Wir suchen Ausstellungsbetreuer*innen für die Tour der MS Wissenschaft 2026 mind. 2 Schichten, jeweils 15 Tage an Bord Im Zeitraum von Mai bis September/Oktober 2026 Thema der Ausstellung: Medizin der Zukunft Bis 25. Januar bewerben! Foto von Lots*innen

Lust auf einen spannenden und abwechslungsreichen Sommer-Job in der #Wisskomm? ⚓ Komm an Bord und werde Teil des Teams der MS Wissenschaft! Wir suchen Ausstellungsbetreuer*innen für unsere Tour im Wissenschaftsjahr 2026 – Medizin der Zukunft.

Alle Infos: wissenschaft-im-dialog.de/documents/51...

Excited to be part of the amazing team behind our upcoming symposium on Sex Evolution at #SMBE2026!

🔹 Daniel Jeffries
🔹 Paul Jay
🔹 @sphaeromeria.bsky.social
🔹 @astridboehne.bsky.social
🔹 @cbenvenuto.bsky.social

Join us in Copenhagen for cutting-edge discussions on #sex #evolution

Join Us The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...

Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html

JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!

Please re-post!

We find that gene expression is rapidly feminized after a XY to ZW heterogamety change in #cichlids; congrats @kevinhsi.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1111/mec....

This was a fantastic experience,
Thanks to all participants for your curiosity!

♨️Live @ #BGEconnects

Our director Dimitris Koureas gave a short talk about #BGE. “BGE goes beyond the boundaries of the project. It forms an initiative, bringing together the communities”, he says. “Our future requires the support and commitment of all the actors in Europe.”

@horizoneu.bsky.social

Join us! Still places left :-) we look forward to meet you with @idarolti.bsky.social and talk about #sexchromosomes

A high-quality reference genome for the Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) enables investigations of cell cultures as a genomic resource for endangered species AbstractBackground. Reference genomes have a wide range of applications, but we are far from a complete genomic picture of the tree of life. We here contri

Congrats @yanischrysost.bsky.social ! Our piece in @gigascience.bsky.social is out. We provide a reference genome for the endangered Ural 🦉 , investigate genome evolution and the utility of cell
cultures for genomics with @leibnizlib.bsky.social @maxplanck.de

Sex chromosome evolution Dates 6-10 October 2025 To foster international participation, this course will be held online

Join our online course on Sex Chromosome Evolution (6–10 Oct) with @astridboehne.bsky.social & @idarolti.bsky.social to gain hands-on experience in genomic and transcriptomic analyses.
www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

#SexChromosomes #GenomeEvolution #Transcriptomics #ComparativeGenomics

Congrats! Very cool finding

Check our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social about the unique sex determination system in Nautilus ➡️ XX/XY chromosomes unlike other cephalopods (ZZ/Z0).
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

Kiel University seeks a full professor in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology. Applications due by Oct 19, 2025. For details: https://www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/oeffentl.-dateien/w3/w-3-professur-fuer-molekulare-und-evolutionaere-zoologie #job

@tank-silvia.bsky.social (from IRNASA) opens the first class of the #EMBO_course hands on genome assembly talking about experimental design and DNA extraction.

Genome sequencing, assembly, curation, and downstream analyses Advances in long-read sequencing methods such as Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and scaffolding approaches using chromosome conformation capture have significantl…

🧪 We are starting the #EMBO practical course on 🧬Genome Sequencing , Assembly, Curation and Downstrem
Analysis🧬 in Florence, Italy 🇮🇹. I hope everyone learns a lot and enjoys the experience! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...

Nominations for the ASN/SSE/SSB IDEA Award are open until October 15, 2025. This award honors contributions to inclusiveness and diversity in ecology and evolutionary biology. More … https://www.evolutionsociety.org/society-awards-and-prizes/inclusiveness-diversity-equity-and-access-idea-award.html

Postdoc advertisement!

Hi all, I'm looking to hire a Postdoc in BIOACOUSTICS for work on Owls. Your job would be to collect & analyze bioacoustics data, and write papers. 🦉🦉🦅🐦🦜🦉🦉

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

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

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🚨 Postdoc opportunities! 🚨
We’re looking for postdocs in 🌿 biodiversity science, 🧬 genetic indicator assessment, and 📊 ecological statistics.

Join us in unraveling the drivers & consequences of global change on biodiversity — and be part of a supportive & collaborative environment!
DL 24 September

🚨 We're hiring!
PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab

🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🕒 4 years, fully-funded
🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Learned so much, met so many new people and old friends at #eseb2025! Lovely time in Barcelona with my team @yanischrysost.bsky.social @kevinhsi.bsky.social Arya and Sophie and @mstange.bsky.social