Megan Phifer-Rixey

I am now extremely grateful that I have a podium mike in a good spot.

There's still time to apply to the PREP program at the University of Oregon! Deadline is March 2nd, see below for details.

Congrats to our 2026 GSA Award recipients! They have made significant contributions to science, including scientific discoveries, mentoring, creation of community resources, and education. Learn more about them: buff.ly/6zAwQQ1

Join us in celebrating their accomplishments.👏

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2027 SSE Council Nominations The SSE Nominating Committee invites nominations for six Council positions beginning January 2027: President Elect, North American Vice President, and three Councilors. Nominations are accepted…

Want to shape the future of SSE? Nominate yourself or someone else for President-Elect, North American Vice President, or Councilor. Nominations due April 1! Learn more about each role: www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

three peas in a pod with faces on them are sitting on a table and saying `` peas & thank you '' . Alt: three smiling peas in a pod with faces on them are sitting on a table and saying `` peas & thank you '' .

Hey #PopGen #EEB #PUI friends! Do you have a cool paper demonstrating the power 💪 of "modern" PopGen that would be exciting to upper-level undergrads? I feel like students leave the PopGen unit thinking it's some kind of dead science b/c we're limited to introducing simple models in Evol classes. 😢

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

Thanks for letting me know I had the wrong link!

And here is the right link—-scroll all the way down careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

If you scroll all the way down—this should work for the undergrad position careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

The next BAPG has been announced! April 11 at Davis organized by the inimitable @jrossibarra.bsky.social! bapg-conference.github.io

You need to have finished at least one year of a 2- or 4-year degree in biology or a related field and be enrolled for next fall. While many of our participants are from the Philly area, we do have funds for travel and housing, and we welcome candidates from all over the US.

Are you an undergrad looking to get research experience in evolutionary biology? Our lab has summer funding for an undergraduate researcher to participate in our research on how urbanization affects house mice. You can apply here: careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Are you a science teacher in the greater Philadelphia area? Our lab has summer funding for a middle/high school science teacher to do research and develop educational materials. We are using genomics to understand how cities impact house mice. Apply here: careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

a slide with 3 pictures of schools with brightly colored murals stacked on top of one another under the words "Schools in service area". On the other side of the slide, a blank wall of a school under the label "Our partner"

Alright bsky science + art community, I need your help.

I was p confident we could get a grant to fund our upcoming biodiversity mural in Kensington. Last night, they called to say our partner school is 2 blocks outside of their service area.

But ya know what? We're gonna do it anyway.

I just donated--if you love @skypeascientist.bsky.social , elementary schools, art or kids, join me! 🧪

Teens in foster care are also held in juvenile detention centers because there are no family or group homes available to take them. This includes teens we’ve fostered. #fostercare #childwelfare

I am seeking a postdoc to join my group at UCLA -- ideally the candidate would have some experience in either population genetics or microbes/microbiome (computational background needed). We have a range of projects and are happy to tailer to your interests. Please dm/email me if interested.

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!

I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!

On the repeated evolution of parthenogenesis in stick insects Abstract. Female-producing parthenogenesis is widespread in stick insects. It ranges from rare in sexual species to facultative or obligate, the latter som

Are stick insects unique in their ability to transition to parthenogenesis?

Our new review in @journal-evo.bsky.social covers intraspecific and hybrid origins, cytological mechanisms, and co-occurence of female-only and sexual populations, with comparisons to other taxa.

doi.org/10.1093/evol...

If you have developed outreach/education resources and want to get the word out— @sse-evolution.bsky.social has a deadline coming up for funding to present at an education focused session/conference. Grad students and Postdocs are very welcome to apply! evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

Ooh, now with fancy flyer. Zoom link usc.zoom.us/j/96588553185

Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.

"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.

Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.

Minneapolis, MN

Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961

Registration for the 2026 NY Area Population Genetics meeting is now open, at events.simonsfoundation.org/e0mEoL?rt=8k.... Registration is free but required; if you are submitting an abstract, note that the deadline is *January 30th*.

Alternative splicing contributes to plasticity and regulatory divergence in locally adapted house mice from the Americas Abstract. Alternative splicing is a major driver of transcriptome and proteome variation, but the role of alternative splicing in regulatory evolution is o

@phiferrixey.bsky.social Ward & @katyamack.bsky.social investigated wild-derived strains of house mice from different climates on standard and high-fat diets, showing the potential of alternative splicing for adaptation and plasticity.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf332

#evobio #molbio

I am hiring a staff bioinformatician for my new lab at the University of Utah! Please consider applying if you are on the hunt:
employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...

We are recruiting several PhD students. If you are interested in conservation conflicts, population ecology, quantitative ecology, or biodiversity, check these projects out (links in the thread, feel free to reach out):

NSF announces organizational realignment

www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...