Vincent Doublet

📢 GEvol Job Alert: PhD position in Joachim Kurtzs lab in Münster in the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity. This research project focuses on the evolutionary flexibility of epigenetic regulation in insects. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio... 🧬

📢 18-month PostDoc Fellowship – University of Montpellier (France)
🦠🦋 Interested in insect pathology, immunity, microbiome, or genomics?

We’re looking for a motivated candidate (<2 years post-PhD by mid-2026). 🧪
📩 Contact me ASAP for details!
⏳ Application deadline: 16/01/26
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Senior Editor for Journal of Applied Ecology - British Ecological Society Join the editorial board on Journal of Applied Ecology! Apply by 21 Dec 2025.

We're looking for a 6th Senior Editor!

If you…
👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management
👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision
👉have editing experience

…we’d love to hear from you!

www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...

🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics

PhD studentship through China Scholarship Council - deadline Dec 1st 2025 UoE-CSC application link: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-research/csc-scholarships/ For inquiries, please email:  m.hanson@exeter.ac.uk Nature of funding: This funding is a scholarship awarded to.....

Characterising the immune repertoire of a global crop pest Myzus persicae
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#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #Aphids

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Good morning everyone 🌞

There is only 1 seat left for the #Phylogenomics course in December!

If interested, check it out before it is too late!

📢 Open Call! The Max Perutz Labs invite applications for a Tenure-Track Professorship in Genome Biology. We are particularly interested in researchers investigating the molecular and biophysical mechanisms underlying genome function and regulation. More details ➡️ tinyurl.com/3t7vvdct

(A) An adult female in the field on Sicyos angulatus. (B) Back view of an adult female reared on cucumber, whose hindleg organs are covered with fungal hyphae (arrowheads). (C) Magnified image of the hindleg organ. (D to L) Morphology of hind tibia of adult male [(D) to (F)], immature adult female [(G) to (I)], and mature adult female [(J) to (L)]. [(D), (G), and (I)] Brightfield images. [(E), (H), and (K)] Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. [(F), (I), and (L)] Magnified SEM images. (M to O) Peculiar behavior of egg-laying adult female. After laying each egg (M), the female rhythmically scratches the hyphae-covered hindleg organ with tarsal claws of the opposite hindleg (N) and then rubs the egg surface with the claws in a skillful manner (O). Also see movie S1. (P to R) Egg mass covered with fungal hyphae at 0-day (P), 3-day (Q), and 10-day (R) intervals after oviposition. Reddish color of 10-day eggs reflects the body color of developing nymphs inside.

What looked like a hearing organ on a tiny stinkbug’s leg turned out to be something far stranger: a fungal nursery that mother bugs use to coat their newly laid eggs in protective symbiotic hyphae, shielding their offspring from parasitic wasps.

Learn more in Science: https://scim.ag/4nDrDNm

Robert Herriman (@outbreaknewstoday) Chikungunya and dengue in France As of October 27, 2025, 91 clusters of locally acquired vector-borne transmission of chikungunya and dengue and a total of 810 cases have been identified in metropoli...

#Chikungunya and #dengue in #France
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Join us in Montpellier if you are interested in #evolution #genomics #adaptation #invasive species or if you want to get to know a collegial group of #Drosophila enthusiasts

New publication alert!
Fertilization impacts microbiomes along the grassland trophic chain academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

#organicfertilizers #landusechange #microbiome #grasslands #onehealth

Cartoon illustration depicting a sick Drosophila melanogaster surrounded by different viruses, symbolizing the impact of persistent viral infections on the model organism. Image credit Rubén González.

Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed. @salehlabparis.bsky.social &co show how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4olpuXm

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

France: Local chikungunya cases top 700 As of October 6, 2025, 87 outbreaks of indigenous vector-borne transmission of chikungunya and dengue fever and a total of 737 cases have been identified in mainland France:

France: Local chikungunya cases top 700
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How do insects respond to changing climates? Our new review and analysis in @annualreviews.bsky.social suggests that phenological adaptation trumps thermal adaptation.

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

PLEASE SHARE. PhD advert: Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance. tinyurl.com/559hjsm4 Rare opportunity at the intersection of molecular ecology, disease surveillance, modelling and precision apiculture. DEADLINE 24th OCTOBER!

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

2 job adverts on a NERC project w myself + @darrenobbard.bsky.social on “What determines the virome: ecology and the environment, evolution, or species history?” early 2026 in
@uniexecec.bsky.social
- Postdoc: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
- RA: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
Pls share!

Ecology and evolution of virulence Silva and King discuss the concept of virulence and the ecological and evolutionary factors that shape it.

Interested in #virulence? Not sure what it is - or how to explain it? Just curious? 🧐🦠🧬🦋

@kayla-king.bsky.social and I just wrote a Primer for @currentbiology.bsky.social on the ecology and evolution of virulence!

Check it below and share :)

#MicroSky #EvoSky #pathogens

📢NEW PAPER OUT! We investigated the short-term impact of exposure to field-realistic doses of phthalates DnBP and DEHP on the survival of Bombus terrestris workers 🐝
Find our work here: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

To all hemocyte lovers: Angela and me are hosting a special issue on Drosophila hemocytes 🪰👾We have some brillant drosophilists around the world who agreed to submit a review to this special issue! If you are also interested to contribute, reach out to us and we can give you more information!

🚨🚨We’re hiring graduate students!🚨🚨

We are hiring 1-2 PhD students to start sometime in 2026 (Fall start dates preferred). Opportunities to work on a diversity of eco-evo-immuno and symbiosis projects!

Deadline Oct 15! Please share broadly!

Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem

We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching!

Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings

Date: December 18-19
Abstract deadline: October 15
Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven
Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social

Socialité évolution : Villes, ruches, terriers… Au sein du monde vivant, la socialité paraît omniprésente. Pourtant, considérée du point de vue de son origine évolutive, la coopération biologique est loin de tomber sous le...

[RDV 16h !] On vous retrouve tout à l'heure ? On vous a préparé une émission sur l'apparition de la socialité au cours de l'évolution. Pas mal non ? 🦘🐒🐇🐀🐜
tinyurl.com/2b32abzg avec Serge Aron et Juliette Berger #ScienceCQFD

This is figure 2, which shows M. ibericus queens lay males from two different species.

Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring. A study in Nature reports a shift from this norm in Messor ibericus, an ant that lays individuals from two distinct species. go.nature.com/3V68MP0 🧪

The 16th Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Bulape Health Zone, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A new spillover event from an unknown reservoir host Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing concurrent outbreaks including mpox, cholera and malaria (1-4). The Ministry of Public Health, DRC has declared the 16th Ebola...

Sequence data from the new Ebola outbreak in DRC suggests it is indeed a new spillover.

And just incredible to see the virus sequenced and the data publicly shared less than 24 hours after confirmation of the outbreak.
#IDsky 🧪

virological.org/t/the-16th-e...

We have a new paper out on the evolutionary arms race between tuberculosis and #MHC mediated immunity in meerkats, using over ~20 years worth of data from wild meerkats. Led by Nadine Müller-Klein, Dom Melville and Simone Sommer. Link below! #DiseaseEcology

Managed honey bees in Tibetan alpine meadows reduce pollination & reproductive success of wild plants, especially those suffering pollen limitation 🐝

Suggests there should be more cautious management of bees & targeted protection 🧪🌎 @erlianggao.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Ham or jam? Help scientists by recording wasp food preferences The next time a wasp visits your picnic, if you make a note of whether it goes for protein or sugar, you can help UCL scientists better understand the wasp life cycle.

More on the #HamOrJam #WaspPicnicSurvey, how to dine peacefully with wasps and where to submit your wasp observations at picnics:
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/au...