Arne Jacobs

Brown treesnake photo and karyogram of a haplotype phased genome assembly.

Biological invasions present an interesting paradox: often little genetic variation is accompanied by dramatic ecological success. Led by PhD student Chris Osborne, we evaluated genetic diversity in a classic invader, brown treesnake on Guam. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Photo: Pavel Kirilliov

Preprint alert: We adopt a cheap & rapid WGS protocol for vertebrate sized genomes, and use it to sequence nearly 1K whitefish genomes to low/med coverage for lake-wide pop genomics of adults + larvae for species assignment, habitat use, decline & selection: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#PopGen

Exciting 4-yr Postdoc opportunity on our new project (DRIVERS): Identifying drivers of #schistosomiasis treatment failure & recommendations for treatment strategies.

PDRA will analyse individual-level factors behind poor efficacy & reinfection.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Apply by 26 Jan.

Find more information on the project here: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl... and feel free to contact me.

Integrative PhD position available in my lab on the mechanisms (gene expression, metabolism, microbiome and hormones) of intestinal remodelling in lampreys. Come work in a great and fun research environment with @nealdawson.bsky.social & Adam Dobson (not here). Apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

Leveraging wild hybrids to map the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in a primitive vertebrate.

We are recruiting a PhD student to work on the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in lampreys. If you are interested in population genomics, hybrid zones & structural variants in a super cool primitive vertebrate, feel free to contact me. Details - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

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

Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo
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#jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Biology Position Summary A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Andreas Kautt in the Department of Biology on the Danforth Campus at WashU in St. Louis. The Kautt Lab studies the mechan...

Reposting this open postdoc position with more detailed specifications. Couldn't find the right fit in the first round—not due to lack of strong candidates, but because we're looking for someone whose expertise matches a specific project. More details in the job ad. Apply!

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We are recruiting a fully-funded PhD student to work on the evolution and mechanisms of intestinal remodelling in lampreys. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgmvls.bsky.social

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Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

How do regulatory genes control alternative life histories? We have an open PhD position to answer this question using functional genomics in Atlantic salmon.

Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️

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

About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Genetic differentiation is constrained to chromosomal inversions and putative centromeres in locally adapted populations with higher gene flow Abstract. The impact of genome structure on adaptation is a growing focus in evolutionary biology, revealing an important role for structural variation and

Excited to share our new paper on genetic differentiation in Atlantic silversides! We investigated how genome structure influences adaptation under varying levels of gene flow using a species-specific reference genome and multiple recombination maps. Read on for insights! doi.org/10.1093/molb... 1/7

Avoidable false PSMC population size peaks occur across numerous studies Hilgers et al. detect and solve a common artifact in PSMC and related methods for historical population size inference. Analyses of real and simulated genomes show that ill-set default parameters fals...

‼️These #PSMC #peaks are #artifacts‼️

Seen #PSMC results like this🤔?
They are caused by ill-set parameters, #very #common, and #easy #to #solve!

For details see 🧵& OA paper @currentbiology.bsky.social
🙂🐢🧬🎉!

cell.com/current-biol...

New job opening for a Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome within the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow.

Closing date 4th March 2025.

More information here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...

A Complete Assembly and Annotation of the American Shad Genome Yields Insights into the Origins of Diadromy Abstract. Transitions across ecological boundaries, such as those separating freshwater from the sea, are major drivers of phenotypic innovation and biodiv

I am a federally-funded scientist. People on this amazing effort were supported by federal grants. We must keep it that way.

Shoutout to all the work of the folks who helped build the genome of the "Founding Fish", the American shad.

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PhD student in evolution of Diplotaxis in Cape Verde The Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics is offering a four-year PhD position focused on analyzing population- and species-level genomic data from museum plant samples. The project will employ cu...

[Position 2] on plants, repeated/parallel evolution, genomes, structural variants, ecological niches, w/ me, Filip Kolář, Mathieu Gàrdere, and others! 🍃

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PhD student in Evolution of Indo-Pacific birds The Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics is offering a four-year PhD position focused on analyzing population-level genomic data from museum bird samples. The project will employ cutting-edge gen...

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We have two PhD positions available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:

[Position 1] Birds, hybridization, genomes, island biology, biogeography, sexual selection 🦚, w/ me, Knud Jønsson, Martin Iredstedt and @stelkens.bsky.social et al
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Hi, could I please be added to the list. Thanks.

Extremely happy to share our latest work on the functional genetic basis of maturity age variation in Atlantic salmon! 🖥️🧬🦑🧪🐟

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I’d love to be added here: @fishyomics.bsky.social

A
funded PhD is open on population genetics of the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis, using genomic data to understand mite populations in the context of ongoing control programs. Co-supervised by a great team at @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and Stew Burgess at MRI. More details at tinyurl.com/a873cvb4.

I have a fully funded PhD position in my lab on developmental genetics/evolution of gut development in lampreys + in vitro culture development. Get in touch if keen (see flyer 👇) and please share widely. Open to all nationalities. Funded through NorthWestBio DTP: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...