Sam Deakin

Using DNA to identify seabird bycatch – Australian Antarctic Program (News 2024) Scientists have used DNA technology to help identify threatened albatross, petrel and shearwater species caught as bycatch by fishing vessels.

Our new paper outlines methods to ID albatross and petrel species using DNA from feathers. This provides tools to determine which #seabirds species are threatened by fisheries bycatch
#ConservationGenetics 🧬🧪🌏🦑
Here's a news story on our research:
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/us...

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Great departmental seminars by @sam-deakin.bsky.social and @jsmveitch.bsky.social today 👏. It’s wonderful to see such a strong turnout and sense of community after the COVID hiatus

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Wolf Predation on White‐tailed Deer Before, During, and After a Historically Mild Winter in Northern Minnesota We estimated kill rates of wolves on deer before, during, and after a historically mild winter in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, Minnesota, USA. Kill rates of wolves on deer were low in fall, peake...

Gable: wolf predation during a very mild winter in Minnesota insufficient to limit white-tail deer populations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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There’s a PhD candidate called Mirjam in Marco Musiani’s lab doing wolverine density/distribution in Alberta and BC. Neither of them are on here but may be worth reaching out!

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Chronic Wasting Disease detections moving into and around British Columbia over the last 5 years.

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Bruce Cattanach Prize 2025 Dr Janay Fox | Genetics Society The Genetics Society is delighted to announce Dr Janay Fox as the winner of the 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize. I am honoured and excited to receive the Bruce

Hello Bluesky! I have exciting things to announce for my first post. I successfully defended my thesis last week and have won the Bruce Cattanach Prize for my thesis work on molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity! genetics.org.uk/medals-and-p...

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Here's a starter pack for assembling a versatile collection of Ecology and Evolution journals. Feel free to share suggestions! Bookmark it in your Browser for quick access to explore publications in the field or find outlets for your work:

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Can you add me please. Thanks!

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A tree with smooth grayish bark (maybe a birch tree? I am bad at tree ID) with various sorts of lichen growing on it. In one spot, there are a bunch of tiny scrape marks that look like tiny claws scratched away at the lichen, leaving only the darker bark behind.

Took a wildlife tracking class this morning, and learned lots of things about footprints and scat etc, but one of the coolest was this: slugs leave tiny chomp marks behind on trees after they scrape away the lichen with their radula! 🐌🧪

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I’d like to be added, if you’ll have me… Thanks!

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Hi everyone, I’m Katie! I’m in my final year of a bachelors degree in Biological Sciences at UCalgary. I’m interested in wildlife biology and love getting involved in research projects within this field. I’m hoping to pursue grad school in the future!

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Genetic connectivity of wolverines in western North America - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Genetic connectivity of wolverines in western North America

Cool new paper about the genetic connectivity of wolverine 🧪🌏

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Hi everyone! I’m a molecular ecologist and semi-recent PhD graduate from UAlberta, where I examined population structure and quantitative genetics in bighorn sheep. Now, as a postdoc at UCalgary, I’m using genomics to enhance an augmented breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park.

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