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On August 20th join Danilyn Rutherford, the Wenner-Gren Foundation’s president, and the Wenner-Gren staff for a discussion of Wenner-Gren Foundation’s new eligibility requirements. wennergren.org/workshop/wen...

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Researchers find 'priority zones' for yellow fever vaccination of golden lion tamarins

After a two-hour drive from the airport in Rio de Janeiro, you reach a special park dedicated to a special animal in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. There, you can take a guided tour through the green and p...

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How did octopuses evolve novel traits? Rishav Mitra, Richard Han, Trey Scott, et al serendipitously discover a unique ribosome adaptation that increases the accuracy of protein synthesis and evolved alongside their elaborate nervous systems vs deep sea relatives. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

@acstone.bsky.social getting 2026 #SMBE life time contribution award 😍😍😍🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂 congrats Anne !!!

Happy to see @arcova.bsky.social from the lab presenting latest results from her study system of Marmosets and Yellow Fever at #SMBE2026

Come see my flash talk on yellow fever and marmosets based on work done by myself and two wonderful masters students

Joanna Malukiewicz@arcova.bsky.social · 5mo ago

So proud of my masters student Simon Ploesch of getting a flash talk accepted at #SMBE2026 for his work on evolution of the marmoset innate immune system !!

Amazing to be at #SMBE2026 celebrating with wonderful students/colleagues/friends #StoneLabVictory

Kathy Belov delivering key note lecture at #SMBE S14 Evolution of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Genomic Age symposium to an almost full house !! 😍😍😍 MHC and Tasmanian Devils @diyarhamidi.bsky.social @jcwinternitz.bsky.social @michalvinkler.bsky.social

Excited to be co-hosting S14 Evolution of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Genomic Age today #SMBE with @diyarhamidi.bsky.social, @michalvinkler.bsky.social and @jcwinternitz.bsky.social ! Looking forward to the talks and posters

Had a blast discussing primate immunogenetics at #VPG WORKSHOP: Future Directions in Vertebrate Genomics Research at #SMBE at Copenhagen. I also discussed what my Prima: Primates, Immunogenetics, and Adaptation research group will be up to at the University of São Paulo #USP

The barnacles are on the loose! Check out my preprint with @stsmall.bsky.social, @johnwares.bsky.social, Erin Jezuit, and Andy Kern: The genome of the Pacific acorn barnacle provides insights into the evolution of extremely large populations doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/n

Our postdoc ad is live! 🔥 We're seeking a researcher to lead computational work on mitochondrial heteroplasmy in bees. You'll analyse single-cell datasets exploring heterplasmy dynamics. PhD + NGS/bioinformatics expertise required. 🔥 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Excited to have started my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social through the @dfg.de Emmy Noether program. In this project we will be looking at the mechanisms of host invasion by fungal pathogens 🍄🌱 Check it out and drop me a line if you are interested! uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft@dfg.de · 3mo ago

Good News!📢 Die DFG hat vom 1. Januar bis 31. März 2026 insgesamt 43 Wissenschaftler*innen in die Programme der #Einzelförderung aufgenommen. Mehr zu den Projekten, Personen und ihren Einrichtungen: ➡️ www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

AI assistance is becoming more expensive for researchers, making them think twice about using it go.nature.com/3PbuQbH

AI bills can be as big as a postdoc salary. Is the cost worth it?

Recent price hikes, usage limitations and unreliable outputs are causing some scientific researchers to think twice about using artificial intelligence.

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PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) is now PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome). The name change follows a multiyear process stemming from a recognition that ovarian cysts aren't the primary aspect of the condition, which affects multiple body systems, and many patients don't have them.

P.C.O.S. Has a New Name. Doctors Hope It Will Improve Care for Millions.

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Brachiopod genome unveils the evolution of BMP signalling in bilaterian body patterning | nature communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Brachiopod genome unveils the evolution of BMP signalling in bilaterian body patterning - Nature Communications

A chromosome-level brachiopod genome reveals deep conservation of BMP-mediated dorsal–ventral patterning and neural inhibition, suggesting the spiralian ancestor retained the ancestral mechanism in bi...

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As someone that was diagnosed w PCOS almost 20 years ago … I hope this helps improve quality of life for women like me and stimulate wider research into the condition

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 3mo ago

dear god PLEASE let this also lead to a wider acceptance that treatment needs to include *improving quality of life* and not just "how to make them have baby"

I'm currently advertising a PhD position in my lab, to study the transition from commensal to pathogen in Staphylococcus aureus. Details available here, please share! www.keele.ac.uk/research/pos...

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We are hiring @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social ! Tenure-track assistant professor position in our Microbiology and Immunology department. We are especially looking for someone working in bacterial pathogenesis

GBE is launching a new Methods section dedicated to theoretical advances, methodological innovation, and critical assessments of existing approaches. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Editorial 2026

After one year of joint leadership by Laura A. Katz and Maud I. Tenaillon at the helm of Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE), the time has come to take stoc

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IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models

Abstract. IQ-TREE (https://iqtree.github.io/) is a widely used open-source software tool for efficiently inferring phylogenetic trees under maximum likelih

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Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪

Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations

Phylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics

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🎤🔬RSVP for our podcast workshop this Saturday! Click the link in our profile, use the QR code, or visit bit.ly/science-podcast! Learn and get resources on how to: •Develop a podcast idea •Audio storytelling and script writing  •Recording and editing #Bsci #bscientists #scicomm #podcast #journalism

More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.

Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future

The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...

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Come watch me talk about bats living at their thermal limits! 🦇❄️🔥 The talk is available FREE via Zoom on 06 May 2026 at 9 AM Eastern US Time, and will be made available for viewing afterwards on the GBatNet YouTube channel. Register for free here: www.gbatnet.org/events/therm... 🧪🌎

🦇 Bats live in the countryside, towns and cities across the UK. They are most active in the summer months when they come out of hibernation, hunt insects, give birth and raise their young. You are more likely to see bats around sunset or sunrise in warm, dry weather. www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...

Such an amazing honor! Thanks to my students, colleagues, collaborators and mentors for making science so fun!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Anne C. Stone, Regents Professor @arizonastateuni.bsky.social has been awarded our Lifetime Contribution Award. @acstone.bsky.social Visit our website to learn more about the SMBE Faculty Awards 🔗 smbe.org/faculty-awards #society

Congrats to @acstone.bsky.social for receiving the @official-smbe.bsky.social Life Time contribution award!!!!!!

Anne Stone@acstone.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Such an amazing honor! Thanks to my students, colleagues, collaborators and mentors for making science so fun!

📣 EvolDir is now managed by @eseb.bsky.social! We are delighted to be taking the reins and express our gratitude to both Brian Golding who began this service to the community in the mid-1980s and to @rdmpage.bsky.social who ran this account until now 👏 You can now find evoldir here: evoldir.net