W3 Professorship (tenured) @geomarkiel.bsky.social (GEOMAR, Germany) in Marine Experimental Benthic Ecology www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...

Fantastic work, congrats to the Baums team and in particular Trinity. Our past HFSP grant Adaptasex continues to yield spectacular results

Iliana Baums@ibaums.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧬 New preprint on coral somatic evolution! We compare the robust coral Orbicella faveolata with the complex coral Acropora palmata. 80x whole genome sequencing shows that O. faveolata has high fixation of somatic variants in older interior polyps consistent with a segregated germline.

Timmy, the humpback whale stranded in Germany for 6 weeks, was released on Saturday after a chaotic rescue operation that shocked marine biologists. It's unclear where Timmy is now; he may already be dead. Here's my story about the case: www.science.org/content/arti...

Chaotic whale rescue shocks marine biologists

Timmy, a humpback whale stranded in Germany 6 weeks ago, was ailing and may already be dead

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Accelerating coral assisted evolution to keep pace with climate change led by Adriana Humanes www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Accelerating coral assisted evolution to keep pace with climate change - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Ongoing and projected climate changes are bringing increased marine heatwave frequency and intensity, threatening the health and survival of coral reefs. This Roadmap outlines the potential for assist...

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Our work on chromatin evolution in brown algae is now published in @natecoevo.nature.com! We show that developmentally complex brown algae evolved without epigenetic silencing pathways long thought universal, underscoring why non-model lineages are important to study. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Accelerating coral assisted evolution to keep pace with climate change www.nature.com/articles/s44... (🔓 rdcu.be/faJsm)

Want to study connectivity of brownalgal populations & carbon budgets in the Baltic Sea? Join our #ROVKA team within the new algal adaptation group led by @lies-nerd.bsky.social at @geomarkiel.bsky.social in collaboration with @bfn-de.bsky.social and @univie.ac.at, www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

New review! Theory & a practical guide to structural variants in popgen🧬 Many thanks to my co-authors: @rebekahoomen.bsky.social @annatigano.bsky.social @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social @janawold.bsky.social @dlfield.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco‐Evolutionary Population Genomics

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has greatly expanded researchers' ability to study structural variants (SVs), that is, the variation in the presence, number, orientation or position of a DNA sequence. ....

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#GEOMARJobs 🌊Postdoctoral scientist position (m/f/d) in the movement ecology of non commercial fish 🌊Postdoctoral position (m/f/d) in movement ecology and digital twins 🌊Zwei Ausbildungsplätze zum:zur Chemielaborant:in (m/w/d) 🔗 www.geomar.de/karriere-cam...

The marine conservation group @hifmb.de is looking for a postdoc and a Phd student to study coral genomics and conservation genetics. Join us to develop solutions for coral conservation and dive into the world of early branching metazoans: Deadlines coming up fast. jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/21...

We are welcoming applications for a full professorship on Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology at Kiel Univerdity, Northern Germany, with fantastic facilities and infrastructure! @uni-kiel.de @crc1182.bsky.social @transevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/naturecareer...

W 3 professorship in Molecular and Evolutionary Zoology - Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (DE) job with Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 12844416

Kiel University aims to attract more qualified women to professorship positions. The Institute of Zoology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural...

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And also see our new paper on the Role of microbial life history strategy in host-microbiome interactions in the ISMEJ. @crc1182.bsky.social url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Role of microbial life history strategy in shaping the characteristics and evolution of host-microbiota interactions

Abstract. Many host-associated microbes are transmitted between individual hosts via the environment and, therefore, need to succeed both within a host and

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Busy week Fucus sampling with our colleagues @gloriareithmaier.bsky.social @lies-nerd.bsky.social @karikaphegyi.bsky.social and lots of others for #Fubluc and getting ready for outreach with kids for #TheOceanRaceEurope @geomarkiel.bsky.social

🚨 In case you missed it… our 4-year time-series analysis of Arctic Ocean viruses is out now! Near-monthly samples — including through the dark, cold, polar winter ❄️ — using long-read metagenomics. Short thread 🧵👇

After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf

Finally is this story out public!! With an amazing historical dataset from IMR (@havforskningsinstituttet) we demonstrate how human perturbations impact the genomic signal in one of the largest cod stocks in the world: the northeast arctic cod | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A century of anthropogenic perturbations impact genomic signatures of the iconic migratory Atlantic cod

Retrospective assessment of the iconic migratory Atlantic cod uncovers human-induced genome-wide changes during the last century.

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🌊 Sponge genomes are helping unlock the secrets of aquatic symbioses — and thanks to @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, researchers now have access to 50+ genomes. Excited to see how these new samples help advance understanding of #AquaticSymbiosis. 🧬

Enter the absorbing world of sponges - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog

Enter the absorbing world of sponges, the intricate animals that have evolved to inhabit all corners of our Earth’s waterways and oceans. Thanks to a worldwide collaboration of sponge scientists throu...

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PhD opportunity in my group as part of the #CONCENTRATE TRR. Marine algae-glycan-bacterial interactions. Please apply or share! www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

There might be more seagrass species than you think - happy to share this fantastic collaboration with Xiaomei Zhang, @lei-yu.bsky.social and many others nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

One more week to apply! if you are a few years past your PhD and interested in advancing marine genomics and population genetics, come to Kiel, Northern Germany, to join a thriving, collaborative research and teaching environment.

Thorsten Reusch@thorstenreusch.bsky.social · last yr.

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

Ever heard about “phantom recoveries” and “overfishing ratchets” ? These explain why still so many fish stocks are in a bad shape in European waters despite binding goals of the EU fisheries policy. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Systemic failure of European fisheries management

Overcoming shortsighted interests with politically independent ecosystem-based catch limits may end overfishing in EU waters

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Keep on going, Marine Molecular Ecology part is next!

Frank Melzner@frankmelzner.bsky.social · last yr.

Finally some practical #bioc-202 work for our MSc students in Biological Oceanography at #Geomar! Exposing bladderwrack populations to heat stress regimes to study photophysiology & local adaptation! Real science projects to support meadow conservation #ANK #FUBLUC with @lies-nerd.bsky.social

My knees tell me I’m aging—but do you also wonder what we can learn about aging by looking beyond humans? If you study aging in corals, duckweed, or other "unusual" systems, join us at @eseb2025.bsky.social to talk about aging outside the box! Abstract deadline: 5 May. eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

Fantastic team effort, a big thanks to the GEOMAR seagrass group

Lavinia Bauer@lavinoceans.bsky.social · last yr.

The first Baltic Blue Carbon sediment cores for the ZOBLUC project have been successfully taken last week by scientific divers of GEOMAR Kiel @geomarkiel.bsky.social @estho.bsky.social @thorstenreusch.bsky.social

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

very much looking forward to watch!

Oceana UK@oceanauk.bsky.social · last yr.

"After living for nearly 100 years on this planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea." 🌊 New trailer just dropped for Sir David Attenborough's documentary Ocean, premiering May 8 to coincide with his 99th birthday. silverbackfilms.tv/shows/oceanw...

Here’s the press release about what we’re up to these days. What isn’t mentioned in the text is how amazing it is to work with people as enthusiastic as I am, how incredible it is to see students so engaged in this project, and how teamwork truly feels like teamwork 🌊 www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...

Global Comparative Study on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Begins in Kiel

13.03.2025/Kiel. How do plankton communities respond to increased alkalinity in different oceanic regions? This question is at the heart of the international research project "Ocean Alkalinity Enhance...

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🏆 Research integrity consultant and image forensics expert @elisabethbik.bsky.social has uncovered fraudulent data in over 7,600 scientific papers and exposed the practices of ‘paper mills’ that produce counterfeit scientific articles. She is honoured with the €200K Individual Award. Congrats!

If you are looking for a postdoc and interested in 2nd generation restoration considering genetic factors in seagrass ecosystem, targeting our pet species Zostera marina, still 10 days left to apply!

Thorsten Reusch@thorstenreusch.bsky.social · last yr.

and another 5-yr (!) postdoctoral position at GEOMAR Kiel on advancing seagrass assisted evolution, see details and link to apply www.geomar.de/en/karriere/.... Omics and pop genetics knowledge required, seagrass and coastal ecology desirable. @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries

Looking for a PhD position, and interested in in 2nd generation restoration considering genetic factors in seagrasses (aka assisted evolution)? - still 10 days left to apply!

Thorsten Reusch@thorstenreusch.bsky.social · last yr.

The GEOMAR seagrass team is hiring. Time to make coastal restoration long-term sustainable. A fully funded 4-yr PhD position on eelgrass seascape genomics in the Baltic Sea, further details see here www.geomar.de/en/karriere/... @geomarkiel.bsky.social DM me for inquiries