Postdoc opening in our lab at Texas A&M! We're seeking an evolutionary geneticist/genomicist interested in genotype-phenotype relationships, structural variation, repetitive DNA, and genome evolution. Wet-lab and computational backgrounds welcome. tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Job TitlePostdoctoral Research Associate Agency Texas A&M University Department Biology Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job LocationCollege Station, Texas Job TypeStaff Job Description Here’s ...

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I'm looking for PhD student to join my lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Fall 2027)! If you're interested in evolutionary genomics, conservation genetics, or biogeography, please reach out. I'll also be at #AOS2026 this week talking about sexual selection in small populations.

New #rstats package: hybridclock dates hybrid populations beyond F2, with or without a genetic map, with calibrated intervals. Validated on 23 datasets, from F1s to 56 generations. Tutorial on five real datasets: paulmaier.github.io/hybridclock #popgen #hybridization

Nice tool for teaching ML.

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Understanding Maximum Likelihood Estimation, now in 3D!: rpsychologist.com/likelihood #dataviz #stats #rstats

Huge news from the ERC SHADOWS project!!! By sequencing bones and sediments, we improve the genetic history of the pre-LGM and LGM populations of SW Europe. Detecting undocumented genetic connections!😍🧬🦴⛰️! An amazing project and team! 🥰 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ever wanted to know if you need whole-genome alignments or could just map several species to the same reference genome to get reliable phylogenomic results? Read our new paper and wonder not more! TLDR... the result is in the title www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Reference mapping and whole-genome alignment yield comparable phylogenomic inferences

Reference-genome choice can introduce mapping bias when sequencing data are analysed against a heterospecific genome, but it remains unclear how strongly this bias affects species-level phylogenomic i...

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CSUN Biology seeks a "Bird or Mammal Biologist" studying extant, non-model birds or mammals, and having experience in collections management, to teach Avian Ecology and/or Mammalogy and help steward our natural history collections (showy examples pictured) careers.pageuppeople.com/873/nr/en-us...

@nikunj410.bsky.social @verntasco.bsky.social et al. present a hierarchical Bayesian model to identify genomic adaptation in spatially structured populations that accounts for migration. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal

Identifying adaptive variation in spatially structured populations using low-coverage whole-genome sequencing data

Abstract. Successful implementation of evolutionary programs to rescue climatically threatened species requires identification of adaptive variation. Altho

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That time I put almost all the chipmunk species in the western USA on one map. Did you know there’s 1 species of chipmunk in Asia, 1 in eastern USA & >20 in western USA? (I’m not the crazy one here. The chipmunks are the crazy ones.)

Excited to share our latest paper! Using whole genomes, we show: (1) the first evidence of inbreeding in South American pumas (2) An unexpected demographic impact of Spanish colonization. (3) Pleistocene connectivity and dispersal barriers across the Andes rdcu.be/qarFziyohtaa

39 years ago, 8 captive-born Red Wolves were released into Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina, bringing the species back to the wild after decades of absence. This #RedWolfWeek, we’re celebrating that history while looking toward the future. Join the movement: bit.ly/46ktTCX

🧬 Last seats! Join our online course #PopulationGenomics using #AncientDNA with @arunsethuraman.bsky.social @cegamorim.bsky.social & @ppezov.bsky.social, 21–25 Sept. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Population genomics using ancient DNA data

21th-25th September 2026

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Hi Everyone! I am hiring a 2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics at my lab at Rice University! You can read more about the position here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please reach out with any questions!

Been wondering how well runs of homozygosity can predict inbreeding depression? Read our new meta-analysis where we show a significant relationship between ROH and fitness across taxa #popgen #consgen: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Runs of Homozygosity Predict Inbreeding Depression Across Taxa: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Measuring inbreeding via runs of homozygosity (ROH) captures realized autozygosity and can infer inbreeding timing through ROH length. A growing body of literature links the proportion of the genome ....

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🚨🧪 PhD/postdoc opportunity! The "Faculty for the Future" program of the Schlumberger Foundation funds female citizens of developing countries. Get in touch if you are interested in coming to Sweden to work on Tropical Forest Dynamics! Due 6 Nov. schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/

Come be our colleague!!! TT position in Evolution careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Title: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A...

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Hybrid zones are increasingly common; to what extent are human impacts on the environment the cause? We used pop gen, water chemistry, GIS, and ecotoxicology to explore the causes of hybridization in swordtails. With @mollyschumer.bsky.social, now out in Current Biology! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Increased rates of hybridization in swordtails are associated with water pollution

Anthropogenic disturbance can drive hybridization by altering pre-mating reproductive barriers. Moran et al. pair population genomic surveys with water chemistry and GIS data to show that human develo...

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Genetics and genomics of hybridization | Nature Reviews Genetics www.nature.com/articles/s41... Amazing review! 🤩

Genetics and genomics of hybridization - Nature Reviews Genetics

Hybridization, the exchange of genes between divergent lineages, is now recognized as widespread across eukaryotes and essential to understanding genome evolution. In this Review, Schumer and Rieseber...

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FRAME: Fine-Resolution Asymmetric Migration Estimation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

FRAME: Fine-Resolution Asymmetric Migration Estimation - Nature Communications

Understanding spatially varying patterns of asymmetric gene flow is essential for deciphering complex population structures. This study introduces FRAME, a penalized likelihood framework for estimatin...

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Estimation of Contemporary and Recent Effective Population Size from Genomic Data www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Estimation of Contemporary and Recent Effective Population Size from Genomic Data

Effective population size (Ne) is a crucial parameter in the fields of evolutionary biology, conservation biology of endangered species, and selective breeding of domestic animals and crops, as it qua...

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SMBE rotates its meetings geographically to encourage international participation. The next two meetings will be in Copenhagen, Denmark (2026) and Quebec City (2027). For 2029, we are particularly requesting proposals from *outside* Europe and North America.

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Mitochondrial introgression in North American red-backed voles is facilitated by co-introgression at nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes

Mitochondrial genomes encode for the proteins and RNAs that serve as the basis for aerobic respiration and energy production. Yet mitochondria depend on the nuclear genome for hundreds of additional g...

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1/4 In today's funding climate, every grant and fellowship matters. Based on feedback from our GSAC Community Check-In Survey, we're building a growing hub of graduate & postdoctoral funding opportunities and job boards to make them easier to find. 🧵

This looks super cool: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Florida scrub-jay genomes across space and time reveal impacts of population decline and reduced gene flow

By analyzing genomes from 241 Florida scrub-jays across five populations and two time points, Nguyen et al. reveal substantial losses of genetic diversity and increased inbreeding following population...

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The Manul/Pallas' Cat is a wild felid of arid Asian highlands and has the densest and longest fur of all #cats A new study by Jiaqing Yuan &co finds that it belongs to a distinct lineage despite many traits shared with cats in genus Felis www.cell.com/current-biol... Image: tinyurl.com/yc6banxa

big things happening: I'll be defending my dissertation next week on July 15! to procrastinate preparing, I will be posting a meme for each of my chapters until the big day. also, please DM me if you'd like a zoom link to attend my public defense, but be prepared for 45 minutes of mouse toe talk!

The Iberian wolf population is quite the oddball among European wolf populations, because its dispersal is so limited. Here Quevedo et al explore what determines the range dynamics. 🦊

Mario Quevedo@quevedomario.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Resident mortality determines grey wolf range dynamics", superbly lead by Ana Morales-González. It is a modelling effort, connecting dispersal and mortality over habitat availability (yes, for wolves habitat means prey, and no guns). 1/2 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We're excited to announce the second edition of the SMBE Fellows Program! ✍️ 🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program The SMBE Fellows Program provides mentorship to early-career researchers in scientific writing for evolutionary and molecular biology by writing Highlight articles for MBE and GBE. #society

Bummed to miss #Evol2026. For all those students looking for a position, we're recruiting MS students (polyploid genomics) and a PostDoc (conservation genomics) for next year. Shoot me an email!

I'm looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our group in Okinawa, Japan later this year/early next year. Area of research is wide open, and creative/unconventional projects are encouraged. Together, let's make ecology less of a mess! 📈📈📈 www.oist.jp/careers/okin... DM/email any questions!

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Postdoctoral Scholar, Integrative Community Ecology (Armitage) Unit

A postdoctoral position in ecology is available in David Armitage’s research group at OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) in Okinawa, Japan, with a flexible start date, ideally in early...

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