I am very happy to present my PhD project so far at #SMBE2026 ! If you want to find out about the genomics of host plant adaptation and ecotypic diversity in the Edith's checkerspot butterfly, come and find me in the Main Hall, poster B116 🦋🧬

Come see my poster 'B059' interplay between the role of DNA methylation in regulating gene expression and TE-silencing in a reptilian methylome, at #SMBE @official-smbe.bsky.social 🦎

Finishing a chapter!🐟🐟🐟

Animal Ecology Uppsala@animecol-uu.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Huge congrats to Dr. Maddi Garate Olaizola (@garate-olaizola.bsky.social) for defending her thesis titled "Early life performance in Eastern Baltic cod: responses to environmental challenges" on Friday June 6th with Dr. Marta Moyano from NIVA as her opponent. We are all very proud of her :)

Huge congrats to Dr. Maddi Garate Olaizola (@garate-olaizola.bsky.social) for defending her thesis titled "Early life performance in Eastern Baltic cod: responses to environmental challenges" on Friday June 6th with Dr. Marta Moyano from NIVA as her opponent. We are all very proud of her :)

A new phD position in my lab about amphibian, infection diseases in a global changing world. Check it out! And spread the word ;)

Animal Ecology Uppsala@animecol-uu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We have a new exiting PhD position in our program on the skin microbiome of amphibians, supervised by @cortazar-chinarro.bsky.social! Follow the link to read more and apply: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/.... Deadline the 8th of May.

This is great. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c... (free link) "Notably, half of the whales attending were not related to the mother." "The calf was rarely left untouched, and it was usually being touched by at least two whales simultaneously."

Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.

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Madre mía, se hace difícil contar cuántas cosas están mal y elegir qué es lo que está peor Los expertos La confirmación El no peligro La satisfacción La morena

Assessing local adaptation and divergence at early life stages within Eastern Baltic cod https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.20.700346v1

Gill-associated microbiome as indicators of population stress and condition in Eastern Baltic Cod https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694594v1

Happy to announce that we have a new pre-print out. We analyzed the 16s microbiome profiling of two different Baltic cod poputions in the Eastern baltic sea 😀. doi.org/10.64898/202...

Gill-associated microbiome as indicators of population stress and condition in Eastern Baltic Cod

The skin microbiome contributes to host health by facilitating pathogen exclusion, priming the immune system modulation and maintaining skin homeostasis. We examined how the composition of the skin mi...

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The Thermal Ecology Alliance is growing rapidly and we are now at 51 countries! Join here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/participation

Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!

We're looking for a PhD student! If you're interested in #fungal #genomics & #TEs, meiotic drive, or pathogens, please consider applying. The project is about toxin/antidote genes in the human fungal pathogen A. fumigatus. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Inte nog med att fisket selekterade bort stor #torsk, låga syrehalter i delar av #Östersjön försämrar också torskens tillväxt. Jag hoppas: * Fiskestoppet fortsätter så länge det behövs * Näringstillförseln minskar snabbare * Torskens mat (strömming/skarpsill) säkras * På fler syresättningsförsök

Torsken i Östersjön växer sämre vid syrebrist

För att beståndet ska kunna återhämta sig krävs ytterligare åtgärder mot övergödningen.

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Come see me poster '059' today "temperature-dependent DNA methylation in the Swedish sand lizard" 🦎 #ESEB #methylation #epigenetics

Happy to present my poster at #ESEB2025 on eastern Baltic cod population (or populations?), preliminary results of one of the chapters from my PhD thesis.

Full house for enigmatic behavior in #birds ! #ESEB2025 Dr. Chloe Hays using integrated databases to explore #masturbation with comparative methods 🐦

Animal Ecology on tour! 🦎🐟🐔🦠📈 Some masters, PhDs and post-docs (and more!) from Uppsala University are enjoying #ESEB2025 in the warm Barcelona🌞 @joshuahufton.bsky.social @cenkvist.bsky.social @madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social @estermart.bsky.social @msiljestam.bsky.social

Had a great time at #FSBI2025 symposium in Belfast☘️ My #FSBIGreenTravel attempt of Uppsala-Belfast train trip ended up in a great adventure and now I have a story to tell. Besides, I got on time and had the chance to give my talk about my research on early life Baltic cod🐟 and meet nice people.

If you're in #Sweden and you find a tick, my friend @muriellealund.bsky.social wants to have it! www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/10-0...

10,000 ticks wanted for new study on TBE - Radio Sweden

10,000 ticks are needed to get a better idea of ​​TBE risk areas in Sweden.A new study conducted by The Swedish Veterinary Agency and Uppsala University ...

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🧪 New studies show paying peer reviewers ~$250 speeds up reviews by 1-33 days without affecting quality. One journal saw acceptance rates rise from 48% to 53%. #AcademicSky

Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?

Two journals embarked on efforts to compensate reviewers, with different results.

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I had a wonderful time at oikos Sweden 2025 this week, held at the Natural History Museum of Stockholm, and I had the please to present my poster! Investigating potential local adaptation within the Baltic cod🐟

Had a great time presenting my work @Evolution in Sweden. Epigenetic regulation of immune response in the Swedish sand lizard 🦎 #hostparasite #sexspecific #epigenetics #reptiles #immunity

Exciting PhD opportunity, please apply by the 20/01 and feel free to email me with any questions! Fully funded by @scilifelab.se

Animal Ecology Uppsala@animecol-uu.bsky.social · 2y ago

❕ PhD position on 🦋 ❕ Passionate about studying the genomics of local adaptation? Join us for a fully funded 4-year PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden. Enjoy competitive salaries, full employment benefits, and a vibrant research community surrounded by nature. Apply here uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics! Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics. Please spread the word! www.su.se/english/sear...

A very merry Christmas to our colleagues and friends! God jul och gott nytt år! ✨🎅🎁🎄 Photo from our julbord/Christmas dinner (photo courtesy Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich)

First field season of my PhD studying Swedish sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) 🦎 My work investigates epigenetic response in immune challenge experiments. Plenty more cool projects: hormones and coloration, microbiomes, egg incubation temperatures, telomeres