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Brenna Forester

@brennaforester.bsky.social

Conservation genomics. Posts my own. She/her.

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Becky Taylor@beckystaylor.bsky.social · 4w ago

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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Joachim Mergeay@jmergeay.bsky.social · 4w ago

We calculated the effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population every year since its founding from the entire pedigree. Why? Because we could. But also because this population is vulnerable, and policy keeps pushing for lower and lower conservation targets 1/ #consgen

The effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population is too small for both short- and long-term conservation - Heredity

Heredity - The effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population is too small for both short- and long-term conservation

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UN Environment Programme@unep.org · 4w ago

Global warming is set to cross 1.5°C, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, a new UNEP report warns.   Predicted impacts include extreme weather and threats to human health and economies.

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Luís M. Silva@luismsilva.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/🧵 With this paper finally published, I want to talk about the worst peer review experience of my career as a non-native English speaker, early-career researcher, and solo author, and why I think it matters. #AcademicSky #AcademicPublishing #EvoSky

Luís M. Silva@luismsilva.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/🧵 Excited to finally share my latest paper (and my first solo paper)! 🎉 Pathogens evolve. Hosts respond. But does pathogen evolution simply change the magnitude of the host response, or does it reshape which host programmes are activated? 🤔 👇 doi.org/10.1038/s420... #Anopheles #EvoSky

Brenna Forester@brennaforester.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Supervisory geneticist job at the Center for Conservation Genomics based at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC or Front Royal, VA. Deadline 6/24. #consgen www.usajobs.gov/job/870869600

Supervisory Research Zoologist

The Smithsonian Institution is the worlds largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in Smithsonians National Zoo and Conservation ...

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Laura Bertola@lauradbertola.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉 “Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.” We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hybrids Along a Natural‐Anthropogenic Gradient: Improving Policy and Management Across All Levels of Biodiversity

Hybridization has long been a central topic in evolution and conservation. Recent developments in genomics have increased the ability to detect hybridization, defined here as breeding between species....

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Christian Rellstab@christian-rellstab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

i am offering a post-doc position in my brand-new project TreeGD that will investigate genomic diversity of trees species in switzerland, with a special focus on gene conservation units, rare species (but not only), and seeds stands. apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...

Postdoktorand/-in in ökologischer Genomik 80% (w/m/d)

Die Forschungseinheit Biodiversität und Naturschutzbiologie untersucht die Vielfalt des Lebens, von der genetischen Diversität bis zur Arten- und Lebensraumvielfalt sowie ihre Interaktionen. Das für m...

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Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · last yr.

A paper in Nature suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

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Dan Sloan@sloanevolab.bsky.social · last yr.

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions

We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...

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Research Centre For Ecological Change@rececochange.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Post doc! Want to join our team? We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years! Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us! DL 24.9. #universityofhelsinki

3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics

3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics

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Alex Fraik@akfraik.bsky.social · last yr.

Neat study from my colleagues at the @usfs.bsky.social National Genomics Center and Alaska Fish & Game. Using genomic CAPTURE, they found that wolves on Prince of Wales Island in SE AK exhibited significant inbreeding, similar to Isle Royale Wolves #ConsGen

Genomic Analysis Reveals Inbreeding in an Island Population of Alexander Archipelago Wolves

Island populations are at heightened risk of inbreeding due to reduced mating opportunities with unrelated conspecifics. Extensive inbreeding can result in inbreeding depression (reduced fitness of i...

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Laurie Winkless@lauriewinkless.bsky.social · last yr.

Just got a 🧪pitch from a PR claiming to work with Colossal (de-extinction chancers). It was a pre-written article claiming the science sector is carrying out "coordinated attacks" on the co. Spy the headline. They asked if I'd publish it on my Forbes column. Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄

Is Colossal a threat to Science or Is it Science's Last Hope for the Next Generation?
James Bullock@jmbecologist.bsky.social · last yr.

Conservation needs to focus better on maintaining & enhancing the processes that allow ecosystems to function & adapt in a rapidly changing world In our new paper we explore key processes - such as evolution, movement & biotic interactions - metrics, & how to conserve them doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Biodiversity conservation requires integration of species-centric and process-based strategies | PNAS

Conservation science and policy are geared primarily toward the preservation of species and habitats, with priority often given to the rarest, most...

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Brenna Forester@brennaforester.bsky.social · last yr.

“Even though wildlife here have evolved to live in a landscape that burns…the animals are not equipped to survive fires so frequent and so ferocious — the by-product of a changing climate and encroaching human development.” Gift link below:

Los Angeles brims with wildlife. But fires make it harder to survive.

Besides burning thousands of homes and displacing residents, the January fires, like earlier ones, upended the natural environment.

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Marty Kardos@martykardos.bsky.social · last yr.

🧪 #consgen I’m leaving NOAA on April 28. I never anticipated resigning at any time when I joined the agency 5 yrs ago to help modernize fisheries management and conservation with genomics. Making the work more effective and efficient was the central objective. I loved working at NOAA because… 1/x