BLink-seq is out! Linked-read sequencing that brings phased whole-genome data to non-model species at population scale. We show it phases haplotypes and detects SVs, revealing previously undocumented structural complexity in an adaptive Atlantic silverside inversion. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

BLink-seq delivers population-scale haplotypes without long reads: a scalable framework for non-model genomics

Information about segregating haplotypes and structural variation (SV) can be extremely rich for a variety of applications in population genomics but remains largely inaccessible for many non-model sp...

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Still 4 days to apply! (DL: 7 August EET)

Craig Primmer@fishcongen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to a couple of recent Ws on the funding front, we have 3 open postdoc positions in Helsinki, Finland in the field of salmonid fish ecological and evolutionary genomics. DL 7.8. More details in advert: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

New publication with Peter Koene and Alexander Brinker (not on here), in which we show that non-native rainbow trout were introduce and have established multiple times from different sources in Southern Germany but show some repeated signals of naturalisation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Multiple Genetic Origins of Non‐Native, Self‐Sustaining Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in Streams in Baden‐Württemberg, Germany

Introduced in the late 19th Century, Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout) has been stocked historically in streams throughout Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and some populations have become self-sustaini...

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📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Lampreys are the only ancestrally parasitic vertebrates; yet have repeatedly evolved non-parasitic life-histories. Here, we describe the genetic basis of this fascinating life-history syndrome in European lamprey! 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

NEW: Global Assessment of Migratory Freshwater Fishes @worldwildlife.org www.worldwildlife.org/publications... “Vital freshwater fish migrations are collapsing; hundreds of species need urgent, coordinated cross-border action” Please share!

Please share this PhD position in my group - guaranteed funding for a home/UK resident student. (i.e., non competition). Damselfly genetics, plus travel opportunities, fieldwork, and policy internship. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA CASE: Comparative population genomics of charismatic wetland species: delivering genetic diversity indicators for biodiversity monitoring at University of Aberdeen , listed...

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Proud to see this paper from @akopyan.bsky.social's PhD published in Science, with co-first author @fishyomics.bsky.social Silversides adapt across a steep temperature gradient through multiple chromosomal inversions that maintain continuous trait variation rather than simple ecotype switches

Maria Akopyan, PhD@akopyan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Our paper is out in @Science! The Atlantic silverside spans Earth's steepest latitudinal gradient in coastal sea-surface temperature. Despite high gene flow, populations show clinal genetic variation in multiple locally adapted traits. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Our paper is out in @Science! The Atlantic silverside spans Earth's steepest latitudinal gradient in coastal sea-surface temperature. Despite high gene flow, populations show clinal genetic variation in multiple locally adapted traits. doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Biological invasions present an interesting paradox: often little genetic variation is accompanied by dramatic ecological success. Led by PhD student Chris Osborne, we evaluated genetic diversity in a classic invader, brown treesnake on Guam. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Photo: Pavel Kirilliov

Preprint alert: We adopt a cheap & rapid WGS protocol for vertebrate sized genomes, and use it to sequence nearly 1K whitefish genomes to low/med coverage for lake-wide pop genomics of adults + larvae for species assignment, habitat use, decline & selection: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #PopGen

Exciting 4-yr Postdoc opportunity on our new project (DRIVERS): Identifying drivers of #schistosomiasis treatment failure & recommendations for treatment strategies. PDRA will analyse individual-level factors behind poor efficacy & reinfection. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... Apply by 26 Jan.

Integrative PhD position available in my lab on the mechanisms (gene expression, metabolism, microbiome and hormones) of intestinal remodelling in lampreys. Come work in a great and fun research environment with @nealdawson.bsky.social & Adam Dobson (not here). Apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

We are recruiting a PhD student to work on the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in lampreys. If you are interested in population genomics, hybrid zones & structural variants in a super cool primitive vertebrate, feel free to contact me. Details - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Leveraging wild hybrids to map the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in a primitive vertebrate.

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Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html

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The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...

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Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... Please share widely! #jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics

Reposting this open postdoc position with more detailed specifications. Couldn't find the right fit in the first round—not due to lack of strong candidates, but because we're looking for someone whose expertise matches a specific project. More details in the job ad. Apply! tinyurl.com/2uskxyrp

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Biology

Position Summary A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Andreas Kautt in the Department of Biology on the Danforth Campus at WashU in St. Louis. The Kautt Lab studies the mechan...

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We are recruiting a fully-funded PhD student to work on the evolution and mechanisms of intestinal remodelling in lampreys. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk @uofgmvls.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Exciting news! The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris. This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics. More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk See you there !

How do regulatory genes control alternative life histories? We have an open PhD position to answer this question using functional genomics in Atlantic salmon. Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️

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

About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review: doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Excited to share our new paper on genetic differentiation in Atlantic silversides! We investigated how genome structure influences adaptation under varying levels of gene flow using a species-specific reference genome and multiple recombination maps. Read on for insights! doi.org/10.1093/molb... 1/7

Genetic differentiation is constrained to chromosomal inversions and putative centromeres in locally adapted populations with higher gene flow

Abstract. The impact of genome structure on adaptation is a growing focus in evolutionary biology, revealing an important role for structural variation and

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‼️These #PSMC #peaks are #artifacts‼️ Seen #PSMC results like this🤔? They are caused by ill-set parameters, #very #common, and #easy #to #solve! For details see 🧵& OA paper @currentbiology.bsky.social 🙂🐢🧬🎉! cell.com/current-biol...

Avoidable false PSMC population size peaks occur across numerous studies

Hilgers et al. detect and solve a common artifact in PSMC and related methods for historical population size inference. Analyses of real and simulated genomes show that ill-set default parameters fals...

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New job opening for a Professor/Reader/Senior Lecturer of Applied Animal Nutrition/Metabolomics/Microbiome within the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow. Closing date 4th March 2025. More information here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...

I am a federally-funded scientist. People on this amazing effort were supported by federal grants. We must keep it that way. Shoutout to all the work of the folks who helped build the genome of the "Founding Fish", the American shad. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

A Complete Assembly and Annotation of the American Shad Genome Yields Insights into the Origins of Diadromy

Abstract. Transitions across ecological boundaries, such as those separating freshwater from the sea, are major drivers of phenotypic innovation and biodiv

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American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12

[Position 2] on plants, repeated/parallel evolution, genomes, structural variants, ecological niches, w/ me, Filip Kolář, Mathieu Gàrdere, and others! 🍃 recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...

PhD student in evolution of Diplotaxis in Cape Verde

The Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics is offering a four-year PhD position focused on analyzing population- and species-level genomic data from museum plant samples. The project will employ cu...

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[please share widely!] We have two PhD positions available at the Swedish Museum of Natural History: [Position 1] Birds, hybridization, genomes, island biology, biogeography, sexual selection 🦚, w/ me, Knud Jønsson, Martin Iredstedt and @stelkens.bsky.social et al recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...

PhD student in Evolution of Indo-Pacific birds

The Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics is offering a four-year PhD position focused on analyzing population-level genomic data from museum bird samples. The project will employ cutting-edge gen...

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