Ok, BSA’s socials game is 🔥🔥🔥 I’m having huge FOMO missing out this year (life stuff, sigh), but I’m OVERJOYED to see the final face on this preview is former Coughlan lab undergrad- Quinn Evans- AND we just posted his honors thesis to BioRxiv earlier this week! Go Quinn, go!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 18h ago

We had to show you some more presentations from last night's poster session, but we're still sad we can't highlight them all! Be sure to stop by the #Botany2026 Exhibit Hall to check them out. Follow along all week for updates from the conference 🌿 #plantpeopleFTW

How do fungi distinguish conspecific self from non-self? The genetics of this fascinating topic are plagued with misunderstandings even amongst mycologists. We wrote a review/rant to address this confusion, out now! 🍄 #fungi #allorecognition #HETgenes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Drawing the line: Clarifying fungal allorecognition from HET domains to het genes to heterokaryon incompatibility

The iconic networks of filamentous fungi are connected through hyphal fusions. While fusion is beneficial among hyphae from the same fungal individual…

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We investigated how sympatric species maintain their phenotypic distinction despite high gene flow. Unlike other very cool studies in very cool systems, we find that phenotypic divergence is polygenic and although inversions are a part of the story, they sure aren't the whole story!

"How two hybridizing monkeyflowers resist phenotypic homogenization" I'm very happy to share this. We would really appreciate your feedback!

Jenn Coughlan@jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 3d ago

So proud of this manuscript- lead by the fantastic @henryarenas.bsky.social with two undergraduates (Cage Cochran and Quinn Evans) each doing a Herculean effort during their honors theses, and Hongfei Chen helping out tremendously with lab work. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Major #Botany2026 FOMO, but the drive MA->OR starts this week. So, sharing from afar: I’m recruiting grad students for my new lab at OSU! Info: www.mckenzie-lab.org . We're going to have FUN with systematics, speciation genomics, methods, natural history, and more in North Am angiosperms. Reach out!

This was one of the most enriching experiences during my PhD. The SSE council does value GSAC's input and supports their many initiatives that benefit the broader ECR community. I encourage PhD students from all geographies to apply.

Evolution Students@ssegrad.bsky.social · last wk.

Enjoyed what GSAC has been building? Help shape what's next! 📣 GSAC applications are open until Aug. 21! GSAC represents graduate student and postdoc voices on the SSE Council while creating resources, networking, and community. Learn more & apply: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNAS

In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...

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Excited to launch the first call for proposals focusing on policy and/or societal impact of evolutionary biology research. Activities might include: ✅ local meetings on policy and/or societal impact ✅ actions to influence policy 💰€500-2K available Read more here and apply: shorturl.at/ixlby

I am thrilled to share that the biology dept at Hamilton College is hiring a TT Evolutionary Ecologist to start in fall of 2027! This position would teach an upper level Evolution lect/lab, a section of Bio-100, rotate through our 200-level Eco/Evo course, and a seminar. apply.interfolio.com/190184

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. 🧵

Rapid floral syndrome convergence in Penstemon through independent genetic variation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.21.739878v1

Empezó esto! Feliz de estar en el VIII Simposio Colombiano de Biología Evolutiva #ColEvol #CienciaCriolla

First workshop done, at the 2026 Colombian Congress of Evolution (#ColEvol2026). R, data science, and phylogenetic comparative methods, plus a collective project. MacroData is finally off the ground! Three cities to go, supported by #NatGeo. datadiversitylab.github.io/macrodata/

Are you an early-career researcher based in the Global South? Apply by 20 November 2026 for BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants to attend an international biological or biomedical conference. More information at www.biologists.com/grants/bio-g...

The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world

Generalized plant responses to heat stress across whole-plant and reproductive scales.

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Excited to share our new paper: “How to run a language-inclusive international conference”. rdcu.be/fs8cJ At #ICCB2025, we implemented language-accessibility measures to support 1,890 participants from 90 countries/territories, and we showed they worked (see Fig S2)! #languagebarriers 1/5

Happy to share that Maëva Gabrielli's latest work on Zosterops borbonicus is now published in Evolution! Interested by identifying barrier loci with genomic data? I hope you will find this piece of work interesting! ⬇️ academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

Accounting for recombination rate variation improves inference of barrier loci and reveals the role of both natural and sexual selection in an incipient bird radiation

Abstract. Examining genomic patterns of differentiation across lineage pairs at different stages of the speciation continuum, in combination with recombina

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Divergent habitat selection across many loci maintains species boundaries during introgression https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.28.728564v1

Comparing reproductive isolation across species has been harder than it should be. The new Reproductive Isolation Ontology (RIO) provides a common framework to standardize RI estimates across the tree of life. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

A standardised framework for classifying estimates of reproductive isolation

Abstract. Understanding reproductive isolation (RI) between lineages is a central goal of speciation research. While the strength of RI has been estimated

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#Difusion para beca doctoral y postdoctoral.

So excited to announce our search for 4 postdocs (funded by the Simons Foundation) who will use genomics to "test how ecological interactions, natural selection, natural enemies, hybridization & environmental gradients shape...tropical tree communities" in Panama: stri.si.edu/story/bci-ev... ...1

🚨⚠️ #convocatoria para #concurso en la Universidad Industrial de Santander #Interacciones #microbianas #Ecología #vegetal #Biología del #desarrollo Entre otros Página web con más información: convocatorias.uis.edu.co/convocatoria... #trabajosihay #phd #doctorado #maestria

Convocatoria pública a concurso profesoral para seleccionar profesores de carrera 002-2026 | Primera llamada - Convocatorias

Vicerrectoría Académica Convocatoria pública a concurso profesoral para seleccionar profesores de carrera 002-2026 | Primera llamada Introducción a la Convocatoria La Universidad Industrial de Santand...

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New paper out today! @sternarchella.bsky.social and I review how modularity and integration influence adaptive radiations and diversification. Read it here: rdcu.be/fpcSX

New preprint from the last portion of my PhD! Despite low masked load, we found evidence for strong inbreeding depression in Devils Hole pupfish. The reason? A recessive lethal haplotype that causes a heart defect among developing embryos. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Long-term small effective population size, inbreeding, and a recessive lethal haplotype drive premature death in the endangered Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis)

As anthropogenic habitat fragmentation and population decline accelerate globally, growing numbers of species face compounding demographic and genetic threats to long-term survival. Many populations a...

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After growing thousands of them in the greenhouse, I finally could meet my study system in the wild, thanks #PEQG26! Come to my talk tomorrow at 11:00 am to learn how two sympatric monkeyflowers with weak reproductive isolation maintain their phenotypic differentiation

From recognition to neglect: Molecular and physiological responses to heterospecific pollen decay with evolutionary distance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.02.729600v1

Interested in #macroevolution, #macroecology, and #mountains? I'll soon be advertising a #postdoc position at Yale as part of a newly funded NSF project. Stay tuned for details!

The GREG grants helped me travel to and and spend a couple weeks collecting in the field. Support the program! Shameless self promotion, you can see my talk on growth rate in hybrid seedlings at the link!

Society for the Study of Evolution@sse-evolution.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SSE is raising funds to expand this year's Graduate Research Excellence Grants program! www.gofundme.com/f/support-st... Curious about what kind of research these grants fund? Check out our seminar series featuring past recipients here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWMT...

Ever wondered how brown algae choose mates? Researchers found PKN — a molecular gatekeeper ensuring male-female recognition & blocking cross-species fertilization. A key player in sexual reproduction across life. Read more: shorturl.at/buycJ

How brown algae choose their mates

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen have identified a previously unknown protein that plays a key role in fertilization in brown algae. It determines not only whether male and...

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Extendimos el envío de resúmenes para el VIII Simposio Colombiano de Biología Evolutiva hasta el próximo 31 de mayo. Super invitadas e invitados a participar.