Another day at #SMBE2026, another chance to talk about cichlids! Join me in S05: Molecular Evolution in the Era of Genetic Diversity Decline 🧬 Ecology-mediated demography shapes genetic diversity in a cichlid adaptive radiation Come by if demographic history and genetic diversity are your thing!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#SMBE2026 S05: Molecular Evolution in the Era of Genetic Diversity Decline 🗓️ Wed Jul 1, 3:50pm 🔗 cappartner-smbe2026.eventsair.site

Great to be at #SMBE2026 in sunny Copenhagen! Into cichlids, mutation rates, and/or speciation? Come by my talk this morning at 11:55 in S19: Causes and consequences of mutation rate variation (Pjerrot Room) 🧬🐟 Germline mutation rate variation and its consequences for speciation See you there!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#SMBE2026 S19: Causes and consequences of mutation rate variation 🗓️ Tue Jun 30, 10:20am 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme

#SMBE2026 S19: Causes and consequences of mutation rate variation 🗓️ Tue Jun 30, 10:20am 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme

Not every #cichlid fish needs two parents! A Cyphotilapia frontosa female produced offspring in the absence of a male, with #genome-wide heterozygosity patterns consistent with self-fertilization. Amazing work by M. Efe Uysal with W. Salzburger and A. Marks Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Aye-ayes are clearly unusual, but @glom.bsky.social @3rdreviewer.bsky.social &co show that they also have an unusual pattern of #MutationBias; older females transmit more mutations than males. This is a first for mammals, raising questions about other #lemurs 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/40SR4kj

The #WPSG2025 team says goodbye to #ČeskýKrumlov. Huge thanks to the town and Daniel Kintzl for their amazing support, our exceptional faculty for sharing their expertise and time, and all participants for making this such a unique, unforgettable experience! We can’t wait to return for #WPSG2027!

The last of a series of lectures that is NOT on dinosaurs at the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics: Michi Hofreiter on Ancient Genomics

Policy briefs are available in English, Afrikaans, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish and Welsh. www.coalitionforconservationgenetics.org/resources-da...

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss — Coalition for Conservation Genetics

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Finally a dedicated session on #conservation in the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics! 😃

WPSG@wpsg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Pizza vs pinsa 🍕, panther vs puma 🐈 , and #conservation genetics vs #genomics, spiced with some AI. Great overview by Emiliano Trucchi during one of the last #WPSG2025 workshop lectures @evomics.bsky.social

Very timely publication aligning with our @wpsg.bsky.social workshop topic for tomorrow: #ConservationBiology

W. Chris Funk@fieldgenomics.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations to @robynshaw.bsky.social, @cegrueber.bsky.social, and too many other friends to list here on this important paper in @nature.com on the global extent of genetic diversity loss. It was a pleasure discussing it w/ Elizabeth Pennisi from @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...

Despite the cichlid heavy intro slide - a lot of bird 🦅 examples in Walter Salzburger‘s lecture on Organismal Diversification 😁

WPSG@wpsg.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Saturday lecture of the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics in Cesky Krumlov – Walter Salzburger on Organismal Diversification!

Two years later @wpsg.bsky.social 2025 #machinelearning algorithms are still trained with cats and dogs 😂 Otherwise lots of new interesting and exciting stuff about #neuronalnetworks from Andrew Kern!

And it’s on! The Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics has started in Cesky Krumlov, with 61 participants and - as always - a great international faculty.

Excited to start the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics 2025 in Český Krumlov in just a few days! The WPSG team has started to assemble and prepare. @evomics.bsky.social

Tomorrow the standing committee of the Bern convention will vote on the downlisting of #wolves. #LCIE comments on this topic, stating that any downlisting should be based on science, not just politics. 👇 #wolf #largecarnivores 🐺

Just a few more days to apply for the next Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic! Note that the application deadline is 13 September, not 18 September as in the typo in the post 👇

WPSG@wpsg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Big announcement! The Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics (#WPSG25) will be taking place in wintry Cesky Krumlov from Jan 19 to Feb 1, 2025! Apply until Sept 18, 2024: evomics.org/workshops/wo...

I am very happy about the positive feedback on our eel genomics study presented at #Evol2024 ☺️ Thank you all for the motivating words that help so much to continue this research!

Big announcement! The Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics (#WPSG25) will be taking place in wintry Cesky Krumlov from Jan 19 to Feb 1, 2025! Apply until Sept 18, 2024: evomics.org/workshops/wo...

Differences lead to diversity. Kangaroo time @ dance your PhD 🦘💃👍 m.youtube.com/watch?v=RoSY...

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Subscribe. Stream my EP "Yours Academically, Dr. WELI". Check our BTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U76WCw3dhwOfficial video for WELI “Kangaroo Time (Clu...

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The Evomics Workshops made it to BlueSky! Our workshops are design to train academics on how to effectively analyze and manage data generated by modern sequencing technologies! Visit our website to learn more: evomics.org 🧬 🖥️🧪🌍 #AcademicSky

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New preprint from an interesting and fun in-house initiated collaboration on “Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics and welfare perspective”: doi.org/10.31219/osf...