Jon Velotta
@jpvelotta.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Evolutionary physiology and genomics at the University of Denver.
We can't wait to see everyone in Cleveland in a couple of days! You can find the schedule here and the QR code to download the app: www.evolutionmeetings.org/program.html
Program
The 2026 Virtual Event has concluded. Recorded talks will be available shortly via YouTube.
evolutionmeetings.org
So very proud of @rileymcorcoran.bsky.social for publishing her beautiful masters thesis work!! @official-smbe.bsky.social academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-.... Repeated positive selection in landlocked alewives is rare, but balancing selection acts on a set of genes from a single gene family.
Multiple modes of selection underlie repeated and human-mediated adaptation in a formerly migratory fish
Abstract. The extent to which we can predict evolution is crucial in our era of rapid anthropogenic change. Alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) in the Atlantic
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Out today from Isabelle Neylan, @rujutavaidya.bsky.social @brantfaircloth.bsky.social, M Dassnayake and me: The transcriptomic response to early life heat stress mirrors adaptive differences between populations – evidence for plasticity-led evolution. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Genetic assimilation and accommodation shape adaptation to heat stress in a splash pool copepod
Abstract. Understanding organismal responses to dynamic environments is becoming increasingly important in our rapidly changing world. Beyond genetic adapt
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Look at that adorable deer mouse with the Rocky Mountains in the background. Nice job @jpvelotta.bsky.social and team on nabbing the image! #fieldwins
Evolution@journal-evo.bsky.social · 9mo agoRead the latest issue of Evolution: academic.oup.com/evolut/issue...
1/How do maladaptive responses to novel environments influence trait evolution? With field & lab studies, we (@jpvelotta.bsky.social & @mstager.bsky.social) explored this in deer mice along an elevational gradient. And...it's complicated! 😱 academic-oup-com.silk.library.umass.edu/evolut/artic...
Please spread widely and quickly - the more signatures we get the better chances we have of cajoling NSF into changing course on this small but very impactful item
Daniel Bolnick@danielbolnick.bsky.social · 10mo agoNSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/ and please spread the word!!!!
We created an updated, urgent petition focused on the devastating #GRFP eligibiilty changes - please sign and share if you can! bsky.app/profile/jaso...
Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams@jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year. We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
If you are a grad student in their second year, hoping to apply for a GRFP, the eligibility requirements have changed. You are now ineligible. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo.... This is an outrage. The government willy-nilly changes the way things are done and it hurts students.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Check out our new deer mouse paper @sse-evolution.bsky.social! A truly collaborative effort with @drgodwit.bsky.social, @mstager.bsky.social, and Zac Cheviron. academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Incomplete genetic compensation and countergradient variation of blood-oxygen transport in deer mice
Abstract. Novel environments can induce fitness-reducing responses (i.e., maladaptive plasticity) that should be eliminated by selection via genetic compen
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Check out our new perspective on homeostasis and stress! Led by @evoecoalex.bsky.social with me and @cam-g.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/icb/advance-....
A Systems Approach to Homeostasis: What Euryhaline Fish Teach Us About Organismal Stress Responses
Synopsis. Historically, organismal biologists have studied the organism’s response to environmental variation from two complementary perspectives: one has
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
AOC: Do you know which coloradans did vote to cut medicare and jack up health care cost? Every single Republican representative from Colorado. Don't you worry, I was just at Gabe Evans' district, and 11,000 of his constituents would like a word
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Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation
Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
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Our YouTube premiere starts in just a few minutes! youtu.be/Dx0ewmmMjnQ
This Podcast Will Kill You - Pregnancy: First Trimester
YouTube video by Exactly Right Media
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For the first time in 10 years, a child has died from measles in the United States. Vaccines prevent measles. Americans need to hear our top health officials say clearly: every child in America should get vaccinated against this terrible disease.
#standupforscience Denver! Thank you @ssenese.bsky.social for being lead organizer and @emma-glenn23.bsky.social @peteromyscus.bsky.social @etarnawa.bsky.social @rileymcorcoran.bsky.social for organizing and volunteering! ✊ #proudmentor
@erinwelsh.bsky.social and her crowd at #standupforscienece Denver! Science saves! Get vaccinated. @tpwky.bsky.social
Be part of this movement! Today in #Denver at 1pm at the capitol! Come #standupforscience
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
COME STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!! TOMORROW!!
Sarah Senese@ssenese.bsky.social · last yr.🚨TOMORROW, COLORADO!🚨 Denver Capitol building. East steps. 1-4 pm. Amazing lineup of speakers. A Science Riot comedian. Musical performance. Coloring pages for kids. Science advocacy. What more do you want?!?! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...
The Scott Lab at McMaster is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Details at scottlab.ca/opportunities/
Opportunities
Interested in Joining the Scott Lab? The Scott Lab is currently recruiting graduate students to examine the physiological and molecular mechanisms of high-altitude adaptation in small mammals. Pote…
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SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎
BREAKING: Federal judge issues prelim injunction blocking NIH from cutting indirect cost rates for research. This extends the temp restraining order that's been in place the past few weeks. Big win for health. Big loss for disease and cancers. Especially political ones.
Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · last yr.JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has extended her nationwide block on Trump administration effort to slash funds for NIH research.
On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone. Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️
