Great story on the origins of co-evolutionary adaptations.

Leeban Yusuf@leebanhy.bsky.social · last mo.

How do coevolutionary interactions begin in nature, and what are the first steps of reciprocal adaptation? Our preprint investigates these questions in a natural experiment: an introduced cricket (T. oceanicus) and its acoustically hunting parasitoid (O. ochracea) in Hawaii. shorturl.at/7llsA 1/n

I invite applications for a PhD position. Join our team exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity! Application deadline is 7th May 2026. See lab.hrcek.net

PhD position on a Rapid Evolution in Communities topic (ERC-funded project) available in a colleague's group. Check it out. :) lab.hrcek.net

Our Galapagos mockingbird genomic paper was covered by Jente Ottenburghs' blog post. Thanks! avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...

The hidden effects of genetic purging in Galápagos Mockingbirds

Exploring patterns of genetic load across island populations.

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Apply now to the Workshop on Genomics 2026, which will take place 11-24 January, in the beautiful town of Český Krumlov, Czechia. Deadline: 20th of October, but applicants will be informed on a rolling basis. Spread the word among colleagues! 🙆🏽‍♀️ evomics.org/apply-worksh... #evomics2026

Last chapter of my student Masoud Nazarizadeh's thesis, showcasing the emergence of host-selected parasite lineages in the presence of gene flow, was just published in MBE. Great job, Masoud! doi.org/10.1093/molb...

Host-associated Genetic Differentiation in the Face of Ongoing Gene Flow: Ecological Speciation in a Pathogenic Parasite of Freshwater Fish

Abstract. Adaptive evolution in response to varying environments, leading to population divergence, is among the most intriguing processes of speciation. H

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The retreat of glaciers and the creation of new coasts: a team led by a glaciologist from FSc USB published a groundbreaking study in Nature Climate Change doi.org/10.1038/s415...

New coasts emerging from the retreat of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers in the twenty-first century - Nature Climate Change

As marine-terminating glaciers retreat, they reveal new coastlines in many regions. Here the authors use satellite data to quantify these changes for the Northern Hemisphere, finding that between 2000...

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Congrats Dragomir!

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia@fscusb.bsky.social · last yr.

Paper on the diversity of malaria in threatened passerines, by our phd student Dragomir Damnjanović, is featured on the cover page of the International Journal for Parasitology. sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Island size vs. genetic load in Galapagos mockingbirds. Finally it’s out, congrats to Jakub Vlček! Thanks to all collaborators. doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Genomes of Galápagos Mockingbirds Reveal the Impact of Island Size and Past Demography on Inbreeding and Genetic Load in Contemporary Populations

Restricted range size brings about noteworthy genetic consequences that may affect the viability of a population and eventually its extinction. Particularly, the question if an increase in inbreeding...

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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

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.

Walter Salzburger is kicking off the WPSG 2025 workshop in Český Krumlov Town theatre. @wpsg.bsky.social

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

Species tree vs. introgression.

Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler@rejectresubmit.bsky.social · 2y ago

The last paper from my PhD is finally out in Bulletin of SSB with @3rdreviewer.bsky.social! We used theory and supervised machine learning to learn how to disentangle uncertain histories of speciation and introgression. ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bs...

Study shows proliferation of non-native plants is driver of insect invasions https://botany.fyi/4aer6k A global study has revealed that insect invasions are being driven by the proliferation of non-native plants. This can disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic impacts.

Study shows proliferation of non-native plants is driver of insect invasions

A global study has revealed that insect invasions are being driven by the proliferation of non-native plants. This can can massively disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic…

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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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