Gleðileg jól og þakkir fyrir viðburðaríkt ár! Við hlökkum til alls þess sem 2026 ber í skauti sér. Mynd tekin af Svanhildi Egilsdóttur.

Ef þú ert vanur/vön að taka sýni í felti þá hvet ég þig að taka þátt í lausnamóti (hackathon) fyrir sýnatöku leiðbeiningar @ergabiodiv.bsky.social. Mótið fer af stað núna á föstudaginn og stendur yfir frá kl. 9-11 UTC. Skráningar skilafrestur er kl. 16 í dag. www.cognitoforms.com/ERGAEuropean...

In October 2025, Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) reached a milestone: over one hundred genomes have been sequenced and publicly released as part of the project. biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/10/27/c... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social

Celebrating 100+ BGE genomes! - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

By Luisa Schlude Marins In October 2025, Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) reached a milestone: over one hundred genomes have been sequenced and publicly released as part of the project. More than si...

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🌊Tiny pellets making a big impact - how zooplankton faecal pellets help transport carbon to the deep ocean💩 Read the latest Editor's Choice article in ICES Journal of Marine Science​📄Meta-analysis of the role of zooplankton faecal pellets in ocean carbon export flux doi.org/10.1093/ices...

some fun biogeography going on in this region, btw doi.org/10.1139/f78-...

G Haines@gehaines.bsky.social · 11mo ago

In the absence of predatory fish, the stickleback lost their defensive pelvic spines. They are the only known stickleback populations on the east coast of the US or Canada to have lost pelvic spines, apart from a population in Narrows Pond, Newfoundland. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The 2025 Curlew Forum is happening this week on 29 October. If you are keen to be involved in the discussions then you can join the event online from 10am! Email charlie@curlewaction.org and we will send you the link to join! Please share with anyone who may be interested in joining us.

Fyrsta grein frá leiðangrinum í fyrra á Þýska ísbrjótnum Polarstern sem ég tók þátt í er komin út. Marflóategundin Amathillopsis spinigera fannst í fyrsta sinn í þessum leiðangri á 25 ára sýnistökuferli um Fram sundið. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nú er Líffræðiráðstefnan að fara að skella á! Opnunarerindi er á fimmtudaginn, 9. okt. kl. 13 í aðalsal Íslenskrar Erfðagreiningar. Nálgast má dagskránna hér: biologia.is/liffraedirad...

Dagskrá / Program

Listi yfir öll málstofuerindi með ágripum  /  List of all seminar talks w/ abstracts Listi yfir öll veggspjöld með ágripum / List of all posters and abstracts Yfirlit yfir dagskrá / Schedule overvi…

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Kynning á verðlaunahöfum Könnuðarstyrksins! biologia.is/2025/05/15/k...

Kynning á verðlaunahöfum Könnuðarstyrksins!

Eins og áður var tilkynnt bárust níu umsóknir um Könnuðarstyrk til félagsins. Þetta er í fyrsta sinn sem styrknum er úthlutað, en framtakið er samstarfsverkefni Líffræðifélags Íslands og Les Amis d…

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We still have a few spots left for the GRC Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics meeting in Tuscany this summer (July 13-18). Lots of great speakers already lined up, and we'd love to hear from you! www.grc.org/ecological-a...

The French newspaper Mediapart interviewed me last week about our review article of long standing bias in conservation research. There are always minor details that get warped in translation, but it was great to see the willingness to mediate technical results. www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecol...

Le délit de faciès des sciences de la conservation

En matière d’orientation des recherches sur la protection de la nature, la prétendue objectivité scientifique laisse la place à toutes sortes de biais et de conformismes. Des préférences subjectives …

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Our paper describing the genetic stratification of inshore and offshore northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) in Iceland just came out! RADseq data was collected from samples across Arnarfjörður bay in the North-West, Skjálfandi bay in the North. bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Population stratification in Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) off Iceland evident from RADseq analysis - BMC Ecology and Evolution

The northern shrimp Pandalus borealis (ice. Stóri kampalampi) is a North Atlantic crustacean of significant commercial interest which has been harvested consistently in Icelandic waters since 1936. In...

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#PostDoc in #Montpellier on mussel transmissible cancers #TransCan These weird cancers have undergone genome doublings and aneuploidisation You will play with PacBio and Nanopore data Join the #HyperCan team in a joyfull environment. #MarEvol #PopGen #MusselsAreCool euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/333894

Post-Doctoral Researcher – Haplotype-Resolved Assembly and Structural Variation of Polyploid Genomes in Transmissible Cancers of the Blue Mussel (M/F)

- work environment: Host-Pathogen-Environment Interactions Laboratory (UMR5244 IHPE), Montpellier - main mission:

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Nýja greinin okkur um stofngreiningu á milli innfjarðar og úthafs rækju (stóra kampalampa, Pandalus borealis) á Norður Íslandi kom út í dag. Við sjáum lítinn sem engan mun á milli innfjarðar rækja, en greinilegan stigul á milli innfjarðar og úthafsins. bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Population stratification in Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) off Iceland evident from RADseq analysis - BMC Ecology and Evolution

The northern shrimp Pandalus borealis (ice. Stóri kampalampi) is a North Atlantic crustacean of significant commercial interest which has been harvested consistently in Icelandic waters since 1936. In...

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Are you a recent PhD graduate interested in Arctic research? The Stefansson Arctic Institute and the University of Akureyri in Iceland are looking to support candidates to apply for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships in relevant thematic research areas. For more information: www.svs.is/en/moya/news...

"Hafrannsóknarstofnun leitar eftir framúrskarandi háskólanemum úr líffræði, efnafræði, eðlisfræði eða tengdum greinum, til starfa í sumar. Starfstímabil háskólanema er um 3 mánuðir eða samkvæmt frekara samkomulagi". www.hafogvatn.is/is/midlun/fr...

Sumarstörf fyrir framúrskarandi háskólanema

Hafrannsóknarstofnun leitar eftir framúrskarandi háskólanemum úr líffræði, efnafræði, eðlisfræði eða tengdum greinum, til starfa í sumar. Starfstímabil hás

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It is with great pleasure that we announce that the application for the Explorer's grant is now open! The grant is funded by the Biological Society and Les Amis de Jean Baptiste Charcot. Additional information as well as the application form can be found here: biologia.is/um-felagid/s...

Styrktarsjóður

Opið er nú fyrir Könnuðarstyrk Líffræðifélagsins og Les Amis de Jean Baptiste Charcot.Styrkurinn er ætlaður meðlimum Líffræðifélagsins sem eru nemendur á framhaldsstigi í líffræði eða skyldum grein…

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Það er okkur sönn ánægja að tilkynna að nú er opið fyrir umsóknir um Könnuðarstyrk Líffræðifélagsins og Les Amis de Jean Baptiste Charcot. Frekari upplýsingar um styrkinn og umsóknina sjálfa er að finna hér: biologia.is/um-felagid/s...

Styrktarsjóður

Opið er nú fyrir Könnuðarstyrk Líffræðifélagsins og Les Amis de Jean Baptiste Charcot.Styrkurinn er ætlaður meðlimum Líffræðifélagsins sem eru nemendur á framhaldsstigi í líffræði eða skyldum grein…

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Marine and Freshwater Research Institue is searching for a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Horizon EU Mission Ocean and Waters Project – BioProtect. More information on the MFRI website; www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #postdoctoralposition #BioProtect

Postdoctoral Researcher Position for the BioProtect Project

Marine and Freshwater Research Institue is searching for a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Horizon EU Mission Ocean and Waters Project – BioProtect.

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Það virðast vera færri spóategundir eftir í heiminum.

Curlew Action@curlewaction.bsky.social · 2y ago

30 years ago today (25 Feb 1995), the last reliable sighting of a Slender-billed Curlew occurred in Morocco. Last year, a paper calculated concluded that there is a 99.6% chance that the Slender-billed Curlew is extinct, and that it likely died off around 1995.

This is a "reindeer cyclone", a defensive behavior that has been observed in herds of reindeer, even in captivity. The fawns and older animals are at the center, the strongest animal in the outer lanes. The point is to confuse the brains of predators accustomed to stalking a single outlier.

Feeling a bit lost with the many acronyms and specific vocabulary used in the field of #biodiversity #genomics? The ERGA #Glossary can help 📚🧬📖 erga-biodiversity.eu/glossary Spotted any important term missing? Let us know! 💬 #genomics #glossary #biodiversity #genomes @ebpgenome.bsky.social

Feb 28 deadline for junior folk to apply for travel to the annual @smtpb.bsky.social meeting on Mathematical & Theoretical Population Biology in Chicago. For those paying their own travel & accommodation (no registration!) it is March 14. Apply here: www.nitmb.org/modeling-and... @nitmb.bsky.social

Modeling and Theory in Population Biology | NITMB

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Ráðstefna um menntun í náttúruvísindum verður haldin í Sandgerðisskóla 28.-29. mars. Kennarar þvert á skólastig sem vinna með viðfangsefni náttúruvísinda eru hvattir til að taka þátt og senda inn tillögur að erindum/málstofum/veggspjöldum. Tillögur má senda inn hér: tinyurl.com/5d2ewkhe

We continue looking at socio-ecological fisheries research 🐟 Meet Sandra Rybicki, scientist @mfri.bsky.social , & learn more about her fascinating research on the links between fisheries, the environment & local communities: Find out more: www.icefishresearch.com/2025/02/13/t... #IceFishResearch

🐟 Do you have experience in quantitative stock assessment, with a strong fisheries or related environmental sciences background? We are recruiting an Advice Department Professional Officer 📅 12-month contract 📍 ICES Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark 🔔Apply by 16 February www.ices.dk/about-ICES/J...

Ný grein varðandi Grálúðu (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) er komin út í Ecology & Evolution. Við @bjarkielvarsson.bsky.social á @mfri.bsky.social komum að þessu verkefni, ásamt 19 öðrum meðhöfundum frá Íslandi, Grænlandi, Færeyjum, Noregi, Danmörku, og Kanada onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Sex Influences the Genetic Structure of Greenland Halibut in the North Atlantic

Greenland halibut appears to be divided in two major units in the North Atlantic. However, previous research may have confounded sex effects and we demonstrate here the impact of including sex-associ....

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Vinnustofa í líkanargerð á vistfræðilegum og þróunarfræðilegum sviðsmyndum með SLiM næsta sumar (17.-21. ágúst 2026): groups.google.com/.../c/IZuz-g... Frítt er að taka þátt, en pláss er takmarkað. Forgangur er veittur þeim frá @mfri.bsky.social og HÍ. Skráning hér: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Tækifæri fyrir rannsóknaraðila að takast á við spennandi verkefni sem varða áhrif loftlagsbreytinga á vistkerfum sjávar.

Áki Jarl Láruson@akijarl.bsky.social · 2y ago

Opportunity to come research the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems around Iceland: www.researchgate.net/job/1018776_...

Kæru félagar, Nú þegar árið er að líða og öldur tímans flæða áfram, viljum við þakka ykkur fyrir ánægjulegt samstarf og framlag ykkar til félagsins á árinu. Við hlökkum til að halda áfram að vinna saman að spennandi verkefnum á komandi ári. Með kærri jólakveðju, Stjórn Líffræðifélags Íslands