We had a big crew from Loyola at #Evol2026 in Cleveland this past week. So many great talks and poster presentations from our postdocs, grad students, and undergrads across 4 labs @loyolachicago.bsky.social

My first Evolution Meeting 2026 was an amazing experience!🧬 I had the opportunity to present part of my master's research and connect with inspiring researchers. Grateful for this experience!

Thrilled to share that @minecr.bsky.social and my paper on Ten simple rules for teaching data science is now available from @plos.org Computational Biology! journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Ten simple rules for teaching data science

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Excited to be attending #Evol2026! I'll be talking about the genetic basis of local adaptation in the face of high gene flow: it may or may not have something to do with structural variants! Come see my talk next Wednesday at 2.30 pm in the "Adaptation: Inference of Selection" session (room 24)

Economy and ecology are the same word: oikos, the household. One runs it, one reads it. The tragedy of the commons is where the halves grind. Hardin said shared resources are doomed & competition is inherently unstable. A crowded Breton rock full of limpets proves him wrong twice👇 🌊🦑🌍

A Natural History of Limpets, Part 4: The Commons on the Rock

Three species, one crowded rock, and the resource an earlier episode called the scarcest of all. Garrett Hardin predicted ruin here twice. The shore refused him both times.

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🧬 Exploring the implications of within-organism conflicts for organismal biology with biology We’re welcoming the Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation: Mathematical Foundations workshop to NITMB! A huge thank you to the organizers and speakers. We look forward to the week’s discussions!

I'm blaming @gallseeker.bsky.social for convincing my husband to change all of his slides to black at 11.30pm

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Words matter. They especially matter when talking about likelihoods. As it turns out we have different ideas what type of likelihood we link with certain descriptors. Source: buff.ly/lsjYx0d

Emily Belcher and co-authors show that embryos achieve robustness by tightly coordinating the relative timing of embryonic events, offering clues to how embryos may withstand contemporary climate change in marine systems. doi.org/10.1098/rsob...

Temperature and the progression of developmental milestones in embryogenesis of a marine ectotherm | Open Biology

Embryos are among the most temperature-sensitive life stages. To survive and produce juvenile stages, embryos must be robust to changes in temperature that also change development time profoundly. Yet...

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Was Darwin wrong? Hermaphrodites found to be more energy efficient than animals with two sexes monash.edu/science/news...

Was Darwin wrong? Hermaphrodites found to be more energy efficient than animals with two sexes

Hermaphrodites may have an unexpected evolutionary advantage over animals with separate sexes, they use significantly less energy to live.

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Darwin speculated that it was energetically costly to be an hermaphrodite. He thought that might explain why they were relatively rare in animals. Our paper out today tested this conjecture for the first time. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Hermaphrodites have lower metabolic rates than gonochores

Abstract. Hermaphroditism, where an individual can reproduce as both male and female, offers some clear reproductive advantages. Simultaneous hermaphroditi

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Hi everyone, super excited to share the first paper from my PhD work, which the AGA said was cool!

The American Genetic Association@theaga.bsky.social · last yr.

This provides valuable insights into the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of annelids, which appear to have undergone numerous chromosomal rearrangements. Paper here: doi.org/10.1093/jher... Corresponding author: @monique-vdor.bsky.social #JHered #OpenAccess

Another cool genome assembly: The first phased, annotated, chromosome-level assembly for a reef-building tubeworm, Galeolaria caespitosa! The species has 11 autosomal chromosomes and no sex chromosomes.

Happy international day of women and girls in science! Here are two starter packs of women in ocean science for you to follow 🦑🧪 go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4

What lies beneath: Melbourne’s often maligned surf has created a growing snorkelling scene

What lies beneath: Melbourne’s often maligned surf has created a growing snorkelling scene

One dedicated Facebook group now has almost 20,000 members, attracted by sea life found just metres from Port Phillip Bay’s shore * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Wading into the warm crystal-clear water at the northern…

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