Join us for another exciting seminar by Dr. Samuel Yeaman (University of Calgary) about the repeatability of adaptation? on 30th July, 2026, 4 pm CET. Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

📣 GBE is launching a Methods section GBE is launching a new Methods section dedicated to theoretical advances, methodological innovation, and critical assessments of existing approaches. 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/pages/methods-articles #genome #evolution #societyjournal

Very proud of this little contribution we have made to the field. Check out our latest @pnas.org paper on mitonuclear ageing

Stefano Bettinazzi@stefanobettinazzi.bsky.social · 4w ago

How far do intergenomic compatibility shape ageing trajectories? 🦠🧬🪰 Our latest study in PNAS @pnas.org, explores this. Check it out! doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Thanks to an amazing team: @fcamus.bsky.social, @dk-dowling.bsky.social, Avi & Finley. #mitochondria #mitonuclear #ageing #diet #hormesis

Have ideas for your own, independent research program in Theoretical Biology? Then come and join us as a Group Leader at the @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social in Plön, Germany!

Group Leader in Theoretical Biology (m/f/d)

Experience in Theoretical Biology, Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics

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Join us for an exciting seminar by Dr. Markus Stetter (University of Cologne) about the effect of polygenic adaptation and pleiotropy on the genotype-phenotype relationship on 25th June, 2026, 3 pm CET. Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

Sam will now speak on the repeatability of adaptation on July 30, 2026. June 4, 2026 is a public holiday in several parts of Europe, apologies for the additional schedule change.

Looking forward to Sam Yeaman's seminar about repeatability of adaptation on Thursday May 28 at 4 pm CET. Join us online!

PolyAdapt STN@polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us for another exciting seminar by Dr. Samuel Yeaman (University of Calgary) about the repeatability of adaptation? on 28th May, 2026, 4 pm CET. Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

Mark your calendars for this seminar by Sam Yeaman!

PolyAdapt STN@polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us for another exciting seminar by Dr. Samuel Yeaman (University of Calgary) about the repeatability of adaptation? on 28th May, 2026, 4 pm CET. Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

Join us for this exciting seminar to learn more about phenotypic plasticity and its genetic basis!

PolyAdapt STN@polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us for a seminar by Dr. Francois Mallard (Institute de Biologie, École Normale Supérieure, Paris-France) about 'The genetic architecture of phenotypic plasticity' on 30th April, 2026, 3 pm CET. Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

Join us for this exciting seminar and hear about redundancy in genome-wide epistatic interactions!

PolyAdapt STN@polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join us for a seminar by Prof. Christian Schlötterer (University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria) about 'Epistatic redundancy reconciles pervasive genetic interactions with their rarity in genome-wide analyses' on 26th March, 2026, 3 pm CET. Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

Excellent line-up of speakers

PopGen Vienna@popgenviennaphd.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (March-June). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Davis Summer Population Genomics Program

Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...

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Excited about this seminar!

PolyAdapt STN@polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us for a seminar by Dr. Petri Kemppainen (University of Helsinki, Finland) about 'Linkage disequilibrium scaling improves robustness and power to detect genomic regions under selection' on 26th Feb, 2026, 3 pm CET. Zoom link can be found here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

Responsible publication of your research! To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology

Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

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Expressions of interest: Director at MPI EvolBio (f/m/d) — We invite expressions of interest from distinguished scientists in evolutionary biology with a bold, long-term research vision that complements our Institute. More information: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Dire...

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10 more days to apply for this postdoc position.

Neda Barghi@nedabarghi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work on a project focusing on adaptation and genetic basis of embryo size in Drosophila using our new large particle flow cytometer. evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work on a project focusing on adaptation and genetic basis of embryo size in Drosophila using our new large particle flow cytometer. evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

Don't miss this issue's Editor's Choice article: "Gene network topology drives the mutational landscape of gene expression" by Sylvain Pouzet & Arnaud Le Rouzic. Free to read here: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants

"Why is it called a hanging thief?" www.inaturalist.org/photos/10502...

Yesterday me and my lab celebrated #20years @mpi-cbg.de. There is a lot to say about that but the pictures from the event tell it better. Thanks city of #Dresden for the nice fireworks. That was unexpected. 10 more years or so? #LoPaTs 💕

New tool for clustering bacterial genomes: PanGene-O-Meter, provides a higher level of granularity than ANI when classifying bacterial isolates of the same species. Work of the talented @haimashkenazy.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (Sep-Jan). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

We are recruiting a PhD student to work on polygenic adaptation. Please share and apply if interested. evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

Full paper now out in GENETICS: The relationship between sexual dimorphism and intersex correlation: do models support intuition? 🔗 academic.oup.com/genetics/art... #Evolution #QuantGenetics @GeneticsGSA

The relationship between sexual dimorphism and intersex correlation: do models support intuition?

Abstract. The evolution of sexual dimorphism (the difference in average trait values between females and males, SD), is often thought to be constrained by

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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

#editorbio @nedabarghi.bsky.social joined #teamJEB in early 2023

We have a new preprint led by talented PhD student @claudia-rl.bsky.social in my group where we show phases of polygenic adaptation in large populations of Drosophila.

Claudia Ramírez Lanzas@claudia-rl.bsky.social · last yr.

Proud to share our new preprint with Neda! @nedabarghi.bsky.social Using experimental evolution and time-series phenotyping, we reveal the phases of polygenic adaptation driving rapid evolution in large Drosophila populations adapting to a new environment. 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...