The #editorschoice for this month is Forum Article: Leaving academia: insights from evolutionary biologists on their career transitions and job satisfaction Betancourt et al. @claireasher.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Leaving academia: insights from evolutionary biologists on their career transitions and job satisfaction

Abstract. Many who have obtained PhDs in evolutionary biology will ultimately pursue careers that fall outside a narrow definition of an academic career. A

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🎉 New year, NEW PREPRINT! Bacteria exhibit astonishing genetic diversity, but where do new genes come from? My best friend Arya Kaul (/labmate in the @baym lab) investigates how advantageous deletions can spawn new genes - "deletion-born fusions." 🧵:

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Novel genes arise from genomic deletions across the bacterial tree of life https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.05.697752v1

If you’ll teach about Adaptation this coming spring, would you be interested in testing whether having an explicitly inclusive activity improves student understanding of the concept? We’re recruiting instructors, please consider joining us!

Resources in Inclusive Evolution Education (RIE2)@inclusiveevoedu.bsky.social · 11mo ago

TL;DR We're looking for biology/evolution instructors in the US and Canada to test the impacts of inclusive evolutionary biology educational materials on undergraduate learning (you will be compensated). Pasting the official recruitment info in thread below. sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Very excited to have a blog post posted that was led by @suegenenoh.bsky.social summarizing and outlining #RIE2 development of undergrad teaching modules for evolution. ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com/2025/06/unlo... and cross posted here genestogenomes.org/unlocking-un... 🧬🧪👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🔬#newPI #Evolution

Undergrad students often forget about genetic drift as an evolutionary process/ force. If you've also experienced this, we might have a solution for you! Our RIE2 (resources for inclusive evolution education) working group just published a week-length drift module: qubeshub.org/publications...

Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Protect US racial affinity groups

On its first day, the Trump administration released several executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them “illegal,” “immoral,” and “discriminatory” (1, 2)...

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In Maine: NIH awards funding: $116 Million Jobs supported: 1,470 Economic activity supported: $262 Million

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In TENNESSEE- NIH funding: $770 million Jobs supported: 9,362 Economic activity supported: $1.99 Billion Bio Tech Industry Impact in the State: Jobs: 43,262 Businesses: 2,862

Official announcement in Jan. but so excited I'm sharing now! Latest #EvolutionEducation module #adaptation is published qubeshub.org/publications... by @aauerbach.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social + more as part of the #RIE2 initiative qubeshub.org/community/gr... #NewPI #AcademicSky 🧬🧪

Out today! Our review on the current evidence of protein import into endosymbionts/early organelles. We cover protists, insects and plant systems, so something for everybody! With Mygg Stiller, Lena Kröninger and Eva Nowack. #protistsonsky #SymbioSky febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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The acquisition of bacterial endosymbionts by ancient host cells followed by massive adaptation of the partners gave rise to mitochondria and plastids. Today, various systems with younger and less in...

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OK folks, I want to share with you my best homebrew use case for LLMs in teaching. Here, I’ll show you how to make detailed, textbook-style notes for your students based on a transcript of your lecture and your PowerPoint. I’ve done this for the last 2 semesters and the students love it. 1/16

Beetles are masters at coopting microbial genes, enzymes & metabolites. Together w/ Marleny García-Lozano, we review how microbes shaped one of the most successful animal radiations, through horizontal gene transfer & symbiosis: www.cell.com/trends/micro...

UConn's Computational Biology Core is hiring a core scientist. We do research, training, and support users of our HPC. The position will be focused on supporting UConn Health. Please reskeet, and DM me if you have questions. jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Excited to share my recent review with Ross Fitzgerald on host adaptation by bacterial pathogens. Summarizes a lot of ideas and literature that came out of my sabbatical in his group last year. #Microsky academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Mechanisms of host adaptation by bacterial pathogens

This review summarizes recent studies investigating molecular and genetic mechanisms by which pathogenic bacteria adapt to infect new host species highligh

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Great read on a topic close to my heart: Symbiosis and its evolutionary/biological impact. by Gordon Bennett, Younghwan Kwak, & Reo Maynard (all not on bsky. doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... #SymbioSky

Endosymbioses Have Shaped the Evolution of Biological Diversity and Complexity Time and Time Again

Abstract. Life on Earth comprises prokaryotes and a broad assemblage of endosymbioses. The pages of Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and

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Social amoebas prey on bacteria but individuals can also host bacterial symbionts. What contributes to patterns of facultative symbionts & what happens when hosts enter the social life cycle stage? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @suegenenoh.bsky.social et al.