Victoria
@vicgillman.bsky.social
Postdoc in coral population genomics & conservation genetics at HIFMB 🪸🧬 | Adaptation, climate vulnerability & conservation | Layton Lab alum | Neurospicy | DEI advocate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ victoriagillman.github.io
I’m very excited to have started my new postdoc with @ibaums.bsky.social / @marineconservation.bsky.social at @hifmb.de! 🪸🧬 Stay tuned for coral population genomics, climate adaptation & conservation genetics - and do get in touch if you’re working on similar questions! 🌊
Also congrats to previous lab member @vicgillman.bsky.social who started a postdoc last week in Germany! Check out her previous work here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...)
Genomic evidence of local adaptation in Scottish freshwater pearl mussels - Conservation Genetics
Climate change is a global threat that is already impacting populations and species across diverse ecosystems. Local adaptation of populations, identified through genotype-environment association, can...
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Still thinking about last week’s @freshwaterbio.bsky.social conference. Great talks on eDNA to study freshwater biodiversity and pearl mussel restoration, alongside discussions on conservation and citizen science. A good reminder of the breadth and energy of UK freshwater research 🐟🧬🦪
People who have passed a PhD viva (or regularly examine them): what’s the best viva advice you were given? Or what’s the advice you now give your own students? I’ve been asked a couple of times recently about viva prep and thought it would be useful to have a range of perspectives.
Got your data chapters sorted but not sure how they come together to make a final PhD thesis? After submitting (and defending 🎉), I put together a simple guide covering thesis sections, formatting and practical tips - access it here victoriagillman.github.io/post/2026-04...
A practical PhD thesis template and formatting guide
When I was writing my PhD thesis, I found that understanding formatting guidance in practice often involved piecing together information from different sources. This guide is intended to help you writ...
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I've noticed GitHub is a tool a lot of people mean to learn and then put off. Here, I’ve written a simple guide to getting started with GitHub for research (R + HPC). With it hopefully I can convince you getting started is much easier than you think! 🔗 victoriagillman.github.io/posts/2026-0...
Intro to GitHub with RStudio and HPC systems
GitHub is one of those things that many people in research have vaguely heard of, know they probably should be using, and then avoid for far too long. That was definitely me at first.
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Coding a new academic website while having old Barbie films on in the background is certainly a vibe and I am here for it (certainly hyperfocused in). Everyone please say goodbye to the old victoriagillman.github.io
Victoria Gillman | PhD Conservation Geneticist
Researcher at the University of Aberdeen specialising in conservation genomics and data visualisation.
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Congrats @vicgillman.bsky.social!! Thank you for involving me in your awesome project!
Kara Layton@molluscular.bsky.social · 7mo agoCONGRATS 🎉 to Dr. @vicgillman.bsky.social on passing her viva with no corrections! I’m so proud of you and so lucky to have been part of your journey! Special thank you to co-supervisors @lancasterlt.bsky.social & Vicky Pritchard and examiners @gretabocedi.bsky.social & @fishyomics.bsky.social!
CONGRATS 🎉 to Dr. @vicgillman.bsky.social on passing her viva with no corrections! I’m so proud of you and so lucky to have been part of your journey! Special thank you to co-supervisors @lancasterlt.bsky.social & Vicky Pritchard and examiners @gretabocedi.bsky.social & @fishyomics.bsky.social!
Very happy to share I passed my PhD viva with no corrections on climate vulnerability in freshwater pearl mussels 🎉🎉 Thanks to my supervisors @molluscular.bsky.social @lancasterlt.bsky.social & Vicky Pritchard and examiners @fishyomics.bsky.social @gretabocedi.bsky.social for an engaging discussion!
I’m so thrilled to share @vicgillman.bsky.social first first-author paper just published in Conservation Genetics 🎉🧬🦪 (not a FW mussel). This is just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come from Victoria - stay tuned! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Genomic evidence of local adaptation in Scottish freshwater pearl mussels - Conservation Genetics
Conservation Genetics - Climate change is a global threat that is already impacting populations and species across diverse ecosystems. Local adaptation of populations, identified through...
link.springer.com
Very moving presentation from one of the recipients of the EUEA award from @eseb.bsky.social . As a trans academic myself, seeing effort being put into inclusivity has been refreshing. Thank you for platforming this topic and supporting people like this speaker 🏳️⚧️
Final words of the last #ESEB2025 plenary by @jmappes.bsky.social: "Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility"
Goodbye #eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social see you next time! Perhaps what stuck most was powerful talk on resilience and survival by Palestinian researcher, play director, and ESEB EUEA awardee May Shehady. Let's not forget, let's not look away. 🇵🇸
Two unforgettable talks on the final day of #eseb2025 highlighting the extra steps trans & other researchers must take just to participate- balancing safety at institutions, conferences, field sites and even speaking publicly. I can’t imagine the toll. These lessons will stay with me 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
Incredible presentation from Sophia EO prize winner #eseb2025. Let’s hear her call for our evolutionary biology community to support trans colleagues facing such challenges.
I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations
There are almost 2,000 people at #ESEB2025 this year - what an incredible community to share science with!
we now have a ✨️poster✨️ you can print and put up on your campus - a great way to demonstrate your support! link: drive.google.com/file/d/1CvF0... #transphobia #transrights #LGBTSTEM #QueerInSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
Jack 🦠@jack-d-barber.bsky.social · last yr.tinyurl.com/UoATransphobia ☝️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 im sure many of you are aware of hostility towards #trans staff & students in my department myself & other ECRs have published a desperate call for action on #transphobia from departmental and university management please read, share and SIGN IN SOLIDARITY ❤️
Attending a writing retreat in Cromarty, Highlands this week, organised by #SUPERdtp. Looking forward to a productive few days in beautiful surroundings and great company as I finish my paper on the adaptive landscape of Scottish mussels. Got my binos for bird and dolphin spotting in my breaks! 🐬
Fantastic #MolluscanForum this week—great feedback and fresh ideas for my thesis chapter on adaptive landscapes of freshwater pearl mussels. Lovely to catch up with familiar faces and hear about their work—looking forward to wrap this chapter up soon!
I’m presenting my PhD chapter on Scottish freshwater pearl mussel genomics at the #MolluscanForum in London next week. Excited to hear from others and get fresh ideas! Let me know if you'll be there! 🧬🦪 Sneak peek below.
Now my next Audible credit has arrived for this month, what do you think I should listen to next? These are the books I have enjoyed this year. I'm thinking The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks or Decolonising University? Or maybe I should add another cosy fiction to balance things out
I will lurk, like and repost from this account, just as I did on the old place
