Incredible ichthyology job open at the University of Florida! Applications due August 21.

More uses for "trash" fish! Wait until they discover the incredible phenotypic diversity in Cypriniformes!

New preprint! We built a GT-seq panel to help us distinguish the ciscoes of the Great Lakes. Its flexibility has blown us away, and many exciting papers are coming soon from its use with historic and contemporary samples. 🐟🧬 @wes-larsonak.bsky.social @fishgenomes.bsky.social #ciscoinferno🔥

Have a concise report for a genome assembly (or allied dataset) you'd like to publish? I am Senior Editor for the open access Genetics Society of America's G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics @genetics-gsa.bsky.social and I handle Genome Reports. Our team of academic editors is superb. Consider submitting!

Low-Coverage Genome Sequencing Outperforms Target Enrichment Phylogenomics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.05.730492v1

I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com Please share widely!!!

Beautiful paper on life history tradeoffs for growth and longevity. Its an exciting time to revisit old theory (e.g., Winemiller and Rose 1992) in light of new genomic information becoming available.

The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa is hiring an evolutionary ecologist at the assistant professor level for fall 2027. Come and be my colleague! jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...

Smithsonian Fish Curator position announcement! Note the application dates of May 12 – June 2, 2026. Should be posted here tomorrow: trustcareers.si.edu#js-careers-j...

🚨 Job alert! We're hiring a TT Assistant Professor in the Fisheries Department at UAF @uafairbanks.bsky.social. Broad search for applicants who focus on evolution, ecology, physiology, management, or social science. No visa support availably. Apply by July 1. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in #Ecology and #Evolution #science #scienceSky #evoSky www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Super duper excited to share our @elife.bsky.social peer reviewed and revised manuscript about lazy, like just ridiculously lazy, gorilla sperm… elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

📣 EvolDir is now managed by @eseb.bsky.social! We are delighted to be taking the reins and express our gratitude to both Brian Golding who began this service to the community in the mid-1980s and to @rdmpage.bsky.social who ran this account until now 👏 You can now find evoldir here: evoldir.net

Do you want to know when your favorite species activates its genome? Just input its genome size (🧬 in bp) and egg volumen (🥚 in um3) here! ZGA_onset = -2.37 * log10(gDNA/EggVol) + 11.74

The global wildlife trade—especially in illegal and live-animal markets—is fueling the spread of diseases from animals to humans, according to a new study in Science. The findings show that traded mammals are more than 40% more likely to harbor human-infecting pathogens. https://scim.ag/41SZkSq

"You" can "now" "eat" "some fish" "caught" in "New York's Hudson River for the "first time" in 50 "years."

Nature-based solutions: beavers as carbon sinks #ClimateChange

My lab’s first publication is out now! MSc student Tia Attfield reviewed the current captive rearing literature in salmonids and provides perspectives on how epigenomics can help. Huge thanks to all our co-authors for their expert insights! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Cancer mortality rates near nuclear power plants...

Hello! Molecular Ecology is now on @bsky.app! Follow us for updates about Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources publications, as well as special issues, events, and awards! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1365...

Just a few days left to submit the ASN student research award (due March 13th)!!!! This is an AWESOME opportunity for students to get some grant writing experience!!! We LOVE reading your grants and giving feedback!!!!!!!!!!! Apply, Apply, Apply!!!!!! www.amnat.org/announcement...

Announcing the STRiVE network by ESEB to study structural genomic variation through research and seminars. Join us! Details: https://structuralvariantsstn.github.io. Newsletter: https://groupes.renater.fr/sympa/subscribe/stnstrive. #conference

Come join #LaurierBiology! We're recruiting 3 tenure-track faculty positions! Integrative Organismal Zoologist! careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Microbial Systems Biologist! careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... Computational Ecology/Modeling Biologist! careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... DEADLINE MARCH 22nd!

New round of NSF GRFP declines without review. If you were affected: 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter This is the link to the post: bsky.app/profile/noam...

Registration is now open! Early-bird closes April 15. www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...

Really crazy that these massive genes are 6% of the 1.5 Mbp genome in this bee gut symbiont:

Biological invasions present an interesting paradox: often little genetic variation is accompanied by dramatic ecological success. Led by PhD student Chris Osborne, we evaluated genetic diversity in a classic invader, brown treesnake on Guam. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Photo: Pavel Kirilliov

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

I wrote today about AlphaGenome, Google DeepMind's AI for DNA. It's powerful, experts told me, but it won't solve the mysteries of the genome overnight. Gift link: nyti.ms/4k5NFIl

I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.

🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...

#Nanopore sequencing for ancient DNA -->

Great news article about the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute's Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection and our recent accessions of specimens from the DEEPEND Consortium and the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Led by Anthony Barley and co. (not on Bsky?). Some interesting results here from a genomic perspective - (1) tree topology varies spatially across the chromosomes and (2) #chromosome length (macro vs micro) is correlated with magnitude of divergence and introgression level. Lizard genomes are cool!

Congrats to @pfschwarz.bsky.social on publishing her undergraduate honors thesis work on darter hybridization! There is evidence of ecological specialization of two sister species. She also compares lcWGS and RAD-seq data for the same samples and finds tighter distribution of Fst estimates w/ lcWGS

The registration deadline is fast approaching for probgen 2026! Abstracts due by January 15, registration by January 31 probgen2026.github.io

The Sudmant Lab & Wilsterman Lab are hiring a postdoc! Come work on the genetics and evolution of the placenta and dissecting genetic adaptations to altitude in deer mice! Check out more details here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi... www.sudmantlab.org www.thewilstermanlab.com Please Share!

Putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social ASN President for a minute for a string of announcements, please share widely!!! 1. Student research awards are open for applications, to fund research expenses for 10 graduate students ($2000 each) nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

🚨Auburn Fisheries is hiring TWO tenure-track faculty🚨 🌊 Aquatic Chemist 🧬 Aquatic Genomics Join an amazing community with top fisheries & aquaculture researchers! I can help answer questions 🫵👇 Chemistry: www.auemployment.com/postings/56444 Genomics: www.auemployment.com/postings/56837

I'm recruiting a new master's student for fall 2026 in my lab at Northern Michigan University @bionmu.bsky.social ! Students with interests in evolution of freshwater fish are encouraged to apply. Please see our lab website lizmandeville.github.io and the attached advertisement for more information.

I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

SAVE THE DATE: the yearly NY Population Genetics meeting will be back on March 9 2026, generously hosted by the @simonsfoundation.org. Details to follow. Please RT.

Evolutionary remodeling of the ventral retina enables aerial vision in the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686143v1

Open tenure track position in the Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo! "cellular and/or molecular events in the nervous system associated with health conditions and disease, including those using invertebrate and/or in vitro models" www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/59731

JOB OPENING: Curator of Birds: Curator of Birds $78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum

I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖

The #PolyploidyWebinar series is back for another season! 🧬 Join us for talks at 9AM Pacific on the second Thursday of each month. Are you working on something exciting in polyploidy? We'd love to have you speak! Sign up for open dates at the link below. Looking forward to the great research ahead!

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE