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To help a student understand how to handle right-censored data, I built this survival (and recurrent-event) analysis explorer that demonstrates the approach and provides some basic derivations. Applications to compartmental models from epidemiology too. tpavlic.github.io/topic_visual...

📣📣Out today, our special issue on Negative Frequency Balancing Selection! Co-edited by Helen Rodd, Kim Hughes, and me. It's got it all: NFDS in organismal biology, behaviour, genomics, and ecology. @royalsocietypublishing.org royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o... Resources for US scientists concerned about the proposed OMB ruling to curtail peer review, limit conference travel, and limit scientific inquiry 🧪👨‍🔬

AIBS Statement on OMB Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance www.aibs.org/news/2026/26... via @aibsbiology.bsky.social

For those of you registered for Evolution, I highly recommend watching the video for @maurineneiman.bsky.social IDEA award seminar. It's an amazing story of overcoming obstacles and creating opportunities for others.

I'm giving a talk today in virtual @evolmtg.bsky.social #evol2026 on federal impacts on ecology, evolution, and marine science. 🧪2:45pm ET, followed by a panel discussion on how scientists can inform policy led by Liz Alter. Will be presenting data from our survey www.firsthandaccounts.org

Breaking news from Boston - intertidal algae spawning this week! 🦑 Ascophyllum nodosum

Evidence of declining awards at the National Science Foundation to date in 2026🧪

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... looks interesting - "when controlling for regression to the mean is worse than no regression at all" 🧪

Rare two-colored lobster caught by fishermen off Cape Cod donated to aquarium apnews.com/article/lobs... 🦑

Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation apnews.com/article/nati... 🧪

Looks interesting: When Does the Probability of Evolutionary Rescue Increase with the Strength of Selection despite a Potential Demographic Cost? | The American Naturalist: Vol 207, No 5 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #popGen 🧪

In its 2025 PhD survey, Nature asked more than 3,700 doctoral candidates around the world a simple question: what is the best thing your supervisor has done for you during your studies? Nature highlights several moments when good supervision made the difference. #Academicsky 🧪

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New paper out in ecology letters! with @andylee.bsky.social @allydefduf.bsky.social We synthesized the active debate on how scientists define sex, including limitations and assumptions. We believe this discussion will lead to more accurate science. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Deadline for symposium proposals at the @asn-amnat.bsky.social American Society of Naturalists stand alone meeting on long island due April 30 www.amnat.org/announcement... Plus check out this cool meeting logo of a snail shaped like long island

Seasonal job available in Burlington, VT in invasive pest ecologcal genomics! The successful candidate will work with myself and @jcbnunez.bsky.social on seasonal adaptation in Drosophila susukii. #popGen #evolution #genomics 🧪🧬🖥️ Apply by April 7: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

I’m really excited to have recently published my first chapter of my dissertation, which is also my first ever first author paper! 🌟 We identified a basin-wide pathogen candidate for white band disease in the Caribbean! 🪸🧪 doi.org/10.1093/isme...

The American Genetic Association has a new grant opportunity for Research Comunity Engagement Award (RCE). Funding covers activities that strengthen trust and foster between researchers and the communities where they work. www.theaga.org/rce-awards-f... Apply by May 1

Informal survey of published or unpublished Marine Population Genomics Datasets due March 23. We aim to develop a resource that researchers can use to find collaborators, develop grant proposals, and find datasets. 🦑🧪🧬🖥️ forms.gle/baUNh1s8gapG...

Special Feature in AmNat @asn-amnat.bsky.social just out on Genomic Forecasting. "Collectively, the articles underscore both the promise and the limitations of genomic forecasting while [showing] predictive performance is context dependent" 🧬🧪👨‍🔬🖥️🌲🐋🌿 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Registration will open soon! Our current president, Michael Nachman (www.nachmanlab.org), has put together a great line up of speakers covering various topics in polygenic adaptation. Full list of speakers can be found on our homepage: https://theaga.org #AGA2026

In an era of highly partisan politics in the US, I want to highlight this promising bi-partisan bill to study biodiversity genomics in US National Parks. Consider sending a letter of support to these reps for the Living Library Act! www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

The American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social will be holding our next meeting in Glen Cove, New York on 8-12 January 2027! Have an idea for a special symposium? We want to hear it! #ecology #evolution #behavior 🧪 #popgen 🧬 Applications due Apr 30: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My department is hiring a Teaching Professor in Marine Biology! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... Application review will begin on March 31, 2026 #EcoEvoJobs #EvolJobs #PhDjobs @ecoevo.social.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy

Jim O'Neill, former hedge fund and venture capital firm manager, is expected to be nominated as the next Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Would be the first NSF Director without a background as a scientist or engineer or formal research credentials.

This recently-accepted study highlights the critical need to incorporate genomic erosion—the loss of genetic diversity, accumulation of harmful mutations, maladaptation, and introgression—into conservation assessments. 1/3

Three-way hybridization of table corals in the Acropora hyacinthus group from the southern Great Barrier Reef results in parallel adaptive introgression. Check out our new preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... #CoralSky #MarEvol #coral #popgen #consgen #genomics

Know your rights: ICE enforcement in Massachusetts www.mass.gov/doc/ago-ice-...

BEACHES (Bridging Each Applicant’s Chances for Higher Ed Success) will run this summer, June 7-10! all-expense paid, 3-day boot camp on demystifying the graduate school application process. cos.northeastern.edu/beaches/. Applications due March 13. #STEM #marineScience 🧪👩‍🔬

Genomic approaches to accelerate American chestnut restoration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧬🧪

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!

Interested in👇 ? - museomics: genome erosion, adaptation 🦌 🦜 🐬 - marcogenomics of sea warming (methods dev. or empirical data) 🌊 🐟🦭🐋 Check this call (2 y. postdoc) and get in touch to discuss potential projects (deadline 31.03.26) #popgen #consgen #evolbiol 👉 www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/...

NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 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

Slim 5 can now simulate genomes with multiple chromosomes like autosomes, sex chromosomes, mitochondria and chloroplast dna academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

I'm excited to share memes that my students made this year in my undergraduate #Evolution class #popgen #consgen #evolbiol . "When a batesian mimicry species comes to the party: hello fellow harmful species" "I found on all-encompassing way to define species"

New special issue in Molecular Ecology on Conservation Genomics #popGen #evolution 🧪🧬🖥️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...

"Previously, proposals for research grants were generally required to undergo at least three external reviews by scientists from outside the agency. Now, two reviews are enough and, under some circumstances, one can be an internal review by a scientist at the NSF." 🧪

I haven't read this yet, but looks interesting. www.nature.com/articles/d41... How do genetic association studies rank genes? Comparison of Genome-wide association studies and rare-variant burden tests. Perspective and paper #popGen #compGen #compBio 🧪

We're hiring! Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, MA - open teaching faculty position in Biostatistics. Seeking candidates with expertise in teaching in #R & experimental design 🧪 #PopGen #ConsGen northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

Just learned that the guitarist for Queen, Dr. Brian May, is a PhD astrophysicist who collaborated on a mission to sample an asteroid that will give insight into what the solar system was like 4.5 billion years ago. 🧪

I'm excited to read this paper: "Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles" doi.org/10.1093/evol...

I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.

Raise a glass to freedom... for science to work! 🧪👨‍🔬

I just listened to an excellent @bigbiology.bsky.social podcast interviewing my amazing colleague Katie Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social, who’s been using surveys to give scientists a platform to tell their stories about how recent federal policy changes are affecting them and the practice of science.

Episode 141 “Vulnerability in science and in genomes” is out now! 🧬 In this episode, we talk with Dr. Katie Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social, Associate Professor in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University. @northeasternmes.bsky.social Art by Brianna Longo.

#Job: Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental and #Sustainability Sciences and Director of our growing MS in #EnvironmentalScience and #Policy (ESP) program at Northeastern University in #Boston. 👩‍🔬🧪 @northeasternmes.bsky.social northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

#Job: Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental and #Sustainability Sciences and Director of our growing MS in #EnvironmentalScience and #Policy (ESP) program at Northeastern University in #Boston. 👩‍🔬🧪 @northeasternmes.bsky.social northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...