#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School announcement ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social www.sib.swiss/training/cou... 🟢 eDNA & ecosystems 🟣 pangenome diversity 🔵 population genetics 🟡 comparative genomics

. @thomaslenormand.bsky.social on the hot seat after his beautiful seminar today @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social. Thanks for making the trip!

Leaving X: How scale insects evolved alternatives to chromosomal sex determination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.31.703042v1

Spotlight @ebpgenome.bsky.social www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-b... --- thanks to the fantastic #biodiversity #genomics @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #community!

"… I realized that an environment where people would feel free to share their thoughts with me and think creatively, regardless of the power hierarchy, was exactly what I wanted in my lab." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4adQwdQ

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...

SMBE is calling for nominations for Best Graduate Student Papers of 2025, recognizing outstanding papers in @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline Feb 27 Articles published in 2025 are eligible. The nominated student must be first author; anyone can nominate authors.

Just passed my #Dutch #B1.4 exam and honestly… this might be my greatest academic achievement since my tenure-track 😅🤣 Can explain #sexchromosome #evolution in 3 languages (sort of), but ordering a broodje kaas without panicking? That’s the real milestone 🇳🇱📚 #Dutchlearning #foreignlanguage

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/...

Published research often appears clean and linear, but much of the work that makes it successful is never visible. This post explores the unseen labor, from decisions and revisions to waiting and restraint, and why it matters for early career researchers. #AcademicSky #SciWri #AcademicWriting

Ferns alternate between asexual #sporophyte & sexual free-living #gametophyte. This study uncovers the mechanism of male-to- #hermaphrodite conversion in the #fern #Ceratopteris, revealing a novel role for #auxin biosynthesis during #meristem formation @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k5EcAU

@arxiv.bsky.social recently asks first-time posters to be endorsed by an established #arXiv author in their field. Honestly, in the age of #AI-generated everything, that’s not a bad idea. A light human gate at the door to keep #preprint servers from drowning in noise www.science.org/content/arti...

📣 Call for Abstracts! Working on sex chromosomes? Join us at SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen (28 June–2 July). All taxa, systems, and approaches welcome! ⏰ Deadline: 3 Feb 2026 👉 smbe2026.org/abstracts/

PEQG! My favorite conference ever*. Single session, fantastic talks, great discussions. Only once every 2 years. And in the best conference location too! Abstract deadline coming up Feb 5! *Disclosure: I am required to say it's the best conference because it is and I told my mom I wouldn't lie.

In a new special issue, Science’s news reporters take stock of the impacts that Trump's year in office has had on research and the scientific workforce, forecast what lies ahead, and assess the scientific community’s efforts to mitigate or reverse the harms. https://scim.ag/4pPtks0

🚨Hiring a postdoc! Are you interested in #evolutionarygenomics, #sexchromosomes, #transposableelements & #Sexspecific #recombination in 🐸🧬? Join my lab @vubrussel.bsky.social 🔹 @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social funded up to 3y 🔹 Deadline 10/3/2026 🔹 Start ~1/6/2026 Apply 👉: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

Hard to read but important👩‍🔬💪 📉Women are still underrepresented in #academia, their papers with longer review time than men’s. What are steps to #CloseTheGaps? Transparency, accountability are not optional if we’re serious about #WomenInScience @womeninstem.bsky.social @PLOSBiology: plos.io/4658FZN

Will be there, see you @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social and many others 👉

Re-read this #PRDM9 paper: striking evidence from salmonids that #PRDM9-driven #recombination hotspots are conserved across vertebrates, with rapid #hotspot #turnover driven by target erosion over hundreds of millions of years 🧬 Highly recommendation and a must read 👉 @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Really enjoyed @thomaslenormand.bsky.social explain the unified theory today at @popgroup2026.bsky.social in Lille: inspiring, thought-provoking, and very timely 🧠🤯✨ Reposting his post on the paper here: highly recommended read! #evolution #sexchromosomes #largeXeffects #haldane'srule #speciation

Super great time at @popgroup2026.bsky.social in Lille 👉 presenting lab postdoc work, reconnecting with colleagues worldwide & exchanging inspiring ideas! Huge thanks to organizers @vincentcastric.bsky.social, @crouxevo.bsky.social, Diala Abu Awad @thomaslesaffre.bsky.social, @romanstet.bsky.social

Musicians warm up for the popGroup gala at ‘chaud bouillon’ #popgroup59 #ppg59 #pgg59 (maps.app.goo.gl/mEp8d9dWbJ6k...)

French Cèilidh at #popgroup59 #ppg59 #pgg59

New lab preprint on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social 🐸🧬 After many years of work and a true team effort, we explore non-canonical #sexchromosome evolution in the common frog, revealing a heterogeneous pathway shaped by sex-specific recombination landscapes & sex reversal doi.org/10.64898/202...

Very excited to share that our FWO research grant @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social has been awarded! 🎉🧬🐸 Over the next 4 years, our Lab at @vubrussel.bsky.social will study the evolutionary and genetic drivers of rapid sex chromosome turnover in 🐸 Grateful to #FWO for the support! #SexChromosomes

The results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 buff.ly/uu62uFV #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Excited to host @polinanovikova.bsky.social at @vubrussel.bsky.social for a seminar👉 Drawing parallels between plant and animal adaptation to polyploidy 📅 15/12 🕧 12:30–13:30 📍 F.5.66 If you’re into #evolution, #polyploidy, #adaptation, this one’s for you 🌿🐸 @academic-chatter.bsky.social #seminar

Excited that our new collaborative work on Amazonian frogs with giant meiotic chains of 8–12 😲 #SexChromosomes now is out in @commsbio.nature.com! 🐸🧬 Investigating the evolution of large meiotic rings of multiple X and Y chromosomes in two Leptodactylus species 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Excited to welcome Hannes Svardal to the next DBIO seminar series @vubrussel.bsky.social Join us Monday 24/11 for his talk on the biodiversity and genome evolution of African cichlid fishes: one of the most remarkable species-radiation systems in evolutionary genomics🐟✨ #seminar #evolution #genome

🌟Fantastic day at the #EvolutionaryGenomics symposium🧬! So much inspiration from great talks & posters on #adaptation, #genomics, and more. Great to reconnect with colleagues old & new. Grateful to @svbelleghem.bsky.social for organizing, let’s make this a yearly tradition in #Brussels!

We had productive 2 days of defining some hard bits of the database as well as figuring out the next steps forward. We will send around notes in the upcoming days. ToS folks are the best, thank you all for taking part and @aruizherrera.bsky.social and @sphaeromeria.bsky.social for organising!

I'm very happy to share that our paper describing the evolution of sex chromosomes in brown algae is out!🎉 This project was a long journey, but it came together into a nice story 🧬 🌊 Grateful to everyone who helped along the way!

Lab new paper is out!🎉🧬 We investigate how master #SexDetermining genes evolve in #anurans🐸 👉 rarely by #GeneDuplication but allelic diversification 👉 #SexChromsometurnover is not driven by gene translocation 👉 strong purifying selection (not duplicated ones) www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15... #newPI

✨ Huge thanks to @eseb2025.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for an inspiring week of science in #Barcelona! Grateful for the chance to connect with old friends and new colleagues: what a community 🌍 Already looking forward to the next #ESEB in 2027! 🙌 #ESEB2025 @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Thank you, Mike Ritchie, for the inspiring and entertaining presidential talk, and for all the work and contribution you have done for the #ESEB society @eseb.bsky.social . We look forward to your leadership in the coming years! @eseb2025.bsky.social #eseb2025

Love the plenary talk, and love how @lovedalen.bsky.social shared his success story including repeated rejection and take home message on 'Never give up'!

Time is flying at #ESEB2025! Can’t wait for the next days ahead! 🚀

Learning, sharing, evolving together 💡 #ESEB2025

This week, the capital of Evolution is Barcelona! Over 1900 evolutionary biologists are gathering for the biennial meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, coorganised with its Spanish sister #ESEB2025. Over 540 of us are on Bluesky! You can use these starter packs to connect: 1/n

A bit late, but huge thanks to the wonderful organizers of @official-smbe.bsky.social in Beijing! Such an inspiring conference with many great discussions. Extra kudos for the amazing (and free!) on-site childcare service for all ages 👶 — truly a game changer for parents in science 👏!

Super great 'evolution of sex' conference in Roscoff, and glad that our study to be part of the fantastic special issue @jevbio.bsky.social in the field 🧬

🚀 Exciting PhD opening! Join an amazing team led by top-notch supervisors and dive into cutting‑edge research on #Daphnia evolution & melanization. 🌟 Apply by 31 July, don’t miss out! 👇 #PhDOpportunity #Adaptation #Genomics

📢 One week left to apply, by July 15! We are hiring a PhD and teaching assistant in the Biology Department @vubrussel.bsky.social! Dutch proficiency is required. Topics on #FrogSexChromosomes #SexDetermination #Speciation🌎🐸🧬 Apply here: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-D... @academic-chatter.bsky.social

The third Keynote speech of #SMBE2025 will be given by Molly Przeworski (@mollyprz.bsky.social), Professor of Biological Sciences and of Systems Biology at Columbia University. "Why do human germline mutation rates depend on sex and age?" 2025.07.22 | 09h00

🐸🧬Lab new preprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social👇 Gene duplication, translocation & molecular evolution of Dmrt1 and related sex-determining genes in anurans ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025... Dive into #MasterSexDetermining genes evolution & sex chr. turnover in 🐸✨ Comments welcome! #SexChromosomes

Very looking forward to this @official-smbe.bsky.social symposium #EverythingAboutSexChromosomeEvolution #SexDetermination🧬👇

🚨Fully-funded #PhD opportunity in #EvoBio at @vubrussel.bsky.social 🧬 Genetics, evolution of frog #SexChromosomes across Eurasia & the Caribbean 🌍 Fieldwork + teaching in 🇧🇪 📢 Dutch fluency required Apply👉: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-D... ERC-lab: www.wmalab.com #PhDposition @phdvoice.bsky.social

New paper is out in @natcomms.nature.com. I had only a tiny role, but still thrilled to be part of the ride. Huge kudos to E.A. Lucotte, @tatianagiraud.bsky.social & team for leading this great work 🧬🍄🎉 Check it out 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414... #SexChromosome #Genomics @academic-chatter.bsky.social

🙏Thank you, @eseb.bsky.social, for the prompt support for delegates with children under 3👶! It's a huge relief for scientists in similar situations who are juggling conference participation and family responsibilities with little ones @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academics #ESEB2025 #Barcelona

Come join us for a great lineup of speakers and diverse topics on #Sexchromosome, #Sexdetermination, #evolution! 👇 Virtual participation is possible 👉 smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index... @official-smbe.bsky.social #smbe2025 @academic-chatter.bsky.social