The Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Animal Morphogenesis. #CellBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #mechanobiology #TissueMorphogenesis #SystemsBiology jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Do you like cichlids? Fossils? Fossil cichlids? Would you like to study them as part of a graduate degree at the University of Michigan, joining an NSF-funded project? Get in touch.

Excited to share our latest work on brain evolution, where we dive into the evolution of Cajal-Retzius cells! If you are interested in cell type evolution and cerebral cortex evo-devo, please read on… www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 1/7

Think you know shark teeth? Think again! 🦈🦷 Nathan Lujan (Curator of Fishes at ROM), and Kevin Seymour (Research Associate, Natural History) showed us many different types of shark jaws while they prepared for Sharks, opening October 11.

Update of our preprint on Inter-individual gene expression variability in fishes! We improved statistical analyses of continuous variables, and especially added machine learning on promoters which confirms cis-regulation of organ-specific expression variability. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University* We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5 su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Modelling sleep states in zebrafish, and conservation of multi-stage sleep in fish! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415... with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social

Beautiful figures!! Can't wait to dig in to this one!

This is just the first effort of our foray into cichlid behaviour and genetics! If you are interested in working on the evolution, genomics, and neurobiology of sleep and chronobiology @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social in beautiful Toronto, please reach out! shafer-lab.netlify.app

Analysis of behavioural, ecomorphological and genomic data of Lake Tanganyika cichlids reveals remarkable diversity of temporal niche partitioning www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to Andrew Conith for writing a fantastic @natecoevo.nature.com News & Views for our study! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Thanks to Andrew Conith for writing a fantastic @natecoevo.nature.com News & Views for our study! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Now published @natecoevo.nature.com with @annika-nichols.bsky.social, our latest on the evolution of 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 across 𝟲𝟬 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 of cichlid fishes! doi.org/10.1038/s415... with members of the @schierlab.bsky.social and Salzburger labs, as well as the burgeoning Shafer lab @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social

The Internet was once a shining beacon of potential and opportunity. Then it was destroyed. My latest newsletter is over 10,000 words about how it happened, who's responsible, and how we can build a better, fairer Internet. whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-the-in...

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify! We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝 Applications are due October 6 2025. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C... #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

You link #phenotype 🦜 to #genotype 🧬 with #comparative #genomics 💻? This #review is for you 📜: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... We review new #methods, remaining #challenges and #future directions and highlight recent key studies. Thanks @hillermich.bsky.social! Please share! 🙂

🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com! We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments www.nature.com/articles/s41... This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️

If you're interested in using #AI and neural networks to study the neuroscience of aging and to model age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, please reach out. We're actively pursuing research in this area. #neuroAI #compneuro @uoftcompneuro.bsky.social

Become our colleague! Tenure-track Assistant Professor position at The Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. unil.ch/cig/en/home.... More details for how to apply are here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

2/6 With continued co-affiliation with @uni-muenster.de‬. Many thanks to the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Cell Biology for their support in the past 3 years of starting my lab! And the generous funding and support from @dfg.de‬ @sfb1348.bsky.social‬ and SFB1450.

✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨ Please spread the word! www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us #CSEE2025

the really key number to remember is that biorxiv serves the entire global science community, posting thousands of papers per month for millions of readers, and it's entire running costs ( a few $M/year) are less than some single labs....

INDIANA JONES AND THE MALFUNCTIONING HVAC SYSTEM

The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or [email protected])!

Check out our deep dive into the molecular genetics of male-specific cell type : the gorgeous UV-iridescent scales of Sulphur Butterflies by lab wizards 🦋🔬 🖥️ 🧬 Ling Sheng Loh @hanliconius.bsky.social and a big team 1/n

Probably my favorite seminar from last years Evolution meeting! Can’t wait to read it!

Check out our new paper about chromosomal inversions in Malawi cichlids! 🐟🧬 Available here without a paywall: hdl.handle.net/10067/214834... (click on the ‘Full text (open access)’ link).

Great job opportunity at The Center for Integrative Genomics, Lausanne University, Switzerland unil.ch/cig/en/home.... For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...

NEW: We investigated several stories of people who spiraled into severe, life-altering mental health crises after developing all-consuming obsessions with ChatGPT. Screenshots we reviewed show the AI directly engaging with and supporting user delusions + conspiracies. futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...

Amazing upcoming conference for brain evo-devo enthusiasts: #ECCN, May 6-8, Alicante. See the fantastic program and register here eccn2025.umh.es with keynotes @laurarosefenlon.bsky.social @alainchedotal.bsky.social ,Gilles Laurent, Henrik Kaessmann Registration deadline next week – Spread the word!

I am thrilled for our upcoming online seminar around brain size, neuron numbers, and connectivity with 2 fantastic evolutionary neuroscientists, Kristina Kverkova and Kei Yamamoto: next Tuesday, April 22, 2pm UTC, 4pm Paris. 🧠 🐦 🐠 🦜. Join us on Crowdcast crowdcast.io/c/brain-size...

🍁🚨 WE'RE HIRING!🚨🍁 Our baby lab at the University of Toronto is expanding, many many thanks to funding from #CIHR and @hfspo.bsky.social. We are in search of a technician, postdoc, and PhD students! Further details on our website (sawhlab.netlify.app/people/), please share!

Just a few days left to submit your abstract! Join us in beautiful Edinburgh for an incredible meeting featuring an outstanding lineup of speakers!

PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-) su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Don't forget to register and submit an abstract for the 3rd CZRC Scientific Meeting! Come join us in Toronto for a day of exciting trainee talks, posters, vendor booths, and interactive thematic sessions on disease modeling and high-throughput approaches. event.fourwaves.com/3rdczrc/pages

Looking forward to this @embo.org conference in June: Beyond the Standard: Unconventional Vertebrate Models in Biomedicine This was really enjoyable in Berlin a few years ago, looking forward to catching up with colleagues, meeting new ones & learning lots! meetings.embo.org/event/25-ver...

Join us in Tuscany this summer for a Gordon Conference aimed at the cutting edge of how we use genomics to answer fundamental questions in ecology and evolution! Lots of great speakers already and we'd love to add you to the list www.grc.org/ecological-a...

Join us at the Gordon Research Seminar on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics in Tuscany, co-chaired by @jcbnunez.bsky.social and me. If you’d like to present your research and be considered for a talk, make sure to submit your application before April 6th! www.grc.org/ecological-a...

I am recruiting an #ERC funded PostDoc to work on the evolution of vertebral counts in cichlids. This is an experimental project & will be looking for candidates with experience generating reporter lines, live-imaging and experimental embryology. Application deadline: 25th Feb. tinyurl.com/33jbu8fa

Our work on the enhancers regulating Sox2 in neural stem cells is published! This one has been a long time in the works. We found a cluster of downstream enhancers, including the more well studied SRR2, are required to maintain Sox2 expression and anterior neural identity. doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

The new edition of European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology, ECCN2025 will take place from May 6th to 8th in beautiful Alicante (Spain) and soon you will be able to register and submit your abstracts through the conference website: eccn2025.umh.es

Join us in Toronto for the next Canadian Zebrafish Meeting! Registration and abstract submission will open soon.

Hi all, I am reposting this, as it is Christmas and we will only be closing the fundraising page in late January. If you can help click on the link below! Asante sana!

Scientist position at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. We are looking for neuroscientists with interests in the molecular and cellular bases of cognition. The position is open-rank, and the successful candidate will also be appointed at U Toronto. Deadline is Feb 15th. Come join us!

🧪🧬We're hiring for three new tenure-track positions🧪🧬 We're a friendly and collaborative department @umanitoba.bsky.social with lots of great research happening. Into genetics, dev bio, cell bio, specialized metabolism… we'd love to hear from you!! 🧪🧬🌎 viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.ASPX...

Getting ready to hibernate and read some fun #science #books over the holidays? You can find my "Evolving Tomorrow: Genetic Engineering and the Evolutionary Future of the Anthropocene" at your fave little local bookseller, as well as at the behemoths! www.amazon.com/dp/0198874529

Are you an undergrad interested in research this summer? Apply for the Data Science Institute's Summer program at UofT - datasciences.utoronto.ca/suds-student... - and work with me! "Fantastic Beasts and when to find them: leveraging citizen science to understand the activity patterns of animals"

My lab was hard at work while I was gone

Out now in Dev Cell! scRNAseq trajectories describe the cascade of gene expression as cells differentiate, but turning them into a clear understanding of the underlying biology of a cell type's development remains challenging. authors.elsevier.com/c/1k9qj5Sx5g... (1/)