the field season of our brand new project TreeGD hast started! this year, we will sample European beech, downy oak and wild service tree. for more information, visit treegd.wsl.ch/en/ with @domcoqetc.bsky.social

"Their high stature makes the world smaller for them." I am reading this for the third time in my life and it confirms to be my most influential paper. So beautifully written and full of facts and thoughts why we love trees so much as evolutionary biologists.

Application deadline on Monday! PhD position @uni-freiburg.de in the @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social project

📣 New EVOLTREE webinar! 🗓️ 8th April 16:00 CET Prof Rasmus Nielsen will talk on "Mapping adaptive genetic variation in non-model species" Link: vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/rasm... Save the date and visit www.evoltree.eu/webinars in a few days for registration and additional information.

together with @domcoqetc.bsky.social, i am looking for two interns for field work in our new TreeGD project. please see here for more details: apply.refline.ch/273855/1846/...

The Ecological Genetics group at @wslresearch.bsky.social is looking for a 2-month intern to support an upcoming field survey. A great opportunity for hands-on research experience. More info: apply.refline.ch/273855/1846/... @christian-rellstab.bsky.social

Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).

🌿❤️🐟@wslresearch.bsky.social and #Eawag are strengthening their long-standing collaboration with the new WSL–Eawag Biodiversity Center. The Center connects researchers, creates synergies and boosts the visibility and impact of biodiversity research in science and practice.

Teaching is fun! The ETH @evoltree.bsky.social block course "Genomics of Environmental Adapation" at @wslresearch.bsky.social is in full action now.

#PostDoc Alert! PhD in #Biologie, #Forstwissenschaften oder #Umweltnaturwissenschaften🌲? Gute Kenntnisse in Evolutionsbiologie und sehr kompetent in #Populationsgenetik und #Landschaftsgenomik🧬? Wir bieten eine #PostDoc Stelle in ökologischer Genomik: apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/... #ScienceJobs

Second Day starts with an amazing keynote talk on genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity by Silvia Matesanz from URJC. Great talk Silvia! #EVOLTREE

So happy to be with European colleagues in Madrid for #EvolTREE to share new ideas, technologies, and applications of forest genetics to conservation, restoration, breeding, and much, much more

David O'Brien opens the first session ("New Tools for Science to Reach Practice") of the Joint EVOLTREE-FORGENIUS conference with an entertaining talk on how to communicate to politicians, practitioners and the public.

Delphine Grivet from the host organisation INIA-CSIC opens the Joint EVOLTREE- FORGENIUS Conference in Madrid! About 200 researchers, including many early-career scientists in the room.

The EVOLTREE-FORGENIUS Joint Conference starts tomorrow in Madrid, so much excitement in the air! It is already our 3rd Conference and we continue growing. Thanks for supporting #EVOLTREE

i am offering a post-doc position in my brand-new project TreeGD that will investigate genomic diversity of trees species in switzerland, with a special focus on gene conservation units, rare species (but not only), and seeds stands. apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...

In memory of Richard Abbott 🌱❄ 35 years of Arctic plant phylogeography - glacial refugia, trans-oceanic dispersals, and the genomic evidence revealing their hidden histories. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tree evolution is surprisingly quirky! 🌳 Trees are likely ancestral in many plant groups, often re-evolve on islands, and Arabidopsis can be made tree-like by tweaking a few genes. We revisited what genes really make a tree a tree using comparative genomics. @trhvidsten.bsky.social #trees #evolution

exciting times ahead. the permanent exhibition "breaking the code" about genetic research at @wslresearch.bsky.social is opening soon! with apprentices from ETH, we developed a computer game to assign white oak species (and their hybrids) based on leaf morphology and genetic markers. stay tuned!

Brand new! Analyzing tree rings in common garden experiments in oak and beech, we show that phenotypic plasticity drives trait variation in both species. However, oak shows, in contrast to beech, also signs of adaptation and genetically-based plasticity. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨Join in when IUFRO Working Party 2.02.05 kicks off their brand-new Webinar Series: 🌲Integrating Pollen-Based Assisted Migration and Rolling- Front Landscape Breeding for Forest Adaptation under Climate Change🌳 🗓️Thursday, 25 September 2025 🕕18:00-19:00 CEST 🔗 bit.ly/46cVXaW #ForestScience

You have a good research idea in the field of evolutionary genetics and genomics of forest trees, but lack funding to carry it out? Leap into action with the network's research initiative, OPPORTUNITY! The new call has been launched, deadline is 16.11.2025. More information here:

Mapping forest stakeholders across Europe highlights conflicts and cooperation in conserving genetic diversity, managing reproductive material, and protecting forests under varying governance frameworks. Very proud to be part of this beautiful @optforests.bsky.social paper.

#SciArt #Artshare I’m a scientific illustrator with genetics and evolution background open to commissions of infographics, illustrations, scientific figures, …

Joint EVOLTREE-FORGENIUS Conference 2025 Call for Abstracts is now open! Deadline 30 June 2025 We invite submissions on evolutionary ecology, genomics, and adaptation in trees and associated organisms. For more information: www.evoltree.eu/conferences/...

Find here my announcement for a 2-year post-doc position in ecological genomics of white oaks in the framework of the Horizon project OptFORESTS. I am looking for somebody with strong skills in bioinformatics, landscape genomics, forest genomics, GWAS, and population genetic simulations.

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming EvolTree-FORGENIUS Joint Conference "Integrative Diversity of Forest Ecosystems" , which will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 18 to 21 November 2025. You can find all information and the registration here: www.evoltree.eu/conferences/...

Do you want to learn about methods for detecting genes involved in local adaptation and for predicting maladaptation to future climate? There are still a few slots left in SSMPG2025 course in the French Alps. Very proud to be part of such a great team of teachers. ssmpg2025.sciencesconf.org

Notre guide pratique (WSL Bericht) sur «l'utilisation optimale du matériel forestier de reproduction des espèces de chênes indigènes» est aintenant disponible en français: @wslresearch.bsky.social

Four outreach publications in one day... Only possible in Switzerland. Check our chapter on genetic diversity in the latest Swiss Forest Report www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home...

out now! instructions for practice on the optimal use of forest genetic resources in white oak species native to switzerland. a @wslresearch.bsky.social product, available only in german (french version in preparation). www.wsl.ch/en/publicati...

Soil properties – water availability and pH – are strongly associated to the spatial distribution of two hybridizing and sympatric oak species (Quercus spp) at local stand scale. w/@felix-zimmermann.bsky.social, @christian-rellstab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/eva.70076

new paper in @evolappjournal.bsky.social with @felix-zimmermann.bsky.social ! Soil properties – water availability and pH – are strongly associated to the spatial distribution of two hybridizing and sympatric oak species (Quercus spp) at local stand scale. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The ETH/ @evoltree.bsky.social block course "Genomics of Environmental Adaptation" at @wslresearch.bsky.social successfully ended on Friday afternoon. Thanks to everybody who made it possible!

Detecting genomic signatures of environmental adaption, an ETH/ @evoltree.bsky.social block course, running now with full intensity at @wslresearch.bsky.social. Great students, motivated instructors, and hot computers.

Praxis-Empfehlungen: Wie sammle ich Eicheln, damit die genetische Vielalt des Saatguts möglichst hoch ist? Resultate aus dem @wslresearch.bsky.social SeedOpt Projekt. Anwendbar auf viele andere Hauptbaumarten. Jetzt auf @waldwissen.bsky.social www.waldwissen.net/de/waldwirts...

Now online! Our perspective on the genomic offset simulation paper of @brandonlind.bsky.social and @drk-lo.bsky.social. In short: Genomic offset can predict fitness under changed environments, but performance is reduced under highly novel environments. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Now online! In this study led by Jil Pütz and Simon Jansen, we studied the population structure and introgression of Quercus pubescens at its northern range. We found two major genetic clusters and more introgression in wetter, north-exposed, and more western sites. academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

EVOLTREE - Europe's network for researchers in forest ecology, evolution, genetics & genomics - has joined Bluesky. Follow us here for news on events, training courses, and funding opportunities ...... see evoltree.eu for more!

EvolTree has joined Bluesky! Please follow us here to get the latest updates on webinars, conferences, summer schools, and funding possibilities! EvolTree – A dynamic European research group linking #genomics #genetics #ecology #evolution of trees @evoltree.bsky.social

#PostDoc Alert! Interested in tree-associated #fungi and being part of a team in #Switzerland and #Azerbaijan? Experience in #mycology & molecular techniques & good knowledge of #bioinformatics? Our #Phytopathology Group is offering a #PostDocPosition: apply.refline.ch/273855/1679/... #ciencejobs #R

We are looking for a post-doc in genomics and hybridization in white oaks! See here, I am collaborator in the project: www.bfw.gv.at/wp-content/u...

Join the second EvolTree Online Seminar of this November! On Wednesday, 27.11.2024, 14 CET, Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social will talk about "A future-oriented, deep-time perspective on European woodlands". For more information and registration see here: www.evoltree.eu/webinars

New Evoltree webinars are coming this November! On Wednesday 13.11.2024, 14 CET, Catherine Kidner will talk about the "Hidden diversity and dynamics in rainforest trees". More information and registration here: evoltree.eu/webinars

I'm organizing a working group on the genetic basis of repeated adaptation, by zoom on October 22nd. Broad aim: use common methods to identify genes driving adaptation across many species of plants and animals. Please contact me for details! yeamanlab.weebly.com/repadapt.html

Now out in Nature Communications! Historical and contemporary genetic diversity of 7 major European tree species. A huge collaborative effort of the GenTree project. with @pyhatanja.bsky.social and many other colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our first outreach publication in the fourth Swiss national language (Rumantsch) is out! doi.org/10.55419/wsl... In this WSL factsheet, we present a detailed portrait of the iconic Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra). Also available in the three other national languages. www.wsl.ch/en/publicati...

Out now in Molecular Ecology Resources doi.org/10.1111/1755...

new paper out! convergent adaptation to climate in 25 plant species! nice work done by james whiting and sam yeaman.