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Cate Macinnis-Ng
5 days ago
I know we've all got submission fatigue but the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill are incredibly dangerous for conservation. Submissions close this Friday at 4.30 pm.
#NZPol
www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...
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https://www3.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCENV_SCF_BA467863-D6B0-4968-1027-08DE369D9192/planning-bill-and-natural-environment-bill
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Katarina Stuart
18 days ago
New review! Theory & a practical guide to structural variants in popgen🧬 Many thanks to my co-authors:
@rebekahoomen.bsky.social
@annatigano.bsky.social
@marenwellenreuther.bsky.social
@janawold.bsky.social
@dlfield.bsky.social
@clairemerot.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco‐Evolutionary Population Genomics
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has greatly expanded researchers' ability to study structural variants (SVs), that is, the variation in the presence, number, orientation or position of a DNA sequence. ....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.70216
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A note of caution for RADseq in selection scans. Delighted to share this important work from an extraordinary ECR. Available OA!
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Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
NZ & Aussie & beyond geneticists🧬, apply / nominate your students & colleagues for our 2026 awards for senior, mid & early career scientists, educators, & students! Applications due 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST
genetics.org.au/awards/
#PhDchat
#ECRchat
#WomenInScience
#STEMoriginal
#LGBTSTEM
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The Genetics Society of AustralAsia MJD White Medal recognises an outstanding contribution to
#genetics
research by an Australasian scientist. Nominations for the MJD White Medal should come from a member of GSA. Applications due 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST
genetics.org.au/awards/#MJDW...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#MJDWhiteMedal
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The Genetics Society of AustralAsia Ross Crozier Medal recognises an outstanding contribution to
#genetics
research by a mid-career Australasian scientist 5-15 years post-PhD (career interruptions considered). Applications due 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST
genetics.org.au/awards/#Ross...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#RossCrozierMedal
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The Genetics Society of AustralAsia Alan Wilton Award is awarded to an early career Australasian genetics researcher within 5 years of their PhD (career interruptions considered). Applications due midnight 28th Feb AEST
#ECRchat
genetics.org.au/awards/#Alan...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#AlanWiltonAward
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The ✨NEW✨ GSA Impact Award is awarded to recognise excellence in genetics research with applied impact, showcasing the power of genetics to address real world problems in one or more fields of transformational relevance. Applications due midnight 28th Feb AEST
genetics.org.au/awards/#Impa...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#ImpactAward
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The DG Catcheside Prize is awarded to the top Australasian doctoral student in
#genetics
. If your
#PhD
passed examination in 2025 at an Australasian university, you’re eligible to apply. Applications due midnight 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST
#PhDchat
#ECRchat
genetics.org.au/awards/#DGCa...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#DGCatchesidePrize
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The Spencer Smith-White Conference Award is awarded to assist
#PhD
students who are members of GSA to attend the annual conference. Applications due 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST
#PhDchat
genetics.org.au/awards/#Smit...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#Smith-WhiteConferenceAward
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The Philip Batterham Conference Award is awarded to assist Honours and Masters students who are members of GSA to attend the annual conference. The GSA committee may elect to offer more than one award in a given year. Applications due 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST
genetics.org.au/awards/#Batt...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#BatterhamConferenceAward
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The Summer Internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) Alumni GSA Conference Award provides the opportunity for recent SING Australia or SING Aotearoa alumni to attend the annual GSA Conference. 4 awards are available. Applications due 11:59pm 7th April AEST
genetics.org.au/awards/#SING...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#SINGConferenceAward
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
The Jenny Donald Undergraduate Student Conference Award is awarded to assist 3rds year genetics students to attend the annual conference. The GSA committee may elect to offer more than one award in a given year. Applications due 11:59pm 7th May AEST
genetics.org.au/awards/#Dona...
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/#DonaldConferenceAward
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Anna Santure
Genetics Society of AustralAsia
30 days ago
Applications are now open for the Genetics Society of AustralAsia’s 2026 awards for achievements in
#genetics
research & teaching🧬🧑🏫🔬. Awards presented at our annual conference. Pls RT!
genetics.org.au/awards/
#PhDchat
#ECRchat
#WomenInScience
#STEMoriginal
#LGBTSTEM
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https://genetics.org.au/awards/
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Anna Santure
bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology
about 1 month ago
Nucleotide diversity is a poor predictor of short-term adaptive potential
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.05.697705v1
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Andrew Digby
about 2 months ago
In 2025 we marked 30 years of the Kākāpō Recovery Programme. Kākāpō ranger and artist Sarah Little (
www.instagram.com/sarahmaylittle
) tells the story. Part 1 of 2: the history.
#kakapo
#conservation
#parrots
#birds
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Te Pūnaha Matatini
about 2 months ago
Ngā mihi nui to our treasured Kaumātua Professor Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Apakura), who has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit 🧵
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Dr Mark E Hauber
about 2 months ago
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Pangenomes: new tools for ecological and evolutionary genomics
Genomic structural variation is an important component of genetic variation in natural populations. By assembling and analyzing multiple high-quality genomes within a species or clade, pangenomes capt...
https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347(25)00344-1?rss=yes
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Meeran Hussain 🧬🧑🏻💻
about 2 months ago
🚨 Publication Alert! 🚨 Curious about how thelytokous (asexual) reproduction shapes genetic diversity in a parasitoid? My first PhD paper is now out, where we explore this fascinating system through a genomic lens. 📄 Paper link:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@angmcgaughran.bsky.social
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Using Genomic Data to Infer Evolutionary Processes in the Asexual Parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides
In this study, we used whole-genome resequencing to investigate spatial and temporal genomic variation in the Irish strain of the asexual (thelytokous) parasitoid Microctonus aethiopoides, which was ...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72533
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Ang (Angela) McGaughran
about 2 months ago
I am beyond thrilled to be a successful recipient of the Mana Tūānuku Research Leader Fellowship – what a way to round off 2025! I would like to thank my wonderful network of collaborators in NZ and around the world for their support and contributions to my research over the years.
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Ang McGaughran
2025: Dr Ang McGaughran of Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato – the University of Waikato will investigate how we can better predict the invasive potential of pest species
https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/tawhia-te-mana/mana-tuanuku/mtn-recipients/matthew-mcneil/
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Rob Waterhouse
2 months ago
Population-scale long-read datasets, involving sequencing and de novo assembly of multiple individuals within a species, are better at capturing the full spectrum of structural variants, but such datasets are rare outside of humans
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#biodiversity
#genomics
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Multispecies pangenomes reveal a pervasive influence of population size on structural variation
Structural variants (SVs) are widespread in vertebrate genomes, yet their evolutionary dynamics remain poorly understood. Using 45 long-read de novo genome assemblies and pangenome tools, we analyze S...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw1931
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Cate Macinnis-Ng
2 months ago
JOB ALERT - Join us as a lecturer/senior lecturer in plant-microbe interactions in the School of Biological Sciences at Waipapa Taumata Rau The University of Auckland. Applications close 31st January 🌱🧪
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Plant-Microbe Interactions - School of Biological Sciences
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the leading science faculty in New Zealand and one of...
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversityOfAuckland/744000098285675-lecturer-senior-lecturer-plant-microbe-interactions-school-of-biological-sciences-
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Margaret Stanley
2 months ago
Hiring in our school!! Come & join us! 🌐🧪🌏
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University of Auckland hiring Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Plant-Microbe Interactions - School of Biological Sciences in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand | LinkedIn
Posted 8:46:30 AM. Company DescriptionWaipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4343234395
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Jemma Geoghegan
2 months ago
Foraging ecology drives viral community structure in New Zealand's aquatic birds
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Foraging ecology drives viral community structure in New Zealand's aquatic birds
Wild migratory birds play a major role in the global spread of viruses, yet the diversity, host range and transmission patterns of viruses harboured by migratory species in Aotearoa/New Zealand remain...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693119v1
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Nat Forsdick
2 months ago
A cheeky repost to highlight our recent publication on data- and culturally-informed conservation management in an
#AoNZ
endemic seabird for the
#conservationgenomics
🧬 and science 🧪 crowd 🤓
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Tammy Steeves
2 months ago
What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter? This is the focus of our new paper
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
on the cover of the Dec issue of TREE
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
led by
@aisrayne.bsky.social
🙏 to Kevin Parker for the 📷
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Peter Dearden
2 months ago
We made a podcast for
@bioprotection.bsky.social
Have a look if you are interested in all things that start with b, Nick singing 80's songs or, perhaps more importantly, why and how to save the planet.
bioprotection.org.nz/under-the-le...
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Under the Lens Podcast | Bioprotection Aotearoa
https://bioprotection.org.nz/under-the-lens-podcast/
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Awesome weedy discussion with my phenomenal award winning hoamahi Margaret (with the fab Peter, Amanda and Nick) - our natives need more PR, and let's all be on the lookout for newbies!
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2 months ago
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Anna Brüniche-Olsen
2 months ago
Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non-Model Species
#popgen
#consgen
doi.org/10.1111/1755...
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Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non‐Model Species
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are increasingly being analysed using whole genome sequences in non-model species as a measure of inbreeding and to assess demographic history, thus providing useful inform...
https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70083
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Alana Alexander
2 months ago
SING Aotearoa is on! SING Aotearoa 2026 - Ōtepoti (Dunedin) - 8-13 February 2026 Applications for SING Aotearoa 2026 are now OPEN, head to
www.singaotearoa.nz
. Applications close 15 December. Please share share share with your networks, group chats and socials across the motu.
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SING Aotearoa
Summer Internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics
https://www.singaotearoa.nz/
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Chrissie Painting
2 months ago
Please sign this petition to lift the incoming cruel ban on access to puberty blockers for trans young people.
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
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Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/reverse-the-decision-to-deny-transgender-and-takatapui-young-people-access-to-puberty-blockers?source=facebook&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOduqZjbGNrA526imV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHpF4mUReiJt_TjVViskwFbxKTQJur1DrSwKIUFWyHY_TZLncWWMrBgZzAH3G_aem_tGLt0rfa6tL-Ap_Ix1mYpg
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Nat Forsdick
3 months ago
I'm delighted to share that our publication 'Nest survival models and genomics illuminate hybridisation attempts, guiding culturally informed management to recover a critically endangered seabird' is out now in Animal Conservation
@animalconserv.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1111/acv....
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Nest Survival Models and Genomics Illuminate Hybridisation Attempts, Guiding Culturally Informed Management to Recover a Critically Endangered Seabird
Long-term monitoring has revealed hybridisation attempts between the Critically Endangered Kuaka Whenua Hou (KWH, Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) and the abundant Kuaka (P. urinatrix). Here we use model...
https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.70049
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Peter Dearden
3 months ago
.
@josephguhlin.bsky.social
and I wrote a thing ( mainly him!)
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𝒟-BLUP: a differentiable genomic BLUP model with learnable variance and marker weights
Genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) is widely used for genomic selection in livestock and crop breeding. There is growing interest in connecting machine learning with genomic breeding valu...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.25.690542v1
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Heather Paterson
3 months ago
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
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Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
https://theconversation.com/puberty-blockers-why-politicians-overriding-doctors-sets-a-dangerous-precedent-270246
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Dr Jan Eldridge
3 months ago
There are excellent expert comments here on the NZ government's puberty blocker ban.
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Cate Macinnis-Ng
3 months ago
Horrible political meddling in healthcare in Aotearoa. "To me, this is basically cursing an entire generation of young transgender woman to social stigma, to moving through this world and having to deal with so much - I don't have another word for it - violence."
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Halt to puberty blockers curses 'young transgender women to stigma'
That's the reaction of a model who used puberty blockers as a teen to rules halting new prescriptions for young people.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/579613/halt-to-puberty-blockers-curses-young-transgender-women-to-stigma
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Chrissie Painting
3 months ago
The government's cruel decision to ban puberty blockers for trans kids is devastating. Yesterday was for grieving, but today I'm pulling myself up, wearing my most rainbow of dresses in solidarity with every trans kid & their whānau affected. I won't stop fighting.
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Anna Santure
3 months ago
We have just published a landmark article on genetic diversity and global biodiversity policy, focusing on the CBD. We aim to help researchers, practitioners, & other interested parties understand the KMGBF and achieve its commitments.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework
Adopted in December 2022, the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity outlines a visionary road map guiding humanity's relationship wit...
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-animal-030424-070756
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Dr Jan Eldridge
3 months ago
This is upsetting on so many levels. Banning new prescriptions is extremely harmful and doing this during trans awareness week, a few days before the transgender day of remembrance just makes it so much worse.
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Govt halts new puberty blockers prescriptions for gender-affirming care
Green Party MP Ricardo Menéndez March says the government is "buying into imported culture wars" .
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/579385/govt-halts-new-puberty-blockers-prescriptions-for-gender-affirming-care
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Laura Bertola
3 months ago
New publication out, highlighting the link between genetic diversity (GD) and policy! 🧬📜 "Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework"
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵
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Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework
Adopted in December 2022, the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity outlines a visionary road map guiding humanity's relationship wit...
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-animal-030424-070756
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology
3 months ago
Evolutionary dynamics of a lethal recessive allele in reintroduced fragmented lynx populations
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686959v1
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Margaret Stanley
3 months ago
Thanks to
@royalsocietynz.bsky.social
for awarding me the Callaghan medal for Science Communication. Thanks to my many supporters, NZ communities for being curious, & the many people in various agencies who really do want to use evidence in decision-making. This is critical now, more than ever. 🌐🌏🧪
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Margaret Stanley
3 months ago
Siouxsie has forged a path to making science communication a little safer for the rest of us...
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Siouxsie Wiles: Why I’m crowdfunding despite winning my legal battle
'Between the ERA and the Employment Court, my husband and I have spent over $632,000.'
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-11-2025/siouxsie-wiles-why-im-crowdfunding-despite-winning-my-legal-battle?utm_source=spinoff-share-button&utm_medium=bluesky
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Joseph Guhlin
4 months ago
Reposting for other time zones! Check this out and please give us a boost! :)
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Joseph Guhlin
4 months ago
Amazing group of people to work with!
@jemmageoghegan.bsky.social
@peterkdearden.bsky.social
@annasanture.bsky.social
@cegrueber.bsky.social
And everyone else not on bsky! Double thanks to Janelle for the amazing pictures!
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Joseph Guhlin
4 months ago
Preprint out now: “Population genomics of yellow‑eyed penguins uncovers subspecies divergence and candidate genes linked to respiratory distress syndrome.”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full press release:
www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
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Population genomics of yellow-eyed penguins uncovers subspecies divergence and candidate genes linked to respiratory distress syndrome
Yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho/takaraka, Megadyptes antipodes ) are among the world’s rarest penguins and are regarded as a taonga (treasured) species in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since 2019, chicks on the N...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.683354v1
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Joseph Guhlin
4 months ago
This was a partnership across the Universities of Otago and Auckland, Department of Conservation, Ngāi Tahu, Dunedin Wildlife Hospital, and Genomics Aotearoa, building on national genomics infrastructure (incl. tools first honed with
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Joseph Guhlin
4 months ago
#Conservation
implications: treating hoiho as three subspecies changes the playbook. Mainland M. a. murihiku needs urgent, tailored action, and genetic rescue from subantarctic birds could risk outbreeding depression by introducing local adaptations younger than the species divergence.
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Joseph Guhlin
4 months ago
Take‑home on disease: it’s likely host genetics + virus + environment, not a single mutation “on/off” switch. That’s why species‑wide genomics + ARG‑aware GWAS are so powerful here.
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