I am shocked to see this language from the NSF. “The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.”

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Welp 🌎🧪

We are destroying species' habitats, leading to a mass extinction event. This habitat destruction also reduces the genetic diversity _within_ species. Our latest work develops quantitative models to predict how much genetic diversity has been and _will be_ lost. 🧬🧪🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The trouble with sycophantic AI, this week on the @science.org podcast with Myra Cheng Listen here: www.science.org/content/podc...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS La Jolla, CA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

The northern white rhino is effectively extinct. Can a healthy pop be restored from cryopreserved cells of only 12 inds? @arynwilder.bsky.social et al. show how restoration from biobanked cells eases constraints of a limited founder pool to enable recovery 🦏 📸 San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Out today in @science.org our paper on how evolutionary adaptation to warming will reduce fisheries yields. Please let me know if you need me to send you a copy. Summary of the paper coming soon. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The authors propose a framework to better integrate genomic metrics into conservation planning, supporting more sustainable species recovery efforts. Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/jher... Corresponding authors: www.researchgate.net... & scholar.google.com/c... #JHered 3/3

Breath to genome: Whole genome sequencing of large whales from blow sampling (Preprint) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

‪ @eveliendegreef.bsky.social's latest is out in the @asn-amnat.bsky.social feature exploring the challenges of genetic forecasting😀 "Identifying Areas of Potential Risk Based on Future Genetic Adaptability in Three Arctic Whale Species" doi.org/10.1086/738889 🧪🌎🧬🌐 #consgen #popgen #evobio

Our new perspective: The Future of the Southern Resident Killer Whales Depends on Interactions With Other Killer Whale Populations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This paper is the culmination of my PhD at Cornell, and I'm so grateful to the team that made it possible. Co-led with @fishyomics.bsky.social, and co-authored with @jessi-rick.bsky.social, @arynwilder.bsky.social, Zofia Baumann, David Conover, Hannes Baumann, and @ntherk.bsky.social.

Four thousand years ago, the Early Bronze Age farmers of southern Germany had no Homer to chronicle their lives—but a detailed picture of their social structure emerged in 2019 from a remarkable study. #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4qH5SP4

This week, we hosted over 100 scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City for our 2025 in-person conference.

BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

No Kings protest on Oct 18 seems like a great way to practice your First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech. Find your rally location, nationwide: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=5...

🧬 1 more week until the VGP in-person conference! Can't make it to New York City? Sign up to attend virtually: www.eventbrite.com/e/vertebrate...

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

Now published in Cell! We found that ~15% of SNPs from divergent refs did not liftover as SNPs in the gray fox ref—half mapped to monomorphic sites, half failed to map. Co-authored with Matthew Genchev, @elliecat.bsky.social, and @jazlynmooney.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hahaha... #botanists

How many chromosomes can an animal have? In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Massive datasets in #ScienceAdvances confirm that higher adherence to a diet friendly to Earth and human health correlates with lower all-cause mortality. https://scim.ag/46bE644

This is now published at #MolecularEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Check it out!

🚨 The VGP in-person conference is fast approaching! Early bird pricing ends August 31st, so book your tickets ASAP! www.eventbrite.com/e/vertebrate...

#popgen #congen

What a sensational science story about an almost mythical beast from @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

Excited to share our new paper on genetic rescue in the Pacific pocket mouse! To conserve this endangered species, we sought to understand whether small populations at risk of outbreeding depression are better managed in isolation or with gene flow. @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...