Mutation in a splicing enhancer of the DNA repair gene Aplf & an intronic deletion in Dna2 drive chromosomal fission and accelerate speciation in zokor mammals www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Review: A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

-Me: OK, I'm ready to accept a single unified species concept. [email protected]: Two ants, two species, one mother: Iberian harvester ants can produce males that are genetically different species 🤯 Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last days to apply! and remember that @evoargentina.bsky.social is offering 2 scholarships of up to ARS 150,000 each to cover travel costs for the Biodiversity Genomics course 🧬 (Nov 24–28, 2025, Mendoza, Argentina).

📢 La @evoargentina.bsky.social ofrece 2 becas de hasta ARS 150.000 cada una para cubrir traslado al curso Biodiversity Genomics 🧬 (24-28 nov 2025, Mendoza). ⏳ Postulá hasta el 3/9/25 📄 Formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NWC... ℹ️ Info del curso: biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

Very much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.

Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course 📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis. 📝 Pre-registration open 🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com @joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social

Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course 📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis. 📝 Pre-registration open 🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com @joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social

Happy to share that the second edition of our course will take place in Argentina from November 24th to 28th. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

Join us on the Wellcome Genome Campus of the Sanger Institute and EBI for a symposium on biodiversity genomics from 27th-29th October! Abstract deadline on 14 July. There is also an option to join via Zoom, but in-person is much nicer if you can make it.

The average American has three friends.

📢 ¡Atención! Novedades sobre inscripciones, resúmenes, becas y conferencias 🤓 ¡Ya está disponible la Tercera Circular del Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución! ➡️ iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol

Our newest manuscript has just been released as preprint on bioRxiv: Genomes reveal the age and demographic history of ultrafast adaptive radiation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to be at the Speciation Conference GRC this week! On Wednesday, I'll be presenting on the mechanisms driving the fastest speciating lizards on Earth: the rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards. See you there! 🙂

Dean Adams llega al Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025! ¿Cómo estudiar la evolución de rasgos complejos? 📊🧬 Dean nos trae herramientas innovadoras en su conferencia: "New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Multivariate Phenotypes" 🔍

This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...

Applications open! The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below! www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

¡El Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025 te espera! 🧬 📢 Abrimos convocatorias para: ✨ Simposios ✨ Mesas Redondas ✨ Cursos post-congreso ⏳ Fecha límite: 30 de marzo 📝info: iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol

😍Por primera vez desde que empezó a otorgarse (en los años 70), dos latinoamericanos recibirán el Premio Tyler considerado el "Nobel del Ambiente": la argentina Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio. Chapeau! 🎩 ¡Dos gigantes! 💝 www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...

Si sos Latinoamericano/a puede interesarte este llamado a postular a beca de CONICET🇦🇷 en Biología Evolutiva (especiación, filogeografía, filogenias, hibridación, adaptaciones). Se trabajará en un proyecto en colaboración con el Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK). Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇

En la pasada V Reunión Argentina de Biología Evolutiva tuvimos un Simposio Extendido de Evo-Devo 🤓 Pasen a conocer el reporte que nos traen @marinastrelin.bsky.social y Eduardo Zattara!

Difundimos convocatoria! 🤓 Llamado a candidatos/as a solicitar Becas del CONICET en el Grupo de Genómica Evolutiva de Plantas (IBAM, UNCuyo, Mendoza) Más detalles en el cartel 👇🏾

Excellent PhD fellowship opportunity! PhD fellowship Marie Curie in Evolutionary Hologenomics: understanding the role of gut microorganisms in evolutionary dietary shifts. Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen More info: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Si sos Latinoamericano/a puede interesarte este llamado a postular a beca de CONICET🇦🇷 en Biología Evolutiva (especiación, filogeografía, filogenias, hibridación, adaptaciones). Se trabajará en un proyecto en colaboración con el Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK). Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇

Apply now for the ASN Student Research Awards by March 14! Ten awards of $2k each will be given to research that advances the the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, or behavior. More info here: bit.ly/asn_grant_25

We are hiring a new entomological curator in Hamburg at the Leibniz institute for the analysis of biodiversity change… Please share and apply!!! 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-...

Sigo mirando lo que actualizó la Oficina Nacional de Presupuesto. ¿Hay mucha diferencia entre prorrogado y presentado para 2025? Depende del organismo, poco en CONICET, mucho en SICyT, Agencia, UUNN, ...

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

There is one week to apply for the 2025 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA! More info here: molevolworkshop.github.io Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad... Application deadline: Jan. 29th Workshop dates: May 22nd - June 1st

Just a few days left to apply for the Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program! Participants receive funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025 in Athens, GA. Apply by Monday! https://buff.ly/4eExoFL @evolmtg.bsky.social

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Are you or do you know an undergrad interested in evolution? The SSE Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025. Applications due Monday! https://buff.ly/4eExoFL

Bluesky now has 27 million users. That's the population of Australia. Welcome to Australia.

The first chapter of my dissertation is finally out. Thanks to all my co-authors and mentors. Gustavo Londoño, Martha Muñoz (@marthamunoz.bsky.social ), Don Miles (@lizardprof.bsky.social) and Rosario Castañeda doi.org/10.1093/evol... (1/5).

Parallel and convergent evolution in genes underlying seasonal migration doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Luz E Zamudio-Beltrán et al.

For students interested in evolution & DNA sequence variation: At Stockholm University we are offering a Masters programme in Evolutionary Genomics from fall 2025. Application deadline soon - Jan 15, 2025! www.su.se/english/sear... #evolution #genomics #masters #HigherEd

Today I’m officially starting as an International Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. I’ll be working with @joanameier.bsky.social on genomics of the spectacular rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards 🦎 chin chin 🥂

I guess I would write something similar about BEAST I ❤️ BEAST (even though ASTRAL is awsome 😅) #2ndGenerationOfPhylogeneticist

New study by @tribblelab.bsky.social @jimarcor.bsky.social @marcialescudero.bsky.social Michael May, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson and myself just out: Introduces a novel HiSSE chromosome model and demonstrates the importance of chrom. evol. in #sedge diversity. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excelente documental de la UBA que habla de diferentes líneas de investigación que se llevan adelante en Argentina. Cómo funciona, para qué sirve, por qué es importante financiar ciencia y el daño que desfinanciamiento del 2024 está causando 👇🏽 youtu.be/-ZsFMFLASSU?...

Mientras tanto www.science.org/content/arti...

Told you.

A cute mom 🕷️ and her little ones. From Mendoza 🇦🇷

A new genomic study in Science encompassing more than 300 genomes spanning the last 50,000 years has revealed how a single wave of Neanderthal gene flow into early modern humans left an indelible mark on human evolution. scim.ag/4gkMvpz

A new lizard species from Argentina and discussions about complex scenarios for species delimitation by Juan Vrdoljak et al., including @kisanchez.bsky.social @mmorando.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

IT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...

So true. One health needs Ecology.

Looking for reviewers before Christmas

Merecidísimo premio "Científicas que cuentan" a @ValeArvejita 👇por su gran tarea 👏👏👏👏 Chapeau! Aquí, su agradecimiento. Vale la pena escucharla (extracto)