If you’ll teach about Adaptation this coming spring, would you be interested in testing whether having an explicitly inclusive activity improves student understanding of the concept? We’re recruiting instructors, please consider joining us!

Very excited to have a blog post posted that was led by @suegenenoh.bsky.social summarizing and outlining #RIE2 development of undergrad teaching modules for evolution. ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com/2025/06/unlo... and cross posted here genestogenomes.org/unlocking-un... 🧬🧪👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🔬#newPI #Evolution

Undergrad students often forget about genetic drift as an evolutionary process/ force. If you've also experienced this, we might have a solution for you! Our RIE2 (resources for inclusive evolution education) working group just published a week-length drift module: qubeshub.org/publications...

Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Official announcement in Jan. but so excited I'm sharing now! Latest #EvolutionEducation module #adaptation is published qubeshub.org/publications... by @aauerbach.bsky.social @wascherclaudia.bsky.social + more as part of the #RIE2 initiative qubeshub.org/community/gr... #NewPI #AcademicSky 🧬🧪

Out today! Our review on the current evidence of protein import into endosymbionts/early organelles. We cover protists, insects and plant systems, so something for everybody! With Mygg Stiller, Lena Kröninger and Eva Nowack. #protistsonsky #SymbioSky febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

OK folks, I want to share with you my best homebrew use case for LLMs in teaching. Here, I’ll show you how to make detailed, textbook-style notes for your students based on a transcript of your lecture and your PowerPoint. I’ve done this for the last 2 semesters and the students love it. 1/16

Beetles are masters at coopting microbial genes, enzymes & metabolites. Together w/ Marleny García-Lozano, we review how microbes shaped one of the most successful animal radiations, through horizontal gene transfer & symbiosis: www.cell.com/trends/micro...

UConn's Computational Biology Core is hiring a core scientist. We do research, training, and support users of our HPC. The position will be focused on supporting UConn Health. Please reskeet, and DM me if you have questions. jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Excited to share my recent review with Ross Fitzgerald on host adaptation by bacterial pathogens. Summarizes a lot of ideas and literature that came out of my sabbatical in his group last year. #Microsky academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Great read on a topic close to my heart: Symbiosis and its evolutionary/biological impact. by Gordon Bennett, Younghwan Kwak, & Reo Maynard (all not on bsky. doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... #SymbioSky

Social amoebas prey on bacteria but individuals can also host bacterial symbionts. What contributes to patterns of facultative symbionts & what happens when hosts enter the social life cycle stage? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @suegenenoh.bsky.social et al.