Save the date for the 2027 SMBE Conference in Québec City! The LOC of #SMBE2027 would like to welcome you to Québec City for the 2027 Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution,from June 20-24, 2027, and hosted by Université Laval at the Québec Convention Centre. #society

Had a great time at #smbe2026! Huge thanks to the organizers and all presenters. Had to leave a bit early in order to get to Stockholm in time for overnight ferry to Finland #NOFLYSMBE

Researchers in #EvolutionaryBiology & #Ecology wanting to do the right thing? @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social at #SMBE2026 talking about DAFNEE, a database of >600 #ecoevo #evoeco academia-friendly journals for "responsible publishing" - @plos.org seems to do OK here...!

There is the DAFNEE database and there is also “Where to publish”, a manually curated database in life sciences #SMBE2026

#smbe2026 mascot species increasing its fitness during the conference

#SMBE2026 I thought maybe this table-layout of the programme might be handy for more of us: drive.google.com/file/d/1tYF3...

Ana Lindeza presenting to a full house at #smbe2026 on the effects of a chromosomal inversion on life history traits in rainbow trout in a common garden

#smbe2026 organizers should offer a prize for each speaker who completes their talk without any errors with the slide changer/pointer 😅

Some great salmon functional genomics research on show at today's #smbe2026 poster session. Get some exercise and climb the stairs to the 2nd floor to talk with @xindih.bsky.social and Rachel! (work with @jpverta.bsky.social)

To #smbe2026 attendees, come and have a chat with me if you are interested or let me know of others who might be!

Thanks to a couple of recent Ws on the funding front, we have 3 open postdoc positions in Helsinki, Finland in the field of salmonid fish ecological and evolutionary genomics. DL 7.8. More details in advert: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Suomen kehitys akateemisessa vapaudessa Orpon hallituskaudella.

#SMBE2026 day 2 is ongoing! The day started with a great talk by @emmateeling.bsky.social on why understanding bat evolution is crucial for human health. The symposia are now starting. We wish everyone a great first full day of the meeting!

The timetable planets aligned (for once!) so @eevaprimmer.bsky.social and I can travel from Stockholm to our respective conferences in Copenhagen and Hamburg on the same train #smbe2026 #hsc26 #noflySMBE

#SMBE #SMBE2026 Public Service announcement: If you want people to be able to find you in the app: (1) Click on the 'menu' lines (top right), (2) then click on "Privacy & Settings" and (3) *then* scroll to the bottom and click 'update'. This was not obvious to me.

For those interested in more sustainable (evolution) conferencing options like #NOFLYSMBE, consider the next @eseb.bsky.social meeting #eseb2027 which is a 4 city hub meeting aimed at allowing #nofly participation eseb2027.org #smbe2026 #Istanbul #London #Munich #Gothenburg

This was an easy one from Helsinki: overnight ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm and direct train between Stockholm and Copenhagen. Ironically I have to skip the polycrisis session on final day in order to get to Stockholm in time for the o/n ferry to Finland #NOFLYSMBE #SMBE2026

Looking forward to catching up with old friends in #SMBE2026, but the attendee list in the app is not helping me find who is going, as it lists full first name but only first letter of last name 🙄. "P, Craig" will be there in any case!

Selection against dispersers: sex, age and origin-dependent fitness differences in wild Atlantic salmon doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Want to join our team? Check out this opportunity. Closes 30 June NZT.

Are you a recent Ph.D. graduate? Apply for the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. The $30,000 grand prize will be awarded for outstanding research in cell and molecular biology, genomics, ecology, or molecular medicine. Apply by 15 July: https://scim.ag/4lUpKMN

Our brilliant PhD students are at #SMBE2026 ! S22: P334 Rachel Carboni with snMultiomics S22: P339 @xindih.bsky.social with epistasis vs modularity in GRNs (w/ @fishcongen.bsky.social) S22: talk at 17:45 @jennisiren.bsky.social with GxE in gene expression (w/ main sup @pyhatanja.bsky.social)

Still some time to apply to our postdoc position - deadline 3rd July. I'll be at #SMBE2026 if anyone would like to chat about it 😊

Some days are a bit more memorable than others,and today was one of those when we celebrated the graduation of MD Milli Primmer #proudfather

Love what the Australian soccer team says about modern Australia. Seriously, watch this video, and you'll be cheering for them too.

🙌 @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social nails it!

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

A few summers ago, we individually reared 1200 wood tiger moth caterpillars with the aim to understand the associations and genetic basis of different traits; colour, chemical defences, behaviour, pheromones and more. The results are here!

15 years. 1,100 adults. 3,400 juveniles. One question: do immigrants pay a fitness cost in the wild?🐟 Yes, but only sometimes. The cost of dispersal in Atlantic salmon depends on the origin, sex and age. Out now doi.org/10.1098/rspb... in ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org 1/4

Really interesting new study on the antagonistic effects of vgll3 on reproduction and aging in killifish! Includes description of isoform similarities with salmon (earlier shown by @jpverta.bsky.social ) and many other species

🗳️ The 2026 SMBE election for Officer and Councillor is ongoing until June 12th - make sure to vote to contribute to the future of the society. Please check your email for the voting link, and if you have any questions, please contact: [email protected] #society

Huge congrats to @annaliisalaine.bsky.social and others. We're proud to continue hosting the team in the Faculty!

Working on ageing in unusual taxa? Consider submitting to our Special Issue on the Journal of Evolutionary Biology: "Ageing outside of the box: insights from unusual and non-model species". With @yagmurerten.bsky.social and @MargauxBieuville, we are looking forward! academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/ca...

Huomenna sitä saisi, tiedettä siis🤩 Juhlistamme uusia professoreitamme pyytämällä heitä pitämään luennon aiheesta, jota he tutkivat juuri nyt! 💯 Kiinnostaako kuulla luontokadosta tai työterveydestä? Tule kuuntelemaan miniluentoja ke 27.5. kello 14.30 alkaen.

Looking forward to Sam Yeaman's seminar about repeatability of adaptation on Thursday May 28 at 4 pm CET. Join us online!

Migratory species feel in extreme ways the wrongs done to our rivers. Hydropower is not green, it just harms in less visible ways

"A career in pursuit of the origin of species: celebrating Roger Butlin’s contributions to the advancement of knowledge and growth of our scientific community" A very nicely written piece on Roger's impressive work and philosophy. He inspired countless people. academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...

Näpsä uusi verkkopalvelu. HEPPistä näkee keikat Helsingissä, Tampereella ja Oulussa. hepp.fi

Recognizing that I am justifying my own choices, I am so much in agreement with @janecaro.bsky.social on the contradictions of the Australian school system. In Finland, there are no private schools & our kid's friends included a whole scale of classes & backgrounds www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Make it happen Bsky! Also, by chance are there any scientists named Riff on here?

How are the heart rates of Arsenal fans out there 😅

📖 Published📖 charisma: An R package to perform reproducible colour characterization of digital images for biological studies🖥️ 🌍 🧪 👇️ buff.ly/bIUBOck

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"Lintujen törmäilyä tuulivoimaloihin voitaisiin vähentää värittämällä lapoja luonnon varoitusvärien mukaisesti. Tähän tulokseen on tullut Helsingin yliopiston vasta julkaistu kokeellinen tutkimus." yle.fi/a/74-20223329 #linnut

NEWS: The ERC Scientific Council has listened to the concerns from members of the research community about changes to the re-submission rules, intended to manage the surge in demand for grants. The Scientific Council will readjust some of the changes: link.europa.eu/TBqRQJ

Pauline Hanson’s got a $1 million gift from Australia’s richest woman. No strings attached?

The truly stunning part of this marathon WR is his final full 5K split from 35-40K. 13:42 🤯 That wins most major 5K races

Toivottavasti juristit pysty torpata tämä älyttömyys

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