Paper accepted!!! Beyond honored to have worked with fellow queer ECRs (@madeline-eppley.bsky.social, @allydefduf.bsky.social and others not on bsky) to critically examine our field's relationship with the queer community, and how we can leverage Queer perspectives to conduct more accurate science!!

Please apply to join the Diversity Committee of the American Society of Naturalists! www.amnat.org/announcement...

Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩‍🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...

Researchers found that 10.5% of shark and swordfish products from species listed as Near Threatened, Vulnerable, or Endangered (IUCN) in New England seafood markets were mislabeled. #DNABarcoding #Biodiversity #Conservation #Seafood

New paper with @birdpicsandscience.bsky.social out TODAY!! We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution

Come learn about some cool new coral disease research from my friend and (honorary) new lab mate Emily! #Evol2025 🪸 Will be a great talk.

I’ll be chatting about oysters today at #Evol2025! 🦪 Drop by the Ecological Genetics III session in Olympia 2 at 3:00 pm to hear about some unexpected and exciting genetic results.

If you are a person who cares about the future of science in the US, please take actions this week to #SaveNSF. @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social are leading a week of action - here is a Media Support Tool from the societies docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🧑‍🔬🧬🖥️🦑

Yesterday I met with PA Senator Dave McCormick and the offices of Rep. Scott Perry and @fetterman.senate.gov to discuss the importance of federal funding for biological research with at least $9.9 billion for @NSF in FY2026. @aibsbiology.bsky.social #AIBSCVD2025

This week AIBS helped organize meetings between scientists and congressional offices in Washington, DC. Congrats to all the participants in the 2025 Congressional Visits Day. #AIBSCVD2025

Ask your Representative to sign the bipartisan Neguse-Fitzpatrick Dear Colleague Letter in support of $10.2 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation in 2026. #aibs #policynews #scipol takeaction.io/aibs/action-...

Small Populations, Large Conservation Challenges: Turgeon et al. evaluate the relative influence of density-dependence, environmental conditions, and sporadic events on annual ungulate population growth. Summary & Analysis by Madeline Eppley! www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...

Happy to see our tools being used in a wide variety of conservation applications.

Starting the week off with some (much needed!) good news - my FIRST first-author manuscript has been published in #conservationgenetics 🌎✨🧪 Using DNA barcoding, I found that ~10% of swordfish sold in New England (USA) fish markets was actually shark, including the endangered shortfin mako 🦈

Curious about grad school in #ecology 🧪 or #marinescience 🦑? Apply for BEACHES! I’ve been a mentor in this program for 3 years, and I’ve personally seen it positively impact academic trajectories. All expenses covered, hosted at the @northeasternmes.bsky.social Marine Science Center. Share widely! 🌊

a little louder for the people in the back … and at the front. we seem to be forgetting this.

Great point for how to discuss cuts with students, public, congressional reps/staff, etc. I attended ESA's Communication with Congress webinar today and they recommended using NSF 'In Your State' fact sheets to quantify impact of NSF investment in your state economy 🧬🧪 new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...

It's a really great time to say I'm proud to be joining the ASN Graduate Council as a representative from 2025 - 2027. Thank you to the Executive Council for being clear and unwavering about the values we uphold in our scientific work and society.

"Since 1980, Congress has mandated that the [NSF] seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups, including women and other minorities, within science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪👨‍🔬 executive orders are at odds with this mandate

If you're an educator now would be a good time to suddenly be incapable of remembering if your students previously used another name or pronouns. What are you talking about, that kid's always been Wren? I don't recall them ever going by a different name, but I mean, I'm just not great at names.

i think today broke my single day record for most phone calls received from colleagues. the scientists — especially those with minoritized identities — are not ok

I recently presented on the range-wide #popgen structure of the eastern oyster at the @noaa.gov Milford Aquaculture Seminar. It was my first time attending, and it was great to see the interest in applying genetics to improve aquaculture outcomes! 🦪🧬

Reframing Formalin: A Molecular Opportunity Enabling Historical Epigenomics and Retrospective Gene Expression Studies 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I had a fantastic time presenting on a forthcoming manuscript at Boston University with co-author @allydefduf.bsky.social last week! Thank you to BU and @daviesswphd.bsky.social for the invite. Stay tuned for our ✨pre-print✨, which will be available soon!! #QueerInSTEM

congrats Dr. Cheng on a fantastic defense & welcome to bluesky!! 🦞 @northeasternmes.bsky.social

New eastern oyster #popgen paper! Structure found between native, cultivated, and restored subpops in Great Bay, NH 🦪🧬 #conservationgenomics

Disease ecologist starter pack -- reply with people/organizations to be added or to share similar lists / feeds #diseaseecology 🦠🐀🦠🦇🦠🦭🦠🦆🦠 go.bsky.app/RwAuiNT

me and @myadarsan.bsky.social and @ellie-handler.bsky.social watching assassin beetle and spider predator-prey dynamics play out live at our work desks like

I couldn't find one, so I decided to put together a starter pack of folk working on the evolutionary ecology of host-pathogen interactions, eco-immunology, or similar. I know I've missed many (sorry) so please share and let me know if you want to be added (or removed). go.bsky.app/QvrnjHS

We have to change Hiring, Retention, Promotion & Tenure (HRPT) to deal with this reality. Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊 go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II

one of my first ever science twitter posts was for #MolluscMonday. i’m excited for my first one here! I study eastern oysters 🦪 and just visited a long-term aquaculture site. we flipped surface bags to prevent shell growth into the mesh and collected samples to assess health. 📍coan river, VA & MD

Is genomic data useful for predicting species vulnerability to climate change? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Katie E Lotterhos.

Want to get more involved in the Society’s DEI initiatives? The Diversity Committee seeks 2-4 new members for 2025. SSE members with experience leading projects concerning equity and inclusion are especially encouraged to apply. Deadline Dec. 15! https://buff.ly/40Wgdwr

Love writing about science? Now accepting applications for our LTER Graduate Writing Fellows! Students write stories about LTER research, and get tons of support from the Network Office. Develop comms skills that aren't offered in a grad program! Apps close Nov 31. lternet.edu/stories/love...

thank you for the feature Kai!! 🙌🏳️‍⚧️🌊✨

Does anyone have a starter pack of eco/evo folks studying range limits, expansions, contractions… etc?? 👀👀

Dear population genetics and genomics community. I've created a Population Genomics Feed to help broadly share ideas, discussions, and research bsky.app/profile/did:... #PopGen #PopulationGenomcs and/or #PopulationGenetics will add the post to the feed!

hey, it's me! thanks to the northeastern college of science and my department @northeasternmes.bsky.social for this short feature. 🏳️‍⚧️ actively listening to queer and trans perspectives in STEM remains important, especially after celebrations like #LGBTInSTEM day and pride month pass.

Anyone here have experience with ultra long DNA extraction (>50kb) of mollusks, or in specific oysters? At a stand still with my extractions and could use insight. 🧪 #oyster #ULDNA #Nanopore

#LGBTQInSTEM day isn’t over yet! Here’s a starter pack of LGBTQIA+ graduate students (PhD & MS) in marine science! 🌊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨ It’s so important to build microcommunities! They can provide support from others at the same career stage who hold similar identities. Comment if you’d like to be added! 🧪🧬

Recognizing and celebrating the many contributions, achievements, and inherent value of LGBTQIA+ community members today and every day! 🧵 of a few papers describing how we can better support 🏳️‍🌈 and 🏳️‍⚧️ individuals in STEM. #QueerInSTEM #LGBTQStemDay

Today is a day for #QueerInSTEM community, but also for reflection. If you are not queer, take time to acknowledge that much of science has been built on anti-queer frameworks. Learn about the queer scientist leaders in your field. Follow queer scientists and engage (!!) with their content. 🧪

hi bluesky!! wow, there are so many of you!! its so great to see all the support for ECRs. thanks so much to those who have made ECR starter packs!! 🧬🧪 i chat about lots of things here, mostly science, but also my experience being #QueerInSTEM that said, happy #LGBTQSTEMDay today!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Please share this Summer 2025 PAID INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY w/ undergraduate students! Bee-HERO gives students the chance to study bee parasites/viruses at the Centre for Honey Bee Research in Uppsala, Sweden. See 🧵 and Bee-HERO website for details - www.sacredheart.edu/academics/co... 🧪🐝

Hi everyone! I’m Sof (they/them) and I’m a MS Fisheries student at UAF! My project uses transcriptomics to look at responses to environmental stressors in farmed Pacific oysters here in Alaska :) I thought I’d reintroduce myself since I’ve gained some new followers and am trying to post more! 🦪🦑

Hi! My name is Lucia and I’m a PhD student at the Zoological Society of London & University of Reading researching range collapse dynamics of pelican and sturgeon in Europe over the past several millennia using radiocarbon dating, stable isotopes, and ancient DNA! 🧪 #conservation #palaeontology

Hey grad students/ECRs in #ecology & #evolution! Do you have a personal website? 🧪 If so, what would you share to students interested in making one? I’m guest lecturing for a #scicomm class at Northeastern next week to chat about websites - it would be cool to share advice beyond my own!👇

I haven’t introduced myself on here yet, but I’m so happy to see this platform growing! #evosky #PrideInSTEM I’m Ally (they/them 🏳️‍🌈), and I study cryptic coral species, population genomics, and thermal tolerance in the Davies Lab at Boston University. I love climbing, hiking, and women’s sports 🧗🏼⛰️🏒