Work from my amazing undergrad @leyan-wang.bsky.social is just preprinted! TL;DR: If you worry that ARG methods might fail on unphased data due to phasing errors, you may not need to. Check it out & consider reposting to support a great young scientist!

After years of working on SBI methods and the sbi toolbox, we finally wrote the practical guide we wished had existed when we started. Grateful to have collaborated with researchers across many institutions to consolidate what we've learned about making these methods work in practice!

Our latest paper is out with @adiop.bsky.social and @gmdouglas.bsky.social. We analyzed the extent of homologous recombination between bacterial species (introgression) and how it affects species borders (it can vary a lot depending on the approach used to classify species!). rdcu.be/eQAMf

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the millions of viral genomes coming in overwhelmed traditional methods for data analysis. Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...

Many are painfully aware that the environment within which we function -- as scientists -- needs fixing. We've come up with a proposal for academic renewal. It's not perfect, but its a start. Input, comments, suggestions are welcome. Making a difference matters 👇 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

The Johri Lab has an open postdoc position. Please send me an email, if interested. Start date is flexible. Please do share! Thank you in advance.

1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social! Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics #pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The EMBL PhD programme is open until 13th October (entry ~Sep 2026): www.embl.org/about/info/e... We have three positions in microbial genomics at EMBL-EBI, including one in my group. Please do apply, or if you know anyone that would be interested pass on to them

Only a few hours left to submit your abstract for a talk at the Machine Learning in Evolutionary Genomics conference in December in Aussois in the French alps!

Excited to share our new preprint for the tskit_arg_visualizer Python package! ARGs can sometimes feel like a black box, so @yanwong.bsky.social and I have been developing a method to programmatically drawing these graphs. 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2508.03958 1/6

The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

1/6 Excited to share our review 🚀 🧬 CRISPR–Cas therapies targeting bacteria! #MicroSky

The PopSim Consortium wants you! Please join us on zoom on May 27 at noon Eastern Time (1600 UTC) to tell us you would like to see in the next version of stdpopsim! DM me for meeting link, or just sign up for our email list: lists.uoregon.edu/mailman/list... (1/3)

Abstract deadline for @eseb2025.bsky.social extended to 5 May! Still time to submit your abstract for the evolution of microbial pangenomes ⬇️

If you are interested in microbial #pangenomes, join us at @eseb2025.bsky.social in Barcelona with @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social and @annadewar.bsky.social Only two days left to submit your abstract! eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

Join our symposium The evolution of microbial pangenomes at @eseb2025.bsky.social with @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social and @annadewar.bsky.social (co-organized with @fbaumdicker.bsky.social and Jaime Iranzo) eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

stdpopsim v0.3.0 is out! You can now mix and match your simulations of different demographic histories with published distributions of fitness effects along with gene annotations, and you can even throw in sweeps for good measure. Check out the new manuscript for more info: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Using genomics to explore the ecology and evolution of plant-associated microbial populations and communities? 🌿 Submit an abstract by March 11 and join us in Cologne this July for #ISMPMI2025! We serve cool science + cold German beer 🍻 Join the party: buff.ly/uqEfN6O

Save the date for the second conference on Machine Learning for Evolutionary Genomics Data!

In unserer neuen "Thesencheck" Episode diskutiert Politikwissenschaftlerin Dr. Melanie Nagel 11 populäre Thesen zur Klimapolitik.💦🌞🌬️💻 youtu.be/xcjqTgDsfC0 Damit ist sie die 5. Tübinger Forscherin, die im "Thesencheck" in der Öffentlichkeit herumwabernde Aussagen mit ihrer Expertise betrachtet.🔍👩‍🔬

The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (Mar-Jun). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

#Podcast Release! 🎙️Folge 2: 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗼𝗺𝘆𝗰𝗶𝗻: 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗸𝘂𝗺𝘀 Kommt mit uns auf eine Schatzsuche nach einem Millionen Jahre alten #Urantibiotikum – dringend benötigt angesichts ansteigender #Antibiotikaresistenzen. tinyurl.com/yc7vv58j @nadineziemert.bsky.social & Evi Stegmann

Join our symposium The evolution of microbial pangenomes at @eseb2025.bsky.social with @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social @annadewar.bsky.social (co-organized with @fbaumdicker.bsky.social and Jaime Iranzo)

We have an open position PhD position in a project aiming to develop novel methodologies for phylogenomic reconstruction of plasmid evolution. See details and how to apply in the Ad. Candidates who will review the relevant literature (see Ad) have a higher chance to write a successful application.

I am looking for graduate students interested in investigating bacterial genome evolution, esp. pangenomes and intergenic regions, and the relative importance of genetic drift! https://buff.ly/3UPVcQ9

SBI hackathon is back! Join us in Tübingen for the 4th edition, make the toolbox better, brainstorm new direction, have fun!

PhD opportunity in computational population genetics at @MPI_EVA_Leipzig: Join our fully funded project to develop IBD-segment tools, connecting high-quality genomes from 500 Black Death victims to modern Europeans. 🌍💻🧬 Please spread the word! 📢🙌 #aDNA #PopGen www.eva.mpg.de/de/karriere/...

🆕New in @plosbiology.bsky.social: we show compensatory mutations make plasmids play Rock-Paper-Scissors and turn conjugation into a weapon🛡️💫✂️🦠 w/Rosanna Wright, Jamie Wood, @mbottery.bsky.social, @kmudz.bsky.social, @scottishwormboy.bsky.social, Ellie Harrison & @brockhurstlab.bsky.social #MicroSky

Only a few days left to apply!

CRISPR arrays store "immune memories" of past invaders as spacers. But these memories aren’t permanent— frequent spacer deletions reshape the array. We investigated the spacer deletion dynamics with our new reconstruction tool and learned a lot... 🧵 https://buff.ly/4fS4Iu3

Applications are open for the Microbial Population Biology GRS and GRC! The GRS is a fun day for grad students and postdocs to network before the full GRC starts, and is co-chaired this year by me and Laura Suttenfield Get your applications in by Jan 15! #evosky 🦠🧪 www.grc.org/microbial-po...

Geometriphylogenetics xkcd.com/3010

The Genomic History Inference Strategies Tournament closes on Nov 15! Analyze genomic data with your favorite demographic inference tool, and see if you can discover the true demography of the population to win the contest (and authorship). More info at ghi.st! Please re-skeet.

Join us as a #PostDoc for 2 years! Work on large-scale genealogical data, develop #machinelearning methods, make an impact by decoding local ancestries (ARGs), and improve #popgen and medical studies in collab. with Böhringer Ingelheim. More info here: uni-tuebingen.de/forschung/se...