@tywooldr.bsky.social et al. present assemblies for three bear species — the sun, sloth, and Andean bears — and use a whole-genome alignment of all bear species and other carnivores to reconstruct the evolution of Ursidae. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf188 #genome #evolution

Chromosome-scale genomes show rapid diversification and ancient gene flow among bear species https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41047635/

Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had theonion.com/man-who...

I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn... Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share! 🧪

The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or [email protected])!

I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!

I am thrilled to announce that I will be starting my lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University in January 2026! I will soon be recruiting graduate students and postdocs, so stay tuned and please reach out if you know anybody that might be interested! 🐍🐻🧬

New paper on the phylogenetics of Western Rattlesnakes led by @justbernstein.bsky.social is out now! Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#pag32 was a great experience! So many cool people, talks, and posters. Plus I got to see one of these guys for the first time!