Genome-wide associations of fitness components reveal antagonistic pleiotropy and sexual conflict in the Florida Scrub-Jay https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.673786v1

Congrats to newly elected ABS Fellow: @smacklab.bsky.social ! Noah and his team examine how environmental and demographic changes influence physiology and health focusing mostly on primates and our best buds, dogs. Read more here: smack-lab.com

I'm happy to (finally) share the last chapter of my dissertation work. Focusing on DNA methylation levels, we show that admixture increases gene regulatory variation within the Amboseli baboon population. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Applications now open for the SSE GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants provide up to $3500 to expand your dissertation work. Submit your proposal by September 15! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

📢New Publication Alert 📢 I’m proud to share a major milestone in my PhD journey. My first paper has officially been published: “Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons”. animalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Daughters who have strong relationships with their fathers live longer in adulthood! Check out the latest paper from the Amboseli Baboon Project: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The SSE Hamilton Award symposium starts in under an hour. Don’t miss this outstanding lineup of talks!

The #2025MMM Bracket is LIVE!! We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE! We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students! We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials! libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM... youtu.be/1QKQN1YC6zw?...

Don't forget - R. C. Lewontin Early Award proposals are due Wednesday at 5 pm EST! We receive a large volume of applications - submit yours early to avoid any technical delays. Contact [email protected] with any questions. https://buff.ly/3YZlUHf

We're searching for a database and lab manager to work at U Notre Dame on the Amboseli Baboons! Please circulate and apply! 🐵 🖥️ 🐵 🖥️ docs.google.com/document/d/1... @jennytung.bsky.social @jbsilk.bsky.social @amboselibaboonrp.bsky.social @matthewzipple.bsky.social @awfuldodger.bsky.social

Are you or do you know an undergrad interested in evolution? The SSE Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025. Applications due Monday! https://buff.ly/4eExoFL

My book, An Intuitive Primer on Effective Functional Genomics Study Design, is published! I’d really appreciate it if you could help spread the word, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. I hope people will find it useful. It’s available on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mx2hewen

#2025MMM check it out! We'll announce the 2025 Divisions at this Webinar!

Last days to apply for this PhD position in Computational Population Genetics @MPI_EVA_Leipzig (the deadline is January 15th)!

In another life, I want to be a bushbaby....a bouncy one.