Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Just a pair of Gold-spotted Mudskippers (Periophthalmus chrysospilos) doing their semiaquatic thing. 📷 nitiroj_boonsai on iNaturalist 📍 Thailand 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

In addition to the terminations of existing awards, new NSF grants are still stopped completely since DOGE was granted access to systems a week ago. Last Thursday, an agency spokesperson said "NSF continues to issue awards." That does not appear to be the case.

Thank you @sse-evolution.bsky.social! Thrilled to have our paper recognized.

A source just told me over the phone that layoffs are happening right now at NOAA. Axios is also reporting this. www.axios.com/2025/02/27/l...

USAID staff have two days to clean out their offices at the agency’s former headquarters in DC. People are gathering on the sidewalk in the rain to show their support, applauding workers as they pass by.

“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”

Very grateful to have contributed to this important research!

1/4New from the #NearLab, genomics and morphology demonstrate the famous Snail Darter, Percina tanasi, the little fish that swam to the United States Supreme Court is not a distinct species... Open access at Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Marine institutes and University departments doing marine research, join the conversation here. Only official organisations go.bsky.app/K7HxGsK

I’m working on a starter pack of ocean science and conservation accounts who post regularly and cover a variety of geographic and disciplinary perspectives. Follow these fine folks. 🦑🌎🧪🐠 go.bsky.app/HYBnbQn

You are so welcome- there are so many amazing women that now there are two starter packs!! go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4

Thanks @tessahill.bsky.social for creating this one! 🌏🌊💪💙 go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

I hope federally funded scientists are preparing for large scale, bad faith attacks by Musk and his troll army. It’s pretty clear the DOGE operation is going to take snippets of grant proposals and papers, present them out of context, and direct weaponized harassment of individual people.

Elon Musk takes far more federal dollars with far less oversight than any of the public scientists facing attacks. People who come under attack should respond by making sure anyone listening knows how much federal money Musk makes, and how he shields it from scrutiny.

Could God make a demographic history so complex even she couldn't estimate N_e

Is "clean-burning" coalescent a myth?

Top 10 Hill-Robertsons to Die On

Here is a #compbio starter kit! go.bsky.app/QVPoZXp To all the #Bioinformatics #Genomics #MachineLearning folks: please RP and let’s build this together!

In honor of #GIS Day, here's one of my favorite #river maps I made as part of my Hidden Rivers Twitter series. Perhaps it's time to restart that on Bluesky...

Here's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio go.bsky.app/MzND7nX

First day on the job as a NOAA Fisheries Research Biologist, stationed at the National Systematics Lab in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. I'll be developing and streamlining bioinformatics workflows, as well as leading and supporting research on systematics, evolution, and more!

Check out our new paper! Gars have an extremely low rate of molecular evolution compared to other vertebrates, much slower than most other "living fossil" lineages. With co-lead Chase Brownstein, plus Daemin Kim, Oliver Orr, Liandong Yang, @solomonrdavid.bsky.social, Brian Kreiser, and Tom Near.

LIVING FOSSILS: They GAR for REAL. www.science.org/content/arti... Thanks @scattercushion.bsky.social for the story in Science, see article for link to research paper led by Chase Brownstein et al! 🧪🐟

🧪I've done it, I've drunk of the gar KoolAid! Big thanks to @solomonrdavid.bsky.social and co for sharing this study with me. Read on to learn about how fish whose last common ancestor lived during the time of the dinosaurs can produce fertile hybrids today! www.science.org/content/arti...

What tools do folks use to visualize, review, and edit HiC contact maps for genome scaffolding? I've used Juicebox a lot in the past, but wondering if there are other options...

Hey Buffalo/WNY science folks - looking for a teaching gig? Come work with me! daemen.applicantpro.com/jobs/3133253

Hey Blueskiiers, I have an open position for a PhD student to study phylogenetic models. Topics include evolution, popgen, epidemiology, stats, machine learning, etc. Applications are due by Dec 1st. Please share! landislab.org (email address here) dbbs.wustl.edu/admissions/a... 🧪 #evosky #episky

Okay #FishSky #TeamFish, I need your help! We’re looking for volunteer guest speakers for upcoming virtual continuing ed seminars for the student/early career affairs cmte (SECPAC) of the NCD @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social. Looking for folks willing to give 30-45 min talks over Teams/Zoom.

Need a visa to register for the Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology in Montreal, Canada (aka Evolution 2024)? Registration is now available *for those needing a visa*! www.evolutionmeetings.org #Evol2024 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social (1/4)

In which I post a daily shark fact 🦈🧪🦑 🌎 on Bluesky every day unless I forget in which case they’ll be more like daily-ish: Sharks absolutely get cancer. Even if they didn’t, eating shark doesn’t cure cancer, just like eating LeBron James doesn’t make you better at basketball.

How do feeds work on Bluesky? Do I use a tag of some kind to post to them? Or do I need to be added the admins?

Hi 👋🏼 Bluesky pals! I'm still trying to make the shift to this site. I guess it's nice that this place feels familiar. I'm going to be posting about the SACNAS #2023NDiSTEM conference this week. Find me at the Evolutionary Biology Societies booth #907 if you're here, too!

Time to try out yet another Twitter alternative. Hello fellow scientists of Bluesky! Bonus fish pic for your time - a fired up male Johnny Darter, Etheostoma nigrum.