I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s... Based on the Science Advances paper by Carl-Johan Rubin, Erik Enbody and their colleagues | #ornithology

"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪

Check out the latest paper from the CCGP on California Quail and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that impact genomic variation. Led by Phred Benham and the Bowie group: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬 I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma. Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation 👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org Please share!

Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

HT @cornellasap.bsky.social "Ms. Morrow...is one of hundreds of people who wrote to their hometown newspapers as part of a national campaign...by graduate students and scientists who are just starting their careers." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Looking to start a PhD? Reach out if you are interested in avian evolutionary and/or conservation genomics research! I am recruiting for FA26 and happy to support fellowship proposals through this program: www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Excited to share the #Snakemake monitoring tool I've been working on: snkmt (Snakemate) - a CLI utility for real-time workflow monitoring. Basically solves the "is my pipeline still running?" problem and makes debugging failed jobs much easier. #bioinformatics #workflow #opensource 1/3

My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes

I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities

Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-) su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I'm excited to share a new paper out in the BBOC today! We documented 6 new island records for Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea + cool natural history information. ...Including first photographs of a nesting Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise! Open access below. #birds bioone.org/journals/bul...

Our paper is out, and it is distressing. Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 COOL BIRD JOB ALERT! 🚨 @cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599

How do SVs, satellite DNA & gene content shape avian genome evolution? We analyzed 45 HiFi genomes across 3 Scrub-Jay species with distinct population sizes. Grateful to be on this incredible team led by Scott Edwards! "Comparative population pangenomes" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our work (by Drew DeHaas) on an extremely simple yet efficient binary genotype format - designed to facilitate scalable bioinformatics tool development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

nice of Jente to cover one of our fairywren papers! Love these birds👇

OK folks this is my first announcement of a lab publication on Bluesky: Congrats to PhD Candidate Rashika Ranasinghe on today's publication of her paper "Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three-Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island." Happy holidays! doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Calling all postdocs! We're hosting a symposium in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA, to showcase rising talent in genomics research. Travel expenses are covered for selected applicants ✈️😎🏖 The event will be held on April 15. Applications due Feb 15: bit.ly/NextWave25

Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My lab (aprilweilab.github.io) continues to develop GRG and ARG related methods & more. We are looking for a postdoc to join us.

Faculty Job Alert! #ScienceJobs Michigan State University Integrative Biology is looking for a TT Assist Prof in Functional #Genomics. Join a vibrant research community for non-traditional #EvoDevo animal models! tinyurl.com/4hya8vet Deadline: 11/27/24 integrativebiology.natsci.msu.edu Pls repost!

Parasites and contact zones! Even in sympathy, nightingales differ in malaria prevalence and community 👇

Come hang in Santa Cruz!

Are you a postdoc doing awesome research in genomics?! Apply to present at the NextWave of Faculty in Genomics symposium! Also, please repost!

Six faculty jobs in "Biohealth Informatics" at IU, at all ranks! These jobs are across multiple schools and departments, and include research in lots of different areas under this broad umbrella term. Please share widely. jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/654323/m...

UShER has been an amazing project, but we never really documented exactly how we maintain the 16M sample SARS-CoV-2 tree 😬... In a paper the came out over the break, we go back through our server logs to retrospectively walk through the major choices we made. Check it out here: rdcu.be/du5q5

I'm pleased to share our new article in MBE! We dug deep into the molecular details of the classic Ruff inversion that mediates different plumage and mating display phenotypes. w/ Jason Hill and Huijan Bi and others with Leif Andersson

To be submitted to my new journal: Confusing Acronyms in Genomics

Paper idea: IBD (identical by descent) segments associated with IBD (irritable bowel disease) due to IBD (isolation by distance)

We're hiring PAID ($1800/mo) interns/technicians to work on grassland bird ecology and conservation in #Montana. Nest-searching, #MotusWTS tracking, prairie-dogs and more... #ornithology jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...

As jobs are coming out and folks are applying, here's your regular reminder of lots of examples of successful job apps (mostly research academia but also industry, PUI, gov). And if you've gotten a job recently, please consider contributing! github.com/RILAB/statem...

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Want to use landscape genomics for conservation? Curious about how to apply these methods to individual-based sampling? Not to worry– use algatr! Our new paper w/ co-first author @anushabishop.bsky.social and coauthor Ian Wang is out in MER! More below ⬇️ #OA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Have geospatial genomic data and want to hammer out landscape analyses? Check out this new swiss army knife that does it all from @chamberea.bsky.social et al, built to handle California Conservation Genomic Project scale data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hey folks, it is time to submit abstract for TAGC24! The deadline to submit abstracts is November 9th. This Spring 2024 meeting will include topics like Genomes & Genomics, Ecological Genomics, Agriculture/Aquaculture/Livestock Genetics, & much more. genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/ab...

Insanely comprehensive overview of sex roles in shorebirds 👀

Our review paper on the stunning variation in sex roles and mating systems in shorebirds is published in Ibis and freely available to all. Shorebirds have provided so much insight into this topic, but their potential is still untapped and there is much left to learn! 🧪🦅 doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

One building. One morning. Almost 1,000 dead birds. I can’t even imagine what the numbers are across the entire city of Chicago. Please consider turning lights off in your home and offices over night as our feathered friends make their journey south! 📸 Daryl Coldren #lightsout #birds

It's #lark time again! Led by Per Alström we put 4–5 species of brown #African #larks through integrative #taxonomy—and out came loads more "new" species! How and why? 🧵 #OpenAccess 📄 in @ZoolJLinnSoc: doi.org/10.1093/zool... #Alaudidae #birds #ornithology #nomenclature w. @erikenbody.bsky.social

It's fun to get to share our new study in Science tracking nearly 4,000 Galápagos finches using genomics over 30 years! Interested in how genomics can teach us about contemporary evolution? 1/ www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Awesome new work out by @erikenbody.bsky.social on the genetic architecture of Darwin Finch beak evolution over time. Instant classic that will likely become part of textbook material for Evolution Courses going forward. Congratulations Erik! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hello, new app. I am an evolutionary biologist interested in how animals come to look and act like they do. Currently a postdoc working on using genomics to inform conservation decisions. Will frequently post about 🦉🐧🦜

Not much, how about you Mr. Blue Sky?