Which one is it going to be? www.economist.com/leaders/2025... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

We argue that selection shadow - gradual decline in the force of selection after the onset of reproduction - is sufficient/parsimonious to explain why damage accumulates with age. 'Aging clocks' measure damage accumulation, they neither require nor support any kind of 'program'-based explanation.

Low dose aspirin (160mg/d) reduced recurrence in people with colon cancer and PI3K mutations. Emblematic of precision, individualized medicine since the data for aspirin across all colon cancer has been mixed. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Well done @kellyedmunds.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social on your #NTFS2025 award! Kelly is a leading educator at UEA, renowned for transforming science education through inclusive, student-centred pedagogy.

Our new paper is out in Dev Biol! 🎉 🐸🧬 We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning 👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd... @devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social

How do populations maintain an evolutionary memory? I am happy to share that our work with Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social, Paul Schmidt, and colleagues on dominance reversal and stabilization of insecticide resistance in changing environments over time is now published at Nature EE.

Take a sneak peak at The Paradox of the Organism at Google books books.google.com/books?hl=sv&... Don’t forget to pre-order!

Two new randomized trials testing higher dose semaglutide (Ozempic) for obesity, obesity + diabetes: some further weight loss, similar safety profile www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Cover of the new issue of Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social featuring our stickleback-tapeworm paper. academic.oup.com/evlett What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location

Having older siblings affects a child’s chance of survival – but the precise effect depends on the older siblings’ sex and age go.nature.com/46oaaCU

squidSim: a flexible R package for structured and reproducible simulations in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X20...

MSc position in my lab. Come study the evolutionary & behavioural ecology of insects! @stfx-university.bsky.social

Male Reproductive Senescence in Mammals Is Pervasive and Aligned With the Slow-Fast Continuum onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

1/3 Rooks that understand us when we speak! Leo, a 21-year-old rook, began following verbal instructions spontaneously during comparative cognition experiments. He has been tested for this ability, and did great. (paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“Overall, the message from this survey is positive; evolutionary biologists are readily employable outside of academia, generally well-prepared for those jobs, and report high levels of satisfaction” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A U.S. study found eating under 8 hrs/day was linked to **91% higher cardiovascular death risk** vs. 12–16 hrs/day. 👉Read: newsroom.heart.org/news/8-hour-... #AgingResearch #LongevityScience #HeartHealth

🚨 New from our lab: Here we explored how aging contributes to harmful protein aggregation in diseases like Huntington’s & ALS. The culprit? An overlooked aging factor — EPS8 and RAC signaling. #Aging #Longevity #Proteostasis #ALSResearch 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Interested in evolutionary ecology and genetics? Check out this PhD position in Pau Carazo's lab in Valencia - we look forward to your application!

We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇

New work from the lab! C9orf72 ALS‐causing mutations lead to mislocalization and aggregation of nucleoporin Nup107 into stress granules - Bilican - FEBS Letters - Wiley Online Library febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion:

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

#ExE is organised by @btschirren.bsky.social @ali--wilson.bsky.social @blongdon.bsky.social @hansonmark.bsky.social @erikpostma.bsky.social and others. Get in touch if you want to known more!

We extended the registration deadline - the last day to register is now Sunday! #ageing #evolution

📹 Interested in a PhD position in aging research starting in 2026? Then watch our new short video for some tips from our wonderful PhD students and faculty. Don't miss the deadline: November 3, 2025. Apply now and start your journey with us!

UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

The deadline for registration is in four days! If you're interested in the evolution of ageing, be sure to register and join us for 2.5 days of fantastic talks and discussion (with wine).

‘Since 2021, [longevity science] received €23 million, just 0.08% of the €27.9 billion Horizon Europe budget. For comparison, oncology has received €193 million so far, and the EU has launched an entire mission to tackle cancer.’ Essential reading for Europeans by @davidmjourno.bsky.social:

The brain is the master regulator of food intake and energy balance. A brilliant new @cellpress.bsky.social review, including the mechanism of GLP-1 drugs, by @clemmensenc.bsky.social and colleagues, open-access www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

🚨New pre-print🚨 Natural DNA variation can slash CRISPR gene drive efficiency by up to 54% in Culex quinquefasciatus, a major West Nile virus mosquito vector. <10% mismatch at the target site disrupts copying. #GeneDrive #CRISPR (with Tim Harvey-Samuel and Alphey Lab) doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Now with a link to a downloadable checklist with clickable boxes. Thanks to @shreyadimri.bsky.social for rapidly creating!! drive.google.com/file/d/1GCNW... Thanks also to @alelazic.bsky.social for the suggestion!

Congratulations to our new postdoc Domenico DiFraia for his amazing paper in @science.org! 🥂 A tour de force on brain aging in the killifish. 🐟 Transcriptomics, proteomics, including ribosome profiling, PTMs, etc... Translation is key for understanding brain aging!🧬🎉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🎉New preprint! "TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing" tinyurl.com/8rmnwjrk We present simple guidelines to help researchers of all coding levels improve the transparency and reproducibility of their analytical code, TADA! Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated.

Nutritional geometry and non-genetic paternal effects 🐭! We show how dietary macronutrients influence the proteome of brown adipose tissue (metabolically important), with a nongenetic paternal effect in daughters www.cell.com/cell-reports...

What's the optimal number of steps of physical activity this is associated with multiple (9) favorable outcomes? The largest, systematic review of 57 studies, 35 cohorts. 7,000 steps is clinically meaningful, benefit also seen for 4,000 steps cf 2,000 steps thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Do ectotherms age more strongly in warm environments? And if so, does it mean reduced fitness and population viability in a warmer world? We investigated these questions in a recent study based on an experiment with Daphnia magna (1/7) @t-ergon.bsky.social @biovitenskap.bsky.social

We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social

The harmful impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds has been revealed in a new UEA study – which found that chicks are dying after becoming entangled in synthetic fibres used to build their nests. 🪹 Read more: bit.ly/44Rzzmy #ThisIsUEA #PlasticPollution #WhiteStorks 📷Marta Acacio

Only a few days remain until the final (extended) abstract submission deadline on July 25th! The conference is reaching capacity, and only limited spots are left. Short talk selections will be made after the deadline—don’t miss your opportunity to be part of this exciting meeting!

Nature research paper: Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis go.nature.com/44Te0SA

Some important progress in vaccines 1. Cancer vaccine, potentially universal, to rev up immune system www.nature.com/articles/s41... 2. Lipid nanoparticle improvement for better safety and potency www.nature.com/articles/s41... 3. mRNA delivery by capsule www.statnews.com/2025/07/16/s...

A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking immune-cell signalling go.nature.com/4f5tAPN

This is a huge mistake. My experience on NERC panels is that resubmissions score higher and are more likely to be funded: the review process improves good proposals that should not be lost (along with the time spent on them).

Join the GUTENBERG WORKSHOP on the Evolution of Ageing! Organizers: Margaux Bieuville, @kokkonut.bsky.social and Victor Ronget @unimainz.bsky.social, and eivimeycook.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social Info at gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/evolution-ag... #ageing #evolution #lifesciences

Two paper just out from the #clevercockieproject! @julia-penndorf.bsky.social reveals how cockies play politics when deciding who to aggress: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... & @barbaraklump.bsky.social describes a new 'drinking innovation': royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

A humorous take on what we do to ourselves!

Short experimental heatwaves have sublethal impacts on male reproduction in a model insect url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

New preprint - varied routes to ⬆️ infection susceptibility over age - via bona fide immunosenescence, but also often via reduced tolerance 🪰🕰️🦠☠️ ⬆️ risk to die from infection predicts lifespan in males. Great group effort from the lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excellent news rdcu.be/evwdl