#paperalert #fishes Two closely related minnow ( #Phoxinus ) species share the same rivers — and sometimes even hybridise. But new research shows they've evolved completely different ways of determining sex. 🐟🧬 Lead author PhD student @thetemi.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social

Are you working on biodiversity monitoring using genomics? Are you developing (AI)tools to track molecular change in declining populations? Are you employing novel methods to track molecular change during or after genetic decline? We would be happy to receive your submissions for #SMBE2026!

#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Jan 27, 3PM CET. Listen to Susanne Reier from @nhmwien.bsky.social, talking about #Museomics of Alpine #Whitefish Email [email protected] for login details.

Zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt suchen wir eine*n Student*in zur Unterstützung der Kommunikation des Multimedia-Wettbewerbs Fast Forward Science. Die Bewerbungsfrist ist der 20. Januar. Alle Infos in der Stellenausschreibung: wissenschaft-im-dialog.de/documents/51...

#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Jan 13, 3PM CET and listen to: Sarah Schmid from @usyseth.bsky.social @ele-ethwsl.bsky.social talk about #museomics to improve #eDNA #monitoring of marine fishes! Email [email protected] for login details.

@debbiemleigh.bsky.social and I are inviting abstracts for our symposium S05 showcasing research at the interface of molecular evolution, population genomics, and biodiversity monitoring.

#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Dec 9, 3PM CET and listen to: Mandë Holford from Harvard OEB @harvardoeb.bsky.social talk about connecting nature and humanity through venom! Email [email protected] for login details. @leibnizlib.bsky.social

Looking for an internship in spring? Do you like fish, lakes, cycling & cheese? Our lab in Kastanienbaum might be the place for you! Apply, it’s great! apply.refline.ch/673277/1301/...

Become our colleague! - 2yr Postdoctoral position in Palaeo-population genomics at the Center for the Human Past (UU) @humanpastcenter.bsky.social 🧪 Great place to work at (ok, I am biased), integration with archaeologists and linguists + pretty flexible research topic www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

It's not to late to request the link for @kmkocot.bsky.social talk today, on #marine #invertebrate #biodiversity. 8AM CST, 9AM EST, 3PM CET. Email [email protected] for login details.

#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Nov 11, 3PM CET. Listen to Kevin Kocot @kmkocot.bsky.social from Alabama Museum of Natural History, talking about #Biodiversity & Systematics of Marine Invertebrates Email [email protected] for login details.

#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom tomorrow, Oct 28, 3pm CET and listen to Dirk Ahrens from @leibnizlib.bsky.social talking about chafer #beetles with extreme #philopatry and DNA-based #taxonomy. Email [email protected] for login details.

🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527

Extreme female philopatry in Pachypus beetles reveals 14 cryptic species! 🧬 Our study shows ancient speciation (5.3mya) despite limited dispersal, linked to the Messinian salinity crisis. Integrative taxonomy uncovers hidden diversity. #Taxonomy #Genetics url: academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...

Endspurt zum ersten Crowdfunding-Ziel von @riffreporter: 16.125€ von 25.000€, um die Plattform für unabhängigen und sachkundigen #journalismus zu #klima, #natur, #wissenschaft, #Weltgeschehen und weiteren wichtigen Themenfeldern sicher ins nächste Jahr zu bringen, sind geschafft. Macht gerne mit […]

In our October issue: Perspective led by Laetitia Navarro (@laenavarro.bsky.social) on historical ecology, which uses various sources of information to study past biodiversity change and human-nature interactions. 🧪🌎 bit.ly/46Qp6Kp Readcube: rdcu.be/eKYfH

Join @lauratensen.bsky.social's talk on the role of colour #polymorphisms in #evolution and in red leopards, today at 3 PM CEST. To receive login details, please contact [email protected].

Attempted eradication of smallmouth bass promotes rapid evolution. Here's the study that is the focus of the Scientific American article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#Seminar Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom next Tuesday, Oct 14, 3pm CEST and listen to Laura Tensen @lauratensen.bsky.social from @unigreifswald.bsky.social talking about comparative #genomics in red #leopards. Email [email protected] for login details.

African lion conservation requires adaption to regional anthropogenic threats and mitigation capacity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🗓️ Today @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich) will present her work on drought sensitivity in European beech at our Seminar Series. Join us to hear more about intraspecific traits, VOCs, and imaging spectroscopy. Everyone is welcome, in-person or online.

What are the interconnections between livelihoods, biodiversity, and the services that connect the two? Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today. Join us in-person or online! 10 Sep at 11 am CEST biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

🤩New paper from our team member @cchartierrescan.bsky.social entitled 'Snow drought propagation and its impacts on streamflow drought in the Alps' published on Environmental Research Letters! Big congrats! Check out more details here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #ClimateChange #Hydrology

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Dass man hier handeln könnte, wenn man wollte, zeigt der LK #Potsdam -Mittelmark und der dortige Wasser-& Bodenverband Nuthe-Nieplitz. Dort werden auf Kreistagsinitiative von #CDU & @die-linke.de (!) alte Stauanlagen systematisch saniert, um dem fallenden Grundwasserspiegel entgegenzuwirken. /1/

#LIBresearch finds high mercury & arsenic in the critically endangered sawback angel shark (*Squatina aculeata*) near the Canary Islands. Contamination in liver & muscle exceeds safety limits, stressing urgent need for conservation monitoring. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... #MarineScience

Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues

And that’s a wrap for #ESEB2025 - what an amazing week! It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and meet new ones. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat with us! We look forward to seeing many of you online soon. #ERGA meetings resume in September ☀️ @ebpgenome.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who joined my talk the past Tuesday on different sex determination systems in two closely related hybridising minnow species in the Rhine #ESEB2025 #MINNOWS

The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) is a pan-European community initiative to coordinate the generation of reference genomes representing European eukaryotic biodiversity @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #eseb2025

#LIBresearch with @mstange.bsky.social‬, @gymnotus.bsky.social et al. lays foundation for studies on ecology & conservation of tropical aquatic biodiversity: 42 ecological traits for over 6,300 species of Neotropical freshwater fishes in one matrix! 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Biodiversity

🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share: We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October. If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)

1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee. + 🧵 www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...

Great to see this paper out I contributed to:

The new report on Swiss biotopes of national importance is out! Since 2011 @wslresearch.bsky.social has monitored dry meadows & pastures, fens, raised bogs, floodplains & amphibian breeding areas. The latest data 2017-2023 show both wins & concerns for biodiversity. www.wsl.ch/en/news/mixe...

"Sorgen bereite (), dass nun auch der #Gletscher auf den Radarmessungen instabil sei. Sprich: Er verschiebt sich nach vorne." (20.5., 15:23 h) "Bereits 1,5 Millionen Kubikmeter Fels sind abgestürzt" (20.5. 15:11 Uhr) «Wir sprechen von einem #Bergsturz, nicht von einem Felssturz» (19.5.25, 16:17 h)

Applications are now open for the Workshop on Genomics 2026 (11-24 Jan) in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. For the first time, we are offering Early Bird Registration discounts! 🐣 Do not miss the chance! 🤩 Help us spread the word among friends and colleagues! 🙆🏽‍♀️ #evomics2026 evomics.org/apply-worksh...

#paperalert #PhD @leibnizlib.bsky.social 🔬 Uncovering hidden histories, not hidden invasions! 🐟 Our study revisits the genetic identity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus spp.) in the Rhenish Massif (Western Germany), testing previous assumptions of non-native presence in the Ahr and Sieg rivers.

Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom tomorrow, July 1, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to Duilio Silva from the NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, USA talking about " #Evolution of a mouse #selfishDNA" Email [email protected] for login details.

Ryan, @rishidekayne.bsky.social et al. present six new chromosome-level genome assemblies for Poeciliidae, providing a foundation for studies on convergent evolution, repeat content, and demographic history. 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/17/6/evaf111/8169767 #genome #evolution

📣 Der SNF beteiligt sich an der Ausschreibung «Resilience» des @belmontforum.bsky.social . Forschende in der Schweiz, welche die Förderkriterien des SNF erfüllen, können einen Förderbeitrag beantragen. 🗓 Eingabefrist: 17 Oktober 2025. ➡️ buff.ly/mWvs9ZF

#SavetheDate Tue | June 24th | 4PM | zoom & twitch Research Colloquium From species delimitation to hypothesis testing – a revision of the European black and white russulas Join us via Zoom or on twitch (@naturkundemuseum)! www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/besuch/veran...

🚨 Last discounted seat available! The final spot at the 60 EUR discounted rate is still open for our Spatial Data Visualisation in R course. Please feel free to share this opportunity with researchers and students from developing countries who may be interested. 👉 forms.gle/VzUEPdrKFQm8...

📢 New paper out in Nature Communications! Using sedimentary ancient DNA from 14 alpine lakes, this study reveals how wild and domesticated herbivores have shaped plant diversity in the Alps over the past 14,000 years. Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biodiversity #ancientDNA #alps

Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom next Tuesday, June 17, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to Andreia Miraldo from the Swedish Natural History Museum talking about the #insect #diversity of Sweden & Madagascar. Email [email protected] for login details.

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Fuck, this is fucking terrible. And as the son of an entomologist, I can tell you these guys are not the type to be just fucking kidding around. #science #insects #entomology #climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🌱 Am 6. Juni präsentiert sich das Projekt „SoilBlitz“ im @nhmwien.bsky.social und Interessierte können lernen, wie Bodengesundheit gemessen wird – und warum sie so wichtig ist. 🕒 15–17 Uhr, Deck 50 Teil der Reihe #VielfaltKennenlernen & des #CitizenScience Award! oead.at/de/studieren...

Interested in genetic diversity and/ or felids? Send us an email and join us today at 3 PM CEST for @elliecat.bsky.social talk in our virtual museum seminar series on evolutionary and environmental genomics #MEEGene.

NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.