I talked about this at PEQG a few weeks ago. In addition to github.com/RILAB/argprep (preps your genome assemblies for SINGER), argtest github.com/RILAB/argtest does some QC to clean up an ARG estimated with SINGER.

"there are traces of eugenics in our data, policy, healthcare" To change things @jazlynmooney.bsky.social teaches eugenics to students.

Lots of people listening to @jazlynmooney.bsky.social talk about eugenics and science - the room is filled to capacity

Now accepting applications for our 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards support students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs to conduct #ecology and #evolution research. Deadline is June 30, 2026: bit.ly/4umYKZd #science

The Coastal Marine Science Institute had a cool postdoc fellowship! Happy to chat with folks interested in writing an application!

mGFR vs eGFR in Swedish adults #CKD

postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

Please circulate: I will have a postdoc opening soon, ideally with a start date sometime this summer or fall. If you're interested in empirical population genetics, computational methods development, and/or evolutionary modeling via simulation, don't hesitate to reach out. For more info on the lab:

Andy Kern, who doesn't (really) have an account here, would like to share his group's new tool for speeding up pop gen summary stat calculations using GPUs. Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... And see his thread over at the other place: x.com/pastramimach...

I'm looking for postdoc opportunities for the 2026-2027 academic year. If you're looking for a postdoc with a broad skill set spanning evolutionary genetics, bioinformatics, and various omics methods, feel free to reach out. Some recent pubs: (1) doi.org/10.1126/scie... (2) doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

In #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and the team present a unified theoretical framework for understanding how recombination shapes ancestry patterns after admixture. 🔗 buff.ly/7i4EFAc

New from @gvbarroso.bsky.social in our lab: quantifying the relative importance of mutation rate variation and background selection to levels of diversity along the human genome.

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

Our new paper doi.org/10.1098/rspb... on long-term genetic threats to small populations finds that "mutational meltdown" (bad mutations fixing) is less of a problem than "mutational drought" (too few good new mutations) @wmawass.bsky.social @uliseshmc.bsky.social @jeremyjberg.bsky.social 1/5

Historically Small Population Size Limits Purging of Deleterious Mutations in a Conservation-Reliant Species, the Kirtland’s Warbler www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Postdoctoral job announcement: come to Cambridge and work on population genetic modelling with environmental and ancient DNA, jointly with @gamzeandgursoy.bsky.social and me. Details at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55580/ - applications by June 16th.

I am beyond excited to announce that I will be joining the Dept. of Biosciences at Rice as an Assistant Professor this summer! I’m incredibly grateful to my mentors and colleagues for their guidance and encouragement throughout this journey. More soon—I’ll be recruiting students and postdocs!

Update! The posting for the postdoc opening in my lab is up! Apply here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/319...

I am delighted to share new work with Simon Myers (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...), on how genetic variants that influence binding patterns of PRDM9 and slow down the repair of meiotic double-strand breaks impact mammalian spermatogenesis and fertility. 1/n

I am excited to share my first paper, our new preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... with @arbelharpak.bsky.social and @docedge.bsky.social. Family GWAS provides direct genetic effect estimates and is increasingly important. But how much can we trust these estimates? (1/15)

Excited to share this new pre-print from the fantastic @kelsiehunnicutt.bsky.social! Kelsie put together a thoughtful and thorough review on hybridization in animal evolution: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v.... She tracks notable shifts in perspectives on the study of hybridization through time.

Re-upping this: applications we get by next week will get full consideration

Yesterday our article was featured on the cover of Nature. I'm incredibly proud of this team, led primarily by Latin Americans, & the result of the decade-long work by @hunemeier.bsky.social & lab. Kudos to the 1st authors too (incl @macscastro.bsky.social here on 🟦☁️) www.nature.com/nature/volum...

Happy 100th to a real one.

I am thrilled to present my latest work, which finds that bacterial genetic diversity (in the form of co-colonizing strains of the same species and the genetic variants they harbor) is uniformly distributed along the gut. Read more about it at Nature Communications! doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Our paper entitled "The persistence and loss of hard selective sweeps amid admixture in ancient Eurasians" is now out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1.... A really fun and informative collaboration with @mharris.bsky.social, Ziyi Mo and Adam Siepel. (1/n)

It took forever but my last paper as an academic is finally out. ironically this paper probably has the smallest audience, but I believe is my most impactful work. I think it provides some nice support for theories on polyploid origins, and has practical implications in crops and conservation

We're searching for a postdoc to work on insect-microbe symbiosis at UNC Chapel Hill ~ Project is flexible (funded from startup) with support for independence and collaboration in our broad Bio department. Details + apply: parkerlab.net/open-positions

We got a new lab photo! Celebrating a productive year - 3 upcoming preprints (keep an eye out!) 2 trainee grant submissions and 1 master's thesis - with axes and knives throwing. I'm very proud of my group and I'm darn lucky to have them working with me! #ProudPI

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

Job ad now available here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/life-sc...!

We're looking for a junior specialist to work on a fun project exploring seagrass local adaptation across the whole state of California! It should be a good mix of field and molecular work. Please share with folks you think would be interested! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07605

Great postdoc opportunity!

I am hiring a popgen postdoc! Looking for a creative scientist to join us at USC to investigate recessive variation and complex traits in model or non-model species. The project is funded by a multi-year NIH grant, contract can be renewed. Job add & details 👇🏽 usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

DNA is not the same as kinship. Our perspective paper argues that treating genetics as the ultimate proof of identity or family can: • erase community-defined relationships • reinforce Western biases • and even cause real harm in policy + research Special Issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Reposting this old thread on the "Pervasive findings of directional selection" from ancient DNA. While the authors extended their results in various ways, I think many of these points still stand.

Inference of population demographic history captures differing evolutionary signals based on the number of individuals in the dataset https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.07.716740v1

LET'S GO BRUINS!!! First title in NCAA WBB title since 1978. Absolutely crushed it 💪🏽

New preprint! We sequenced 175 'Alalā (Hawaiian crow) genomes to understand why >50% of eggs fail to hatch in a species recovered from just 9 individuals. What we found was a both exciting and surprising. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Never seen a more compelling endorsement for submitting your work to GENETICS @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

We are destroying species' habitats, leading to a mass extinction event. This habitat destruction also reduces the genetic diversity _within_ species. Our latest work develops quantitative models to predict how much genetic diversity has been and _will be_ lost. 🧬🧪🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

You have dusty paperbacks in your attic/storage unit/basement. PUT THEM BITCHES BACK IN ROTATION.

Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

I am SO THRILLED to share our first fully-lab lab paper!!!!!! Led by @hybridzones.bsky.social & @hagarsoliman.bsky.social, w/ a major assist from @pfschwarz.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more below, if you're curious (you should be- it's AWESOME!!!!!!!) link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 SING USA 2026 applications are open! The Summer Internship for Indigenous Peoples in Genomics (SING) workshop will be July 19–24, 2026 at UW–Madison. ⏰ Apply by March 13 (midnight Hawaiʻi time) Learn more & apply: sing.nativebio.net Please share with Indigenous students! #Indigenous #Genomics

The @scilifelab.se Ancient DNA Unit is recruiting a (permanent) Research Engineer for planning user projects and generating #aDNA 🧬 data: Application deadline: March 25th 🧪🏺 www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Have you ever wondered how many archaic populations contributed DNA to modern humans? We know about Neanderthals and Denisovans, but the fossil and genetic evidence suggests a much more complex history! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Based on a 2025 study by the great @jazlynmooney.bsky.social & colleagues

New for @undark.org On: "The Birthday Paradox," the transatlantic slave trade, ancestral bonds, and the hidden power of statistics. "Family is family, whatever our genetic relationship. Impressively, the birthday paradox study captures this possibility." undark.org/2026/02/27/o...