🧬We are launching STRiVE, a @eseb.bsky.social Special Topic Network on the evolutionary role of structural genomic variation.

🗓️Std:
29/04: Online seminar w/ L. Rieseberg
8-10/07: Kick-off in Porto

Join us: structuralvariantsstn.github.io #Evolution #Genomics #StructuralVariants #Biology #PopGen

The Tree of Life @sangerinstitute.bsky.social is recruiting at the Group Leader 2 (equivalent to associate professor) or Group Leader 3 (equivalent to full professor) level. More info: sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...

📢 SNPs2CF v1.7 just released!
R functions used to compute concordance factors from SNP data for phylogenetic network inference using PhyloNetworks. Version 1.7 now considers multiple SNPs in a window, boosting informative sites.
🔗 github.com/melisaolave/...

Looking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.

Felicitamos a docentes y estudiantes del curso Genómica de la Biodiversidad @ibiogen-latam.bsky.social! 🧬🤓

En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.

Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...

(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research.
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

@nature.com is starting an AI assistant to read, summarize, and comment on papers, and (I think) it’s free 👀
👉 natureresearchassistant.com?lid=nmw8nz2v...

Aplf/Dna2 variants drive chromosomal fission and accelerate speciation in zokors Aplf splicing defect and Dna2 deletion drove chromosomal fission, potentially exacerbating speciation divergence in zokors.

Mutation in a splicing enhancer of the DNA repair gene Aplf & an intronic deletion in Dna2 drive chromosomal fission and accelerate speciation in zokor mammals www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Review: A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

-Me: OK, I'm ready to accept a single unified species concept.

-@nature.com: Two ants, two species, one mother: Iberian harvester ants can produce males that are genetically different species

🤯

Article:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last days to apply! and remember that @evoargentina.bsky.social is offering 2 scholarships of up to ARS 150,000 each to cover travel costs for the Biodiversity Genomics course 🧬 (Nov 24–28, 2025, Mendoza, Argentina).

📢 La @evoargentina.bsky.social ofrece 2 becas de hasta ARS 150.000 cada una para cubrir traslado al curso Biodiversity Genomics 🧬 (24-28 nov 2025, Mendoza).

⏳ Postulá hasta el 3/9/25
📄 Formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NWC...
ℹ️ Info del curso: biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

Very much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.

Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social

Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social

Happy to share that the second edition of our course will take place in Argentina from November 24th to 28th. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

Join us on the Wellcome Genome Campus of the Sanger Institute and EBI for a symposium on biodiversity genomics from 27th-29th October! Abstract deadline on 14 July. There is also an option to join via Zoom, but in-person is much nicer if you can make it.

The average American has three friends.

📢 ¡Atención! Novedades sobre inscripciones, resúmenes, becas y conferencias 🤓
¡Ya está disponible la Tercera Circular del Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución!
➡️ iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol

Genomes reveal age and demographic consequence of ultrafast adaptive radiation New species typically evolve over several million years. However, rates of speciation and ecological diversification vary by orders of magnitude across the tree of life, with the fastest shown by some...

Our newest manuscript has just been released as preprint on bioRxiv: Genomes reveal the age and demographic history of ultrafast adaptive radiation.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to be at the Speciation Conference GRC this week! On Wednesday, I'll be presenting on the mechanisms driving the fastest speciating lizards on Earth: the rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards. See you there! 🙂

Dean Adams llega al Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025!
¿Cómo estudiar la evolución de rasgos complejos? 📊🧬 Dean nos trae herramientas innovadoras en su conferencia: "New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Multivariate Phenotypes" 🔍

National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...

An open wooden drawer containing pinned butterflies of varying sizes and patterns.

Applications open!

The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!

www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

¡El Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025 te espera! 🧬

📢 Abrimos convocatorias para:
✨ Simposios
✨ Mesas Redondas
✨ Cursos post-congreso

⏳ Fecha límite: 30 de marzo

📝info: iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol

Otorgan el “Nobel del Ambiente” a la cordobesa Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio Otorgan el “Nobel del Ambiente” a la cordobesa Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio. Es la primera vez que se confiere a voces del sur global.

😍Por primera vez desde que empezó a otorgarse (en los años 70), dos latinoamericanos recibirán el Premio Tyler considerado el "Nobel del Ambiente": la argentina Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio. Chapeau! 🎩 ¡Dos gigantes! 💝
www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...

Si sos Latinoamericano/a puede interesarte este llamado a postular a beca de CONICET🇦🇷 en Biología Evolutiva (especiación, filogeografía, filogenias, hibridación, adaptaciones). Se trabajará en un proyecto en colaboración con el Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK).
Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇

En la pasada V Reunión Argentina de Biología Evolutiva tuvimos un Simposio Extendido de Evo-Devo 🤓

Pasen a conocer el reporte que nos traen @marinastrelin.bsky.social y Eduardo Zattara!

Difundimos convocatoria! 🤓

Llamado a candidatos/as a solicitar Becas del CONICET en el Grupo de Genómica Evolutiva de Plantas (IBAM, UNCuyo, Mendoza)

Más detalles en el cartel 👇🏾