Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grants, Apply by May 18, 2026.
Proposals are due May 18 for this year’s Graduate Research Excellence Grants! Up to $2500 for 1st and 2nd year grad students and up to $3500 for 3rd years and above. Learn more and apply now! www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
New study by the awesome Sarah Marion on naturally occurring lethal-causing mutations in Drosophila trinity.duke.edu/news/newly-t...
I'm so very sorry to hear this. In addition to being a great researcher, he was super kind to early-career folks - I'll never forget how welcoming he was when I met him as a early-career researcher at my first GRS/GRC on Speciation where I knew very few folks at the time.
ONE WEEK UNTIL THE WILD CARD! #2026MMM
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📢 Now accepting proposals for the Graduate Research Excellence Grants! These provide evolutionary biology research funds for early and advanced Master’s and PhD students. Applicants must be members of SSE. Deadline: May 18, 2026
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Are you interested in human DNA from ancient sediments? Do you want to do a PhD in Vienna? We have two open positions in our group! You can learn more and apply here (scroll down to the very bottom, ours are the last two listings): careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/s...
Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!
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As per always on this most holy of mammal holidays, Groundhog's Day, March Mammal Madness launches our annual tournament page! #2026MMM @mmmletsgo.bsky.social libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
Transposable elements drive much of naturally occurring genetic lethality in Drosophila melanogaster www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10....
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
ABS Student Research and Developing Nations Grants! ABS offers the following grants to support graduate student research: Student Research Grants, ABS Conservation Award and Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Awards. The ABS also offers an Early Career Grant in Conservation Behavior and Developing Nations Grant to support students and other researchers from developing nations. Applicants for student grants must be enrolled in a graduate program and must be active members of ABS (student membership fees cost $17-$34). Research grants range from $500-$2,000 USD, depending on the category of the grant and evaluations. Individuals may receive only one ABS research grant during their lifetime. More details on how the grants and how to apply in the link in the post.
Hey grad students studying animal behavior! Need a little extra research $$? (Don't we all?)
Apply for an ABS Student Research Grant! We award grants up to $2,000 to grad students & give feedback on the proposals. Deadline Dec 15.
More info here: www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-s...
Genome-wide associations of fitness components reveal antagonistic pleiotropy and sexual conflict in the Florida Scrub-Jay www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09....
WOOHOOO! Major congrats @smacklab.bsky.social !!! So well-deserved!!!
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Congrats to newly elected ABS Fellow: @smacklab.bsky.social ! Noah and his team examine how environmental and demographic changes influence physiology and health focusing mostly on primates and our best buds, dogs.
Read more here: smack-lab.com
I'm happy to (finally) share the last chapter of my dissertation work. Focusing on DNA methylation levels, we show that admixture increases gene regulatory variation within the Amboseli baboon population.
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Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grants. Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards, Deadline: September 15, 5:00 PM Eastern.
Applications now open for the SSE GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards! These grants provide up to $3500 to expand your dissertation work. Submit your proposal by September 15!
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AHHHH congratulations🎉🎉🎉! SO happy for you and SO excited to see what your lab does!
📢New Publication Alert 📢
I’m proud to share a major milestone in my PhD journey. My first paper has officially been published:
“Eukaryotic composition across seasons and social groups in the gut microbiota of wild baboons”.
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Daughters who have strong relationships with their fathers live longer in adulthood! Check out the latest paper from the Amboseli Baboon Project: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The SSE Hamilton Award symposium starts in under an hour. Don’t miss this outstanding lineup of talks!
WOOOHOOOOO!!!!!🎉 MAJOR CONGRATS!!!!!🎉
The #2025MMM Bracket is LIVE!!
We have a Player Portal for EVERYONE!
We have a Learner Portal w/ pages for College, High School, Middle School, & K-5 students!
We have an Educators Portal with those sweet sweet curricula materials!
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Text: Society for the Study of Evolution, Graduate Research Excellence Grants, 2025 R. C. Lewontin Early Award, Deadline: February 19, 5:00 PM Eastern.
Don't forget - R. C. Lewontin Early Award proposals are due Wednesday at 5 pm EST! We receive a large volume of applications - submit yours early to avoid any technical delays. Contact communications@evolutionsociety.org with any questions. https://buff.ly/3YZlUHf
We're searching for a database and lab manager to work at U Notre Dame on the Amboseli Baboons! Please circulate and apply! 🐵 🖥️ 🐵 🖥️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution Program. Applications due January 20, 2025. Background is a blue and orange abstract painting.
Are you or do you know an undergrad interested in evolution? The SSE Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025. Applications due Monday! https://buff.ly/4eExoFL
My book, An Intuitive Primer on Effective Functional Genomics Study Design, is published! I’d really appreciate it if you could help spread the word, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. I hope people will find it useful.
It’s available on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mx2hewen
#2025MMM check it out! We'll announce the 2025 Divisions at this Webinar!
Last days to apply for this PhD position in Computational Population Genetics @MPI_EVA_Leipzig (the deadline is January 15th)!
In another life, I want to be a bushbaby....a bouncy one.
