"Getting to spend my last summer before university doing something I love while also preparing for my future was amazing."

🔔 Just over two weeks left to apply for our paid Museum Experience Internship for sixth form students.
Find out more and apply by 8am, 11 May 2026 ⬇️

screenshot of website of the conservation genetics specialist group with two pictures of animals and text about the vision and mission

we are live now #consgen , an overview on the different projects the Conservation Genetics Specialist Group is involved can be found on our new website - check it out #IUCN #SSC

Come join our aDNA community at Trinity College Dublin and explore medieval ruminant genomes!

Funded PhD studentship in ancient animal genomics at Trinity College Dublin. Deadline 27th May 2026

Please see the information attached for full description and application process.

DNAharvester's workflow.

We present DNAharvester 🎉🦴🚜🧬

A pipeline to process highly degraded ancient DNA data that integrates metagenomic filtering, competitive mapping, multiple alignment strategies, reference bias evaluation and much more.

GitHub: github.com/NBISweden/DN...

Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

If you are researcher or student in Latin America apply for our Biodiversity Genomics course in Colombia from 27th-31st July 2026 (10 days left for registration) biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

Wrote a fun little thing on gene tree discordance:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1mzPI3QW8S...

🧬 Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics SING Canada is an all-expenses-paid, Indigenous-led training program offered to #Indigenous students and community members. The curriculum explores #Genomics through hands-on training, discussions and more: https://sing-canada.ca/

#IndigiSky

ROV SuBastian wants to know if you have voted! We've been nominated for a People's Voice Webby, and you can cast your vote here: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

🚨PhD opportunity!
Study brown bears in the Balkans using ancient DNA 🧬🐻
Interested in paleogenomics & conservation? Apply!
@lpcg.bsky.social

🔗 Details here: www.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

#PhD #AncientDNA #Paleogenomics #ConservationGenomics #WildlifeConservation

We have a new exiting PhD position in our program on the skin microbiome of amphibians, supervised by @cortazar-chinarro.bsky.social! Follow the link to read more and apply: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/.... Deadline the 8th of May.

Cambridge University Library, University Museum of Zoology and the University of Cambridge - Collections Connections Communities

Here's an awesome natural history humanities PhD opportunity, working with Cambridge University Library & our insect & archive collections here at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social, exploring the links between entomology, life writing & environmental change. Please share!
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Still time to sign up! Register on our website: animal-adna.org/events/2026/...

I posted a while ago about doing DNA analysis in a single day of a lab course for non science majors. For many reasons we are looking into LAMP assays for various bacteria. If anyone out there has experience w/ LAMP especially in undergraduate courses, I would love pointers/ comments.

You need to make AI guidelines for your lab Here's why you should, and how to start

I wrote about why every lab should have AI use guidelines, and how to do it.

open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

Conservation Genomics Dates ONLINE, 7-10 April 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online

Join our Conservation Genomics online course from April 7-10. A few seats are left! Learn population genomics tools for conservation. Details: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/course... #course

Calling all Postgraduate & Early-Career Marine Scientists!

Join us for the 22nd Marine Biological Association (MBA) Postgraduate Conference at Newcastle University from 15–17 April 2026.

LCAB Postdoctoral recruitment The Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (LCAB) is a major research centre funded by the Leverhulme Trust to increase knowledge of how the relationship between humanity and the natural worl...

Are you looking for a Post-doc related to biodiversity? We might have just the role for you! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social are curently advertising 10 (yes!) post-docs covering natural & social science of biodivesity. Come work with us & share with anyone appropriate! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...

Want to do a PhD @universityofotago.bsky.social on climate impacts on #NZ vertebrates w/ Michael Knapp, @plubbe.bsky.social, @atennyson.bsky.social & me? Comes w/ fully funded scholarship & will investigate climate extinction risks using genomics & niche modelling evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

Come join us! We're recruiting 3 new academic posts in the School of Biology, University of Leeds, closing 23/04/26.

Assoc Prof Plant Science tinyurl.com/4x48jc78
Assoc Prof Animal Biology tinyurl.com/2s4sk85s
Lecturer in Ecology, Zoology, Biodiversity or Ecosystem Management: tinyurl.com/39dwp47j

Conservation Genomics Dates ONLINE, 7-10 April 2026 To foster international participation, this course will be held online

Seats still available for our #ConservationGenomics course (7–10 April, online) with @eljensen.bsky.social Cathy Cullingham! 🧬
Learn how to go from raw sequencing data to insights on population structure, adaptation & inbreeding with hands-on training.

www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

The American Genetic Association has a new grant opportunity for Research Comunity Engagement Award (RCE). Funding covers activities that strengthen trust and foster between researchers and the communities where they work. www.theaga.org/rce-awards-f... Apply by May 1

Evolution 2026 meeting logo. Clilp art of a globe and laptop showing a virtual presentation. Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Global Meeting Participation.

SSE offers free virtual #Evol2026 registration to all countries in our Global Membership Assistance program, including India, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and 152 countries and territories around the world. Request your free registration code today! www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...

New exhibition turns Newcastle University research into art Picture This: Someone Like Me is a new exhibition at the Great North Museum: Hancock that transforms Newcastle University research into illustrated artworks.

Don't miss this fantastic exhibition at Great North Museum: Hancock!

Picture This: Someone Like Me transforms Newcastle University research into illustrated artworks, encouraging visitors to feel curious about research and to see themselves as part of it too.

Read more >> bit.ly/4t0t8YN

Postdoctoral position in conservation genomics and experimental evolution at Hologenomics Section, Globe Institute The Hologenomics Section, Globe Institute, University at Copenhagen, is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to join our team. This position is part of the research project “Back from the Brink: experimental de-extinction in a model-organism to restore lost diversity”, funded under the Villum Experiment Programme. The project explores the potential of gene editing technologies for conservation using an experimental setting, the risks and consequences for the management of genetically vulnerable populations. Duration: one year.

🚨 Postdoc in conservation genomics & experimental evolution (Copenhagen)

Join us explore questions on gene editing for biodiversity conservation

🔬 Required: exp in experimental evolution (ideally C. elegans)
📅 1-year pos
⏰ Dline: April 6

employment.ku.dk/faculty?show...
@hologenomics.bsky.social

Please share widely: courtesy of the British Council, Durham University are offering FULL scholarships (visa fees, flights, etc) for MSc in STEM for women from a selection of countries.
www.durham.ac.uk/study/schola...
Including our Biotech and Plant Biotech MScs!
www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

The University of Copenhagen seeks a postdoctoral researcher for a project on conservation genomics and gene editing to restore genetic diversity in populations at risk of extinction. Apply by April 6, 2026. More info: https://globe.ku.dk #postdoc

I wrote lectures about DE-EXTINCTION for my human evolution and anthropological genetics courses and have been really popular with students so I decided to turn it into a very long 🧵 I'll post everything as replies here but will try to break into bite size pieces and retweet as I go:

MBE | Large-scale genomic phylogeography provides insights into evolutionary history and conservation priorities of the white-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

Gu et al. leveraged hundreds of genomes and mitogenomes of the African white-bellied pangolin, uncovering the evolutionary history of this species and indicating the need for urgent attention and priority conservation action.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag049

#evobio #molbio

GBE | Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of the Mustelinae Lineage (Mustelidae, Carnivora)

Totikov et al. present a comparative and phylogenomic study of the Mustelinae, uncovering striking variation in genome-wide heterozygosity and genome size, marked homozygosity in some Asian lineages, and remarkable diversity in widespread species.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag014

#genome #evolution

Many brightly colored pinned moth specimens in an Entomology collection.

Undergrad and graduate students! Could your work benefit from visiting one of the NHMLAC’s collections? Apply for our Collections Study Award, due Apr. 1. I’d love to have students make use of our Entomology collection!

Details here:
tinyurl.com/bdduefsy