A career in pursuit of the origin of species: celebrating Roger Butlin’s contributions to the advancement and growth of our scientific community:
@ruifaria.bsky.social @jonbridle.bsky.social @markravinet.bsky.social @rhondasnook.bsky.social @anjamwestram.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
A really nice description of Roger Butlin's contribution to speciation biology in JEB by @ruimmfaria.bsky.social and colleagues. Roger is one of the good ones!
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY Individual Resilience and Collective Action in Evolutionary Biology LIGHTNING TALKS: 9:15 - 10:30 AM EDT Focus on the collective: what can our community do in a time of uncertainty? PROTHAMA MANNA, CLEMSON UNIV. MOHAMED NOOR, DUKE UNIVERSITY RUTH SHAW, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA JOSEPH GRAVES, NC A&T STATE UNIV. SCOTT EDWARDS, HARVARD UNIV. EMILY JOSEPHS, MICHIGAN STATE UNIV. ALISON DAVIS RABOSKY, UNIV. OF MICHIGAN WORKSHOP & BREAKOUTS: 11 - 12:30 PM EDT Focus on the individual: how scientists can respond constructively, creatively, and sustainably in the face of instability NELIA VIVEIROS, UNIV. OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS
👋 👋 SSE members, I hope you'll join me May 21 for the virtual SSE Presidential Symposium:
Navigating Uncertainty: Individual Resilience and Collective Action in Evolutionary Biology
Pls RT to help get the word out!
The deadline for submitting an abstract for this fantastic conference ends this week (15th of April). Hurry up!
TiBE-STRiVE Conference 2026 | The Evolutionary Role of Structural Genomic Variation
⏳ Abstract submission: 15th April 2026
Register now: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/porto_registration
Details: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/porto_about
Join us!
#Biodiversity #Evolution #Genomics #Conference
Individualisierung statt Politik? - Kolumne Simon Tschannett April 2026 VN Vorarlberger Nachrichten
Energiekrise – und wieder soll jede/r Einzelne es richten? 🚗🔥
Weniger fliegen✈️, sparsamer fahren🚙, Heizung runter🏠
Kurzfristig sinnvoll,aber:
👉 Individualisierung ist politisch bequem.
Sie verlangt Anpassung,ohne Auseinandersetzungen auszutragen.
Was fehlt: Strukturpolitik⚙️
Kolumne April 2026 ⬇️
Für alle, die nicht dabei sein konnten: 2. Diskussionsabend zum #Klimasachstandsbericht: Auswirkungen des #Klimawandels auf #Österreich. Mit den Leitautoren Prof. Herbert Formayer (Kap. 1) und Dr. Nicolas Roux (Kap. 2), beide BOKU und S4F. Nächster Termin voraussichtlich am 21. Mai.
Klimaschutzkompass 2026 - jetzt auch auf Deutsch.
Registration now open:
🧬 7th European Conservation Genetics Meeting
🗓️ August 26-28, 2026
📍 Antwerp, Belgium
🎨 Including discussions, excursions, & art
Many GINAMOs are on the organising team & hope to see you there!
#Conservation #Genetics #ConsGen #Conference
www.zooscience.be/en/7th-europ...
2. Diskussionsabend zum #Klimasachstandsbericht: Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf #Österreich
Herbert Formayer (Boku, Klimatologie), Nicolas Roux (Boku, Soziale Ökologie)
25. 3. 2026, 18:00 Uhr
BOKU, Wilhelm-Exner-Haus, 2. Stock, Hörsaal EH05
Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, 1190 Wien
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Why do insects migrate? One major driver is resource limitation. In the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui), we show how resource cues reshape gene expression across development.
@aleixpalahi.bsky.social @rogervilalab.bsky.social @k-nasvall.bsky.social
Out in MEC!
New study led by @dariashipilina.bsky.social links resource limitation as a driver of migration in the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui). The authors show how resource cues reshape gene expression across development.
Read more: buff.ly/dogof9L
📷: Daria Shipilina
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We are offering a fully funded two-year postdoctoral position focused on sex chromosome evolution and speciation in the *Jaera albifrons* species complex. Please find the advertisement attached. We welcome applications from interested candidates. Join us :-)
660 führende Wissenschaftler:innen in Österreich warnen in einem Appell von #CCCA und #S4F, dass Klima- und #Klimafolgenforschung, zunehmend geschwächt werden. In Österreich droht eine schleichende Aushöhlung der #Klimapolitik und der #Klimaforschung.
www.scientists4future.at/2026/02/12/6...
CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Special Issue: #GenomeArchitecture and #Evolution, organised by @eseb.bsky.social STN "STRiVE":
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/2uza525c
@ruifaria.bsky.social @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social @petrnguyen.bsky.social @aruizherrera.bsky.social
Learn eDNA and invasive species monitoring from leading European experts at the GuardIAS Summer School. Explore workflows, policy, and real monitoring applications.
Meet the trainers & register:
guardias.eu/meet-the-tra...
#GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
Registration is open for GuardIAS Summer School 2026, with a focus on e-DNA and Invasive Species! 🌊
Explore the program and meet the trainers: guardias.eu/welcome-to-t...
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
🧬 GINAMO is...
🟩 an international research initiative
🟩 developing tools for monitoring genetic #biodiversity
🟩 co-creating with stakeholders
🟩 funded by @biodiversa.eu
🟩 now on Bluesky!
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GARevjuLDhs
🏞️ #ConsGen #Conservation #Genetics #KMGBF #Science
The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species. Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management. Get started 👉 https://www.ecmunipv.it/login/index.php
Help protect our waters! 🌊
The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species.
Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management.
Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index....
#MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
🇪🇺 ... and is funded by EU Biodiversa+ (@biodiversa.eu) & national funders from the partner countries!
www.biodiversa.eu
👥 GINAMO includes @joostraeymaekers.bsky.social, @mheuertz.bsky.social, @jmergeay.bsky.social, @cristiano-vernesi.bsky.social, @gsegelbacher.bsky.social, @go70north.bsky.social, @seanmhoban.bsky.social, @hydro-evo.bsky.social, @daniele-battilani.bsky.social & many others...
🧬 Interested in monitoring & reporting on genetic diversity?
🏞️ Our project GINAMO (Genetic Indicators for NAture MOnitoring) now has a blog & newsletter!
🐝 Please share! ginamo.org/2025/09/29/welcome-2
#Conservation #Genetics #Biodiversity #Nature #consgen #KMGBF #SciComm
A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.
Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.
Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
🐚 New paper on the #speciation continuum in marine #snails!
🐚 Read it if you're interested in speciation, local #adaptation, #genomics, #inversions, parallel #evolution...
🐚 Congratulations to Francesca & Aurélien and everyone else involved!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
Phasing out harmful subsidies is still on the priority list, at least on paper 📜
BUT
implementation will make or break this!🤔
🌿The environment & the economy need a smart industrial policy, and phasing out harmful subsidies is key 🔑
🚨No more LIFE! Chopping up the LIFE programme prioritises industry over climate and nature.
🌳EU’s nature conservation and restoration projects could lose vital support in the future.
🎯Instead of increasing spending targets for climate & biodiversity, critical in driving investments in Europe, the Commission proposes a new environmental target with a reduced ambition of 35%
🐝This means spreading out reduced public support over even more priorities, risking leaving nature behind.
👀We have eyes on the next EU budget, but the EU budget no longer has eyes for nature.
❌35% environment target risks leaving nature behind
❌LIFE programme chopped up
❓Yes to phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies, but with a caveat
👀 tinyurl.com/WWFMFF2
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Haha das Beste sind diese random auf dem Parkplatz ausgelegten künstlichen Zweige... Die machen das Ganze so realistisch und ansprechend, man fühlt sich echt in die Zeit der Dinosaurier versetzt, schon beim Anschauen des Bildes