Thanks for having me - I had a great time meeting so many of you!!

3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama!

Three positions, each including salary & a research budget.

Applications due April, 15th.

DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us!

stri.si.edu/academic-pro...

Looking forward to #Dros26 this week. My lab is recruiting and I would be delighted to chat with anyone interested in grad school/postdoc positions in evolutionary cell biology and developmental genetics. Please reach out if interested!

💡Online now - the Spotlight "Ancient enzyme diversification underpins octocoral chemical diversity" from @kdarragh.bsky.social.

#TerpeneSynthase #Diterpenes #BiosyntheticPathway #Octocorals #Evolution

Read it here 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...

@cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social

I had a lot of fun writing this spotlight on a recent PNAS paper by @immo-burkhardt.bsky.social showing the diversification of terpene synthesis early in octocoral evolution - very cool study!!

authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...

What a way to start the year!! Really enjoyed the usual friendly atmosphere at PopGroup and all the research shared. Many thanks to the organisers @popgroup2026.bsky.social

If anyone is interested in joining my group or coming to Sweden please get in touch 🧬❄️

Always inspiring to start the year at @popgroup2026.bsky.social !
If you were there and want to learn more about pangenomes, there’s still time to register for our meeting in Edinburgh in June, co-organised with @charlottewright.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social royalsociety.org/science-even...

So excited to read this!!

How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.

#NSF funding is crucial for uncovering and developing new engineered solutions to our probleme based on plant and animal biology. #saveNSF www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Hi Folks !

Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).

Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !

www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...

--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com

Three people dressed in Halloween costumes as a pupa, butterfly, and caterpillar

Darragh lab ready for Halloween! @zar-rebholz.bsky.social

Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

Ichetucknee Springs State Park, a short drive from Gainesville, FL

The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

If you are a plant biologist interested in collaborating on an evolutionary floral scent/plant volatile project please reach out!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Very happy to announce that the next POPGROUP meeting will take place in Lille on 7-9 January !

Follow ‪@popgroup2026.bsky.social for all updates.

📢 Please share widely ! 📢‬

Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

Buscando estudiantes para empezar en agosto de 2026. Estudiamos la evolución de las señales químicas de los insectos con biología evolutiva, ecología química, biología molecular, y estudios de comportamiento. Más información aquí: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm

Green butterfly sat on a flower.

I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm

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Considering submitting to Evolution? The EELS program offers free, light-touch English language editing for prospective authors. Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/publications...

@zar-rebholz.bsky.social

Come here me talk at #Evol2025 about butterfly chemical evolution today (Saturday) at 3pm in room Athens AB (Parallel Evolution I).

Stay for Zarley Rebholz on chemical convergence between plants and ladybirds!

Ah that's so exciting - congratulations!! 🎉

I am delighted to be starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026. The lab is broadly interested in the functional, developmental, and evolutionary genetics of cell types and organs across flies and beyond 🪰🧬

The @labschulz.bsky.social worked out how to make HNDB, a species-specific perfume compound of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma - and here they are collecting their freshly synthesized compound of choice!!
Now published in Synlett:
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
#natprod

“This grant means freedom… I can take more risks.”

Join us in congratulating the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award recipients, @aiinglim.bsky.social, Pavitra Muralidhar & Kavita Rangan 👏

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What happens to floral scent when it is no longer needed? At the genetic level, are genes lost or down-regulated? Fun new open access paper in MBE! #evosky #PlantScience

Thank you so much, it was a lot of fun!

Thanks Graham!