So pleased to share that this project identifying convergent evolution of aerobic fermentation in a poorly characterized genus of yeasts (Saturnispora) is now out in @embojournal.org
@hittingerlab.bsky.social @rokaslab.bsky.social @glbioenergy.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Convergent evolution of aerobic fermentation through divergent mechanisms acting on key shared glycolytic genes
@hittingerlab.bsky.social , @linder-surprise.bsky.social et al show how distinct genetic routes can converge on the same genetic outcome
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Great writeup about our new Museum Practices class from @evolutionvu.bsky.social www.vanderbilt.edu/evolution/mu...
Illustrated Earth Day event poster featuring a cartoon Earth character watering a small plant in a pot. Text reads “ESI Earth Day,” with event details: April 15, 2026, 2:30–3:30 PM, MRBIII 1220.
Seminar graphic showing a prehistoric landscape with a dinosaur and a bright asteroid impact in the sky. Overlaid text reads “Earth Reset: Mass Extinction and Biotic Recovery in Hell Creek, Montana.” Includes a photo of speaker Greg Wilson Mantilla outdoors.
One week out 🌍
ESI Earth Day Lecture with Greg Wilson Mantilla:
Mass extinction → ecosystem recovery → rise of mammals
📅 April 15
⏰ 2:30–3:30 PM
📍 MRBIII 1220
Free + open to all
#EarthDay #Evolution #Paleontology
It is always a delight talking with @gbaucom.bsky.social! This time about what I learned while writing an editorial in @evolletters.bsky.social about how to maintain integrity as AI changes how we write. Conversation@ www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio... Editorial@ doi.org/10.1093/evle...
The long-awaited FLASH manuscript is finally out--check out some interesting results on predicting drug resistance in C. tropicalis, C. auris and other yeasts using a unique k-mer based model! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Promotional collage for ‘Evolution in the Community.’ Top image shows a museum-style outreach table indoors with a fossil skeleton display, a smiling presenter behind a Nashville Predators-branded table, and a sign reading ‘Fossil Display.’ Text lists upcoming events: April 11 – Nashville Predators Family Night; April 26 – Nashville Earth Day; November 5 – Biodiversity Day at Adventure Science Center. Bottom image shows two people standing at an outdoor booth under a canopy beside a Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies banner, engaging with a crowd at a community event.
A sneak peak of one of the pages from the upcoming issue of Evolutionary Studies - the Magazine! Join us for #evolution out in the wild!
Never seen a more compelling endorsement for submitting your work to GENETICS @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
📢 We are excited to announce a new article type - OMICS REPORTS
👉 Publish high-quality #multiomics data collected for a larger project as a companion paper
👉 Make omics results accessible to the community
🔗 Read more about the guidelines: buff.ly/ucZisA7
👇️ Checkout our latest #omics reports 🧵
Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us
#Fungal26 has come to a close! Celebrate the meeting and the science with official #Fungal26 merch. From mugs and notebooks to shirts and totes featuring this year's fabulous design, it’s a great way to show your fungal pride. 🛍️Shop the collection: buff.ly/GM7PHjB
Some reflections on #Fungal26 This was a great meeting as always but set against some turbulent times of course, which meant many regular attendees were not present. This thread is mainly for them. However, the proportion of first-time attendees was very high and very international. #Fungal26 1/15
What an honor and privilege to organize #fungal26 with the one and only Meritxell Riquelme! Thank you fungal community and @genetics-gsa.bsky.social for making this such a great meeting !
What a way to end #fungal26
We laughed and we cried and we learned so much
A great reminder to look back and reflect on the past
It can light the way to the future
Thank you Nancy Keller for being a light 🕯️ in the field
Whats up #mycofam, are you headed to #fungal26 this year? If so, watch for these Uehling lab members
Daniyal Gohar Poster 424A Wednesday
Jessie Uehling Talk 83 Thursday, 3:20 Fred Farr Forum
Hayden Johnson Poster 438B Thursday
Kyle Mondron Talk 137 Friday 3:40
Check out all the great work of the Lab LaBella at #fungal26
@audreykward.bsky.social @taytaypowpow.bsky.social
And so it begins!!! #Fungal26 is underway!
Thanks to the great work of Antonis Rolas @rokaslab.bsky.social and Meritxell Riquelme
The every two year return to Asilomar for #fungal26 is happening. A spore cloud of fungal genetics experts and mycologists is descending to the peninsula to chat fungal biology, pathogenesis, make new friends and see some of my fav people. Safe travels all!
Just a few days left to submit the ASN student research award (due March 13th)!!!! This is an AWESOME opportunity for students to get some grant writing experience!!! We LOVE reading your grants and giving feedback!!!!!!!!!!! Apply, Apply, Apply!!!!!!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
🌟 New at #Fungal26—the inaugural Fungal Spore Lecture featuring Matthew C. Fisher (Imperial College London).
Working at the One Health interface, Fisher explores how antifungal use and global trade are reshaping the Fungal Kingdom. Join us for his lecture: buff.ly/oCNlI2l
Did you know that Evolution Letters now publishes reviews?! Our inaugural one is fantastic! Deep learning is opening new doors for evolutionary genomics, especially for nonmodel organisms with sparse or uncertain genomic data. doi.org/10.1093/evle...
#Yeast #Genetics Meeting 2026 is in June - Abstract deadline is TODAY! Submit your abstract, attend the meeting this summer in Pacific Grove, CA at #Asilomar Conference Grounds, a 107-acre protected coastal state park located on the Monterey Peninsula. #Yeast26 #YGM2026 genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
The Goldberg lab at UCLA is hiring one or more postdocs. Flexible start date.
We develop methods to study population genetics of humans, our primate relatives, and our pathogens.
www.goldberglab.org/join
I had fun writing this N&Vs on two fascinating new papers on centromere evolution in yeast. If you’re interested in how centromeres adapt yet stay functional, here’s my take. rdcu.be/e6DD0 @nature.com @gautamdey.bsky.social @gsherloc.bsky.social @helsenjana.bsky.social @maxhaase.bsky.social
With just two weeks to go until the 33rd Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar starts, we're happy to reveal the programme for Asperfest, running 16th-17th March:
aspgrpc.com/asperfest/
Will we see you at Asperfest and/or FGC?
So I pleased to announce the conceptual spawn of FigTree: PearTree (acronym still to be finalised). If you want to dive right in it is hosted as a web app here: artic-network.github.io/peartree (click the “Example...” button for immediate candy and then click every button you can find).
My latest:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Next column will address needed guardrails for private funding of science, esp. in light of #Epstein/ #Summers etc.
Kate Snyder with a huge smile while holding two birds
Nicole Creanza and Kate Snyder stand in front of a chalkboard smiling while wearing black sweaters
New this week! Female birds sing — and new Vanderbilt research explains how social behavior shapes that evolution. Dr. Kate Snyder analyzed 1,000+ songbird species and found cooperative breeding & female song reinforce each other over evolutionary time. 🐦🎶 Read more >> https://wp.me/pbblkY-116
Call for applications, pls share!
2026 Evolutionary Medicine Summer Institute (EMSI) advances research in a frontier of evolutionary medicine. They provide training in methods needed to address cutting edge questions in that frontier.
2026 focus: Climate Change and Health
sites.duke.edu/emsi/
