A career in pursuit of the origin of species: celebrating Roger Butlin’s contributions to the advancement of knowledge and growth of our scientific community In 2025, the annual meeting of the Population Genetics Group (PopGroup) returned to Sheffield, U.K., for the third time. The timing could not have been mor

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/...

Heatmaps of climate variables in southwestern United States

The endangered Pacific pocket mouse

Climate change is a huge challenge for endangered species because genetic variation needed to adapt is often lacking.

Our new study in Science Advances highlights the potential for conservation breeding and reintroduction to boost resilience to climate change. @science.org

doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Very cool, congrats Patricia and all!

Can you believe that until now there were more genomes sequenced for the woolly mammoth than for living African elephants?

Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to see this one out!

Not only for the science, but because it was the first project we led as a group.

This paper helped us establish a collaborative culture and good relationships, shaping how we want to work together in the future.

I feel lucky to work with this bunch!

#popgen #consgen

The final "Early Career Researchers in Speciation"-themed seminar is coming up on the 5th of May!

This session features talks by Aryeh Miller on Anolis lizards 🦎 and @rishidekayne.bsky.social on speciation research in industry 📊

+ we'll hear from Dr Mariana Braga about her career in the Q&A ✋

🦟 Join this month’s #ERGAPlenary for a case study on mosquito genomics in southern Spain, from Culex reference genomes to insecticide resistance and vectorial capacity, presented by Maria Jose Ruiz Lopez.

📅 20/04, 15:00 CEST

#Data #genomes #genomics

📣 OFERTA DE CONTRATO PREDOCTORAL 📣

Buscamos un/a candidato/a para realizar la tesis doctoral en el @irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social

🗓️ Envía tu expresión de interés antes del 15 de junio de 2026.

👇 Más información aquí:

victornoguerales.weebly.com/join-the-lab...

PhD-position ALERT! 🧪🪲 🧬

Interested in studying the genomics of local adaptation and niche breadth using long-term experimental evolution?

Come join me and @gmkov.bsky.social at @animecol-uu.bsky.social, Uppsala Univ. Read more and apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Deadline 22nd of May!

Don't forget to submit an abstract! Looking forward hearing from you!

New preprint! We sequenced 175 'Alalā (Hawaiian crow) genomes to understand why >50% of eggs fail to hatch in a species recovered from just 9 individuals. What we found was a both exciting and surprising. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Are you going to #SMBE2026 Copenhagen by train, or are you hesitating? Let's share experiences and give ideas to those who think to fly from Western or Central Europe with the hashtag #NoFlySMBE.
If you're coming from 🇨🇭, there are night trains from Zürich or Basel to Hamburg.
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Special Issue on Genetic Rescue is out 🎉🎉🎉
The 21 papers on the SI highlight how evolutionary biology can enhance resilience & long-term survival of biodiversity. Introducing genetically diverse individuals can boost fitness in small, isolated populations 🧬🌿

doi.org/10.1111/eva.70225

SMBE 2026 early bird registration deadline coming up on March 31

We remind our followers that the early bird deadline for SMBE 2026 is approaching on March 31.

📝 smbe2026.org/registration

We look forward to welcoming you to Copenhagen from June 28-July 2, 2026, for an inspiring meeting. Register before March 31 to secure the reduced early‑bird rate.

#SMBE2026

🐳🧬8 years in the making! 🐳🧬

Our new paper in Cell explores how bowhead whales responded to past climate change - and how commercial whaling reshaped their future.

Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

#aDNA #PopGen

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

​​​​Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock​ – CCC  - Climate Change Committee The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the total additional cost of a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022 magnitu...

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one.
#NoBrainer
www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

We have published a preprint entitled “Island species as models for small population biology and conservation.” 🏝️🩵🌍

1/3

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Wanna learn how to explore your genomic data to know how related your samples and populations are to each other? Come and join us and @jolijnerven.bsky.social on our next #AaRCademy workshop! April 16h at 14:00 CET!

Proud to see this paper from @akopyan.bsky.social's PhD published in Science, with co-first author @fishyomics.bsky.social

Silversides adapt across a steep temperature gradient through multiple chromosomal inversions that maintain continuous trait variation rather than simple ecotype switches

Please join me and my colleagues at the Department of Biology, #LundUniversity in #Sweden! We have an open position as Associate Senior Lecturer in Molecular Microbiology. Open for all who defended their PhD within the last 7 years.

Deadline to apply: April 28 2026.

More information and link […]

David Marques was an amazing speciation genomics researcher, a passionate birder, and a wonderful friend, husband, and father. May he rest in peace. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genomic erosion in the assessment of species' extinction risk and recovery potential Abstract. Many species are undergoing rapid population declines and environmental deterioration, leading to genomic erosion. Here we define genomic erosion

Genomic erosion in the assessment of species' extinction risk and recovery potential
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...

🚨 PhD opportunity in evolutionary genomics

Interested in working with ancient DNA and genomics of carnivores to study adaptation to human-dominated landscapes?

I’m looking for a candidate to apply for an FCT PhD fellowship (Portugal).
📅 Deadline: 31 March

Feel free to contact me for details! 🐺🐻🦊🧬

What is biodiversity? What is genomics? How do they work together to support species monitoring & conservation? 🌍🧬

The #Connections series explores these questions: biodiversitygenomics.eu/category/con...

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social

And it does not end there ... as we will continue our efforts through the #Biodiversity #Genomics #Europe PLUS (BGE+) project biodiversitygenomics.eu/2026/02/16/b...

This conservation genomics course looks great!!

Chromatin spatial analysis by METALoci unveils sex-determining 3D regulatory hubs - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology METALoci, a new three-dimensional genome computational tool, reveals a major rewiring of regulatory interactions during sex determination. By combining this method with transgenic models, the authors ...

🔊💥 How is sex determined? How is it encoded in the #3Dgenome?

Read all about it in our last paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It’s been looong but feels satisfying to see this finally out.

(With CapelLab, @dariloops.bsky.social Lab and @mamartirenom.bsky.social Lab)

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We are taking applications for our 2026 international Conservation Genetics course. This year the course will be in Brazil at the Vale Natural Reserve on Aug 3-13. See congenglobal.org/brazil2026/en for details. #conservation #genomics #course #handson #brazil #apply #biodiversity #bioinformatics

Ancestry and somatic profile indicate acral melanoma origin and prognosis - Nature Analysis of the somatic and transcriptomic profile of 123 acral melanoma samples from Mexican patients helps understand tumour origins and prognosis, and highlights the importance of including samples...

We are very happy to see our study finally appear online @nature.com! This has been work of nearly 10 years in collaboration with the National Institute of Genome Medicine 🇲🇽, the National Cancer Institute 🇲🇽, the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and others ⬇️

www.nature.com/articles/s41...