Short‐Read Pangenomes and Their Potential Utility in Population and Conservation Genomics As a collection of all the genetic variants in the gene pool, the pangenome is a concept that will become fundamental to conservation genomic studies. Unfortunately, most pangenomic approaches develo...

Paper out! We tested the ability of short-read pangenomes to capture variants for population genomics. Super excited to have been part of this project. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

now that I have projects on whales and quail… I may have to branch out of vertebrates and get into snails. also, who should I talk to about changing the plural of “quail” to “quails”?

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.

The administration has “proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build on lands that endangered species need to thrive.”

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A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skyline

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.

A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.

Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

I did the first year of my PhD on a windows and unfortunately for my bank account, *everything* is easier and better on my current mac

can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no

would love to be included!

I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution.
If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐

go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS

The cover of Integrative & Comparative Biology, volume 64, number 5, 2024. The cover features a view from above of a viper gecko (Hemidactylus imbricatus), a brown gecko with large scales and tan speckles.

A scanning electron micrograph (greyscale image) of an embryonic viper gecko hand, with a view of the palm. The toe pads and other scales are well-developed.

Very stoked to get the most recent cover of @sicbjournals.bsky.social! Here's a glorious, pad-reduced viper #gecko (Hemidactylus imbricatus). Check out our the article below and the rest of this awesome issue!

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#GeckoEvoDevo

first post may as well be about this paper from our lab that came out last week! we present a framework for population genomic datasets aimed at making interpretation more approachable, especially for use in conservation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...