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Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).

🧬New genotyping tools for European forest trees🌲genomic data of 7220 trees from 301 GCUs of 23 species🌳over 1.8 million SNPs discovered covering ⁓50 Mb of DNA sequence!!!!!
You can find all this (and much more) in the latest @forgenius-eu.bsky.social paper just published in @molecology.bsky.social!

Cover image of the 5 March 2026 issue of Science Magazine. Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus), such as this mother and 7-month-old joey from Queensland, Australia, embody a genetic paradox. Populations rich in diversity are declining, whereas those with little variation are expanding and rapidly reshuffling their genomes. These findings reveal that diversity alone does not determine resilience. Instead, a population’s fate depends on several evolutionary processes unfolding across generations.

Genome sequencing in 418 koalas from 27 populations across Australia shows that, though they still have low diversity due to past decline, there are clear signs genetic recovery is underway.
Escaping bottlenecks: The demographic path to genetic recovery in koalas www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Checkout the February issue of #GENETICS where @fabiomarroni.bsky.social et al. provide a blueprint for identifying regulatory variation in gene expression in #Drosophila, specifically for understanding the relative importance of cis and trans effects on regulation. buff.ly/6afEBbu

Read the new Genetics Special Issue on Experimental and Computational Methods. On a blue design card with a wave of scientific symbols.

Ready to push the boundaries of your research? Discover the #GENETICS Special Issue on Experimental and Computational Methods—a curated set of studies designed to inspire and inform your next breakthrough: oxford.ly/46h08Dc

A new study in #GENETICS from @fabiomarroni.bsky.social et al. provides a blueprint for identifying regulatory variation in gene expression in #Drosophila, specifically for understanding the relative importance of cis and trans effects on regulation. buff.ly/rihyLbm

“How long will the bioinformatics analysis take?”
If you’ve ever been asked that… you know the answer:
It depends. Here’s why: 🧵

Right now, I don't have available positions, but send me your CV, just in case!

Thank God there were people filming. This administration would have said Alex Pretti pulled a handgun, a package of fentanyl, and a signed copy of the Communist Manifesto if they could.

In case we need some more videos proving she's lying www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bn9...

Well, if you are talking about Maduro, he was also democratically elected.

🚨 2 hours to go!
Until: Communicating about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – reflecting on challenges, solutions, and social justice concerns 🧬
🔊 Presented by Professor Marina Joubert
🎤 ECR presentation from Dorottya Nagy
👉 Last chance to sign up! www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/co...

In remembrance of Peer Bork  | EMBL EMBL and its community are deeply saddened by the death of Peer Bork, the organisation’s Interim Director General.

very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...

La morte di Renee Nicole Good: quei video che smentiscono la Casa Bianca Minneapolis entra nel giorno dopo senza silenzio né tregua. La notte ha lasciato strade presidiate, candele accese sulla neve e

Me too... I leave some link for your records. lavocedinewyork.com/news/2026/01...

A life-time dream came true! Our new work just came out on Genetics (@academic.oup.com) Thanks to our collaborators from several institutions and in particular to Lauren McIntyre (
@ufresearch.bsky.social), who led the effort! You can give a look here: academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

I can help you: on my Desktop, I created a tmp folder containing only temporary files, which are used an soon discarded. It now amounts to 548Gb. Follow me for other file management advice.

Three decades of biodiversity data, published one decade after we started the project!

Our new paper in @NatureComms shows how airborne eDNA from archived aerosol filters can track ecosystem changes across the tree of life—2700+ genera, weekly resolution, 34 years.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The WHITE HOUSE 45 47 K PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP The White House January 20, 2025

The WHITE HOUSE Offender Hall of Shame A record of the media's false and misleading stories flagged by The White House. Scroll for the Truth. The Washington Post EXPOSED OCBS NEWS EXPOSED EXPOSED i msnbc

How it started / How it’s going

Excited to speak today at UQ, Brisbane. 37 degrees today, and expecting hail and storm later today!

For the right person, this is a dream job!

Variations in the root-soil system influence the grapevine holobiont by shaping plant physiology and root microbiome Soil-dwelling bacteria and fungi play a crucial role in plant health and productivity by engaging in complex interactions that shape and are shaped by soil physico-chemical properties. In this study, ...

Our work on grapevine holobiont now on biorXiv!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...

This feels like a spot of good news

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

A close-up macro photograph of an empty whitefly puparium on a holly leaf surface. The puparium, positioned in the center of the image, is a dark brown to black oval-shaped case approximately 1-2 millimeters in length, representing the empty pupal shell left behind after an adult whitefly has emerged. The puparium is surrounded by distinctive white, waxy secretions that form delicate, cotton-like filaments extending radially outward in all directions. These bright white waxy threads create an almost starburst or flower-like pattern against the green background, characteristic of the protective waxy material produced by whitefly nymphs during development. The holly leaf surface displays the typical texture of this plant species, with a bright green coloration and numerous small bumps and indentations creating a stippled appearance across the leaf surface. Fine, translucent trichomes (plant hairs) are visible extending from various points on the leaf. To the left of the puparium is a brownish, irregularly-shaped discolored area on the leaf surface, likely representing tissue damage from whitefly feeding activity during the insect's development. Small dark spots and debris are scattered across the leaf surface. The photograph is captured with shallow depth of field, keeping the puparium and surrounding waxy secretions in sharp focus while the edges gradually blur. Natural, even lighting illuminates the scene, creating strong contrast between the dark empty pupal case, bright white waxy filaments, and vibrant green holly leaf surface.

FL Dept of Agriculture seeks an entomologist (Someone in Coccomorpha (scale insects) and Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)) in Gainesville for regulatory #Hemiptera identification
Closes August 20th, 2025
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jobs.myflorida.com/job/GAINESVI...
#sciencejobs #entomology #science #bugsky

Slide with schematic representation of the factors interacting i determining grapevine health. On the lower left corner, Massimo, the PhD candidate which succesfully defended

The picture is not so nice, but Massimo Guazzini successfully defended his PhD on #omics #dataintegration to understand the #grapevine #holobiont. So proud, although he is not on @bsky.app

Il logo, i soldi, la paura di Trump: come sarà l'America Party di Elon Musk Lo scambio di insulti con Bannon: «Ciccione, maiale, ubriacone, stavolta andrai in galera». E le insinuazioni del presidente: voleva mettere un suo amico Dem alla Nasa. La strategia guarda alle elezio...

www.open.online/2025/07/07/a...
What do US people think about this news (Musk founding a new right-wing party)? Could this be an advantage for the Democrats, since right-wing voters may be split?

ddRAD sequencing of the endangered species Primula palinuri Petagna reveals high levels of inter-population diversity - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - ddRAD sequencing of the endangered species Primula palinuri Petagna reveals high levels of inter-population diversity

For those interested. Some results from the #Life #Seedforce project financed from @ec.europa.eu Genetic diversity and conservation options for Primula palinuri Petagna in Italy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

Image of the planet Uranus, shared in a humorous science post by IFLScience. The caption reads: "Uranus May Be Filled With A Lot More Methane Than We Thought.

Sometimes, the headlines just write themselves!

Compton, CA: A masked, heavily-armed man wearing body armor jumped out of a SUV today to kidnap a local resident.

He forgot to put the vehicle in park, causing it to roll down the street damaging other cars. He jumped in the vehicle (which had no platess) and drove off without identifying himself.