If you are researcher or student in Latin America apply for our Biodiversity Genomics course in Colombia from 27th-31st July 2026 (10 days left for registration) biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com

This article is also my first first-author paper, so I am extra excited about it. I hope to release more of the work from my (still ongoing, though not for much longer) PhD studies soon.

When South Meets North: A Joint Contact Zone Coinciding With Environmental Gradients in Three Boreal Tree Species Post-glacial recolonisation of Fennoscandia created secondary contact zones in many species, offering opportunities to study how gene flow and selection contribute to their establishment and maintena....

The first chapter of my PhD thesis is out: doi.org/10.1111/mec.... !!!

This comparative study explores the presence and maintenance of a joint contact zone among three important forest tree species (formed during recolonisation after the LGM). Trees, genetics and evolution, just a perfect combo!

Image shows the title of the article, "The time has come for big changes to improve research funding", and the author, Peter Kolarz.

The competitive #researchfunding system is at breaking point. In our new Perspective, Peter Kolarz from @rorinstitute.bsky.social argues for whole system transformation, as innovations to address ongoing problems will not suffice.
🧪 #AcademicSky
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A new phD position in my lab about amphibian, infection diseases in a global changing world. Check it out! And spread the word ;)

Uppsala in late autumn

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

The chemistry of yeast – from Patagonia to local beer Listen to researcher Rike Stelkens talk about the role of yeast in evolution, and enjoy a tasting of locally brewed beer.

We will be telling the story behind the beer and our exciting journey to get it bottled at The Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 13th February. See the invitation to the event here: www.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/event/the...

We made a new lager beer! "Indomitus" for wild and untamed. Brewed with a wild yeast strain from Patagonia! This is the result of a super fun collaboration (and lots of hard work) with Francisco Cubillos in Chile (@fcocubillosr.bsky.social) and Andrés Furukawa at the Nils Oscar Brewery in Sweden.

Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12...

🍄🖋 #imageoftheweek ¦ A sketch of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms, drawn using ink from the mushrooms themselves!

Art meets nature, thanks to Professor @neil-gow.bsky.social 🌳

Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes - Nature WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...

First time on Bsky and first big announcement!

I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.

Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

Ecological stoichiometry and life history theory, not the identity of genomic variants, predict rapid adaptation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11....

Predicting Hybrid Fitness: The Effects of Ploidy and Complex Ancestry Abstract. Hybridization between divergent populations places alleles in novel genomic contexts. This can inject adaptive variation – which is useful for br

New paper published together with John Welch on hybrid fitness and how it depends on ploidy and # of distinct ancestries, incl some remarkable fits of data & theory 😶. Keen to hear any thoughts/comments/questions! doi.org/10.1093/gene... Thanks to the team @ Genetics for the smooth experience :)

🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics!

Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.

More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position

Faces of different guenon species to show their morphological differences

If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
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Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University

📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)

Picture of MEME students on the beach

Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu

How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...

PopGLen—A Snakemake pipeline for performing population genomic analyses using genotype likelihood-based methods AbstractSummary. PopGLen is a Snakemake workflow for performing population genomic analyses within a genotype-likelihood framework, integrating steps for r

Happy to see my former @nbis.se advisory program student Zach Nolen's new pipeline PopGLen for analyses of short-read data using genotype-likelihood based methods out!

Github: github.com/zjnolen/PopG...
Paper: academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

Brown and green morphs of Ptychadena robeensis. A locus near FoxD3 is associated with dorsal coloration in Ptychadena robeensis.

Many frogs can be either green or brown—two colors that can help them stay hidden depending on their environment. A study explores how evolution can maintain multiple color morphs for millions of years through long-term balancing selection. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Are you a researcher from the Global South working in the Global North?
We are looking at whether host institutions’ support systems are truly adequate and culturally relevant — and what changes could make them more inclusive.

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#GlobalSouthSurvey

Introgression and Parental Conflict Underlie Repeated Occurrences of Postzygotic Isolation Postzygotic reproductive isolation is often thought to accumulate as a byproduct of neutral divergence. Yet, it frequently evolves rapidly, in line with non-neutral evolution. A major driver of intrin...

I'm so proud of this work!!! It was an incredible amount of effort that started when I was trapped in a greenhouse during the pandemic and is only now seeing the light of day. Kudos to Megan, Hagar, & Pia!

We'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.

Several of our reserachers are among the 122 expert signatories in an #op-ed calling for the Swedish goverment to take immidiate action to prevent #genocide in #Gaza:

🔗 dagensarena.se/opinion/sverige-lever-inte-upp-till-internationella-ataganden-att-forhindra-folkmord

Application deadline in less than a week! Apply to join the Uppsala Human Evolution team!

And finally formatted :)
Complex Genomic Landscape of Inversion Polymorphism in Europe's Most Destructive Forest Pest
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photo credit: Gilles San Martin

Path diagram of pollen fates

Where does pollen go after leaving a flower? Our paper on pollen fates in buzz pollinated flowers is out. Congrats to the three brilliant undergrads that carried out this study from beginning to end!

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⚡️The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre is recruiting a PhD Student in climate change adaptation of forest ecosystems.

🕒 4-year full-time PhD position
📅 Application deadline: 8 October 2025

🔗 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #AssistedMigration #ClimateChange

Two independent origins of XY sex chromosomes in Asparagus The relatively young and repeated evolutionary origins of dioecy (separate sexes) in flowering plants enable investigation of molecular dynamics occurring at the earliest stages of sex chromosome evol...

Analyses of a new genomes for garden asparagus and a Mediterranean basin congener reveal independent origins of dioecy and XY sex chromosomes. The work led by Phil Bentz @pbentz.bsky.social finds no overlap in the two Y-linked sex-determination genes - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... .

This Saturday 13 September at 19:00 I’m giving a talk in the Linnaeus orangerie as part of the Culture night events. Stop by if you’re around! I heard there will be music and dance events at the gardens. www.uu.se/en/faculty/s...