📢 Molecular Ecologists, we'd like your input! We have created the ⬇️ survey to help us understand which review & synthesis topics will be relevant & inspiring for our readers. This will guide invitations over the coming months. Please fill in & retweet! buff.ly/3p9bz9G

Thanks to PhD student Gina Lamka's leadership, we have a great new paper out exploring the power of epigenetics in ecology, evolution, and conservation Dr. Avril Harder SchwartzLab Mark Christie J. Andrew DeWoody (and Mekala Sundaram) doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2… 👀

Amazing work this summer Andrea Miranda!

New preprint with Samarth Mathur, Janna Willoughby, and Kenneth Kirksey on ROH inference from whole-genome data 🧬 Study was motivated by my quest to understand ROHs in my own data and being thoroughly confused, so I welcome feedback on how to make this more helpful!

⁦⁦⁦AU College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment⁩ research team including Drs. ⁦⁦Lori Eckhardt⁩, ⁦⁦Janna Willoughby⁩, Joseph Fan, Lana Narine, and extension agent Ryan Mitchell are collaborating with the USFS to find solutions to a threat to pine forests! ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_…

I am so pumped to share that my MS thesis "Effects of developmental exposure to neurotoxic algal metabolites on predator-prey interactions in larval Pimephales promelas" is now in print! authors.elsevier.com/a/1gs2rB8ccyVdF 1/n

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Stemming from the discourse in conservation bio & molecular genetics, our study shows adaptive & neutral variation is indeed correlated, But it’s more nuanced, as recent population declines breaks the link & makes future assessments less predictable | PNAS tinyurl.com/FgdNgd

Please congratulate our 2023 travel award recipients!!! 👏 🎉 Read more about them below, and be sure to check out their presentations at the upcoming The Wildlife Society annual conference!

Today, Damseltemitee presented her research on fungi pathogens at the University of St. Andrew, Scotland! Great Job Temi!!👏🏽🥳 Population Genetics Group The Genetics Society #PopGroup57

On this #NationalLeadershipDay we recognize the impact that leaders in our lab make in people’s lives to develop themselves and others! Here are some pictures from when our lab led a strawberry DNA extraction during the Jr Mad Scientist outreach event in October 2023! 🍓🧬👩‍🔬

Read more about Hannah Henry, M.Sc. Ecological Society Graduate Student Policy Award here, congratulations Hannah!: wildlifewildernessrecreationlab.org/news

Last week Damseltemitee and Tabeth Mwema attended the 38th Annual MANRRS Conference and Career Expo where they had the opportunity to present their research, attend workshops, and network with leaders, universities, and federal and state agencies 🤝🏽🧬 #MANRRS #MANRRS38

Interested in speciation, genetic drift, and/or desert pupfish? If so, Erangi Heenkenda 's latest paper might be of interest. It explains how we think one species should be recognized as two, and how that apparently happened very rapidly due to genetic drift.

🎓 Thrilled to share I successfully defended my M.S. at Auburn University! My thesis explores dolphin and sea turtle interactions, highlighting the need for better public understanding of wildlife and laws. 🌊🐬🐢 Excited for my PhD at UNC, and future conservation efforts! 🌎

I'm the best at typos. The graduate positions available in my lab have an August 2025 start date.