Positive moves in #Budget2024 on research, training, and innovation support. Bravo. ISED PAGSE || PFST Support Our Science

Registration and abstract submission for the 3rd Joint Congress (ESEB, SSE, American Naturalist, Society of Systematic Biologists) on Evolutionary Biology is now open!

To register: evolutionmeetings.org/registration.h…

Further details: evolutionmeetings.org

Evolutionary concepts and techniques may provide insights into the essential raw materials for adaptation to environmental change and other crucial sustainability challenges.
Read our latest paper: Recentering evolution for sustainability science
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Applications due soon for the T.H. Huxley Award, which provides funding to present an evolution education resource or activity at a conference. Learn more about recently awarded projects on our website.

Deadline February 1!

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🧫New pre-print from CUBE🧫led by Aaron Hinz (lab wizard!). We show that floor swabs can be used to identify COVID-19 cases on a university campus. Floor swabs had stronger correlation than wastewater, req less setup costs, and are less gross 💩 1/3 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Graham’s contributions to evolution are legendary. His journey is inspiring.

Using little things to answer big questions. 2nd edition of Experimental Evolution and Nature of Biodiversity due out in April 2024 from Oxford Academic. Thx to Chris Griffin christophergriffin.ca for the cover. McGill University SSE ESEB

A great department. Highly recommend.

'The letter calls on Chrystia Freeland to boost the funds available through the fed granting agencies in the fall economic statement and to increase the size of scholarships and stipends...' #SupportourScience #BouchardReport theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

very much looking forward to hosting Andrew Morris to AMR Centre to discuss current challenges in accessing high value antimicrobials, concrete paths to bring these to canadian market. Join us Nov 23! panel with Marcel Behr Rees Kassen Anita Melnyk and others!

This helpful piece contains a nugget of data that rings personally true - the net flow of Canadian university students from western provinces to eastern ones (esp ON, QC, and NS). A king standing tradition in this country.

Can spatial subdivision of a population accelerate adaptation? Yep. Check out our new study with Partha Pratim Chakraborty & Louis R Nemzer for more details: doi.org/10.1093/evlett… Evolution Letters

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Ecological interactions are key to supporting biodiversity. How do they evolve? Pleased to see Noah Houpt’s strong work out in print.

Pls share: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Microbial Biology at UC Davis (mmg.ucdavis.edu).
Deadline: October 17, 2023
 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05986

Our lab (adaptationlab.in) needs one more great postdoc who is excited to work on bacterial evolution! Write if you'd like to develop an experimental/bioinformatics project for a DBT-RA or similar fellowship.
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Such a loss. A warm, supportive human and a true leader in the field. May his memory be a blessing.

8 year old Sarah knew that ballet was not her sport.

28 year old Sarah is questioning if science was the right career.

Graduate student and Postdoc pay has remained largely unchanged for these 20 years!

We can do better for future researchers.

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Now accepted for publication in Evolution Letters!

Thanks to amazing coauthors Rees Kassen and Partha Pratim Chakraborty.

Thanks also to the #Fulbright program
Fulbright Canada who helped make this collaboration possible. Department of State

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Some sobering data on disinvestment by the public sector: State of Postsecondary Education in Canada 2023 higheredstrategy.com/spec-2023/