So proud, excited, and happy of our Shark Research Lab on their outstanding work!

I am very happy that my first "Perspective"-article in Evolution Journal is now out! I reflect over the 40 years that have passed since the publication of the landmark paper by Lande & Arnold (1983) and its impact on field studies on phenotypic selection: academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…

Við fögnum líffræðilegri fjölbreytni á Íslandi með hátíð allt árið 2023.

And our amazing line-up of keynote speakers continues. We are are so happy to announce Amanda Bates Amanda E Bates and Narissa Bax Dr Bax as invited speakers #EMBS56

If you'll be at #Evol2023 this week, go see my awesome PhD student Sarah Marion present cool new findings on lethal alleles from a natural Drosophila population-- what some of the mutations are, preliminary associations with recombination rate, and more!

Thrilled to officially announce that I will be joining @HumboldtBiolSci as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2024!

Excited to announce that I've started a position as a population geneticist at the Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland)! Glad to be contributing the continual building of exemplary marine research programs in and around Iceland.

A new paper claiming a simple model of genetics fit a range of social traits. It’s interesting data, but it’s a massive reach to say the model fit reflects genetic effects, as there’s no control for environment here. 1/n

Only this week left to benefit from the early bird discount rate! DL 15.07. Safe some money and be the early bird! #EMBS56 embs2023.com/registration/

Spennandi að vera partur of þessari fyrstu skýrslu sem meðhöfundur hjá Hafró / Excited to be a part of this report, my first as a co-author from Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland, on the rates of hybridization between wild populations and escaped Norwegian salmon: hafogvatn.is/is/midlun/utga…

Postdoc in Molecular Genetics of Adaptation – Pespeni Lab, University of Vermont. Flexible project, expertise in linking genotype to phenotype. 2+ years of funding; NIH pay scale; Ideal start Sept 1. Email mpespeni at uvm dot edu if interested! Pls RT! blog.uvm.edu/mpespeni/

Undirbúningur fyrir Líffræðiráðstefnuna 2023 að spólast í gang eftir gott sumarfrí. Við vorum að opna fyrir innsendingu ágripa! Skilafrestur er 15/9. // Call for abstracts - abstract submission for the IceBio2023 conference is open! Deadline is 15 Sept. biologia.is/2023/08/18/lif…

What a great line up of keynote speakers for this week! First up today is Mark Costello, talking about Global ocean biogeography - latitude, depth, climate change, 20 °C Effect #EMBS56

This week we are at #EMBS56 in Reykjavik. On Wednesday 6/9 we will talk about what we can learn from 15 years of WoRMS and the rates of new marine species descriptions. EMBS @embssymposium.bsky.social #marinespecies embs2023.com/programme/

Day 2 is kicking off with a keynote by Sissel Jentoft Uncovering genomic variation linked to sub-populations and cryptic ecotypes in marine fish species: implications for sustainable management programmes? #EMBS56

Allt á fullu núna fyrir #LífRáð23! Eftir all margar beiðnir, hefur skilafrestur ágripa verið framlengdur til miðnættis þriðjudaginn 19. september! Meiri upplýsingar hér: biologia.is/2023/09/15/skr…

We're now moving full steam ahead for IceBio23! Following multiple requests, we're extending our abstract submission deadline until Tuesday, September 19th! More information here: biologia.is/2023/09/15/skr…

New paper published in Cell Reports Sustainability There are some species that we are all aware of that are critically endangered such as the panda, but what about the rest? In this study the authors analysed global trends in biodiversity conservation research. They find that

This month's editorial is about the lesser-known species that are critically endangered focusing on freshwater mussels that face threats from climate change, river dredging, pollution and invasive species #BiodiversityDay cell.com/cell-reports-s…

The Alfred Wegener Institute is carrying out an expedition in the Arctic on the historic research vessel and icebreaker RV Polarstern. An employee from MFRI, population geneticist Dr. Áki Jarl Láruson, is participating in the expedition, working on a project called “The impact of