Over the moon to announce that I will be starting as full Professor in Evolutionary Biology at Durham University Durham BioSciences next March!    Will be recruiting two postdocs (4 & 2.5y) and a lab technician very soon too.   Looking very much forward to this new part of my academic journey!!

SMBEmeetings next Global Symposium GS7 is coming up in February- are you studying the evolutionary importance of genomic structural variants or designing new methods for their detection? Abstract deadline is next week, don't miss! smbe.org/smbe/MEETINGS/…

I'm super excited to say that I am the new SICB Phylogenetics and Comparative Biology Student/Postdoc Rep! I'll be working with the division & SICB to put on ECR-focused programming & be a resource for ECRs. My job in this role is to support YOU: feel free to reach out w/ what SICB Phylogenetics and Comparative Biology & I can do for you!

We, U of T Trash Team 🦝 , are so honored to have received this award. It really means the world. This is a result of the amazing creativity, hard work and passion from our students, volunteers and partners!

Job alert! We're seeking a Quantitative Ecology Postdoc. Apps open til filled. See full info, and please share widely! jasonrohrlab.com/postdoc-opport…

For the first time ever, I am formally appealing a grant rejection from NSERC / CRSNG. They declined my grant on an absurd technicality that honestly I would never have expected from NSERC / CRSNG, a funding agency I respect and have worked hard for 1/n

New work led by Zoë Humphries and @bmsacchi: When things are bad they get even worse! We assembled and characterized the rapid genome evolution and extensive degeneration in young Y chromosomes that arose in a repetitive region of low recombination biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are searching for an Assoc. Professor in Plant Ecology! Join us at the Plant Ecology and Evolution program @UU_University in beautiful Sweden. We are looking for a highly motivated and friendly colleague with complementary expertise to us. Apply here: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Interested in discovering new things about bugs, behavior, evolution? Funded MSc positions available in my lab in beautiful Nova Scotia. One month till the StFX University grad school app deadline.

👀TT faculty searches at UNH! Horticultural Crop Physiologist (abiotic/biotic stress, nutritional quality, postharvest, climate change adaptation) & Plant Pathologist (biology, Eco/Evo, epidemiology, biorational, New England Ag.). jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59021 jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59023

Assistant/Associate professor position at Cornell University. Applications received by January 31, 2024, will be given full consideration.

Fun announcement this morning. A testament to all the fantastic folks I’ve had the privilege of working with in the lab!

Get those applications for assistant professor in Botany and Plant Pathology ready! Jan 31 for full consideration.

I just have to share that I'm giddy with excitement because I'm organizing "thinking series" (free!) webinar on Critical Concepts on Microbial Dormancy with EIC Jack Gilbert and the speaker line up is FAN-TAS-TIC! stay tuned! You aren't going to want to miss this! #microbiome

Thrilled to share our latest paper out in Ecology Letters! We show that mutualisms impact trait evolution BEYOND the traits involved in the interaction. Specialised mutualisms tend to stabilise traits, while generalist mutualisms favour change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

The Ohio Mushroom DNA Lab is offering free DNA barcoding for any wild collected fungus, found anywhere in the world. They need to be dried and packaged in ziplock snack sized bags, labeled with the iNaturalist observation # docs.google.com/document/d/1Kz…

We found an ancient (13,000 years was our estimate) oak clone. Now they want to develop the land. Argh. latimes.com/environment/st…

Carbon is exchanged between ectomycorrhizal fungi, but not between co-existing tree hosts Audisio et al. Michela Audisio 📖 ow.ly/WOAt50StOJn

SO excited to finally share this news! The Clean Swell® app has been used to record cleanup data for decades with the #InternationalCoastalCleanup and now groups in the #InternationalTrashTrapNetwork can feed their data straight into this global database.