Sneak peek of @ASNAmNat poster that will be available in a few weeks. All proceeds benefit diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the society.

Please submit your questions and feedback by March 7! It’s so important to hear from the community this will serve.

We are providing free virtual admission to Evolution 2022 and memberships to @ASNAmNat for ~100 graduate students and post-docs. To apply, please fill out the form below: forms.gle/anRWiFaWj1MiE1…

Registration for #Evol2022, our 1st hybrid meeting, is open: evolutionmeetings.org Join us in-person in Cleveland (Jun 24-28) or virtually (Jun 21 & 22). Lots of options & some diffs from our traditional meeting. Detailed info on our website. SSE @ASNAmNat Society of Systematic Biologists

@mRoussy23 and I have been looking at the current state of Tri-Council awards for grad students. It's not great. For ex, the NSERC / CRSNG PGS-D award has not changed in value since 2008. The red line is Statistics Canada's poverty line (dashed is an estimate based on inflation).

Using PicMin, I got very clear results for my ongoing project on repeated adaptation to whole genome duplication in Arabidopsis with Roswitha Schmickl. Can very much recommend!

Congratulations to Todd Vision for receiving the @ASNAmNat Presidential Award for Outstanding Service to the Community, for his role in the development of Dryad! Read more about it here: amnat.org/announcements/…  #uncbiology #unc #biology #asn #award #dryad

Reminder: May 15th is the deadline for #Evol2022: *in-person talk submission *virtual talk submission *early (i.e. discount) for in-person registration Hope to see you virtually or in-person in Cleveland!

Attn *ALL* Canadian scientists & engineers! Sign open letter to Justin Trudeau & François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) 🇨🇦 (bit.ly/3vWWDQt) asking the CDN Gov to increase NSERC / CRSNG graduate student funding to above the poverty line & #PDFs to a reasonable wage. Pls RT & spread the word!!

.Evolution Meetings is now seeking an Assistant Meeting Officer to work on organizing the Evolution 2023 meeting and beyond. Want to get involved in planning future Evolution meetings? Submit your statement of interest and CV today! evolutionsociety.org/news/display/2… @ASNAmNat Society of Systematic Biologists

Symposium call for ASN @ASNAmNat Asilomar 2023 conference!! Have an idea? Accepting proposals *now* through July 1. amnat.org/announcements/… See details in 🧵 or DM! (and RT!)

Please spread the word that we are recruiting 3 new members to begin their term on council this fall! If you have questions about what being on grad council entails or how you can apply, see our announcement here or email us at [email protected] asngrads.com/home/recruitin… @ASNAmNat

I just learned about Ballard and Michael Whitlock's Freshman Law of Selective Neutrality: "If it’s important enough to learn about in first-year biology, it’s probably under strong selection.” h/t Darren Irwin

This year’s Crafoord Prize is awarded to Dolph Schluter who has demonstrated that Darwin’s theories about natural selection are true in practice. Watch the full film and read more: ow.ly/Gb3L50MERz0 University of British Columbia University of Michigan Alumni Association of the University of Michigan #Darwin #biosciences #CrafoordPrize

1/3 In the House today, I recognized this year’s laureates of the Killam Prize🍁, which acknowledges Canadian leaders whose work focuses on the biggest challenges of our time. #KillamTrusts KillamLaureates

I am very honored to have been invited to give a research talk within the Bengalaru Population Genetics and Evolution School this winter in Bangalore (India) among so many great names, like @sarperotto and Michael Whitlock! Many thanks to @DeepaAgashe for this kind invitation!

Excited to share some new work from my PhD with Michael Whitlock on the effects of background selection (BGS) on genetic diversity (π) and genetic differentiation, FST, in an island model.