I'm hiring a lab supervisor (1-year parental leave cov) to manage the primate genomics & ecology BSL-2 lab & support our field-based applications. Much work will be on-line until COVID-19 crisis is over. Please apply/ spread the word. DM me w questions careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/5192445-l…

New Amanda Melin (she/her) paper out in Royal Society Publishing Bio Letters! We looked at genetic variation related to ethanol metabolism across 85 mammals and found patterns of gene loss & selection related to diet. 🐘🦇🐬 Brief thread with results to follow! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

A pessoa filmou os vampirinhos de cabeça pra baixo enquanto descansavam, e o troço virou uma balada gótica. Eu não consigo parar de ver esse vídeo!

Our latest paper, co-led by undergrad Jia Tang & postdoc Alice C. Poirier, assesses mouse urinary odors across the oestrous cycle using vaginal cytology paired w portable & benchtop GC-MS. Collaboration w: Omer Nevo @lais_aa_moreira Gwen Duytschaever royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

We are aiming to recruit a PhD student to our group at the University of Calgary to study the intersection of microbes, reproduction, and chemical communication in wild Peruvian tamarins. Please DM me if interested! Key team members: Field Projects Alice C. Poirier Shasta E. Webb, PhD

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Canadian tricouncil agencies have announced a Special Trainee Response Fund (Ukraine). As an active grant-holder, I can apply for a supplement to provide one-year assistance to master’s, PhD, or postdocs whose research in Ukraine has been interrupted 1/2

Our new manuscript w Gwen Duytschaever, @PatriciaStroher & others in Applied Biosafety was motivated by needs of researchers to safely ship/receive bio samples internationally. We review efficacy of TRIzol in inactivating animal pathogens tldr: it works well liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ap…