New #HeredityPodcast:​ The use of genetic simulations is gaining popularity. In this episode we learn about SLiM (messerlab.org/slim/), one of the most popular software packages, from one of its creators - Ben Haller. The Genetics Society #Genetics #Evolution

Delighted to receive the 2024 JBS Haldane Award The Genetics Society & to give my lecture on lessons from the history of plant breeding in Cambridge today. Special thanks to wonderful friends & collaborators Laura Dixon GIA Dr Stéphanie M. Swarbreck for joining the celebration Gonville & Caius College

Genetic and environmental effects on morphological traits of social phenotypes in wasps go.nature.com/3yzF0ua

Congratulations Professor Josephine Pemberton awarded British Ecological Society highest honour – honorary membership Her research on wild animal populations in the Rum Deer Research & St Kilda Soay Sheep Project projects have led to ground-breaking insights into the natural world ➡️edin.ac/3TeRej4

Interested (or have students that might be interested ) in joining us EvoBioMunich for a PhD on Heliconius visual preferences? Get in touch! DAAD/LSM studentship call is now open. Please RT. lsm.bio.lmu.de/apply/pdh_proj…

Do you know all the benefits of being a Genetics Society member? Get free access to Heredity, 50% discount on Royal Society of Biology membership, various grands, funding to organise one-off meetings and much more! Find out about all the membership benefits: genetics.org.uk/membership/

Looking for a place to publish your work? Maybe Heredity would be a good fit for your paper? 👉🏼nature.com/hdy/authors-an…

Our 2024 Summer Studentship Workshop is in full swing Gonville & Caius College! We have 25 excellent students talking about their summer projects and members of the Society sharing their career + research stories! Now we’ve Jonathan Pettitt talking about the importance of storytelling in science!

One plus of publishing with Heredity could be if your institute has an agreement for Open Access publications #OA springernature.com/gp/open-scienc…

My department at UMass Boston is searching for an Assistant Professor of Biology in marine ecology (or evolution), broadly defined. More details here: employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/j…. Please RT & share.

Really looking forward to the upcoming AAB Cereal Quality meeting & the chance to share some perspectives on wheat for the future AAB

Starting the second day of our summer studentship workshop Gonville & Caius College! The day starts with a fantastic talk from Ian Henderson with an overview of his career and research.

‼️Just one week left to submit your “idea for IDEA” in 800 words or less 😎 Please RT! Reach out if you have questions, we’re happy to help. #Grants #Funding #DEI OfficialSMBE SMBE IDEA taskforce SMBEmeetings

After another session of student talks, we’re now hearing from Alison Woollard and her inspiring career trajectory and research University of Oxford!

I have received an European Research Council (ERC) ERCStG! 🇪🇺🙏🎉🙌 My EPIDEMIC team will sequence 500 genomes from Black Death victims to study human selection & recent geographic population genetic structure. Read more about the project here: t.ly/SxX8U PS: I'll be hiring soon!

We're extending the deadline for applying for 2 PhDs on assessing the impacts of deer on grasslands/forestry in Ireland. Genetics-focused but with plenty of fieldwork also! Fully-funded for 4 years with a €25k pa tax-free stipend. Deadline Sept 13th: gmit.ie/research/postg…

Don’t forget to submit your manuscript to Heredity special issue on C. elegans genetics and biology. The Genetics Society

That’s a wrap for this year’s summer studentship workshop Gonville & Caius College! Thank you to all students (and their supervisors) for such interesting work & talks. And thank you to the society members that helped run the workshop!

🎉Congratulations to this year’s summer studentship winners for best presentation: 1st prize - Lorelei-Monica Petcu 2nd prize - Hung Duc                             3rd prize - Rahaf Nazza

Hard to believe that 5 years have passed since the world lost two bright & shining stars. Taking a moment at Cam Botanic Garden to reflect & remember to "be more Greg" during a busy week in Cambridge. Here's some of the work he shared whilst NIAB acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…