📢New discovery was led by Juan Shi's & Richard C. Hamelin's lab found that morphological variants of Asian longhorn beetles in China challenge hybrid hypothesis. 👉doi.org/10.1111/1744-7… Wiley Ecology & Evolution Ilga Porth

Developing tree improvement strategies for challenging environmental stresses under global climate change: a review from traditional tree breeding to genomics of adaptive traits for the quaking aspen biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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It was fun to be a part of this giant review effort Journal of Evolutionary Biology discussing inversions and all of their complications. "How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process" doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14… Claire Mérot Rui Faria Esra Durmaz Mitchell @[email protected] Anja Westram & many more!

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Machine learning for microbiologists nature.com/articles/s4157… In this Review, Segata, Waldron and co discuss key concepts of machine learning that are relevant to microbiologists and provide them with a set of tools to apply machine learning in microbiology research.

The article is published #OpenAccess (thanks to Ohio State) and can be found here: doi.org/10.1111/mec.17…

Do you research Oaks? International Oak Symposium is coming to Knoxville, Tennessee, USA next October 7-10, 2024! Abstracts due Jan. 19...

AI-informed conservation genomics for the assessment of extinction risk and recovery potential of threatened species go.nature.com/3SxmlGA

Ongoing convergent evolution of a selfing syndrome threatens plant–pollinator interactions - Acoca‐Pidolle - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Unraveling the transcriptional features and gene expression networks of pathogenic and saprotrophic Ophiostoma species during the infection of Ulmus americana | Microbiology Spectrum journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

How advanced genetic testing can be used to combat the illegal timber trade theconversation.com/how-advanced-g… via The Conversation Canada Nice work Melanie! Dr. Melanie Zacharias; Thanks also to Nathalie for inspiring conversations Nathalie Isabel

#UBCForestry’s Professor Yousry A. El-Kassaby shares his fascinating research on how advanced DNA mapping can open new avenues for functional studies in poplar trees. 🧬🌳 Read here: bit.ly/49XRHfp

Check out our new paper in Molecular Ecology "Does urbanisation lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant?" Thanks to all the GLUE collaborators we were able to investigate #urban #evolution at a global scale. doi.org/10.1111/mec.17… Bonus cartoon :

Exciting news! 🎉 My MSc paper on Betula shrubs' syngameon is out! Big thanks to all the sampling teams who made this research possible! 🙌 #betula #birch #syngameon #genomics #adaptation Julie Godbout Nathalie Isabel Ilga Porth Evolutionary Applications onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

🌳The poplar genome is not limited to the tree's genes🧬, but also it's associated microbiome🦠 Look up the chapter "The Poplar Microbiome" I co-authored, in "The Poplar Genome" book 📗👇 Springer Nature #microbiome Annie DesRochers Armand Seguin link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Quality & cost-effectiveness are key to successful renovations! Renovation concepts enable residents to make fast, reliable & cost-effective improvements, which is crucial in achieving our climate goals. This is what an #EUFunded project aims to achieve: europa.eu/!6CTt47

Decision makers and policy makers need data to make informed decision for better forests management. CIFOR-ICRAF's Richard Eba’a Atyi and Damase Khasa discuss the role of technology in sustainable forest management and the Central Africa Forest Observatory (OFAC) Tune in: 📺:

Our work continues as we assess the impact of root cutting on #urbantree health. Ravosoa (MSc student) climbs into a lift for the first time. Collaborators include Ilga Porth & Ian Major’s team CFL Science. A short video of work below 👇🏽 Foresterie, géographie et géomatique ULaval CEF_CFR Chaire de recherche CRAUM

I am speaking at NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY SOCIETY INAUGURAL CONFERENCE. Please checkout the details of my talk at: whova.com/xems/apis/open…