There is strength in (bio)diversity👏 Recently, the European Reference Genome Atlas team shared 98 new reference genomes, including species sequenced at Sanger, like the iconic White-Tailed Sea Eagle. 33 countries came together to make this project a success. Read more ⤵️ sanger.ac.uk/news_item/pan-…

PhD oportunity! We're looking for a doctoral researcher in tropical forest ecology, to be based at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Join us to contribute to ongoing research in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. ARAÇÁ Project More details here: tinyurl.com/4hzcx662

Bumblebees, cute mysteries of the sky. Still understudied, the evolution of their mitochondrial DNA is found to support the #Monophyly status of Bombus & its subgenera, offering exciting opportunities for future research in this field! 🐝 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/adv… The Linnean Society of London

There are only 3 seats available for the PacBio Genome Assembly course with Marcela Uliano-Silva & ferreiranunes.joao in November: physalia-courses.org/courses-worksh… Please RT

But there is a country for old men – Future of social democracy ips-journal.eu/topics/future-… via International Politics & Society

We invite all scientists across the Neotropics to join us for this session, where we’ll explore both the challenges and the exciting opportunities of applying genomics to biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean. #genomics #neotropics

Don’t miss Mark Blaxter from Wellcome Sanger Institute at #BG24 tomorrow. His welcome talk will discuss building biodiversity genomics across the world 🌎 Register today : biodiversitygenomicsconference.org/registration

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

LIVE at #BG24 : @vozterra1 just began their performance. You won't want to miss it, register now. #music #INDIGENOUS #indigenousmusic

This is making me feel so much. It's wonderful! Connect and listen to @VozTerra !

A favorite quote for 'why stories' is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 'Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize...” Come join us mañana! Ann Mc Cartney Marcela Uliano-Silva Erich Jarvis Robert Kraus Earth BioGenome Project 🌍

Jason Hickel Very good analysis, I did the TL:DR version

Trump wins the White House. Again. The Democrats blew it. Again. A depressing yet predictable result.

It has to be now.

Exclusive: Brazil’s President Lula reacts to President Trump’s re-election, urging him to protect the climate: “He has to think as an inhabitant of the planet Earth,” Lula tells me. “There is no other place to live.” Our full interview airs Friday on CNN International and PBS

Teaching an amazing group of people is always a double pleasure! Amazing week!

The problem with liberalism is that it rests on a fundamental contradiction that cannot be resolved. It will always fail, it will always collapse, and this explains everything about our current moment. Liberals try to hold two commitments at once: on the one hand, they are

I will keep posting there when the whim suits me, and I won't have to worry about any "swim lanes" or other censorship. Please check out my newest post, on RFK Jr., just published. It feels good to write freely again: genome.fieldofscience.com/2024/11/rfk-jr… 5/5

Whoever controls production, and the surplus we produce, determines the shape and direction of our civilisation. If we do not have democratic control over our surplus then we can hardly say we live in a democracy.