📝 Registrations are now open for the 2024 GSA conference, held at Macquarie University June 30th–July 3rd. Abstract and earlybird registration close April 20th, so be quick! gsa2024.com/registration

The project to holistically restore Floreana Island in the #Galapagos hit another milestone this week, with native finches released in the highlands and lowlands! Read about these important members of Floreana’s ecosystem: islandconservation.org/press-release-… #conservation #biodiversity

And that’s a wrap! 5 islands, 5 weeks and hundreds of #avianVampireFly samples later, it’s time to leave this enchanting archipelago. After 20 years of research here, it continues to ignite my inspiration for evolutionary biology. Thankyou Sonia Kleindorfer Charles Darwin Foundation-Fundación Charles Darwin Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences

We have two postdoc positions (two years) available here in Italy at Marche Polytechnic University and the University of Ferrara on the genomics of the Apennine yellow-bellied toad 🐸💛🇮🇹 Come join us! It's great here! DM me for more details!

Half way through our field work for Abbie Hay’s PhD project on the Galápagos Islands! So far 3 islands have been sampled for the invasive #avianvampirefly #Philornis which we will sequence to look at inter island selection and gene flow Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences Science and Engineering @ MQU Sonia Kleindorfer

Still time to apply for this PhD with us School of Biological Sciences gretabocedi.com/opportunities/!
The project is very open to be shaped by the student interests and collaborators are fantastic! Lesley Lancaster Rachael Dudaniec Erik Svensson and Isabella Capellini. QUADRAT
Informal enquiries welcome!

It’s fantastic to be back in the #GalápagosIslands collecting Avian Vampire Flies (Philornis downsi) with PhD in my group Abbie Hay and Sonia Kleindorfer! We will visit 4 islands in the next 4 weeks.

Google's newly launched AI Gemini looks incredibly useful for scientific research. #Gemini #AI

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Co-supervised by Lesley Lancaster, Isabella Capellini, Rachael Dudaniec & Erik Svensson

What are the key predictors of invasion success?

We are seeking a 2024 PhD applicant to explore a variety of questions available in a system of endemic and differentially invasive blowflies to determine what it takes to be a successful invader.

The Royal Society intends to deliver a new mid-career Fellowship, funded by a £250 million Government endowment. The Faraday Discovery Fellowships, launching in 2024 will support scientists to pursue discovery-led ground-breaking #STEM research: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2023/11/2…

AI@MQ is taking off here at the Centre for Applied Artificial Intelligence EOY Workshop hosted @google. Science and Engineering @ MQU

PhD position on bumblebee and honeybee health and evolution - open for applicants! Join the Landscape Genomics Lab Macquarie University School of Natural Sciences to untangle how invasion and pathogens affect bee evolution. Domestic and International applicants encouraged. See:
mq.edu.au/research/phd-a… Science and Engineering @ MQU

Reminder to apply before the 18th of October to have the possibility to attend the Workshops on Genomics (evomics.org/2024-workshop-…) and Phylogenomics (evomics.org/apply-workshop…)! Tell your colleagues and anyone who might be interested! #evomics #genomics #phylogenomics