We're hiring a Project Assistant to study biogeography & diversification in ants! Fieldwork, lab work & data analysis involved. Location: GITAM University, Visakhapatnam Deadline: June 5 Details and application form: aparnalajmi.weebly.com/join.html #Evolution #ResearchJobs #Entomology

Much like fingerprints, humans can be identified using their nasal airflow patterns. By measuring air as it flows in and out of the nose over a 24-hour period, researchers identified individuals with up to 96.8% accuracy (in a cohort of 97 people).

Fascinating!

Announcing a new ISEB initiative: The D. D. Joshi Best Thesis Award. home.evolutionindia.org/awards Students in the broad area of evolution who defended their thesis during calendar year 2024 are eligible to apply for the first award to be given later this year (for details: link) 1/4

PhD students in India in the areas of evolution, ecology, behaviour, organismal biology and systematics, who defended their thesis in 2024, and whose work represents a conceptual advance, are encouraged to apply. For details, see link in original post. Siddarth Koduru Joshi Clintus Network Limited

📢Applications Open! Applications are now open for the first course under the Indica School of Field Ecology and Conservation, offered in partnership with School of Biology, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram IISER Thiruvananthapuram "Arthropod Ecology and Taxonomy 2025" 📍 IISER TVM 🔗Link to Apply: bit.ly/4lrGhGy

Announcing the 9th Edition of the online "Biostatistics: A User's Perspective" course. This will be an intuitive understanding of the useful bits, without getting bogged down by the gory maths. sites.google.com/acads.iiserpun… Please consider spreading the word. Thanks!

We have paid JRF openings to work on problems in: -extinction -epistasis -protein evolution -HGT Looking for motivated candidates with a GATE score & background in micro/mol bio. Interested candidates should write to Supreet with their CV sites.google.com/view/esmlab/co…

Glad to announce the 6th Annual conference of EvolutionIndia to be hosted at IISER Berhampur later this year. Abstract submission starts today. More details to follow. Spread the word #iiseb6 #EvolutionIndia

Applications Open: D. D. Joshi Best Thesis Award. Indian nationals, at an Indian institution, who successfully defended their PhD/Int. PhD thesis in the year 2024 in evolution, ecology, behaviour, organismal biology or systematics are encouraged to apply. home.evolutionindia.org/awards

Applications for the D.D. Joshi Best Thesis Award for theses defended in 2024 are now open at the ISEB website.

A new evolutionary analysis of butterflies finds their “false heads” arose from the coalescence of multiple traits. scim.ag/3TviYzO

Our false head work is out! By analysing ~1000 butterflies, we found many traits at posterior end of hindwings evolved correlatedly, likely forming a trait complex w/adaptive function to dupe predators into thinking these traits together are actual head!! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Identifying rare spontaneous mutations through wildtype E. coli population sequencing biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_evobio

Registration to #iseb6 is now open. Please register and also spread the word. Check out: sites.google.com/iiserbpr.ac.in…

Resource presentation shapes evolution! In our latest work, we show that chemically identical nutrients can drive different evolutionary responses, just based on how they're presented. Sounds wild? We explain 👇 (1/6)

Introducing the website for my NPTEL course on evolution. As of now, it simply contains the YT links, an AI-generated summary, and some links. Over time, there will be a lot more material for each lecture, including references and Further readings. sites.google.com/view/evolbiol/…

A great course for those interested in understanding evolution - by one of India's finest evolutionary biologists.

A wonderful opportunity to learn the basics of Evolutionary Biology directly from one of the best experts in this fundamental subject!

Our paper is out. First collaboration work with the regeneration group at IISER Pune. Congratulations Kalika Prasad cell.com/current-biolog…