Andrea Estandía
@andreaestandia.bsky.social
Researcher at the University of Oxford | a bit of everything: evolution, genomics, birds, moths 🐛🐦🧬 | BTO C ringer | she/ella
between cantabria and oxford 📍
www.andreaestandia.com
between cantabria and oxford 📍
www.andreaestandia.com
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Hello bluesky community!
I'm hiring a postdoc to do machine learning in population genetics.
Starting to build up a lab at Indiana University Bloomington where I just started a faculty position.
Apply with the below link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325
I'm hiring a postdoc to do machine learning in population genetics.
Starting to build up a lab at Indiana University Bloomington where I just started a faculty position.
Apply with the below link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The department of Biology is a large, unified department with strong undergraduate degrees, nationally-ranked graduate programs, and world-class research spanning the breadth of biological questions a...
indiana.peopleadmin.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hello bluesky community!
I'm hiring a postdoc to do machine learning in population genetics.
Starting to build up a lab at Indiana University Bloomington where I just started a faculty position.
Apply with the below link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325
I'm hiring a postdoc to do machine learning in population genetics.
Starting to build up a lab at Indiana University Bloomington where I just started a faculty position.
Apply with the below link: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325
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There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
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PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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Welcome to this week's EGI seminar in @biology.ox.ac.uk when Prof Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social from @monashbiol.bsky.social will talk on The Evolution of Metabolic Rate and Life History: 3.30pm Fri 14 Nov in Lecture Theatre 2 in the Life & Mind Building. Also live-streamed: instructions ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Welcome to this week's EGI seminar in @biology.ox.ac.uk when Prof Craig White @craig-white.bsky.social from @monashbiol.bsky.social will talk on The Evolution of Metabolic Rate and Life History: 3.30pm Fri 14 Nov in Lecture Theatre 2 in the Life & Mind Building. Also live-streamed: instructions ⬇️
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We're all looking forward to this week's seminar, being given by Kristen Ruegg from Colorado State University on the power of avian landscape genomics in the Genoscape Project. Seminar at 3.30pm on Friday 7 Nov in Lecture Theatre 1 in LaMB. Welcome in person or to join online - details ⬇️
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We're all looking forward to this week's seminar, being given by Kristen Ruegg from Colorado State University on the power of avian landscape genomics in the Genoscape Project. Seminar at 3.30pm on Friday 7 Nov in Lecture Theatre 1 in LaMB. Welcome in person or to join online - details ⬇️
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1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration
The reshuffling of genomic variation from multiple origins is an important contributor to phenotypic diversification, yet insights into the evolutionary trajectories of this combinatorial process and ...
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.
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Latest work out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social
We find the fly development gene bicoid is much older than previously thought (~20 million yrs older!) 🪰🧬
To pinpoint its origins we tackled the Diptera phylogeny, providing some resolution (many open questions remain).
🔗 tinyurl.com/2vyuevpy
We find the fly development gene bicoid is much older than previously thought (~20 million yrs older!) 🪰🧬
To pinpoint its origins we tackled the Diptera phylogeny, providing some resolution (many open questions remain).
🔗 tinyurl.com/2vyuevpy
Revised evolutionary relationships within Brachycera and the early origin of bicoid in flies
Mulhair et al. uncover a functional bicoid in non-cyclorrhaphan flies, pushing the
gene's origin back by ∼20 million years. Reassessing the Diptera phylogeny using the
largest dataset to date permits ...
www.cell.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Latest work out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social
We find the fly development gene bicoid is much older than previously thought (~20 million yrs older!) 🪰🧬
To pinpoint its origins we tackled the Diptera phylogeny, providing some resolution (many open questions remain).
🔗 tinyurl.com/2vyuevpy
We find the fly development gene bicoid is much older than previously thought (~20 million yrs older!) 🪰🧬
To pinpoint its origins we tackled the Diptera phylogeny, providing some resolution (many open questions remain).
🔗 tinyurl.com/2vyuevpy
Had such a great time working with @rona-learmonth.bsky.social on her first PhD chapter - our preprint is out now with lots of exciting results!
Next up: fieldwork in Norway 🇳🇴, where we’ll (hopefully!) be catching plenty of winter moths for new experiments and genomics work.
Next up: fieldwork in Norway 🇳🇴, where we’ll (hopefully!) be catching plenty of winter moths for new experiments and genomics work.
October 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Had such a great time working with @rona-learmonth.bsky.social on her first PhD chapter - our preprint is out now with lots of exciting results!
Next up: fieldwork in Norway 🇳🇴, where we’ll (hopefully!) be catching plenty of winter moths for new experiments and genomics work.
Next up: fieldwork in Norway 🇳🇴, where we’ll (hopefully!) be catching plenty of winter moths for new experiments and genomics work.
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We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We have an open PhD student position in evolutionary ecology in our lab @creaf.cat in Barcelona! 🦎 🌳 🦆 🐍
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
Applications open until Nov. 10th, 2025. Please help us spread the word!
Link to position description and requirements:
creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...
Lab website:
oriollapiedralab.com
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New preprint! 🪶
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New preprint! 🪶
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We analysed 60 years of data on 83,000+ great tits to show how extreme climate impacts on nestling growth and survival are stage-specific and context-dependent 🐣 🌍🔥❄️
With @davididiaquez.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @sheldonbirds.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨 PhD alert 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomics 🧬 and 🛰️ bio-logging 🛰️ approaches to disentangle cultural and genetic contributions to seabird migration 🐣 Think this is you, or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 29/09 and check out the ad below!
September 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨 PhD alert 🚨 We are looking for a highly motivated student to use 🧬 genomics 🧬 and 🛰️ bio-logging 🛰️ approaches to disentangle cultural and genetic contributions to seabird migration 🐣 Think this is you, or someone you know? Then come to our Q&A session at on 29/09 and check out the ad below!
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SINGER, our ARG inference method, is finally published and freely available online:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
Robust and accurate Bayesian inference of genome-wide genealogies for hundreds of genomes - Nature Genetics
SINGER is a method for creating ancestral recombination graphs to understand the genealogical history of genomes. The method has increased speed, and thus scalability, without sacrificing accuracy.
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
SINGER, our ARG inference method, is finally published and freely available online:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It was a long journey – 16 months from initial submission to acceptance. Is it just me, or has peer review gotten more arduous lately? 4+ rounds of review isn't so unusual these days...
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🔬📢 Oferta #FPI (2026–2029) en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social. Proyecto sobre vínculos de pareja en aves polígamas, éxito reproductivo y redes sociales.
@diegogil.bsky.social & Lorenzo Pérez Rodríguez (@irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social)
Excelente entorno académico y personal 🐦🥰
@behavecol-lab.bsky.social
@diegogil.bsky.social & Lorenzo Pérez Rodríguez (@irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social)
Excelente entorno académico y personal 🐦🥰
@behavecol-lab.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🔬📢 Oferta #FPI (2026–2029) en el @mncn-csic.bsky.social. Proyecto sobre vínculos de pareja en aves polígamas, éxito reproductivo y redes sociales.
@diegogil.bsky.social & Lorenzo Pérez Rodríguez (@irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social)
Excelente entorno académico y personal 🐦🥰
@behavecol-lab.bsky.social
@diegogil.bsky.social & Lorenzo Pérez Rodríguez (@irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social)
Excelente entorno académico y personal 🐦🥰
@behavecol-lab.bsky.social
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I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations
August 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations
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Next, we had Dr. Andrea Estandia talking about 'Spatial scales of genomic adaptation to climate and phenology in the winter moth' 🦋 #ESEB2025
August 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Next, we had Dr. Andrea Estandia talking about 'Spatial scales of genomic adaptation to climate and phenology in the winter moth' 🦋 #ESEB2025
Looking forward to presenting our winter moth work next week in the S23 symposium (Monday morning room 114) and catching up with everyone in Barcelona! 🦋🧬
Our symposium "Evolutionary Genomics: Understanding and Adapting to Climate Change" (S23), co-organized by Molecular Ecology and @evolappjournal.bsky.social received outstanding submissions. We'll showcase research on using evolutionary genomics to tackle climate change. eseb2025.com/list-of-symp...
August 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Looking forward to presenting our winter moth work next week in the S23 symposium (Monday morning room 114) and catching up with everyone in Barcelona! 🦋🧬
New preprint: Using pedigree data + genomics from 2,684 great tits in Wytham Woods, we explore spatial genetic structure and the role of dispersal, population turnover and immigration 🐦 With @sheldonbirds.bsky.social @nilomr.bsky.social @jon-slate.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New preprint: Using pedigree data + genomics from 2,684 great tits in Wytham Woods, we explore spatial genetic structure and the role of dispersal, population turnover and immigration 🐦 With @sheldonbirds.bsky.social @nilomr.bsky.social @jon-slate.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I’m recruiting graduate students to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in January or September 2026!
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
June 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I’m recruiting graduate students to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in January or September 2026!
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
If you're at #Evol2025 and curious about my research, come to my talk on Saturday at 11:30 AM in Macroevolution & Diversification II.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org
Excited to share our new paper in Molecular Ecology! Using whole-genome and morphological data from silvereyes, we explore their evolutionary history and find that water barriers are more effective than continental distances in driving population divergence 🐤🧬
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Islands Promote Diversification of the Silvereye Species Complex: A Phylogenomic Analysis of a Great Speciator
Geographic isolation plays a pivotal role in speciation by restricting gene flow between populations through distance or physical barriers. However, the speciation process is complex, influenced by t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Excited to share our new paper in Molecular Ecology! Using whole-genome and morphological data from silvereyes, we explore their evolutionary history and find that water barriers are more effective than continental distances in driving population divergence 🐤🧬
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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After the usual Field Season hiatus, we will be having a few seminars this term, beginning with Dale Clayton from University of Utah talking about Ecology, Evolution and Endocrinology of Grooming in Birds. 4 pm today in the Board Room in Mansfield Road at @biology.ox.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
After the usual Field Season hiatus, we will be having a few seminars this term, beginning with Dale Clayton from University of Utah talking about Ecology, Evolution and Endocrinology of Grooming in Birds. 4 pm today in the Board Room in Mansfield Road at @biology.ox.ac.uk
A year and a half after passing our DPhil vivas, we finally made it to graduation. Lovely to have my family, partner, and academic parents there, and to catch up with old friends at college. Thank you, Oxford, for four unforgettable years as students and the ones we’re lucky to spend here now.
June 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A year and a half after passing our DPhil vivas, we finally made it to graduation. Lovely to have my family, partner, and academic parents there, and to catch up with old friends at college. Thank you, Oxford, for four unforgettable years as students and the ones we’re lucky to spend here now.
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Celebrating DPhil graduation of @nilomr.bsky.social & @andreaestandia.bsky.social today with Sonya Clegg. Great to have had them both as DPhil students here in Oxford @biology.ox.ac.uk and even more fortunate they both stayed for postdocs!
May 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Celebrating DPhil graduation of @nilomr.bsky.social & @andreaestandia.bsky.social today with Sonya Clegg. Great to have had them both as DPhil students here in Oxford @biology.ox.ac.uk and even more fortunate they both stayed for postdocs!
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As the Wytham tit (and drone, tree and winter moth) field season winds down (the end, like the start, gets earlier each year!) we posed for the traditional field team photo followed by an excellent lunch. A great team again. Some quantitative updates to follow next week... #suspense
May 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As the Wytham tit (and drone, tree and winter moth) field season winds down (the end, like the start, gets earlier each year!) we posed for the traditional field team photo followed by an excellent lunch. A great team again. Some quantitative updates to follow next week... #suspense
Manuscript accepted! 🎉 Couldn’t ask for a better way to finish a looong week. Stay tuned for some exciting silvereye updates! 🐤👀
May 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Manuscript accepted! 🎉 Couldn’t ask for a better way to finish a looong week. Stay tuned for some exciting silvereye updates! 🐤👀
Huge congrats, Dr. Jones! I’ve been so lucky to spend the past 4 years with you. Nothing better than seeing one of your closest friends pass their viva!
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Huge congrats, Dr. Jones! I’ve been so lucky to spend the past 4 years with you. Nothing better than seeing one of your closest friends pass their viva!