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Becky Taylor
@beckystaylor.bsky.social
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Research Scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Conservation genomicist, climber, birder, book worm, and cat friend. She/her. 🇨🇦🦌🧬🧗‍♀️
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katarinastuart.bsky.social
New review!

Theory & a practical guide to structural variants in popgen🧬

Many thanks to my co-authors: @rebekahoomen.bsky.social
@annatigano.bsky.social @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social @janawold.bsky.social @dlfield.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco‐Evolutionary Population Genomics
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has greatly expanded researchers' ability to study structural variants (SVs), that is, the variation in the presence, number, orientation or position of a DNA sequence. ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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drk-lo.bsky.social
New special issue in Molecular Ecology on Conservation Genomics #popGen #evolution 🧪🧬🖥️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1365294x...
Special Issue: CONSERVATION GENOMICS ‐ MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Molecular Ecology: Vol 34, No 23
Molecular Ecology is an international journal for research using molecular genetic techniques to address questions in ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
beckystaylor.bsky.social
Glad to have the final version of this out! Advice for anyone with low coverage genomes wanting reliable measures of inbreeding 🧬
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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lauradbertola.bsky.social
New publication out, highlighting the link between genetic diversity (GD) and policy! 🧬📜

"Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework"
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵
Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework
Adopted in December 2022, the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity outlines a visionary road map guiding humanity's relationship wit...
www.annualreviews.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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kasolari.bsky.social
Very excited to share that our work assessing the genomic diversity of snow leopards has come out today in PNAS! Spoiler alert - they have the lowest genetic diversity of all big cats!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
@petrovadmitri.bsky.social @elliecat.bsky.social
Exceedingly low genetic diversity in snow leopards due to persistently small population size | PNAS
Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) serve as an umbrella species whose conservation benefits their high-elevation Asian habitat. Their numbers are belie...
www.pnas.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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mick2474.bsky.social
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD

Reposts appreciated 😁
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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tbrownbirds.bsky.social
#JobAlert!
Resource Conservation Manager II with Parks Canada in #Yukon. PM-05. Indeterminate, full time.
$96-104k/year + isolated post allowance. A degree and/OR recent and significant experience req'd.
emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap...
Closes Sep 2, 2025.
#biology #conservation #jobs
Resource Conservation Manager II
Closing date: 2 September 2025 - 23:59, Pacific Time
emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca
August 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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aerinj.bsky.social
See you soon, #CSEE2025!

I’m teaching two workshops and giving a talk in SWEEET.

Get in touch if you want to chat about conservation science, what it’s like to work at an ENGO, research partnerships with @ncccnc.bsky.social, etc.
July 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
beckystaylor.bsky.social
We have a preprint reviewing how genomics has been used to inform evolutionary significant units globally, find inconsistencies, and give recommendations. Genomics is a powerful tool and hopefully can be used more effectively for conservation of ESUs! #consgen #popgen www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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nphuffeldt.bsky.social
Be my new colleague! 3 jobs at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

Apply or share!

Postdoc: macroplankton and ecosystem acoustics 🦑

Environmental Advisor: terrestrial biology 🌍

Researcher: GIS & Remote Sensing 🌱🌾

natur.gl/about-us/ava...
Available jobs - Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
You can find available jobs below:
natur.gl
May 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
beckystaylor.bsky.social
Interested in measuring genetic load? We have a new paper out providing a modified version of GERP which is more user friendly in wildlife species and with scripts to automate making input files and pulling out derived alleles in your species #consgen #popgen star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4202
Cell Press: STAR Protocols
STAR Protocols is an open access, peer-reviewed journal from Cell Press. We offer structured, transparent, accessible, and repeatable step-by-step experimental and computational protocols from all are...
star-protocols.cell.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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sauvedrew.bsky.social
New review article out in Molecular Ecology today! We outline how fitness surfaces might help improve species conservation programs! It was a lot of fun to write this with @hthomp.bsky.social, Amy Chabot, & @denisreale.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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jmergeay.bsky.social
#Consgen postdoc position for 2-3 years on Vancouver Island to work on saving a fluffy endemic marmot. and its in Canada!
engage.iucn.org/group/iucn-s...
Postdoc Fellow - Conservation Genomics
The Vancouver Island marmot is Canada’s most critically endangered endemic mammal and has been the focus of intense conservation efforts for almost 30 years. The wild population reached a low of less ...
engage.iucn.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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rebekahoomen.bsky.social
Join us! A 3-year Postdoctoral position on population genomics of coastal fish (mostly cod) stocks at Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg. Application deadline April 7th: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
A small Atlantic cod fish and large lumpfish below kelp.
March 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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andrewfoote.bsky.social
The 2nd publication from @bellareeves.bsky.social PhD thesis finds a genetic rescue effect from admixture between distinct killer whale lineages. Likely the cause of high genetic diversity in regions with low killer whale density. Open access in Mol Ecol: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
February 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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cdnwomenstem.bsky.social
Looking for a faculty position? How about a postdoc position?

Canadian Women in STEM launches an easy to use Job Board.

canadianwomeninstem.org/job-board/
Canadian Women in STEM - Job Board
canadianwomeninstem.org
February 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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csee-scee.bsky.social
Registrations and submissions for #CSEE2025 are now OPEN! Don’t miss your chance, submit your abstract and register before March 15th. Registration: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages. Accommodation: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pag...

#phdsky #evolbiol #ecology 🌎
CSEE-SCÉE Sherbrooke 2025 conference logo featuring a circular design with sun, trees, and wildlife silhouettes in yellow and green colors.
February 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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cegrueber.bsky.social
Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature
A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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annamhew.bsky.social
📣 The final chapter of my PhD is now out in @evolletters.bsky.social !! 📣

🦌 Using genomic and fitness data from a long-term study of red deer we investigated the interaction between inbreeding depression and the environment (ID × E)

doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Fine-scale spatial variation in fitness, inbreeding, and inbreeding depression in a wild ungulate
Abstract. Environmental stress can exacerbate inbreeding depression by amplifying differences between inbred and outbred individuals. In wild populations,
doi.org
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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lovedalen.bsky.social
At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!

Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.

Please spread the word!

www.su.se/english/sear...
January 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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claudiafontsere.bsky.social
I'm super happy to share our newest preprint on whooping crane genomics 🐣🧬

🚨Persistent genomic erosion in whooping cranes despite demographic recovery🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extremely thankful to @hernmoral.bsky.social and all co-authors!
#conservationgenomics #genomics #whoopingcranes
December 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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aerinj.bsky.social
We’re hiring — this is a great job!

JOB: Director of Conservation (Ontario), @ncccnc.bsky.social

⭐️ Flexible location in Ontario
⭐️ Senior role
⭐️ Apply by 5 Jan 2025
⭐️ www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...

#ConservationJobs
Screenshot of the top part of the job ad: NATURE CONSERVANCY CANADA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE CANADA Director of Conservation Full Time Salaried Director ON Home Office, Ontario, ON, CA Salary Range: $121,174.00 To $136,342.00 Annually
November 30, 2024 at 12:23 AM
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inlewis.bsky.social
PhD opportunity! Dr. Michelle Dileo and myself are recruiting a PhD student to study #pollinator adaptive capacity to #climatechange. Interested in #bees or #butterflies, #genomics, landscape #ecology? Based in 🇨🇦. michelledileo.wordpress.com
See advert for details. Please share! 🧪🐝🦋
A close up image of a yellow flower with a bee foraging in the centre of the flower. A human hand is partially visible, keeping the flower as still as possible. Photo of PhD position advertisement on pollinator adaptive capacity to climate change
November 27, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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bronwynharkness.bsky.social
I help coordinate the #GenARCC project, a fantastic team of scientists using genomics to help predict impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. Check out the video below to learn more! 📽️🧬

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGz...
GenARCC | Will Canadian species be able to adapt to climate change?
YouTube video by Environment and Climate Change Canada
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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ryankbrook.bsky.social
OK I took my first crack at a starter pack. Please let me know if you want to be added or removed.

go.bsky.app/6z3FevF
November 22, 2024 at 9:17 PM