Brant Faircloth
@brantfaircloth.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, nucleic acid wrangler, and Professor @lsu.bsky.social. In my free time, I am working towards the perfect coleslaw recipe.
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We are seeking an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Comparative Genomics (loosely defined). I'd be happy to answer any questions (like teaching load etc) - feel free to DM me. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We are seeking an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Comparative Genomics (loosely defined). I'd be happy to answer any questions (like teaching load etc) - feel free to DM me. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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Ok, we're down to the last 10 (!) spots available to register for #SSB2026 in Baton Rouge in January.
Who's in?
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
Who's in?
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ok, we're down to the last 10 (!) spots available to register for #SSB2026 in Baton Rouge in January.
Who's in?
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
Who's in?
ssb2026.github.io
@systbiol.bsky.social
When you think of tropical forests - you may not think about the degree to which some stems are affected by (fungal) decay. We set out to quantify decay using sonic tomography and found that it was rather extensive - affecting rare species more than locally abundant species:
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
September 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When you think of tropical forests - you may not think about the degree to which some stems are affected by (fungal) decay. We set out to quantify decay using sonic tomography and found that it was rather extensive - affecting rare species more than locally abundant species:
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
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🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
Moncrieff Lab | Bird Evolution
The Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and...
www.moncriefflab.org
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.
Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation
👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org
Please share!
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Early career researcher in systematics?
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
August 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Early career researcher in systematics?
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026
👇
www.systbio.org/early-career...
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Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Postdoctoral Researcher
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fun news: I'm hiring a postdoc in ichthyology!
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
Please spread the word #TeamFish, and message me if you have questions.
(Job requisition id is R00107333 if LSU link below takes you elsewhere.)
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
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The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
August 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
Pretty much how we all fell, right now, amirite?
Only a few pages in, but this tidbit stands out: in the lead up to D-Day, Eisenhower was so stressed out of his mind that he was smoking 80 Camel cigarettes a day.
July 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pretty much how we all fell, right now, amirite?
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Apply for the 2026 UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, focusing on innovative conservation science. Deadline: Sept 15, 2025. More info: https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/lakretz/ #postdoc
La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA
“SCIENCE THAT CONSERVES CALIFORNIA BIODIVERSITY” Mission At the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science we conserve California’s biodiversity and ecosystems through research…
www.ioes.ucla.edu
July 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Apply for the 2026 UCLA La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, focusing on innovative conservation science. Deadline: Sept 15, 2025. More info: https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/lakretz/ #postdoc
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Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026.
If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/
Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026.
If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/
June 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Please share!
Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026.
If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/
Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026.
If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/
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If you missed the Past-Presidential address, we have two new Mayr winners! Spenser Babb-Biernacki, Louisiana State University and Zach Heiple, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
For info on where to catch their talks at #evol2025, see the cheat sheet
www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...
For info on where to catch their talks at #evol2025, see the cheat sheet
www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...
Evol2025 CheatSheet
Event
www.systbio.org
June 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you missed the Past-Presidential address, we have two new Mayr winners! Spenser Babb-Biernacki, Louisiana State University and Zach Heiple, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
For info on where to catch their talks at #evol2025, see the cheat sheet
www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...
For info on where to catch their talks at #evol2025, see the cheat sheet
www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...
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😂 Ooh I've never been through Macon!
June 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
😂 Ooh I've never been through Macon!
There’s dumbasses and then there’s megadumbasses. Curtis Yarvin is the latter. Its about time we tell these guys to fuck off and banish them from any normal interactions: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
www.newyorker.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There’s dumbasses and then there’s megadumbasses. Curtis Yarvin is the latter. Its about time we tell these guys to fuck off and banish them from any normal interactions: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
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Ready for tiny birds from above the Arctic Circle? Our new paper on the Cretaceous origins of Arctic nesting drops today in Science. This project was led by @lnwilson.bsky.social and features amazing fossils recovered by Pat Druckenmiller’s field program in the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska.
May 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ready for tiny birds from above the Arctic Circle? Our new paper on the Cretaceous origins of Arctic nesting drops today in Science. This project was led by @lnwilson.bsky.social and features amazing fossils recovered by Pat Druckenmiller’s field program in the Prince Creek Formation of Alaska.
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A new method for trimming alignments in #phylogenomics — PhyIN. It identifies and trims regions with high phylogenetic discord. Able to trim well even on single loci — an advantage for gene tree/species tree studies. #evolbiol #phylogeny 🧪http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18504 Some backstory... 🧵
PhyIN: trimming alignments by phylogenetic incompatibilities among neighbouring sites
In phylogenomics, regions of low alignment reliability and high noise are typically trimmed from multiple sequence alignments before they are used in phylogenetic inference. I introduce a new trimming...
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 12:56 AM
A new method for trimming alignments in #phylogenomics — PhyIN. It identifies and trims regions with high phylogenetic discord. Able to trim well even on single loci — an advantage for gene tree/species tree studies. #evolbiol #phylogeny 🧪http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18504 Some backstory... 🧵
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🚨 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Austin, TX) is looking for a Director of Gardens and Collections 🏵️
👩🌾 Required 5+ years of garden leadership & team mgmt,
👩🎓 Bachelor’s in horticulture, ecology, landscape architecture or related
💸 $85k+
#horticulturejobs #publicgardenjobs #nativeplantjobs
👩🌾 Required 5+ years of garden leadership & team mgmt,
👩🎓 Bachelor’s in horticulture, ecology, landscape architecture or related
💸 $85k+
#horticulturejobs #publicgardenjobs #nativeplantjobs
May 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🚨 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Austin, TX) is looking for a Director of Gardens and Collections 🏵️
👩🌾 Required 5+ years of garden leadership & team mgmt,
👩🎓 Bachelor’s in horticulture, ecology, landscape architecture or related
💸 $85k+
#horticulturejobs #publicgardenjobs #nativeplantjobs
👩🌾 Required 5+ years of garden leadership & team mgmt,
👩🎓 Bachelor’s in horticulture, ecology, landscape architecture or related
💸 $85k+
#horticulturejobs #publicgardenjobs #nativeplantjobs
Sweet!
RAxML-NG v2.0 beta is here
github.com/amkozlov/rax...
Features
1. Difficulty prediction
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
2. Adaptive search academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
3. Early Stop
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
4. Model selection
5. Rapid bootstrapping academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
github.com/amkozlov/rax...
Features
1. Difficulty prediction
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
2. Adaptive search academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
3. Early Stop
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
4. Model selection
5. Rapid bootstrapping academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Release RAxML-NG v2.0-beta2 · amkozlov/raxml-ng
Main new features
Adaptive tree search heuristic (Togkousidis 2023) , (Togkousidis 2024)
Multiple fast branch support measures
Integrated model testing
Full Changelog: 1.2.2...2.0-beta2
github.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sweet!
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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
May 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
My yard is awash with hummingbirds.
May 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My yard is awash with hummingbirds.
Cool
A method for massively scalable phylogenetic network inference https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.05.652278v1
May 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Cool
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A new reference genome for the Boat-tailed Grackle is now available, paving the way for advancing research in avian genetics and conservation. Big congratulations to
Eamon Corbett, @brantfaircloth.bsky.social and team! #Genomics #Ornithology @lsu.bsky.social
🐦 Read more: hubs.la/Q03kB2nS0
Eamon Corbett, @brantfaircloth.bsky.social and team! #Genomics #Ornithology @lsu.bsky.social
🐦 Read more: hubs.la/Q03kB2nS0
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A new reference genome for the Boat-tailed Grackle is now available, paving the way for advancing research in avian genetics and conservation. Big congratulations to
Eamon Corbett, @brantfaircloth.bsky.social and team! #Genomics #Ornithology @lsu.bsky.social
🐦 Read more: hubs.la/Q03kB2nS0
Eamon Corbett, @brantfaircloth.bsky.social and team! #Genomics #Ornithology @lsu.bsky.social
🐦 Read more: hubs.la/Q03kB2nS0
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on adaptive genomics in bears 🐻❄️🐻
Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 28, 2025. More info at: puckettresearch.org/people/posit...
I know it's late but if you know someone still looking for a position please pass this along.
Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 28, 2025. More info at: puckettresearch.org/people/posit...
I know it's late but if you know someone still looking for a position please pass this along.
Positions in the Lab – Puckett Research Lab
puckettresearch.org
April 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work on adaptive genomics in bears 🐻❄️🐻
Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 28, 2025. More info at: puckettresearch.org/people/posit...
I know it's late but if you know someone still looking for a position please pass this along.
Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May 28, 2025. More info at: puckettresearch.org/people/posit...
I know it's late but if you know someone still looking for a position please pass this along.
So many things are wrong in the world, but floating in the pool ain’t one of them.
April 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So many things are wrong in the world, but floating in the pool ain’t one of them.
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🦋 Call for Submissions!!!
🪸 We are announcing the 2025 Evolution Art/Photography Competition and Exhibition. Students and postdocs are invited to submit evolutionary biology themed artwork or photography for an award.
🐦 Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), May 15th, 2025.
🪸 We are announcing the 2025 Evolution Art/Photography Competition and Exhibition. Students and postdocs are invited to submit evolutionary biology themed artwork or photography for an award.
🐦 Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), May 15th, 2025.
April 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🦋 Call for Submissions!!!
🪸 We are announcing the 2025 Evolution Art/Photography Competition and Exhibition. Students and postdocs are invited to submit evolutionary biology themed artwork or photography for an award.
🐦 Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), May 15th, 2025.
🪸 We are announcing the 2025 Evolution Art/Photography Competition and Exhibition. Students and postdocs are invited to submit evolutionary biology themed artwork or photography for an award.
🐦 Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time (UTC−05:00), May 15th, 2025.