bob week
@bweek.bsky.social
working on theory of host-associated microbiota diversity ( and a few side-quests ) at the crc1182 in kiel - a kite fellow they/them/dey/deren
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bob week
@bweek.bsky.social
· Dec 20
STOCHASTIC ECO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF MULTIVARIATE TRAITS: A Framework for Modeling Population Processes Illustrated by the Study of Drifting G-Matrices
I derive a novel stochastic equation for the evolution of the additive genetic variance-covariance matrix G in response to mutation, selection, drift, and fluctuating population size. Common wisdom ho...
www.biorxiv.org
excited to announce v2 of my stochastic eco-evo framework is up ! main text now clarifies links w prev werk and points to an emp test of gen corrs result . supp greatly expanded to include worked derivations and further explanation of mathematical foundations !! hope u enjoi ;)
tinyurl.com/stecoevo
tinyurl.com/stecoevo
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Postdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now!
#postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution
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January 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Postdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now!
#postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
new favorite field thats not my field . and possibly most interesting read this year
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Social cognition in autism and ADHD
Social cognition is a crucial capacity for social functioning. The last decades have seen a plethora of social cognition research in neurodevelopmenta…
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December 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
new favorite field thats not my field . and possibly most interesting read this year
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
excited to announce v2 of my stochastic eco-evo framework is up ! main text now clarifies links w prev werk and points to an emp test of gen corrs result . supp greatly expanded to include worked derivations and further explanation of mathematical foundations !! hope u enjoi ;)
tinyurl.com/stecoevo
tinyurl.com/stecoevo
STOCHASTIC ECO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF MULTIVARIATE TRAITS: A Framework for Modeling Population Processes Illustrated by the Study of Drifting G-Matrices
I derive a novel stochastic equation for the evolution of the additive genetic variance-covariance matrix G in response to mutation, selection, drift, and fluctuating population size. Common wisdom ho...
www.biorxiv.org
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
excited to announce v2 of my stochastic eco-evo framework is up ! main text now clarifies links w prev werk and points to an emp test of gen corrs result . supp greatly expanded to include worked derivations and further explanation of mathematical foundations !! hope u enjoi ;)
tinyurl.com/stecoevo
tinyurl.com/stecoevo
Really nice opportunity to run polygenic adaptation experiments on Drosophila as a postdoc with the great @nedabarghi.bsky.social ! Located at MPI in the lovely town of Ploen. Come join this wonderful research community ::))
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https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//MPI-EvolBiol_Germany.PolygenicAdaptation
A Postdoctoral position is available in Evolution of Polygenic Traits
Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology-
Pl�n, Germany. Our group studies the genetic basis of adaptat...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Really nice opportunity to run polygenic adaptation experiments on Drosophila as a postdoc with the great @nedabarghi.bsky.social ! Located at MPI in the lovely town of Ploen. Come join this wonderful research community ::))
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
adorable one year anniversary card from the @schulenburglab.bsky.social group . tysm ! so glad to be here ::))
October 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
adorable one year anniversary card from the @schulenburglab.bsky.social group . tysm ! so glad to be here ::))
really neat opportunity to do a phd in stochastics in berlin !! apps due nov 1
www3.math.tu-berlin.de/stoch/IRTG/2...
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[New!] Call for Applications
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October 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
really neat opportunity to do a phd in stochastics in berlin !! apps due nov 1
www3.math.tu-berlin.de/stoch/IRTG/2...
www3.math.tu-berlin.de/stoch/IRTG/2...
the finalized version is live !
[ in case you prefer oup's formatting over mine ;) + we fixed couple typos below eqn ten :B ]
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
[ in case you prefer oup's formatting over mine ;) + we fixed couple typos below eqn ten :B ]
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
October 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
the finalized version is live !
[ in case you prefer oup's formatting over mine ;) + we fixed couple typos below eqn ten :B ]
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
[ in case you prefer oup's formatting over mine ;) + we fixed couple typos below eqn ten :B ]
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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In community ecology, this is called the "Appendix XVII of a Peter Abrams paper" effect
September 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In community ecology, this is called the "Appendix XVII of a Peter Abrams paper" effect
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Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microbiome #symbiosis
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microbiome #symbiosis
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I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our perspective on Applying Extended Synthesis Frameworks to Understand Host-Microbiome Evolution is now out in Nature EcoEvo !!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Our perspective on Applying Extended Synthesis Frameworks to Understand Host-Microbiome Evolution is now out in Nature EcoEvo !!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our Quantitative Genetic approach to Modelling Microbiome-Mediated Host Adaptation is now published in Evolution !!!
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Quantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated Traits
Abstract. Multicellular organisms host a rich assemblage of associated microorganisms, collectively known as their “microbiomes”. Microbiomes have the capa
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August 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our Quantitative Genetic approach to Modelling Microbiome-Mediated Host Adaptation is now published in Evolution !!!
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Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
August 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!
hey eseb ppl check out toms talk !
What if your family members turn out to be your worst enemies? Come see my talk at #eseb2025 on using pedigree and mark-recapture data to explore how relatedness structures competitive interactions, and whether this maintains variation! Thursday, 11am, S48.02, meeting room 122+123
August 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
hey eseb ppl check out toms talk !
hai eseb people ! come to my talk introducing the quantitative genetics of microbiome mediated traits :) 2:30-2:45 at S07.02
btw our ppr just got accepted at evolution ! amazing and challenging reviews ::)) revised pre-print here
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
btw our ppr just got accepted at evolution ! amazing and challenging reviews ::)) revised pre-print here
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Quantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated Traits
Multicellular organisms host a rich assemblage of associated microorganisms, collectively known as their “microbiomes”. Microbiomes have the capacity to influence their hosts’ fitnesses, but the condi...
www.biorxiv.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
hai eseb people ! come to my talk introducing the quantitative genetics of microbiome mediated traits :) 2:30-2:45 at S07.02
btw our ppr just got accepted at evolution ! amazing and challenging reviews ::)) revised pre-print here
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
btw our ppr just got accepted at evolution ! amazing and challenging reviews ::)) revised pre-print here
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Hey #ESEB2025 folk! I'll be presenting my work on describing evolution in finite populations at 11:30 am on Tuesday in S-03. Drop by to learn how taking ecology and variable population size seriously changes classic pop gen descriptions like the Price eqn, revealing novel directional eco-evo forces.
August 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hey #ESEB2025 folk! I'll be presenting my work on describing evolution in finite populations at 11:30 am on Tuesday in S-03. Drop by to learn how taking ecology and variable population size seriously changes classic pop gen descriptions like the Price eqn, revealing novel directional eco-evo forces.
the biggest question i have (aside from the haze of political/cultural turmoil) is ... what software is Bob Holt using for his presentations ??
shares the aesthetics of a theoretical ecology book published around the time jurassic park came out - purple background (pseudo papyrus font?) - legendary
shares the aesthetics of a theoretical ecology book published around the time jurassic park came out - purple background (pseudo papyrus font?) - legendary
July 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
the biggest question i have (aside from the haze of political/cultural turmoil) is ... what software is Bob Holt using for his presentations ??
shares the aesthetics of a theoretical ecology book published around the time jurassic park came out - purple background (pseudo papyrus font?) - legendary
shares the aesthetics of a theoretical ecology book published around the time jurassic park came out - purple background (pseudo papyrus font?) - legendary
i made a new framework for modelling stochastic eco-evolutionary dynamics of multivariate traits !!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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June 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
i made a new framework for modelling stochastic eco-evolutionary dynamics of multivariate traits !!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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I signed the Bethesda Declaration support letter and please consider signing it as well! Support NIH scientists and staff!!
June 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I signed the Bethesda Declaration support letter and please consider signing it as well! Support NIH scientists and staff!!
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The call for MSCA fellowships is soon opening! This is a great postdoc program, so do get in touch if you'd like to join our group from another country, within or outside Europe. The University of Montpellier and CNRS can train you on writing your proposal!
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April 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The call for MSCA fellowships is soon opening! This is a great postdoc program, so do get in touch if you'd like to join our group from another country, within or outside Europe. The University of Montpellier and CNRS can train you on writing your proposal!
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im having martingale problems
March 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
im having martingale problems
Apply for a PhD on eelgrass seascape genomics at The Geomar here in Kiel Germany !!
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Doctoral position (m/f/d) "Eelgrass Seascape Genomics"
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February 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Apply for a PhD on eelgrass seascape genomics at The Geomar here in Kiel Germany !!
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Apply for a postdoc on seagrass assisted evolution at The Geomar here in Kiel Germany !!
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Postdoctoral scientist position (m/f/d) "Seagrass Assisted Evolution"
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February 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Apply for a postdoc on seagrass assisted evolution at The Geomar here in Kiel Germany !!
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
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