David Lowry
@davidlowry.bsky.social
Professor of Plant Evolutionary Genetics at Michigan State University.
This feels straight out of an intense dream about our switchgrass diversity panel experiments.
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This feels straight out of an intense dream about our switchgrass diversity panel experiments.
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New preprint from our big collaborative evolution experiment in 9 whole lakes in Alaska, written by McGill grad student @lucaseckert.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
What happens if you put a mixture of multiple source populations together to complete & evolve in multiple new lakes?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
What happens if you put a mixture of multiple source populations together to complete & evolve in multiple new lakes?
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
New preprint from our big collaborative evolution experiment in 9 whole lakes in Alaska, written by McGill grad student @lucaseckert.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
What happens if you put a mixture of multiple source populations together to complete & evolve in multiple new lakes?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
What happens if you put a mixture of multiple source populations together to complete & evolve in multiple new lakes?
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This article is now published! academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...
We’ve added a few new analyses. First off, we show that, while gene presence absence variation (PAV) scales with evolutionary distance in both plants and animals, the base level and rate of accrual are both twice as high in plants.
We’ve added a few new analyses. First off, we show that, while gene presence absence variation (PAV) scales with evolutionary distance in both plants and animals, the base level and rate of accrual are both twice as high in plants.
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
This article is now published! academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...
We’ve added a few new analyses. First off, we show that, while gene presence absence variation (PAV) scales with evolutionary distance in both plants and animals, the base level and rate of accrual are both twice as high in plants.
We’ve added a few new analyses. First off, we show that, while gene presence absence variation (PAV) scales with evolutionary distance in both plants and animals, the base level and rate of accrual are both twice as high in plants.
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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/...
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
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/...
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/...
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PEQG! My favorite conference ever*. Single session, fantastic talks, great discussions. Only once every 2 years. And in the best conference location too! Abstract deadline coming up Feb 5!
*Disclosure: I am required to say it's the best conference because it is and I told my mom I wouldn't lie.
*Disclosure: I am required to say it's the best conference because it is and I told my mom I wouldn't lie.
Homepage - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
genetics-gsa.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM
PEQG! My favorite conference ever*. Single session, fantastic talks, great discussions. Only once every 2 years. And in the best conference location too! Abstract deadline coming up Feb 5!
*Disclosure: I am required to say it's the best conference because it is and I told my mom I wouldn't lie.
*Disclosure: I am required to say it's the best conference because it is and I told my mom I wouldn't lie.
The genetic and developmental enigma of rhizomes: crucial traits with limited understanding. arxiv.org/abs/2601.10847
The genetic and developmental enigma of rhizomes: crucial traits with limited understanding
Rhizomes play fundamental roles in plant evolution, persistence, and environmental adaptation by enabling clonal propagation, resource storage, and stress resilience. Despite their ecological and agro...
arxiv.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The genetic and developmental enigma of rhizomes: crucial traits with limited understanding. arxiv.org/abs/2601.10847
Michigan midwinter phenology watch: no leaves, -20F windchills. See you in spring.
January 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Michigan midwinter phenology watch: no leaves, -20F windchills. See you in spring.
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Check out AJB's special issue "Paradigm shifts in flower color" a bunch of cool papers on flower coloration with a focus on non-pollinator drivers of color variation 🌸🌼🌺https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197/2026/113/1
Special Issue: Paradigm Shifts in Flower Color: American Journal of Botany: Vol 113, No 1
Click on the title to browse this issue
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Check out AJB's special issue "Paradigm shifts in flower color" a bunch of cool papers on flower coloration with a focus on non-pollinator drivers of color variation 🌸🌼🌺https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197/2026/113/1
The snow is coming down sideways. The windchill is at -6. There is a dude at the Meijer in shorts. Michigan, you never fail.
January 19, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The snow is coming down sideways. The windchill is at -6. There is a dude at the Meijer in shorts. Michigan, you never fail.
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New preprint is up!
Not going spoil the results for you 🤓 but we looked at some “bird” vs “bee”-pollinated Penstemon hybrid zones and came away with some pretty unexpected results!
Not going spoil the results for you 🤓 but we looked at some “bird” vs “bee”-pollinated Penstemon hybrid zones and came away with some pretty unexpected results!
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
New preprint is up!
Not going spoil the results for you 🤓 but we looked at some “bird” vs “bee”-pollinated Penstemon hybrid zones and came away with some pretty unexpected results!
Not going spoil the results for you 🤓 but we looked at some “bird” vs “bee”-pollinated Penstemon hybrid zones and came away with some pretty unexpected results!
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2 postdoc openings in my lab:
anelab.wisc.edu/join-us.html
One for a maize geneticist and one for a bacterial geneticist
Picture featuring @manishbiotechie.bsky.social, @balptekin.bsky.social and @sairamnagalla.bsky.social. The first two left my lab over the last few months to start their own labs!
anelab.wisc.edu/join-us.html
One for a maize geneticist and one for a bacterial geneticist
Picture featuring @manishbiotechie.bsky.social, @balptekin.bsky.social and @sairamnagalla.bsky.social. The first two left my lab over the last few months to start their own labs!
Ané Lab
Jean-Michel Ané
anelab.wisc.edu
January 18, 2026 at 11:50 PM
2 postdoc openings in my lab:
anelab.wisc.edu/join-us.html
One for a maize geneticist and one for a bacterial geneticist
Picture featuring @manishbiotechie.bsky.social, @balptekin.bsky.social and @sairamnagalla.bsky.social. The first two left my lab over the last few months to start their own labs!
anelab.wisc.edu/join-us.html
One for a maize geneticist and one for a bacterial geneticist
Picture featuring @manishbiotechie.bsky.social, @balptekin.bsky.social and @sairamnagalla.bsky.social. The first two left my lab over the last few months to start their own labs!
Nice to see strong support in Congress: “In an 82-15 vote, the Senate approved a minibus budget bill to fund agencies involved in science and the environment, among other issues, through Sept. 30. The bill passed in the House last week by a vote of 397 to 28.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Congress passes bill to fund U.S. science agencies, rebuffing Trump's requested cuts
The Senate voted to provide billions more to NASA, NOAA and the National Science Foundation than the president had asked for.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Nice to see strong support in Congress: “In an 82-15 vote, the Senate approved a minibus budget bill to fund agencies involved in science and the environment, among other issues, through Sept. 30. The bill passed in the House last week by a vote of 397 to 28.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Forest Genetics, Genomics and/or Tree Breeding at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
a man standing next to a tree with a codetwo logo in the background
ALT: a man standing next to a tree with a codetwo logo in the background
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Forest Genetics, Genomics and/or Tree Breeding at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
Abstract submitted for #PEQG2026. Hope to see lots of you there! Just as a reminder, abstracts are due February 5th. genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/ab...
Abstract Submission - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
genetics-gsa.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Abstract submitted for #PEQG2026. Hope to see lots of you there! Just as a reminder, abstracts are due February 5th. genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/ab...
Pangenomics in the Mimulus guttatus Species Complex onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Pangenomics in the Mimulus guttatus Species Complex
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Pangenomics in the Mimulus guttatus Species Complex onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Howdy,
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at TxGen@ag.tamu.edu for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at TxGen@ag.tamu.edu for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Howdy,
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at TxGen@ag.tamu.edu for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
Whoop. Big news from Texas AgriLife Genomics Service. Effective today, our Illumina 10B NovaSeq X+ pricing drops 35 percent. We are also continuing to absorb Illumina tariff surcharges. Email us at TxGen@ag.tamu.edu for our new prices.
Marcel and I will be at #PAG33 if you'd like to chat
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I'm looking for a postdoc to work at the interface of molecular biology, comparative genomics & single-cell data science, a great opportunity to lead projects on regulatory evolution and cell-type-specific stress responses. Find me at PAG or reach out kenchanmanelab.com
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I'm looking for a postdoc to work at the interface of molecular biology, comparative genomics & single-cell data science, a great opportunity to lead projects on regulatory evolution and cell-type-specific stress responses. Find me at PAG or reach out kenchanmanelab.com
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
#SingleCell #PostdocPosition
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Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!!
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!!
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
I’ve been to Madison, WI ~8 times and I still find it to be a confusing place for my sense of direction (which generally is quite good). The combination of the diagonally oriented isthmus, two lakes that sound/ look like each other, and the often cloudy skies in winter really throw me off.
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I’ve been to Madison, WI ~8 times and I still find it to be a confusing place for my sense of direction (which generally is quite good). The combination of the diagonally oriented isthmus, two lakes that sound/ look like each other, and the often cloudy skies in winter really throw me off.
Fieldwork in Venezuela in 2004. Thinking a lot about all the things I saw there (good and bad) back during the Chavez years.
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Fieldwork in Venezuela in 2004. Thinking a lot about all the things I saw there (good and bad) back during the Chavez years.
Swam with a pod of Waymos on 19th Avenue this morning.
December 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Swam with a pod of Waymos on 19th Avenue this morning.
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I'm rarely on Bluesky so maybe I've missed this shared before. But I stumbled upon a fun, daily game called Metaflora (and it's partner Metazooa). You guess the mystery plant or animal by navigating through the tree of life. I figured folks here would enjoy it!
flora.metazooa.com
flora.metazooa.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I'm rarely on Bluesky so maybe I've missed this shared before. But I stumbled upon a fun, daily game called Metaflora (and it's partner Metazooa). You guess the mystery plant or animal by navigating through the tree of life. I figured folks here would enjoy it!
flora.metazooa.com
flora.metazooa.com
The stuff of legends
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The stuff of legends
Some winter scenes in California.
December 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Some winter scenes in California.
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Did you know there are 2 types of avocado varieties? A-types switch from female to male, B-types male to female, within a single day. This reciprocal sex alternation promotes cross-pollination and has a simple genetic basis. Read more in this recent preprint from the final chapter of my PhD thesis 🥑
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado
In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, pollination occurs via a synchronized rhythm of floral sex timing between two hermaphroditic flowering types. A-type plants present female-phase flo...
www.biorxiv.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Did you know there are 2 types of avocado varieties? A-types switch from female to male, B-types male to female, within a single day. This reciprocal sex alternation promotes cross-pollination and has a simple genetic basis. Read more in this recent preprint from the final chapter of my PhD thesis 🥑