Eric G. Prileson
@egprileson.bsky.social
Curiosity seeker, nature lover, explorer of the minute and exceptional. Also a PhD student in ecology and evolutionary biology at Washington State University Vancouver. t.ly/xPjM
I enjoy cycling, hiking, futbol, baseball, cooking and ice-cold beer.
I enjoy cycling, hiking, futbol, baseball, cooking and ice-cold beer.
@i-jasonalexander.bsky.social A long journey from Minsk to Milan
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
@i-jasonalexander.bsky.social A long journey from Minsk to Milan
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We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
Big props to @ctranvancouver.c-tran.com and @trimet.org for free bus/train rides to celebrate Rosa Parks' birthday
February 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Big props to @ctranvancouver.c-tran.com and @trimet.org for free bus/train rides to celebrate Rosa Parks' birthday
Took a partial day off to do a big bike ride around the peninsula between the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Portland. Totally worth it #bikeday
February 4, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Took a partial day off to do a big bike ride around the peninsula between the Willamette and Columbia rivers in Portland. Totally worth it #bikeday
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The western U.S. faces its lowest snowpack on record despite average or above-average rainfall. Warmer temperatures mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, and will worsen droughts in areas like the Pacific Northwest and the Colorado River Basin.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The western U.S. faces its lowest snowpack on record despite average or above-average rainfall. Warmer temperatures mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, and will worsen droughts in areas like the Pacific Northwest and the Colorado River Basin.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Happy recruitment/interview season for PhD students! Recruiting students in ecology & evolutionary biology? Make sure your department's stipend is accurate in our database: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
January 23, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Happy recruitment/interview season for PhD students! Recruiting students in ecology & evolutionary biology? Make sure your department's stipend is accurate in our database: rhettrautsaw.app/shiny/Biolog...
Be sure to check out all the excellent research from the January issue!
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Volume 80 Issue 1 | Evolution | Oxford Academic
Evolution, the official journal of the Society for the Study of EvolutionÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâ, publishes articles in all areas of evolutionary biology focused on broadening...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Be sure to check out all the excellent research from the January issue!
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Happy to see our paper out now in the January edition of #Evolution 🧪 !
Using #drosophila in outdoor mesocosms, we found evidence for adaptation over a winter period and for putative trade-offs between resistance evolution and overwintering performance
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Using #drosophila in outdoor mesocosms, we found evidence for adaptation over a winter period and for putative trade-offs between resistance evolution and overwintering performance
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Overwintering drives rapid adaptation in Drosophila with potential costs to insecticide resistance
Abstract. Winter is a formidable challenge for ectotherms that inhabit temperate climates. The extent to which winter conditions drive rapid adaptation, an
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January 29, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Happy to see our paper out now in the January edition of #Evolution 🧪 !
Using #drosophila in outdoor mesocosms, we found evidence for adaptation over a winter period and for putative trade-offs between resistance evolution and overwintering performance
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Using #drosophila in outdoor mesocosms, we found evidence for adaptation over a winter period and for putative trade-offs between resistance evolution and overwintering performance
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
The dog or the bus?
January 18, 2026 at 6:46 AM
The dog or the bus?
Reposting this blog:
A clear account of the scope of the operation and effects to citizens and all ppl in #Minneapolis
Dispatch from the occupation
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A clear account of the scope of the operation and effects to citizens and all ppl in #Minneapolis
Dispatch from the occupation
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Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
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January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Reposting this blog:
A clear account of the scope of the operation and effects to citizens and all ppl in #Minneapolis
Dispatch from the occupation
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
A clear account of the scope of the operation and effects to citizens and all ppl in #Minneapolis
Dispatch from the occupation
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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Do you care about the future of the US NSF and science in general? The agency is seeking feedback on the draft Strategic Plan. www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan
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January 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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New paper from my lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social, led by HIGH-SCHOOL student Serene Park!
We studied a moth that migrates from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mts (and back) each year and tested if they are harmed more by extreme heat or low O2 🧪🌍🐙
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We studied a moth that migrates from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mts (and back) each year and tested if they are harmed more by extreme heat or low O2 🧪🌍🐙
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Heat is deadlier than hypoxia for an elevationally migrating moth
Army cutworm moths (Euxoa auxiliaris) undergo a dramatic seasonal migration from the Great Plains of North America up to the highest reaches of the Rocky Mountains. In this experiment, we found that...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New paper from my lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social, led by HIGH-SCHOOL student Serene Park!
We studied a moth that migrates from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mts (and back) each year and tested if they are harmed more by extreme heat or low O2 🧪🌍🐙
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We studied a moth that migrates from the Great Plains to the Rocky Mts (and back) each year and tested if they are harmed more by extreme heat or low O2 🧪🌍🐙
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check out my colleague, awesome #frog #ecologist, and all-around good guy Ryan Wagner interviewed on NPR's All Thing's Considered re: his work on conservation of the Cascades Frog 🧪
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The Cascades frog vanished from this national park. Researchers are bringing it back
Nearly 20 years ago, the last known Cascades frog disappeared from Lassen Volcanic National Park. Now researchers are bringing them back, hoping the frogs can stage a comeback.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Check out my colleague, awesome #frog #ecologist, and all-around good guy Ryan Wagner interviewed on NPR's All Thing's Considered re: his work on conservation of the Cascades Frog 🧪
www.npr.org/2026/01/08/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/08/n...
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@princetonvaughn.bsky.social seeks to understand how animals adapt to rapid environmental change. Lizards in the Caribbean have adapted to survive hurricanes - but how? By studying parallel populations on different islands, we can identify impacted genes and connect phenotype to function #SICB2026
January 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
@princetonvaughn.bsky.social seeks to understand how animals adapt to rapid environmental change. Lizards in the Caribbean have adapted to survive hurricanes - but how? By studying parallel populations on different islands, we can identify impacted genes and connect phenotype to function #SICB2026
Interested in how plasticity evolves and potential trade-offs with prior selection? Come check out my #SICB2026 talk tomorrow (1/4) at 9:15 and all the Session 12 talks in Oregon 202
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Interested in how plasticity evolves and potential trade-offs with prior selection? Come check out my #SICB2026 talk tomorrow (1/4) at 9:15 and all the Session 12 talks in Oregon 202
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Hello Portland! Blue Beehive Studio & One Inch Squid Studios will be in Booth 303 during #SICB2026 - stop by and say hi! (& show us pictures of your study organisms please!)
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#Portland #Science #ShopSmall
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#Portland #Science #ShopSmall
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hello Portland! Blue Beehive Studio & One Inch Squid Studios will be in Booth 303 during #SICB2026 - stop by and say hi! (& show us pictures of your study organisms please!)
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#Portland #Science #ShopSmall
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#Portland #Science #ShopSmall
Great trip to the desert to see family; thankful to be able to spend time with the nephew and spend so much time outdoors! #bluesky #sonorandesert
December 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Great trip to the desert to see family; thankful to be able to spend time with the nephew and spend so much time outdoors! #bluesky #sonorandesert
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December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Applications now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2026! Funds cover registration, travel, food, and lodging. Apply by January 30: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Applications now open for the International Travel Stipends to attend #Evol2026! Funds cover registration, travel, food, and lodging. Apply by January 30: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci... @evolmtg.bsky.social
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New paper with @kfowlerfinn.bsky.social and team in Ecology Letters!
Hotter developmental temperatures reduce survival in juvenile insects, but also enhance adult fertility enough to potentially avoid population declines in warming climates
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
#evosky #ecology #climatechange
Hotter developmental temperatures reduce survival in juvenile insects, but also enhance adult fertility enough to potentially avoid population declines in warming climates
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
#evosky #ecology #climatechange
Carryover Effects on Reproduction Can Buffer Against Mortality‐Driven Population Declines at Elevated Developmental Temperatures
We show that hotter juvenile temperatures can increase adult fertility in an emerging model insect system. These reproductive benefits may be crucial for insect populations to avoid extinction during...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
New paper with @kfowlerfinn.bsky.social and team in Ecology Letters!
Hotter developmental temperatures reduce survival in juvenile insects, but also enhance adult fertility enough to potentially avoid population declines in warming climates
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
#evosky #ecology #climatechange
Hotter developmental temperatures reduce survival in juvenile insects, but also enhance adult fertility enough to potentially avoid population declines in warming climates
doi.org/10.1111/ele....
#evosky #ecology #climatechange