Elin Videvall
@elinvidevall.bsky.social
My lab studies wild animal microbiomes at Uppsala University, Sweden. Previously been at Brown University & Smithsonian. Molecular Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics, Hologenomics, Conservation Biology. she/her. https://www.videvall.com/
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Elin Videvall
@elinvidevall.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Hi all,
I am back again on blue sky after some time of dwindling Twitter engagement.
My group studies #microbiomes of wild animals, we have exciting projects in mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians.
We are based at Uppsala University, Sweden. @animecol-uu.bsky.social
www.videvall.com
I am back again on blue sky after some time of dwindling Twitter engagement.
My group studies #microbiomes of wild animals, we have exciting projects in mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians.
We are based at Uppsala University, Sweden. @animecol-uu.bsky.social
www.videvall.com
Happy to share the recent paper by Marta Garrigós et al.
Effects of avian #Plasmodium exposure on the #microbiota of #Culex pipiens. 🦟🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Marta spent a month in our group at UU last year; great to see this published! @jmartinezpuente.bsky.social @cenkvist.bsky.social
Effects of avian #Plasmodium exposure on the #microbiota of #Culex pipiens. 🦟🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Marta spent a month in our group at UU last year; great to see this published! @jmartinezpuente.bsky.social @cenkvist.bsky.social
Effects of avian Plasmodium exposure on the microbiota of Culex pipiens - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Effects of avian Plasmodium exposure on the microbiota of Culex pipiens
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy to share the recent paper by Marta Garrigós et al.
Effects of avian #Plasmodium exposure on the #microbiota of #Culex pipiens. 🦟🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Marta spent a month in our group at UU last year; great to see this published! @jmartinezpuente.bsky.social @cenkvist.bsky.social
Effects of avian #Plasmodium exposure on the #microbiota of #Culex pipiens. 🦟🦠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Marta spent a month in our group at UU last year; great to see this published! @jmartinezpuente.bsky.social @cenkvist.bsky.social
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Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I am recruting a #postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of avian heat tolerance in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Fieldwork over broad latitudinal gradients, common-garden experiments, and more. Read more and apply👇
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
shorturl.at/WA1Qa
Would appreciate a re-post!
@evoldir.bsky.social
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral researcher in molecular ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢 We have an open position for a postdoc to join my lab. It's a great position @animecol-uu.bsky.social, fully salaried for 2.5 years with all benefits.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
The project is about transmission patterns of bacteria and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in aquatic insects. 🧬🦠 (1/3)
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If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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New paper out!🎉
Gut #microbiome of the pied #flycatcher differs strikingly between an oak forest and a pine plantation — only 1 km apart! 🌳Vs🌲
Fine-scale habitat variation = major #microbial shifts 🧬🐦
doi.org/10.13157/arl...
#Birds #Ficedula
@elinvidevall.bsky.social @cordobaciencia.bsky.social
Gut #microbiome of the pied #flycatcher differs strikingly between an oak forest and a pine plantation — only 1 km apart! 🌳Vs🌲
Fine-scale habitat variation = major #microbial shifts 🧬🐦
doi.org/10.13157/arl...
#Birds #Ficedula
@elinvidevall.bsky.social @cordobaciencia.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New paper out!🎉
Gut #microbiome of the pied #flycatcher differs strikingly between an oak forest and a pine plantation — only 1 km apart! 🌳Vs🌲
Fine-scale habitat variation = major #microbial shifts 🧬🐦
doi.org/10.13157/arl...
#Birds #Ficedula
@elinvidevall.bsky.social @cordobaciencia.bsky.social
Gut #microbiome of the pied #flycatcher differs strikingly between an oak forest and a pine plantation — only 1 km apart! 🌳Vs🌲
Fine-scale habitat variation = major #microbial shifts 🧬🐦
doi.org/10.13157/arl...
#Birds #Ficedula
@elinvidevall.bsky.social @cordobaciencia.bsky.social
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This is an amazing program and I was lucky enough to work with many MEME students during my time @animecol-uu.bsky.social. One of the best MSc training programs you can do if evolution is your jam!
Applications for the MEME programme (www.evobio.eu
) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!
) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is an amazing program and I was lucky enough to work with many MEME students during my time @animecol-uu.bsky.social. One of the best MSc training programs you can do if evolution is your jam!
Our lab group went out to celebrate the recent big grant with some cocktails and delicious food! 🥂🎉
Qianrui, @estermart.bsky.social, @cenkvist.bsky.social, @madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
Qianrui, @estermart.bsky.social, @cenkvist.bsky.social, @madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Our lab group went out to celebrate the recent big grant with some cocktails and delicious food! 🥂🎉
Qianrui, @estermart.bsky.social, @cenkvist.bsky.social, @madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
Qianrui, @estermart.bsky.social, @cenkvist.bsky.social, @madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
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📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch
September 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢🚨Please share! We’re hiring! 📢🚨Have a strong interests in wildlife ecology and gut microbiome bioinformatics? 3 year Senior Research Associate for NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant. Apply here: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18.... Informal enquiries welcome! drgldavidson.github.io/ACMEresearch
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Does your ecology journal even lift, bro?
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Does your ecology journal even lift, bro?
Excited to share that I was awarded a 6M SEK grant from Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development ! 🎉
The project is about the early-life gut #microbiome of reindeer calves, and how it's associated with their health and growth. 🦌🦠🧬
The project is about the early-life gut #microbiome of reindeer calves, and how it's associated with their health and growth. 🦌🦠🧬
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Excited to share that I was awarded a 6M SEK grant from Formas, the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development ! 🎉
The project is about the early-life gut #microbiome of reindeer calves, and how it's associated with their health and growth. 🦌🦠🧬
The project is about the early-life gut #microbiome of reindeer calves, and how it's associated with their health and growth. 🦌🦠🧬
At a recent journal club, we discussed this paper on urban coyote #microbiomes and diet by Sugden et al., and I really enjoyed reading it. 😊
An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health. 🐺
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health. 🐺
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
At a recent journal club, we discussed this paper on urban coyote #microbiomes and diet by Sugden et al., and I really enjoyed reading it. 😊
An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health. 🐺
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health. 🐺
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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How do insects respond to changing climates? Our new review and analysis in @annualreviews.bsky.social suggests that phenological adaptation trumps thermal adaptation.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Life-History Evolution of Insects in Response to Climate Variation: Seasonal Timing Versus Thermal Physiology | Annual Reviews
Climate adaptation in insects can proceed via responses in life-history traits and their thermal plasticity and through phenological shifts mediated by responses to photoperiodic cues (photoperiodism)...
www.annualreviews.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
How do insects respond to changing climates? Our new review and analysis in @annualreviews.bsky.social suggests that phenological adaptation trumps thermal adaptation.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Keeping cats indoors not only makes them healthier and keeps them safe, we also protect native birds and other small animals. 🐈🐦🦎
Our team has published a new study in Avian Conservation Ecology showing that #cats kill between 19–197 million #birds each year in Canada!
In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada.
ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
1/4
In the time it has taken you to read ~3 posts (1 min) 114 birds have been killed at the paws of cats in Canada.
ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
1/4
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Keeping cats indoors not only makes them healthier and keeps them safe, we also protect native birds and other small animals. 🐈🐦🦎
Last week, we at @animecol-uu.bsky.social had the pleasure to host Chima Nwaogu från the University of Cape Town.
Chima gave the #Hemborg lecture, titled 'Why do Afrotropical birds breed when they do?' 🐦🪺
Chima gave the #Hemborg lecture, titled 'Why do Afrotropical birds breed when they do?' 🐦🪺
October 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Last week, we at @animecol-uu.bsky.social had the pleasure to host Chima Nwaogu från the University of Cape Town.
Chima gave the #Hemborg lecture, titled 'Why do Afrotropical birds breed when they do?' 🐦🪺
Chima gave the #Hemborg lecture, titled 'Why do Afrotropical birds breed when they do?' 🐦🪺
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New manuscript out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social, led by my grad student Anais. We collated data from thousands of recent animal pop-gen studies to test 3 simple hypotheses: does genomic (1) diversity decrease (yes), (2) differentiation increase (yes), both with increased IUCN-endangerment?
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New manuscript out today in @ecol-evol.bsky.social, led by my grad student Anais. We collated data from thousands of recent animal pop-gen studies to test 3 simple hypotheses: does genomic (1) diversity decrease (yes), (2) differentiation increase (yes), both with increased IUCN-endangerment?
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Bioinformaticians / computational biologists take note - know where you should take your OS tool chain from and do not introduce backdoors.
Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
September 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Bioinformaticians / computational biologists take note - know where you should take your OS tool chain from and do not introduce backdoors.
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Today in the AI hellscape we are building for ourselves, people are easily creating "official looking" websites of popular bioinformatics software that are not at all linked to the developers.
minimap2.com is potentially a phishing site. Please don't use anything from that website.
github.com/lh3/minimap2...
github.com/lh3/minimap2...
Phishing site : minimap2.com · Issue #1316 · lh3/minimap2
Not sure how to label this one, but I have come across a website minimap2.com which appears to be AI generated but is serving it's own copy of the Github repository. If you search the address or em...
github.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today in the AI hellscape we are building for ourselves, people are easily creating "official looking" websites of popular bioinformatics software that are not at all linked to the developers.
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An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
An Intergeneric Hybrid Between Historically Isolated Temperate and Tropical Jays Following Recent Range Expansion | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
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Interested in evolutionary ecology and genetics? Check out this PhD position in Pau Carazo's lab in Valencia - we look forward to your application!
We’re offering a fully funded 4 yr PhD position to work on Sexual selection in complex environments at the @uv.es. Co-supervised by @dbergerbiol.bsky.social. Find details below 👇
September 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Interested in evolutionary ecology and genetics? Check out this PhD position in Pau Carazo's lab in Valencia - we look forward to your application!
Anyone with experience doing #metagenomics #microbiome of small insects, e.g. mosquitoes? 🦟🦠
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
September 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Anyone with experience doing #metagenomics #microbiome of small insects, e.g. mosquitoes? 🦟🦠
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
Trying to figure out feasibility of doing individual metagenomes vs pools of individuals. I see both approaches are still used in the literature. My concern would be getting enough DNA from individuals.
Thanks #ESEB2025 for a great conference!
Our group had a lot of fun meeting people, learning new things, and talking about our research!
@madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
@estermart.bsky.social
@cenkvist.bsky.social
@matiasbeck.bsky.social
Our group had a lot of fun meeting people, learning new things, and talking about our research!
@madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
@estermart.bsky.social
@cenkvist.bsky.social
@matiasbeck.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thanks #ESEB2025 for a great conference!
Our group had a lot of fun meeting people, learning new things, and talking about our research!
@madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
@estermart.bsky.social
@cenkvist.bsky.social
@matiasbeck.bsky.social
Our group had a lot of fun meeting people, learning new things, and talking about our research!
@madeleinebergstrom.bsky.social
@estermart.bsky.social
@cenkvist.bsky.social
@matiasbeck.bsky.social
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Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion:
Editorial: Accountability, voice, and trust - responsible use of GenAI in scientific publishing
Over the last few years, the development and rapid advancement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatG
academic.oup.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion: