Erik Enbody
@erikenbody.bsky.social
(he/him) Evolution and genomics and everything in between. Endlessly fascinated with birds and what they can teach us. Assistant Professor @ Cornell
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I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary
The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!
Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s...
Based on the Science Advances paper by Carl-Johan Rubin, Erik Enbody and their colleagues | #ornithology
Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s...
Based on the Science Advances paper by Carl-Johan Rubin, Erik Enbody and their colleagues | #ornithology
Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches
Genomic study identifies 28 ancestral genetic modules that predate the radiation.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!
Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s...
Based on the Science Advances paper by Carl-Johan Rubin, Erik Enbody and their colleagues | #ornithology
Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s...
Based on the Science Advances paper by Carl-Johan Rubin, Erik Enbody and their colleagues | #ornithology
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"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
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October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪
Check out the latest paper from the CCGP on California Quail and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that impact genomic variation. Led by Phred Benham and the Bowie group: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Patterns of Genetic Diversity Within Three California Quail Species Are Best Explained by Climate and Landscape Changes
Many North American game animals experienced severe population declines during the 19th century due to market hunting. However, estimates of the timing and magnitude of these declines often rely on a...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Check out the latest paper from the CCGP on California Quail and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that impact genomic variation. Led by Phred Benham and the Bowie group: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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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Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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August 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
July 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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HT @cornellasap.bsky.social "Ms. Morrow...is one of hundreds of people who wrote to their hometown newspapers as part of a national campaign...by graduate students and scientists who are just starting their careers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor
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June 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
HT @cornellasap.bsky.social "Ms. Morrow...is one of hundreds of people who wrote to their hometown newspapers as part of a national campaign...by graduate students and scientists who are just starting their careers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
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The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs
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![Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr Alex Bond (Natural History Museum, Tring/London UK) [progress pride flag]
Applicants with previous experience in CT/morphology, wildlife acoustics, or plastics particularly encouraged!
Applicant eligibility
Can’t have spent >12 of the last 36 months in the UK
Previous post-doctoral experience & publication track record HIGHLY recommended
Must relocate to the UK (London or Tring; remote working is not possible under this funding scheme)
Defended PhD by Sept 2025; < 8 years postdoc experience
Previous successful applications are available as guides!
Applications shared between fellow & host with a deadline 10 Sept 2025
Email: a.bond@nhm.ac.uk / BlueSky: @TheLabAndField@bsky.social
https://alexanderbond.org](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gg4lsi2uarqje4spzmdvj7hk/bafkreidjxysk5ivm5jnhgtohoflq435ugw4zoo6o3bir3zrutn4negu7ji@jpeg)
May 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...
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Looking to start a PhD? Reach out if you are interested in avian evolutionary and/or conservation genomics research! I am recruiting for FA26 and happy to support fellowship proposals through this program:
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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June 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Looking to start a PhD? Reach out if you are interested in avian evolutionary and/or conservation genomics research! I am recruiting for FA26 and happy to support fellowship proposals through this program:
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Excited to share the #Snakemake monitoring tool I've been working on:
snkmt (Snakemate) - a CLI utility for real-time workflow monitoring. Basically solves the "is my pipeline still running?" problem and makes debugging failed jobs much easier.
#bioinformatics #workflow #opensource 1/3
snkmt (Snakemate) - a CLI utility for real-time workflow monitoring. Basically solves the "is my pipeline still running?" problem and makes debugging failed jobs much easier.
#bioinformatics #workflow #opensource 1/3
June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Excited to share the #Snakemake monitoring tool I've been working on:
snkmt (Snakemate) - a CLI utility for real-time workflow monitoring. Basically solves the "is my pipeline still running?" problem and makes debugging failed jobs much easier.
#bioinformatics #workflow #opensource 1/3
snkmt (Snakemate) - a CLI utility for real-time workflow monitoring. Basically solves the "is my pipeline still running?" problem and makes debugging failed jobs much easier.
#bioinformatics #workflow #opensource 1/3
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My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes
May 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes
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I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
May 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities
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Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-)
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PhD Student in Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage
The Department of Zoology at Stockholm University includes about 80 employeese, including Researchers, PhD students and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an inte
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April 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I'm excited to share a new paper out in the BBOC today! We documented 6 new island records for Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea + cool natural history information.
...Including first photographs of a nesting Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise! Open access below. #birds
bioone.org/journals/bul...
...Including first photographs of a nesting Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise! Open access below. #birds
bioone.org/journals/bul...
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm excited to share a new paper out in the BBOC today! We documented 6 new island records for Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea + cool natural history information.
...Including first photographs of a nesting Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise! Open access below. #birds
bioone.org/journals/bul...
...Including first photographs of a nesting Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise! Open access below. #birds
bioone.org/journals/bul...
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Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
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March 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our paper is out, and it is distressing.
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🚨 COOL BIRD JOB ALERT! 🚨
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
Cornell University, Lab of Ornithology
Job #AJO29599, WDR-00050928 Research Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🚨 COOL BIRD JOB ALERT! 🚨
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599
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How do SVs, satellite DNA & gene content shape avian genome evolution? We analyzed 45 HiFi genomes across 3 Scrub-Jay species with distinct population sizes. Grateful to be on this incredible team led by Scott Edwards! "Comparative population pangenomes" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
How do SVs, satellite DNA & gene content shape avian genome evolution? We analyzed 45 HiFi genomes across 3 Scrub-Jay species with distinct population sizes. Grateful to be on this incredible team led by Scott Edwards! "Comparative population pangenomes" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Our work (by Drew DeHaas) on an extremely simple yet efficient binary genotype format - designed to facilitate scalable bioinformatics tool development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
IGD: A simple, efficient genotype data format
Motivation While there are a variety of file formats for storing reference-sequence-aligned genotype data, many are complex or inefficient. Programming language support for such formats is often limit...
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February 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Our work (by Drew DeHaas) on an extremely simple yet efficient binary genotype format - designed to facilitate scalable bioinformatics tool development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
nice of Jente to cover one of our fairywren papers! Love these birds👇
New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!
The evolution of female ornamentation in White-shouldered Fairywrens
https://buff.ly/40SA3IB
Based on the Evolution paper by Erik Enbody and his colleagues | #ornithology
The evolution of female ornamentation in White-shouldered Fairywrens
https://buff.ly/40SA3IB
Based on the Evolution paper by Erik Enbody and his colleagues | #ornithology
The evolution of female ornamentation in White-shouldered Fairywrens
A neutral byproduct or the outcome of adaptation?
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January 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
nice of Jente to cover one of our fairywren papers! Love these birds👇
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OK folks this is my first announcement of a lab publication on Bluesky:
Congrats to PhD Candidate Rashika Ranasinghe on today's publication of her paper "Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three-Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island."
Happy holidays!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Congrats to PhD Candidate Rashika Ranasinghe on today's publication of her paper "Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three-Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island."
Happy holidays!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three‐Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island
This study explores population divergence and hybridization dynamics across the golden-backed (Dinopium benghalense) and red-backed (D. psarodes) flameback woodpecker hybrid zone in Sri Lanka. The ge...
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December 23, 2024 at 3:57 PM
OK folks this is my first announcement of a lab publication on Bluesky:
Congrats to PhD Candidate Rashika Ranasinghe on today's publication of her paper "Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three-Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island."
Happy holidays!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Congrats to PhD Candidate Rashika Ranasinghe on today's publication of her paper "Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three-Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island."
Happy holidays!
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
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Calling all postdocs! We're hosting a symposium in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA, to showcase rising talent in genomics research. Travel expenses are covered for selected applicants ✈️😎🏖 The event will be held on April 15. Applications due Feb 15: bit.ly/NextWave25
December 16, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Calling all postdocs! We're hosting a symposium in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA, to showcase rising talent in genomics research. Travel expenses are covered for selected applicants ✈️😎🏖 The event will be held on April 15. Applications due Feb 15: bit.ly/NextWave25
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Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus
In Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene cortex is a “hotspot” locus, repeatedly implicated in generating intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100 mi...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...