Geoff Wild
@geoffwild.bsky.social
Running shoe enthusiast, occasional insomniac, theoretical biologist, applied mathematician. He/him/his.
📣 Western U (London, Canada) has funding opportunities for PhD students feeling uneasy about studying in the US. We have launched a program for folks studying at, considering an offer from, or having lost an offer from a PhD program at a top-100 US university (QS or THE). grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...
Doctoral Excellence Award
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
grad.uwo.ca
July 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
📣 Western U (London, Canada) has funding opportunities for PhD students feeling uneasy about studying in the US. We have launched a program for folks studying at, considering an offer from, or having lost an offer from a PhD program at a top-100 US university (QS or THE). grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...
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We're super excited to introduce a new article category for @asn-amnat.bsky.social: Inspiring perspectives. In a nutshell, we want these articles to spark lively scientific debates that will inspire future research directions in biology. More info here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Introducing a New Article Type for The American Naturalist | The American Naturalist
www.journals.uchicago.edu
May 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We're super excited to introduce a new article category for @asn-amnat.bsky.social: Inspiring perspectives. In a nutshell, we want these articles to spark lively scientific debates that will inspire future research directions in biology. More info here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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New paper with @andygardner.bsky.social and @geoffwild.bsky.social in which we ask whether the ability to recognise relatives causes individuals to be more or less cooperative overall.
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Kin-discriminating partner choice promotes the evolution of helping
Abstract. Kin selection theory predicts that individuals should evolve to help relatives, either by helping indiscriminately in a population where they do
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
New paper with @andygardner.bsky.social and @geoffwild.bsky.social in which we ask whether the ability to recognise relatives causes individuals to be more or less cooperative overall.
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Thank you to everyone at University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology; especially David Coltman💋 and @geoffwild.bsky.social for hosting us on sabbatical. Crazy weather, crazy times: Never 51! 🇨🇦❤️ @stuwest.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thank you to everyone at University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology; especially David Coltman💋 and @geoffwild.bsky.social for hosting us on sabbatical. Crazy weather, crazy times: Never 51! 🇨🇦❤️ @stuwest.bsky.social
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New paper: "Kin-discriminating partner choice promotes the evolution of helping"
with Tom Scott (@tomwscott.bsky.social) & Geoff Wild (@geoffwild.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
@journal-evo.bsky.social #Image: #ChatGPT #Evolution #OA
with Tom Scott (@tomwscott.bsky.social) & Geoff Wild (@geoffwild.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
@journal-evo.bsky.social #Image: #ChatGPT #Evolution #OA
February 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
New paper: "Kin-discriminating partner choice promotes the evolution of helping"
with Tom Scott (@tomwscott.bsky.social) & Geoff Wild (@geoffwild.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
@journal-evo.bsky.social #Image: #ChatGPT #Evolution #OA
with Tom Scott (@tomwscott.bsky.social) & Geoff Wild (@geoffwild.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
@journal-evo.bsky.social #Image: #ChatGPT #Evolution #OA
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New paper with @tobykiers.bsky.social and @stuwest.bsky.social on whether plants send signals through fungal networks to warn other plants of impending attack – theory suggests unlikely.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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January 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New paper with @tobykiers.bsky.social and @stuwest.bsky.social on whether plants send signals through fungal networks to warn other plants of impending attack – theory suggests unlikely.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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My second paper, written with @geoffwild.bsky.social, has been published in @journal-evo.bsky.social
! Title: Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population: doi.org/10.1093/evol....
! Title: Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population: doi.org/10.1093/evol....
Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population
Abstract. When a brood fails, the failed parent can help a neighbor rear its offspring. This behavior is known as redirected helping and occurs in various
doi.org
January 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My second paper, written with @geoffwild.bsky.social, has been published in @journal-evo.bsky.social
! Title: Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population: doi.org/10.1093/evol....
! Title: Selective advantage of redirected helping in a viscous population: doi.org/10.1093/evol....
Great day with our visitor from Integrative Biology at the @uofguelph.bsky.social, Cortland Griswold, who shared his work on ancestral graphs, pop gen, and community ecology.
November 29, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Great day with our visitor from Integrative Biology at the @uofguelph.bsky.social, Cortland Griswold, who shared his work on ancestral graphs, pop gen, and community ecology.
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Stuck for Christmas shopping ideas? Who wouldn't want to find Rosemary Grant's memoir under the tree? Read my review in Bioscience out this week tinyurl.com/m92tr7w9
From the dining room table to the Galapagos
If you are a biologist and spend your whole working life studying biology, surrounded by other biologists, you would be forgiven for not choosing to spend
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November 7, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Stuck for Christmas shopping ideas? Who wouldn't want to find Rosemary Grant's memoir under the tree? Read my review in Bioscience out this week tinyurl.com/m92tr7w9
Any E&E folks with a strong interest in teaching and #SoTL consider joining a great group of Biologists at Western University. Consideration of applications for the 🚨 full-time faculty position🚨 begins Nov 15. www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
Faculty (UWOFA)
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
www.uwo.ca
October 3, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Any E&E folks with a strong interest in teaching and #SoTL consider joining a great group of Biologists at Western University. Consideration of applications for the 🚨 full-time faculty position🚨 begins Nov 15. www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
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At #ISBE2024 next week? Come see my first ever conference poster. (I'm cheating - it is a slight update of an awesome poster by @annadewar.bsky.social )
September 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
At #ISBE2024 next week? Come see my first ever conference poster. (I'm cheating - it is a slight update of an awesome poster by @annadewar.bsky.social )