Judith Mank
@judithmank.bsky.social
🧬 Professor of Evolutionary Genomics at @zoology.ubc.ca and @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social. Editor-in-Chief of @evolletters.bsky.social. Science with a sprinkling of dachshund pictures. https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/mank-lab/
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Fast females, slow males: accelerated ageing and reproductive senescence in Drosophila melanogaster females across diverse social environments url: academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
Fast females, slow males: accelerated ageing and reproductive senescence in Drosophila melanogaster females across diverse social environments
Abstract. Females and males typically differ in lifespan, patterns of ageing, and reproduction. General explanations for variation in the magnitude of this
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November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fast females, slow males: accelerated ageing and reproductive senescence in Drosophila melanogaster females across diverse social environments url: academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
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1/ Evolutionary trade-offs between intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
1/ Evolutionary trade-offs between intergenerational and transgenerational fitness effects
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
Transgenerational / intergeneration fitness effects can be adaptive, but they can also trade-off with each other:
New work led by Isaac Harris, preprint:
tinyurl.com/yp2b6tjm
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!
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TWO curatorial positions at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada. Curator of Birds, and Curator of Plants and Sustainability... please pass the word and amplify!
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Curator of Birds - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page
Apply to Curator of Birds at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
TWO curatorial positions at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada. Curator of Birds, and Curator of Plants and Sustainability... please pass the word and amplify!
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...
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royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...
royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/XBR2Yc...
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🧬✨ It’s official!
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026!
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, organized by PhD students, for PhD students.
Expect inspiring research, new connections, and a mix of science + fun, the EMPSEB way!
📍Save the date & follow us for updates! Link in Bio 🌍
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026!
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, organized by PhD students, for PhD students.
Expect inspiring research, new connections, and a mix of science + fun, the EMPSEB way!
📍Save the date & follow us for updates! Link in Bio 🌍
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🧬✨ It’s official!
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026!
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, organized by PhD students, for PhD students.
Expect inspiring research, new connections, and a mix of science + fun, the EMPSEB way!
📍Save the date & follow us for updates! Link in Bio 🌍
EMPSEB31 is coming to Germany, June 2026!
Europe’s friendliest evolution meeting returns, organized by PhD students, for PhD students.
Expect inspiring research, new connections, and a mix of science + fun, the EMPSEB way!
📍Save the date & follow us for updates! Link in Bio 🌍
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Our lab has published a couple of major papers in the past few months, which I would like to highlight in this thread! 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Our lab has published a couple of major papers in the past few months, which I would like to highlight in this thread! 🧵
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Does #SexualSelection fuel #Speciation?
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Sexual selection and speciation: a meta-analysis of comparative studies
Abstract. Understanding the drivers of biodiversity is a central goal in evolutionary biology. In particular, sexual selection has long been proposed as a
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Does #SexualSelection fuel #Speciation?
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Our new #meta-analysis of comparative studies finds support for a positive relationship, but the rather moderate global effect suggests it’s not necessarily a dominant force.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
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Phenotypic divergence among European populations was assayed in 173 isofemale lines, spearheaded by Esra Durmaz Mitchell and Thomas Flatt, we show that populations differed markedly in multivariate trait structure @evolletters.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evlett/artic... (5/7)
Continent-wide differentiation of fitness traits and patterns of climate adaptation among European populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Abstract. A particularly well-studied evolutionary model is the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, a cosmopolitan insect of ancestral southern-central Af
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October 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Phenotypic divergence among European populations was assayed in 173 isofemale lines, spearheaded by Esra Durmaz Mitchell and Thomas Flatt, we show that populations differed markedly in multivariate trait structure @evolletters.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evlett/artic... (5/7)
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The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
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Temperature can reverse sexual conflict, facilitating population growth
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Roberto García-Roa et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Roberto García-Roa et al.
Temperature can reverse sexual conflict, facilitating population growth
Abstract. Sexual conflict frequently gives rise to adaptations that increase male reproductive success at the expense of harming females (“male harm”) and
doi.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Temperature can reverse sexual conflict, facilitating population growth
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Roberto García-Roa et al.
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Roberto García-Roa et al.
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I'm the incoming SSE president and am behind this idea -- if you're interested in putting together an app and have questions, pls reach out!
Now accepting proposals for new Research Synthesis Working Groups! Each funded group will present a symposium at the Evolution meeting, collaborate on a publication, and establish a lasting research network. Submit your proposal by January 6: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
October 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm the incoming SSE president and am behind this idea -- if you're interested in putting together an app and have questions, pls reach out!
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Nominations are now open for the Dobzhansky Prize, which recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The award includes $5000 and an award talk at the in-person Evolution meeting. Deadline: December 1
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October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nominations are now open for the Dobzhansky Prize, which recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The award includes $5000 and an award talk at the in-person Evolution meeting. Deadline: December 1
shorturl.at/p70wY
shorturl.at/p70wY
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Widespread male-female expression imbalance of X-linked genes across phrynosomatid lizards https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680020v1
October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Widespread male-female expression imbalance of X-linked genes across phrynosomatid lizards https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.06.680020v1
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Our paper on the genetics of guppy color patterns has now been assigned an issue in NEE: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
With this paper, we also publish all 14,100 guppy photos used in the study, including before and after alignment and ornament extraction:
doi.org/10.20383/103...
With this paper, we also publish all 14,100 guppy photos used in the study, including before and after alignment and ornament extraction:
doi.org/10.20383/103...
September 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Our paper on the genetics of guppy color patterns has now been assigned an issue in NEE: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
With this paper, we also publish all 14,100 guppy photos used in the study, including before and after alignment and ornament extraction:
doi.org/10.20383/103...
With this paper, we also publish all 14,100 guppy photos used in the study, including before and after alignment and ornament extraction:
doi.org/10.20383/103...
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📢 NEW GENOME ALERT
In #G3journal, @squarehare.bsky.social, @judithmank.bsky.social, and team generated a genome assembly of the Amazon guppy, Poecilia bifurca and showed how this species shares sex chromosomes with related species, albeit with substantial Y chromosome degeneration. buff.ly/lM7etkw
In #G3journal, @squarehare.bsky.social, @judithmank.bsky.social, and team generated a genome assembly of the Amazon guppy, Poecilia bifurca and showed how this species shares sex chromosomes with related species, albeit with substantial Y chromosome degeneration. buff.ly/lM7etkw
September 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📢 NEW GENOME ALERT
In #G3journal, @squarehare.bsky.social, @judithmank.bsky.social, and team generated a genome assembly of the Amazon guppy, Poecilia bifurca and showed how this species shares sex chromosomes with related species, albeit with substantial Y chromosome degeneration. buff.ly/lM7etkw
In #G3journal, @squarehare.bsky.social, @judithmank.bsky.social, and team generated a genome assembly of the Amazon guppy, Poecilia bifurca and showed how this species shares sex chromosomes with related species, albeit with substantial Y chromosome degeneration. buff.ly/lM7etkw
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k-mer-based diversity scales with population size proxies more than nucleotide diversity in a meta-analysis of 98 plant species.
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k-mer-based diversity scales with population size proxies more than nucleotide diversity in a meta-analysis of 98 plant species
Abstract. A key prediction of neutral theory is that the level of genetic diversity in a population should scale with population size. However, as was note
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September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
k-mer-based diversity scales with population size proxies more than nucleotide diversity in a meta-analysis of 98 plant species.
academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
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Rapid temporal adaptation structures tolerance to toxic cyanobacteria in a natural population of the water flea Daphnia
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Maxime Fajgenblat et al.
📷: Janek Lass
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Maxime Fajgenblat et al.
📷: Janek Lass
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Rapid temporal adaptation structures tolerance to toxic cyanobacteria in a natural population of the water flea Daphnia
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Maxime Fajgenblat et al.
📷: Janek Lass
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Maxime Fajgenblat et al.
📷: Janek Lass
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I have gotten a bit behind at sharing the lab’s latest work - this paper is now published - check it out! www.cell.com/cell-reports... Long story short: insulin is the major determinant of female fat storage, with a relatively minor effect on males.
September 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I have gotten a bit behind at sharing the lab’s latest work - this paper is now published - check it out! www.cell.com/cell-reports... Long story short: insulin is the major determinant of female fat storage, with a relatively minor effect on males.
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Massive investment in science in the upcoming Canadian budget would send a strong message that rationality and reason should lead the world, not charlatanism. People will return to science-based policies and health measures, and countries that have not given up will have a strong economic lead!
“Antiscience has gone beyond U.S. borders to Europe, Australia, and Africa. Defeating it will require unprecedented commitment and international cooperation, not only between scientific organizations, but also their host governments.”
🧪 #Disinformation #AntiScience
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🧪 #Disinformation #AntiScience
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Antiscience Is an Existential Threat
The ideologically-motivated assault on science threatens us all.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Massive investment in science in the upcoming Canadian budget would send a strong message that rationality and reason should lead the world, not charlatanism. People will return to science-based policies and health measures, and countries that have not given up will have a strong economic lead!
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Congrats to Dr. Meng Yuan, who defended her PhD on the genome-wide potential for ploidy & sexual conflict in plants! Many thanks to @judithmank.bsky.social for serving as her external examiner. A fun collaboration w/ @stepheniwright.bsky.social and also @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social for a paper!
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congrats to Dr. Meng Yuan, who defended her PhD on the genome-wide potential for ploidy & sexual conflict in plants! Many thanks to @judithmank.bsky.social for serving as her external examiner. A fun collaboration w/ @stepheniwright.bsky.social and also @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social for a paper!
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Cover of the new issue of Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social featuring our stickleback-tapeworm paper. academic.oup.com/evlett
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
September 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Cover of the new issue of Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social featuring our stickleback-tapeworm paper. academic.oup.com/evlett
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
What happens to immunity and infection prevalence in the 50 years after a host invades a new location
Living his best life on his 7th birthday.
September 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Living his best life on his 7th birthday.
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Really excited to share our latest paper led by @simonaube.bsky.social. Fascinating results examining whether regulatory mutations can lead to adaptation as fast as coding mutations do. #mevosky #evobio #evoSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Adaptation is less accessible through mutations in promoters than in coding sequences when large effect sizes are needed
Mutations within promoters and coding sequences are both involved in adaptation, but their relative contributions remain to be compared directly. Using the fungal enzyme cytosine deaminase, we examine...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Really excited to share our latest paper led by @simonaube.bsky.social. Fascinating results examining whether regulatory mutations can lead to adaptation as fast as coding mutations do. #mevosky #evobio #evoSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com
Lediga jobb vid Stockholms universitet
Jobb
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September 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com
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Fully funded PhD in #Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver! 🍁 Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, and more. Start Sept 2026/Jan 2027. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fully funded PhD in #Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver! 🍁 Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, and more. Start Sept 2026/Jan 2027. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool