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A short guide for effective field data collection by Jones et al. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 16, 2026 at 11:06 AM
A short guide for effective field data collection by Jones et al. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Published!📖
OccuGAMs: Non-linear occupancy and abundance modelling with imperfect detection🌍 🖥️
🔎 Find out more:
OccuGAMs: Non-linear occupancy and abundance modelling with imperfect detection🌍 🖥️
🔎 Find out more:
OccuGAMs: Non‐linear occupancy and abundance modelling with imperfect detection
Hierarchical occupancy and abundance models (HOAMs) have become a leading approach for inferring wildlife population dynamics because they explicitly account for imperfect detection. HOAMs are sui...
buff.ly
February 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Published!📖
OccuGAMs: Non-linear occupancy and abundance modelling with imperfect detection🌍 🖥️
🔎 Find out more:
OccuGAMs: Non-linear occupancy and abundance modelling with imperfect detection🌍 🖥️
🔎 Find out more:
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Peacocks
Digital painting
Digital painting
February 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Peacocks
Digital painting
Digital painting
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starting a new thread of artists who are raising mutual aid for minnesotans affected by the occupation — there are so many who are doing great things to help, and some that have posted mostly on instagram.
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
starting a new thread of artists who are raising mutual aid for minnesotans affected by the occupation — there are so many who are doing great things to help, and some that have posted mostly on instagram.
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🌍🦑 This #OpenAccess study from 'Landscape Ecology' highlights how seascape ecology can link spatial patterns and ecological processes across abyssal and hadal depths. @drcraigmc.bsky.social bit.ly/3Zuto5L #MarineEcology
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
🌍🦑 This #OpenAccess study from 'Landscape Ecology' highlights how seascape ecology can link spatial patterns and ecological processes across abyssal and hadal depths. @drcraigmc.bsky.social bit.ly/3Zuto5L #MarineEcology
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🌊Paper announcement! 📣
Viral infections rewire the metabolic makeup of their host and thereby create distinct chemical signatures. Can we use metabolic biomarkers to diagnose infections of algal blooms in the ocean?
Well, take a look at our new article led by Conny Kuhlisch in @pnas.org
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Viral infections rewire the metabolic makeup of their host and thereby create distinct chemical signatures. Can we use metabolic biomarkers to diagnose infections of algal blooms in the ocean?
Well, take a look at our new article led by Conny Kuhlisch in @pnas.org
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Mapping of the viral shunt across widespread coccolithophore blooms using metabolic biomarkers | PNAS
The viral shunt is a fundamental ecosystem process which diverts the flux of organic
carbon fixed through photosynthesis during algal bloom events ...
doi.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
🌊Paper announcement! 📣
Viral infections rewire the metabolic makeup of their host and thereby create distinct chemical signatures. Can we use metabolic biomarkers to diagnose infections of algal blooms in the ocean?
Well, take a look at our new article led by Conny Kuhlisch in @pnas.org
>>
Viral infections rewire the metabolic makeup of their host and thereby create distinct chemical signatures. Can we use metabolic biomarkers to diagnose infections of algal blooms in the ocean?
Well, take a look at our new article led by Conny Kuhlisch in @pnas.org
>>
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Rereading these two papers:
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
Holes in the Hologenome: Why Host-Microbe Symbioses Are Not Holobionts | mBio
ABSTRACT The advent of relatively inexpensive tools for characterizing microbial communities
has led to an explosion of research exploring the diversity, ecology, and evolution
of microbe-host systems...
journals.asm.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Rereading these two papers:
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
Holes in the hologenome: why host-microbe symbioses are not holobionts.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
The Hologenome Concept: Helpful or Hollow?
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
And I still find myself in general agreement with most of the points in them
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Responsible publication of your research!
To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
doi.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Responsible publication of your research!
To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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missing the sun. Ipanema sketch, last fall
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February 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
missing the sun. Ipanema sketch, last fall
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reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
reading about organisms that aren’t your specialty is like
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
margins of the quorbus eplungulate, ploobular processes bent posteriorly towards the foobulum
define term “eplungulate”
- lacking plungae. synonym: thubulous
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📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉
The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.
pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...
#RStats #LGBTQ
The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.
pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...
#RStats #LGBTQ
rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
pretix.eu
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉
The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.
pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...
#RStats #LGBTQ
The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.
pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...
#RStats #LGBTQ
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I present to you: the NaturalistaUY Bot (ecoevo.social/@Naturalista...) 🤖🇺🇾💚
Here you can find more info about how it works and why we did it (in Spanish): www.naturalista.uy/blog/94967-l... 🧪
Here you can find more info about how it works and why we did it (in Spanish): www.naturalista.uy/blog/94967-l... 🧪
Naturalista 🇺🇾 Bot (@Naturalista@bots.uy) profile
<p>Destaco registros de <a href="https://naturalista.uy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">naturalista.uy</a></p>
<p>Hecho por <a href="https://ecoevo.social/@flograttarola" target="_blank" r...
ecoevo.social
May 28, 2024 at 2:31 PM
I present to you: the NaturalistaUY Bot (ecoevo.social/@Naturalista...) 🤖🇺🇾💚
Here you can find more info about how it works and why we did it (in Spanish): www.naturalista.uy/blog/94967-l... 🧪
Here you can find more info about how it works and why we did it (in Spanish): www.naturalista.uy/blog/94967-l... 🧪
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Diversity and ecological roles of hidden viral players in groundwater microbiomes www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Diversity and ecological roles of hidden viral players in groundwater microbiomes - Nature Communications
Groundwater viruses are less well studied. Here, using large-scale sequencing, the authors uncover extensive, largely uncharacterized viral diversity in groundwater, showing that viruses infect domina...
www.nature.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Diversity and ecological roles of hidden viral players in groundwater microbiomes www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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Why should microbiologists be interested in historical infection remedies, and how can we best investigate them for antimicrobial discovery? Thoroughly enjoyed co-writing this Microbiology Primer with @tosinorababa.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #MicroSky #Ancientbiotics
Microbial Primer: Ancientbiotics – making modern antimicrobials from historical infection remedies
The modern antibiotic era began in the early twentieth century, but humans have long used materials from the natural world to attempt to treat the symptoms of infection. In this primer, we will discus...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Why should microbiologists be interested in historical infection remedies, and how can we best investigate them for antimicrobial discovery? Thoroughly enjoyed co-writing this Microbiology Primer with @tosinorababa.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #MicroSky #Ancientbiotics
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graphic novels are so cool because i'll have an idea for a visual i really really want to draw and then 18-24 months later when i finally get there i'm like. whose dumb fucking idea was that
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
graphic novels are so cool because i'll have an idea for a visual i really really want to draw and then 18-24 months later when i finally get there i'm like. whose dumb fucking idea was that
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Time for my semi annual reshare of this starter pack of ADs who hire artists!
If you're an AD who regularly hires/commissions artists for commercial work and want to be added lmk.
go.bsky.app/RSV4VwA
If you're an AD who regularly hires/commissions artists for commercial work and want to be added lmk.
go.bsky.app/RSV4VwA
January 27, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Time for my semi annual reshare of this starter pack of ADs who hire artists!
If you're an AD who regularly hires/commissions artists for commercial work and want to be added lmk.
go.bsky.app/RSV4VwA
If you're an AD who regularly hires/commissions artists for commercial work and want to be added lmk.
go.bsky.app/RSV4VwA
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“At NSF, the net reduction of 205 STEM Ph.D.s between 1 January and 30 November constituted 40% of its total pre-Trump Ph.D. workforce of 517, by far the largest percentage at any agency. STEM Ph.D.s also make up a larger percentage of the total workforce at NSF than at any other agency…”.
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM
“At NSF, the net reduction of 205 STEM Ph.D.s between 1 January and 30 November constituted 40% of its total pre-Trump Ph.D. workforce of 517, by far the largest percentage at any agency. STEM Ph.D.s also make up a larger percentage of the total workforce at NSF than at any other agency…”.
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Our paper on how to use niche theory (MacArthur's minimization principle) to understand eco/evo limits to diversity got a shout out from Quarterly Review of Biology: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The paper is hard to access but a copy can be found here drive.google.com/file/d/14EGZ...
The paper is hard to access but a copy can be found here drive.google.com/file/d/14EGZ...
Speciation. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. Edited by Catherine L. Peichel, Åke Brännström, Daniel I. Bolnick, Ulf Dieckmann, and Rebecca J. Safran. Cold Spring Harbor (New York): Cold Spr...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
January 25, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Our paper on how to use niche theory (MacArthur's minimization principle) to understand eco/evo limits to diversity got a shout out from Quarterly Review of Biology: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The paper is hard to access but a copy can be found here drive.google.com/file/d/14EGZ...
The paper is hard to access but a copy can be found here drive.google.com/file/d/14EGZ...
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Reading this paper on causal inference and attribution (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🌐), I came across this discussion. I used to favour simple models, even if I thought they could be biased, until my PhD cosupervisor (a math person) asked me "why would you choose a biased model?"
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Reading this paper on causal inference and attribution (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🌐), I came across this discussion. I used to favour simple models, even if I thought they could be biased, until my PhD cosupervisor (a math person) asked me "why would you choose a biased model?"
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A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants (including TEs) in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants in Eco‐Evolutionary Population Genomics
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has greatly expanded researchers' ability to study structural variants (SVs), that is, the variation in the presence, number, orientation or position of a DNA sequence. ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:07 AM
A Beginner's Guide to Structural Variants (including TEs) in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Protist–bacteria partnerships are more common in wastewater treatment plants than we thought. In this ISME communications paper, we uncovered widespread denitrifying endosymbionts inside ciliates, their global distribution, and their temporal dynamics across WWTPs.🦠
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Occurrence and temporal dynamics of denitrifying protist endosymbionts in the wastewater microbiome
Abstract. Effective wastewater treatment is of critical importance for preserving public health and protecting natural environments. Key processes in waste
academic.oup.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Protist–bacteria partnerships are more common in wastewater treatment plants than we thought. In this ISME communications paper, we uncovered widespread denitrifying endosymbionts inside ciliates, their global distribution, and their temporal dynamics across WWTPs.🦠
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026.
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Corush Lab
jcorush.github.io
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026.
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
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Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow.
Please repost :)
Please repost :)
Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow.
Please repost :)
Please repost :)