Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Rafael Candido Ribeiro

@rafaelcr.bsky.social

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Postdoctoral Fellow @UBCforestry - Booker/Aitken lab. Studying climate adaptation in trees. I love diversity (especially all levels of biodiversity)

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Rafael Candido Ribeiro @rafaelcr.bsky.social · Jun 27

I simply stood on the shoulders of giants. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be doing what I love. I could not have asked for a better supervisor @sallyaitken.bsky.social, lab mates, faculty @forestry.ubc.ca, and university! This journey has been amazing! Thank you, Sally!

Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · Jun 26

Huge congrats to @rafaelcr.bsky.social for his excellent PhD defense yesterday! Rafa has made large contributions to our understanding of local adaptation to drought in Douglas-fir and the underlying genomic architecture of climate adaptive traits as part of the CoAdapTree project.

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Richard McElreath, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 1d

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Davis Summer Population Genomics Program

Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...

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Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 6d

Polygenic and redundant architectures of climate-adaptive traits may complicate genomic predictions of maladaptation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.02.703187v1

Reposted by Jesse R. Lasky, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 7d

The genetic architecture of local adaptation is historically contingent https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.01.703099v1

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Neil Pederson, Jonas Trepel , and 2 more Brian J. Enquist, Neil Pederson, Jonas Trepel, Haley A. Branch, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · 26d

🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
Please share!

Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · Jan 9

Want to study the genomics of repeated adaptation with data from hundreds of species? New funding for non-Canadians @ grad or postdoc level. Internal competition at UCalgary with very short deadline so please get in touch ASAP!!
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...

Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Jill Wegrzyn @jillwegrzyn.bsky.social · Jan 7

North American Forest Genetics Society (NAFGS) 2026 Conference | June 15–19, Quebec City 🇨🇦
Abstracts open now (deadline March 13) | Registration opens Jan 26th
Theme: Connecting Research Across Scales & Disciplines for Evolutionary Potential & Forest Resilience 🌳 🌲
www.nafgs.org/conference2026

Rafael Candido Ribeiro @rafaelcr.bsky.social · Dec 20

My daughter loves Mickey 😊

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Dec 7

#Evolution of #conifer seed cones

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#TansleyReview by @kmatsunaga

@WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

Morphology of extant conifer seed cones.

Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy, Juan Rocha, Carly D. Ziter , and 1 more Stephen D. Murphy, Juan Rocha, Carly D. Ziter, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · Nov 20

#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140

University of British Columbia, Botany

Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

academicjobsonline.org

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · Nov 7

¿Hiciste tu doctorado en México? ¿Quieres hacer un postdoc en California? ¿Te interesa la genética evolutiva? ¡Checa esta beca y mándame un mensaje! alianzamx.universityofcalifornia.edu/research-and...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - University of California Alianza MX

Submitting an Application Current Fellows 2025 Cohort Additional Information Humberger Toggle Menu Interested in applying for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship? Eligibility The program seeks applican...

alianzamx.universityofcalifornia.edu

Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe, Scott C. Doney, Brian J. Enquist , and 20 more Katharine Hayhoe, Scott C. Doney, Brian J. Enquist, Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Mike Flannigan, Robin J. Pakeman, Patrick A. Jansen, Neil Pederson, Brian J. Harvey, Jussi T. Eronen, Hisham Zerriffi, Tommaso Jucker, Sabina Burrascano, Carly D. Ziter, Darío Martin‐Benito, Susanne Lachmuth, Shan Kothari, Joan Dudney, Ellie M. Goud, Varina E. Crisfield, Katherine Sinacore, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · Sep 25

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Stephen D. Murphy, Jesse R. Lasky , and 3 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Stephen D. Murphy, Jesse R. Lasky, Greg M. Walter, Trevor M. Faske, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm looking to recruit a PhD student to study patterns of local adaptation and introgression across the spruce hybrid zone in the Rockies near Calgary. Projects can include field work, bioinformatics, pop gen theory, or comparison to plant/ conifer species
yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...

Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Gabriele Nocchi @gabnocgenomics.bsky.social · Aug 13

I am happy to share my second paper with @samyeaman.bsky.social and collaborators! If you are into hybrid zones and tree genomics, this is for you!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The genomic basis of local adaptation in the white x Engelmann spruce hybrid zone

Hybridization between species can occur along repeated zones of contact, providing a powerful natural laboratory for studying the interplay between migration and selection, and for identifying loci in...

www.biorxiv.org

Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · Aug 6

Evolutionary rescue in a consumer-resource system: Adaptation and persistence depend on the affected ecological traits https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.04.668505v1

Rafael Candido Ribeiro @rafaelcr.bsky.social · Jul 17

Jibóia - Roraima, Brazil

Jobóia snake hiding under leaves. Location: Roraima, Brazil

Rafael Candido Ribeiro @rafaelcr.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thank you so much, Katie!!!

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Jill Wegrzyn @jillwegrzyn.bsky.social · Jun 21

Save the Date! North American Forest Genetics Society #NAFGS June 15-19 2026 in Quebec City, Canada🍁
More information coming soon at www.nafgs.org/conference2026
Join us next year!

Rafael Candido Ribeiro @rafaelcr.bsky.social · Jun 12

Great piece, Sam!

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · Jun 12

If your grant application needs some justification on why we should study adaptation in wild plant species... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Can wild plant adaptations help crops tolerate heat?

Wild plant species harbor a vast but largely unknown diversity of temperature stress solutions

www.science.org

Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

UBC IRES @ires.ubc.ca · May 15

IRES's Dr. Kai Chan will be one of the expert panelists speaking alongside Keynote Speaker Lisa Brideau, author of Adrift (winner of the 2024 Evergreen Award) and senior sustainability specialist with the City of Vancouver!

botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/news-events/...

Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Meg Smith (she/her) @mgsmth.bsky.social · May 13

Hi everybody! Welcome to my page :) I'm a MSc student at UBC. I'm currently studying the evolution of genome structure in Douglas-fir. More broadly, I'm interested in evolution, genomics, climate change & forest genetics!

Reposted by Brian J. Harvey, Julian Schrader, Andrew Hacket‐Pain , and 2 more Brian J. Harvey, Julian Schrader, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Patrick D. Culbert, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · May 8

Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)

Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · May 2

Brilliant new paper by Jill Anderson and colleagues using 9 years of transplant experiments and integral projection models to predict the capacity of populations for adaptation and persistence under new climates in Boechera stricta. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Adaptation and gene flow are insufficient to rescue a montane plant under climate change

Climate change increasingly drives local population dynamics, shifts geographic distributions, and threatens persistence. Gene flow and rapid adaptation could rescue declining populations yet are seld...

www.science.org

Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · Apr 25

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For American students planning to start grad school who are reconsidering their USA offers (or had offer rescinded), my Canadian university #QueensU announced a special funding call. Want to join my lab to study #plant #evolution? Get in touch!

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Reposted by Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Brandon M. Lind @brandonlind.bsky.social · Apr 14

Excited to see our article on the cover! @drk-lo.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17550998...

Molecular Ecology Resources: Vol 25, No 4

Molecular Ecology Resources is a broad journal publishing computer programs, statistical & molecular advances & more for studies in evolution, ecology & conservation.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Michael A. Wulder, Ian J. Wright, Rosie A. Fisher , and 3 more Michael A. Wulder, Ian J. Wright, Rosie A. Fisher, Mary Heskel, Melissa Whitman, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · Mar 13

Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool

Reposted by Valério D. Pillar, Guillermo Fandós, Melissa Whitman , and 1 more Valério D. Pillar, Guillermo Fandós, Melissa Whitman, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Science Magazine @science.org · Mar 6

An analysis of forest plant traits from across the tropical Americas suggests that forests are not changing fast enough to keep up with #ClimateChange.

Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3QLYhyc

In Mesoamerican cloud forests, such as this one in the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, climate change and deforestation are leading to plant species moving upslope. However, an analysis of forest plant traits from across the tropical Americas suggests that forests are not changing fast enough to keep up with climate change.

Reposted by David M. Schultz, Jillian M. Buriak, Ruth Mace , and 7 more David M. Schultz, Jillian M. Buriak, Ruth Mace, Julian L. Simon, Luke Rendell, Alan Richardson, Rob Boddice, Olivier Morin, Nancy Foasberg, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Mar 6

Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.

I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review

Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.

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