Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler
@rejectresubmit.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester | phylogenomics, genome evolution | EIC at Frontiers in Posting
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Hibbins Lab
mhibbins.github.io
I'm recruiting students / postdocs to join my new lab at the University of Rochester for Fall 2025 onwards! If you're interested in phylogenetic comparative methods, genome evolution, and/or computational biology, please get in touch! More info:
mhibbins.github.io
mhibbins.github.io
Has somebody tried telling the government that when people die they can't spend their money at businesses
January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Has somebody tried telling the government that when people die they can't spend their money at businesses
Going from Rochester winter to Baton Rouge winter
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Going from Rochester winter to Baton Rouge winter
Very excited to share the capstone of my postdoc work with @stepheniwright.bsky.social, co-led by Wright lab grad student Cassandre with contributions from many others.
We combined new methods with high-quality Rumex assemblies to dive into the remarkable history of rearrangement in this genus.
We combined new methods with high-quality Rumex assemblies to dive into the remarkable history of rearrangement in this genus.
Rapid evolution of synteny associated with multiple origins of dioecy and XY sex determination
Chromosomal rearrangements are a major driver of evolutionary innovation, shaping processes including local adaptation, speciation, and sex chromosome evolution. Multispecies synteny datasets are rich...
www.biorxiv.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Very excited to share the capstone of my postdoc work with @stepheniwright.bsky.social, co-led by Wright lab grad student Cassandre with contributions from many others.
We combined new methods with high-quality Rumex assemblies to dive into the remarkable history of rearrangement in this genus.
We combined new methods with high-quality Rumex assemblies to dive into the remarkable history of rearrangement in this genus.
Surely this is not the same amygdala my ancestors were using to fend off wolf packs and grizzly bears
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Surely this is not the same amygdala my ancestors were using to fend off wolf packs and grizzly bears
There is a lot of stuff going on. I feel it would be nice if there wasn't as much stuff going on
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There is a lot of stuff going on. I feel it would be nice if there wasn't as much stuff going on
When you look at your old code and you're impressed that past you was able to figure all that out
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When you look at your old code and you're impressed that past you was able to figure all that out
So far my experience of winter in Rochester is that it's basically a coin flip whether you're going to get pelted on the face with hail on your commute home from work
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
So far my experience of winter in Rochester is that it's basically a coin flip whether you're going to get pelted on the face with hail on your commute home from work
I may have neglected writing the documentation for this R package for a bit too long
a man with a beard and blue eyes is looking up at the sky in the dark .
ALT: a man with a beard and blue eyes is looking up at the sky in the dark .
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November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I may have neglected writing the documentation for this R package for a bit too long
clouds 😑
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
clouds 😑
i like snow
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
i like snow
Still a few more days to apply to our open faculty position! This is a stellar department to be an evolutionary geneticist. I've really enjoyed my time here so far. Feel free to DM if you have any questions!
apply.interfolio.com/173431
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October 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Still a few more days to apply to our open faculty position! This is a stellar department to be an evolutionary geneticist. I've really enjoyed my time here so far. Feel free to DM if you have any questions!
apply.interfolio.com/173431
apply.interfolio.com/173431
I've seen riparian plots you people wouldn't believe
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I've seen riparian plots you people wouldn't believe
Not to post spoilers but the history of chromosomal rearrangements in Rumex is genuinely breaking my brain right now. Excited to share with y'all
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not to post spoilers but the history of chromosomal rearrangements in Rumex is genuinely breaking my brain right now. Excited to share with y'all
🙃
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🙃
As a biologist I am pretty envious of the explanatory power of the "everyone is 12" theory
October 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As a biologist I am pretty envious of the explanatory power of the "everyone is 12" theory
Happy to chat with any potential applicants who want to work in plant phylogenomics!
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happy to chat with any potential applicants who want to work in plant phylogenomics!
the lion does not concern himself with factor of 2 errors
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
the lion does not concern himself with factor of 2 errors
Reposted by Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler
New preprint led by grad student, Yu Mo! We introduce new software to calculate evolutionary rates of quantitative characters in the presence of discordance
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Estimating the rate of quantitative trait evolution in the presence of gene tree discordance by calculating likelihoods across trees
Quantitative traits provide insights into how phenotypes evolve across species. However, standard comparative methods often assume a single species tree and overlook the discordant gene tree histories...
www.biorxiv.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New preprint led by grad student, Yu Mo! We introduce new software to calculate evolutionary rates of quantitative characters in the presence of discordance
1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
First grant submitted 🙏
September 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
First grant submitted 🙏
Reposted by Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler
Memories of Lake Superior
Old Woman Bay, Ontario
July 2016
#WeekNforNights #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #PukaskwaNP #LakeSuperior
Old Woman Bay, Ontario
July 2016
#WeekNforNights #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #PukaskwaNP #LakeSuperior
September 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Memories of Lake Superior
Old Woman Bay, Ontario
July 2016
#WeekNforNights #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #PukaskwaNP #LakeSuperior
Old Woman Bay, Ontario
July 2016
#WeekNforNights #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin #sunset #ShareCanGeo #blueskyphotography #PukaskwaNP #LakeSuperior
Looks like only first year grads can apply now
It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Looks like only first year grads can apply now
The Board of Coalescence is nearly full
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Board of Coalescence is nearly full
UR Biology is hiring an Assistant Professor in mathematical/computational evolutionary genetics. Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/173431
apply.interfolio.com/173431
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September 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
UR Biology is hiring an Assistant Professor in mathematical/computational evolutionary genetics. Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/173431
apply.interfolio.com/173431
too many documents
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
too many documents
Reposted by Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler
super excited to share this big project with @daeaton.bsky.social out now in Systematic Biology! We derived distributions for -- given an arbitrary species tree model -- how far you have to move along a genome before observing a change in the underlying genealogy: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...
Estimating waiting distances between genealogy changes under a Multi-Species Extension of the Sequentially Markov Coalescent
Abstract. Genomes are composed of a mosaic of segments inherited from different ancestors, each separated by past recombination events. Consequently, genea
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
super excited to share this big project with @daeaton.bsky.social out now in Systematic Biology! We derived distributions for -- given an arbitrary species tree model -- how far you have to move along a genome before observing a change in the underlying genealogy: doi.org/10.1093/sysb...