Sam Yeaman
@samyeaman.bsky.social
Glad we have this kind of leader in Canada...sobering and realistic take on where we're at.
The Carney speech is worth reading in full: globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Glad we have this kind of leader in Canada...sobering and realistic take on where we're at.
Just bumping this up again -- I'll be making a decision on who to nominate for the internal competition on Jan 21st, so please get in touch ASAP if you're interested.
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...
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Just bumping this up again -- I'll be making a decision on who to nominate for the internal competition on Jan 21st, so please get in touch ASAP if you're interested.
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...
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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...
sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/funding/o...
I actually tell them this -- use it as a study aid, and if you're not confident you can assess what AI is saying as correct/incorrect, that's a sign you need to study that more
I'm so back and forth on this. I think it really does depend on the student's level of subject matter expertise. If they can tell that AI is giving them nonsense [writing or code], then they might be okay. If they can't tell, because they're supposed to be answering themselves, then it's problematic
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I actually tell them this -- use it as a study aid, and if you're not confident you can assess what AI is saying as correct/incorrect, that's a sign you need to study that more
Will it go away if we ignore it? We need to train them to think critically alongside it. Still trying to figure out how, but I don't see any viable alternative. Unfortunately, training them to use AI effectively requires small class sizes and lots of interaction, which nobody wants to pay for
I still don't see how AI could be anything other than a disservice to students' abilities and confidence.
January 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Will it go away if we ignore it? We need to train them to think critically alongside it. Still trying to figure out how, but I don't see any viable alternative. Unfortunately, training them to use AI effectively requires small class sizes and lots of interaction, which nobody wants to pay for
I think we want to push students to use AI competently. So if they're presenting, reduce the presentation time and increase the time where we ask questions and the students need to demonstrate comprehension and synthesis.
Me too.
Even presentations. Last year some students presented content that was clearly AI generated and read aloud AI-generated notes.
Even presentations. Last year some students presented content that was clearly AI generated and read aloud AI-generated notes.
January 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I think we want to push students to use AI competently. So if they're presenting, reduce the presentation time and increase the time where we ask questions and the students need to demonstrate comprehension and synthesis.
I'm doing regular practice writing assignments (minor participation marks for completion) throughout the term where AI can be used, and then an in-class writing assignment towards the end of the year, where AI will not be available.
Steadily removing all writing assignments from my courses to avoid confronting AI-generated horseshit. This is the inevitable result of the embrace of AI by higher education. We will produce a generation of students that can't write or think for themselves.
January 8, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I'm doing regular practice writing assignments (minor participation marks for completion) throughout the term where AI can be used, and then an in-class writing assignment towards the end of the year, where AI will not be available.
I'm declining to review for Nature Communications Biology. This is for-profit publishing attempting to control too much of the "market" and I'm not supporting it.
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I'm declining to review for Nature Communications Biology. This is for-profit publishing attempting to control too much of the "market" and I'm not supporting it.
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I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
Wait, we're supposed to be reading them?
Despite decades of effort, scientists have still not discovered a foolproof way to evaluate colleagues’ work that doesn’t involve reading the paper
But what if there are two co-first authors and the first-first author is actually also co-corresponding author with the last author but the second-first author isn’t?
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wait, we're supposed to be reading them?
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We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
I'll be reviewing applications for this in a few days, so there's still time to get touch if you're interested.
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/...
yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'll be reviewing applications for this in a few days, so there's still time to get touch if you're interested.
It's always fun to work with Tom! In this one, we ponder how the answer to this question can tells us something about the kind of architecture underlying adaptation
Check out this short piece on the genomics of local adaptation. Abi Brown (not on Bluesky) and I wrote it with @samyeaman.bsky.social
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Any input you say have would be welcomed!
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Any input you say have would be welcomed!
What fraction of the genomic basis of local adaptation are we missing?
ecoevorxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It's always fun to work with Tom! In this one, we ponder how the answer to this question can tells us something about the kind of architecture underlying adaptation
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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
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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
I'll start reviewing applications in a little over 3 weeks for this PhD position. You could be doing fieldwork here! (or focus only on dry lab work if that floats your boat)
September 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'll start reviewing applications in a little over 3 weeks for this PhD position. You could be doing fieldwork here! (or focus only on dry lab work if that floats your boat)
University of Calgary is hiring a tier I CRC professorship in crop genomics. Come work in one of the most beautiful corners of the world!
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in
Calgary,
...
Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Translational Crop Genomics in Sustainable Agriculture in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
September 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
University of Calgary is hiring a tier I CRC professorship in crop genomics. Come work in one of the most beautiful corners of the world!
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1668764...
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Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...
August 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...
Field work is so tiresome. I have to climb up every time to ski back down.
That is one hell of a recruitment photo!
August 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Field work is so tiresome. I have to climb up every time to ski back down.
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/...
yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...
August 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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/...
yeamanlab.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/...
Really great to see this out -- and so interesting to see strong signals of adaptation to North vs. South facing slopes across a single valley in spruce!
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...
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
August 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Really great to see this out -- and so interesting to see strong signals of adaptation to North vs. South facing slopes across a single valley in spruce!
Miles gave a fantastic talk about this last year at SSE, I'm looking forward to reading the published version!
Hey, Miles' @milesroberts.bsky.social beautiful paper showing that sequence diversity missed by standard methods contributes to Lewontin's paradox is officially published in @evolletters.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
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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June 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Miles gave a fantastic talk about this last year at SSE, I'm looking forward to reading the published version!
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Temperatures are soaring, and there's a limit to what plants can handle. Scientists are figuring out how to engineer crops to take the heat so they can get into the kitchen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
Soaring Temperatures Threaten Crops, So Scientists Are Looking to Alter the Plants
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Temperatures are soaring, and there's a limit to what plants can handle. Scientists are figuring out how to engineer crops to take the heat so they can get into the kitchen.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...
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
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If your grant application needs some justification on why we should study adaptation in wild plant species... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“There’s just no moths on that sheet.” @tessairini.bsky.social writes in the @theguardian.com about #InsectDecline with #DanJanzen, #WinnieHallwachs and the caterpillars of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste #ACG in #CostaRica @gdfcf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“There’s just no moths on that sheet.” @tessairini.bsky.social writes in the @theguardian.com about #InsectDecline with #DanJanzen, #WinnieHallwachs and the caterpillars of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste #ACG in #CostaRica @gdfcf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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“There’s just no moths on that sheet.” @tessairini.bsky.social writes in the @theguardian.com about #InsectDecline with #DanJanzen, #WinnieHallwachs and the caterpillars of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste #ACG in #CostaRica @gdfcf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“There’s just no moths on that sheet.” @tessairini.bsky.social writes in the @theguardian.com about #InsectDecline with #DanJanzen, #WinnieHallwachs and the caterpillars of the Area de Conservacion Guanacaste #ACG in #CostaRica @gdfcf.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The official program for the 2025 Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics GRS is now live!
www.grc.org/ecological-a...
Poster submissions are still open through June 14, 2025.
@jcbnunez.bsky.social
www.grc.org/ecological-a...
Poster submissions are still open through June 14, 2025.
@jcbnunez.bsky.social
2025 Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics (GRS) will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The official program for the 2025 Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics GRS is now live!
www.grc.org/ecological-a...
Poster submissions are still open through June 14, 2025.
@jcbnunez.bsky.social
www.grc.org/ecological-a...
Poster submissions are still open through June 14, 2025.
@jcbnunez.bsky.social