Aaron Comeault
@aaronc-research.bsky.social
Evolution | Genomics | Drosophilids | Amphibs | Microbes
Lecturer in the Molecular Ecology and Evolution group, Bangor University, North Wales.
Lab website: https://comeaultlab.wordpress.com/
+ photography and being in mountains. 🇨🇦🏴 He/Him
Lecturer in the Molecular Ecology and Evolution group, Bangor University, North Wales.
Lab website: https://comeaultlab.wordpress.com/
+ photography and being in mountains. 🇨🇦🏴 He/Him
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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
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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.
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Happy to announce that our „newest old tool“ autoMLST2.0 is out and published. You need an accurate and easy to use tool to build #phylogenetictrees from #bacterialgenomes: academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
AutoMLST2: a web server for phylogeny and microbial taxonomy
Abstract. Accurate and accessible phylogenetic analysis is essential for understanding microbial taxonomy and evolution, which are integral to microbiology
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May 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Happy to announce that our „newest old tool“ autoMLST2.0 is out and published. You need an accurate and easy to use tool to build #phylogenetictrees from #bacterialgenomes: academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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I've written a Substack about the #ColossalBioSci #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign; it's focused on polluting the information landscape, rather than the underlying science (except for species concepts, I talk about them)
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The Extinction of Truth
Or, a Colossal Pile of Bullshit
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May 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've written a Substack about the #ColossalBioSci #DeExtinction #DisInformation campaign; it's focused on polluting the information landscape, rather than the underlying science (except for species concepts, I talk about them)
open.substack.com/pub/devoevom...
open.substack.com/pub/devoevom...
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This meeting will be great!
Abstract submission open now
See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Abstract submission open now
See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
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April 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This meeting will be great!
Abstract submission open now
See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Abstract submission open now
See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders.
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
February 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders.
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
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☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️
2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution
ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution?
Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution
ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution?
Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
🚨 Job alert 🚨 — are you interested in understanding how mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? 🧬 🧪 🧫 🦠 2x 5-year research positions available in experimental evolution @mermanchester.bsky.social Join us! #microsky
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Experimental Evolution:Manchester
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February 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️
2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution
ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution?
Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution
ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution?
Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
Very excited to see this out from @metallophyte.bsky.social's lab looking at plasticity and adaptation to environmental stressors! Led by @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social student Sarah Coates!
Our new paper shows that plasticity that has evolved to deal with one stressful situation, can help plants to adapt rapidly to new stressful situations. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @meebangor.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @ukri.org @pnas.org
February 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Very excited to see this out from @metallophyte.bsky.social's lab looking at plasticity and adaptation to environmental stressors! Led by @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social student Sarah Coates!
Looking to build your CV by doing a Masters project? Lots available at Bangor University in zoology-related fields and more:
Today we are releasing 64 (!) adverts for Masters by Research projects at the College of Science & Engineering. All are self-funded. Spanning 18 themes/disciplines this is the richest offering we’ve had in years. Check out the projects now and get in touch: tinyurl.com/4bw29ucv
January 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Looking to build your CV by doing a Masters project? Lots available at Bangor University in zoology-related fields and more:
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Come to the UK to do your best 🧪! We’re not that bad by some comparisons 😊
The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships will open for applications next week on 21 January. These fellowships are for non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more on our website: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/newto...
January 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Come to the UK to do your best 🧪! We’re not that bad by some comparisons 😊
🚨 We are recruiting a #PhD student for a #NERC RedAlert CDT funded project using microbiological and genomic approaches to track #AMR 🦠 in riverine ecosystems in #NorthWales 🌈 - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: tinyurl.com/5wstuwxu
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
🚨 We are recruiting a #PhD student for a #NERC RedAlert CDT funded project using microbiological and genomic approaches to track #AMR 🦠 in riverine ecosystems in #NorthWales 🌈 - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: tinyurl.com/5wstuwxu
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social
Please share! @bangorcosepgr.bsky.social
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Come work with us on #eDNA and salmonid pathogens! 🐟🦠 Please share:
We are recruiting for #PhD opportunity funded by NERC RedAlert CDT investigating novel ways to identify #salmonid diseases in #freshwater ecosystems using #eDNA - closing date 7th Jan, full details here: findaphd.com?pj=176410
@thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social
@thefsbi.bsky.social @sosbangor.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Come work with us on #eDNA and salmonid pathogens! 🐟🦠 Please share:
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As I have a few followers now I figure I could post about some recent papers: @henrylnorth.bsky.social analysed sequence data from @theswordlab.bsky.social for North American Helicoverpa zea - we found just two individuals from 400 with introgressed armigera allele for insecticide resistance
Rapid Adaptation and Interspecific Introgression in the North American Crop Pest Helicoverpa zea
Abstract. Insect crop pests threaten global food security. This threat is amplified through the spread of nonnative species and through adaptation of nativ
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December 10, 2024 at 6:49 PM
As I have a few followers now I figure I could post about some recent papers: @henrylnorth.bsky.social analysed sequence data from @theswordlab.bsky.social for North American Helicoverpa zea - we found just two individuals from 400 with introgressed armigera allele for insecticide resistance
👀 V. cool tour de force paper disentangling the genetic basis of gut colonization in a symbiotic 🦠 of the fruit fly gut - genetics + genomics + experimental evolution + comparative genomics + transgenics + imaging. Wow!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
A conserved bacterial genetic basis for commensal-host specificity
Animals selectively acquire specific symbiotic gut bacteria from their environments that aid host fitness. To colonize, a symbiont must locate its niche and sustain growth within the gut. Adhesins are...
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December 8, 2024 at 9:51 AM
👀 V. cool tour de force paper disentangling the genetic basis of gut colonization in a symbiotic 🦠 of the fruit fly gut - genetics + genomics + experimental evolution + comparative genomics + transgenics + imaging. Wow!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Happy #frogfriday - I give you the spectacular Chihuahuan green toad. Found out on the road after some rain in southeast Arizona.
December 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Happy #frogfriday - I give you the spectacular Chihuahuan green toad. Found out on the road after some rain in southeast Arizona.
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I am loving the @evolletters.bsky.social cover by G. Moggioli. This issue has 3 articles about the Darwin-Bateman paradigm. Lehtonen & Parker doi.org/10.1093/evle... provide theory, w/ comments by @timjanicke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/evle... and Mokos et al. doi.org/10.1093/evle...
December 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
I am loving the @evolletters.bsky.social cover by G. Moggioli. This issue has 3 articles about the Darwin-Bateman paradigm. Lehtonen & Parker doi.org/10.1093/evle... provide theory, w/ comments by @timjanicke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/evle... and Mokos et al. doi.org/10.1093/evle...
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#PhD Advert: Please share! Are you looking for a PhD studentship in comparative- or population-genomics, using 300+ species of #Drosophila and 1000+ genomes of #melanogaster? #Entomology #Genomics #PopGen #Phylogenetics
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
#PhD Advert: Please share! Are you looking for a PhD studentship in comparative- or population-genomics, using 300+ species of #Drosophila and 1000+ genomes of #melanogaster? #Entomology #Genomics #PopGen #Phylogenetics
#drosphila blueskyers, can anyone help ID new fly line in the lab? I think virilis, but unsure. Males with double sex combs. Collected in North Wales. @darrenobbard.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM
#drosphila blueskyers, can anyone help ID new fly line in the lab? I think virilis, but unsure. Males with double sex combs. Collected in North Wales. @darrenobbard.bsky.social
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Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy!
The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.
Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.
Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
October 30, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Want to make beautiful scientific figures? Easy!
The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.
Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
The NIH released a library of 2000+ free scientific illustrations called *BioArt*.
Check it out! bioart.niaid.nih.gov
#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧠🟦 🧪
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Looking for a #postdoc? Interested in #evolution, #mutations, adaptation? Have #bioinformatics skills? Come join us on our beautiful campus @NCBS_Bangalore!
October 8, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Looking for a #postdoc? Interested in #evolution, #mutations, adaptation? Have #bioinformatics skills? Come join us on our beautiful campus @NCBS_Bangalore!
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We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!
November 20, 2024 at 3:14 PM
We have a postdoc position available in the lab on post-copulatory barriers in hybridizing crickets. We have genomic data ready to be analyzed and crickets ready for experiments. This is a great collaborative group and a study system with a lot of potential for new projects. Join us!
👀 Enjoyed this perspective on the evolution of human commensalism! We need to quantify the degree to which species have evolved/adapted to anthropo environs and clearly define those environs. Plus I learned a neat new word: "synurbic". #drosophila would be great models for some of this!
Really glad to be able to say that former MSc student and now superstar PhD student Ruth Fawthrop has her first paper out in TREE - an evolutionary framework for studying human-commensalism. With @melissahrowe.bsky.social @naturalselection.bsky.social and others! bit.ly/3Z8nCYd
Understanding human-commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework
Human-commensalism has been intuitively characterised as an interspecific interaction whereby non-human individuals benefit from tight associations wi…
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November 19, 2024 at 8:07 PM
👀 Enjoyed this perspective on the evolution of human commensalism! We need to quantify the degree to which species have evolved/adapted to anthropo environs and clearly define those environs. Plus I learned a neat new word: "synurbic". #drosophila would be great models for some of this!
Created a starter pack! This one highlighting the exciting folks working at Bangor University in the biological, environmental, and/or natural sciences. I'm missing lots of people: let me know and I'll add you!
go.bsky.app/Kxz2RCt
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November 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Created a starter pack! This one highlighting the exciting folks working at Bangor University in the biological, environmental, and/or natural sciences. I'm missing lots of people: let me know and I'll add you!
go.bsky.app/Kxz2RCt
go.bsky.app/Kxz2RCt
Nanopore for the win?
High accuracy meets high throughput for near full-length 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing on the #Nanopore platform #microbiome
High accuracy meets high throughput for near full-length 16S ribosomal RNA amplicon sequencing on the Nanopore platform
Abstract. Small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene amplicon sequencing is a foundational method in microbial ecology. Currently, short-read platforms
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November 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Nanopore for the win?
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Do you like #Drosophila ? Do you like #sequences ? Then here's a treat for you: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Footprints of worldwide adaptation in structured populations of D. melanogaster through the expanded DEST 2.0 genomic resource
Large scale genomic resources can place genetic variation into an ecologically informed context. To advance our understanding of the population genetics of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster , we p...
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November 14, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Do you like #Drosophila ? Do you like #sequences ? Then here's a treat for you: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...