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Debbie Leigh
@debbiemleigh.bsky.social
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Associate Professor Senckenberg and Goethe
Conservation biologist and genomicist.

Dyslexic so please forgive spelling mistakes!
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ntherk.bsky.social
Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
Join Us
The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...
www.therkildsenlab.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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kguschan.bsky.social
If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
Faces of different guenon species to show their morphological differences
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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debbiemleigh.bsky.social
Working in genetic diversity monitoring? Consider submitting an Abstract to the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session "Implementing and achieving the GBF goals and targets for genetic diversity"

🧪 🧬 ⚛️

#WBF2026 #geneticdiversity #KMGBF #biodiversity
September 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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humboldt-foundation.de
Wir heißen die ersten Geförderten des „1000-Köpfe-Plus-Programms“ willkommen! 🤩
Die Mittel des Bundesforschungsministeriums ermöglichen es der Humboldt-Stiftung, mehr Forschungsstipendien und -preise zu vergeben.
www.humboldt-foundation.de/entdecken/ne...
@dfg.de @daadworldwide.bsky.social
Collage aus vielen Gesichtern mit dem Text "International research talents wanted!"
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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kokkonut.bsky.social
🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
October 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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arunsethuraman.bsky.social
This week in the @calstate.bsky.social bioinformatics webinar series! Yours truly - I’ll update y’all on recent work from my lab on addressing missing data problems in pop-gen. Friday, 10/10 at noon PST! Do join us via Zoom. Deets in flyer.
October 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
debbiemleigh.bsky.social
There are key moments, key role models, key events in a person's life that shape who they are and what they do.

I vividly remember learning about Dr Goodall's work at a birthday party as a child and deciding that is what "I would do when I grew up".

She was the nudge that pushed me into science
October 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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ipbes.net
The global economy depends on #nature but also has an impact on nature. Learn more about these interactions with this graphic from the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Report.

Read the Summary for Policymakers: www.ipbes.net/transf...
An infographic showing global economic figures related to nature and biodiversity, displayed in a circular format with a money/globe illustration at the center. The data points are presented in descending order: Global GDP: $105.6 trillion GDP from nature-dependent sectors: $58 trillion Nature decline externalities: $10.7 trillion Subsidies to nature-declining sectors: $1.4-$3.3 trillion Global biodiversity financing gap (annual until 2030): $598-$824 billion Current global biodiversity funding: $135-$156 billion The center features a mint green globe with stylized stacks of money and coins in front, using green and yellow colors. The data is arranged in a semi-circular arc, with monetary values shown in green and purple text. The visualization uses a clean, minimalist design with clear typography.
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
debbiemleigh.bsky.social
Working in genetic diversity monitoring? Consider submitting an Abstract to the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session "Implementing and achieving the GBF goals and targets for genetic diversity"

🧪 🧬 ⚛️

#WBF2026 #geneticdiversity #KMGBF #biodiversity
September 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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sallyaitken.bsky.social
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
debbiemleigh.bsky.social
The TERRA cluster is looking for a CORE NGS specialist until 31.12.2032!

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#Science #Bioinformatics #postdoc #Genomics
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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jbonfield.bsky.social
Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change.

Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned
September 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
This is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the Caleb Scholars program. We give students funds to return home to learn from elders as they go to school, and we find undergrads though professional/PhD programs bc I know how hard it was to return home during grad school.

www.calebscholars.org
Caleb Scholars Program – Inuit-led conservation advocacy.
A fellowship program focused on providing community and cultural connection, professional development, mentorship, and financial support to students in the arctic.
www.calebscholars.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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manigarm.bsky.social
Anyone who thinks college professors are in some kind of mind meld with each other where they all agree and indoctrinate their students with that unified message...has clearly never been in a faculty meeting.
July 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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kokkonut.bsky.social
If you like to connect with modellers of various flavours, who like to think about complex multiscale things, consider this "SCALES" workshop here in Mainz! Sept 1-5. model.uni-mainz.de/scales-confe...
SCALES Conference 2025 | Mainz Institute of Multiscale Modeling
model.uni-mainz.de
July 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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bossdorf.bsky.social
Nice job at Aarhus University @au.dk: we need more professorship in genetic biodiversity!
tech.au.dk/en/about-the...
July 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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bou.org.uk
🔊 SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

There's still time to submit your abstract for a Bluesky presentation at #BOUasm25

A day at the museum | 18 November 2025

No registration required to participate via Bluesky

⏰ Deadline: 28 July

Details: bou.org.uk/event/a-d...

#ornithology 🪶
June 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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sse-evolution.bsky.social
Packing for #Evol2025? Bring your new and gently used field gear and clothes that you no longer use to donate to the Field Gear Swap! Hosted by the tri-society Diversity Committees - drop by their booth to donate or pick up! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @evolmtg.bsky.social
Cartoon drawings of a Hawaiian shirt, flashlight, compass, and camping tent. Text: Evolution 2025 Field Gear Swap, Diversity Committees Booth.
June 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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saramitri.bsky.social
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
dmf-unil.bsky.social DMF UNIL @dmf-unil.bsky.social · Jun 10
Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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jmbecologist.bsky.social
“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night

It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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ipbes.net
The loss of diversity, including genetic diversity in crops like potatoes, poses a serious risk to global food security by undermining the resilience of many agricultural systems to pests, pathogens & climate change. 🥔

.— @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment

🎥 For #InternationalDayOfPotato w/ @fao.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
debbiemleigh.bsky.social
Climate change is far reaching and we must curb emissions.

Many years ago Nico and I found an oil painting in a small Alpine Broki. We soon found out it is of a famous 'study' spot in Blatten. Today it is no more.

We must do more to protect species, culture, and landscapes.

#blatten #glacier
oil painting from 1920s of a small alpine village with traditional buildings
May 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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palaeoclimate.bsky.social
The destruction of the village of Blatten in Switzerland by a melting glacier, is a stark reminder of the immediate perils of global warming.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Well done to the geologists and local authorities for evacuating the village in good time and avoiding a tragedy.
Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud
One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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palaeogenomics.bsky.social
The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!

Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠

Save the dates ✅

Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
May 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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mstange.bsky.social
Join our #MEEGene #seminar at
@leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom next Tuesday, June 3, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to @elliecat.bsky.social from University of California, Riverside talking about Anthropocene Impacts on #Genetic #Diversity in Big Cats.
Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details.
May 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM