Felix Zareie-Vaux
@felixvaux.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist (he/him) 🇬🇧🏳️🌈 in 🇳🇿
Marine Biosecurity Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ 🌊🧬
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2882-7996
#evolution #ecology #genomics #biosecurity #biodiversity #biogeography #phylogenetics
Marine Biosecurity Scientist at Earth Sciences NZ 🌊🧬
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2882-7996
#evolution #ecology #genomics #biosecurity #biodiversity #biogeography #phylogenetics
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🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature
Currently seems like the only way to find a manuscript ID when verifying a Scientific Reports peer review is to select 'contact journal' in the Springer portal. The ID doesn't seem to be provided directly in any emails or anywhere in the portal?
October 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Currently seems like the only way to find a manuscript ID when verifying a Scientific Reports peer review is to select 'contact journal' in the Springer portal. The ID doesn't seem to be provided directly in any emails or anywhere in the portal?
Great Spring afternoon for a quick bit of Durvillaea fieldwork in the city
September 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Great Spring afternoon for a quick bit of Durvillaea fieldwork in the city
Reposted by Felix Zareie-Vaux
If you ever find yourself needing evidence for ‘Plasmids are just as common in microbes without resistance genes,’ we’ve got you covered! Check our new paper, out today:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Plasmid prevalence is independent of antibiotic resistance in environmental Enterobacteriaceae
The rapid rise of antibiotic-resistant pathogens poses a critical threat to the treatment of infectious diseases. While the spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) via plasmid conjugation has bee...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you ever find yourself needing evidence for ‘Plasmids are just as common in microbes without resistance genes,’ we’ve got you covered! Check our new paper, out today:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Extirpation of Lake Sturgeon in an Ontario Lake Following Dam Construction and Watershed Diversion Confirmed by Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Sedimentary eDNA: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
August 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Extirpation of Lake Sturgeon in an Ontario Lake Following Dam Construction and Watershed Diversion Confirmed by Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Sedimentary eDNA: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Reposted by Felix Zareie-Vaux
Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
August 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Doctoral position on genomic basis of Fucus (brown algal) local adaptation - join our exciting #Fubluc team! Fully funded for 3.5 years & we also consider candidates with strong molecular or bioinformatic skillls but no marine / algal experience, see www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
Nature article here too: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf
August 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Nature article here too: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
MPI officers seize 619 pāua during Porirua raid, man jailed for more than two years: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mpi-offic...
'Driven by financial gain': Porirua man jailed over pāua haul
The man claimed they were for a wedding in Auckland but a court didn’t believe him.
www.nzherald.co.nz
July 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
MPI officers seize 619 pāua during Porirua raid, man jailed for more than two years: www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mpi-offic...
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Huh. FOUR eyes! #molluscmonday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Strawberry Conch (Conomurex luhuanus)
Strawberry Conch from Okinawa, JP on April 28, 2018 at 10:50 PM by Shawn Miller. Strawberry conch (Conomurex luhuanus) - - Has four eyes. A possible mutation. Location: Okinawa...
www.inaturalist.org
July 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Huh. FOUR eyes! #molluscmonday www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Can also read a paper about Beast X here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
July 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Can also read a paper about Beast X here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Reposted by Felix Zareie-Vaux
K is for giant wormy Kuphus, adorable Kaliela, stabby Kelletia and (putatively) Kimberella
June 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
K is for giant wormy Kuphus, adorable Kaliela, stabby Kelletia and (putatively) Kimberella
Another cool population genomic/phylogenomic study on kelp, involving whole-genome sequencing.
Revisiting the species problem in Northeast Pacific ribbon kelp lineages (genus Alaria): Lessons learned using whole genome data: doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
Revisiting the species problem in Northeast Pacific ribbon kelp lineages (genus Alaria): Lessons learned using whole genome data: doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
June 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Another cool population genomic/phylogenomic study on kelp, involving whole-genome sequencing.
Revisiting the species problem in Northeast Pacific ribbon kelp lineages (genus Alaria): Lessons learned using whole genome data: doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
Revisiting the species problem in Northeast Pacific ribbon kelp lineages (genus Alaria): Lessons learned using whole genome data: doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
Interesting study on impact of recreational fishing on abalone, following earthquake ecological disturbance.
Recreational fishing effects on New Zealand abalone (pāua, Haliotis iris) after five years of fishery closure: a matrix-based approach: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Recreational fishing effects on New Zealand abalone (pāua, Haliotis iris) after five years of fishery closure: a matrix-based approach: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Redirecting
doi.org
June 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Interesting study on impact of recreational fishing on abalone, following earthquake ecological disturbance.
Recreational fishing effects on New Zealand abalone (pāua, Haliotis iris) after five years of fishery closure: a matrix-based approach: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Recreational fishing effects on New Zealand abalone (pāua, Haliotis iris) after five years of fishery closure: a matrix-based approach: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Aquatic Biosecurity Scientist job available at NIWA (soon to be NZIES) in Wellington: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
Lots of exciting fieldwork and research opportunities!
Lots of exciting fieldwork and research opportunities!
Aquatic Biosecurity Scientist (Marine and Freshwater) - NIWA - Careers at Science New Zealand
careers.sciencenewzealand.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Aquatic Biosecurity Scientist job available at NIWA (soon to be NZIES) in Wellington: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
Lots of exciting fieldwork and research opportunities!
Lots of exciting fieldwork and research opportunities!
Farewell to the Kaharoa I this morning 👋🚢
April 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Farewell to the Kaharoa I this morning 👋🚢
Great example of targeted eDNA for population genetics and biodiversity management! Targeted eDNA Metabarcoding Reveals New Populations of a Range-Limited Stonefly: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@grahammccullochnz.bsky.social @jonwatersnz.bsky.social
#eDNA #popgen #ecology #genetics #biodiversity
@grahammccullochnz.bsky.social @jonwatersnz.bsky.social
#eDNA #popgen #ecology #genetics #biodiversity
April 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Great example of targeted eDNA for population genetics and biodiversity management! Targeted eDNA Metabarcoding Reveals New Populations of a Range-Limited Stonefly: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
@grahammccullochnz.bsky.social @jonwatersnz.bsky.social
#eDNA #popgen #ecology #genetics #biodiversity
@grahammccullochnz.bsky.social @jonwatersnz.bsky.social
#eDNA #popgen #ecology #genetics #biodiversity
Would anyone recommend a journal for publishing a manuscript for an R Shiny app (with a biology/genetics focus)?
April 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Would anyone recommend a journal for publishing a manuscript for an R Shiny app (with a biology/genetics focus)?
Need to remember this...
Inspired by a recent conversation, and by this article (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...), I have been working on a one-pager to help researchers through the process of updating published datasets if errors are ever found. I'd love any feedback!
March 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Need to remember this...
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1/35 New paper out! @jamesTstroud and I dive into why long-term studies are crucial for understanding evolution. They reveal processes impossible to detect in short timescales and capture rare events that transform our understanding of evolutionary dynamics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
1/35 New paper out! @jamesTstroud and I dive into why long-term studies are crucial for understanding evolution. They reveal processes impossible to detect in short timescales and capture rare events that transform our understanding of evolutionary dynamics.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#biogeography #phylogenetics #genomics #ecology #evolution
#biogeography #phylogenetics #genomics #ecology #evolution
March 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Iguanas rafted more than 8,000 km from North America to Fiji: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#biogeography #phylogenetics #genomics #ecology #evolution
#biogeography #phylogenetics #genomics #ecology #evolution
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Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interesting read! A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#evolution #genomics #mollusca #fossil #phylogeny #morphology #biodiversity
#evolution #genomics #mollusca #fossil #phylogeny #morphology #biodiversity
March 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Interesting read! A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#evolution #genomics #mollusca #fossil #phylogeny #morphology #biodiversity
#evolution #genomics #mollusca #fossil #phylogeny #morphology #biodiversity
Busy processing blackfoot pāua specimens last Friday. Beautiful creatures as always. More research to come. 👨🔬🐚🦠🧬
March 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Busy processing blackfoot pāua specimens last Friday. Beautiful creatures as always. More research to come. 👨🔬🐚🦠🧬
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I'm going to take solace in posting actual science is a simple form of resistance. This is another must read from Robin Waples.
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size
This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'm going to take solace in posting actual science is a simple form of resistance. This is another must read from Robin Waples.
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PopGen #ConsGen
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I failed to do any live posting, but I thoroughly enjoyed the Aotearoa Aquatic Animal Diseases Symposium (AADS-2) in Dunedin last week! Learnt about exciting projects and met many amazing scientists and experts. Thrilling to see so much collaboration to improve one health and biosecurity in NZ.
February 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I failed to do any live posting, but I thoroughly enjoyed the Aotearoa Aquatic Animal Diseases Symposium (AADS-2) in Dunedin last week! Learnt about exciting projects and met many amazing scientists and experts. Thrilling to see so much collaboration to improve one health and biosecurity in NZ.