W. Chris Funk
@fieldgenomics.bsky.social
Conservation genomics / biodiversity / climate vulnerability and resilience / Amphibians / Pacific Northwest / Rocky Mountains / Neotropics / Professor @CSU Dept of Biology / Diversity in science
http://funklab.colostate.edu/
https://www.amphibiagen.org
http://funklab.colostate.edu/
https://www.amphibiagen.org
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Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal!
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Congratulations to Joe Felsenstein on being awarded the 2026 Mendel Medal!
This would be a dream team to work with!
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This would be a dream team to work with!
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Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
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Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change is projected to shrink phylogenetic endemism of Neotropical frogs - Nature Communications
Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity. This study predicts that climate change will reshape Neotropical frog diversity, causing losses in phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic endemism, w...
www.nature.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Amidst *everything* going on, I'm still proud to see my 2nd chapter of my PhD out in full in the latest special issue of @animalecology.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/1365... (1/4)
Quantifying intraspecific variation in host resistance and tolerance to a lethal pathogen
Our study highlights the importance of considering intraspecific variation in host tolerance and resistance to pathogens. We apply a multistate model as a new way to quantify host tolerance and resis...
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March 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Amidst *everything* going on, I'm still proud to see my 2nd chapter of my PhD out in full in the latest special issue of @animalecology.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/1365... (1/4)
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These NIH applications have the same materials and the same scoring criteria. Panels were postponed more than a month. Hopefully enough time to make the common-sense decision to reclassify these as standard applications and give full consideration this cycle!
www.chronicle.com/article/nih-...
www.chronicle.com/article/nih-...
NIH Again Tosses Grant Applications for Program That Funds Minority Researchers
The agency, for the second time this year, has withdrawn applications for the F31 diversity fellowship, which is designed to “promote diversity in health-related research.”
www.chronicle.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
These NIH applications have the same materials and the same scoring criteria. Panels were postponed more than a month. Hopefully enough time to make the common-sense decision to reclassify these as standard applications and give full consideration this cycle!
www.chronicle.com/article/nih-...
www.chronicle.com/article/nih-...
Congratulations to my PhD student Shanelle Wikramanayake for being awarded a Rufford Small Grant and a HCI Michael Dee Grant to support her super cool research on the effects of fragmentation and climate change on rainforest lizards in her home country of Sri Lanka! #rainforest #ClimateChange
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Congratulations to my PhD student Shanelle Wikramanayake for being awarded a Rufford Small Grant and a HCI Michael Dee Grant to support her super cool research on the effects of fragmentation and climate change on rainforest lizards in her home country of Sri Lanka! #rainforest #ClimateChange
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The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
March 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
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"I’m feeling betrayed, gutted, lost, anxious, and furious."
Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits
www.science.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"I’m feeling betrayed, gutted, lost, anxious, and furious."
Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Our story for @science.org—on the ongoing mass firing of federal employees and reactions in the scientific community.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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New analyses of Italian wolves across time confirms they are genetically and morphologically distinct from other European wolves.
Also, there’s as tiny rebound of genetic diversity relative to the 20th century bottleneck. Conservation works! #consgen
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Also, there’s as tiny rebound of genetic diversity relative to the 20th century bottleneck. Conservation works! #consgen
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Museomics and morphological analyses of historical and contemporary peninsular Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) samples - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Museomics and morphological analyses of historical and contemporary peninsular Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) samples
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February 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New analyses of Italian wolves across time confirms they are genetically and morphologically distinct from other European wolves.
Also, there’s as tiny rebound of genetic diversity relative to the 20th century bottleneck. Conservation works! #consgen
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Also, there’s as tiny rebound of genetic diversity relative to the 20th century bottleneck. Conservation works! #consgen
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bluesky has not yet had any Rhombophryne testudo. Let’s fix that. I think it will do all of us some good. 🐸🟤
February 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Bluesky has not yet had any Rhombophryne testudo. Let’s fix that. I think it will do all of us some good. 🐸🟤
Congratulations to @robynshaw.bsky.social, @cegrueber.bsky.social, and too many other friends to list here on this important paper in @nature.com on the global extent of genetic diversity loss. It was a pleasure discussing it w/ Elizabeth Pennisi from @science.org.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Wide range of Earth’s species are showing a decline in diversity
The loss of genetic variation means species may be less resilient to climate change and other stressors
www.science.org
January 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Congratulations to @robynshaw.bsky.social, @cegrueber.bsky.social, and too many other friends to list here on this important paper in @nature.com on the global extent of genetic diversity loss. It was a pleasure discussing it w/ Elizabeth Pennisi from @science.org.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Our long term project has finally been published - genetic diversity is lost worldwide, but we can also make a difference and conservation actions matters.
Find out more in the Science news here
www.science.org/content/arti...
#Consgen
Find out more in the Science news here
www.science.org/content/arti...
#Consgen
Wide range of Earth’s species are showing a decline in diversity
The loss of genetic variation means species may be less resilient to climate change and other stressors
www.science.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our long term project has finally been published - genetic diversity is lost worldwide, but we can also make a difference and conservation actions matters.
Find out more in the Science news here
www.science.org/content/arti...
#Consgen
Find out more in the Science news here
www.science.org/content/arti...
#Consgen
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January 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What do evolution and adaptation have to do with predicting vulnerability to climate change? Find out in our new paper led by the amazing Dr. @brennaforester.bsky.social and featuring the WORLD'S COOLEST 🐸 just published in Molecular Ecology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...!
#congen
#congen
January 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What do evolution and adaptation have to do with predicting vulnerability to climate change? Find out in our new paper led by the amazing Dr. @brennaforester.bsky.social and featuring the WORLD'S COOLEST 🐸 just published in Molecular Ecology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...!
#congen
#congen
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Redlisting genetics: towards inclusion of genetic data in IUCN Red List assessments link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Redlisting genetics: towards inclusion of genetic data in IUCN Red List assessments - Conservation Genetics
Genetic diversity is critical for adaptation in response to changing environments and provides a valuable metric for predicting species’ extinction risk. The International Union for Conservation of Na...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Redlisting genetics: towards inclusion of genetic data in IUCN Red List assessments link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What can genome sequence data reveal about population viability? (And equally important, what CAN'T it reveal??) These are key questions that @martykardos.bsky.social, Lukas Keller, and I address in our new paper in a Molecular Ecology special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#congens
#congens
December 18, 2024 at 12:50 AM
What can genome sequence data reveal about population viability? (And equally important, what CAN'T it reveal??) These are key questions that @martykardos.bsky.social, Lukas Keller, and I address in our new paper in a Molecular Ecology special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#congens
#congens
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“Experts and scientists are migrating to Bluesky in record numbers.” Welcome if you’re new (and if you’re not, please help by reposting) - here’s a starter pack for the #biodiversity science-policy community:
go.bsky.app/LjV86zg
go.bsky.app/LjV86zg
November 24, 2024 at 6:18 PM
“Experts and scientists are migrating to Bluesky in record numbers.” Welcome if you’re new (and if you’re not, please help by reposting) - here’s a starter pack for the #biodiversity science-policy community:
go.bsky.app/LjV86zg
go.bsky.app/LjV86zg
Good morning from La Hacienda Águila on the Colorado Front Range.
November 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Good morning from La Hacienda Águila on the Colorado Front Range.
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Did you know that orchids have a big chunk of fungal mtDNA stuck in their own mitochondrial genomes?? In this new preprint, we found that fungal-derived tRNAs are functional in the orchid mitochondria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Did you know that orchids have a big chunk of fungal mtDNA stuck in their own mitochondrial genomes?? In this new preprint, we found that fungal-derived tRNAs are functional in the orchid mitochondria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/4
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #QueerinSTEM
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
November 18, 2024 at 8:55 AM
November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 #QueerinSTEM
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/
VACANCIES! PhD and Postdoc Positions on🐟predator - 🐸prey responses to climate change as part of highly integrative #NSF collaboration. Postdoc ad: drive.google.com/file/d/1_Mbv...
PhD ad: webpages.uidaho.edu/hohenlohe/UI.... Please RT! #ConservationGenetics #ClimateChange @sse-evolution.bsky.social
PhD ad: webpages.uidaho.edu/hohenlohe/UI.... Please RT! #ConservationGenetics #ClimateChange @sse-evolution.bsky.social
November 17, 2024 at 10:35 PM
VACANCIES! PhD and Postdoc Positions on🐟predator - 🐸prey responses to climate change as part of highly integrative #NSF collaboration. Postdoc ad: drive.google.com/file/d/1_Mbv...
PhD ad: webpages.uidaho.edu/hohenlohe/UI.... Please RT! #ConservationGenetics #ClimateChange @sse-evolution.bsky.social
PhD ad: webpages.uidaho.edu/hohenlohe/UI.... Please RT! #ConservationGenetics #ClimateChange @sse-evolution.bsky.social
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What an awesome paper. Hope!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reintroduction of resistant frogs facilitates landscape-scale recovery in the presence of a lethal fungal disease - Nature Communications
The pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has devastated amphibian biodiversity, and methods to reverse these impacts are lacking. This study shows that frogs collected from recovering populati...
www.nature.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:50 PM
What an awesome paper. Hope!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...