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Protist–bacteria partnerships are more common in wastewater treatment plants than we thought. In this ISME communications paper, we uncovered widespread denitrifying endosymbionts inside ciliates, their global distribution, and their temporal dynamics across WWTPs.🦠
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Occurrence and temporal dynamics of denitrifying protist endosymbionts in the wastewater microbiome
Abstract. Effective wastewater treatment is of critical importance for preserving public health and protecting natural environments. Key processes in waste
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December 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Protist–bacteria partnerships are more common in wastewater treatment plants than we thought. In this ISME communications paper, we uncovered widespread denitrifying endosymbionts inside ciliates, their global distribution, and their temporal dynamics across WWTPs.🦠
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I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026.
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Corush Lab
jcorush.github.io
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026.
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
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Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow.
Please repost :)
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Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Looking forward to the Modern Coexistence Theory workshop tomorrow.
Please repost :)
Please repost :)
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Check out our new preprint. In this review we show the comparative decline of experimental approaches in community ecology and discuss some alternatives to push the field forward
Experimental community ecology in decline: A call to embrace technology https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.683879v1
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Check out our new preprint. In this review we show the comparative decline of experimental approaches in community ecology and discuss some alternatives to push the field forward
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I'm compiling a list of resources for grad students in the sciences!
What are some free/cheap online tools for learning a new skill or concept?
The ones I've advised my students to use are ConservationTraining .org, the UNFAO Academy, and DataCamp. What else is out there?
Any tips welcome! 🧪
What are some free/cheap online tools for learning a new skill or concept?
The ones I've advised my students to use are ConservationTraining .org, the UNFAO Academy, and DataCamp. What else is out there?
Any tips welcome! 🧪
August 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I'm compiling a list of resources for grad students in the sciences!
What are some free/cheap online tools for learning a new skill or concept?
The ones I've advised my students to use are ConservationTraining .org, the UNFAO Academy, and DataCamp. What else is out there?
Any tips welcome! 🧪
What are some free/cheap online tools for learning a new skill or concept?
The ones I've advised my students to use are ConservationTraining .org, the UNFAO Academy, and DataCamp. What else is out there?
Any tips welcome! 🧪
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Our new paper from #EntoPOC led by Dr. Evangelista! Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...
Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences
Abstract. Communities working in entomology, ecology, and other natural sciences are known for having shortfalls in racial and gender diversity. We aim to
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October 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our new paper from #EntoPOC led by Dr. Evangelista! Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...
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Cherry Blossom Pattern
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Cherry Blossom Pattern
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Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇
Evolution of gut microbiota across honeybee species revealed by comparative metagenomics
Nature Communications - Here, the authors perform metagenomic analysis of honeybee gut microbes, uncovering many previously unidentified species and host specific differences in composition and...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇
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Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
From short to long reads: enhanced protist diversity profiling via Nanopore metabarcoding
In the last decades, environmental metabarcoding has revolutionised biodiversity research, particularly for microbial organisms such as protists, enabling large-scale assessments of diversity and ecol...
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Researchers present the BaNaNA (Barcoding Nanopore Neat Annotator) pipeline and display the effectiveness of long-read Nanopore sequencing for protist biodiversity, ecology and evolution research.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...
@ankarn.bsky.social @fabnot.bsky.social
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New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change
Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:04 AM
New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Today is the very last day of Ex.Mag Volume 6! LETS GO!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/peo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/peo...
September 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today is the very last day of Ex.Mag Volume 6! LETS GO!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/peo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/peo...
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(re: world heist prequel: I have like 3 Perfect Pages, a bunch of less good pages, a bunch of text, but I need to finish up the text before I do anything more so it comes out coherent)
September 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
(re: world heist prequel: I have like 3 Perfect Pages, a bunch of less good pages, a bunch of text, but I need to finish up the text before I do anything more so it comes out coherent)
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Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now
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May 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now
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theonion.com/fish-at...
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i made a super simple portfolio site template for anyone who wants to make their own art website but isn't sure where to start!
code includes a responsive image gallery with a lightbox & easy customization options. it's free & hopefully helpful for people!
kayleerowena.com/blog/2025/co...
code includes a responsive image gallery with a lightbox & easy customization options. it's free & hopefully helpful for people!
kayleerowena.com/blog/2025/co...
a super simple portfolio template - kaylee rowena
kayleerowena.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i made a super simple portfolio site template for anyone who wants to make their own art website but isn't sure where to start!
code includes a responsive image gallery with a lightbox & easy customization options. it's free & hopefully helpful for people!
kayleerowena.com/blog/2025/co...
code includes a responsive image gallery with a lightbox & easy customization options. it's free & hopefully helpful for people!
kayleerowena.com/blog/2025/co...
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my first new episode of pretty good in seven years, now free to watch for everybody:
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
The history of slipping on banana peels | Pretty Good, episode 14
YouTube video by Secret Base
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December 7, 2024 at 5:39 PM
my first new episode of pretty good in seven years, now free to watch for everybody:
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
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Hey team - I am the founder of the Make More Comics Arts Grant and each year we give away a cash award to assist a creator or project in physical publishing. The due date for submissions is March 31st. Please consider applying today!
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MMC Arts Grant
Submission Guidelines: The MMC Arts Grant assists comic book creators with small grants to assist in the costs in self-publishing their work. It is not the grants intention to fully support an arti…
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February 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hey team - I am the founder of the Make More Comics Arts Grant and each year we give away a cash award to assist a creator or project in physical publishing. The due date for submissions is March 31st. Please consider applying today!
100comics996889703.wordpress.com/make-more-co...
100comics996889703.wordpress.com/make-more-co...
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The 5 Brides of Lady Asherton
December 5, 2024 at 2:45 PM
The 5 Brides of Lady Asherton
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