Sam Deakin
@sam-deakin.bsky.social
Postdoc at U of Calgary 🇨🇦 | evolutionary ecology | conservation genetics | genomics . Primarily working on incorporating genomics into woodland caribou recovery strategies.
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Sam Deakin
@sam-deakin.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Hi everyone! I’m a molecular ecologist and semi-recent PhD graduate from UAlberta, where I examined population structure and quantitative genetics in bighorn sheep. Now, as a postdoc at UCalgary, I’m using genomics to enhance an augmented breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park.
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Our new paper outlines methods to ID albatross and petrel species using DNA from feathers. This provides tools to determine which #seabirds species are threatened by fisheries bycatch
#ConservationGenetics 🧬🧪🌏🦑
Here's a news story on our research:
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/us...
#ConservationGenetics 🧬🧪🌏🦑
Here's a news story on our research:
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/us...
Using DNA to identify seabird bycatch – Australian Antarctic Program (News 2024)
Scientists have used DNA technology to help identify threatened albatross, petrel and shearwater species caught as bycatch by fishing vessels.
www.antarctica.gov.au
December 2, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Our new paper outlines methods to ID albatross and petrel species using DNA from feathers. This provides tools to determine which #seabirds species are threatened by fisheries bycatch
#ConservationGenetics 🧬🧪🌏🦑
Here's a news story on our research:
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/us...
#ConservationGenetics 🧬🧪🌏🦑
Here's a news story on our research:
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/us...
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Great departmental seminars by @sam-deakin.bsky.social and @jsmveitch.bsky.social today 👏. It’s wonderful to see such a strong turnout and sense of community after the COVID hiatus
December 5, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Great departmental seminars by @sam-deakin.bsky.social and @jsmveitch.bsky.social today 👏. It’s wonderful to see such a strong turnout and sense of community after the COVID hiatus
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Gable: wolf predation during a very mild winter in Minnesota insufficient to limit white-tail deer populations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Wolf Predation on White‐tailed Deer Before, During, and After a Historically Mild Winter in Northern Minnesota
We estimated kill rates of wolves on deer before, during, and after a historically mild winter in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, Minnesota, USA. Kill rates of wolves on deer were low in fall, peake...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Gable: wolf predation during a very mild winter in Minnesota insufficient to limit white-tail deer populations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Chronic Wasting Disease detections moving into and around British Columbia over the last 5 years.
November 28, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Chronic Wasting Disease detections moving into and around British Columbia over the last 5 years.
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Hello Bluesky! I have exciting things to announce for my first post. I successfully defended my thesis last week and have won the Bruce Cattanach Prize for my thesis work on molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity! genetics.org.uk/medals-and-p...
Bruce Cattanach Prize 2025 Dr Janay Fox | Genetics Society
The Genetics Society is delighted to announce Dr Janay Fox as the winner of the 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize. I am honoured and excited to receive the Bruce
genetics.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Hello Bluesky! I have exciting things to announce for my first post. I successfully defended my thesis last week and have won the Bruce Cattanach Prize for my thesis work on molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity! genetics.org.uk/medals-and-p...
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Here's a starter pack for assembling a versatile collection of Ecology and Evolution journals. Feel free to share suggestions! Bookmark it in your Browser for quick access to explore publications in the field or find outlets for your work:
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go.bsky.app/TivtkJn
November 27, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Here's a starter pack for assembling a versatile collection of Ecology and Evolution journals. Feel free to share suggestions! Bookmark it in your Browser for quick access to explore publications in the field or find outlets for your work:
go.bsky.app/TivtkJn
go.bsky.app/TivtkJn
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Took a wildlife tracking class this morning, and learned lots of things about footprints and scat etc, but one of the coolest was this: slugs leave tiny chomp marks behind on trees after they scrape away the lichen with their radula! 🐌🧪
November 24, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Took a wildlife tracking class this morning, and learned lots of things about footprints and scat etc, but one of the coolest was this: slugs leave tiny chomp marks behind on trees after they scrape away the lichen with their radula! 🐌🧪
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Hi everyone, I’m Katie! I’m in my final year of a bachelors degree in Biological Sciences at UCalgary. I’m interested in wildlife biology and love getting involved in research projects within this field. I’m hoping to pursue grad school in the future!
November 22, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Hi everyone, I’m Katie! I’m in my final year of a bachelors degree in Biological Sciences at UCalgary. I’m interested in wildlife biology and love getting involved in research projects within this field. I’m hoping to pursue grad school in the future!
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Cool new paper about the genetic connectivity of wolverine 🧪🌏
Genetic connectivity of wolverines in western North America - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Genetic connectivity of wolverines in western North America
www.nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Cool new paper about the genetic connectivity of wolverine 🧪🌏
Hi everyone! I’m a molecular ecologist and semi-recent PhD graduate from UAlberta, where I examined population structure and quantitative genetics in bighorn sheep. Now, as a postdoc at UCalgary, I’m using genomics to enhance an augmented breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park.
November 21, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Hi everyone! I’m a molecular ecologist and semi-recent PhD graduate from UAlberta, where I examined population structure and quantitative genetics in bighorn sheep. Now, as a postdoc at UCalgary, I’m using genomics to enhance an augmented breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park.