Dr Sarah Helyar
@sarahhelyar.bsky.social
European. Molecular ecologist, evolutionary biologist, mostly marine. Sea-kayaker, mum. Senior Lecturer @ QUB. Views are usually my own.
Very belated post about the amazing @thefsbi.bsky.social and @ifmfish.bsky.social confernce we just had in Belfast. The science was incredible, the people were amazing. Pretty sure I didn't get to talk to all ~160 of you, but I had the best time, and it's feeling very quiet without you!!
July 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Very belated post about the amazing @thefsbi.bsky.social and @ifmfish.bsky.social confernce we just had in Belfast. The science was incredible, the people were amazing. Pretty sure I didn't get to talk to all ~160 of you, but I had the best time, and it's feeling very quiet without you!!
Very belated post about the amazing @thefsbi.bsky.social and @ifmfish.bsky.social confernce we just had in Belfast. The science was incredible, the people were amazing. Pretty sure I didn't get to talk to all ~160 of you, but I had the best time, and it's feeling very quiet without you!!
July 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Very belated post about the amazing @thefsbi.bsky.social and @ifmfish.bsky.social confernce we just had in Belfast. The science was incredible, the people were amazing. Pretty sure I didn't get to talk to all ~160 of you, but I had the best time, and it's feeling very quiet without you!!
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New paper with @birdpicsandscience.bsky.social out TODAY!!
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
‘Highly‐Informative’ Genetic Markers Can Bias Conclusions: Examples and General Solutions
High-grading bias is the overestimation power in a subset of loci caused by model overfitting. Using both empirical and simulated datasets, we show that high-grading bias can cause severe overestimat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New paper with @birdpicsandscience.bsky.social out TODAY!!
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come! #PopGen #PopulationGenomics #Evolution
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@quadratdtp.bsky.social Cohort 6 of QUADRAT-DTP is in Cromarty this week learning core skills and field risk assessments: today the group splits into first aid and social media training: everybody enjoying the wonderful environs of Cromarty
March 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
@quadratdtp.bsky.social Cohort 6 of QUADRAT-DTP is in Cromarty this week learning core skills and field risk assessments: today the group splits into first aid and social media training: everybody enjoying the wonderful environs of Cromarty
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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work.
I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.
I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.
December 12, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work.
I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.
I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.
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#PhD opportunities are like buses - you wait for ages and then two come along at once! Check out this chance to work with @benciotti.bsky.social, Michael Collins & me on 'Environmental drivers of variation in populations of sandy beach #fishes' www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/scho... Please share 🏖 🐟
Environmental drivers of variation in populations of sandy beach fishes
This PhD project will will involve extensive field sampling, laboratory assays and analysis of large datasets to understand what controls variation in...
www.plymouth.ac.uk
December 6, 2024 at 9:34 AM
#PhD opportunities are like buses - you wait for ages and then two come along at once! Check out this chance to work with @benciotti.bsky.social, Michael Collins & me on 'Environmental drivers of variation in populations of sandy beach #fishes' www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/scho... Please share 🏖 🐟
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Saturday was Remembrance Day for Lost Species, honoring species lost to the #extinctioncrisis. Last year we lost 21 species to the extinction crisis.
Every lost species threatens to unravel ecosystems and in the process reduce the services they provide.
Learn more about them➡️ biodiv.us/3VfvrsH
Every lost species threatens to unravel ecosystems and in the process reduce the services they provide.
Learn more about them➡️ biodiv.us/3VfvrsH
December 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Saturday was Remembrance Day for Lost Species, honoring species lost to the #extinctioncrisis. Last year we lost 21 species to the extinction crisis.
Every lost species threatens to unravel ecosystems and in the process reduce the services they provide.
Learn more about them➡️ biodiv.us/3VfvrsH
Every lost species threatens to unravel ecosystems and in the process reduce the services they provide.
Learn more about them➡️ biodiv.us/3VfvrsH
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Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Are you interested in #SeaweedFarming or #RegenerativeOceanFarming? We have a short term (5 month) postdoctoral research position available at Trinity College Dublin supporting the award winning C-FAARER project. Please get in touch for details.
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November 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Are you interested in #SeaweedFarming or #RegenerativeOceanFarming? We have a short term (5 month) postdoctoral research position available at Trinity College Dublin supporting the award winning C-FAARER project. Please get in touch for details.
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*PhD opportunity*: I’ll shortly be advertising a project linking seaweed traits to blue carbon in the context of climate change. Please contact me via email (j.n.griffin at swansea. ac. uk) if potentially interested. More details to follow.
November 20, 2024 at 8:32 AM
*PhD opportunity*: I’ll shortly be advertising a project linking seaweed traits to blue carbon in the context of climate change. Please contact me via email (j.n.griffin at swansea. ac. uk) if potentially interested. More details to follow.
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A very exciting PhD on the ecological implications of divergence & adaption to warm water habitats in 3-spined sticklebacks combining field work in Iceland, mesocosms, tank studies & lab-work in the UK. Great team, lots of exciting ideas and techniques to test them.
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
November 17, 2024 at 11:47 AM
A very exciting PhD on the ecological implications of divergence & adaption to warm water habitats in 3-spined sticklebacks combining field work in Iceland, mesocosms, tank studies & lab-work in the UK. Great team, lots of exciting ideas and techniques to test them.
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...
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The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT):
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
November 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The Institute of #ecology and #evolution at @unibern.bsky.social is looking for two tenure-track assistant professors (APTT):
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
APTT Mathematical or Computational Ecology 👩💻
APTT #Conservation #Biology 👨🏾🔬
More info: tinyurl.com/IEEjobs
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
Reposted by Dr Sarah Helyar
Climate change is a 'natural' process now occurring ~10 times faster than the average rate after an ice age. Extinction is 'natural' but is now occurring 1000X faster than in past eras (apart from mass extinctions). Biological invasion is now at rates 100000X prehistoric levels of spp colonisations.
November 17, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Climate change is a 'natural' process now occurring ~10 times faster than the average rate after an ice age. Extinction is 'natural' but is now occurring 1000X faster than in past eras (apart from mass extinctions). Biological invasion is now at rates 100000X prehistoric levels of spp colonisations.
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Minderoo Foundation and Bioplatforms Australia have launched the Australian Fish Genomics Initiative -
support to sequence the genomes of about 5,000 species, either reference genomes (PacBio, HiC) or population resequencing (Illumina). Applications due 6.12.2024
bioplatforms.com/australian-f...
support to sequence the genomes of about 5,000 species, either reference genomes (PacBio, HiC) or population resequencing (Illumina). Applications due 6.12.2024
bioplatforms.com/australian-f...
Australian Fish Genomics Initiative – Request for Partnerships 2024 - Bioplatforms
The Bioplatforms Australia supported Australian Fish Genomics Initiative is now seeking partnerships to create foundational biomolecular data resources for Australian marine and freshwater fish.
bioplatforms.com
November 7, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Minderoo Foundation and Bioplatforms Australia have launched the Australian Fish Genomics Initiative -
support to sequence the genomes of about 5,000 species, either reference genomes (PacBio, HiC) or population resequencing (Illumina). Applications due 6.12.2024
bioplatforms.com/australian-f...
support to sequence the genomes of about 5,000 species, either reference genomes (PacBio, HiC) or population resequencing (Illumina). Applications due 6.12.2024
bioplatforms.com/australian-f...
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We’re hiring for NINE jobs at Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC): www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
Some have flexible location anywhere in 🇨🇦.
Reading NCC’s website (esp. strategic plan, geographic & thematic work, recent annual reports) always helps to prepare.
#ConservationJobs
Some have flexible location anywhere in 🇨🇦.
Reading NCC’s website (esp. strategic plan, geographic & thematic work, recent annual reports) always helps to prepare.
#ConservationJobs
November 16, 2024 at 4:08 AM
We’re hiring for NINE jobs at Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC): www.natureconservancy.ca/en/who-we-ar...
Some have flexible location anywhere in 🇨🇦.
Reading NCC’s website (esp. strategic plan, geographic & thematic work, recent annual reports) always helps to prepare.
#ConservationJobs
Some have flexible location anywhere in 🇨🇦.
Reading NCC’s website (esp. strategic plan, geographic & thematic work, recent annual reports) always helps to prepare.
#ConservationJobs
OK, as always am late to the party... but finally made it over to the happy place!!!
November 15, 2024 at 11:51 AM
OK, as always am late to the party... but finally made it over to the happy place!!!