Sishuo Wang
@sishuowang.bsky.social
sessional prof at chinese univ of hong kong (cuhk), alumni chn (fka beijing) agric univ & ubc. phylogenetics, computational molecular evolution sishuowang2022.wordpress.com
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Sishuo Wang
@sishuowang.bsky.social
· Nov 25
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#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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🤝 In 2024, the 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Rori Rohlfs and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez for their podcast ScienceWise!
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🤝 In 2024, the 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Rori Rohlfs and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez for their podcast ScienceWise!
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
An interactive meeting budget calculator sishuowang2022.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/a... some may ask if it's with the help of ai that i developed this. no, it's the opposite.
An interactive meeting budget calculator
I created a simple meeting budget calculator for a workshop which we wished to hold next year. Unfortunately, probably it won’t happen. However, the lucky thing is that the online calculator …
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
An interactive meeting budget calculator sishuowang2022.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/a... some may ask if it's with the help of ai that i developed this. no, it's the opposite.
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Excited to share my new preprint developed with @matsen.bsky.social, in collaboration with Marius Brusselmans, Luiz Carvalho, @msuchard.bsky.social, and @guybaele.bsky.social, on the biological causes and impacts of tree space ruggedness in phylodynamic inference. 1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Excited to share my new preprint developed with @matsen.bsky.social, in collaboration with Marius Brusselmans, Luiz Carvalho, @msuchard.bsky.social, and @guybaele.bsky.social, on the biological causes and impacts of tree space ruggedness in phylodynamic inference. 1/
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)
The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)
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Really, really happy that our work on microsporidian genomes is now out in @plosbiology.org! A huge thank you to my coauthors, my supervisors @mblaxter.bsky.social & @marakat.bsky.social, the editors @roliroberts.bsky.social & Joseph Heitman, and the reviewers ❤️ plos.io/48HsAQJ
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Really, really happy that our work on microsporidian genomes is now out in @plosbiology.org! A huge thank you to my coauthors, my supervisors @mblaxter.bsky.social & @marakat.bsky.social, the editors @roliroberts.bsky.social & Joseph Heitman, and the reviewers ❤️ plos.io/48HsAQJ
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Mesquite 4.02 update released! It fixes a few bugs and adds Codon Alignment and various other improvements. Also, much faster with genomics files with 1000s of loci. www.mesquiteproject.org 🧪 #evolbio
@bembidion.bsky.social
@bembidion.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Mesquite 4.02 update released! It fixes a few bugs and adds Codon Alignment and various other improvements. Also, much faster with genomics files with 1000s of loci. www.mesquiteproject.org 🧪 #evolbio
@bembidion.bsky.social
@bembidion.bsky.social
From "typhoon" to horizontal gene transfer (HGT) sishuowang2022.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/f...
From typhoon to horizontal gene transfer (HGT)
This year, Hong Kong has undergone I guess at least eight typhoons, in additional to several tropical storms, which is not common. Today, the city witnessed its hopefully the last typhoon of the se…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
From "typhoon" to horizontal gene transfer (HGT) sishuowang2022.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/f...
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If you're interested in understanding discordance in phylogenomic analyses, the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social's special issue 'Phylogenomic Discordance: Patterns, Processes, and Solutions' is for you!
tinyurl.com/v2eces3s
I'll be sharing a few articles a week until we're through the issue! (1/n)🧪
tinyurl.com/v2eces3s
I'll be sharing a few articles a week until we're through the issue! (1/n)🧪
Phylogenomic Discordance: Patterns, Processes, and Solutions
Phylogenomics, the study of evolutionary relationships using genomic data, has revolutionized our understanding of the Tree of Life. As a field, phylogenomics h
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September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you're interested in understanding discordance in phylogenomic analyses, the @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social's special issue 'Phylogenomic Discordance: Patterns, Processes, and Solutions' is for you!
tinyurl.com/v2eces3s
I'll be sharing a few articles a week until we're through the issue! (1/n)🧪
tinyurl.com/v2eces3s
I'll be sharing a few articles a week until we're through the issue! (1/n)🧪
Reposted by Sishuo Wang
We had the best scientific time! Thanks @official-smbe.bsky.social for making this happen. We’ll try to repeat this in the future. Stay put! @smbe-chile2025.bsky.social
The SMBE Satellite Meeting in Puerto Varas, Chile, was a resounding success!
The meeting brought together >70 researchers from different continents for 3 days of inspiring science, vibrant discussion, and genuine community building.
Congratulations to the organization!
@smbe-chile2025.bsky.social
The meeting brought together >70 researchers from different continents for 3 days of inspiring science, vibrant discussion, and genuine community building.
Congratulations to the organization!
@smbe-chile2025.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We had the best scientific time! Thanks @official-smbe.bsky.social for making this happen. We’ll try to repeat this in the future. Stay put! @smbe-chile2025.bsky.social
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The next NZ Phylogenomics Meeting will be in Waiheke Island (a short ferry trip away from Auckland City) on February 10 - 13, 2026. It combines maths, computer science, statistics, and biology for phylogenetics, genome analysis and molecular evolution. compevol.github.io/Waiheke2026/
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The next NZ Phylogenomics Meeting will be in Waiheke Island (a short ferry trip away from Auckland City) on February 10 - 13, 2026. It combines maths, computer science, statistics, and biology for phylogenetics, genome analysis and molecular evolution. compevol.github.io/Waiheke2026/
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🔁Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open.
We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.
🗓️Deadline: October 15th
More info: smbe2026.org/symposia
@official-smbe.bsky.social
We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.
🗓️Deadline: October 15th
More info: smbe2026.org/symposia
@official-smbe.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🔁Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for #SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open.
We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.
🗓️Deadline: October 15th
More info: smbe2026.org/symposia
@official-smbe.bsky.social
We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.
🗓️Deadline: October 15th
More info: smbe2026.org/symposia
@official-smbe.bsky.social
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❗REMINDER - the call for proposals for SMBE IDEA initiatives for 2025/2026 will close soon - apply by October 10th
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
📢 Call for proposals - SMBE IDEA 2026
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
❗REMINDER - the call for proposals for SMBE IDEA initiatives for 2025/2026 will close soon - apply by October 10th
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
Last days for submission
🌍 Join us in Hong Kong for GIW ISCB-Asia! Dive into #bioinformatics and #computationalbiology, meet top minds, and explore cutting-edge topics.
📆 Submission deadline: Sept 29, 2025
Submit your work now: https://www.iscb.org/asia2025/call-for-submissions/abstracts
📆 Submission deadline: Sept 29, 2025
Submit your work now: https://www.iscb.org/asia2025/call-for-submissions/abstracts
September 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Last days for submission
The Eukaryotic Pathogen, Vector, and Host Informatics Resources (VEuPathDB) launched a subscription service to cover half its budget. If you feel the db is useful for your research, pls consider a subcription. veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/
VEuPathDB
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August 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The Eukaryotic Pathogen, Vector, and Host Informatics Resources (VEuPathDB) launched a subscription service to cover half its budget. If you feel the db is useful for your research, pls consider a subcription. veupathdb.org/veupathdb/app/
[conf alert] The 4th AsiaEvo Conf. in Kunming, China, Dec 8-11, 2025. Join scholars and young researchers to explore cutting-edge #evobio. Free registration for researchers from SouthEast Asia countries. For submission see instructions at
2025asiaevoconf.casconf.cn #AsiaEvo2025 #AsiaEvo
2025asiaevoconf.casconf.cn #AsiaEvo2025 #AsiaEvo
August 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
[conf alert] The 4th AsiaEvo Conf. in Kunming, China, Dec 8-11, 2025. Join scholars and young researchers to explore cutting-edge #evobio. Free registration for researchers from SouthEast Asia countries. For submission see instructions at
2025asiaevoconf.casconf.cn #AsiaEvo2025 #AsiaEvo
2025asiaevoconf.casconf.cn #AsiaEvo2025 #AsiaEvo
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I gave a symposium talk at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2025 (#eseb2025) meeting last week and this was my title slide showcasing how I was speaking as an independent scientist because @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social has locked us out.
August 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I gave a symposium talk at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology 2025 (#eseb2025) meeting last week and this was my title slide showcasing how I was speaking as an independent scientist because @dalhousieu.bsky.social @dalhousie.bsky.social has locked us out.
New preprint! phyloHessian enables complex subs models (e.g. C60) in molecular dating via MCMCtree. Sims & real-data analysis show profile-homogeneous models (LG+G) likely cause biased time and rate estimates for deep or fast-evolving phylogenies.
#phylogenetics #JuliaLang doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#phylogenetics #JuliaLang doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Molecular Clock Dating of Deep-Time Evolution Using Complex Mixture Models
Molecular clocks are a fundamental technique in evolutionary biology for establishing the timing and tempo of organismal divergence. However, currently available molecular clock methods, which often r...
www.biorxiv.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New preprint! phyloHessian enables complex subs models (e.g. C60) in molecular dating via MCMCtree. Sims & real-data analysis show profile-homogeneous models (LG+G) likely cause biased time and rate estimates for deep or fast-evolving phylogenies.
#phylogenetics #JuliaLang doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#phylogenetics #JuliaLang doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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We are organizing a symposium in the 4th AsiaEvo Conferenence this December in #Kunming about #appendage featuring the Palentologist Xing Xu at IVPP, Dev. biologist Cheng-Ming Chung from USC and evodevoist @MonteiroLab Antonia Monteiro from NUS. Submit your abstract now!
August 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We are organizing a symposium in the 4th AsiaEvo Conferenence this December in #Kunming about #appendage featuring the Palentologist Xing Xu at IVPP, Dev. biologist Cheng-Ming Chung from USC and evodevoist @MonteiroLab Antonia Monteiro from NUS. Submit your abstract now!
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🌏 Join us in Hong Kong this December for GIW / ISCB-Asia 2025!
🧬 Present your latest research and connect with the global bioinformatics and computational biology community.
📅 Submit by Sept 29: https://www.iscb.org/asia2025/call-for-submissions
🧬 Present your latest research and connect with the global bioinformatics and computational biology community.
📅 Submit by Sept 29: https://www.iscb.org/asia2025/call-for-submissions
August 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🌏 Join us in Hong Kong this December for GIW / ISCB-Asia 2025!
🧬 Present your latest research and connect with the global bioinformatics and computational biology community.
📅 Submit by Sept 29: https://www.iscb.org/asia2025/call-for-submissions
🧬 Present your latest research and connect with the global bioinformatics and computational biology community.
📅 Submit by Sept 29: https://www.iscb.org/asia2025/call-for-submissions
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Modeling site-and-branch-heterogeneity with GFmix https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669136v1
August 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Modeling site-and-branch-heterogeneity with GFmix https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669136v1
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Check out our paper to explore how the evolutionary history of SELMA supports or challenges various hypotheses on the origin of red complex plastids.
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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July 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Check out our paper to explore how the evolutionary history of SELMA supports or challenges various hypotheses on the origin of red complex plastids.
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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This is my first time to attend SMBE annual meeting and co-organize the Symposium. Thanks to @official-smbe.bsky.social
and really enjoyed to discuss science with friends and colleagues during these days :-)
and really enjoyed to discuss science with friends and colleagues during these days :-)
Super honored to have chance to co-organize the #SMBE2025 Symposium on Experimental Evolution, together with @jingli-0512.bsky.social and Dao-Qiong Zheng. Thank @petrovadmitri.bsky.social for serving as our invited speaker. Also thank all the oral/poster presenters and audience. @OfficialSMBE
July 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is my first time to attend SMBE annual meeting and co-organize the Symposium. Thanks to @official-smbe.bsky.social
and really enjoyed to discuss science with friends and colleagues during these days :-)
and really enjoyed to discuss science with friends and colleagues during these days :-)
