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📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!! 📣

The next deadline for the #GodfreyHewitt mobility award is 31st January 2026. Open to ECRS in support of research trips or lab visits.

For more information, eligibility and how to apply: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
December 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize!

📣Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!📣

Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
December 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Post-doc position in genetic and epigenetic basis of inbreeding depression at UMR 6553 ECOBIO, Rennes, starting early 2026. Applications to steven.ramm@univ-rennes.fr. More info: https://macrostomum.wordpress.com/the-genetic-and-epigenetic-basis-of-inbreeding-depression/ #postdoc
The genetic and epigenetic basis of inbreeding depression – the ramm lab
The genetic and epigenetic basis of inbreeding depression – the ramm lab
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December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Attention ECRs! Apply now for a Conference Travel Award from @eseb.bsky.social to attend @empseb31.bsky.social OR the upcoming @evolmtg.bsky.social in Cleveland 2026 📣

DEADLINE: 30th January 2026

eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🎙️ Announcing our second keynote for EMPSEB31!
Dr. Jonathan Henshaw (University of Freiburg) explores sexual selection, mating systems, parental care, and fertilization strategies using analytical + simulation models.
📅 8–12 June 2026
📍 Oberwiesenthal, Germany
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife #Mating
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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When resources are scarce, do you cooperate… or take the shortcut? 🕷️ Social spiders and insects face that choice every day. 👀
Excited to have Prof. Mariella Herberstein join us at EMPSEB31 to share her work on the complex social lives of arachnids and insects.
#EMPSEB31 #EvoBio #PhDLife
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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our #society journal @jevbio.bsky.social is looking for new editorial board members!
Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:

🧬🌿🪰🐀🦀🔬🧫🦠🐟🐦🧑‍💻🪸🦎

Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...

DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
December 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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The Congress Attendance Aid (CAA) Grant is offered by ESEB to promote equal participation, diversity, and accessibility @empseb31.bsky.social June 2025, Oberwiesenthal, Germany

For more information and to apply click here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.

Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download
Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Please consider submitting a paper!

Deadline: 28th February 2026
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Please apply for this, and/or encourage your mentees and peers to do so!
Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize! Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!

Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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NEW DEADLINE - Global Evolutionary Biology Initiative 📣

🌍MARCH 1st 2026🌍

GEBI provides financial, organisational & strategic support to foster growth of local evolutionary biology communities in various parts of the world.

eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Every year #ESEB distinguishes a young evolutionary biologist with the John Maynard Smith Prize! Nominations for the 2026 prize are due by January 15th!

Find out more here: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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📣CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!!

The next deadline for the #GodfreyHewitt mobility award is 31st January 2026. Open to ECRS in support of research trips or lab visits.

For more information, eligibility and how to apply: eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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APPLICATIONS welcomed for the ESEB #Outreach Initiative Fund for educational initiatives that promote #evolution, public outreach seminars, public exhibitions, workshops, etc.

Up to €4K available per project.

eseb.org/prizes-fundi...
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Have you recently read about a particular field in depth? Perhaps you have just finished your PhD thesis?

@jevbio.bsky.social is seeking Review Articles!

Find out more about Reviews and Target Reviews at JEB here:

academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/re...
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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🧬 Today starts the most relevant event in evolutionary biology: the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) Congress (@eseb2025.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social).

🔝 #IRBBarcelona's group leader @tonigabaldon.bsky.social is the chair of this major event that will gather +1900 participants.

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The CCIB will welcome over 1,900 scientists to explore the origin and evolution of life - CCIB
Barcelona to host the Leading Event in Evolutionary Biology ESEB 2025
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August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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NEW SPECIAL ISSUE JUST RELEASED!

Sex unfolded: sex, asex, sexes. Read the introductory editorial by Guest Editors D. Roze, S Glemin, @thomaslenormand.bsky.social & K. Van Doninck here: academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38/7

Fantastic cover art by Caroline Blanc.
Volume 38 Issue 7 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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August 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Getting ready for #ESEB2025 in Barcelona? We got your packing checklist right here! 👇 

✔️ Light, breathable clothes 
✔️ Comfortable shoes
✔️ European plug adapter (Type C/E/F – 230V)
✔️ Sun protection
✔️ Refillable water bottle

📍 Need more tips? Check out the full info at https://eseb2025.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Sheltered load in fungal mating-type chromosomes revealed by fitness experiments

Guyot et al. @tatianagiraud.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Validate User
doi.org
July 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Maintenance and evolution of phenotypic variance in a prey defence trait examined with a dynamic predator–prey model for clonal populations:

Eigentler & Reinhold

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Validate User
doi.org
July 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Comparative study reports that sex differences in dispersal predict sex differences in cooperation across cooperative birds and mammals. Dispersal likely impacts sex-specific direct benefits or costs of cooperation:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Fenner et al. @andyyoung.bsky.social
Dispersal and the evolution of sex differences in cooperation in cooperatively breeding birds and mammals
Abstract. Sex differences in cooperation are widespread, but their evolution remains poorly understood. Here, we use comparative analyses of the cooperativ
doi.org
July 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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An evolutionary arms race between protective symbionts and parasitoid wasps is taking place inside aphids. But what determines the aphids’ fate? We explore how the origins of symbionts and wasps shape parasitism success:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@youn-henry.drosophila.social.ap.brid.gy et al.
A test of specific adaptation to symbiont-conferred host resistance in natural populations of a parasitoid wasp
Abstract. Parasitoids are important natural enemies of insects, imposing strong selection for the evolution of resistance. In aphids, the heritable endosym
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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#editorbio
@charlesmullon.bsky.social has been with us as Associate Editor since joining #teamJEB in 2023
July 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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#editorbio @scottpegan.bsky.social joined #teamJEB this year - a broadly trained evolutionary biologist that specialises in the study of speciation, the evolution of ecological specialisation, and eco-evolutionary dynamics of plant-insect interactions at the population scale
July 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM