🗓️ till 30/01/2025 👇 One more week to submit an abstract for #smbe2025 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution See you in Beijing this summer 🧬☺️ smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/2… #sexchromosome #sexdetermination Academic Chatter™ Academic Mom, PhD

New paper with Sarthak R. Mishra ! Maybe it will bring you some joy given all this (waves arms around). "Estimating recombination using only the allele frequency spectrum" 1/2 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (Mar-Jun). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

paper is accepted🧬🎉

Grant submitted 🤞

Thank you for the invitation, so many very interesting projects, and all the inspiring discussions 😃🧬📊📈 #popgene #seminar #evolutionarybiology

🚨Our lab is hiring VUB! 6-year funded PhD assistant position – combine research on evolution of sex in frogs 🌍🧬 + teaching in microbiology/dev bio. Fluent Dutch req. Start: 1/Oct/2025 More info👇 wmalab.com/Join%20us/ Please RT #phdvoice #AcademicChatter #evolution

Lab's new paper is out Journal of Evolutionary Biology👇 How does #Dmrt1 determine sex & gonadal sex differentiation 🧬🐸🐢🐟🐭? We review #Dmrt1's #expression, #splicing and function, #epigenetic mechanism across GSD & ESD systems, revealing evolutionary plasticity: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/vo…

Come join us! Still can participate virtually 👇 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution #smbe2025

New paper is out in Nature Communications. I had only a tiny role, but still thrilled to be part of the ride. Huge kudos to E.A. Lucotte, Tatiana Giraud & team for leading this great work 🧬🍄🎉 Check it out👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41467… #SexChromosome #Genomics Academic Chatter™

🚨 Fully funded #PhD opportunity in #EvoBio at VUB! 🧬 Study genetics & evolution of frog #SexChrom across Eurasia and the Caribbean 🌍 Fieldwork + teaching in 🇧🇪 📢 Dutch fluency required Apply 👉 jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Doc… More info: wmalab.com PhD Voice - Independently Run

We have met them already, but when in Beijing, make sure not to miss this amazing set of talks by the winners of the Graduate Student Excellence Award, presented at a dedicated symposium at the start of #SMBE2025. 🙌 Details on the website: smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/program…

Very looking forward to this Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution symposium #EverythingAboutSexChromosomeEvolution #SexDetermination🧬👇

🐸🧬Lab new preprint bioRxiv👇 Gene duplication, translocation & molecular evolution of Dmrt1 and related sex-determining genes in anurans ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… Dive into #MasterSexDet genes evolution & sex chr. turnover in🐸✨ Comments welcome! #SexChromosome

The first Keynote speech of #SMBE2025 will be given by SMBE's President Ziheng Yang (Ziheng Yang's Group). "Six impossible things to believe before breakfast, about gene flow" 20.07.2025 | 18h00

🚨 Super exited to see our paper on the inheritance and genetic basis of guppy color variation come out in NatureEcoEvo Guppy males have enormous variation in color patterns, with many combinations of ornamental spots and stripes. But where does all this variation come from?

📢 One week left to apply! Deadline: July 15 We are hiring a PhD and teaching assistant in the Biology Department VUB! Dutch proficiency is required. Topics on #FrogSexChromosomes #SexDetermination #Speciation🌎🐸🧬 Apply here: jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Doc… Academic Chatter™

A bit late, but huge thanks to the wonderful organizers of Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution! Such an inspiring conference with many great discussions Extra kudos for the amazing (and free!) on-site childcare service for all ages👶: truly a game changer for parents in science 👏 Academic Chatter™

Thanks ESEB2025 ESEB for an amazing week in #Barcelona 🌍🔬 Inspiring science + great people = unforgettable #ESEB2025 🙌✨ Looking forward to next #ESEB in 2027 😊

I am recruiting postocs to my lab at University of Toronto EEB ! This includes work on the historical and contemporary population genomics of invasive capeweed, collaborative work with Kay Hodgins, Tim Conallon, Akane Uesugi, and Allan Ellis, please share with your networks!