@maxreuter.bsky.social
Evolutionary geneticist at University College London, Editor-in-Chief @JEvBio.bsky.social
@molbioevol.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.social@deboraycb.bsky.social, @aidaandres.bsky.social, Tim Connallon & @maxreuter.bsky.social support the intuition that a large fraction of loci under balancing selection will be invisible to standard tests for balancing selection.
@maxreuter.bsky.socialNow with associated Highlight by @evopaa.bsky.social! 👇
@empseb.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.socialWe are thrilled to announce that the 32nd edition of the European Meeting for PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB) will be held in Slovenia! More details coming soon. Follow us to stay updated!
@joanameier.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.socialExciting postdoc position on adaptive introgression in butterflies just announced by Konrad Lohse: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... I can highly recommend working together with him and Simon Martin in Edinburgh.
@karlgrieshop.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.social🚨 The Grieshop Lab is hiring at all levels!!! 🚨 Oct 2027 start: 👉 4-year BBSRC-funded PhD position (closes 30 Nov) 👉 3.5-year NERC-funded PhD position (closes 16 Dec) Feb 2027 start: 👉 3-year NERC-funded post-doc 👉 3-year NERC-funded lab tech 👉 (part-time) 3-year NERC-funded tech
@deboraycb.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.socialNow that it's officially out, I have to say I'm quite proud of this work🙂 I got involved in it after a bit of a failure in another proj. Took way longer than it could. Started pregnant, published close to baby's 3rd bday😅 Very grateful for my patient mentors and collaborators
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
@maxreuter.bsky.socialOur paper on detecting (or not) balancing selection is now out, in all its typeset beauty, in the October issue of @molbioevol.bsky.social:
@joelpick.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.social🚨Exciting project alert!!🚨
Are you interested in data and code sharing in Ecology and Evolution?
@eivimeycook.bsky.social and I are running a hackathon to quantify data and code availability and sharing quality across 90 society journals, and looking for people who want to be involved.
@maxreuter.bsky.socialAnd if you work in ecology and evolution, this database put together by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and colleagues will help you make the right choices:
@maxreuter.bsky.socialInteresting piece: brace for academic feudalism. With serious consequences for scientific publishing (we already have them), but also ECRs and growing the geographic spread of academia.
@ebablab.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.socialAre you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️
Then I have the form for you! 📋
Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey:
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Please RT! 🙏
@jevbio.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.social✍️ This week is Peer Review Week: an annual celebration of the role of peer review in ensuring quality and integrity of research
This year’s theme is Capacity:
📚️ Volume
💨 Speed
✅️ Quality
These components define a balance that the peer review system is being asked to maintain.
We are seeing a new trend in submissions to @arxiv.bsky.social (and presumably to conferences and journals): Authors submitting papers whose contents they likely do not understand. 1/
@maxreuter.bsky.socialWell deserved, @bobmontgomerie.bsky.social, congratulations!
@jevbio.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.social@prof-tregoning.bsky.social argues that scientific paper format does not reflect how we do science:
🤥are we telling a false story?
💡are we dismissing the central role of creativity in science?
What do you think? Let us know in the comments...
@gemmamurray.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.socialI’m hiring two postdocs to join my group at UCL, both funded for 3 years, to investigate how commensal bacteria contribute to the evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance in pathogens.
Please share! Links below 👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU266/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSU268/r...
@liberal-jen.bsky.socialReposted by @maxreuter.bsky.socialA murmuration of starlings above Sardinia, Italy. One of my favorite natural phenomena.