@johnstinchcombe.bsky.social
Ecological and evolutionary genetics in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UofT. Dad, dog lover, unashamed coffee addict.
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialAwesome! . It was a super fun project to think about, and I'm super happy people are finding it interesting!
@bbmwong.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialMonash University is offering a fully-funded PhD scholarship to an outstanding student in animal behaviour/evolutionary ecology. Choose from eight project areas. For information about what project I'm offering, please DM me or see application form: forms.gle/ia9t4KPD3FKT.... Deadline: 15 Nov.
@gbaucom.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialWoo-hoo! @gmzhang.bsky.social's photo of a morning glory being visited by a bee is on the front cover of Evolution Letters!
(Image accompanying Sasha Bishop's paper, with co-author @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social)
@ellenleffler.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialMy department at University of Utah is recruiting new faculty, with "Human" and "Genetics" broadly defined. It is a fantastic place to start a lab, with collaboration, creativity and conviviality encouraged. Applications due Oct 16. Please share and apply!
utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
@wbderry.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialFaculty position at the University of Toronto 👇
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
@pdevillemereuil.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialWith fieldwork, I didn't get to advertise our (not so now) new paper on the quantitative genetics of growth in the 🦎 in @journal-evo.bsky.social:
dx.doi.org/10.1093/evol...
It's an exciting paper paper in which we disentangle what it means to treat the whole growth curve as a function-valued trait!
@nicrodemo.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialApplication deadline for this is approaching fast. Email me if you are interested in doing a 2-year postdoc in a project to study the reproductive system and population genomics of an European buzz pollinated plant. To be clear: this is to participate as a named postdoc in a grant application.
@jbyoder.orgReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialOkay this jogged loose something I've had half-written for a while now: Despite decades of effort, scientists have still not found a substitute for reading the paper
@asherdcutter.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialCome to @romtoronto.bsky.social and EEB in Toronto! ROM is seeking entomologist/arachnologist curator who would also be faculty in EEB at UofT royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/mdMTpA...
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialJust drawing attention to an upcoming deadline:
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialThanks for this. I'll dig into the links you've shared....
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialSincere question, @trevorabranch.bsky.social :
how do these spawning stock biomass estimates compare to estimates from the 1960s, or even earlier?
This recovery is great, and clearly better than not recovering... but is this also a case of shifting baselines?
@davididiaquez.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialOur pre-print analysing the 1 std decline in mass in Wytham great tits has just been published in @animalecology.bsky.social check it out: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ybrandvain.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialI'm excited to release the newest version of my free applied biostats textbook. It's tidyverse style, clarkia inspired and loads of fun
Im putting this down until the end of the semester, when I'll add and polish additional chapters, but the 1st 21 are pretty solid
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialYour post about this yesterday prompted me to read the Clarke review... reminded me of a bunch of stuff I either had forgotten, or didn't notice the first time. I should probably sit down and re-read Lewontin.
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialThis is an institution with a > $12B endowment, that spends $180M annually on athletics. The top 54 salaried administrators, coaches, executives make ~ $33M annually. Dismantling a research archive and selling it as "at least we didn't destroy it" is the very much moving the goalposts.
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialThis is a "least bad" outcome of a self-inflicted problem from Duke University. Is it better than the collection being atomized and shipped all over the place? Yes. Is it a travesty that one of the world's wealthiest private Universities divested from their herbarium? Definitely yes.
@newphyt.bsky.socialReposted by @johnstinchcombe.bsky.socialSelection shapes the evolution of genome size in a globally invasive plant
Nongthongbam et al. @byonkeshn.bsky.social @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social
