Erik Enbody

Awesome - congrats Maria! What a cool study

Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States Position Summary The Lowry Lab at Michigan State University is searching for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct molecular and physiological experiments to understand the causes of genetic va...

I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...

Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches Genomic study identifies 28 ancestral genetic modules that predate the radiation.

New story on the Avian Hybrids blog!

Something borrowed: Ancestral variation and introgression drive rapid evolution in Darwin’s Finches
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s...

Based on the Science Advances paper by Carl-Johan Rubin, Erik Enbody and their colleagues | #ornithology

He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males

"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪

Patterns of Genetic Diversity Within Three California Quail Species Are Best Explained by Climate and Landscape Changes Many North American game animals experienced severe population declines during the 19th century due to market hunting. However, estimates of the timing and magnitude of these declines often rely on a...

Check out the latest paper from the CCGP on California Quail and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that impact genomic variation. Led by Phred Benham and the Bowie group: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Moncrieff Lab | Bird Evolution The Moncrieff Lab is a research lab based at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. Research in the lab involves museum specimens, fieldwork, and...

🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬
I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma.

Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation

👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org

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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

the ad is up! applications due 7/15: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor

HT @cornellasap.bsky.social "Ms. Morrow...is one of hundreds of people who wrote to their hometown newspapers as part of a national campaign...by graduate students and scientists who are just starting their careers."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Dr Alex Bond (Natural History Museum, Tring/London UK) [progress pride flag] Applicants with previous experience in CT/morphology, wildlife acoustics, or plastics particularly encouraged! Applicant eligibility Can’t have spent >12 of the last 36 months in the UK Previous post-doctoral experience & publication track record HIGHLY recommended Must relocate to the UK (London or Tring; remote working is not possible under this funding scheme) Defended PhD by Sept 2025; < 8 years postdoc experience Previous successful applications are available as guides! Applications shared between fellow & host with a deadline 10 Sept 2025 Email: a.bond@nhm.ac.uk / BlueSky: @TheLabAndField@bsky.social https://alexanderbond.org

The 2025 Marie Curie Fellowships are now open! If you are interested in #PlasticPollution, #ornithology / #birds, #conservation & our work at @adriftlab.bsky.social and want to discuss an application, get in touch! #PhDjobs

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

Looking to start a PhD? Reach out if you are interested in avian evolutionary and/or conservation genomics research! I am recruiting for FA26 and happy to support fellowship proposals through this program:
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Excited to share the #Snakemake monitoring tool I've been working on:
snkmt (Snakemate) - a CLI utility for real-time workflow monitoring. Basically solves the "is my pipeline still running?" problem and makes debugging failed jobs much easier.
#bioinformatics #workflow #opensource 1/3

My student Vanessa Perez is analyzing hundreds of photos of the Barred Fruiteater. If you have some, you can help her fill some geographic gaps. A cool story is unwrapping ⛰️🪶 Please share! #birds #ornithology #speciation #andes

I'm looking for a postdoc in quantitative ecology / macroecology to start in summer/fall 2025 in my lab at Oklahoma State University. Please spread the word

www.gilbertecology.com/opportunities

Now published!!!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’m so sorry Jay, that sucks so much

Just heard one walking into the office today 🔥

PhD Student in Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage The Department of Zoology at Stockholm University includes about 80 employeese, including Researchers, PhD students and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an inte

PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-)

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Another +1 for PODS and saved a boatload relative to the moving companies. See if you can find any promos, we got one around thanksgiving (we packed and unpacked it ourselves)

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea

I'm excited to share a new paper out in the BBOC today! We documented 6 new island records for Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea + cool natural history information.

...Including first photographs of a nesting Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise! Open access below. #birds

bioone.org/journals/bul...

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...

Our paper is out, and it is distressing.

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 COOL BIRD JOB ALERT! 🚨

@cornellbirds.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate to run their research and student training program at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, focusing on Black-throated Blue Warblers and Ovenbirds. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29599

How do SVs, satellite DNA & gene content shape avian genome evolution? We analyzed 45 HiFi genomes across 3 Scrub-Jay species with distinct population sizes. Grateful to be on this incredible team led by Scott Edwards! "Comparative population pangenomes" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

IGD: A simple, efficient genotype data format Motivation While there are a variety of file formats for storing reference-sequence-aligned genotype data, many are complex or inefficient. Programming language support for such formats is often limit...

Our work (by Drew DeHaas) on an extremely simple yet efficient binary genotype format - designed to facilitate scalable bioinformatics tool development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

nice of Jente to cover one of our fairywren papers! Love these birds👇

Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three‐Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island This study explores population divergence and hybridization dynamics across the golden-backed (Dinopium benghalense) and red-backed (D. psarodes) flameback woodpecker hybrid zone in Sri Lanka. The ge...

OK folks this is my first announcement of a lab publication on Bluesky:

Congrats to PhD Candidate Rashika Ranasinghe on today's publication of her paper "Cryptic Hybridization Dynamics in a Three-Way Hybrid Zone of Dinopium Flamebacks on a Tropical Island."

Happy holidays!

doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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A photo of a large rock formation along a beautiful Santa Cruz coastline. Text reads: Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium call for submissions. Submission deadline Feb 15. Symposium Date April 15.

Calling all postdocs! We're hosting a symposium in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA, to showcase rising talent in genomics research. Travel expenses are covered for selected applicants ✈️😎🏖 The event will be held on April 15. Applications due Feb 15: bit.ly/NextWave25

A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus In Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene cortex is a “hotspot” locus, repeatedly implicated in generating intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100 mi...

Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...