Judy Li (李静迪)

💃 Teamwork 💪

Check this FRESH REVIEW about how the #wildlife #microbiome can shape infection ecology and #parasite #evolution led by @jingdi.bsky.social - which I got to contribute for! 🕺

NOW OUT in Molecular Ecology 🦋🐸🐝🐻🦠

#MicroSky #SymbioSky
@ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social
@science.ubc.ca

Koonin's lab in NIH is looking for postdocs. If you know someone who is interested, please spread the word. The details about the position are below: www.training.nih.gov/jobs/pdf-ecb...

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

Working on a story for Science about cuts to Canada's government researchers and labs. If you are affected by this please reach out (either on here or via my website). Anonymity is an option. 🧪

Call for Donations to Support the SWEEET/CSEE Equity Fund 🌱🧬🎓
Help remove financial barriers by supporting grad students & postdocs attending #CSEE2026 in Toronto through donating to the Equity Fund. Support access to science by donating / sharing! @csee-scee.bsky.social #EcoEvo

gofund.me/cca1d39af

Davis Summer Population Genomics Program Want to learn population genetics? Please fill out this form to indicate your potential interest in a 2-week intensive online summer population genetics course taught by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra and Graham...

Fun news! @gcbias.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2-week online population genetics workshop this summer to raise money for the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. We're trying to gauge interest -- please fill this out if you might be interested! And please share broadly!

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and/or Computational Biology at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University

Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job

Generative AI for Statistical Science (Free Seminar) - Livestreamed Research Training | Instats PhD-level seminar on Generative AI for Statistical Science (Free Seminar) with Lei Ding . Live Q&A plus on‑demand access. Join via your university’s Instats membership or enroll directly.

Join the free seminar "Generative AI for Statistical Science" on March 3, 2023, led by Lei Ding. Learn about VAEs, GANs, and their application in evolutionary biology. Sign up: https://instats.org/seminar/generative-ai-for-statistical-science-fr #course #workshop

Abstract submission and registration for the *10th Euro Evo Devo Meeting 2026* at University of Glasgow (June 8-12, 2026) is open. Early bird deadline: March 5, 2026. More info: https://www.evodevoconference26.com/ #conference

Describing endosymbiont–host interactions within the parasitism–mutualism continuum Bacteria that live inside the cells of arthropod hosts (“endosymbionts”) are gaining increasing interest as targets for pest control and for reducing the ability of arthropod vectors to transmit anim....

Reading and really liking this #openaccess paper by Ary Hoffman and @brandonscooper.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Describing endosymbiont–host interactions within the parasitism–mutualism continuum

Happy Groundhog Day to people who reject climate science, but do believe in weather predictions from captive rodents.

As we close the year, the ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to spotlight @duhitasant.bsky.social , Postdoctoral Researcher at Rutgers University, and her paper “Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation”.

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If you’re conducting research in the relevant area and want to share your work, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch if you're interested in presenting or learning more.

Abstract deadline: 19th January 2026!

#MicrobialSymbiosis #CSEE2026 #Symbiosis #Parasitism #Mutualism

A unifying framework reveals key properties of multilevel selection Natural selection can act at multiple biological levels, often in opposing directions. Viral evolution is an important example, with selection occurri…

Here is one of my favorite papers, "A unifying framework reveals key properties of multilevel selection" by Shishi Luo. Luo highlights examples of multilevel selection and introduces a nested birth-death process to model evolutionary competition across scales.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140

More people need to know about MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social! If you are doing meta-research, then you get that the for-profit publishing system is a headache – you can help sideline journals by having your preprints handled by the MetaROR team for the peer review process. #AIMOS2025

Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!

UBC and SFU PIH chapters are partnering with us to host a Global Health Case Competition — built by students, for students. Happening next Sat, Nov 29th.

If of interest @ubcpress.bsky.social @ccj-ubc.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca @jwmartens.bsky.social @profterrig.bsky.social @lauraknelson.bsky.social

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...

Job add for genetics/genomics: text is https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83638

Job add for freshwater fisheries biology. Text is at https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83637

Job add for biology education position. Text is at https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83639

Wanna be my colleague? We've got TT positions open!

1 in genetics/genomics jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83638.
1 in biology education / open jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83639.
1 in freshwater fisheries biology jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83637

Date of first consideration is Jan 4 2026

The emergence and diversification of dog morphology Dogs exhibit an exceptional range of morphological diversity as a result of their long-term association with humans. Attempts to identify when dog morphological variation began to expand have been con...

They are now published: the results of a study I contributed to when I was recently employed as an antiquarian at Lund University’s Historical Museum!
The emergence and diversification of #dog #morphology | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Intracellular competition shapes plasmid population dynamics From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating g...

Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/
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🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics

My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com

🌍✨ Why genome sequence mega-diverse countries?
A handful of countries hold >70% of Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity — packed with species found nowhere else. These places are evolution’s playground… and extinction’s front line.

#Biodiversity 🌿 #GenomeSequencing 🧬
#Genomics 🔬 #ConservationGenomics 🌍

Bacterial immune systems as causes and consequences of microbiome structure Bacterial immune systems have evolved in response to diverse molecular "parasites", yet their ecological roles remain poorly understood. This Essay explores how interactions between mobile genetic ele...

Very happy to see this piece out in @plosbiology.org, on the bacterial immune systems and microbial communities. It was a great team effort with Rafael Custodio, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social , @brownlab.bsky.social, and Edze Westra! 🦠🧫 #phagesky #mevosky

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Early Career Scientist Awards 2026 Application to the UW-Madison Evolution Seminar Series - Early Career Scientist Awards.

Wisconsin Evolution is accepting applications for our Seminar Series' Early Career Scientist Award. Come share your evolution research and visit UW-Madison's evolution community. Open to grad students and postdocs (<5 yrs post PhD) from outside UW-Madison.

Apply by Dec 15th here: shorturl.at/4a4O6

Speaker and title slide

1. Madeleen van der Merwe: Statistical Errors in Health Journal Articles. A systematic review.
We looked at 53 articles - identified 940 statistical errors
#AIMOS2025