bob week

bob week

@bweek.bsky.social

working on theory of host-associated microbiota diversity ( and a few side-quests ) at the crc1182 in kiel - a kite fellow they/them/dey/deren bobweek.github.io

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Tadashi Fukami
@fukamit.bsky.social

New paper: "results link microbial diversity in buckwheat flowers, which are roughly 3 mm in radius, to the environmental conditions experienced by their vectoring animals over the comparatively vast scale of 200 m in radius." doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

doi.orgDiversity of vector‐dispersed microbes peaks at a landscape‐defined intermediate rate of dispersalDispersal has long been recognized as a primary determinant of species diversity in ecological communities. This knowledge is mostly built on studies of organisms that disperse actively by themselves...

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Pierre de Villemereuil
@pdevillemereuil.bsky.social

With 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!

dx.doi.orgQuantitative genetics of lifetime growth curves in a lizardAbstract. Body size is an iconic trait in quantitative genetics. For species with indeterminate growth however, growth curve, a function-valued trait, is t

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Elena Litchman
@elenalitchman.bsky.social

Interested in doing a postdoc in plankton ecology, on topics of community assembly, trait-based ecological resilience, stressor interactions, harmful algal blooms and others? Contact me to discuss developing a proposal for MSU's EEB Presidential Postdoc Fellowship (Nov 1 application deadline).

Lars Brudvig@lars-brudvig.bsky.social

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

eeb.msu.eduPostdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

a kewt lil tripartite intxn to observe while waiting for the bus . two of the members dont appear to have any direct interaction , but i wonder if there's any indirect effects mediated by genetic correlations across traits of the host member ⋆˚꩜｡

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Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias
@ceciliapad.bsky.social

What a fantastic opportunity! Come to Tübingen 😊

ML for Science@ml4science.bsky.social

We are recruiting several Early Career Research Group Leaders for Machine Learning in Science (m/f/d; E14 TV-L, 100%) in Tübingen! Open to researchers directly after their PhD or with postdoctoral experience. Application deadline: July 15, 2026. More info: uni-tuebingen.de/en/128980#c2... 1/2

bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚣 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝐆-𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚡 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 ;-; 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝 ⋆˚꩜｡ bobweek.github.io/talks/driftG...

bobweek.github.ioThe Response of Genetic Correlations to Drift
bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

yes pls ... /\__/\ ( • v • ) Yes. / |___n_ | |. _____| U| __ | U U

James Briscoe@jamesbriscoe.bsky.social

Is this the future of peer review? New from @biologyopen.bsky.social: expanded Fast & Fair trial paying reviewers £220 per paper The result: rapid peer review with no drop in quality or change in acceptance rate Paying referees makes peer review faster & fairer www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

"oh excuuuse meee . just trying a lil polite interspecific interaction here ... " its okay bird . you r excused . now , back to math ...

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Shryli Shreekar
@shrylishreekar.bsky.social

Check our new paper which I had the privilege to write with @kostchristian.bsky.social published in PNAS!

Christian Kost@kostchristian.bsky.social

@shrylishreekar.bsky.social and me wrote a commentary on Chunhui Hao's and @stuwest.bsky.social et al.'s recent paper "Cooperation and the evolution of bacterial niche breadth" in PNAS. Please find our commentary here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Charles Mullon
@charlesmullon.bsky.social

Applications now open for the UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evolutionary Biology (31 Aug–5 Sep 2026, Lausanne)! For PhD & postdocs interested in formal approaches to evolutionary ecology (incl. social evo, life-history, species interactions). Scholarships available, Pls RP! shorturl.at/fo1GA

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Schulenburg Lab Kiel
@schulenburglab.bsky.social

Funding for new Leibniz ScienceCampus on AMR evolution at FZB Borstel and Kiel, with several open PhD positions! Incl @daganlab.bsky.social @bramkamplab.bsky.social @fzborstel.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailans...

uni-kiel.deNeuer Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus zur Erforschung von Antibiotikaresistenzen FZB und CAU erforschen im  WissenschaftsCampus „AMR-PLAS“ gemeinsam die AMR-Plastizität bei bakteriellen Krankheitserregern 

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Thomas Lesaffre 🌱
@thomaslesaffre.bsky.social

🌺 PhD position in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology! 🌺 There is about two weeks left to apply to come work with me on the evolution of plant reproductive strategies at @unifr.bsky.social ! Contact me or visit here or for more info: tinyurl.com/monoecy Please share! 🌱

Thomas Lesaffre 🌱@thomaslesaffre.bsky.social

🚨 PhD position available ! 🚨 I am hiring a PhD student to work with me on the evolution of plant sexual systems 🌺 at @unifrbiology.bsky.social ! The position is funded for 4 years by @snsf.ch as part of my Ambizione fellowship. More info here: tinyurl.com/monoecy 🌱 Please RP and share widely ! 🌱

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Schulenburg Lab Kiel
@schulenburglab.bsky.social

See the new paper by Hanne Griem-Krey and @michaelhabig.bsky.social on hitchhiking on starships... fungi are weird!

Michael Habig@michaelhabig.bsky.social

Now out! We show that TEs can be horizontally transferred between fungal species via Starships. Once transferred, these TEs can become active, changing the genome organization and affecting the lifestyle of the recipient fungus. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @oggenfussursula.bsky.social #TEsky

nature.comTransposable elements hitchhike on Starships across fungal genomes - Nature CommunicationsLarge mobile genetic elements known as Starships act as vehicles for transferring transposable elements (TEs) between fungi. Here, Griem-Krey et al. show that these ‘hitchhiking’ TEs can drive rapid e...

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Schulenburg Lab Kiel
@schulenburglab.bsky.social

Just out: our new study on hysteresis and antibiotic resistance! Great work by Florian Buchholz, Lina Upterworth, Roderich Roemhild and others, incl @bramkamplab.bsky.social @holgersondermann.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comRobust antibiotic sensitization of pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa via negative hysteresis in the cell envelope - Nature CommunicationsHere, the authors describe negative hysteresis as a phenomenon where the initial exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to β-lactam antibiotics causes cellular sensitization towards aminoglycoside antibio...
bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

super thankful for all the feedback i got from the homies and reviewers , and especially to some really detailed feedback i got from one reviewer . beyond helped to make it killer piece of werk im rly proud of now ::] ty

bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

Really nice opportunity to run polygenic adaptation experiments on Drosophila as a postdoc with the great @nedabarghi.bsky.social ! Located at MPI in the lovely town of Ploen. Come join this wonderful research community ::)) evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...

evol.mcmaster.cahttps://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/PostDocs//MPI-EvolBiol_Germany.PolygenicAdaptationA Postdoctoral position is available in Evolution of Polygenic Traits Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology- Pl�n, Germany. Our group studies the genetic basis of adaptat...
bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

the finalized version is live ! [ in case you prefer oup's formatting over mine ;) + we fixed couple typos below eqn ten :B ] doi.org/10.1093/evol...

doi.orgQuantitative genetics of microbiome-mediated traitsMicrobiomes, the complex communities of microorganisms associated with multicellular hosts, play a vital role in shaping host traits and fitness. But how d
bob week@bweek.bsky.social

Our Quantitative Genetic approach to Modelling Microbiome-Mediated Host Adaptation is now published in Evolution !!! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

academic.oup.comQuantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated TraitsAbstract. Multicellular organisms host a rich assemblage of associated microorganisms, collectively known as their “microbiomes”. Microbiomes have the capa

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Schulenburg Lab Kiel
@schulenburglab.bsky.social

I am happy to announce publication of our new perspectives paper on applying evolutionary theory to host-microbiome evolution - new tricks for old dogs! @bweek.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de @transevo.bsky.social @crc1182.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comApplying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & EvolutionThis Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...
bob week
@bweek.bsky.social

Our perspective on Applying Extended Synthesis Frameworks to Understand Host-Microbiome Evolution is now out in Nature EcoEvo !!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comApplying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & EvolutionThis Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...