@evoecolab
Professor of Biology. Ecology, evolution, genetics, in natural and urban habitats. VP of Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution. Passionate about connecting kids with nature, advocating for grad students, postdocs, science funding. Proud Canadian!
Joyeuse Journée internationale des femmes! Nous sommes reconnaissants envers les femmes extraordinaires qui dirigent (et qui ont dirigé) la SCEE, ainsi qu’envers toutes les femmes écologistes et biologistes de l’évolution à travers le Canada pour leur travail essentiel.
Happy International Women’s Day! We are grateful to the incredible women who lead (and have led) the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, & to all the women ecologists & evolutionary biologists across Canada for their important work. You help make our society, country, & planet a better place!
Congrats Lucas! EPIC doesn’t even to begin to describe what you accomplished here.
☘️NEW PAPER☘️ I am incredibly excited to announce that the centrepiece of my PhD was just published in Ecological Monographs! This was a massive transcontinental common garden experiment using white clover with researchers from UToronto 🇨🇦, UL Lafayette 🇺🇸, CNRS 🇫🇷, and SLU 🇸🇪 doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Urban dandelions have evolved to be less dispersive in Japan www.science.org/content/arti... #urbanecology #urbanevolution 🌏
Hear you! We weren't given a choice for the first one, but we've asked to move out of the USA for future meetings.
Poster advertising the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology held January 31-February 5, 2027 in Ventura Beach, California
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Gordon Research Conference on Urban Evolution and Ecology which will be held from Jan. 31 - Feb. 5, 2027. Please save the dates, and we look forward to welcoming you to beautiful Ventura Beach, California!
JOBS IN BIOLOGY: I'm giving a lecture on careers in biology next week for our students. I'd love to hear your perspective on the 3 most important things that you think impress potential employers? #biologyjobs #careers
Fabulous society. Join! And not just Canadians. The annual meeting is my favourite of all conferences and we love to have our non-Canadian friends join us.
Happy holidays from CSEE! ☃️ Now’s a great time to (re)join. Learn more: csee-scee.ca. Faculty: consider gifting CSEE memberships to students & postdocs! They're just $30/person and grant-eligible.
Joyeuses Fêtes de la part de la SCEE! ☃️ C’est le moment idéal pour (ré)adhérer. En savoir plus : csee-scee.ca.
Professeur·e·s : offrez des adhésions CSEE aux étudiant·e·s et postdocs — 30 $/personne, admissible aux subventions.
TL;DR We're looking for biology/evolution instructors in the US and Canada to test the impacts of inclusive evolutionary biology educational materials on undergraduate learning (you will be compensated). Pasting the official recruitment info in thread below. sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Investing in Canada’s research! Support Our Science welcomes Budget 2025’s focus on next-gen researchers: $133M for PhDs & postdocs, plus funding for chairs, faculty & infrastructure.
#SupportOurScience #cdnpoli
Read more: www.supportourscience.ca/post/support...
Part one of my common garden experiment is out today in Nature E&E!! We compare how urban and rural environments affect selection on HCN production, local adaptation, and eco-evo dynamics in white clover doi.org/10.1038/s415...
New paper from PhD student @ellmartin.bsky.social provides compelling experimental evidence that urbanization drives local adaptation, life history divergence and eco-evo feedbacks on a diverse community. Congrats Ella! 🌎🌆 #urbanecology #urbanevolution #evoeco
When your lab dresses up for Halloween as the many versions of their supervisor. It was like looking in a mirror- very spooky! 👻🎃
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
"Urbanization" leads to frequent genome-wide signatures of selection specific to both urban & rural habitats. Read the latest paper from our group led by @jssantangelo.bsky.social & Rob Ness: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan... #urbanecology #urbanevolution 🌎 @utmbiology.bsky.social
#LetsGoJays
The #NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program #GRFP solicitation is coming soon!
The due date for Life Sciences proposals is 27 October 2025.
For more info: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Congrats to our awesome summer undergrads for completing their projects, & to Apekshya, Mariana & Johanna for winning best presentation & poster awards at the undergrad summer research day. You've all learned a lot & we are proud of what you've accomplished @utmbiology.bsky.social @utm.utoronto.ca
This big chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis) came to visit our quad on campus today, perhaps in search of a mate. It didn't find a mate but it did find me, and some curious undergrads who exclaimed "WOW, I didn't know we had those in Canada". In fact, they arrived in North America 120 years ago!
"Urbanization" leads to frequent genome-wide signatures of selection specific to both urban & rural habitats. Read the latest paper from our group led by @jssantangelo.bsky.social & Rob Ness: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan... #urbanecology #urbanevolution 🌎 @utmbiology.bsky.social
Excited to see @dmurraystoker.bsky.social's final & very cool PhD paper out in #Oikos today: "Diversity and assembly of the microbiome of a leguminous plant along an urbanization gradient" #urbanecology #urbanevolution #microbiome nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🌎 🏙️ ☘️
Shocking development: PM Carney plans to cut Science funding by 15%, which would eliminate most of the planned investments the govt just made last year and set Canada further back: www.science.org/content/arti... #SupportOurScience @supportourscience.bsky.social
@supportourscience.bsky.social's letter of concern covered in @science.org's News today #cdnpoli #cdnsci
Support Our Science a transmis une lettre de préoccupation aux dirigeants du pays.
Nous demandons au gouvernement de protéger la recherche, les bourses, et l’avenir scientifique du Canada.
Lettre complète : www.supportourscience.ca
#SupportOurScience #Cdnpoli
Support Our Science has sent a formal letter of concern to Canada’s leaders.
We’re calling on the PM and ministers to protect research, scholarships, and the future of discovery.
Full letter: www.supportourscience.ca
#SupportOurScience #cdnpoli #STEMCanada
Just me and my Cecropia friend, the largest moth in North America!
My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...