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Joelle Lafond, PhD

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FRQ Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC (Canada) in Judith's Mank Lab! Mating systems (sexual/asexual) & Sex Chromosomes Evolution 🧬 in fishes 🐟🐠 and more 🌿🌼. Website: https://joellelafond.github.io

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πŸ§ͺ🐠 I am hiring a postdoc! Work will be on patterns of biodiversity across phylogenetic scales using teleost fishes as a model. Apply by end of Jan 2026 for full consideration apply.interfolio.com/179070 I encourage folks to reach out with any questions. Please Share!

15.12.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution Department of Zoology Β at Stockholm University includes ca. 80 employees counting researchers, PhD students, and administrative staff. Research and education at the department occurs in an internatio

We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

15.12.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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We have TWO post-doctoral fellowships in the Biodiversity Centre at UBC next year! Am happy to chat if you might want to be hosted in my lab. biodiversity.ubc.ca/training-and... Deadline January 15th!

03.11.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Exiting career-boosting opportunity for a a skilled and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher: We're hiring a Post-doctoral fellow in Evolutionary Biology!

Please apply no later than 31 October!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

22.10.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Just in time for her #eseb2025 poster on Thursday, @squarehare.bsky.social 's paper on the Poecilia bifurca sex chromosomes was published today academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

20.08.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m really sorry to be missing #eseb2025, but for those sorting out their conference plan there are several lab talks and posters about what we are up to. Spoiler, they aren't all talking about guppies, or even fish! 1/n

14.08.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Male Guppies With Orange Spots 2X More Sexually Active Than Dull Males, UBC Study Finds - Karmactive Orange male guppies perform sexual displays twice as long and attempt mating 200% more than dull males. UBC scientists link bright coloration to brain development in genetic breakthrough study.

β€œPreviously, people thought perhaps males realized that if they were more orange, they were more sexy,” explains Dr. Judith Mank of @zoology.ubc.ca.

www.karmactive.com/male-guppies...

08.07.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interested in sex chromosomes evolution and want to wrap up today’s talks on a colorful note? Come see my presentation on guppy sex chromosomes today, July 8th! 🐠

#CSEE2025
⌚16h15, πŸ“ Lac MemphrΓ©magog

08.07.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #CSEE2025 interested in flowers, natural selection, urbanization or any combination of the three?
I’m presenting results of my thesis at 11am today in the urban ecology session (RiviΓ¨re Coaticook)

08.07.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You have to come and see the talk of @jeromeburkiewicz.bsky.social that will test if urbanization affects natural selection by pollinator on flower shape.
#CSEE2025

It is at 11:00 in Rivière Coaticook

08.07.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Amazing work from JΓ©rΓ΄me Burkiewicz! A fascinating look at how urbanization shapes pollinator communities and flower traits across multiple cities, and natural vs. controlled settings. This study reveals both plastic and genetic responses to urbanization in Southeastern Canadaβ€”go check it out!

16.06.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Je suis heureuse d’annoncer l’obtention d’une bourse postdoctorale du FRQ pour mon projet sur les consΓ©quences de la perte de recombinaison gΓ©nΓ©tique chez les guppys, dans le labo de Judith Mank (UBC)! Je prΓ©senterai ces travaux au #SCEE2025 Γ  Sherbrooke cet Γ©tΓ© – au plaisir de vous y voir!

06.05.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
New strategies for pest insect control by population suppression | Doctoral Training Partnership CHAPMAN_U25DTP1

Probably don't have the reach on here yet - BUT:
I have a fully-funded four year PhD studentship available - the deadline is soon - November 25th - so please share if you can.
And let's connect if you are interested in #genedrive #pestcontrol #evobio
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/new...

15.11.2024 14:08 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Stickleback stock center

Fish biologists (or aspiring ones!):

There is a #stickleback stock center @uconn that supplies egg or adult stickleback (fees help cover operating costs). Check us out at www.sticklestock.com
(The website also has lots of protocols to help new researchers get started)

14.11.2024 23:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, I'd love to be added to the list! :)

13.11.2024 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for…registration for the 3rdΒ Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology is open! We hope that you will join us! #Evol2024 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social

15.02.2024 22:07 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion: Stagnant investments in training and research compromise Canada’s economic growth Canada invests just 1.55 per cent of gross domestic product in research and development, which pales in comparison to peer countries

Prof. Marc Johnson, chair of the board of @supportourscience.bsky.social (of which I am a member) has just penned this commentary in @theglobeandmail.com:

Stagnant investments in training and research compromise Canada’s economic growth

#SupportOurScience

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

05.02.2024 03:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Updated and expanded version of @vdbijl.bsky.social 's
analysis of the inheritance of male coloration in guppies is now up! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Deep learning reveals the role of copy number variation in the genetic architecture of a highly polymorphic sexual trait

26.01.2024 00:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cycle of reproduction of the hybrid C. eos x eos-neogaeus as we now know it, where maternal ploidy dictate whether the progeny reproduces sexually or asexually.

Cycle of reproduction of the hybrid C. eos x eos-neogaeus as we now know it, where maternal ploidy dictate whether the progeny reproduces sexually or asexually.

New paper alert! ✨

Mothers dictating how to reproduce? How weird! In a hybrid fish, however, that is the reality!

Check how maternal ploidy governs gonadal development into producing either sexual or asexual oocytes, all that in our new paper linked below!

t.ly/hSUX8

23.01.2024 18:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that's a strong case for declaring it a β€œwork from home” kind of day πŸ˜‰

04.12.2023 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Trees buried under the snow in a city

Trees buried under the snow in a city

Trees and cars buried under the snow in a city

Trees and cars buried under the snow in a city

Trees buried under the snow in a city.

Trees buried under the snow in a city.

Magnificent scene in Montreal this morning β„οΈβ˜ƒοΈ

04.12.2023 12:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Timid female grey squirrel sitting and looking at the camera from one eye

Timid female grey squirrel sitting and looking at the camera from one eye

I love squirrels! Always looking like they want to ask you something but too shy to do so!

06.10.2023 20:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman and I (Univ. of Pittsburgh) are also looking to co-advise a Ph.D. student to study the ecological and evolutionary impacts of whole genome duplication (polyploidy) using our duckweed polyploids. Details: tinyurl.com/5dvatu4c

04.10.2023 14:30 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Minnow fish held in hands

Minnow fish held in hands

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Hello everyone! I'm Joëlle, a late PhD (UMontreal, CAN) starting her postdoc next January (UBC, CAN). I work on all things touching reproduction 🐣. My PhD was on the reproduction of weird hybrid fish🐟 (clones and stuff) and my postdoc is on the evolution of sexual chromosomes🧬!
Nice to meet you all!

27.09.2023 13:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0