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The Vienna Graduate School of Population Genetics is an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional PhD program in evolutionary and population genetics in Vienna, Austria

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@francoisrousset.bsky.social is speaking tomorrow on "What phage-bacteria interactions teach us about innate immunity" for our #PopGen Seminar Series. Our #PhD students are excited attending and meeting him! Full schedule and streaming details at popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution #ecology

09.03.2026 09:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students are looking forward to tomorrow's #PopGen seminar speaker @bfraser.bsky.social! She kicks off the term about "Population genomics reveals rapid repeatable adaptation in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)". Schedule, streaming popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

02.03.2026 09:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Henrique TeotΓ³nio from the Ecole Normale Superieure Paris, FR will talk about "When, how and why selection for recombination is decoupled from adaptation". WeΒ΄re very looking forward welcoming him at our institute!

26.02.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (March-June). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

18.02.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Tanja Schwander is closing the #PopGen Seminar winter term by speaking tomorrow on "Origins and consequences of unorthodox reproductive modes: Insights from stick insects". Our #PhD students look forward! Full schedule and streaming details at popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

26.01.2026 09:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow's #popgen seminar speaker Hinrich Schulenburg @schulenburglab.bsky.social will tell us about "Evolution of C. elegans-microbiome interactions". Streaming signup popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ Our #PhD students look forward to his visit and meetings! #evolution

19.01.2026 09:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students look forward to kicking off this years #popgen seminar series tomorrow with
@alexeimaklakov.bsky.social "Why do organisms age? Challenges in the evolutionary biology of ageing". Check our website for full schedule and streaming signup popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

12.01.2026 09:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students are looking forward to SFB Distinguished Speaker Maud Tenaillon about "Phenotypic and molecular evolution of plants under domestication" tomorrow for our #PopGen seminar series.SFB www.vetmeduni.ac.at/sfb-polygeni... Streaming Link:https://popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

15.12.2025 09:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students are excited to hearing #Vienna local Calin Guet discuss "Gene Regulatory Networks: A Journey from Synthetic Biology to Evolutionary Molecular Biology" for the #PopGen Seminar today. Full schedule and streaming details at popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

09.12.2025 12:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students are looking forward to #Vienna local speaker Nicholas Irwin tomorrow for our #PopGen seminar series. He is talking about "Horizontal gene transfer as a driver of eukaryotic complexity". Streaming signup and term schedule: www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

01.12.2025 09:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students are excited to hear Jessica Abbott
speak about "Understanding sex chromosomes using experimental evolution" for our #PopGen seminar series tomorrow. See full schedule and sign up for streaming links here popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

24.11.2025 11:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PopGen #PhD students look forward to em. GΓΌnter Wagner's talk tomorrow: "The evolution of the fetal-maternal relationship in mammals."
Streaming signup and term schedule here: popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

17.11.2025 10:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The #PopGen #PhD students are excited to hear Dieter EbertΒ΄s talk tomorrow: "Red Queen dynamics from months to megayears: Selection for extreme genetic diversity". Term schedule and streaming signup: popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

27.10.2025 11:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Our #PhD students are looking forward to meeting with tomorrow's
#PopGen seminar speaker

@hunemeier.bsky.social She kicks off the term by talking about "Evolutionary Genomics of American Populations".

Full schedule and streaming signup at www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/
#evolution

13.10.2025 08:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The PopGen Vienna Seminar series schedule is ready for the next term (Sep-Jan). It's jam-packed with fantastic speakers in #evolution, #genetics, #genomics, #popgen, and more! Details and streaming link signup can be found on our website popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

02.09.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ancient genomes: perspectives on human biology and medicine | Genetics Society It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the Autumn Meeting of the Genetics Society. This meeting will provide a unique forum to network and socialise with a wide cross-section of the ...

🧬Submit your abstract now – deadline Monday!

This meeting will bring together researchers interested in using ancient genomes to understand the role that migrations, introgression, adaptation & selection, have played in shaping human genetic variation and disease.

genetics.org.uk/events/ancie...

27.06.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watch Margarida Matos talk "From nature to the lab: The role of history, chance and selection during adaptation to novel environments" here youtu.be/fP3MV4YdwdY #evolution

25.06.2025 09:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our last #PopGen Seminar speaker of this term is Margarida Matos: "From nature to the lab: The role of history, chance and selection during adaptation to novel environments."Our #PhD students are excited to meet her!#evolution
Full schedule and streaming signup at www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

23.06.2025 08:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spatio-temporal tracking of three novel transposable element invasions in Drosophila melanogaster over the last 30 years Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive sequences capable of mobilizing within genomes, exerting a sigfinificant influence on evolution throug

Could horizontal transfer be abundant not just in bacteria but also in eukaryotes? A recent work by Pianezza R, Haider A, Scarpa A, Signor S and Kofer R finds 3 HTs of transposons in a mere 30years.
academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
#evolution #drosophila

17.06.2025 12:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Our #PhD students are excited to hear @stschiff.bsky.social speak about "Spatial inference of population structure and prehistoric human mobility from ancient and modern #genomes" tomorrow for our #PopGen Seminar series.
Full schedule and streaming signup at www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

16.06.2025 08:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Take a look at our SFB Polygenic Adaptation Distinguished Speaker Lauren McIntyre - PopGen Vienna talk
youtu.be/AC7nIii7ugo?... #evolution

11.06.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Vetmeduni: SFB_Polygenic_Adaptation

Our students are excited for todays SFB Distinguished Speaker Lauren McIntyre
("Disentangling cis and trans effects: a novel crossing design") for our #PopGen seminar series. SFB website: vetmeduni.ac.at/sfb-polygeni...
Streaming signup and term schedule: #evolution

10.06.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Vetmeduni: SFB_Polygenic_Adaptation

Our students are excited for next Tuesdays SFB Distinguished Speaker Lauren McIntyre ("Disentangling cis and trans effects: a novel crossing design") for our #PopGen seminar series. SFB website: vetmeduni.ac.at/sfb-polygeni... Streaming signup and term schedule: www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

05.06.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watch our recent PopGen Vienna talk @aprilwei.bsky.social
youtu.be/M0kE9IkbE-Q

04.06.2025 09:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@aprilwei.bsky.social is tomorrow's #PopGen Seminar speaker. Our #PhD students look forward to hearing her talk on "Genomes as Graphs: Compressing, Utilizing, and Simulating Biobank-Scale Whole Genomes" and meeting her! Full schedule and streaming details at www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

02.06.2025 08:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students look forward to meeting
@yun-s-song.bsky.social who is speaking in our #PopGen seminar series tomorrow! Title: "Learning and applying complex probability distributions over biological sequences." Full schedule and streaming details popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

26.05.2025 09:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watch our PopGen Vienna talk - Filipa Sousa
youtu.be/Nv_O_Vcutl8?...

21.05.2025 10:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reduced Parallel Gene Expression Evolution With Increasing Genetic Divergenceβ€”A Hallmark of Polygenic Adaptation Parallel evolution, the repeated evolution of similar traits in independent lineages, is a topic of considerable interest in evolutionary biology. Although previous studies have focused on the parall...

Parallel gene expression evolution declines with genetic divergence. In #Drosophila, we show that as divergence increases, adaptive expression responses become more heterogeneousβ€”supp. the omnigenic model&highlighting the role of redundancy in #evolution
doi.org/10.1111/mec.... #PolygenicAdaptation

19.05.2025 10:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students are excited for #Vienna local Filipa Sousa's @filipa-sousa.bsky.social talk for our #PopGen Seminar tomorrow: "Bioenergetics #Evolution: The link between Earth's and Life's history." Full schedule and streaming details at
www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/

19.05.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our #PhD students look forward to meeting #PopGen Seminar speaker @lifeatthebench.bsky.social on May 13!She will tell us about "Understanding the predictability of #evolutionary trajectories using threespine stickleback".Schedule and streaming details www.popgen-vienna.at/news/seminars/ #evolution

12.05.2025 08:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0