Sergio González-Mollinedo

Book cover with a green gradient background for "The Organism–Environment Pairing: A Historical and Philosophical Reappraisal" by Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (MIT Press, 2026). The book series label “The Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology” appears at the top. The title is set in large, bold lettering using three colors: white (“The” and “Pairing”), warm yellow (“Organism–”), and bright green (“Environment”). The subtitle appears below in smaller white text, and the author’s name is printed at the bottom. In the lower right, a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) rests on clusters of pink milkweed flowers. Behind it, a large pale-green butterfly silhouette fills the background; its outline follows the shape of a red lacewing butterfly (Cethosia biblis). The layered butterflies visually echo the book’s central idea of an organism–environment pairing.

What a joy to finally share the cover of The Organism–Environment Pairing (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The 📗 will be out on May 12 📆! I look forward to the conversations it sparks among scientists, philosophers & historians! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #histsci #philsci #philsky #booksky 🌱🐋

One of the most terrifying graphs I've seen. The rate of global warming is going up, and far faster than feared. The heartbreak is that there's so much more we could have done. The hope is that we can can still do it. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

The SMBE IDEA Task Force stands with all women doing science: cis and trans, in every country, under every condition. In war zones, under authoritarian regimes, where their existence is an act of resistance.

March 8 carries weight. Science is only as strong as who it includes.

#WomenInSTEM #March8

Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11.
www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...

Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social
@uni-wuerzburg.de

Population genomics using ancient DNA data 21th-25th September 2026

🚨 Registrations are now open for the 4th edition of the course Population Genomics Using Ancient DNA with @arunsethuraman.bsky.social & @cegamorim.bsky.social 🧬

Learn to analyse aDNA data, from data QC to population structure & demographic inference.

www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Me sentí un poco fuera de mi zona de confort en esta conferencia, pero fue fascinante conocer las investigaciones que lideran el campo del comportamiento colectivo y su emergencia en sistemas biológicos. También fue muy emocionante ganar el Pub Quiz 😂💚 #EESCollectivity

Excited to share the first paper of my PhD project where we looked at how changes in legal protection have influenced the population dynamics of wolves in the US 🐺

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

@consletters.bsky.social

I hope to see some of you in Bielefeld for this upcoming workshop on measuring and modeling plasticity. ECRs in and around Germany with a penchant for statistics should consider applying while spots remain available!

Join us for the IDEA Symposium at SMBE 2026 (June 28–July 2) in Copenhagen! We celebrate SMBE’s commitment to inclusion, equity, and diversity by addressing systemic inequities in molecular biology and evolution.

💬 Like to participate? Abstract deadline is February 3rd!
smbe2026.org/symposia/

network showing more diverse connections over time for editors and reviewers

cover of the paper with title and authors

last paragraph of the abstract: Synthesis and applications. Our results show that editorial diversification is a practical lever for making peer review more inclusive and better aligned with the global distribution of ecological research. These changes make the publication process fairer and improve the quality and global impact of the papers published.

New paper, Great news:
We have been saying for years that making the editorial board more diverse was needed
We now show that diverse team of editors makes for more diverse reviewers
More Inclusive=Better Science
Things are getting better on this❤️
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

SMBE2026 IDEA Symposium: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Molecular Biology and Evolution

SMBE2026 IDEA Symposium: Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Molecular Biology and Evolution

@smbe-idea.bsky.social

📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts

📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme

#SMBE2026

How did organs originated in the evolution of multicellularity? Despite their obvious importance, we still lack a theory of evolutionary organogenesis. Here's a @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper on how the placenta can offer answers @multicellgenome.bsky.social www.researchgate.net/profile/Oliv...

It is a pleasure to work with Stephane! Great position in Paris 👇

Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the...

Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

PhD project entitled "Are we underestimating the effects of climate change on animal populations?" Supervised by Dr Natalie Pilakouta and Dr David Shuker Deadline: 6 January 2026

📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣

We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests

Please share widely!

The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.

Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.

Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5

Image shows a network of circular nodes joined by lines. The central node says PhD training. The surrounding nodes list different careers, including government, education, publishing, applied research, NGOs and industry.

The traditional pipeline view of academia no longer reflects the reality of scientific #careers. In this Perspective, Alexandra A-T Weber @eawag.bsky.social reframes success as a network of paths that recognizes excellence in its many forms 🧪 #AcademicSky plos.io/4pSgzx5

I taught Genetics again this year. We need to include discussion of the problematic history of our field, especially as the claims of eugenics are once again centered in our political discourse. Last year I wrote this piece, explaining my reasoning and approach 🧪 1/n
www.cell.com/trends/genet...

Apps to the MEME Mobility European MSc Prog. in Evolutionary Biology are open! The MEME program was fundamental in training, teaching, and inspiring me in research, exposing me to many projects, skillsets, and academic cultures. Check out our starter pack to meet some alumni!

go.bsky.app/QCDqsWu

Book cover of "The Riddle of Organismal Agency: New Historical and Philosophical Reflections" (Routledge, 2024). The book belongs to the "History and Philosophy of Biology" series. The editors are Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda, Jan Baedke, Guido I. Prieto, and Gregory Radick. The design features a geometric pattern of interlocking, multicolored triangles and rectangular prisms in shades of red, yellow, teal, white, and pink. The Routledge logo appears in the lower right corner.

"The Riddle of Organismal Agency" is now available as a paperback version! Edited by @alejandrofabregastejeda.com, Jan Baedke, Guido Prieto and Gregory Radick, the volume puts together reflections from #HistSci and #PhilSci on the topic of organismal agency.
#HPBio
www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o...

Applications for the MEME programme (www.evobio.eu
) are now open! MEME is a research- and mobility-oriented master’s in evolutionary biology (& I’m a proud alumna!), jointly run by the Unis of Groningen, Uppsala, Montpellier, and LMU Munich, with Harvard and Lausanne as partners. Spread the word!

Global environmental factors impact the evolution of adult hemoglobins in squamata reptiles (lizards and snakes) and terrestrial turtles Abstract. Convergent evolution of oxygen transport mechanisms arises from respiratory proteins adapting to similar environmental pressures. We examined thi

"Global environmental factors impact the evolution of adult hemoglobins in squamata reptiles (lizards and snakes) and terrestrial turtles" New paper by the super talented Juan D Carvajal-Castro et al.! 🐍🦎🐢 #CienciaCriolla 🌎🧪
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

🚨 We're hiring!
PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab

🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
🕒 4 years, fully-funded
🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Qué gran FOMO el no haber podido estar en #ESEB25, pero valió mucho la pena celebrar el II Congreso Mesoamericano de Ecología y Evolución y el II CLEVOL con la @smecoevo.bsky.social 💚✨

Ya de regreso en Sydney para terminar este doctorado. A ver si se deja

MEME alumni (www.evobio.eu) at #ESEB2025! We span so many generations now, from the first cohort (graduated in 2012) to those who are still studying, with master students, PhD students, postdocs, and PIs among us! So happy to get together in every ESEB 🤩

Talking about sweeps today in class. Every year I think "oh heck yeah I need to show that figure from Thornton et al." www.nature.com/articles/680... and every year I realize it's already in my slide deck.

Pasaron tres semanas del II Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución y Reunión regional de @official-smbe.bsky.social en San Miguel de Tucumán.
🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇬🇹🇲🇽

Tuvimos más de trescientos participantes, becas de asistencia y para tareas de cuidado.
Pero todos los aplausos son para el comité local ❤️

Our paper showing that variation in transcription factor binding sites underlies the majority of additive genetic variance for phenotypic variation in maize is finally out!

Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Experimental test of the fitness effects of divergent marine–freshwater chromosomal inversions in stickleback under different salinity conditions - Heredity Heredity - Experimental test of the fitness effects of divergent marine–freshwater chromosomal inversions in stickleback under different salinity conditions

Really excited to share my first PhD paper about fitness effects of chromosomal inversions!

Using an experimental approach we explored if inversions involved in ecotype divergence in threespine stickleback affect fitness-proxies 1/🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@heredityjournal.bsky.social