Molecular Evolution & Population Genetics
Scientists working in molecular evolution and population genetics, with an emphasis on the human and virological.
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@chasewnelson.bsky.social
@nathangrubaugh.bsky.social
Associate Professor YaleEMD / YaleSPH. Studies 🦟🦠 🧬transmission, evolution, and emergence. PI of http://dengue-lineages.org. Will sequence for 🍺. Lab website: https://grubaughlab.com/
@johnlogsdon.bsky.social
I study sex, evolution & genes. Frequently all three. I also love music, food & dogs. Other interests include bikes (pedals & motors), books & travel. I’m paleo-adjacent. See #johnsvinyl @discogs: john-logsdon All opinions stated are my very own.
@carvunis.bsky.social
Associate Prof. University of Pittsburgh. Computational and Systems Biology. Mechanisms of Evolutionary Innovation. Yeast. www.carvunis.com.
@ricardoazevedo.bsky.social
Evolution | Genetics | Networks | Models | Python | Books | Music | Birds | Cats | Running | Swimming | Scuba diving | Coffee | Bread | Cooking | University of Houston
@arambaut.bsky.social
Virus evolution | genomic epidemiology| virus origins | phylogenetics | BEAST | ARTIC Network University of Edinburgh http://beast.community http://artic.network
@vignuzzilab.bsky.social
Antiviral therapeutics and virology. ASTAR ID Labs in Singapore. Diversity and compassion in STEM and academia, LGBTQQIP2SAA and anyone under the rainbow. Major in virology, minor in fitness.
@imartincorena.bsky.social
Scientist. Group leader at the Sanger Institute, Cambridge UK. Somatic mutation and selection in normal tissues, cancer and ageing.
@zihengyang.bsky.social
Ziheng Yang's Lab at UCL (CLOE) | Computational Molecular Evolution Website: http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/ BPP GitHub: https://github.com/bpp/ PAML GitHub: https://github.com/abacus-gene/paml PAML discussion group: https://groups.google.com/g/pamlsoftware
@eegcam.bsky.social
We are interested in how animals (including humans) respond(ed) and adapt(ed) to changing environments. Department of Zoology, Cambridge, UK. PI: Prof. Andrea Manica (he/him) Website: https://evolecolgroup.github.io/website/
@anaserrasilva.bsky.social
Phylogeneticist and evolutionary biologist. Research fellow at UCL Biosciences | Communications Officer for @systassn.bsky.social
@joaoascensao.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Harvard with Michael Desai | Evolutionary dynamics ocf.berkeley.edu/~joaoascensao
@maxjtelford.bsky.social
Zoologist and evolutionary biologist. Interested in animal phylogeny. At UCL. Author of 'The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle'
@jplotkin.bsky.social
Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania http://evolution.sas.upenn.edu/
@jamiealfieri.bsky.social
Postdoc TAMU. Interested in population, quantitative, and functional genomics of wild and domesticated organisms.
@gaballench.bsky.social
Computational biologist 🖥️. (Palaeo)Ichthyologist 🐟🦴. Lutenist 🎶. FAPESP postdoctoral fellow at UNESP Botucatu. https://gaballench.com
@landismj.bsky.social
Evolution, phylogenetics, biogeography, epidemiology, computational biology, statistical models, machine learning, scientific software — 🌵🕰️🌎🎲🖥️📈 — https://landislab.org
@erikvannimwegen.bsky.social
Gene regulatory networks and genome evolution. How do single cells make up their minds? @NimwegenLab@mstdn.science @NimwegenLab on twitter. Sorry X.
@teamthomma.bsky.social
Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Evolutionary Microbiology @UniCologne & @CEPLAS_1, studying how fungi interact with plants and their environment. He/him.
@fgonzalef.bsky.social
Evolutionary biology, genomic epidemiology, pathogens, phylogenies, phylogenomics, bioinformatics, population genetics and genomics, forensics, and anything to which evolutionary analyses of genes and genomes can be applied to. Squash player (still).
@jomcinerney.bsky.social
Writing a book about horizontal gene transfer and non treelike evolution. Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology. Pangenomes. Chair in Evolutionary Biology. 🇮🇪 http://github.com/mol-evol/panGPT
@adrian-kalchhauser.bsky.social
Molecular ecology. Epigenetics & Evolution & Inheritance & Development. Zebrafish. One Health. eDNA. Wildlife Health. Genomics & RNA seq & Chromatin. Prof @ Uni Bern 🇨🇭
@leoneago.bsky.social
🇮🇹 #firstgen marine biologist and molecular ecologist at the University of Palermo. Former IFREMER, AZTI-tecnalia and University of Bologna researcher. #fish #elasmobranchs #genomics #eDNA #molecularecology #evolution #MPAs 🌊🦈🐟🦑🧬🧪💻📊☕ coffeeholic Own Views
@alicele.bsky.social
Evolutionary scientists, curious epidemiologist, plasmid enthusiast, old school social! Sardinian, Italian and European living in the Uk. Briton in training, with Barcelona in my heart. Mum. Baker. Birdwatcher by marriage. Wannabe gardener.
@barkerms.bsky.social
Professor & Assoc Dept Head UofA EEB (@uofa-eeb.bsky.social) in Tucson studying plant evolution, botany, polyploidy, chromosomes, and biodiversity. Views are my own. He/Him https://www.barkerlab.net
@jessthorpemas.bsky.social
Janet Thornton Post-Doc Fellow @darwintreelife @wellcomesangergenome, Cambridge; Phylogenomics of Isopoda; also mammoth, caddisflies, molecular evolution
@devoevomed.bsky.social
#Resist | Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, SUNY | 1st Gen | Extinction is forever | DevoEvo & EvMed | Innovation, Novelty, Constraint, Homology | Friend of Corvids and swans | Science Nerd | I❤️Biology!
@charleston.bsky.social
Associate Professor at USC, Center for Genetic Epidemiology. Population genetics, statistical genetics & human genetics/genetic epidemiology. A city, mountain, dance, candy & a drosophila gene. UCLA->Harvard->UCLA->USC. http://chianglab.usc.edu
@judithmank.bsky.social
🧬 Professor of Evolutionary Genomics at UBC Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre. Editor-in-Chief of @evolletters.bsky.social. Mostly science with a sprinkling of dachshund pictures. https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/mank-lab/
@sishuowang.bsky.social
sessional prof at chinese univ of hong kong (cuhk), alumni beijing agric univ & ubc. phylogenetics, computational molecular evolution sishuowang2022.wordpress.com
@contaminatedsci.bsky.social
Associate Professor, MIT Still thinking about the 10^9 mutations generated in your microbiome today.
@akloch.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist by night, mum by day. Host-parasite coevo, phylogeography, genomics. Owned by 2 cats. A friend of crows. University of Warsaw
@akijarl.bsky.social
Passionate about marine evolutionary biology and molecular ecology 🇮🇸 Population geneticist at the Icelandic Marine & Freshwater Research Institute. Instructor at the University of Iceland. Ph.D. from University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. akijarl.wordpress.com
@caterpillar-coevo.bsky.social
Evolutionary genetics of plant-insect interactions. Sault Tribe Chippewa. PI-to-be at Arizona State University
@sabifo4.bsky.social
Researcher at UCL (CLOE) | Evol Biol & Comp Methods | Web Manager, Treasurer, and Blog Co-EIC at SRUK/CERU | Ashtangi & pianist | She/Her Website: https://sabifo4.github.io/ GitHub: https://github.com/sabifo4 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sabifo4
@titus.idyll.org
I am not a deep man, but I have many shallows. ctbrown@ucdavis.edu, http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/.
@pathogenomenick.bsky.social
Public health (meta)genomics & bioinformatics, Prof @unibirmingham.bsky.social, Director @imibirmingham.bsky.social, CLIMB-BIG-DATA
@phoca-sapiens.bsky.social
Evolutionary & conservation genomics, eDNA, parasites, disease ecology, marine mammal conservation. Seal nerd, member of IUCN Pinniped specialist group. University of Leeds, UK. 🦭🐳🧬🧪🌍 https://www.goodmanlab.org
@zachary-ardern.bsky.social
Researching the evolution of protein novelty in bacteria & viruses @Wellcome Sanger Institute 🧬 NZer, previously postdoc @KIT & TUM. Interested in philosophies of science & religion Married to @ankeaa.bsky.social, galactic archaeologist 🌌
@sabiagini.bsky.social
Human Population Geneticist 💀🧬 #aDNA | Bioinformatician 👨💻 | Diversity&Inclusion in Academia 🌈 | Member of the SMBE IDEA Task Force ✨ | Theater 🎭 | he/him | 🗣️🇮🇹🇬🇧🇪🇸🏳️🌈
@paulturnerlab.bsky.social
Experimental evolution of viruses for basic science and evolutionary medicine at Yale Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Tweeting papers & news from our group. Acct managed by lab members.
@stervander.com
Singing evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, insulaphile. PhD. Senior Curator of #Birds @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social, Scientific Associate @ Natural History Museum London, Assoc Editor Ibis & Ornis Svecica. He/him. (Views obvs my own) [ex-X-@nesospiza]
@jedidiahcarlson.com
Population genetics, doom metal, anti-racism, metaresearch, & eye-rolling. Stats prof at Macalester College. He/Him. https://jedidiahcarlson.com
@alanrogers.bsky.social
Population geneticist at U of Utah studying history and adaptative evolution in humans. Author of "The Evidence for Evolution". I also dabble in evolutionary ecology.
@aylwyn-scally.bsky.social
Human evolutionary genetics, University of Cambridge; Darwin College. 🇮🇪
@samurscicop.bsky.social
An aquatic ape studying population genetics at the University of North Carolina.
@ryangutenkunst.bsky.social
Computational population geneticist, evolutionary systems biologist, Department Head, educator, mentor, father, husband, triathlete, alpine skier. http://gutengroup.mcb.arizona.edu
@klohmueller.bsky.social
Professor at UCLA in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology as well as Human Genetics. Traffic Ninja. Occasional runner... https://lohmueller.eeb.ucla.edu
@alexeidrummond.bsky.social
Professor of Computational Biology, University of Auckland. Atheist, Rock climber, Trail runner. Co-creator of BEAST1 and BEAST2. Founder of Geneious.
@andersonfbrito.bsky.social
🦠 Virology・💻 Bioinformatics・📈 Public Health Scientific Coordinator @todospelasaude.bsky.social・Affl. Member @ABCiencias Past: UnB/USP・PhD @ImperialCollege・Postdoc @yalesph.bsky.social
@harmitmalik.bsky.social
Study genetic conflicts professionally. Try to avoid conflicts in personal life (with mixed results). Fred Hutch Basic Sciences (https://go.bsky.app/ReCeiC6) UW Genome Sciences (go.bsky.app/L8RAbiJ) HHMI (hhmi.bsky.social) Posting in a personal capacity.
@asherdcutter.bsky.social
Evolution, Genetics/Genomes, Speciation, Sperm/Reproduction, Caenorhabditis; U. Toronto EEB Prof https://cutter.eeb.utoronto.ca New book=Evolving Tomorrow: Genetic Engineering & Evolutionary Future of the Anthropocene https://tinyurl.com/EvolvingTomorrow
@evolarlin.bsky.social
Mutation samples from the possible, selection from the actual #evobio #popgen #mutation book: http://bit.ly/3QNudjQ blog: http://molevol.org youtube: http://bit.ly/3aytCms
@solidevidence.bsky.social
Molecular virologist, sewage sage and wastewater wizard. Professor at University of Missouri, School of Medicine
@cegamorim.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biology at Cal State Northridge. Evolution, anthropology, aDNA, and population genetics. March Mammal Madness Genetics Team #2025MMM
@starrett.bsky.social
Principal investigator studying virus-associated cancers with a focus on virus-induced mutations and structural variants | Opinions are my own
@genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Published by the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (@official-smbe.bsky.social), GBE publishes leading research at the interface of evolutionary biology and genomics.
@lhmoncla.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Pathobiology at the University of Pennsylvania. We use trees to study RNA virus evolution and transmission, with a focus on avian influenza. viruses, sequencing, phylogenetics, pop gen. She/her https://lmoncla.github.io/monclalab/
@stamatak.bsky.social
ERA Chair at Institute of Computer Science FORTH Research Group Leader Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies Full Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Crete lab: https://www.biocomp.gr/ Heidelberg Lab: http://www.exelixis-lab.org/
@chrisadami.bsky.social
Professor at Michigan State University. Trying to understand how the universe works, including people and animals. And plants and microbes. So, pretty much everything. (he/him)
@jjemerson.bsky.social
Evolutionary geneticist at UCI. JJ_Emerson on http://ecoevo.social.
@joannamasel.bsky.social
Theoretical biologist and advisor to data scientists at the University of Arizona. Mostly theoretical population genetics and molecular evolution, but I've also published in biochemistry, infectious disease, aging, economics, education. Opinions are my own
@rdhernand.bsky.social
From busboy/car washer to population geneticist at UCSF, co/Director of the BMI PhD program & UCSF PREP/PROPEL Programs!!!
@kelleyharris.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Genome Sciences at UW. I use population genetic models to study the origins of genetic variation and the evolution of mutational processes.
@idworkin.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist in love with morphology, especially size and shape. Drosophila Quantitative/Statistical geneticist. Dabbler in Development. Occasional genomicist. Thinking about cell size a lot lately. Lab website: https://dworkinlab.github.io
@elizostrow.bsky.social
Evolutionary genomics and microbiology in Aotearoa. 🇺🇸in 🇳🇿. Personal account https://ecoevo.social/@elizostrow
@petrovadmitri.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist at Stanford. Rapid Evolution, Adaptation, and Genomics. Open Science advocate.
@speciationlab.bsky.social
Into evolution, genetics, reproduction. Immigrant (actual, and from the bird site). She/her.
@docedge.bsky.social
Assistant professor in quantitative and computational biology @USC. Genetics, evolution, statistics. https://edgepopgen.github.io/edgelab/
@jeffreytownsend.bsky.social
Elihu Professor of Biostatistics--Cancer, Infectious disease, Evolutionary biology, Fungi, sometimes running
@arunsethuraman.bsky.social
Evolutionary computational genomicist. Associate Professor at @sandiegostate.bsky.social, athlete, insomniac, singer, polyglot, polymath. He/him. 🏳️🌈🇮🇳🇺🇸🐞🌱🐢🧬🏋🏾♂️🎤✍🏾 www.sethuramanlab.com Views are mine and mine alone.
@wormsrock.bsky.social
Evolutionary zoology & quantitative genetics Biology Professor, New York University
@skryazhi.bsky.social
Work in progress | Evolution | Ecology | Systems Biology | Experiments | Theory | Running a lab @ucsdbiosciences | http://sklab.science | https://thoughtsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/
@ryanhisner.bsky.social
Teacher. Learner. Investigating mysteries of SARS-CoV-2 evolution.
@gcbias.bsky.social
Population and evolutionary genetics @UCDavis. Posts, grammar, & spelling are my views only. He/him. #OA popgen book https://github.com/cooplab/popgen-notes/releases
@ehekkala.bsky.social
🧪ancient DNA sleuth, ex-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scientist-Archive explorer. Fond of Museums, Madagascar, Mummies, Crocodiles & Conservation. #BeKind ❤️ posts mine (🌏🌍🌎)
@vscooper.micropopbio.org
Evangelist for the study of evolution in action by everyone. Pitt Prof | EvolvingSTEM | biofilms | EvMed | genomics entrepreneur (@SeqCoast.bsky.social, @midauthorbio.bsky.social) | ASM volunteer | lifelong exercise addict ~ swim bike run
@relenski.bsky.social
Evolving better E. coli for 75,000 generations. Prof at MSU, but opinions my own. (Ok, I also speak for billions -- er, TRILLIONS -- of E. coli.) Website for LTEE: the-ltee.org Banner pic: From NYC, shared by someone (sorry, I forgot who!) on other site.
@clauswilke.com
Computational biologist, data scientist, digital artist | he, him | http://clauswilke.com/ | Opinions are my own and do not represent UT Austin.
@vsbuffalo.bsky.social
Scientist at IDM. ♥s biology, coding, 🦀, running, probability, statistics, fly fishing, backpacking. Author of the O’Reilly book “Bioinformatics Data Skills”. I try really hard to be civil and get stuff right. All views my own. Seattle, WA 💙
@evolscientist.bsky.social
🇺🇦 Lead Faculty EVOLVE Research Group Bioinformatics UNCC. Now with **NEW** R1 status! Editor at JEB and MBE. Genetic Novelty. PopGen. Genomics. Conferences 2025: PAG(past), Evolution, ESEB
@roblanfear.bsky.social
phylogenetics, molecular evolution, some genomes, kids, dogs, and eclectic hobbies none of which I am much good at but I think for me that's the point
@acritschristoph.bsky.social
Computational microbiologist I like to post about (in order of frequency): microbial genomics, microbial ecology, evolution, micro+plant biotechnology, climate, symbiosis, virology, ag, sci publishing and policy
@jkpritch.bsky.social
My lab at Stanford studies human population genetics and complex traits.
@carlbergstrom.com
UW biology prof. I study how information flows in biology, science, and society. Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk I don't like fascists. he/him
@firefoxx66.bsky.social
Die Virenjägerin! 🏹🧬! Using programming & phylogenetics, I study & track viruses. Co-developer of Nextstrain, based at Swiss TPH & Uni Basel. Founder of the orig SC2 variant-tracking website, CoVariants.org I like 🐈 & 🛫 @firefoxx66@mstdn.science
@theo.io
Assistant professor at @LSHTM.bsky.social researching viral pathogen genomics. Previously: @Crick.ac.uk, @GoogleAI, @sangerinstitute 🧪 🤖 🖥️ theo.io / sandersonlab.org
@jbloomlab.bsky.social
Lab studying molecular evolution of proteins and viruses. Affiliated with Fred Hutch & HHMI. https://jbloomlab.org/
@kgandersen.bsky.social
Infectious diseases & genomics. Immunologist in (voluntary) exile. Minimal sarcasm. Fierce HOA (Hater of Acronyms). Personal account - opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.