We are happy for @p_heidbreder for a succesful interview and funding to start a PhD in the SpecIAnt group! Congratulations Patrick!!

Full house at the #viikki #bio3 #coffeemorning today! We have coffee, tea and milk every morning from 9.30 in the 5th floor coffee room biokeskus 3, join us! 🫖☕️

The next IOS seminar will take place on 8th November 2022 at 5 pm CET. We welcome as speakers Katie Peichel and Leonardo Campagna who will address the topic of “The genomic architecture of speciation“. More details: speciation-network.pages.ist.ac.at/seminar-series/

Next IOS seminar happening tomorrow, 8th of Nov 5 pm CET. Seminar info temporarily announced here:jonnakulmuni.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/in-…

Team SpecIAnt doing last bit of fieldwork for this year to collect thermal loggers we use to understand how changing climate impacts keystone species, the wood ants.

Olipa hauskaa olla puhumassa lajien välisestä risteytymisestä ja keskustelemassa Biologian ja Maantieteen opettajien syyspäivillä! Kyllä on nuori sukupolvi hyvissä käsissä! #bmol #laji #evoluutio #muurahaiset #luonnonmonimuotoisuus

Kimalaiset eivät lennä pimeässä. Labrassa ne lopettavat lennon heti kun valot sammuu. Ne eivät myöskään näe punaista valoa.

I'm thrilled and humbled of been awarded an ERC Starting Grant from European Research Council (ERC) With ERODE we will unravel the evolutionary dynamics of genomic erosion and develop tools for #biodiversity #conservation - Horizon Europe🇪🇺 #ERCStG

Incredibly excited to have been awarded an #ERCStG by European Research Council (ERC) for my project #EVOGOODGENES!! We will be exploring the genomics and evolution of honest signals in #stalkeyedflies. Get in touch for details about the project and opportunities to join the lab! Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Inspiring visit to the university of Lausanne which is one of the European hubs for #ant research! Many thanks to group [email protected] including Sarya Fark Riddhi Deshmukh and others for hosting!

Join us tomorrow, 6th of Dec 9 am CET, for our last seminar this year! You can find instructions on how to join the webinar here: jonnakulmuni.wordpress.com/contact-info/

IOS Workshop to consider how we can better integrate speciation research. Workshop will be held in Tvärminne, Finland, in Spring 2023. Call is open for applications until 9th of Dec. Please apply! More info: jonnakulmuni.wordpress.com/contact-info/

I started to study one of these hybrid populations 18 years ago during my MSc. Now, thanks to Pierre Nouhaud Beatriz Portinha Simon Martin and Vitor Sousa we are able to show predictability of evolution after hybridization.

Evolution is predictable, at least in hybrids!

Postdoc position open in the group SpecIAnt to continue this work on hybrid genome evolution! Please RT! Apply here: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P…

Join us for a post doc to investigate drivers of hybrid genome evolution! Few days left to apply! Please RT. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki-P…

Thanks to fantastic collaborators Sarah Otto and Bryn Wiley at University of British Columbia for being patient while I learn simulations. Our paper is now out in Evolution Letters On the fast track: hybrids adapt more rapidly than parental populations in a novel environment academic.oup.com/evlett/advance…

Can semipermeable species boundaries facilitate persistence in a changing climate? Our new work on 5 wood ant 🐜species seems to support this. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16… We show that... 1/5 (a thread 🧵)

I started as an Assistant Prof at the University of Amsterdam just 6 months ago and have really enjoyed the community and working here! See the add for a new Assistant Prof at our unit and apply! vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Assist…

To all speciation-minded folks out there: We welcome submissions to our symposium "The completion of speciation: Coupling, persistence and the micro-macro link" at #Evol2024, the Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. We hope to see a diverse set of approaches and views!