Phylogenetics

Learn how reduced-representation sequencing produces markers for population genetics, phylogenetics and association studies in non-model organisms. The workshop follows Stacks workflows from short-read quality assessment and preprocessing through de novo or reference-based locus assembly to informative variant selection. Lectures and guided exercises examine how study design changes the analysis, with time to interpret results and work on participants' datasets. Live online, 7–11 December, 14:00–19:00 Europe/Berlin (CET). Fee €530. Intended for researchers and technical staff with a biology b

…Research may address phylogenetics and macroevolution, phenomics, functional biomechanics, development, tissue materials, paleoecology or geochemistry, using experimental or computational approaches. The initial appointment is one year, renewable subject to funding and performance, with a salary range of $67,600–80,000. Review begins on 15 December 2026 and continues until filled. Apply through Harvard Academic Positions with a cover lett

Octopuses are an emerging model organism in neurobiology due to their unique nervous system and capacity for intelligence. However, due to this novelty, nothing is currently known about many of their receptors, including those involved in neuromodulation. Given the historical significance of dopamine action in the brain and our recent findings implicating it as one of the three main neurotransmitters used in the optic lobe, we have chosen to explore dopaminergic GPCRs in Octopus vulgaris. We have identified approximately twenty candidate octopus monoamine GPCRs, utilising protein sequence simi