Romina Henriques
@henriquesro.bsky.social
She/her. Molecular ecologist, population genomics enthusiast, working on #PopGen in 🐟 🦈 in Southern Africa, and leading the Marine Genomics Group. Posting about #science, #fishes and #life
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These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation 🌿
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November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation 🌿
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Ready to make a big splash for ocean conservation science?
🌊 Join SCB Marine's Board! 🌊
We have 3 volunteer positions and 1 paid role open:
- Science Officer
- Education Officer
- Secretary
- Admin Coordinator
Learn more here: conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
Deadline: Dec 15
🌊 Join SCB Marine's Board! 🌊
We have 3 volunteer positions and 1 paid role open:
- Science Officer
- Education Officer
- Secretary
- Admin Coordinator
Learn more here: conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
Deadline: Dec 15
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ready to make a big splash for ocean conservation science?
🌊 Join SCB Marine's Board! 🌊
We have 3 volunteer positions and 1 paid role open:
- Science Officer
- Education Officer
- Secretary
- Admin Coordinator
Learn more here: conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
Deadline: Dec 15
🌊 Join SCB Marine's Board! 🌊
We have 3 volunteer positions and 1 paid role open:
- Science Officer
- Education Officer
- Secretary
- Admin Coordinator
Learn more here: conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...
Deadline: Dec 15
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I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
https://evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/GradStudentPositions//UIllinois.EEB.Genomics
The Catchen Lab (https://catchenlab.life.illinois.edu/), in the Department
of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign is recruiting graduate students to join...
evol.mcmaster.ca
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am recruiting graduate students to my genomics-focused lab in EEB at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Please spread the word if you know any students with an interest in a computational focus to genomics research! evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
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Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
Join Us
The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...
www.therkildsenlab.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
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🎨🌿 NEW! “Bridging worlds: exploring synergies between the arts and biodiversity conservation” in FEE
How can art & science team up to protect nature?
🖌️ Inspire creativity & empathy
🎭 Communicate complex issues
🌍 Build connections & action
👉 doi.org/10.1002/fee....
How can art & science team up to protect nature?
🖌️ Inspire creativity & empathy
🎭 Communicate complex issues
🌍 Build connections & action
👉 doi.org/10.1002/fee....
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🎨🌿 NEW! “Bridging worlds: exploring synergies between the arts and biodiversity conservation” in FEE
How can art & science team up to protect nature?
🖌️ Inspire creativity & empathy
🎭 Communicate complex issues
🌍 Build connections & action
👉 doi.org/10.1002/fee....
How can art & science team up to protect nature?
🖌️ Inspire creativity & empathy
🎭 Communicate complex issues
🌍 Build connections & action
👉 doi.org/10.1002/fee....
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Comparative genomic analyses of trans-ithmanian reef fishes reveals different molecular targets of environmental adaptation in different families. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.684510v1
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Comparative genomic analyses of trans-ithmanian reef fishes reveals different molecular targets of environmental adaptation in different families. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.684510v1
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Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
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Hi Bluesky, I need your help. Please share broadly:
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
Edital nº 161/2025-Progep - Professor Visitante Estrangeiro | Progep
progep.ufes.br
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hi Bluesky, I need your help. Please share broadly:
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
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🧬 Interested in monitoring & reporting on genetic diversity?
🏞️ Our project GINAMO (Genetic Indicators for NAture MOnitoring) now has a blog & newsletter!
🐝 Please share! ginamo.org/2025/09/29/welcome-2
#Conservation #Genetics #Biodiversity #Nature #consgen #KMGBF #SciComm
🏞️ Our project GINAMO (Genetic Indicators for NAture MOnitoring) now has a blog & newsletter!
🐝 Please share! ginamo.org/2025/09/29/welcome-2
#Conservation #Genetics #Biodiversity #Nature #consgen #KMGBF #SciComm
Welcome!
Get to know GINAMO in 10 questions Welcome to the GINAMO (Genetic Indicators for NAture MOnitoring) blog! Whether you’ve already attended one of our workshops or are just discovering us, we&#…
ginamo.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🧬 Interested in monitoring & reporting on genetic diversity?
🏞️ Our project GINAMO (Genetic Indicators for NAture MOnitoring) now has a blog & newsletter!
🐝 Please share! ginamo.org/2025/09/29/welcome-2
#Conservation #Genetics #Biodiversity #Nature #consgen #KMGBF #SciComm
🏞️ Our project GINAMO (Genetic Indicators for NAture MOnitoring) now has a blog & newsletter!
🐝 Please share! ginamo.org/2025/09/29/welcome-2
#Conservation #Genetics #Biodiversity #Nature #consgen #KMGBF #SciComm
Really happy to be attending #WIOMSA2025. Great talks, awesome networking and new collaborations in the making. And of course, the beautiful Indian Ocean in the background. 🧪🧬🐟🐠🦈🐡
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Really happy to be attending #WIOMSA2025. Great talks, awesome networking and new collaborations in the making. And of course, the beautiful Indian Ocean in the background. 🧪🧬🐟🐠🦈🐡
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Climate change is causing mismatches in the timing of animal migrations. A new study on Atlantic salmon reveals the genes behind their return to rivers and how future warming could disrupt their epic journey 🧬🐟
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70148
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70148
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Climate change is causing mismatches in the timing of animal migrations. A new study on Atlantic salmon reveals the genes behind their return to rivers and how future warming could disrupt their epic journey 🧬🐟
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70148
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70148
Attending @wiomsa.bsky.social in Mombasa! What a fantastic venue and symposium so far! #WIOMSA2025
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Attending @wiomsa.bsky.social in Mombasa! What a fantastic venue and symposium so far! #WIOMSA2025
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Do you know why do oceans shelter fewer species than land? A conundrum posed by Robert May in 1994.
See a review in Oikos nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@villarino1981.bsky.social @naiarare.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
See a review in Oikos nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@villarino1981.bsky.social @naiarare.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Do you know why do oceans shelter fewer species than land? A conundrum posed by Robert May in 1994.
See a review in Oikos nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@villarino1981.bsky.social @naiarare.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
See a review in Oikos nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@villarino1981.bsky.social @naiarare.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
Ok, let’s try this again 😂 anyone going to Sharks and Rays? 😬 🐟 🧪🧬 🦈🦈
Any southern African marine biologists that are heading to SAMSS tomorrow? It seems they have hashtags for the other place but not for Bluesky. Keen to live skeet the conference!🧪🐟🧬
September 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ok, let’s try this again 😂 anyone going to Sharks and Rays? 😬 🐟 🧪🧬 🦈🦈
Any southern African marine biologists that are heading to SAMSS tomorrow? It seems they have hashtags for the other place but not for Bluesky. Keen to live skeet the conference!🧪🐟🧬
September 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Any southern African marine biologists that are heading to SAMSS tomorrow? It seems they have hashtags for the other place but not for Bluesky. Keen to live skeet the conference!🧪🐟🧬
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Can speciation leave essentially no phylogenetic signal? A fascinating study of the Caribbean hamlet (Hypoplectrus: Serranidae) radiation by Helmkampf et al. in Science. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Can speciation leave essentially no phylogenetic signal? A fascinating study of the Caribbean hamlet (Hypoplectrus: Serranidae) radiation by Helmkampf et al. in Science. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Hi marine biologist folks #MarBiol 🦪🐙🪸🐟🦈🦀🦐🌱🦭🌊 Please give us 5 minutes of your time to fill this online survey on marine connectivity policy - The marine connectivity science and tools we need for the ocean we want #MarCo #MarEvol
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
OOSC 2025 - Online survey for Session 10-14 - The marine connectivity science and tools we need for the ocean we want
This questionnaire has been created to reach out to experts with roles and contributions to the management and/or conservation of the ocean and its resources. It explores the existing challenges and p...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Hi marine biologist folks #MarBiol 🦪🐙🪸🐟🦈🦀🦐🌱🦭🌊 Please give us 5 minutes of your time to fill this online survey on marine connectivity policy - The marine connectivity science and tools we need for the ocean we want #MarCo #MarEvol
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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YOU DON'T SAY
University efficiency drives may have opposite effect, study finds.
The administrative burden in Australian universities is most keenly felt by teaching and research staff, according to a study from the University of Melbourne’s faculty of education.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
The administrative burden in Australian universities is most keenly felt by teaching and research staff, according to a study from the University of Melbourne’s faculty of education.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
University efficiency drives may have opposite effect, study finds - Research Professional News
Teaching and research staff say reforms mean more red tape for them, Australian survey reports
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
YOU DON'T SAY
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Genetic diversity matters because it determines species' capacity to adapt, persist, & recover onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #biodiversity #genomics
Future Projections of Biodiversity Under Global Change Need to Include Genetic Diversity
This perspective argues that current methods for predicting biodiversity loss from future land use and climate change models are incomplete without incorporating projections of genetic diversity. Wit...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Genetic diversity matters because it determines species' capacity to adapt, persist, & recover onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #biodiversity #genomics
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Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with @shaky-dingo.bsky.social and colleagues
August 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with @shaky-dingo.bsky.social and colleagues
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'Ancient stickleback genomes reveal the early stages of parallel adaptation' - now published online in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
'Ancient stickleback genomes reveal the early stages of parallel adaptation' - now published online in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social
🧪👀 Hey #genome wizards of Bluesky!
A colleague is looking for a #chromosome-level genome of #RoundGoby (Neogobius melanostomus) 🐟🐟
If you've got one, know of one, or are secretly assembling one in your basement, please let me know! I’ll owe you a coffee, a citation, and eternal gratitude! ☕📚💙
A colleague is looking for a #chromosome-level genome of #RoundGoby (Neogobius melanostomus) 🐟🐟
If you've got one, know of one, or are secretly assembling one in your basement, please let me know! I’ll owe you a coffee, a citation, and eternal gratitude! ☕📚💙
August 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🧪👀 Hey #genome wizards of Bluesky!
A colleague is looking for a #chromosome-level genome of #RoundGoby (Neogobius melanostomus) 🐟🐟
If you've got one, know of one, or are secretly assembling one in your basement, please let me know! I’ll owe you a coffee, a citation, and eternal gratitude! ☕📚💙
A colleague is looking for a #chromosome-level genome of #RoundGoby (Neogobius melanostomus) 🐟🐟
If you've got one, know of one, or are secretly assembling one in your basement, please let me know! I’ll owe you a coffee, a citation, and eternal gratitude! ☕📚💙
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Alexander Archipelago wolves (Canis lupus ligoni) on Prince of Wales Island show high inbreeding, similar to endangered Isle Royale wolves. Genomic data reveals smaller population size & recent mating between relatives. These results can be used for conservation 🐺
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70144
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70144
August 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Alexander Archipelago wolves (Canis lupus ligoni) on Prince of Wales Island show high inbreeding, similar to endangered Isle Royale wolves. Genomic data reveals smaller population size & recent mating between relatives. These results can be used for conservation 🐺
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70144
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70144