Maurine Neiman
@maurineneiman.bsky.social
Biologist and professor studying evolution of sex & committed to social justice. A rising tide lifts all boats. Senior/Preprint Editor @ Royal Society of London's Proceedings B. Opinions mine and do not represent my employer.
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Nice highlight of new genome paper. ❤️ emphasis on leadership of ECR Potamomics team members @kylemcelroy.bsky.social @chelseahiggins.bsky.social @jsharbro.bsky.social Genome Duplication in a New Zealand Snail Holds Clues for the Persistence of (A)sexual Reproduction: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Highlight: Genome Duplication in a New Zealand Snail Holds Clues for the Persistence of (A)sexual Reproduction
Why does sexual reproduction persist in so many species? This is a fundamental question in biology that, remarkably, remains a mystery. Sexual reproduction
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November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nice highlight of new genome paper. ❤️ emphasis on leadership of ECR Potamomics team members @kylemcelroy.bsky.social @chelseahiggins.bsky.social @jsharbro.bsky.social Genome Duplication in a New Zealand Snail Holds Clues for the Persistence of (A)sexual Reproduction: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
I am so proud & happy to see our Potamo genome assembly finally out there in the world! The process ended up being way more challenging than expected, but for some really cool reasons. ❤️🐌🧬
TLDR: Surprise! A VERY recent WGD.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Photo: C. Böck, ILIM, Mondsee, Austria)
TLDR: Surprise! A VERY recent WGD.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Photo: C. Böck, ILIM, Mondsee, Austria)
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I am so proud & happy to see our Potamo genome assembly finally out there in the world! The process ended up being way more challenging than expected, but for some really cool reasons. ❤️🐌🧬
TLDR: Surprise! A VERY recent WGD.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Photo: C. Böck, ILIM, Mondsee, Austria)
TLDR: Surprise! A VERY recent WGD.
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Photo: C. Böck, ILIM, Mondsee, Austria)
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September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Gain hands-on experience, learn what editors look for, & build skills to boost your research career.
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Gain hands-on experience, learn what editors look for, & build skills to boost your research career.
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Only 38% of ecology and evolution journals mandate data sharing and just 27% mandate code sharing
New paper out today on how to fix this! Thnx to @eivimeycook.bsky.social @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
New paper out today on how to fix this! Thnx to @eivimeycook.bsky.social @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Only 38% of ecology and evolution journals mandate data sharing and just 27% mandate code sharing
New paper out today on how to fix this! Thnx to @eivimeycook.bsky.social @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
New paper out today on how to fix this! Thnx to @eivimeycook.bsky.social @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social @nickmoran-sci.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org
👉 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Guns kill kids, and state firearm laws make a difference: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US
This study attempts to measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010).
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September 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Guns kill kids, and state firearm laws make a difference: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The J.J. Neiman-Brown Academic Caretaking Fund was established in memory of UI Biology Professor @maurineneiman.bsky.social's son J.J., a kind & inquisitive child who brightened the day of everyone he met with his smile. The fund supports child or other caretaking costs for UI faculty...
July 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The J.J. Neiman-Brown Academic Caretaking Fund was established in memory of UI Biology Professor @maurineneiman.bsky.social's son J.J., a kind & inquisitive child who brightened the day of everyone he met with his smile. The fund supports child or other caretaking costs for UI faculty...
Preprints in comparative physiology – a guide for the preprint curious url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Preprints in comparative physiology – a guide for the preprint curious
Summary: This Perspective explores the reasons behind the limited use of preprints in comparative physiology, addressing concerns and advocating for increased adoption to enhance transparency in scien...
journals.biologists.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Preprints in comparative physiology – a guide for the preprint curious url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...
A bibliography for the 2025 IDEA plenary
The recording of my talk for the 2025 IDEA plenary is now posted over on the Evolution meeting YouTube channel (there’s a bunch of dead air at the start of the recording; the action starts a …
lab.jbyoder.org
June 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...
Excellent resource for engagement with vaccine hesitancy, with concrete and actionable advice:
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What I’m learning from MAHA open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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What I’m learning from MAHA open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
What I’m learning from MAHA
And why public health needs to catch up with the curiosity-driven movement
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June 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Excellent resource for engagement with vaccine hesitancy, with concrete and actionable advice:
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What I’m learning from MAHA open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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What I’m learning from MAHA open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
Genome size is surprisingly variable even WITHIN species. Dunja Lamatsch, Martin Haase, Maria Pilcher, and I use flow cytometry to show a nice example of this variation in this new paper, perhaps connected to a resolving whole-genome duplication, in our snails. 💜🐌🧬 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Variation in nuclear genome size in a freshwater snail model system featuring a recent whole-genome duplication | Royal Society Open Science
Conspecifics often share—or are assumed to share—nuclear genome characteristics like
nucleotide composition and genome size. These fundamental aspects of the nuclear genome
can themselves be the objec...
doi.org
June 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Genome size is surprisingly variable even WITHIN species. Dunja Lamatsch, Martin Haase, Maria Pilcher, and I use flow cytometry to show a nice example of this variation in this new paper, perhaps connected to a resolving whole-genome duplication, in our snails. 💜🐌🧬 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb The next application deadline is 6 June
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May 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb The next application deadline is 6 June
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New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature
Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How did the #COVID-19 pandemic shape scientific productivity? Stephanie Meirmans, @maurineneiman.bsky.social, Shalene Singh-Shepherd @royalsocietypublishing.org and I crunched the submission and acceptance data for 25 journals in #Ecology&Evolution: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @uniexecec.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
How did the #COVID-19 pandemic shape scientific productivity? Stephanie Meirmans, @maurineneiman.bsky.social, Shalene Singh-Shepherd @royalsocietypublishing.org and I crunched the submission and acceptance data for 25 journals in #Ecology&Evolution: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @uniexecec.bsky.social
US measles outbreaks & abysmally low vaccination rates in some communities motivates recommendation to give infants 6-11 months old at risk of domestic exposure early first dose of MMR vaccine. I’d be first in line if I had a child in this age group.
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Revising US MMR Vaccine Recommendations Amid Changing Domestic Risks
This Viewpoint discusses updating the existing recommendation for an additional early MMR dose to infants aged 6 to 11 months traveling to any region with increased probability of measles exposure.
jamanetwork.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
US measles outbreaks & abysmally low vaccination rates in some communities motivates recommendation to give infants 6-11 months old at risk of domestic exposure early first dose of MMR vaccine. I’d be first in line if I had a child in this age group.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How & why do we celebrate science, especially when it’s under attack? Check out discussion featuring Iowa City Darwin Day keynote speaker Tyrone B Hayes on @iowapublicradio.org! www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...
Celebrating science when it is under scrutiny
Scientists discuss research and science backlash ahead of annual Darwin Day events. And we listen back to a conversation with one of Iowa's few scientific glassblowers.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How & why do we celebrate science, especially when it’s under attack? Check out discussion featuring Iowa City Darwin Day keynote speaker Tyrone B Hayes on @iowapublicradio.org! www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...
Understanding the value of science & scientists is more important than it’s ever been. The wonderful Charity Nebbe will be talking about the state of science w/Iowa City Darwin Day’s keynote speaker Tyrone Hayes (and me) on @iowapublicradio.org’s Talk of Iowa @10 AM April 3. Please tune in!
April 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Understanding the value of science & scientists is more important than it’s ever been. The wonderful Charity Nebbe will be talking about the state of science w/Iowa City Darwin Day’s keynote speaker Tyrone Hayes (and me) on @iowapublicradio.org’s Talk of Iowa @10 AM April 3. Please tune in!
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Iowa City Darwin Day 2025 is fast approaching! Join us in Biology Building East this Friday (4/4) at 3:30 PM for two phenomenal seminars from Chris Jones, PhD, and Tyrone B. Hayes, PhD! Cookies from Nodo and coffee will be available beforehand.
All Darwin Day events are free and open to the public.
All Darwin Day events are free and open to the public.
March 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Iowa City Darwin Day 2025 is fast approaching! Join us in Biology Building East this Friday (4/4) at 3:30 PM for two phenomenal seminars from Chris Jones, PhD, and Tyrone B. Hayes, PhD! Cookies from Nodo and coffee will be available beforehand.
All Darwin Day events are free and open to the public.
All Darwin Day events are free and open to the public.
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Thursday: Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa, 15 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City, 7 p.m. (Part of Darwin Day Festivities in Iowa City)
Friday: University of Iowa, 101 Biology Building East, 30 N. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 3:30 p.m. (Also part of Darwin Day Festivities)
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Friday: University of Iowa, 101 Biology Building East, 30 N. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 3:30 p.m. (Also part of Darwin Day Festivities)
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April 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thursday: Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa, 15 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City, 7 p.m. (Part of Darwin Day Festivities in Iowa City)
Friday: University of Iowa, 101 Biology Building East, 30 N. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 3:30 p.m. (Also part of Darwin Day Festivities)
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Friday: University of Iowa, 101 Biology Building East, 30 N. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 3:30 p.m. (Also part of Darwin Day Festivities)
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Photos include images of the speakers: Tyrone Hayes, David Cwiertny, Chris Jones, and details regarding time and location of the talks on April 4 and April 5 in Iowa City.
All of this information can also be found on
@iowacitydarwinday.bsky.social's website! iowacitydarwinday.org/events/
All of this information can also be found on
@iowacitydarwinday.bsky.social's website! iowacitydarwinday.org/events/
March 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Photos include images of the speakers: Tyrone Hayes, David Cwiertny, Chris Jones, and details regarding time and location of the talks on April 4 and April 5 in Iowa City.
All of this information can also be found on
@iowacitydarwinday.bsky.social's website! iowacitydarwinday.org/events/
All of this information can also be found on
@iowacitydarwinday.bsky.social's website! iowacitydarwinday.org/events/
Celebrating science and scientists is more important than ever! Come join us for Iowa City Darwin Day's 2025 events! ❤️🧬🧫🔬🔭🥼🧪.
March 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Celebrating science and scientists is more important than ever! Come join us for Iowa City Darwin Day's 2025 events! ❤️🧬🧫🔬🔭🥼🧪.
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Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.
March 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.
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European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts
Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruited
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is blatantly illegal and dangerous beyond belief.
Our national security is in the hands of complete amateurs.
What other highly sensitive national security conversations are happening over group chat? Any other random people accidentally added to those, too?
Our national security is in the hands of complete amateurs.
What other highly sensitive national security conversations are happening over group chat? Any other random people accidentally added to those, too?
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
theatln.tc
March 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is blatantly illegal and dangerous beyond belief.
Our national security is in the hands of complete amateurs.
What other highly sensitive national security conversations are happening over group chat? Any other random people accidentally added to those, too?
Our national security is in the hands of complete amateurs.
What other highly sensitive national security conversations are happening over group chat? Any other random people accidentally added to those, too?
