Brenna Forester
@brennaforester.bsky.social
Conservation genomics. Posts my own. She/her.
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We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hybrids Along a Natural‐Anthropogenic Gradient: Improving Policy and Management Across All Levels of Biodiversity
Hybridization has long been a central topic in evolution and conservation. Recent developments in genomics have increased the ability to detect hybridization, defined here as breeding between species....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Amy Angert and I are recruiting a #postdoc to participate in a collaborative NSF-funded study of demographic responses to climate across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower. Please repost! jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/224...
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i am offering a post-doc position in my brand-new project TreeGD that will investigate genomic diversity of trees species in switzerland, with a special focus on gene conservation units, rare species (but not only), and seeds stands.
apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...
apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...
Postdoktorand/-in in ökologischer Genomik 80% (w/m/d)
Die Forschungseinheit Biodiversität und Naturschutzbiologie untersucht die Vielfalt des Lebens, von der genetischen Diversität bis zur Arten- und Lebensraumvielfalt sowie ihre Interaktionen. Das für m...
apply.refline.ch
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
i am offering a post-doc position in my brand-new project TreeGD that will investigate genomic diversity of trees species in switzerland, with a special focus on gene conservation units, rare species (but not only), and seeds stands.
apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...
apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...
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A paper in Nature suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
go.nature.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A paper in Nature suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪
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The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
jobs.colostate.edu
September 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
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📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics
3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics
jobs.helsinki.fi
September 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!
Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!
DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki
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Neat study from my colleagues at the @usfs.bsky.social National Genomics Center and Alaska Fish & Game. Using genomic CAPTURE, they found that wolves on Prince of Wales Island in SE AK exhibited significant inbreeding, similar to Isle Royale Wolves #ConsGen
Genomic Analysis Reveals Inbreeding in an Island Population of Alexander Archipelago Wolves
Island populations are at heightened risk of inbreeding due to reduced mating opportunities with unrelated conspecifics. Extensive inbreeding can result in inbreeding depression (reduced fitness of i...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Neat study from my colleagues at the @usfs.bsky.social National Genomics Center and Alaska Fish & Game. Using genomic CAPTURE, they found that wolves on Prince of Wales Island in SE AK exhibited significant inbreeding, similar to Isle Royale Wolves #ConsGen
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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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Don't forget to register for our Hackathon event! We'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible...
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
August 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Don't forget to register for our Hackathon event! We'll be discussing and testing a protocol to check whether published data/code is actually reproducible...
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
Registration closes on the 15th September 🕤
Find out more and register here 👉 buff.ly/XTON0lV
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Just got a 🧪pitch from a PR claiming to work with Colossal (de-extinction chancers). It was a pre-written article claiming the science sector is carrying out "coordinated attacks" on the co. Spy the headline. They asked if I'd publish it on my Forbes column.
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
August 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Just got a 🧪pitch from a PR claiming to work with Colossal (de-extinction chancers). It was a pre-written article claiming the science sector is carrying out "coordinated attacks" on the co. Spy the headline. They asked if I'd publish it on my Forbes column.
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄
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Conservation needs to focus better on maintaining & enhancing the processes that allow ecosystems to function & adapt in a rapidly changing world
In our new paper we explore key processes - such as evolution, movement & biotic interactions - metrics, & how to conserve them
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
In our new paper we explore key processes - such as evolution, movement & biotic interactions - metrics, & how to conserve them
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Biodiversity conservation requires integration of species-centric and process-based strategies | PNAS
Conservation science and policy are geared primarily toward the preservation of species
and habitats, with priority often given to the rarest, most...
www.pnas.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Conservation needs to focus better on maintaining & enhancing the processes that allow ecosystems to function & adapt in a rapidly changing world
In our new paper we explore key processes - such as evolution, movement & biotic interactions - metrics, & how to conserve them
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
In our new paper we explore key processes - such as evolution, movement & biotic interactions - metrics, & how to conserve them
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Seven pangolin species proposed for listing as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/c...
Pangolins Should Receive Endangered Protections, U.S. Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Seven pangolin species proposed for listing as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (gift link):
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/c...
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Next at #ICCB2025 our symposium on using non-invasive & museum genetic samples for conservation. First up is @kymottewell.bsky.social on using scat DNA for ghost bat individual ID and #consgen. The ghost bat is Australia’s largest carnivorous bat (*bat in photo not to scale!)
June 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Next at #ICCB2025 our symposium on using non-invasive & museum genetic samples for conservation. First up is @kymottewell.bsky.social on using scat DNA for ghost bat individual ID and #consgen. The ghost bat is Australia’s largest carnivorous bat (*bat in photo not to scale!)
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Interesting opportunity from AfricaBP: Genomics and Sustainable Solutions for East and Central Africa
To register, click here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
To register, click here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Interesting opportunity from AfricaBP: Genomics and Sustainable Solutions for East and Central Africa
To register, click here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
To register, click here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/s...
A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow.
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/s...
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wrote about fake dire wolves and the real endangered species act for @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/de-...
‘De-extinction’ isn’t real, but the conservation questions it raises are - High Country News
In the age of gene editing, what does it mean to protect a species?
www.hcn.org
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
wrote about fake dire wolves and the real endangered species act for @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/de-...
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Several of us share thoughts on the dire consequences of ripping NOAA apart:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration has set Noaa on ‘non-science trajectory’, workers warn
Researchers left at US climate agency say drastic cuts could leave air ‘not breathable’ and water ‘not drinkable’
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Several of us share thoughts on the dire consequences of ripping NOAA apart:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Even though wildlife here have evolved to live in a landscape that burns…the animals are not equipped to survive fires so frequent and so ferocious — the by-product of a changing climate and encroaching human development.” Gift link below:
Los Angeles brims with wildlife. But fires make it harder to survive.
Besides burning thousands of homes and displacing residents, the January fires, like earlier ones, upended the natural environment.
wapo.st
April 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“Even though wildlife here have evolved to live in a landscape that burns…the animals are not equipped to survive fires so frequent and so ferocious — the by-product of a changing climate and encroaching human development.” Gift link below:
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🧪 #consgen
I’m leaving NOAA on April 28. I never anticipated resigning at any time when I joined the agency 5 yrs ago to help modernize fisheries management and conservation with genomics. Making the work more effective and efficient was the central objective. I loved working at NOAA because… 1/x
I’m leaving NOAA on April 28. I never anticipated resigning at any time when I joined the agency 5 yrs ago to help modernize fisheries management and conservation with genomics. Making the work more effective and efficient was the central objective. I loved working at NOAA because… 1/x
April 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🧪 #consgen
I’m leaving NOAA on April 28. I never anticipated resigning at any time when I joined the agency 5 yrs ago to help modernize fisheries management and conservation with genomics. Making the work more effective and efficient was the central objective. I loved working at NOAA because… 1/x
I’m leaving NOAA on April 28. I never anticipated resigning at any time when I joined the agency 5 yrs ago to help modernize fisheries management and conservation with genomics. Making the work more effective and efficient was the central objective. I loved working at NOAA because… 1/x
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How hot can tailed-frogs get? Forester et al. (2025) found that Ascaphus truei and montanus have different responses encoded in their genome. Read more of our #AWnews feature on our homepage AmphibiaWeb.org
April 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How hot can tailed-frogs get? Forester et al. (2025) found that Ascaphus truei and montanus have different responses encoded in their genome. Read more of our #AWnews feature on our homepage AmphibiaWeb.org
Everything is absolutely awful right now but at least we still have tailed frogs - my colleague Amanda Cicchino’s photo is the AmphibiaWeb image of the week with a shout out to our recent tailed frog vulnerability paper: amphibiaweb.org
@amphibiaweb.bsky.social
@amphibiaweb.bsky.social
AmphibiaWeb | Home
Connecting people around the world by synthesizing and sharing information about amphibians to enable research, education, and conservation
amphibiaweb.org
April 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Everything is absolutely awful right now but at least we still have tailed frogs - my colleague Amanda Cicchino’s photo is the AmphibiaWeb image of the week with a shout out to our recent tailed frog vulnerability paper: amphibiaweb.org
@amphibiaweb.bsky.social
@amphibiaweb.bsky.social
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Interested in conservation genetics news? @anitajnorman.bsky.social has started a monthly newsletter on #consgen here: open.substack.com/pub/conserva...
Conservation Genetics Highlights
January 2025, Issue 1
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Interested in conservation genetics news? @anitajnorman.bsky.social has started a monthly newsletter on #consgen here: open.substack.com/pub/conserva...
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What do evolution and adaptation have to do with predicting vulnerability to climate change? Find out in our new paper led by the amazing Dr. @brennaforester.bsky.social and featuring the WORLD'S COOLEST 🐸 just published in Molecular Ecology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...!
#congen
#congen
January 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What do evolution and adaptation have to do with predicting vulnerability to climate change? Find out in our new paper led by the amazing Dr. @brennaforester.bsky.social and featuring the WORLD'S COOLEST 🐸 just published in Molecular Ecology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...!
#congen
#congen
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I'm super happy to share our newest preprint on whooping crane genomics 🐣🧬
🚨Persistent genomic erosion in whooping cranes despite demographic recovery🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extremely thankful to @hernmoral.bsky.social and all co-authors!
#conservationgenomics #genomics #whoopingcranes
🚨Persistent genomic erosion in whooping cranes despite demographic recovery🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extremely thankful to @hernmoral.bsky.social and all co-authors!
#conservationgenomics #genomics #whoopingcranes
December 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I'm super happy to share our newest preprint on whooping crane genomics 🐣🧬
🚨Persistent genomic erosion in whooping cranes despite demographic recovery🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extremely thankful to @hernmoral.bsky.social and all co-authors!
#conservationgenomics #genomics #whoopingcranes
🚨Persistent genomic erosion in whooping cranes despite demographic recovery🚨 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Extremely thankful to @hernmoral.bsky.social and all co-authors!
#conservationgenomics #genomics #whoopingcranes
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Lukas Keller, @fieldgenomics.bsky.social and I asked 'What can genome sequence data reveal about population viability?'
Here's what we found: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪 #consgen
Here's what we found: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪 #consgen
What Can Genome Sequence Data Reveal About Population Viability?
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 17, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Lukas Keller, @fieldgenomics.bsky.social and I asked 'What can genome sequence data reveal about population viability?'
Here's what we found: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪 #consgen
Here's what we found: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪 #consgen