Blair Perry
@bwperry.bsky.social
Incoming assistant professor at MSU IBIO. Postdoctoral Researcher in the Kelley Lab at UC Santa Cruz. Functional and evolutionary genomics. 🐻🐍🧬
Website: blairperry.net
Website: blairperry.net
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Blair Perry
@bwperry.bsky.social
· Jul 8
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
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@tywooldr.bsky.social et al. present assemblies for three bear species — the sun, sloth, and Andean bears — and use a whole-genome alignment of all bear species and other carnivores to reconstruct the evolution of Ursidae.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf188
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf188
#genome #evolution
Chromosome-scale Genomes Show Rapid Diversification and Ancient Gene Flow Among Bear Species
Abstract. Reconstructions of evolutionary history can be restricted by a lack of high-quality reference genomes. To date, only four of the eight species of
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@tywooldr.bsky.social et al. present assemblies for three bear species — the sun, sloth, and Andean bears — and use a whole-genome alignment of all bear species and other carnivores to reconstruct the evolution of Ursidae.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf188
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf188
#genome #evolution
Reposted by Blair Perry
Chromosome-scale genomes show rapid diversification and ancient gene flow among bear species https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41047635/
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Chromosome-scale genomes show rapid diversification and ancient gene flow among bear species https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41047635/
Reposted by Blair Perry
Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had theonion.com/man-who...
August 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Man Who Thought He'd Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn't Even Know He Still Had theonion.com/man-who...
Reposted by Blair Perry
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
July 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
Reposted by Blair Perry
Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
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Please share! 🧪
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪
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The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or [email protected])!
July 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or [email protected])!
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
July 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
I am thrilled to announce that I will be starting my lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University in January 2026! I will soon be recruiting graduate students and postdocs, so stay tuned and please reach out if you know anybody that might be interested! 🐍🐻🧬
June 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I am thrilled to announce that I will be starting my lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University in January 2026! I will soon be recruiting graduate students and postdocs, so stay tuned and please reach out if you know anybody that might be interested! 🐍🐻🧬
New paper on the phylogenetics of Western Rattlesnakes led by @justbernstein.bsky.social is out now! Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Disentangling a genome-wide mosaic of conflicting phylogenetic signals in Western Rattlesnakes
Species tree inference is often assumed to be more accurate as datasets increase in size, with whole genomes representing the best-case-scenario for e…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New paper on the phylogenetics of Western Rattlesnakes led by @justbernstein.bsky.social is out now! Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
