Anja Westram
🟢 Researcher (Nord University, Norway) & environmentalist
🟢 Evolution, biodiversity, genetics, conservation, science communication... (and snails)
- Reposted by Anja WestramCALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Special Issue: #GenomeArchitecture and #Evolution, organised by @eseb.bsky.social STN "STRiVE": Find out more here: tinyurl.com/2uza525c @ruifaria.bsky.social @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social @petrnguyen.bsky.social @aruizherrera.bsky.social
- Reposted by Anja WestramLearn eDNA and invasive species monitoring from leading European experts at the GuardIAS Summer School. Explore workflows, policy, and real monitoring applications. Meet the trainers & register: guardias.eu/meet-the-tra... #GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
- Reposted by Anja WestramRegistration is open for GuardIAS Summer School 2026, with a focus on e-DNA and Invasive Species! 🌊 Explore the program and meet the trainers: guardias.eu/welcome-to-t... Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #GuardIAS #InvasiveAlienSpecies #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
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- Reposted by Anja WestramHelp protect our waters! 🌊 The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species. Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management. Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index.... #MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
- 🧬 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
- Reposted by Anja WestramTwo of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act. Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
- 🐚 New paper on the #speciation continuum in marine #snails! 🐚 Read it if you're interested in speciation, local #adaptation, #genomics, #inversions, parallel #evolution... 🐚 Congratulations to Francesca & Aurélien and everyone else involved! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- 🚀 Breaking news in #evolution #speciation! Why are some populations almost separate species - while others aren’t? Our new Molecular Ecology study dives into 🐌🌊🐚 in 🇸🇪 & 🇪🇸. Same species, same selection pressures...but wildly different reproductive barriers! 🧵👇 📖 Full story: tinyurl.com/2w8dhbnn
- Reposted by Anja WestramI expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future. But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
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- Reposted by Anja Westram3-year #postdoc position at Centre de synthèse et d'analyse de la biodiversité (CESAB) in Montpellier to work on how taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS
- [📢 Postdoc offer in Montpellier] Work on intraspecific diversity & translocation in Nature-based Solutions 🌿 Join the EVOLUTION Knowledge-Hub at the #FRB-CESAB 🔗 More informations: bit.ly/43uRz6Z @cnrs.fr @inrae-france.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social
- Reposted by Anja Westram1/7 📍Vienna, July 8, 2025 Today, Scientists For Future Austria handed over a scientific statement to the Ministry for Climate Action. Their message: 👉 The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) must not be weakened! #EUDR #Deforestation #ClimateCrisis @s4fat.bsky.social @s4fwien.bsky.social
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- Please sign & share if you're a #scientist who cares about #biodiversity! 🪲
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- ‼️ Open letter calling for increased #EU #biodiversity funding: If you're a scientist and care about #nature, please consider signing, and please share! 🪲🌳🍄🦢🦑🦎🌱🐝🌼🦇🌲🐚
- Reposted by Anja WestramTime is running out! ⏳ Only few days left to apply to our PhD program—don’t miss your chance! 🚀 🔬Explore evolution in action in a cool 🐚 ℹ️ Details: tinyurl.com/fhzxr7ed 📆 Deadline: June 14th, 2025 #ScienceThatMatters #PhDlife #EvolutionaryBiology #MarineEcology #BiodiversityConservation
- 🚀 PhD Opportunity 🎓: Why do some species survive #climatechange while others vanish? Join us in 🧜♀️ to 🔍🌊🐌 : 🐚Unravel rapid #evolution & #adaptation, biological invasions & extinction 🐚Integrate #genomics, #conservation, ecology & more 🐚Turn science into conservation action ℹ️ tinyurl.com/fhzxr7ed
- 🐚Why do Littorina snails come in so many colours?🐚 For example, 🔴🟡🟠🟢🟤⚫🟣? Well, we don't know - but hopefully we'll find out in our #CommunityScience project #WinkleWatch ⬇️ Consider joining if you visit rocky shores - or just follow us here :) #colours #adaptation #snails #shells #citizenscience
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- Reposted by Anja Westram🐌✨ Become a snail detective! 🕵️🐚🔍 Join our WinkleWatcher Luisa Kumpitsch on shore 🌊 and help scientists crack the case of snail shell colors 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣 with WinkleWatchers. Who knew science could be this fun? ℹ️ www.gu.se/en/news/beco... #CitizenScience #MarineBiology
- Reposted by Anja Westram#Klimawandel ist ein #Sicherheitsrisiko, sagt die „Interdisziplinäre #Klimarisiko Einschätzung“, die die Universität der #Bundeswehr gemeinsam mit dem Potsdam Institut für Klimafolgenforschung @pik-potsdam.bsky.social veröffentlicht hat. at.scientists4future.org/2025/04/02/b... #sicherheitspolitik
- Reposted by Anja WestramDu denkst, nur du und ein paar andere sind bereit, sich für die Bekämpfung der #Klimakatastrophe einzusetzen? Stimmt nicht, du gehört zur Mehrheit! °CELSIUS-Redakteur Martin Auer zu einer aktuellen Studie in "Nature". at.scientists4future.org/2025/04/23/d... #Aktivismus #klimawandelleugner
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- How do #marine #snails 🐚 cope with extreme #temperature gradients at the scale of just a few meters? Bingqian is making very interesting contributions to finding out! Here she's talking at #OikosNorway2025. #Littorina #genomics #RNA #adaptation #evolution
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- Reposted by Anja Westram[Please share widely] Come work at the U. of Oslo. We are advertising a 3-year postdoc in Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics. If working with plant evolution in the Galápagos, pangenome and structural variants sounds exciting for you - this may be your chance! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- Genau!
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- Important documentary about #misconduct at Max Planck Institutes ⬇️. Senior scientists are not held accountable for obvious, long-term misconduct - this is not only an issue at Max Planck, but also at universities. Much respect to the victims for speaking out. #science #academia
- Oh, there's an English version as well! DW reports about misconduct at Max Planck Institutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nE...
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- Reposted by Anja WestramFirst and foremost, an incredible THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Stand Up for Science—whether you attended our events, donated, shared, or volunteered. We are so humbled by how many people showed up to support us & all of the passion that people brought with them.
- Reposted by Anja WestramGreat reporting & interview from today's #March for #Science in #Vienna - please watch & share! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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- Reposted by Anja WestramWant to stream our DC event & hear from amazing speakers like Bill Nye, Francis Collins, Atul Gawande, and SO MANY MORE? Join our livestream at www.twitch.tv/standupforsc..., starting at 12 pm! #standupforscience2025
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- Reposted by Anja WestramWe’re standing up for science ! 🤝 On March 7 at 1 pm, the #MarchforScience will start in front of the University of Vienna - an initiative of scientists raising their voices worldwide for free science. The University of Vienna shares this important cause.‼️🏛️ #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
- TWO WEEKS UNTIL #STANDUPFORSCIENCE2025! 📣☀️🌎
- 📢 If you're in/near #Vienna, please go if you can: ➡️ March for Science next week Fri, 1pm, Uni Wien ⬅️ In solidarity with US researchers, and for the freedom of science in Europe & across the world! #StandUpforScience #StandUpForScience2025 #science
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- Believe it or not, Littorina 🐚 not only have the SNPs and inversions we talk about all the time, but also indels! 🧬 For his PhD, Samuel Perini analysed them and asked whether they could be used as markers just like SNPs. The answer is... in the paper. #Evolution #Genomics #Snails
- Short insertions and deletions are abundant but are they useful markers in genome scans for divergent selection? Hybrid zones in Littorina suggest they can add to information from SNPs, despite stronger purifying selection: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... Perini, Butlin and @anjamwestram.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Anja WestramTWO WEEKS UNTIL #STANDUPFORSCIENCE2025! 📣☀️🌎
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- Reposted by Anja WestramOur collection 🔍 phase was not a fiasco🎉! Thanks to many passionate collaborators🤝, we sampled more than a thousand snails from 23 sites and visited lovely places, labs, and colleagues♥️. We’re looking forward to the next steps and unveiling these 🌊🐚🐌 secrets! Updates here: rb.gy/givc52
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- Reposted by Anja WestramOur long term project has finally been published - genetic diversity is lost worldwide, but we can also make a difference and conservation actions matters. Find out more in the Science news here www.science.org/content/arti... #Consgen
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- Reposted by Anja WestramA wonderful team effort to characterize the actions of HSD17B2, a gene that helps some #ruff males to dial down their testosterone levels, got published @science.org (1/n)
- A single gene underlies male mating morphs in ruff sandpipers, a new Science study finds. The results show how evolutionary changes in a single gene's structure, sequence, and regulation can drive significant diversity within a single species. Learn more in our new issue: scim.ag/4arzNmU
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