Brant Faircloth
Evolutionary biologist, nucleic acid wrangler, and Professor @lsu.bsky.social. In my free time, I am working towards the perfect coleslaw recipe.
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- If you get on Zoom, Teams, Facetime, Slack, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Discord video chat all at the same time, what happens?
- It's hard to dislike something work-related more than I dislike BioPerl. But then I find myself in a white-hot rage because it's taking all day to install some random Bioconductor package.
- Reposted by Brant FairclothThe killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
- Reposted by Brant FairclothIt’s out! 🐟 We compared three regeneration superstars—axolotl, zebrafish, and Polypterus—to ask how animals regrow limbs and fins. We find shared core processes, and other programs fine-tuned by evolution in surprising, lineage-specific ways. tinyurl.com/mpftkn7y
- Super black plumage was identified in birds as part of awesome work by Drs. Dakota McCoy (@reallymccoy.bsky.social), Rick Prum, and others. Dr. Roberta Canton dug into one clade containing a taxon having super black plumage, _Lepidothrix_ manakins, to show that super black is relatively common...
- ...among black taxa within the genus, with 5 species and 7 subspecies of _Lepidothrix_ having evolved super black plumage. Roberta also used SEM to show super black is produced by wider barbules that are closer together, and...
- Reposted by Brant FairclothThe Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. is hiring two Black Rosy-Finch technicians to conduct alpine surveys in Wyoming's high elevation mountains during June 1st to Aug 31st 2026: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wyom.... Spread the word!
- Reposted by Brant FairclothThe Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Forest Genetics, Genomics and/or Tree Breeding at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/464...
- Reposted by Brant FairclothLSU Museum of Natural Sciences is hiring a postdoc! Come join our very active and supportive museum community. Applicants can work with any of the major divisions: 🐀🦜🦎🐸🐠 Review begins February 15th, please share! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0119...
- Reposted by Brant Faircloth🚨 Job Alert! TT Assistant Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks! Looking for a candidate with a focus on coastal ecology. Come be my colleague! Please share. careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...
- Reposted by Brant FairclothNew Job Search Announcement: Curator of Paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science: careers.share.nm.gov/psc/hprdcg/E...
- Reposted by Brant FairclothCurator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
- Definitely chilly.
- Love this figure on the left - super cool!
- Introgression between species can shape #evolution. Study of the colorful American #warblers (Parulidae) by @kevinfpbennett.bsky.social @davetoews.bsky.social &co reveals intergeneric & interspecific introgression of genes related to carotenoid #plumage color @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/48MyfU2
- Go. Dawgs.
- Reposted by Brant FairclothLooking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... Get in touch if you want to chat!
- Bravo on this title 👏👏
- This is excellent.
- @hakha.bsky.social and I wrote a Research Briefing (with a lay summary + "behind the scenes") of our paper on how genes are prioritized by GWAS and rare variant burden tests. 🧬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Brant FairclothMore work linking irregular iris pigmentation in gannets to prior HPAI infections: likelihood of NP antibody increased with iris pigment irregularity. Moderate correlations for H5 antibodies. 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Brant FairclothCalling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
- Reposted by Brant FairclothWe are seeking an Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Comparative Genomics (loosely defined). I'd be happy to answer any questions (like teaching load etc) - feel free to DM me. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
- Reposted by Brant FairclothOk, we're down to the last 10 (!) spots available to register for #SSB2026 in Baton Rouge in January. Who's in? ssb2026.github.io @systbiol.bsky.social
- When you think of tropical forests - you may not think about the degree to which some stems are affected by (fungal) decay. We set out to quantify decay using sonic tomography and found that it was rather extensive - affecting rare species more than locally abundant species: doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
- Reposted by Brant Faircloth🐦🔬 Recruiting PhD students! 🌎🧬 I’m looking for 1–2 PhD students to join our team starting Fall 2026 at the Sam Noble Museum & University of Oklahoma. Our research: 🐦 birds • 🌍 biogeography • 🌴 Neotropics • 🧬 population genomics • 🌱 speciation 👉 Learn more: www.moncriefflab.org Please share!
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- Reposted by Brant FairclothThe Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring! We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
- Pretty much how we all fell, right now, amirite?
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- Reposted by Brant FairclothPlease share! Our lab at LSU @lsuscience.bsky.social is looking for a student to join us in Spring or Fall 2026. If you are interested in mountain birds and GENOMICS, and want to work on a project in Bolivian cloud forests, send me an email montanolab.com/join-us/
- Thanks @LSU folks! Higher quality photo coming soon! #Evol2025
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- There’s dumbasses and then there’s megadumbasses. Curtis Yarvin is the latter. Its about time we tell these guys to fuck off and banish them from any normal interactions: newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09…
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- Reposted by Brant FairclothA new method for trimming alignments in #phylogenomics — PhyIN. It identifies and trims regions with high phylogenetic discord. Able to trim well even on single loci — an advantage for gene tree/species tree studies. #evolbiol #phylogeny 🧪http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18504 Some backstory... 🧵
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- Reposted by Brant FairclothSo let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
- My yard is awash with hummingbirds.
