Andrew Alverson
diatoms - evolution - phylogenetics; he/his
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- I would not have a job.
- Reposted by Andrew Alverson🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Marine Scientist Position – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), full-time, permanent Marine Scientist position based in Panama. Application review begins February 15, 2026 (open until filled). Early-career researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. www.stri.si.edu
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- Reposted by Andrew AlversonI’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees! yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/ Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches. Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
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- Reposted by Andrew AlversonThe amoeba Difflugia bacillifera builds its shell from things that contain silica, and it is not particular about the source. These ones have incorporated whole shells from another testate amoeba (Euglypha), along with diatoms, algal cysts and chunks of rock. #Amoebae #ProtistsOnSky #peatlands
- oh, what I'd give to see one of these . . . www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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- Reposted by Andrew AlversonRecent MDPI paper including diagram of a bacterial cell with a mitochondrion 🤦♀️ The authors propose a mechanism for the toxicity of silver nanoparticles: "Ag+ ions in AgNPs bombard the bacterial mitochondria’s electron transport chain, resulting in cell death".
- Reposted by Andrew AlversonThe buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage. When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig. Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
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- Reposted by Andrew AlversonHow do microbes become permanent partners? 🌊🔬🦠 Check out our new study published in Current Biology showing how cyanobacterial genomes evolve step-by-step into endosymbionts of diatoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @currentbiology.bsky.social @mehrshmali.bsky.social
- Reposted by Andrew AlversonThis is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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- Reposted by Andrew AlversonPlease share! Our lab is recruiting a PhD student to join us starting fall 2026. Our group is broadly interested in plant molecular evolution and comparative genomics. More info about our lab and grad programs at Colorado St. is available on our lab website. sites.google.com/site/danielb...
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- New paper on diatom phylogenomics from our lab. Ten years in the making, but it always took a backseat to student and postdoc papers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- I had a chance to talk about the importance of #NSF on our local public radio station. www.kuaf.com/show/ozarks-...
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- Reposted by Andrew AlversonDelighted to see our work on #diatom motility published in @pnas.org !🎉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... These abundant single-celled algae are responsible for a significant portion of the air we breathe yet often overlooked. Here we show how how diatom (raphe) shape impacts their gliding function... 1/3
- Reposted by Andrew AlversonI lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
- Reposted by Andrew Alversonmadlib losing his house and record collection to the eaton fire is illustrative of just how large of an archival loss there’s been in LA this past week. definitely won’t be the last www.brooklynvegan.com/madlib-lost-...
- Reposted by Andrew AlversonThe Pease Lab in the Dept of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University is looking for a Postdoc interested in genotype-phenotype-environment evolution in plant and animal genomes. Details at osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar... and more info at www.peaselab.org
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- Two live sets I listen to repeatedly this time of year. Had both of them on cassette in the 90s. youtu.be/iavST2Uecm4?...
- Reposted by Andrew AlversonBig news from Finnish publication forum. Almost all MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0 and thus are not considered as properly peer reviewed trustworthy scientific journals. julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
- As I look back on another semester of teaching Evolutionary Biology with @phylieu.bsky.social, I think what stands out the most was the student who, in earnest, told us he had a question about Harvey-Weinstein Equilibrium.
- diatoms.org is holding a fundraising campaign to the keep the site going. It's a wonderful resource. Go to the CU Boulder fundraising page and search "diatom" in the gift designation field. Choose "Diatom Lab Research Fund". giveto.colorado.edu/campus-prima...
- Reposted by Andrew AlversonI am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms and many others. Please get in touch if interested. More info: www.kl-lab.group.
- Reposted by Andrew AlversonNSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa
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- Cool new paper by postdoc Wade Roberts. Hidden a little by the title, but we also test longstanding hypotheses about the relationship between genome size and cell size. Good stuff! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
- Our department is accepting applications for a tenure track faculty position in Evolutionary Biology! Job link here: tinyurl.com/yc564huk. Come join us in wonderful Fayetteville!
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- Watched #Eclipse2024 from a rest stop in Ouachita National Forest. License plates in the parking lot: Oregon, Washington, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Cherokee Nation, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, California, Minnesota, Idaho, Wisconsin, Nebraska, North Dakota.
- Does your department or college have any written guidelines or policies about faculty publishing in MDPI (or similar) journals?
- New paper from our lab using phylogenomics to resolve patterns and mechanisms of marine-freshwater transitions in #diatoms. By Wade Roberts, with @evelinepinseel.bsky.social and others. #ProtistsOnSky
