Stephen I Wright
Plant evolutionary genomics
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightA final new paper out from the lab, work from Steve Johnson, @joannarifkin.bsky.social & @stepheniwright.bsky.social We asked what maintains the striking variation in floral color, size, and shape within and among populations of Dame's Rocket, Hesperis matronalis
- New work now out led by Mark Hibbins and Cassandre Pyne : new statistical methods for quantifying rearrangements suggest highly elevated rates of chromosomal change associated with the evolution of separate sexes in Rumex!
- Very excited to share the capstone of my postdoc work with @stepheniwright.bsky.social, co-led by Wright lab grad student Cassandre with contributions from many others. We combined new methods with high-quality Rumex assemblies to dive into the remarkable history of rearrangement in this genus.
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightCongrats to Dr. Meng Yuan, who defended her PhD on the genome-wide potential for ploidy & sexual conflict in plants! Many thanks to @judithmank.bsky.social for serving as her external examiner. A fun collaboration w/ @stepheniwright.bsky.social and also @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social for a paper!
- Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with @shaky-dingo.bsky.social and colleagues
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightYuan, @stepheniwright.bsky.social, @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social, et al. examined signatures of selection across life stages in the angiosperm Rumex hastatulus and the moss Ceratodon purpureus. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf138 #genome #evolution #PlantSky
- Presenting Dr. @bmsacchi.bsky.social !! Bianca successfully defended her thesis on Rumex sex chromosome degeneration and regulatory evolution today. Bravo!!
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightWaterhemp has recently evolved separate M & F sexes from a monoecious ancestor. @jmkreiner.bsky.social @stepheniwright.bsky.social &co reveal surprising #chromosomal complexity associated with this transition, challenging assumptions of how separate #sexes evolve @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46sTg6u
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightThe SMBE Lifetime Contribution Award winner is Chung-I Wu. ⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details... 📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightSMBE is delighted to announce our 2025 Faculty Award Winners! Today, we focus on our SMBE Early-Career Excellence Award winner, Alison Feder (@alisonfeder.bsky.social) ⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details... 📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightThe winner of the SMBE Mid-Career Excellence Award is Amanda Larracuente (University of Rochester). ⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details... 📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightThe University of Toronto's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department invites postdoc applications. Salary: $70K; start: July–Dec 2025. Deadline: April 25, 2025. More: eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/ #postdoc
- Reposted by Stephen I Wright🔹 SMBE 2025 IDEA Symposium 🔹 @official-smbe.bsky.social We invite abstract submissions for the #SMBE IDEA Symposium to share initiatives that foster a more inclusive and equitable community. 🚨 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟭𝟱 🔗 Submit your abstract here! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index...
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- Reposted by Stephen I WrightFinal version of this out now in that beautiful Amnat typesetting! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
- Now out, new work led by @rejectresubmit.bsky.social - multiple origins of dioecy and sex chromosomes and genome-wide rearrangements shape the phylogenomics of Rumex
- What forces drive genome evolution in groups with young sex chromosomes? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @rejectresubmit.bsky.social, @joannarifkin.bsky.social, @bmsacchi.bsky.social, @stepheniwright.bsky.social et al 📷: Joanna Rifkin
- Reposted by Stephen I Wright🚨Exciting Update!🚨 We’re thrilled to announce @gillesfischer.bsky.social as our confirmed keynote speaker! Join us for the @official-smbe.bsky.social Satellite Meeting: Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Experimental Evolution 🧬 Puerto Varas, Chile 🗓️ October 6-8, 2025
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightMy postdoc work on phylogenomics of Rumex is out ahead of print in Evolution Letters! academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
- Doubly great news: SMBE is now here, and Maud Tenaillon is our new EIC for GBE!!!
- Very exciting news!
- I have big news! We are delighted to announce that our proposal to host the annual Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution conference in Québec city in 2027 has been chosen! The Local Organising Committee is Christian Landry, Jullien Flynn, Jean-Baptiste Leducq, Edel Lopez, Sophie Breton and me!
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightCongrats to lab member Grace Zhang on the publication of her first dissertation chapter in @newphyt.bsky.social ! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightI'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in Fall 2025. Research topics will focus on building and using phylogenies to study the diversification of birds, with an emphasis on Neotropical bird radiations. Contact me if interested.
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightHot off the press! Check out the latest version of our deep dive into Y chromosome degeneration and TE invasion in Rumex hastatulus! @stepheniwright.bsky.social @zoehumphries.bsky.social
- Reposted by Stephen I WrightMSU's EEB program is looking for one or more asst profs in quantitative ecology or evolutionary biology. Review begins Nov 8, so hurry up and get those applications in! Please repost. careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/51...
- SMBE2024 Puerto Vallarta has now opened the call for symposium proposals! Proposals are due Nov 10th.Results will be announced Dec 6th! #SMBE24 www.smbe2024.org
