Matt Webster
Evolution and population genetics
websterlab.net
- Why do queens bees live so much longer than workers? Apply for a postdoc position in my lab to figure it out! Please get in touch if you want to know more. link to job: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... lab website: www.websterlab.net
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- Reposted by Matt WebsterThe exciting next instalment of Mutations in Time and Space... Open for registration now
- Explore the origins, patterns and consequences of mutations across biological systems! #MITS26 🗓️ Conference dates: 13-15 April 2026 Participate in expert-led knowledge exchange on how genome evolution shapes human health and ageing 🧬 Check out our exciting speakers ➡️ bit.ly/4hmbnyr #Genomics
- Latest research from the lab where we mapped the sex-determining gene in the red mason bee. Surprisingly it turned out to be the same gene used by ants, suggesting an ancient origin >150 million years ago. Thanks to the many people involved!
- I'm happy to share our new study where we mapped the sex-determining locus in the red mason bee. It maps to the ANTSR lncRNA discovered in ants, suggesting that this gene determines sex widely in Hymenoptera. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Fascinating work
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- Reposted by Matt WebsterDivergent selection and plasticity increases reproductive isolation early during incipient speciation. Find our new meta-analysis on experimental speciation studies here: rdcu.be/ek019 🧪 @EvolOdonata.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy @pipdowning.bsky.social
- I enjoyed the first installment of MAYosis yesterday. Highly recommended seminar series for those interested in recombination and evolution! meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/...
- Reposted by Matt WebsterPhD position in evolutionary genetics in Linköping, with Urban Friberg. Mutation rates, flies, lots of sequencing, quantitative genetics! Please pass on to those who might be interested. :) liu.se/en/work-at-l...
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- Reposted by Matt Webster@hybridzones.bsky.social, @nemovrobles.bsky.social and @majorodriguezb.bsky.social scoured the literature to find the examples in Table 1. Is your favorite incompatibility gene missing? Please let us know so we can update the table and make a complete resource! Other feedback on the paper welcome
- Reposted by Matt WebsterWe have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts. Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪
