Workshop: High-latitude freshwater ecosystems in a changing environment

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5-6 October 2023, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University (Bodø, Norway) Human population growth, high demands for resources, globalisation, and shifting climatic conditions are causing ecosystems to change more rapidly now than ever in the Anthropocene. Freshwater ecosystems, especially those in northern- and arctic regions are particularly affected, as many freshwater species have confined …

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 – call for candidates in population genomics or genome biology

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Dear colleagues, We are looking for colleagues who are interested in applying for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship (https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2023) to join the Landscape Genomics Group at the Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø (Norway). At 68 degrees north, Bodø is a vibrant city lying within an area of magnificent nature. Bodø is the perfect …

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Skitt fiske 2.0!  ‘Extreme Sticklebacking’ in Nordland

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By Marijn Kuizenga A new summer means a new season for field work! This season we are embarking on a project which aims to characterize mercury contamination in freshwater lakes across Northern Norway and study its effects on three-spined stickleback populations. During the summer of 2022 we are studying sticklebacks from 21 lakes scattered throughout …

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Urbanization is driving evolution of plants globally

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Here is a story of a monumental project we were lucky to be part of, and which was published today in Science. Read the full article here!   Humans re-shape the environments where they live, with cities being among the most profoundly transformed environments on Earth. New research now shows that these urban environments are altering …

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Rapid evolution in waterfleas yields new conservation insights

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The extraordinary ability of animals to rapidly evolve in response to predators has been demonstrated via genetic sequencing of a waterflea population across nearly two decades. In a new study published in Nature Communications, together with scientists at the Universities of Birmingham in the UK, the KU Leuven in Belgium, and the Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and …

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Predicting fish community responses to environmental policy targets

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Happy to share some new policy-relevant findings, just published in Biodiversity and Conservation (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-021-02154-2)!  People working with aquatic biodiversity and habitat quality in Europe are probably familiar with the EU Water Framework Directive. The WFD proposes biological, hydromorphological, and physico-chemical habitat quality criteria that need to be achieved to reach or maintain a “good” or …

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G-BiKE: New European Network working on Genomic Biodiversity for Resilient Ecosystems

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From September 4th to 6th 2019, Joost went to Sarajevo in Bosnia to attend the 2nd meeting of G-BiKE, a new European COST network focussing on Genomic Biodiversity Knowledge for Resilient Ecosystems. G-BiKE is a research network within the Horizon 2020 COST Programme to link scientists and practitioners across the EU and beyond, highlighting the …

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