David Berger
@DBergerBiol
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Evolutionary Ecologist at Uppsala University, amongst other things.
Joined April 2016
Finally out - Our new study on predicting adaptation to climate warming! https://t.co/gB7MrBuTaK We find that there are many genomic routes to heat-adaptation, but this can also make genomic data of limited value for prediction. A tour de force by @DeNovoRego, with @StelkensLab.
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Please RT! π¨ 4-year PhD position in my lab (Oct 2026 start) π¨ Molecular and genomic insights to sexually antagonistic genes Application deadline: Dec 2, 2025 https://t.co/lM4vjxLJy2
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Why do harmful genes persist in populations instead of being removed by natural selection? One answer lies in sexual antagonism: when a genetic variant benefits males but harms females, or vice versa.
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Behavioral plasticity can be a double-edged sword for genetic adaptation. Have a look at our experimental demonstration published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B:
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Behavioural plasticity can play a key role in evolution by either facilitating or impeding genetic adaptation. The latter occurs when behaviours mitigate selection pressures that otherwise would...
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How do insects respond to changing climates? Our new review and analysis suggests that phenological adaptation trumps thermal adaptation.
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Climate adaptation in insects can proceed via responses in life-history traits and their thermal plasticity and through phenological shifts mediated by responses to photoperiodic cues (photoperiodi...
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Very happy that our large-scale phylogenetic comparative study on the macroevolutionary dynamics of female colour polymorphisms in damselflies is now published in @PNASNews: https://t.co/mAKaItArwq
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Sexual conflict over mating has been documented in many species, both in the field and in experimental studies. In pond damselflies (family Coenagr...
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Interested in a PhD in evolutionary ecology and genetics? Apply to join Pau's excellent team in Valencia!
Interested in doing a PhD on Sexual selection in complex environments? Apply! ππ ππ @IcbibeU.
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Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. #Evolution #yeast #genomics
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Outsourcing writing to LLMs may cost us more than time β it risks losing the chance to reflect, create, and craft meaningful narratives, a skill essential well beyond academic publishing CanΒ΄t agree more with this @natrevbioeng editorial
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New meta-analysis: "do lifetime contest costs affect the evolution of assessment strategies?" https://t.co/2dxZhzcldn
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Excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years: An experimental evolution project across climates to understand rapid adaptation Preprint: https://t.co/z3Zcffh5PU All data available: https://t.co/hgD7rSqPP9
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@UCBerkeley @HHMINEWS π§΅π
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π£Call for Proposals!π£ πOur cross-journal special feature "Energy trade-offs under changing environments" is open to proposals! π‘Aim: To understand essential energy processes in the context of environmental change πFind out more: https://t.co/9F32bI8ieQ
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And now, we also have a 2-year postdoc position in the Stelkens Lab! π§ͺ If you are interested in parallel evolution, genomics, yeast, and climate adaptation, this could be for you! Please apply through U Stockholm's job platform here: https://t.co/HWiW374fFt
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I am searching for a PhD candidate interested in investigating how knowledge of thermal physiology an d ecology of wild pollinators can help promote biodiversity conservation π Dynamic thermal team at Lund Univeristy. Apply by March 20 π https://t.co/QqGzLUXRGo
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Subject description Biology is the broad subject about all living things. It encompasses everything from processes at the molecular and cellular level to global processes at ecosystem level. The subje
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The first many-analysts study in ecology is finally published! π₯³π 300+ coauthors and 5+ years, this was a massive effort by @Elliot_Gould_ @HannahSFraser @TimParker88 and co. Open access π https://t.co/aA8QFN3bDs
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A lack of genetic variation can constrain adaptation, and correlations between trait variability and divergence are testaments of that. But how do we interpret such correlations when they last over many millions of years? New paper with @rohner_patrick
https://t.co/Hpw8z7FkNb
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Nature Ecology & Evolution - Analysing wing shapes within and across distantly related dipteran lineages, the authors show that intrapopulation variation reflecting microevolutionary change can...
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It was nice to see this shared effort by many brilliant people passing through the lab over the last 7 years (many not on blueskies) finally bearing fruit. @DeNovoRego @moametz
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These are experimental results. To know what will happen in natural populations, we need to study them. Yet, our findings provide a proof-of-concept for just how important it is to incorporate mechanistic details of evolution in predictive models to arrive at robust conclusions.
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After five years of experimental evolution, adaptation accounted for an increase in the agricultural footprint of 80% relative the ancestral populations! This effect of evolution could completely offset predictions of reduced agricultural impact in tropical regions of the world.
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This allowed adult beetles to invest more in both maintenance and reproduction, in turn increasing the population growth rate. This caused a double-blow on their host due to both increased intrinsic growth and higher per capita feeding rate.
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