Hannes Becher
@hannes_becher
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Genetics, statistics, evolution
Joined September 2014
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Do you think there is nepotism in the allocation of research grants (i.e. the probability of receiving a grant is increased by knowing someone on the panel or by having someone from your institution on the panel)?
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Unifying statistical #genetics & #phylogenetics. @jgschraiber @DocEdge85 & @mwpen show that the distinct ways of mapping phenotypes while controlling for ancestry in these two fields are actually special cases of the same general approach #PLOSBiology
https://t.co/9wEIoQg3ZR
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Check out the preliminary program for Popgroup58 on the website now -->
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Evolution and Speciation enthusiasts! Please submit your abstract for the phd student + postdoc symposium ahead of the @GordonConf on Speciation (or encourage your lab members!). My co-chair @Anna_F_Feller and I would love to see you there:
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Ever wondered why Fibonacci spirals are so common in plant leaves or why they are less common in lycophytes than other groups of plants? Come join the WhyFib team and find out! 🚨3 yr postdoc position available in the group 🚨 @InstMolPlantSci @SBSatEd
https://t.co/6YmyLWLiUv
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We are excited to announce the 58th PopGroup meeting will be held 7-9th January 2025 at the University of Sheffield! More information will be released soon via X and our website https://t.co/OTv1EcAmCa For now save the date!
mlindner0.github.io
The official Hydejack blog. Version updates, example content and how-to guides on how to blog with Jekyll.
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Very excited to share our newest preprint on signatures of selective sweeps in populations with no recombination - https://t.co/BHIRUU4n3K Work with Sachin Kaushik (@Kaushik5Sachin) and Kavita Jain (not on twitter).
biorxiv.org
Selective sweeps, resulting from the spread of beneficial, neutral, or deleterious mutations through a population, shape patterns of genetic variation at linked neutral sites. While many theoretical,...
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Please RT! 🦌🦨🐁🔥🔥 Join our lab! MS/PhD opportunity to study how mammals respond to large-scale prescribed fire. Starting Spring '25. Deadline: Oct 7.
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We are advertising for a PhD! Come and work with me @ARU_Biology and @ATJCagan at the @GeneticsCam on somatic mutations in plants. More info here: https://t.co/BHESdtMnox Please apply through findaphd. Looking forward to seeing the applications :)
findaphd.com
PhD Project - Somatic evolution in plants at Anglia Ruskin University ARU, listed on FindAPhD.com
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The efficacy of natural selection differs between lifestages in haploid-diploid Marchantia. #bryophyte #population #genomics Preprint out
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Very pleased to say that our paper on Ancestral Recombination Graphs is the "featured article" in Genetics this month: https://t.co/bOmFIUWFmw. I've written a short explainer at https://t.co/0VFykEo3aA
@GeneticsGSA @bdi_oxford . Thanks to all my great coauthors!
bdi.ox.ac.uk
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Is anybody else noticing more than usual Marchantia this year? A Marchantia year - Urban liverworts in Edinburgh https://t.co/xBH9GppBuA
#bryophytes #plantblindness
bryoevolgen.com
2024 has been a great year for the common liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) in Edinburgh. It is almost everywhere you look. I started collecting M. polymorpha in 2021. During the subsequent years, …
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Quasi-live updates from Europe’s largest animal migration! Thousands of #bats are migrating through Pape on the Baltic Sea coast in Latvia. Follow us for insights, and help spread the word by sharing and liking—this natural spectacle deserves attention! 🦇🌍 #Migration #BatCast
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The Budke Lab @UTK_EEB is recruiting #PhD students to start fall 2025. Applications due Dec 1. Check out our lab website to see if your research interests are a good fit https://t.co/0WKkz4r2GY & then reach out via email. Please RT & thanks! #gradschool #phdjourney
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Gene Myers just released super fast whole genome aligner https://t.co/BE5j13d9Q7. He and @c1zhou and I have lots of ideas for downstream use.
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Open online talk on crop breeding!
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New pre-print: "Short communication: Accounting for nuclear and mito genome in dairy cattle breeding - a simulation study" led by Gabriela Mafra Fortuna. This was her MSc project, now turned into a short communication! https://t.co/dvLJnj07tm
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Come join the group! @MPEG_Edinburgh @InstMolPlantSci @SBSatEd 3yr postdoc position investigating the origin of apical growth in land plants focused on the Rhynie chert fossils! Deadline 30/10/2023 Full details: https://t.co/vzfZlNbqP7
We are just starting to hire 4 x 3 year postdocs on this exciting collaboration between Jill Harrison @BristolBioSci, @BeeckmanLab @beeckman_tom and Rieko Fujinami so what this space!
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Mince pies in the supermarket shelves again - it’s #popgroup season!
Population Genetics Group at St Andrews in January. What more could you ask ?
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