Hernán E. Morales
@hernmoral.bsky.social
Evolutionary and conservation
genomics group leader at Globe institute, University of Copenhagen
🇲🇽in🇩🇰
https://globe.ku.dk/research/hologenomics/evolutionary-and-conservation-group/
genomics group leader at Globe institute, University of Copenhagen
🇲🇽in🇩🇰
https://globe.ku.dk/research/hologenomics/evolutionary-and-conservation-group/
Islands are amazing #biodiversity study systems. Here is our perspective on how they can be used as models for #conservation
Thanks to José and Maëva for their great leadership on this
#consgen #popgen
Thanks to José and Maëva for their great leadership on this
#consgen #popgen
V happy about this one (@brentcemerson.bsky.social @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social @hernmoral.bsky.social)et al
Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation.
1/2
Species have survived on oceanic islands for Mya despite occupying small geographic areas, facing environmental calamities and having low Ne. We discuss this w/ a focus on conservation.
1/2
September 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Islands are amazing #biodiversity study systems. Here is our perspective on how they can be used as models for #conservation
Thanks to José and Maëva for their great leadership on this
#consgen #popgen
Thanks to José and Maëva for their great leadership on this
#consgen #popgen
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
We are recruiting a PhD student 🥼🙋
Topic: how germ cells bend gene expression dogmas
Fly genetics + proteomics + genomics. Fully funded.
Aarhus University 🇩🇰
info on the project and how to apply👇
mbg.au.dk/en/peter-and...
I'd really appreciate it if you'd help spread the word.
Thanks
Topic: how germ cells bend gene expression dogmas
Fly genetics + proteomics + genomics. Fully funded.
Aarhus University 🇩🇰
info on the project and how to apply👇
mbg.au.dk/en/peter-and...
I'd really appreciate it if you'd help spread the word.
Thanks
September 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
We are recruiting a PhD student 🥼🙋
Topic: how germ cells bend gene expression dogmas
Fly genetics + proteomics + genomics. Fully funded.
Aarhus University 🇩🇰
info on the project and how to apply👇
mbg.au.dk/en/peter-and...
I'd really appreciate it if you'd help spread the word.
Thanks
Topic: how germ cells bend gene expression dogmas
Fly genetics + proteomics + genomics. Fully funded.
Aarhus University 🇩🇰
info on the project and how to apply👇
mbg.au.dk/en/peter-and...
I'd really appreciate it if you'd help spread the word.
Thanks
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Past selection by extinct raptors might explain color polymorphism in the Kākāpō
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/p...
#ornithology
Past selection by extinct raptors might explain color polymorphism in the Kākāpō
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/p...
#ornithology
Past selection by extinct raptors might explain color polymorphism in the Kākāpō
Genetic analyses and simulations point to balancing selection.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Past selection by extinct raptors might explain color polymorphism in the Kākāpō
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/p...
#ornithology
Past selection by extinct raptors might explain color polymorphism in the Kākāpō
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/p...
#ornithology
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include:
1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc
2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding
1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc
2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding
September 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include:
1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc
2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding
1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc
2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Hi Everyone! I am hiring a 2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics at my lab at Rice University!
You can read more about the position here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Please reach out with any questions!
You can read more about the position here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Please reach out with any questions!
Postdoctoral Associate - BioSciences
The Hennelly Lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in evolutionary and population genomics in mammalian systems. The project will involve analyzing genomic data from modern and historical/an...
emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com
September 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Hi Everyone! I am hiring a 2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics at my lab at Rice University!
You can read more about the position here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Please reach out with any questions!
You can read more about the position here: emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Please reach out with any questions!
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
I am looking for potential candidates interested in applying for an external postdoctoral fellowship in my lab at Uppsala University. If you want to work on buzz pollination please get in touch. Reach me by email. More about our current work here: plant-evolution.org/wp/
August 31, 2026 at 5:22 AM
I am looking for potential candidates interested in applying for an external postdoctoral fellowship in my lab at Uppsala University. If you want to work on buzz pollination please get in touch. Reach me by email. More about our current work here: plant-evolution.org/wp/
Our teams had a great time at the 7th European Conservation Genetics Meeting in Antwerp, contributing 4 talks and 3 posters.
Thanks to the organizers for a fantastic meeting! #ConsGenMeeting2026
Thanks to the organizers for a fantastic meeting! #ConsGenMeeting2026
August 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Our teams had a great time at the 7th European Conservation Genetics Meeting in Antwerp, contributing 4 talks and 3 posters.
Thanks to the organizers for a fantastic meeting! #ConsGenMeeting2026
Thanks to the organizers for a fantastic meeting! #ConsGenMeeting2026
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
@hernmoral.bsky.social giving an exzellent keynote on what happens when populations decline #genomicerosion #extinctiondebth #temporalgenomics #consgen #consgenmeeting2026
August 27, 2026 at 12:11 PM
@hernmoral.bsky.social giving an exzellent keynote on what happens when populations decline #genomicerosion #extinctiondebth #temporalgenomics #consgen #consgenmeeting2026
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
We have a new paper! Here we argue that the Global South needs to play a central role in biodiversity genomics, and not be relegated to sample providers. We also propose a pathway forward. #genomics #consgen
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | Sequencing life on Earth: why the Global South must be central
The biodiversity crisis is accelerating, with recent IUCN Red List confirming multiple recent species extinctions (IUCN, 2025). Of the 17 megadiverse countri...
www.frontiersin.org
August 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
We have a new paper! Here we argue that the Global South needs to play a central role in biodiversity genomics, and not be relegated to sample providers. We also propose a pathway forward. #genomics #consgen
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
University of Auckland is looking for: Lead Technologist – Genomics - Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora | School of Biological Sciences in Auckland, New Zealand. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
Lead Technologist – Genomics - Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora | School of Biological Sciences
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandKo te whare Pūtaiao | The Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland is the largest and most highly...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
August 24, 2026 at 4:58 AM
University of Auckland is looking for: Lead Technologist – Genomics - Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora | School of Biological Sciences in Auckland, New Zealand. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch!
We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).
We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).
August 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Officially recruiting postdocs at GW. If you are interested in genetic novelty, structural variation, or evo genetics please get in touch!
We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).
We have data sets on mulitple organisms with large population sizes (Drosophila, Megalonaias nervosa) and species in decline (fireflies, mussels, elephants).
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
I'm looking for PhD student to join my lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Fall 2027)! If you're interested in evolutionary genomics, conservation genetics, or biogeography, please reach out.
I'll also be at #AOS2026 this week talking about sexual selection in small populations.
I'll also be at #AOS2026 this week talking about sexual selection in small populations.
August 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm looking for PhD student to join my lab at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Fall 2027)! If you're interested in evolutionary genomics, conservation genetics, or biogeography, please reach out.
I'll also be at #AOS2026 this week talking about sexual selection in small populations.
I'll also be at #AOS2026 this week talking about sexual selection in small populations.
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Just posted: a group paper describing major updates to my software pixy, for population genetic summary statistics.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New since 2021: arbitrary ploidy, multiallelic sites, missingness-aware Watterson's θ and Tajima's D, Hudson's FST, multicore execution!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New since 2021: arbitrary ploidy, multiallelic sites, missingness-aware Watterson's θ and Tajima's D, Hudson's FST, multicore execution!
August 3, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Just posted: a group paper describing major updates to my software pixy, for population genetic summary statistics.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New since 2021: arbitrary ploidy, multiallelic sites, missingness-aware Watterson's θ and Tajima's D, Hudson's FST, multicore execution!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New since 2021: arbitrary ploidy, multiallelic sites, missingness-aware Watterson's θ and Tajima's D, Hudson's FST, multicore execution!
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Please share: Full-time PhD position on Butterfly Evolution at High Elevations 🦋⛰️
The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics.
DEADLINE: September 11, 2026
More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/
The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics.
DEADLINE: September 11, 2026
More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/
Join us
Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. Open PhD position (full time) Comparative and Population Genomics of Butterflies at High Elevations. The project aims to understand …
pavelmatos.wordpress.com
July 31, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Please share: Full-time PhD position on Butterfly Evolution at High Elevations 🦋⛰️
The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics.
DEADLINE: September 11, 2026
More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/
The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics.
DEADLINE: September 11, 2026
More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Still time to apply: Postdoc position in our lab together with @meauxjuliette.bsky.social to combine Ecological models with quantitative genetics. Become part of a great community of Ecological Genetics.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de
July 23, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Still time to apply: Postdoc position in our lab together with @meauxjuliette.bsky.social to combine Ecological models with quantitative genetics. Become part of a great community of Ecological Genetics.
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Hi all, putting feelers out: folks looking for a job ASAP in the 🇬🇧 in Cornwall, or willing to move? Collaborating group hiring a couple roles with skills in any of:
- insect injections (incl. gene edits)
- machine learning for image analysis
- experience with 🦋 a plus!
Can email me at link below.
- insect injections (incl. gene edits)
- machine learning for image analysis
- experience with 🦋 a plus!
Can email me at link below.
Discovery
experts.exeter.ac.uk
July 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Hi all, putting feelers out: folks looking for a job ASAP in the 🇬🇧 in Cornwall, or willing to move? Collaborating group hiring a couple roles with skills in any of:
- insect injections (incl. gene edits)
- machine learning for image analysis
- experience with 🦋 a plus!
Can email me at link below.
- insect injections (incl. gene edits)
- machine learning for image analysis
- experience with 🦋 a plus!
Can email me at link below.
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍
Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
July 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍
Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social COST Action: CONSENSA
Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics
www.cost.eu/actions/CA25...
Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable
Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics
www.cost.eu/actions/CA25...
Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable
July 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social COST Action: CONSENSA
Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics
www.cost.eu/actions/CA25...
Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable
Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics
www.cost.eu/actions/CA25...
Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
Interested in joining a growing lab in LA? We’re hiring a postdoc!! Please spread the word to folks in your network and feel free to get in touch with any questions recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11142
July 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Interested in joining a growing lab in LA? We’re hiring a postdoc!! Please spread the word to folks in your network and feel free to get in touch with any questions recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11142
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
The Schatz Center is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar with experience in whole-genome resequencing to study how demography, genetic variation, and selection interact to contribute to range expansion and adaptation. Come join us!! #evolutionarygenomics psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Postdoctoral Scholar - Adaptive Evolutionary Genomics
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
July 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The Schatz Center is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar with experience in whole-genome resequencing to study how demography, genetic variation, and selection interact to contribute to range expansion and adaptation. Come join us!! #evolutionarygenomics psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
A bioinformatician position is open at Naturalis in the Netherlands! You'll build the high-throughput sequencing and AI pipelines that make species monitoring accessible to researchers, industry, policy and citizens.
More info: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
More info: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
Naturalis Biodiversity Center hiring Bioinformatician in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands | LinkedIn
Posted 1:59:04 PM. Can a teaspoon of soil reveal the species living around it? At Naturalis in Leiden, we turn…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com
July 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
A bioinformatician position is open at Naturalis in the Netherlands! You'll build the high-throughput sequencing and AI pipelines that make species monitoring accessible to researchers, industry, policy and citizens.
More info: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
More info: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
Reposted by Hernán E. Morales
It was a great experience chairing S15 sympo at #SMBE2026 with @carolinapacheco.bsky.social & Cindy, but it was tainted by Anubhab's absence, which is a reminder that the world is not equally open to all.
Imagine the kinds of talks we can get if the world is more open!
Imagine the kinds of talks we can get if the world is more open!
July 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It was a great experience chairing S15 sympo at #SMBE2026 with @carolinapacheco.bsky.social & Cindy, but it was tainted by Anubhab's absence, which is a reminder that the world is not equally open to all.
Imagine the kinds of talks we can get if the world is more open!
Imagine the kinds of talks we can get if the world is more open!
Aftet a great #SMBE2026 social dinner @xuejingwang.bsky.social is presenting this work in the open symposium.
Main room 10:45am
Come listen to her :)
Main room 10:45am
Come listen to her :)
Just in time for #SMBE2026, our new preprint is out: using 130 genomes spanning ~200 years, fitness data and simulations, we show that conservation rescued the Mauritius kestrel from extinction, but not from genomic erosion. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#popgen #consgen #conservation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#popgen #consgen #conservation
July 2, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Aftet a great #SMBE2026 social dinner @xuejingwang.bsky.social is presenting this work in the open symposium.
Main room 10:45am
Come listen to her :)
Main room 10:45am
Come listen to her :)
Just in time for #SMBE2026, our new preprint is out: using 130 genomes spanning ~200 years, fitness data and simulations, we show that conservation rescued the Mauritius kestrel from extinction, but not from genomic erosion. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#popgen #consgen #conservation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#popgen #consgen #conservation
July 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Just in time for #SMBE2026, our new preprint is out: using 130 genomes spanning ~200 years, fitness data and simulations, we show that conservation rescued the Mauritius kestrel from extinction, but not from genomic erosion. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#popgen #consgen #conservation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#popgen #consgen #conservation