Ina Satokangas
@inasatok.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @ Univ. Edinburgh. Evolutionary genomics, structural genomic variation, adaptation/ speciation/ hybridisation. Wood ants, cichlids, butterflies & simulations.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X5vOIiMAAAAJ&hl=fi&oi=ao
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My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI.
My new post:
blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...
My new post:
blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...
Why I am not reading your AI-generated email
I hope this email finds you well-aligned
blekhman.substack.com
October 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI.
My new post:
blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...
My new post:
blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...
October in Edinburgh - flowers all year round, and morning coffee is still pleasant to have in the garden. The mild marine climate keeps feeling special.
October 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
October in Edinburgh - flowers all year round, and morning coffee is still pleasant to have in the garden. The mild marine climate keeps feeling special.
SLiM simulation workshop in Glasgow in Jan 2027! Cannot highly enough recommend these workshops led by Ben Haller; was an invaluable starting point for my own first simulation project. groups.google.com/g/slim-discu...
#SLiM #simulation #popgen #evolution #genomics
#SLiM #simulation #popgen #evolution #genomics
SLiM Workshop in Glasgow (UK), January 11-15, 2027
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September 8, 2026 at 7:08 AM
SLiM simulation workshop in Glasgow in Jan 2027! Cannot highly enough recommend these workshops led by Ben Haller; was an invaluable starting point for my own first simulation project. groups.google.com/g/slim-discu...
#SLiM #simulation #popgen #evolution #genomics
#SLiM #simulation #popgen #evolution #genomics
A cool bunch of new speciation papers out recently in Molecular Ecology, looking at divergence, hybridisation, recombination, genome architecture, and so on! Genomics of Speciation special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#speciation #divergence #hybridisation #recombination #genomics
#speciation #divergence #hybridisation #recombination #genomics
Special Issue: Genomics of Speciation: Molecular Ecology
Molecular Ecology is an international journal for research using molecular genetic techniques to address questions in ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:11 PM
A cool bunch of new speciation papers out recently in Molecular Ecology, looking at divergence, hybridisation, recombination, genome architecture, and so on! Genomics of Speciation special issue: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
#speciation #divergence #hybridisation #recombination #genomics
#speciation #divergence #hybridisation #recombination #genomics
The last paper from my PhD is out in Molecular Ecology. We looked at genomic divergence and introgression across a young species group of five Formica wood ant species 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜.
My favourite result: Introgression was not strongly positively correlated with recombination rate!
My favourite result: Introgression was not strongly positively correlated with recombination rate!
August 20, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The last paper from my PhD is out in Molecular Ecology. We looked at genomic divergence and introgression across a young species group of five Formica wood ant species 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜.
My favourite result: Introgression was not strongly positively correlated with recombination rate!
My favourite result: Introgression was not strongly positively correlated with recombination rate!
My thought-provoker today: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I hadn't realised the connection between the rising bar for funding & the increased use of AI in generating applications. So topical for an early-career researcher trying to secure the next funding. I wonder how (quickly) funders can adapt.
I hadn't realised the connection between the rising bar for funding & the increased use of AI in generating applications. So topical for an early-career researcher trying to secure the next funding. I wonder how (quickly) funders can adapt.
Could agentic AI topple grant-funding systems?
Funders must take action before an increase in submission of high-quality proposals written using AI models makes it impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff.
www.nature.com
April 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
My thought-provoker today: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I hadn't realised the connection between the rising bar for funding & the increased use of AI in generating applications. So topical for an early-career researcher trying to secure the next funding. I wonder how (quickly) funders can adapt.
I hadn't realised the connection between the rising bar for funding & the increased use of AI in generating applications. So topical for an early-career researcher trying to secure the next funding. I wonder how (quickly) funders can adapt.
Spring in Scotland. So beautiful and energising.
March 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Spring in Scotland. So beautiful and energising.
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With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
Unil center for theory in ecology and evolution (UCTEE) - FBM Unil
Page Unil Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution of site Faculty of Biology and Medicine hosted by the University of Lausanne
www.unil.ch
March 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
With @saramitri.bsky.social, @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social and L. Lehmann we’ve launched the UNIL Center for Theory in Ecology and Evolution @unil.bsky.social🇨🇭
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
To kick things off, we’re offering short visiting fellowships for theorists in ecology & evolution. Apply & pls RP 😀
tinyurl.com/2wem36zz
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Excellent advice for PhD student applicants... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Eight common errors I see in PhD applications and interviews, and how to avoid them
Convince a supervisor that you’re a great fit for their laboratory by preparing questions, honing your personal statement and showcasing strong team-player instincts.
www.nature.com
March 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Excellent advice for PhD student applicants... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A dream came true as I started recently a postdoc in Edinburgh, @ simonmartinlab.org! I study the role of #chromosomal #inversions in #adaptation - especially in changing environments; involving #popgen, African monarch #butterfly #pangenomics & #SLiM. Big thank you #skr for making this possible.
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A dream came true as I started recently a postdoc in Edinburgh, @ simonmartinlab.org! I study the role of #chromosomal #inversions in #adaptation - especially in changing environments; involving #popgen, African monarch #butterfly #pangenomics & #SLiM. Big thank you #skr for making this possible.
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Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Population Genetics group 59
populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
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If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
Thank you ESEB2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social & Barcelona! Lovely to get to know new amazing people and reconnect with old friends. Now digesting all the science & inspiration while in a train to new home in Edinburgh ❤️(more about that later on)…
August 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank you ESEB2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social & Barcelona! Lovely to get to know new amazing people and reconnect with old friends. Now digesting all the science & inspiration while in a train to new home in Edinburgh ❤️(more about that later on)…
Feeling honored and very thankful to everyone involved! 🙏
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/univ...
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/univ...
Four award-winning doctoral theses at the University of Helsinki span biobanks, the Bible, brainpower, and biodiversity | University of Helsinki
Mattia Cordioli, Paavo Huotari, Ita Puusepp and Ina Satokangas were each awarded €4,000 for their distinguished doctoral theses.
www.helsinki.fi
May 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Feeling honored and very thankful to everyone involved! 🙏
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/univ...
www.helsinki.fi/en/news/univ...
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Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6
A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn (Gift Article)
Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Over 30 prominent scientists call for a ban on the creation of a "mirror cell"--a microbe made of molecules that are mirror images of their natural forms. It could cause a mind-boggling global disaster. Here's my story [gift link] 🧪https://nyti.ms/3OUCXp6
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My and Derek Setter's work on gene flow is now published in the latest issue of Genetics. We show that it is possible to detect past gene flow between two populations by summarising the asymmetry in pop-specific external branch lengths. 1/2
tinyurl.com/5ff8ch9e
tinyurl.com/5ff8ch9e
Genealogical asymmetry under the isolation with migration model and a two-taxon test for gene flow
Abstract. Methods for detecting gene flow between populations often rely on asymmetry in the average length of particular genealogical branches, with the A
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December 12, 2024 at 2:17 PM
My and Derek Setter's work on gene flow is now published in the latest issue of Genetics. We show that it is possible to detect past gene flow between two populations by summarising the asymmetry in pop-specific external branch lengths. 1/2
tinyurl.com/5ff8ch9e
tinyurl.com/5ff8ch9e
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#PhD Advert: Please share! Are you looking for a PhD studentship in comparative- or population-genomics, using 300+ species of #Drosophila and 1000+ genomes of #melanogaster? #Entomology #Genomics #PopGen #Phylogenetics
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
#PhD Advert: Please share! Are you looking for a PhD studentship in comparative- or population-genomics, using 300+ species of #Drosophila and 1000+ genomes of #melanogaster? #Entomology #Genomics #PopGen #Phylogenetics
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I made a starter pack of speciation researchers. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to be added. I am particularly sad that so far there are not many speciation researchers from the Global South represented.
go.bsky.app/J7qDY56
go.bsky.app/J7qDY56
December 7, 2024 at 4:40 PM
I made a starter pack of speciation researchers. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to be added. I am particularly sad that so far there are not many speciation researchers from the Global South represented.
go.bsky.app/J7qDY56
go.bsky.app/J7qDY56
I feel thrilled to have been awarded a grant to study the role of structural genomic variation in resilience to environmental change. One step closer to a postdoc period in Edinburgh. Thank you #skr2024 #postdocpooli.
December 5, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I feel thrilled to have been awarded a grant to study the role of structural genomic variation in resilience to environmental change. One step closer to a postdoc period in Edinburgh. Thank you #skr2024 #postdocpooli.
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Extended abstract submission deadline for the Speciation GRS: December 8th!
Encourage your graduate students, labmates, academic buddies, inspiring postdocs to join us in Ventura this March to marvel over Darwin's mystery of mysteries: The Origin of Species.
www.grc.org/speciation-g...
Encourage your graduate students, labmates, academic buddies, inspiring postdocs to join us in Ventura this March to marvel over Darwin's mystery of mysteries: The Origin of Species.
www.grc.org/speciation-g...
2025 Speciation (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Speciation (GRS) will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 29, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Extended abstract submission deadline for the Speciation GRS: December 8th!
Encourage your graduate students, labmates, academic buddies, inspiring postdocs to join us in Ventura this March to marvel over Darwin's mystery of mysteries: The Origin of Species.
www.grc.org/speciation-g...
Encourage your graduate students, labmates, academic buddies, inspiring postdocs to join us in Ventura this March to marvel over Darwin's mystery of mysteries: The Origin of Species.
www.grc.org/speciation-g...
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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
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November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Super excited to start my first postdoc & join the Integrative Evolutionary Biology lab (Univ. Helsinki) for spring 2025! Can’t wait to get my hands on structural genomic variation behind coloration & sex determination in East African cichlids. 🐠 w @Claudius Kratochwil & team
November 13, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Super excited to start my first postdoc & join the Integrative Evolutionary Biology lab (Univ. Helsinki) for spring 2025! Can’t wait to get my hands on structural genomic variation behind coloration & sex determination in East African cichlids. 🐠 w @Claudius Kratochwil & team
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Do you work in ecology/evolution? Did you do a study that is too small to publish as a full manuscript? Negative results? Part of a larger effort? Consider publishing in microPublication Biology: EEB!
www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
Short papers, one figure. And we peer review! Please RT
www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
Short papers, one figure. And we peer review! Please RT
microPublication - Get Your Data Out, Be Cited
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June 3, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Do you work in ecology/evolution? Did you do a study that is too small to publish as a full manuscript? Negative results? Part of a larger effort? Consider publishing in microPublication Biology: EEB!
www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
Short papers, one figure. And we peer review! Please RT
www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...
Short papers, one figure. And we peer review! Please RT
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To help SMTPB grow & build a community in modeling, theory, simulations, & data analysis in population biology (widely interpreted, incl. ecology, evolution, epidemiology, systematics...), please share this widely, join the listserv (email [email protected]), & consider membership (smtpb.org)!
Society for Modeling and Theory in Population Biology - Join
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May 10, 2024 at 10:51 PM
To help SMTPB grow & build a community in modeling, theory, simulations, & data analysis in population biology (widely interpreted, incl. ecology, evolution, epidemiology, systematics...), please share this widely, join the listserv (email [email protected]), & consider membership (smtpb.org)!