Frank Hailer
@o-o-frank.bsky.social
Evolutionary geneticist at Cardiff University, Wales.
Cardiff Molecular Ecology and Evolution @MolEcolCU
Otter Project @Otter_Project
Associate Editor, Heredity @heredityjournal.bsky.social
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=GEC8f5YAAAAJ
Cardiff Molecular Ecology and Evolution @MolEcolCU
Otter Project @Otter_Project
Associate Editor, Heredity @heredityjournal.bsky.social
https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=GEC8f5YAAAAJ
Hopefully this review by Alex Aylward, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Maria Kiladi & Gregory Radick will form an important contribution to the Genetics Society UK, but also the wider scientific community in wrapping our heads around how genetics and biology not only widely accepted, ...
May 29, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Hopefully this review by Alex Aylward, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Maria Kiladi & Gregory Radick will form an important contribution to the Genetics Society UK, but also the wider scientific community in wrapping our heads around how genetics and biology not only widely accepted, ...
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Eurasian #otters are an endangered and elusive species that is challenging to monitor. Researchers from Cardiff University have now developed a new way to study otters—by analysing their spraint: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... #RSOS
March 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Eurasian #otters are an endangered and elusive species that is challenging to monitor. Researchers from Cardiff University have now developed a new way to study otters—by analysing their spraint: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article... #RSOS
Congratulations to Dr. (!) Celia Vinagre-Izquierdo and the supervisors for this excellent scientific work.
Really enjoyed contributed to the evaluation of the thesis, and a pleasure to be in Seville for the occasion.
Really enjoyed contributed to the evaluation of the thesis, and a pleasure to be in Seville for the occasion.
Congratulations to Dr. Celia Vinagre-Izquierdo for her PhD thesis "Chromosomal inversions as a mechanism for sympatric differentiation in common quails" (1/3) @celiavinagre.bsky.social @consevol.bsky.social #evolquail @ebdonana.bsky.social
May 9, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Congratulations to Dr. (!) Celia Vinagre-Izquierdo and the supervisors for this excellent scientific work.
Really enjoyed contributed to the evaluation of the thesis, and a pleasure to be in Seville for the occasion.
Really enjoyed contributed to the evaluation of the thesis, and a pleasure to be in Seville for the occasion.
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There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! 🐦
Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via www.bto.org/jobs
Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via www.bto.org/jobs
Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
April 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
There's a mini jobs bonanza just now at BTO! 🐦
Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via www.bto.org/jobs
Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
Apply to become our next Scottish Raptor Monitoring Coordinator, Biological Data Manager or Research Support Officer via www.bto.org/jobs
Birds Science People; it is a powerful combination – will you be part of it?
The #IUCN Conservation Genetics Specialist Group (which I am proud to be part of) has a new website up, see below. Beginning to add resources, and also highlights our members across the globe. We hope this resource will help others reach out to us to input or advice.
#conservation #genetics #SSC
#conservation #genetics #SSC
April 22, 2026 at 10:20 AM
The #IUCN Conservation Genetics Specialist Group (which I am proud to be part of) has a new website up, see below. Beginning to add resources, and also highlights our members across the globe. We hope this resource will help others reach out to us to input or advice.
#conservation #genetics #SSC
#conservation #genetics #SSC
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Our new paper on mitogenome sequences from otter spraint, with Sarah and Jenny as joint first authors, has been featured in an article by phys.org!
Read the article here:
phys.org/news/2026-03...
Read the article here:
phys.org/news/2026-03...
March 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Our new paper on mitogenome sequences from otter spraint, with Sarah and Jenny as joint first authors, has been featured in an article by phys.org!
Read the article here:
phys.org/news/2026-03...
Read the article here:
phys.org/news/2026-03...
Very glad about this new paper by former Cardiff Uni @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social PhD student Annalea Beard @annaleabeard.bsky.social come out in #MovementEcology. Documenting very different foraging behaviours and ranges in cool versus hot season breeding populations #stormpetrels from #StHelena.
Band-rumped storm-petrels from St Helena in the South Atlantic reveal differing seasonal #foraging preferences. Thanks to all involved in this manuscript @o-o-frank.bsky.social @steffopp.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social
#seabirds #biologging #StHRS #conservation
doi.org/10.1186/s404...
#seabirds #biologging #StHRS #conservation
doi.org/10.1186/s404...
Contrasting foraging strategies of seasonally segregated populations of the band-rumped storm-petrel at St Helena, South Atlantic - Movement Ecology
Movement Ecology - Allochrony can be a cause or consequence of speciation, either creating temporal reproductive isolation that reduces gene flow between diverging populations or reinforcing...
doi.org
March 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Very glad about this new paper by former Cardiff Uni @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social PhD student Annalea Beard @annaleabeard.bsky.social come out in #MovementEcology. Documenting very different foraging behaviours and ranges in cool versus hot season breeding populations #stormpetrels from #StHelena.
🚨New paper out
Recovering whole mitogenome sequences from Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) spraint samples: a metagenomic approach doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@sduplessis.bsky.social
@otterproject.bsky.social
@molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
Recovering whole mitogenome sequences from Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) spraint samples: a metagenomic approach doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@sduplessis.bsky.social
@otterproject.bsky.social
@molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
Recovering whole mitogenome sequences from Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) spraint samples: a metagenomic approach
Abstract. Non-invasive genetic monitoring of endangered species and populations is a crucial component of conservation biology, especially for elusive spec
doi.org
March 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
🚨New paper out
Recovering whole mitogenome sequences from Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) spraint samples: a metagenomic approach doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@sduplessis.bsky.social
@otterproject.bsky.social
@molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
Recovering whole mitogenome sequences from Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) spraint samples: a metagenomic approach doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@sduplessis.bsky.social
@otterproject.bsky.social
@molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
Nice to see Eurasian #otters increasing in coastal areas of the UK, as part of their ongoing Britain-wide recovery.
We're currently studying coastal otters particularly. More on that in due course... 🦦
@otterproject.bsky.social @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
BBC News share.google/iZkPpK5lV0jt...
We're currently studying coastal otters particularly. More on that in due course... 🦦
@otterproject.bsky.social @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
BBC News share.google/iZkPpK5lV0jt...
Otter ignores humans as it hunts on Mudeford Quay
The otter was filmed trotting past humans at Mudeford Quay as it hunted for its breakfast.
share.google
February 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Nice to see Eurasian #otters increasing in coastal areas of the UK, as part of their ongoing Britain-wide recovery.
We're currently studying coastal otters particularly. More on that in due course... 🦦
@otterproject.bsky.social @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
BBC News share.google/iZkPpK5lV0jt...
We're currently studying coastal otters particularly. More on that in due course... 🦦
@otterproject.bsky.social @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
BBC News share.google/iZkPpK5lV0jt...
Delighted to get to work with these brilliant women!
Featured in the post project lead Elizabeth Chadwick, project officer and PhD student Chloe Hawthorn, PhD students Holly Hulme, Gu Jiaying and Sandra Simoes and placement students Sophie and Sandy. Thank you!! 🦦🎉
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Delighted to get to work with these brilliant women!
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#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School announcement ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social www.sib.swiss/training/cou...
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics
Biodiversity Bioinformatics Summer School
This School is co-organized by SIB/ELIXIR Switzerland and de.NBI/ELIXIR Germany
Overview
Biodiversity is fundamental to ecosystem functioning, yet it
www.sib.swiss
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM
#biodiversity #bioinformatics Summer School announcement ... 21-26 June in Siegen, Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social www.sib.swiss/training/cou...
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics
🟢 eDNA & ecosystems
🟣 pangenome diversity
🔵 population genetics
🟡 comparative genomics
Pleasure hosting Prof Carl Jones from #Durrell today for a seminar at @cardiffuni.bsky.social. Inspiring to hear first hand accounts of how he saved several nearly extinct species on #Mauritius. @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Pleasure hosting Prof Carl Jones from #Durrell today for a seminar at @cardiffuni.bsky.social. Inspiring to hear first hand accounts of how he saved several nearly extinct species on #Mauritius. @molecol-cardiffuni.bsky.social
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Ancient DNA reveals low levels of past genetic diversity in the Andean Condor
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/a...
#ornithology
Ancient DNA reveals low levels of past genetic diversity in the Andean Condor
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/a...
#ornithology
Ancient DNA reveals low levels of past genetic diversity in the Andean Condor
Low genetic diversity might be the natural state for this vulture.
avianhybrids.wordpress.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Your daily Avian Hybrids story!
Ancient DNA reveals low levels of past genetic diversity in the Andean Condor
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/a...
#ornithology
Ancient DNA reveals low levels of past genetic diversity in the Andean Condor
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/09/29/a...
#ornithology
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New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
Avian Ecologist
Salary - £31,942 - £33,898 Depending on experience Hybrid working (50/50) Location: Edinburgh Closing date: 16th January 2026 We are looking for an enthusiastic Avian Ecologist to join our team in Edi...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New Year, new job. Come and join the @ukceh.bsky.social team on the Isle of May
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
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A big shout out to our reviewers, authors and associate editors for sharing science, support, trust, kindness and wisdom.
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A big shout out to our reviewers, authors and associate editors for sharing science, support, trust, kindness and wisdom.
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
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Happy to highlight an essay I wrote together with @marcdemanuel.bsky.social,
@natanaels.bsky.social and Anastasia Stolyarova, trying to think through what sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
@natanaels.bsky.social and Anastasia Stolyarova, trying to think through what sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
What sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species?
Germline mutation rates per generation are strikingly similar across animals, despite vast differences in life histories. Analogously, in at least one somatic cell type, mutation rates at the end of l...
www.biorxiv.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy to highlight an essay I wrote together with @marcdemanuel.bsky.social,
@natanaels.bsky.social and Anastasia Stolyarova, trying to think through what sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
@natanaels.bsky.social and Anastasia Stolyarova, trying to think through what sets the mutation rate of a cell type in an animal species: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
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Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non-Model Species
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non‐Model Species
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are increasingly being analysed using whole genome sequences in non-model species as a measure of inbreeding and to assess demographic history, thus providing useful inform...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non-Model Species
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We are happy to be featured in this article on the revival of otters in Britain, including the link to our paper on 'effective population size’. Our research suggests that optimism about recovery should be tempered with caution - low genetic diversity may limit future population resilience.
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We are happy to be featured in this article on the revival of otters in Britain, including the link to our paper on 'effective population size’. Our research suggests that optimism about recovery should be tempered with caution - low genetic diversity may limit future population resilience.
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There are still a few more days left to apply for our #AnimalEcology and #MovementEcology #PhDposition! 🧪 #PhDOpening @utu.fi
Interested in #RaptorResearch and #MovementEcology? 🧪
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
The #AnimalEcology Lab at @utu.fi has an open #PhDposition!
We’ll be tagging WTEs with cutting-edge #GPS devices to study their early-life journeys.
Curious to learn more? See the advert: shorturl.at/HMZ84
#PhDOpening #PhDChat #BioLogging
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
There are still a few more days left to apply for our #AnimalEcology and #MovementEcology #PhDposition! 🧪 #PhDOpening @utu.fi
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NatureScot seeks an experienced ornithologist for seabird conservation in Scotland. The role involves seabird restoration, resilience in colonies and Marine Protected Areas, advisory work, and developing research and guidance. Apply by 21 December 2025:
1011-340 Marine Ornithology Adviser - D Grade - December 2025
Job title: 1011-340 Marine Ornithology Adviser | Grade: D | Hours: 35 (full-time) | Vacancy type: One year with possibility of extension | Salary £40,161 | Location: All NatureScot offices/…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NatureScot seeks an experienced ornithologist for seabird conservation in Scotland. The role involves seabird restoration, resilience in colonies and Marine Protected Areas, advisory work, and developing research and guidance. Apply by 21 December 2025:
Undergraduates interested in developing a proposal to join my research group this summer: please get in touch! 🐻🦅🦦💦🐺🐦🐠🦠
Applications for the Genetics Society Summer Studentship Grants are open! If you’re an undergrad itching to dive into real research, this is your doorway into the lab.
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Undergraduates interested in developing a proposal to join my research group this summer: please get in touch! 🐻🦅🦦💦🐺🐦🐠🦠
Well done, Lynne!! 🍄🌳
Huge shout-out to Prof Lynne Boddy from @cardiffuni.bsky.social School of Biosciences, for #BES award for a lifetime of incredible achievements in fungal ecology and conservation
Professor Lynne Boddy, recipient of the President's medal.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Well done, Lynne!! 🍄🌳
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Hi Folks !
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Hi Folks !
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
Back to Cardiff, after serving as external #PhD examiner. Congrats to Stefano Porrelli from #QMUL for passing his viva with minor corrections. Fascinating work on #introgression and incomplete lineage sorting in Ruminants.
Congrats also to supervisors @anneropiquet.bsky.social, Alexandre Hassanin
Congrats also to supervisors @anneropiquet.bsky.social, Alexandre Hassanin
October 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Back to Cardiff, after serving as external #PhD examiner. Congrats to Stefano Porrelli from #QMUL for passing his viva with minor corrections. Fascinating work on #introgression and incomplete lineage sorting in Ruminants.
Congrats also to supervisors @anneropiquet.bsky.social, Alexandre Hassanin
Congrats also to supervisors @anneropiquet.bsky.social, Alexandre Hassanin
#Wanted: running and alive:
Someone with an active #SEQUENCHER software license. I have a few old Sequencher project data files with #DNA sequence data (*.spf), but no access to the software. Anyone with access could perhaps help me export the files?
Please RT
Someone with an active #SEQUENCHER software license. I have a few old Sequencher project data files with #DNA sequence data (*.spf), but no access to the software. Anyone with access could perhaps help me export the files?
Please RT
July 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#Wanted: running and alive:
Someone with an active #SEQUENCHER software license. I have a few old Sequencher project data files with #DNA sequence data (*.spf), but no access to the software. Anyone with access could perhaps help me export the files?
Please RT
Someone with an active #SEQUENCHER software license. I have a few old Sequencher project data files with #DNA sequence data (*.spf), but no access to the software. Anyone with access could perhaps help me export the files?
Please RT