Nora Kroeger from the Johnson lab takes home the #Atwood2026 Golden Blurb!
April 25, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Nora Kroeger from the Johnson lab takes home the #Atwood2026 Golden Blurb!
#Atwood2025 ends with Grad Appreciation Night!
That’s all from us this year, see you next year for #Atwood2026
Signing off,
Irtaqa Arif and Sherry Du
That’s all from us this year, see you next year for #Atwood2026
Signing off,
Irtaqa Arif and Sherry Du
April 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
#Atwood2025 ends with Grad Appreciation Night!
That’s all from us this year, see you next year for #Atwood2026
Signing off,
Irtaqa Arif and Sherry Du
That’s all from us this year, see you next year for #Atwood2026
Signing off,
Irtaqa Arif and Sherry Du
Daniel Fusca from the Cutter lab tells us about recent adaptation in Caenorhabditis. Worms adapt too! 🪱 #Atwood2026
April 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Daniel Fusca from the Cutter lab tells us about recent adaptation in Caenorhabditis. Worms adapt too! 🪱 #Atwood2026
New neighbourhood, who dis? Gihyun Yoo from the Weir lab asks about the prevalence of parapatric speciation! 🐦 #Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM
New neighbourhood, who dis? Gihyun Yoo from the Weir lab asks about the prevalence of parapatric speciation! 🐦 #Atwood2026
Prof. Art Weis tells us about genomic evidence for stablizing selection on th goldenrod gall fly! 🪰 #Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Prof. Art Weis tells us about genomic evidence for stablizing selection on th goldenrod gall fly! 🪰 #Atwood2026
2 days left! ✨
Meet Dr. James Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Evolution! 🦎🌡️🌎
Learn more about their work here: sites.gatech.edu/stroudlab/
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Meet Dr. James Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Evolution! 🦎🌡️🌎
Learn more about their work here: sites.gatech.edu/stroudlab/
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
April 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
2 days left! ✨
Meet Dr. James Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Evolution! 🦎🌡️🌎
Learn more about their work here: sites.gatech.edu/stroudlab/
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Meet Dr. James Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Evolution! 🦎🌡️🌎
Learn more about their work here: sites.gatech.edu/stroudlab/
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Arthur Leung from the Sage lab tells us about the facultative induction of an evolutionary precursor to C4 photosynthesis — plants rehearsing before the main event 🤩 #Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Arthur Leung from the Sage lab tells us about the facultative induction of an evolutionary precursor to C4 photosynthesis — plants rehearsing before the main event 🤩 #Atwood2026
T-minus 3 days…
Meet Dr. Guzman, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Ecology! 🐝💻🪲
Learn more about their work here: edslab.org
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Meet Dr. Guzman, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Ecology! 🐝💻🪲
Learn more about their work here: edslab.org
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
April 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
T-minus 3 days…
Meet Dr. Guzman, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Ecology! 🐝💻🪲
Learn more about their work here: edslab.org
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Meet Dr. Guzman, the #Atwood2026 Rising Star in Ecology! 🐝💻🪲
Learn more about their work here: edslab.org
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Takuji Usui @usuitakuji.bsky.social from the Frederickson lab hosts the ultimate plus-one debate: should hosts and microbes travel alone, together, or swap partners along the way? 🦠💃 #Atwood2026
April 24, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Takuji Usui @usuitakuji.bsky.social from the Frederickson lab hosts the ultimate plus-one debate: should hosts and microbes travel alone, together, or swap partners along the way? 🦠💃 #Atwood2026
Is what is in the air in the genome?…Irtaqa Arif from the Johnson and Ness labs tells us about the effects of air pollution on inherited mutation rate 💨🧬 #Atwood2026
April 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Is what is in the air in the genome?…Irtaqa Arif from the Johnson and Ness labs tells us about the effects of air pollution on inherited mutation rate 💨🧬 #Atwood2026
Prof. Aneil Agrawal starts off our first full talk session strong with an EEB 20th Anniversary Legacy Talk #Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Prof. Aneil Agrawal starts off our first full talk session strong with an EEB 20th Anniversary Legacy Talk #Atwood2026
Now it wouldn’t be #Atwood2026 without our Grad Appreciation Night!
That’s all folks, tune back next time for #Atwood2027!
Cheers,
Mete Yuksel & Sherry Du
That’s all folks, tune back next time for #Atwood2027!
Cheers,
Mete Yuksel & Sherry Du
April 25, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Now it wouldn’t be #Atwood2026 without our Grad Appreciation Night!
That’s all folks, tune back next time for #Atwood2027!
Cheers,
Mete Yuksel & Sherry Du
That’s all folks, tune back next time for #Atwood2027!
Cheers,
Mete Yuksel & Sherry Du
Dr. Laura Melissa Guzman (Rising Star in Ecology) has got #Atwood2026 buzzing this morning with her talk on how pollinator trends can inform conservation solutions 🐝
April 24, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Dr. Laura Melissa Guzman (Rising Star in Ecology) has got #Atwood2026 buzzing this morning with her talk on how pollinator trends can inform conservation solutions 🐝
Elizabeth Makovec from the Anreiter and Sztepanacz labs tells us about how sex-specific regulation of a pleiotropic gene shapes dispersal — same gene, his and hers. 🧬 #Atwood2026
April 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Elizabeth Makovec from the Anreiter and Sztepanacz labs tells us about how sex-specific regulation of a pleiotropic gene shapes dispersal — same gene, his and hers. 🧬 #Atwood2026
Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares (Atwood Lecturer) tells us about forest resilience and adaptive capacity in an era of rapid global change — and oaks are her star witness 🌳 #Atwood2026
April 25, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares (Atwood Lecturer) tells us about forest resilience and adaptive capacity in an era of rapid global change — and oaks are her star witness 🌳 #Atwood2026
🚨 ONE DAY LEFT! 🚨
Meet Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares, our #Atwood2026 Memorial Lecturer! 🌿🛰️🌳
Learn more about their work here: cavenderlab.oeb.harvard.edu
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Meet Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares, our #Atwood2026 Memorial Lecturer! 🌿🛰️🌳
Learn more about their work here: cavenderlab.oeb.harvard.edu
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
April 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
🚨 ONE DAY LEFT! 🚨
Meet Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares, our #Atwood2026 Memorial Lecturer! 🌿🛰️🌳
Learn more about their work here: cavenderlab.oeb.harvard.edu
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Meet Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares, our #Atwood2026 Memorial Lecturer! 🌿🛰️🌳
Learn more about their work here: cavenderlab.oeb.harvard.edu
Atwood schedule: eeb.utoronto.ca/events/atwoo...
Taylor Naaykens from the D’Aloia Lab soaks up the #Atwood2026 spotlight with her talk on a sponge-fish symbiosis 🧽🐟 #Atwood2026
April 24, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Taylor Naaykens from the D’Aloia Lab soaks up the #Atwood2026 spotlight with her talk on a sponge-fish symbiosis 🧽🐟 #Atwood2026
Mete Yuksel from the Osmond and Mideo labs tells us about a null model for the recombination landscape evolution! Unfortunately these landscapes aren’t so pretty…and models are needed to tell you what patterns to expect #Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Mete Yuksel from the Osmond and Mideo labs tells us about a null model for the recombination landscape evolution! Unfortunately these landscapes aren’t so pretty…and models are needed to tell you what patterns to expect #Atwood2026
The #Atwood2026 Colloquium Committee kicks off our first day with opening remarks!
April 23, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The #Atwood2026 Colloquium Committee kicks off our first day with opening remarks!
Which plants are (spatiotemporally) cooked? Grace Walker Mitchell from the Gilbert lab tells us about predicting extinction risk in plant metapopulations
#Atwood2026
#Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Which plants are (spatiotemporally) cooked? Grace Walker Mitchell from the Gilbert lab tells us about predicting extinction risk in plant metapopulations
#Atwood2026
#Atwood2026
Abby Turner from the Rodd lab tells us about rapid reversible colour change in male Poecilia reticulata — fashion-forward, evolutionarily speaking #Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Abby Turner from the Rodd lab tells us about rapid reversible colour change in male Poecilia reticulata — fashion-forward, evolutionarily speaking #Atwood2026
Shelley Wang from the Fortin lab branches out into the future and asks where boreal trees will leaf us by 2126 🌲🍃 #Atwood2026
April 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Shelley Wang from the Fortin lab branches out into the future and asks where boreal trees will leaf us by 2126 🌲🍃 #Atwood2026
Flood mitigation, field site, or both? Zoë Kang from the Brothers lab tells us about aquatic carbon dynamics in Toronto's newest flood control project #Atwood2026
April 23, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Flood mitigation, field site, or both? Zoë Kang from the Brothers lab tells us about aquatic carbon dynamics in Toronto's newest flood control project #Atwood2026
Youngseo Jeong from the Mideo lab tells us about malaria parasite evolution in immunodeficient hosts — bad news for the mice in their study, interesting findings for the rest of us 🐁🦠 #Atwood2026
April 24, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Youngseo Jeong from the Mideo lab tells us about malaria parasite evolution in immunodeficient hosts — bad news for the mice in their study, interesting findings for the rest of us 🐁🦠 #Atwood2026