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Professor @UTMBiology @eebtoronto , Canada Research Chair. EvoEco of plants & animals. Changing the world one experiment at a time (he/him)

Mississauga, Canada

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Marc Johnson

3 months

WOAH!!! Our article on the ecological, evolutionary & health effects of urban induced mutations got the cover of @NatureEcoEvo @Nature . What a lovely capstone surprise to a wonderful collaboration. Read more here: . Description of the photo in altext.

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Marc Johnson

5 years

Visited ⁦ @Penn ⁩ to give a seminar in ⁦ @PennBiology ⁩ on #urbanevolution . Lots of highlights of the visit, including seeing Prof Dan Janzen’s secret to immortality. #Legend

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Marc Johnson

2 years

1st paper of the #GlobalUrbanEvolution project came out today in @ScienceMagazine . How fitting to have clover on the cover for St. Paddy's Day 🍀☘️🍀☘️! We show that urbanization leads to similar enviro changes and repeated adaptation across the world 1/8

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Marc Johnson

2 years

Attn *ALL* Canadian scientists & engineers! Sign open letter to @JustinTrudeau & @FP_Champagne () asking the CDN Gov to increase @NSERC_CRSNG graduate student funding to above the poverty line & #PDFs to a reasonable wage. Pls RT & spread the word!!

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Marc Johnson

2 years

Support Grad students & Postdocs: Join us in Ottawa (8/11) & Montreal (8/17) to deliver this 60m long Open Letter () with >6700 signatures from🇨🇦scientists/engineers asking for increased govt funding for grads/pdfs. RSVP: Pls share

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Marc Johnson

4 years

Truly the honour of a lifetime, which I owe to my amazing students, postdocs, techs and collaborators, the incredible support of @UTMBiology , @eebtoronto , @UTM , @UofT & my family, & to the world class research environment that @NSERC_CRSNG and #Canada has fostered. Thank you!

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Marc Johnson @UTMBiology @UTM wins an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship for his work in evolutionary biology. Learn how his research led to one of the largest collaborative projects ever attempted in the discipline:

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5 years

Today we published a very fun and special paper...a paper with my whole family-Johnson x 4 in @Ecol_Evol - . In 2018 we were on sabbatical in #Galapagos & my kids conducted a series of elegant experiments on anthropogenic seed dispersal on Tribulus 1/3

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Marc Johnson

4 years

I have funding for 2-3 #PhD & #MSc students starting 2021 to study evolutionary ecology on basic or applied problems. I especially encourage applications from underrepresented groups in #evoeco . Pls visit for more info. A few pics below of lab life. Pls RT

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Marc Johnson

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A lot has changed in the 17y between these two pics of my daughter & me, from when I was a PhD student/new dad, & as a Prof/old dad. One thing that hasn’t changed-how much PhD students are paid by the govt. Come on @cafreeland @FP_Champagne @JustinTrudeau -this isn't right!

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2 years

Government funded MSc/PhD scholars like these ones haven't had a raise in 19 yrs, while postdocs have only had a 12.5% raise during that time, all while inflation has risen 49%. Do you want to know how you can support these early career researchers? pls RT 1/4 #SupportOurScience

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3 years

I am saddened & angry at how Ontario's most important uni in the North @LaurentianU was decimated today by mismanagement and lack of support from @fordnation @RossRomanoSSM . I stand in soldarity with students, staff & faculty. Feel free to use these images #LaurentianUniversity

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As of today (July 1) I am simply a (Full) Professor, & I leave the title of Ass(ociate) Professor behind. Thanks to the amazing @UTM , @UofT @UTMBiology , my colleagues, students, #PDFs , techs & especially my family that have made this wonderful journey possible. #LivingTheDream

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1 year

That moment when Nobel Laureate Dr. John Polayni PC CC FRS taps your shoulder at the #SupportOurScience Nationwide Walkout you are leading to say "I just thought I should come down to show my support". He then said to the crowd: "You are fighting on the right side, keep going!"

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Marc Johnson

7 years

#Istudyevolution : I am celebrating Darwin’s 209th bday on #Feb12 with my family at Charles Darwin Research Station on the #Galapagos . We are studying whether people & towns alter the coevolution between Darwin’s Finches & the plants they eat @sse_evolution @ASNAmNat #DarwinDay

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2 years

Grad students & postdocs JUST started a petition to the govt: . They request: 1) 48% ⬆️ funding levels, 2) indexation of stipends, and 3) 50% more @NSERC_CRSNG @SSHRC_CRSH & @CIHR_IRSC awards. Please help them reach >>500 signatures #SupportOurScience 1/3

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Marc Johnson

7 years

Spencer Barrett: last lecture after a 40yr career at @UofT in @eebtoronto . Bravo Prof Barrett!

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Marc Johnson

3 years

Hmmm, does the new @HockeyCanada jersey for @Beijing2022 depict a maple leaf? Looks more like a London Plane Tree (Platanus x acerifolia) than any Canadian maple (genus Acer) I know. What do you think @urban_sci ? #HireABotanistNextTime #olympics2022

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1 year

Increasing funding to #GradStudents and #Postdocs is the most urgent funding issue in Canada-they haven't had a raise in 20 yrs! I am so disappointed in @cafreeland @JustinTrudeau & @FP_Champagne - #Budget2023 contains nothing to support these researchers #SupportOurScience 1/3

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Marc Johnson

2 years

Congratulations to the latest #PhD at @UofT , Dr. James Santangelo ( @JS_Santangelo ), who defended his Ph.D. thesis yesterday completed in @eebtoronto @UTMBiology . The 8 chapters of his thesis are truly impressive and will have a lasting impact on #urbanevolution , #evobio & #evoeco

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1 year

I wish to publicly thank the grant reviewer who made the following comment: "Finally-Give this applicant all the money they want. It is a smart national investment and they have proven that they convert $ into top science & training". Sadly it won't happen, but you made my day:)

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Marc Johnson

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In 2006 @JustinTrudeau was a Masters student of geography at @mcgillu . At that time federally funded Masters researchers made $17,500. Today Trudeau makes $389K as PM, yet Masters researchers are still paid $17.5K. @CanadianPM don't they deserve a raise? #SuppotOurScience

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Marc Johnson

5 years

Awesome parting rap by Pat Monaghan of ⁦ @UofGlasgow ⁩ at first #ESEB2019 ⁦plenary @ESEB2019 ⁩

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Marc Johnson

1 year

Today I provided testimony on behalf of @SupportOurSci to a House of Commons committee about the importance of increased federal support for grad students and postdocs in 🇨🇦. Here are some of my main points. Watch the full testimony here #supportourscience

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Marc Johnson

4 years

If you live in Ontario, please allow me to share my recent letter to Premier Doug Ford on proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities Act in #Bill229 . The changes will compromise health & safety to the environment and people. Please contact your MPP to express your views

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3 years

Top #urbanevolution papers of 2021: Humans are increasingly a dominant driver of evolution. One of the most stunning examples of this is how urbanization affects species' evolution. Here is my curated list of the top 10 #urbanevolution2021 papers, in no particular order

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2 years

WOW! Huge congratulations to my daughter who was just named one of Canada's Top 25 Environmentalists under 25 - and she's only 17! Way to go Mae!!! @johnsonfamadv & I are so proud of you:)

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🌟 MEET OUR 2022 TOP 25 ENVIRONMENTALISTS UNDER 25 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟 This year's incredible winners reside all across what is colonially known as Canada and are not just the leaders of tomorrow they’re the leaders of TODAY!

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4 years

Definitely the WEIRDEST BDAY EVER! University closed today, my lab is told to shutdown by Friday, & everyone says “happy bday, STAY SAFE!” But now, enjoying a lovely evening with these amazing people...in isolation. We are calling it “The CORONA bday”. Definitely one to remember.

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6 years

#UrbanEvolution : Our latest paper on urban evolution made the @NYTimes . Remarkably consistent convergent evolution across 20 cities, despite rampant gene flow. Watch for future #GlobalUrbanEvolution @UTM @UTMBiology . Original paper in @royalsociety #ProcB

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White Clover Can Be an Annoying Weed. It May Also Hold Secrets to Urban Evolution. (Published 2018)

The ubiquitous plant alters its defense systems in a tougher environment, prompting researchers to call it a perfect test species for study as urban areas expand.

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2 years

And given that this is also my birthday, I can’t think of a better gift then having the 1st #GlobalUrbanEvolution paper out in #Science today. Although I'd give that up for #WorldPeace 🇺🇦, no pandemic , and the continued health of my family, who sampled a lot of clover 9/9

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11 months

A lot has happened in 20 years. @JustinTrudeau has gone from being a school teacher to a seasoned Prime Minister of Canada. One thing that hasn't changed ... funding for graduate students & postdoctoral scholars in Canada. @CanadianPM it is time to #SupportOurScience

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3 years

Congratulations to my PhD supervisor @anuragasclepias who was elected as a member of the National Academy @theNASciences today. I couldn't think of a more deserving recipient of this honour! Congrats Anurag! @Cornell @CornellEEB

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Marc Johnson

6 years

Super hot, loud and intense poster session at #Evol2018 . The sound is deafening but the science is great #evolution

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Marc Johnson

3 years

Congratulations to Dr. @ruth_rivkin the newest EvoEco Lab #PhD in @eebtoronto @UTMBiology @UTM @UofT . Fantastic exit seminar, defence and thesis! Well done Ruth, we are very proud of you!!! Good luck with your #PDF in the fall! #urbanevolution #urbanecology

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5 years

The salmon run is in full swing with 1000s of salmon in the #CreditRiver right now. #Awesome . More videos and photos in the thread ⁦ @CVC_CA ⁩ ⁦ @UTMBiology ⁩ ⁦ @_trevorpitcher ⁩

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2 years

Top 10 #urbanevolution papers of 2022: Humans have are the dominant driver of evolution today & a prominent example of this is how urbanization affects species' evolution. This thread presents the #top10 #urbanevolution2022 papers of the past year 1/x

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4 years

BIG NEWS: New special issue on #urbanevolution out today in @EvolAppJournal . What a privilege to work with these 3 stars: @lindsay_s_miles @E_Carlen & @Kmwinchell , who edited the issue. Thanks to the authors who wrote 17 incredible articles

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Marc Johnson

11 months

The evidence is clear @JustinTrudeau , 🇨🇦needs to urgently increase support to graduate (Masters and #PhD ) & postdoctoral scholars, Canada's innovation workforce. We are falling behind as brilliant talent leaves, while those that stay face poverty. Time to #SupportOurScience

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Marc Johnson

3 years

So happy to receive the #AstraZeneca #covid19 vaccine at my local IDA pharmacy today. Quick, easy, SAFE. #GenX in #Ontario , #AB #MB and #QC , it is your turn to help end the pandemic. Pls don’t wait for another vaccine. It could cost you & your loved ones their lives

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2 years

#SupportOurScience Rally: Join #GradStudents & PDFs @2pm Aug 11 on #ParliamentHill & @11am Aug 17 in Montreal when we'll ask the government to give them the support they deserve through @NSERC_CRSNG , @SSHRC_CRSH & @CIHR_IRSC . RSVP: Spread the word #SOS

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4 years

I have funding for a #Postdoc starting in summer 2021 to study plant evolutionary genomics & evolutionary ecology. I especially encourage applications from underrepresented groups in #Evolution . Deadline Jan 15. Visit for more info. Pls RT

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Marc Johnson

2 years

Prominent researchers urge Ottawa to increase scholarships for top science graduates and postdocs #CdnPoli #SciPoli @E4Dca @globeandmail @IvanSemeniuk

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Prominent researchers urge Ottawa to increase top science scholarships above poverty line

Organizers behind the petition say raising the amounts of scholarships would help prevent more of the country’s top research talent from leaving Canada to train elsewhere or from giving up on their...

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5 years

Teaching Evolutionary Biology: What is your favourite recent (2018-2019) paper in #EvolutionaryBiology that would be appropriate for a 3rd year #undergrad class to bite into as their 1st primary literature article on #evolution ? It needs to be short (<10pp) & accessible

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5 years

I just found my favourite posters at #ESEB2019 , made by the attendees of the @ESEB2019 conference daycare. Unfortunately the presenters weren’t available to answer questions-they are out doing #fieldwork in #Finland #NextGenerationFun

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5 months

I am excited to share our latest paper just published in @NatureEcoEvo : "Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health" .

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Marc Johnson

3 years

The ⁦ @UTM ⁩ beaver has been very busy felling trees around our campus ponds. I suspect it is stocking up for a long winter. Such a treat to have this wildlife on campus at ⁦ @UofT ⁩

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1st week back to school & my thoughts are with the 300K grad students and postdocs struggling to make ends meet, to find housing, afford food, pay tuition, all while solving the greatest problems facing Canada. @cafreeland @JustinTrudeau we must do better #SupportOurScience

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Congrats to Dr. James Santangelo for winning the Governor General's Gold Medal ( @GGCanada ) for top Ph.D. thesis at @UofT while in @eebtoronto @UTMBiology (now with @ras_nielsen @UCBerkeley ). Well deserved! Press release here: #proudadvisor (w @RobWNess )

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2 years

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️ from the EcoEcoLab to everyone around the world! Stay tuned for a big announcement about our #GlobalUrbanEvolution project later today ⁦ @UTMBiology ⁩ @UTM ⁦ @CUE_UofT ⁩

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Marc Johnson

2 years

Calling all 🇨🇦! Please support grad students & postdocs by writing your MP today to ask them to urgently increase govt funding. Grads haven't had a raise in 20 yrs & many live below the poverty line. Sending a letter takes moments at . Please RT 1/2

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7 years

COLLABORATION:We are seeking collaborators to participate in the GLobal Urban Evolution (GLUE) project, a global study that seeks to understand whether urbanization drives parallel evolution in cities throughout the world. Sign up at #urbanevolution pls RT

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4 years

Honey bee hives decrease wild native bee abundance by 48%, species richness by 20%, and fruit count by 18%

Honey bee hives decrease wild bee abundance, species richness, and fruit count on farms regardless...

Scientific Reports - Honey bee hives decrease wild bee abundance, species richness, and fruit count on farms regardless of wildflower strips

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2 years

TEACHING EVOLUTION: Loving and grateful for @phytools_liam 's #Rstats package #LearnPopGen . Great tool for teaching about genetic drift and more. Here is simulated drift in 10 populations when p=0.5 at time=0, N=100, for 100 generations #BIO342 @sse_evolution @eseb_org @CSEE_SCEE

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4 years

MUST READ for #urbanecology just published in @naturesustainab . Liu et al create a new hi-res global dataset (GAUD) of global urban dynamics between 1985-2015: . Thanks to @bio_diverse for pointing me to this paper. Here are my takeaways: 1/n

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6 years

Thank you #Evol2018 volunteers! This II Joint Evolution Congress couldn’t have happened without you @sse_evolution @SSEgrad @eseb_org @ASNAmNat @sysbiol

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1 year

#Budget2023 claims: "[Canada's spending] on research and development as a share of GDP has exceeded all other G7 countries". Let's check the data 👇. Hmm🤔, maybe it is time to stop lying @cafreeland & @JustinTrudeau , we're scientists & we know data. #SupportOurScience

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3 years

@nixian I find retention of the Equity, Diversity and Human Rights programme to be sadly ironic

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1 year

Hard to believe the Leafs could advance past the first round of the playoffs for the first time (in 19 years) faster than @JustinTrudeau could increase funding to grad students (20 years and counting) #SupportOurScience @SupportOurSci @cafreeland @FP_Champagne

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For the first time since 2004, the Toronto Maple Leafs advance to the 2nd round of the NHL playoffs !!! 🍁 You know what else is the same as 2004? Canadian graduate students earn the same dollar amount !!! 🍁 #SupportOurScience @NSERC_CRSNG @SupportOurSci 🍁 Canada, do better !!!

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Our ⁦ @CSEE_SCEE ⁩ president-elect ⁦⁦ @JeannettWhitton ⁩ carrying the Open Letter () and >7100 signature from 🇨🇦 scientists calling on better pay for govt funded graduate students & #postdocs . Sign the new petition @ #SOS

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11 months

So proud of my wife Reagan Johnson ( @johnsonfamadv ) for winning the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Ed. She is so gifted with kids, consistently going above & beyond at @DPCDSBSchools & elsewhere. A richly deserved honour. Congrats Reagan! #PMAwards

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2 years

VERY disappointed that @cafreeland 's #falleconomicupdate contains no solutions or relief for 1000s of government funded #PhD #MSc students & #postdocs across 🇨🇦 who are facing economic hardship. Many of these scholars are working in poverty! #SupportOurScience 1/3

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1 year

We are ready here @UTM for the #MayDay #SupportOurScience protests. Are you 🇨🇦?

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3 DAYS LEFT! 🚨 We are in the homestretch! Our national #SupportOurScience walkout is happening ON MONDAY! Be sure to check out our website to RSVP and find a walkout near you! We have 46 universities participating across Canada! 🙌

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Our latest paper by @eebtoronto PhD student Ella Martin & undergrad Samer El-Galmady shows that socioeconomic variation across a city (Toronto) unexpectedly alters the ecology & evolution of predator-prey interactions. @drake thanks for letting us use your place! @Ecology_Letters

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5 months

Always modest, Sarah helped to lead this charge for a long time. Thank you soon-to-be-Dr-Laframboise, you #SupportOurScience

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#GradStudent scholarships and #Postdoc fellowships got a raise today for the first time in 21 years🙌 Immensely grateful to all those who have been pushing for this. It truly takes a village! Still processing and will have more thoughts soon! But overall this👇 is great news!

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3 years

For the first time in 2 years, we celebrated a lab achievement in person - a successful PhD defence! Congratulations Dr Ruth Rivkin!! She signed the @utmbiology legacy wall wood disks, gifts were exchanged and good times were had. Almost felt normal ... #covidcelebration

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Here we go! @evoecolab & @OurSabbatical + 2 scientists in training leaving for 6 months of field research. Next stop ... #Galapagos @UTM @UTMBiology

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⁦ @ScienceMagazine ⁩: “In Canada, scientists are struggling with stagnant funding…If we don’t get more investment, we will lose a whole generation of talent” ⁦ @cafreeland ⁩ @FP_Champagne ⁩ ⁦ @jyduclos ⁩⁩ #SupportOurScience

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In Canada, scientists are struggling with stagnant funding

Lackluster growth in federal spending squeezes research community

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2 years

The #GlobalUrbanEvolution project wasn’t possible without the #GLUE #LeadTeam , consisting of @JS_Santangelo , @rwness , Beata Cohan, @crfitzpat , Simon Innes, Sophie Koch, @lindsay_s_miles , Samreen Munim, @com_ecology , Cindy Prashad, Alex Tong 6/9

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2 years

287 collaborators sampled >110K plants from 160 cities in 26 countries worldwide. 47% of cities showed evidence of adaptation. It is the largest scale study of evolution and urban adaptation ever performed, and shows the stunning power of humans as drivers of evolution 2/9

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Learn how 126 students from around the world contributed to understanding #urbanevolution and became authors on the recent #GlobalUrbanEvolution paper in @ScienceMagazine . Some of their stories are told here: #phdchat

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3 years

Congrats to my #PhD student ⁦ @dmurraystoker ⁩ who just finished setting up an EPIC experiment testing whether plants & microbes evolve and coevolve along urban gradients #covidscience . And doesn’t it look so pretty. Awesome job David!! ⁦ @UTMBiology ⁩ ⁦ @eebtoronto ⁩

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Congrats to #PhD student @JS_Santangelo & collaborators, whose latest #urbanevolution paper just came out in @EvolLetters . This study helped inspire the #GlobalUrbanEvolution #GLUE project, which is now in 160 cities with >280 collaborators .

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4 years

Even Santa loves #UrbanEvolutionaryBiology , edited by ⁦ @MartaSzulkin ⁩ ⁦ @urbanevol ⁩ & ⁦ @AnneCharmantier ⁩. An excellent Christmas gift #urbanevolution ⁦⁦ @oxfordpress ⁩

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4 years

Important paper just published in @ScienceMagazine on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in #urbanenvironments by @cschell_canids & co #urbanevolution #BlackLivesMatter @LITC_urbanevo

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1 year

The crowds at the Toronto #SupportOurScience Nationwide Walkout were large, loud and proud to support increased federal investments for graduate students and postdocs! Thanks for all who attended in Toronto and coast-to-coast

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🇨🇦Govt funded grad students have not had a raise in 19 YEARS! Postdoc scientists are not given a reasonable wage. View open letter asking @JustinTrudeau & @FP_Champagne to increase funding here: . Add your signature here: …. Pls RT

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⁦ @globeandmail ⁩ article details how an epic brain drain is underway in 🇨🇦 because of inadequate funding for #gradstudents & #postdocs through scholarships, postdocs and grants. Pls help ⁦ @FP_Champagne ⁩ @cafreeland ⁩ ⁦ @JustinTrudeau ⁩

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Lack of research funding pushes PhD students out of Canada, threatening a new brain drain

As funding stagnates, scientists warn Canada could lose a generation of talent

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Marc Johnson

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Lack of research, post-graduate funding threatens Canada’s innovation infrastructure 👀 ⁦ @SupportOurSci ⁩ #supportourscience ⁦

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Lack of research, post-graduate funding threatens Canada’s innovation infrastructure

Members of the parliamentary standing committee on science and research are asking Ottawa to boost federal grant funds in its fall economic statement to avoid brain drain

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In this @globeandmail Opinion, I make the case why the Federal government's stagnant approach to funding training, research and development is hurting our economy to the detriment of Canadians. Time to #SupportOurScience . . . .

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Opinion: Stagnant investments in training and research compromise Canada’s economic growth

Canada invests just 1.55 per cent of gross domestic product in research and development, which pales in comparison to peer countries

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Marc Johnson

5 months

Congratulations Dr. Sophie Breitbart (⁦ @SophieBreitbart ⁩), who successfully defended her Ph.D. in ⁦ @eebtoronto ⁩ at ⁦ @UofT ⁩ yesterday! #urbanevolution is richer because of your work on milkweeds and its insects

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After years of studying small unattractive plants, I captured the moment when renowned plant evolutionary geneticist @stepheniwright from @eebtoronto discovers what a real plant looks like at @CSEE_SCEE 's meeting #BEEPEG in Winnipeg, Canada 🤣 #WhiteClover

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1 year

Toronto is walking out! Students, postdocs, staff and faculty @TorontoMet @YorkUniversity @UofT are all joining the prtest! Details below. Media DM me to connect for interviews with graduate students and postdocs

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Support Our Science Nationwide Walkout is TODAY! This is a protest to @cafreeland & @JustinTrudeau 's #budget2023 ! SOS is advocating for increased federal investments in scholarships, fellowships & grants to support increased pay for grad students & postdocs #SupportOurScience 1/5

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7 years

A motley crew of 12 awesome botanists traveling & working together to understand plant evolution in the #Galapagos . From left: Johnsons x 4, Emery, Strauss, Stanton, Reyes, Carvajal, Barrett x 2, Skovmand #IStudyEvolution #IAmABotanist #SierraNegra #Isabela

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5 months

Dans le sillage du #Budget2024 et des nouvelles positives qu'il apporte aux grads/postdocs, j'aimerais prendre un moment pour rendre hommage à notre cher et regretté @LouBernatchez . Louis a cofondé #SupportOurScience et a défendu la cause jusqu'à sa mort. Merci mon ami!

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1 year

One year today we published the 1st paper from the #GlobalUrbanEvolution project with our 287 coauthors-GLUE 1.0. We're happy to announce the project has grown into 11 GLUE 2.0 projects, which should start to come out in 2023/2024, & we are laying the groundwork from GLUE 3.0.

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Marc Johnson

2 years

1st paper of the #GlobalUrbanEvolution project came out today in @ScienceMagazine . How fitting to have clover on the cover for St. Paddy's Day 🍀☘️🍀☘️! We show that urbanization leads to similar enviro changes and repeated adaptation across the world 1/8

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2 years

Thank you @CanningsNDP for your unwavering advocacy of #SupportOurScience & increasing funding to graduate & postdoctoral scholars in 🇨🇦, which will help increase equity and inclusion of underrepresented groups in STEAM research. With @WidowWeb & @ReesKassen

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1 year

In just 23h we've had 471 signatures! We need only 29 more signatures to get to 500, the threshold required for the petition to be presented in the House of Commons, which will initiate a formal government response. Please help make that happen! #SupportOurScience

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1 year

Please sign the latest @OurCommons petition calling for increased federal funding for graduate students and postdocs through scholarships, fellowships & grants. Thank you @liberal_party MP @iamIqraKhalid for sponsoring! Sign here & RT: #SupportOurScience

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Marc Johnson

3 years

When life hands you lemons and floods your favourite trail in a local park ( #Riverwood ), sometimes you need to embrace it & make lemonade ⁦ #trailhockey ⁦ @yourriverwood ⁩ ⁦ @MississaugaPF ⁩ ⁦ @citymississauga ⁩ ⁦ @CVC_CA ⁩

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1 year

NEW Butterfly for Canada: My wife @johnsonfamadv & I went for a casual stroll at Marie Curtis Park (Toronto) to enjoy the unusually warm weather. What we weren't expecting was this little fella hanging out in the shoreline debris - Dorantes Longtail (Thorybes dorantes). 1/n

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Marc Johnson

2 years

Watch @CanningsNDP today @1530h on as he presents the #SupportOurScience petition signed by 1000s asking @JustinTrudeau @FP_Champagne @cafreeland @jyduclos to increase funding to graduate & postdoc scholars. They are the engine of innovation & talent in 🇨🇦

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3 months

It is a HUGE honour to have the opportunity to train grad students to be great, rigorous, independent scientists. For me, the bound harcopy thesis is the physical manifestation of the journey & what they accomplished. I just received these 3 dissertations in the mail ... 1/2

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11 months

Taking a moment to celebrate an epic submission. This one was long in the baking, and a better product because of it. Hats off to the many collaborators that contributed to this one - Urban Mutation Biology ... here we come.

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Marc Johnson

1 year

They’re here!!! #breeding #Jefferson #Ontario #BIO342

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Marc Johnson

3 years

The perfect Christmas gift for an #evolutionarybiologist , books on evolution new and old by former collaborator and @eebtoronto #PhD alumnus @arvidagren & the great synthesizer #JulianHuxley . Thank you Santa!

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4 years

After 3 weeks in isolation ... Castaway #covid19 edition. Making the case for #SocialDistancing and #StayingAtHome . Inspired by @tomhanks & William Broyles Jr with help from @Spalding

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4 months

Connecting micro- with macroevolution.

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Evolvability predicts macroevolution under fluctuating selection

Heritable variation is a prerequisite for evolutionary change, but the relevance of genetic constraints on macroevolutionary timescales is debated. By using two datasets on fossil and contemporary...

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3 years

Some of the local life from local spring vernal pools. Fairy shrimp, mosquitoes, amphipods, mosquitoes and LOTS of Daphnia ⁦ @UTMBiology ⁩ ⁦ @CVC_CA ⁩

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4 years

This is a "-80C" freezer in my lab at @UTM @UTMBiology . Our lab would HAPPILY(!) donate 3 shelves for storing the @pfizer / @BioNTech_Group & @moderna_tx #covid19 vaccines if it assisted with the distribution by @GovCanHealth to #Mississauga . Just ask

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6 years

IT IS OFFICIAL! I am now an employee of Kyoto University at the Center for Ecological Research as an Adanced Futures Fellow; at least for the next 2 mo. I have a nice view from my office and my open door policy is literally in effect. Come say こんにちは “Konichiwa” @KyotoU_News

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#GradStudents , #PostDocs & all who support them, get ready to #walkout #May1 in protest to @cafreeland & @JustinTrudeau 's #Budget2023 . @NSERC_CRSNG @CIHR_IRSC & @SSHRC_CRSH fellowships & grants need to be higher to support PhD, MSc & PDFs that drive innovation #SupportOurScience

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NATIONWIDE WALKOUT: If you think 🇨🇦 grad students & post docs deserve more funding from @JustinTrudeau & @cafreeland through awards & grants then join #SupportOurScience & walkout on May 1 #mayday #budget2023 Watch for more details here & at on TUESDAY

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