Author Archives: Jeremy Yoder

About Jeremy Yoder

Jeremy B. Yoder is an Associate Professor of Biology at California State University Northridge, studying the evolution and coevolution of interacting species, especially mutualists. He is a collaborator with the Joshua Tree Genome Project and the Queer in STEM study of LGBTQ experiences in scientific careers. He has written for the website of Scientific American, the LA Review of Books, the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Awl, and Slate.

Hosts select symbionts for greater mutual benefit, an evolutionary experiment shows

Posted on 5 Nov, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

Who’s in charge of a symbiotic mutualism? You might think the host organism, whose body is the venue for an exchange of nutrients or services with a microbial symbiont, is running the show, able to evict or punish symbionts that … Continue reading →

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Take the Molecular Ecologist reader survey!

Posted on 29 Oct, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

Following up on this being our tenth year of blogging operations, we thought it was past time to check in with you, our readers. To that end, we’ve put together a brief survey about how you read The Molecular Ecologist, … Continue reading →

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Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources are recruiting new Associate Editors

Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources are looking for new Editorial Board members to join the journals as Associate Editors in the key subject areas below: Experience with genome assemblies would also be advantageous.   Nominations and personal applications are welcome, and whilst scientific … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Podcast: What do you look for in a journal?

Posted on 14 Sep, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

A new episode of The Molecular Ecologist Podcast is now out on Anchor.fm. In this episode, we turn to a question that every academic scientist has to answer at some point: How do you choose a scientific journal to receive your paper? Kelle … Continue reading →

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A decade of The Molecular Ecologist

Posted on 31 Jul, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

I recently took a look through the “Archives by month” drop-down in our right-hand sidebar and discovered that it goes all the way back to July 2010. Which means The Molecular Ecologist had its tenth anniversary this very month — specifically … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Podcast: Rivers and rabbit resistance

Posted on 6 Jul, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

A new episode of The Molecular Ecologist Podcast is now out on Anchor.fm. In this episode, Sarah Shainker tells us about how population genetic structure works differently in river drainages; Kelle Freel recaps her reading on the history of rabbits and rabbit-killing viruses … Continue reading →

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Shutting down our science in solidarity with the #Strike4BlackLives

Posted on 10 Jun, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

We’re joining today’s Strike for Black Lives as part of ShutDownSTEM — taking the day away from our scientific work to study, plan, and act against racism and police violence in the places we live and research. It’s a good day … Continue reading →

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Black lives matter — and what that means in ecology and evolutionary biology

Posted on 5 Jun, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

We at the Molecular Ecologist affirm that Black lives matter. We join with, and ask our readers to join with, calls for an end to police violence and for justice on behalf of its victims, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, … Continue reading →

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The miraculous biodiversity bubbling in your sourdough starter

Posted on 1 Jun, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

I made it through four weeks of Los Angeles’ COVID-19 shelter in place order before I climbed aboard the isolation sourdough bandwagon. It took more effort than expected just to stay on. I followed a protocol provided on the King … Continue reading →

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The Molecular Ecologist Podcast: Color me viral edition

Posted on 21 May, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

A new episode of The Molecular Ecologist Podcast is now out on Anchor.fm. In this episode, Patrícia Chrzanová Pečnerová discusses resources for using color to make scientific figures clear and appealing; Stacy Krueger-Hadfield tells us about the complex considerations surrounding tracking and controlling … Continue reading →

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