Kirk Lohmueller

This December (2026) I'll be starting my own research lab as a curator of ornithology at @amnh.org. We will seek to understand global avian biodiversity using evolutionary and conservation genetics, with the backing of the incredible AMNH ornithology collection. devonderaad.github.io

Way to go Ricky & Nandita! It was such a joy to hear about this work developing and now to see it finally out! I remember, Nandita, that you pitched this in your chalk talk during your interview way back when:)

New research in #GENETICS from @azurita.bsky.social, Christopher Kyriazis, and @klohmueller.bsky.social demonstrates how unmodeled selection on synonymous mutations may affect downstream inferences of the distribution of fitness effects. buff.ly/IDY87W1

Apple pie and page proofs are a good start to the week after a holiday weekend!😀

In the midst of the darkness, I am pleased to announce that UCLA will be hosting the upcoming Southern California Evolutionary Genetics (SCalE) conference on November 1! Registration & abstract submission is here: www.scalemeeting.org/home Deadline is October 13! Hope to see you at UCLA!

Genome-wide associations of fitness components reveal antagonistic pleiotropy and sexual conflict in the Florida Scrub-Jay https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.673786v1

Save the date! #PEQG26 June 9-12 2026 in Asilomar, CA. Happens only every 2yrs, but is my favorite conference. Full website coming soon, and registration and abstract submission opens November 14, but I'm allowed to tease that keynotes will be @jnovembre.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social and me!

This is a perfect example of how IS science is being destroyed. I hope you write about it somewhere with higher visibility

Excited to be heading to St. Louis for #AOS2025! Be on the lookout for talks from our lab!: - Jenna McCullough (PD) and Jonah Alderson (grad) are up against each other on Wed. morning - Claire Geiman (grad) will present a poster Wed evening - Devon DeRaad (PD) will give a talk on Thur afternoon

Symposium 17: Thematic symposium: regulatory genomics and non-coding elements #SMBE2025

Come join us at UCLA!!! We have a growing population genetics community here and Nandita and her lab are outstanding!

Having major FOMO about #SMBE2025 in my hometown… but I’m very proud that my postdoc, Susanna Gutierrez, will be presenting our work on inferring the selection history of adaptive introgression candidates in Peruvians at poster S12-P19. Please visit her during poster session 3 if you're interested!

Sad to be missing #SMBE2025. But, the lab will be represented with presentations from (all on Wednesday): Swetha Ramesh (at 11:50 in Symp 17, Noncoding) Chenlu Di (at 12:05 in Symp 17, Noncoding) Diana A Gomez (at 15:45 in Symp 19, Con Gen) Aina Mi Zurita (at 16:40 in Symp 22, Theory Adv)

Schlichta, Peischl & Excoffier reveal how purifying selection on deleterious mutations impacts diversity: while codominant variants create diversity dips, recessive mutations can preserve diversity in bottlenecks through pseudo-overdominance. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf107 #genome #evolution

Thank you @brucespringsteen.net for (yet again) meeting the moment and speaking up for America in these dangerous times...and giving us some hope in the Promised Land.

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

Thank you @martamlahr.bsky.social @lquintanamurci.bsky.social @aliceleplongeon.bsky.social @cschlebu.bsky.social for organizing a such a fantastic mtg!!! Lots of great science and fun!😃👏 #HumanEvo25

Keynote talk from OG Mark Stoneking on the peopling of the Pacific! #HumanEvo25

Kirk Lohmueller DominL uses patterns of archaic ancestry to infer degree of dominance. Provides statistical support for the presence of recessive deleterious mutations in the human genome. Up to 15% of the human genome may carry recessive deleterious mutations! 🧬 #HumanEvo25

ML, allele dominance, selection and fitness informing on #Neanderthal introgression by @klohmueller.bsky.social 🥰 🧬! #HumanEvo25

@paleogenomics.bsky.social speaking about the effects of colonization on Mexican genetic variation #HumanEvo25

@amygoldberg.bsky.social telling us about integrating genetic variation and archeology to infer recent processes #HumanEvo25

Easter tri-tip! This is going to taste even better after my 7.5 mile run this AM. Trying to find some joy despite everything. Nervous about what this week will bring…

stdpopsim v0.3.0 is out! You can now mix and match your simulations of different demographic histories with published distributions of fitness effects along with gene annotations, and you can even throw in sweeps for good measure. Check out the new manuscript for more info: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

My review of computational methods for anthropological genetics with @kwittadna.bsky.social is out for the Yearbook issue of AJBA. We talk about all sorts of cool methods that YOU could use too! Also check out this great figure we commissioned from @janey1216.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajpa...

Come join us at UCLA!

Registration is now open for the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics in Tuscany, co-chaired by me and @jcbnunez.bsky.social! This meeting is a unique opportunity for early-career researchers to present their work and network. www.grc.org/ecological-a...

UCLA QCBIO is looking for its next director! Please consider applying! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10007

Last bit of calm to the start of the new year before what promises to be a chaotic (hopefully in a good way!) quarter🫠This is one of many beautiful hiking paths near LA.

GSA’s on Bluesky, y’all! Do follow us for updates on everything we do as a scientific society, including amazing science in Genetics and G3!

Registration is now open for the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics in Tuscany, co-chaired by me and @jcbnunez.bsky.social! www.grc.org/ecological-a...

Friends, We are hiring! My department (Computational Medicine) has an open rank faculty position search this year! I know we are late to the party, but please consider applying! Feel free to ask question here. recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09935

Don't forget to submit your abstract for "Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics 2025". Deadline: January 10th, 2025. meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

Looking forward to the 2025 Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Gordon Conference in Italy this summer! This meeting was fantastic in 2023 and promises to be outstanding again! Get more info and register here: www.grc.org/ecological-a... @samyeaman.bsky.social @chicascientifica.bsky.social

I am truly honored to have been nominated to run for a Director position for the Genetics Society of America (GSA)! GSA members, vote before December 6. My candidacy statement can be found here: genetics-gsa.org/2024-electio...

It made my day to have reached boss-level at giving snark and bad advice #MidCareer #winning😂😀😂

Hi all! I'm excited to announce a tenure track faculty position in conservation genomics in EEB at UCLA! We're looking for candidates who use genomic tools to study evolutionary processes related to conservation. Note, the actual application deadline is Nov 29. recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09875

The MUC19 gene in Denisovans, Neanderthals, and Modern Humans: An Evolutionary History of Recurrent Introgression and Natural Selection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.25.559202v1

Excited to share our latest manuscript on gene-environment interactions in the UKBiobank: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Wow just read the best freaking post by @economeager.bsky.social This is literally the most important advice. This should be framed and posted in every department. The hammer hits people into the anvil too often. rachaelmeager.substack.com/p/finish-you...

Super-excited to share our latest on the genomic effects of whaling! Proud of first authors Sergio Nigenda-Morales & Meixi Lin as well as Andres Moreno-Estrada & Bob Wayne for leading it. This project meant a lot to Bob, especially during his illness. l know he'd be glad to see it published!