Mark Phillips

Recent work from the lab. Even after hundreds of generations of intense directional selection at relatively small Ne, substantial genetic variation persists, and can be rapidly redeployed when the direction of selection reverses. Results are suggestive of balancing selection. doi.org/10.1093/molb...

Please share! My lab is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in evolutionary development. For more details feel free to email me.

Our new paper just came out in G3! It’s a methods-focused study exploring how sampling choices can affect reproducibility in metabolomics research.

Very happy & proud to share that this paper, led by graduate student Ayanna Mays (first grad student led paper of the lab) is now published 🎉 🧪 #TEsky link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding

Recent work from lab member @drhubert.bsky.social on the effects of pool size and replication on statistical inference in fruit fly metabolomic studies. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

Very happy to share that my lab has been awarded an NIH MIRA! And we will soon be hiring a postdoc to do evodevo + functional genomics 🧬 🧪 news.ucsc.edu/2026/09/jell...

The newly established Department of Systems Biology (systems.bio.uci.edu) @UCIrvine is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Systems Biology. Great science, incredible faculty support, and beautiful, sunny SoCal weather! ☀️🌴 Details: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10377. Please share.

@krarnold92.bsky.social @maphillips.bsky.social et al. show that substantial genetic variation can persist under intense directional selection and be redeployed when selection reverses, consistent with widespread balancing selection. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal

More broadly, the study illustrates how long-read sequencing and pangenome approaches can reveal functionally important variants that are missed by traditional reference-based analyses. The paper is now out in @genomeresearch.bsky.social genome.cshlp.org/content/36/7...

Excited to share this publication where I explored the expression of TEs during Hydra head regeneration #TEsky link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Oregon State University's Department of Integrative Biology is currently hiring up to three tenure-track faculty members, with an emphasis on organismal biology. Note: Previous links are no longer active due to a change in our hiring system. oregonstate.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/OSU_Careers_...

Recent review I contributed to with colleagues in wood science and engineering on maintaining heartwood quality in plantation-grown timber species. We explore how growth-defense tradeoffs may shape durability, color, and extractive production in trees. doi.org/10.1007/s407...

Devastating loss of Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares this week. She was an amazing mycologist, a leader in her field, & my friend & collaborator. This is a tremendous loss for mycology, science, & the world. There is a meal train for her husband & two small children www.mealtrain.com/trains/l3kg64

Signal, noise, and sampling: How pool size and replication shape metabolomic inference https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.07.717001v1

Excited to share new results from our lab!! Research led by our research specialist Kelso assisted by undergrad Jo, they figured out how to increase egg yield in Hydra www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

New work in #G3journal from @maphillips.bsky.social and colleagues shows how selection intensity shapes the genomic architecture of adaptation in #yeast, highlighting the importance of caution when extrapolating results from lab studies to natural populations. buff.ly/T1O2RPJ

Recent work from the lab led by post doc Kenneth Arnold.

Work from post doc with Molly Burke on how selection intensity shapes the genomic architecture of adaptation. See: academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...

Recent work from the lab led by post doc @drhubert.bsky.social. In flies where selection for early reproduction has led to accelerated aging, we find repeatable metabolome evolution involving shifts in energy metabolism. “Clock” models also appear to capture signals of biological age.

Excited to share our new paper with @maphillips.bsky.social‬ ‬published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social: "Selection for Early Reproduction Leads to Accelerated Aging and Extensive Metabolic Remodeling in Drosophila melanogaster" Read more: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Happy to share that our Bougainvillia genome paper is out in G3! Genome assembly of Bougainvillia cf. muscus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) url:https://academic.oup.com/g3journal/article/doi/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf110/8137915

OSU Integrative Biology is seeking a new Department Chair/Full Professor. See link for details: jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/165194. Please share with anyone you know who might be interested.

Please share! I am hiring a postdoc in Evolutionary Development to join our lab 🧪 🥼 🧬 recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01855 initial reviews begin Jan 31st (to be adjusted in the ad)

I started an Aging Research starter pack. Feels very sparse right now, so (1) let me know who I missed and (2) we need to recruit a few folks who abandoned science twitter some time ago back into the fold. go.bsky.app/PcreQSa

Recently learned my NIH MIRA proposal to study the factors that shape/underlie complex trait variation using Drosophila experimental evolution will be funded. Looking to fill postdoc position in the near future. Please reach out if interested.