Chris Smith

@giliapatterson @petrelharp @pastramimachine and I just released our neural network that infers spatial maps of dispersal and population density using SNPs: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Out in MER! 𝑚𝑎𝑝𝑁𝑁: a SNP-based inference tool for estimating geographic maps of population density and dispersal, by @chriscrsmith @giliapatterson @petrelharp @pastramimachine. @WileyEcolEvol Read more: buff.ly/3X652Pj

biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/ Individual-based simulations are a great way to model populations with less abstraction and more realism. But there hasn't been a thorough guide on how to set up a continuous-in-space simulation, what emergent behaviors to expect, and why.

Our paper on alternative splicing evolution in Great Sand Dunes sunflower ecotypes is now published in @HeredityJournal ! 🌻 @chriscrsmith @Kaylee_rosen @nckane doi.org/10.1038/s41437…

Kavita Jain and I are organizing a symposium entitled "Genomic diversity in nonequilibrium populations" in the AsiaEvo Conference (phylorf.org). Come hang out with us in Singapore in December! Submit an abstract by Sep 15th!!!

i wrote a paper about using machine learning to identify patterns of co-dispersal in Anopheles and Plasmodium biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Hello #JMIH23! I am recruiting PhD students to my new lab @uvabio starting Fall '24. I won't be at JMIH to meet in person, but I look forward to chatting with interested students about opportunities in the lab - thanks for spreading the word!

My #Evol2023 t-shirt is the smallest shirt I’ve ever tried to put on. Anyone want an XS (tag says medium)?

Very pleased to release FlexSweep and some new summary stats, designed for versatility in detecting selective sweeps of different types and robustness to background selection, demographic model misspecification, and recombination rate. 1/n academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

Beautiful location for EVO-WIBO conference: Fort Worden Historical State Park, WA