Abid Ali Khan

Naturalist, Studying Speciation Genomics in the Wild. Words are my own!

[Abid Ali Khan @Ever_0ptimistic]

Across the Western Himalayas, the long-standing balance between people, forests, and wildlife is shifting🌲Once a shared landscape of mutual use, forests are now shrinking and pressures on resources are rising. As a result, Himalayan langurs are increasingly seen near villages🐒

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Inside the deadly civil war that tore apart a group of chimpanzees. https://t.co/CuMqsllyhS

[Danijela Popovic @PopovicDani]

🚨PhD opportunity!
Study brown bears in the Balkans using ancient DNA 🧬🐻
Interested in paleogenomics & conservation? Apply!

🔗 Details here: https://t.co/lY67EeNlP9

#PhD #AncientDNA #Paleogenomics #ConservationGenomics #WildlifeConservation

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Using whole-genome data from 418 koalas drawn from 27 populations across Australia, researchers in Science have found that, although koalas endured severe population decline and genetic bottleneck that left them with low genetic diversity, populations now show signs of genetic recovery.

The findings suggest that this rebound may be driven in part by recombination, which shuffles existing genetic material into new combinations, helping to restore functional diversity as populations expand. https://t.co/hk8iOyJgwE

[Dr. Laura Bertola @LauraDBertola]

A macrogenetic analysis of isolation mechanisms shaping genetic divergence in mammals
https://t.co/AH7n9tPd2z

[Dr. Laura Bertola @LauraDBertola]

Incomplete lineage sorting shaped mixed traits during a colobine primate radiation https://t.co/b2GJNgZhGH

[CMEC @Macroecology]

Many species not yet formally recognised may already be at risk of extinction. The findings underscore the urgent need for more fieldwork in understudied areas 📉 New paper @consbiog @FarooqHarith @jgeldmann @FaurbySoren #conservation 👇
https://t.co/KbSNXgQjzI

[Rasmus Nielsen @ras_nielsen]

Application deadline on Monday 2/2/2026.

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

The Japanese Archipelago sheltered cave lions, not tigers, during the Late Pleistocene | PNAS https://t.co/fuRXDqGHlP

[Abid Ali Khan @Ever_0ptimistic]

Thrilled to share our latest work on Kashmir langurs in Pakistan! 🐒Langurs live in fragmented high-altitude forests and face serious threats from habitat loss.

Protecting their forests and corridors is urgent! https://t.co/auTUFJ8VAr @AmJournalPrimatology

[Nature Reviews Biodiversity @NatRevBiodiv]

New online! The species problem evolving in the Anthropocene https://t.co/DuSInUrJAZ

[Rasmus Nielsen @ras_nielsen]

Come work with me as a Postdoc in Statistical/Computational Genetics/Bioinformatics at University of Copenhagen. See https://t.co/6ATSBZEzxY

[Global Change Biology @GlobalChangeBio]

Population Genomics and Climate Change Vulnerability in Two Sympatric Desert Rodents

🔗 https://t.co/EUzmAlxv07

[Syed Rizwan Mehboob @syedrizwanmehb1]

Magical scene from near the iconic "Passu Cones", GB - Mother Snow Leopard seen yesterday with new born cub(possibly two),on a precipitous,vertical rock face

Best wishes to "Queen of Korakaram" & adorable future princes of snowy vistas

(Video by Liaqat sb,GB Wildlife Dept)

[Rasmus Nielsen @ras_nielsen]

The registration deadline is fast approaching for probgen 2026! Abstracts due by January 15 2026, registration by January 31 2026 https://t.co/XrLwNDORnS

We have an AMAZING lineup of speakers and chairs!

[Julie K. Young, Ph.D. @DrJulieKYoung]

Our study is published on linking behavior and predation data to improve inference on interspecific risk perception in carnivores. Learn all about how 🐱deal with 🐻! 🧪 https://t.co/6fw07bOgOT

[Abid Ali Khan @Ever_0ptimistic]

@ras_nielsen 🥲🥲

[Abid Ali Khan @Ever_0ptimistic]

For dreamers from underrepresented communities, the journey often means competing in systems that are more supportive and resource-rich for others, while we work tirelessly — sometimes for months — just to afford something like a TOEFL test.
stories like this remind us: go go...!

[Abid Ali Khan @Ever_0ptimistic]

This is such an inspiring story — especially for those of us who, day by day, keep convincing ourselves and our surroundings that we’re on the right track and almost there. But it’s not easy — and it can’t really be captured in a few sentences.

[Kuang Xu @ProfKuang]

Got interested in physics in middle school in China. Tried physics Olympia in high school. Wasn’t able to make it out of my city in China while classmate got international gold medal representing China with a full ride into Harvard. Got Depressed and thought I won’t make it in China. Took English classes and aced TOFEL. Attended UIUC to study engineering so I’d a job one day, same year when @drfeifei became an assistant prof there. Got an algo trading internship by luck because I wrote a paper on wireless communication. Met MIT interns who told me they didn’t have to pay tuition. Inspired. Got into MIT and studied probability and info theory. Became prof at Stanford. Married. Amazing kids. Pretty happy.

So yeah, Thank you, physics!

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

Well, here's a first for me: a former masters student of mine at Harvard wants to get her PhD, but b/c of funding cuts and resulting cuts in PhD slots in the U.S., she's applying to...Tsinghua University for her PhD.

Wow