Moritz Blumer
@moritzblumer.bsky.social
PhD Student @GeneticsCam. Interested in Genomics, Biodiversity, Speciation, Conservation 🐟🦇🐋🐛🐆. Formerly @goetheuni & @mpicbg.
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X’s decision to show where its accounts are based “is, theoretically, a positive step in the direction of transparency”—yet Elon Musk may have instead revealed that the platform is “just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
X’s decision to show where its accounts are based “is, theoretically, a positive step in the direction of transparency”—yet Elon Musk may have instead revealed that the platform is “just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors,” @cwarzel.bsky.social argues.
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How did nature’s incredible diversity come to be? These cichlid fish may offer a clue 🐠
Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
bit.ly/3HGqEN6
Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
bit.ly/3HGqEN6
June 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
How did nature’s incredible diversity come to be? These cichlid fish may offer a clue 🐠
Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
bit.ly/3HGqEN6
Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
bit.ly/3HGqEN6
Check out our new paper about chromosomal inversions in Malawi cichlids! 🐟🧬
Available here without a paywall: hdl.handle.net/10067/214834... (click on the ‘Full text (open access)’ link).
Available here without a paywall: hdl.handle.net/10067/214834... (click on the ‘Full text (open access)’ link).
June 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Check out our new paper about chromosomal inversions in Malawi cichlids! 🐟🧬
Available here without a paywall: hdl.handle.net/10067/214834... (click on the ‘Full text (open access)’ link).
Available here without a paywall: hdl.handle.net/10067/214834... (click on the ‘Full text (open access)’ link).
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🐟 How do new #species arise?🧬 800+ species, 1 lake, little time: Cichlids in Lake #Malawi evolved with stunning speed—no geographic barriers needed. A new Science study shows how #supergenes & chromosome inversions drive biodiversity. #LIBresearch
Find out more: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1206...
Find out more: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1206...
June 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🐟 How do new #species arise?🧬 800+ species, 1 lake, little time: Cichlids in Lake #Malawi evolved with stunning speed—no geographic barriers needed. A new Science study shows how #supergenes & chromosome inversions drive biodiversity. #LIBresearch
Find out more: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1206...
Find out more: leibniz-lib.de/de/news/1206...
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@fxquah.bsky.social 's paper is finally out @genomeresearch.bsky.social and we made the cover!! This was only possible due to the brilliant illustration by @sonhita.bsky.social
Paper here:
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/5...
See below for more details 🧵
Paper here:
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/5...
See below for more details 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@fxquah.bsky.social 's paper is finally out @genomeresearch.bsky.social and we made the cover!! This was only possible due to the brilliant illustration by @sonhita.bsky.social
Paper here:
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/5...
See below for more details 🧵
Paper here:
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/5...
See below for more details 🧵
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Dass ausgerechnet die CSU-Politikerin Doro Bär, die noch vor wenigen Jahren den menschengemachten Klimawandel leugnete, jetzt neue Forschungsministerin werden soll - ein Job, bei dem es ganz besonders darauf ankommt, der Kraft der Wissenschaft zu vertrauen, ist m.E. hochproblematisch.
April 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dass ausgerechnet die CSU-Politikerin Doro Bär, die noch vor wenigen Jahren den menschengemachten Klimawandel leugnete, jetzt neue Forschungsministerin werden soll - ein Job, bei dem es ganz besonders darauf ankommt, der Kraft der Wissenschaft zu vertrauen, ist m.E. hochproblematisch.
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Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.
Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution
www.scientificamerican.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.
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Do you want to make genetic maps from sperm/pollen/gametes? Now there is an easy way, based on Hi-C sequencing.
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green for the idea and a group of co-authors including @mariontalbi.bsky.social and @danielbolnick.bsky.social for contributions.
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green for the idea and a group of co-authors including @mariontalbi.bsky.social and @danielbolnick.bsky.social for contributions.
Hi-reComb: constructing recombination maps from bulk gamete Hi-C sequencing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.06.641907v1
March 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Do you want to make genetic maps from sperm/pollen/gametes? Now there is an easy way, based on Hi-C sequencing.
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green for the idea and a group of co-authors including @mariontalbi.bsky.social and @danielbolnick.bsky.social for contributions.
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green for the idea and a group of co-authors including @mariontalbi.bsky.social and @danielbolnick.bsky.social for contributions.
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Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
February 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
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Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
Airbnb’s co-founder is joining Elon Musk’s DOGE
Gebbia, a close friend of Musk, has praised DOGE’s work and defended it against criticisms on social media
www.independent.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
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There is a lot going on right now! So much in fact that our news team at @science.org is now running a Trump tracker to keep track of it all. *sigh* 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Welcome to Trump Tracker: Probationary workers at health agencies being fired today
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
www.science.org
February 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
There is a lot going on right now! So much in fact that our news team at @science.org is now running a Trump tracker to keep track of it all. *sigh* 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn.
'It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
scim.ag
February 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn.
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Our first deep dive into TEs and piRNAs in African cichlids is finally published!
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
rdcu.be/d69S5
Our main findings below 🧵
#TEsky
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
rdcu.be/d69S5
Our main findings below 🧵
#TEsky
Dynamic co-evolution of transposable elements and the piRNA pathway in African cichlid fishes - Genome Biology
Background East African cichlid fishes have diversified in an explosive fashion, but the (epi)genetic basis of the phenotypic diversity of these fishes remains largely unknown. Although transposable e...
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our first deep dive into TEs and piRNAs in African cichlids is finally published!
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
rdcu.be/d69S5
Our main findings below 🧵
#TEsky
genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
rdcu.be/d69S5
Our main findings below 🧵
#TEsky
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Happy to report that our work on immune system adaptations in bats is now out in @nature.com 🦇🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ariadnamorales.bsky.social @batresearch.bsky.social @virology.bsky.social @DGKontopoulos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy @sgn.one @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social Read more ...
Bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance - Nature
A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene ISG15 that ai...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy to report that our work on immune system adaptations in bats is now out in @nature.com 🦇🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ariadnamorales.bsky.social @batresearch.bsky.social @virology.bsky.social @DGKontopoulos.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy @sgn.one @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social Read more ...