Peter Mulhair
@petermulhair.bsky.social
BBSRC fellow at Liverpool Uni - insect adaptation to freshwater environments, comparative genomics and gene evolution.
I enjoy genomes, bioinformatics, and moths.
Treasurer for Systematics Association systass.org
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I enjoy genomes, bioinformatics, and moths.
Treasurer for Systematics Association systass.org
He/Him ๐ฎ๐ช
๐ http://petermulhair.com
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Peter Mulhair
@petermulhair.bsky.social
ยท Oct 17
Revised evolutionary relationships within Brachycera and the early origin of bicoid in flies
Mulhair et al. uncover a functional bicoid in non-cyclorrhaphan flies, pushing the
gene's origin back by โผ20 million years. Reassessing the Diptera phylogeny using the
largest dataset to date permits ...
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Latest work out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social
We find the fly development gene bicoid is much older than previously thought (~20 million yrs older!) ๐ชฐ๐งฌ
To pinpoint its origins we tackled the Diptera phylogeny, providing some resolution (many open questions remain).
๐ tinyurl.com/2vyuevpy
We find the fly development gene bicoid is much older than previously thought (~20 million yrs older!) ๐ชฐ๐งฌ
To pinpoint its origins we tackled the Diptera phylogeny, providing some resolution (many open questions remain).
๐ tinyurl.com/2vyuevpy
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Our website is back!!! ๐๐๐
Also, if you have yet to register for this Wednesday's Joy of Discovery lecture (online at 3PM GMT+0), do so here: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving a talk on the origin of feathers.
Also, if you have yet to register for this Wednesday's Joy of Discovery lecture (online at 3PM GMT+0), do so here: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving a talk on the origin of feathers.
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our website is back!!! ๐๐๐
Also, if you have yet to register for this Wednesday's Joy of Discovery lecture (online at 3PM GMT+0), do so here: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving a talk on the origin of feathers.
Also, if you have yet to register for this Wednesday's Joy of Discovery lecture (online at 3PM GMT+0), do so here: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving a talk on the origin of feathers.
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Our trilogy of orthology publications is online!
Review on Hierarchical Orthologous Groups doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10277-1
OrthoXML-Tools doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10271-7
A great community effort on Quest for Orthologs in the era of Data Deluge and AI doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10272-6
Review on Hierarchical Orthologous Groups doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10277-1
OrthoXML-Tools doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10271-7
A great community effort on Quest for Orthologs in the era of Data Deluge and AI doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10272-6
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Our trilogy of orthology publications is online!
Review on Hierarchical Orthologous Groups doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10277-1
OrthoXML-Tools doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10271-7
A great community effort on Quest for Orthologs in the era of Data Deluge and AI doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10272-6
Review on Hierarchical Orthologous Groups doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10277-1
OrthoXML-Tools doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10271-7
A great community effort on Quest for Orthologs in the era of Data Deluge and AI doi.org/10.1007/s00239-025-10272-6
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a life changing opportunity made possible by the Nobel Prize funds awarded to John Sulston -- the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social runs the Sanger Prize scheme, open to an undergrad from any LMIC to spend 3 months here learning all about genomics. more details here www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
a life changing opportunity made possible by the Nobel Prize funds awarded to John Sulston -- the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social runs the Sanger Prize scheme, open to an undergrad from any LMIC to spend 3 months here learning all about genomics. more details here www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...
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The online Joy of Discovery event is back! ๐
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The online Joy of Discovery event is back! ๐
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
This year the event is going to be a smidge different, with a single speaker. But what a speaker!
Prof. Mike Benton, University of Bristol, will be giving us a talk on the origin of feathers.
Join us NOV 26 AT 3PM GMT+0
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdu5xans
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๐จ#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? ๐งซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐งโโ๏ธ
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resistant zombies: how drug-resistance plasmids manipulate the behaviour of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa at University of Liverpool on Fin...
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resistant zombies: how drug-resistance plasmids manipulate the behaviour of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa at University of Li...
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
๐จ#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? ๐งซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐งโโ๏ธ
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Out today, our take on 6-methyladenine #6mA evolution in Eukaryotes @natgenet.nature.com. We asked a simple question, is really DNA 6mA common across the eukaryotes? The answer is "yes" if you're a unicellular eukaryote ๐ฆ , not so if you're multicellular ๐๐ฑ๐. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/9
Adenine DNA methylation associated with transcriptionally permissive chromatin is widespread across eukaryotes - Nature Genetics
Long-read sequencing in 18 unicellular eukaryotes reveals that 6mA is widespread across eukaryotes and is enriched at transcriptionally permissive regions, which are also marked by H3K4me3.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Out today, our take on 6-methyladenine #6mA evolution in Eukaryotes @natgenet.nature.com. We asked a simple question, is really DNA 6mA common across the eukaryotes? The answer is "yes" if you're a unicellular eukaryote ๐ฆ , not so if you're multicellular ๐๐ฑ๐. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/9
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If you work on genomics of Lepidoptera in Europe and would like to do a short-term research exchange, you can apply for a short term scientific mission through our COST Action. See details below.
(1/4) ๐ฃ Exciting news! ๐ฃ
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details ๐
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details ๐
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If you work on genomics of Lepidoptera in Europe and would like to do a short-term research exchange, you can apply for a short term scientific mission through our COST Action. See details below.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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(1/4) ๐ฃ Exciting news! ๐ฃ
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details ๐
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details ๐
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
(1/4) ๐ฃ Exciting news! ๐ฃ
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details ๐
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details ๐
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Join us! ๐งฌ๐ชฐ๐๐ฌ
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us! ๐งฌ๐ชฐ๐๐ฌ
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
Another year of the @systassn.bsky.social's YSF conference complete.
Another year of catching up with the talented early career systematists/taxonomists from across the globe, presenting thoughtful and exciting research on such a broad range of topics.
Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Another year of catching up with the talented early career systematists/taxonomists from across the globe, presenting thoughtful and exciting research on such a broad range of topics.
Thank you to everyone who contributed!
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Another year of the @systassn.bsky.social's YSF conference complete.
Another year of catching up with the talented early career systematists/taxonomists from across the globe, presenting thoughtful and exciting research on such a broad range of topics.
Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Another year of catching up with the talented early career systematists/taxonomists from across the globe, presenting thoughtful and exciting research on such a broad range of topics.
Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Woooo!!! Exciting times ahead
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Woooo!!! Exciting times ahead
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Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
Meet the new cohort of exceptional researchers who have been awarded more than ยฃ83 million worth of early career fellowships by the Royal Society, working on research spanning the sciences: #RSGrants: https://bit.ly/49jMkKx
Exceptional researchers awarded early career fellowships worth more than ยฃ83 million | Royal Society
A new cohort of exceptional researchers at have been awarded funding through the Royal Societyโs early career schemes, the University Research Fellowship (URF), Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) and Ne...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
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Happy to share Jialin's first publication. She did a great job exploring the transition to land in animals. Co-supervised by the great Jordi Paps and me and in collaboration with Davide Pisani and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
Nature research paper: Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals
go.nature.com/4i0i61w
go.nature.com/4i0i61w
Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals - Nature
Comparisons of 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and outgroups have been used to reconstruct ancestral adaptation to life on land across 11 distinct terrestrialization events, revealing strong evidence for convergent genomic evolution across the animal kingdom and recurring periods of terrestrial colonization.
go.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy to share Jialin's first publication. She did a great job exploring the transition to land in animals. Co-supervised by the great Jordi Paps and me and in collaboration with Davide Pisani and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
A truly refreshing perspective on an age old debate. Big implications for animal evolution but also useful techniques to address many other remaining phylogenetic questions.
Congrats to you both on a wonderful piece of work!
Congrats to you both on a wonderful piece of work!
NEW pub in @science.org ๐ฅณ
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
๐: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
๐: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A truly refreshing perspective on an age old debate. Big implications for animal evolution but also useful techniques to address many other remaining phylogenetic questions.
Congrats to you both on a wonderful piece of work!
Congrats to you both on a wonderful piece of work!
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NEW pub in @science.org ๐ฅณ
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
๐: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
๐: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NEW pub in @science.org ๐ฅณ
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
๐: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is it sponges (panels A & B) or comb jellies (C & D) that root the animal tree of life?
For over 15 years, #phylogenomic studies have been divided.
We provide new evidence suggesting that...
๐: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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We are experiencing some issues with our website. We will let you know as soon as it is back in working order.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We are experiencing some issues with our website. We will let you know as soon as it is back in working order.
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๐ Iโve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plantโmicrobe interactions ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ชฒ
๐งช๐ฅ๏ธ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plantโmicrobe interactions ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ชฒ
๐งช๐ฅ๏ธ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
๐ Iโve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plantโmicrobe interactions ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ชฒ
๐งช๐ฅ๏ธ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plantโmicrobe interactions ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ชฒ
๐งช๐ฅ๏ธ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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Hey Lep researchers!
"Given the risks of transgene remobilization and instability associated with piggyBac transposases of lepidopteran origin,
we urge researchers interested in developing transgenesis in moths or butterflies to consider using Minos-based tools."
"Given the risks of transgene remobilization and instability associated with piggyBac transposases of lepidopteran origin,
we urge researchers interested in developing transgenesis in moths or butterflies to consider using Minos-based tools."
It's out, Minos transgenesis in the pantry moth by
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
High efficient, glowing eye and silk gland markers
peerj.com/articles/202...
@peerj.bsky.social
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
High efficient, glowing eye and silk gland markers
peerj.com/articles/202...
@peerj.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey Lep researchers!
"Given the risks of transgene remobilization and instability associated with piggyBac transposases of lepidopteran origin,
we urge researchers interested in developing transgenesis in moths or butterflies to consider using Minos-based tools."
"Given the risks of transgene remobilization and instability associated with piggyBac transposases of lepidopteran origin,
we urge researchers interested in developing transgenesis in moths or butterflies to consider using Minos-based tools."
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Reminder, registration for this year's Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), closes tomorrow at 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form.
This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
tinyurl.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Reminder, registration for this year's Young Systematists' Forum (Friday, Nov 14th), closes tomorrow at 13:00 GMT+0.
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
Register: tinyurl.com/5n8mu5z9
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PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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Do you work (/want to work) with caterpillars? Or sensory systems? Or BOTH?! Well good golly do we have the paper for you! We explain the senses that caterpillars have, what they use them for, and how anthropogenic sensory pollution might be messing it all up ๐ doi.org/10.1007/s003...
The sensory ecology of caterpillars - Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Caterpillars (larval Lepidoptera) are one of the most ecologically and evolutionarily significant taxa on Earth. As both feeders and food, they shape the dynamics of enumerate ecosystems on land. Key ...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Do you work (/want to work) with caterpillars? Or sensory systems? Or BOTH?! Well good golly do we have the paper for you! We explain the senses that caterpillars have, what they use them for, and how anthropogenic sensory pollution might be messing it all up ๐ doi.org/10.1007/s003...