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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 9

EMPSEB30 has come to an end, but we’re thrilled by the many enthusiastic volunteers eager to organize EMPSEB31. Next stop could be France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪, or Denmark 🇩🇰… we’ll see! Wishing all future organizers the best of luck!💫

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 9

A big thanks to @biologists.bsky.social for their generous support through the Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing! Their help made our eco-friendly shuttle buses from Prague & Brno possible 🚌💚 and allowed us to reward participants who traveled by train 🚆.

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 9

🎉 Congrats to Luisa Linke, winner of the EMPSEB30 Best Poster Award for “What drives sex differences in immunity?”
She wins a free course from Physalia Courses — big thanks for the support! 🙌
@physaliacourses.bsky.social

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 9

🎉 The AllGenetics–EMPSEB Award for Best Oral Presentation goes to Tarunkishwor Yumnam for his brilliant work on the evolution of the butterfly “false head”! 🦋👏

Big thanks to @allgenetics.bsky.social for supporting emerging science talent! 💙

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 9

EMPSEB30 was a blast! 💥 A week full of science, fun & great conversations in Milovy, Czechia. PhD students from around the world came together to learn, share & connect. Huge thanks to all participants, speakers, organizers & sponsors who made it possible! 💙

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Clément Lafon Placette @plantreproevo.bsky.social · Jun 7

If bottom-up approaches still needed evidence they work, #EMPSEB30 gave it. A warm atmosphere, sustainability prize, engaging DEI session, emotional workshops, alternative presentations, so many out-of-the-box things. Altogether with a really high scientific quality. Thank you @empseb30.bsky.social!

Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · Jun 6

And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 7

Thank you! We were delighted that you came and contributed to the friendly atmosphere during the conference.☺️

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you!👏☺️

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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · Jun 6

And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Todays plenary talk was given by Bibiana Rojas. She showed us her thrilling research that focuses on the study of poisonous frogs that display unique behaviour in parental care and early life.🐸 Thank you Bibiana for not only the talk, but contribution to DEI Panel and friendly athmosphere!

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Last but not least! Our final talk not only in Session 7A but also at the whole conference was given by Marie Krátká. She showed us her unique results about the LTR Retrotransposons in holocentric species and how their abundance and nature differ from monocentric plants!🌱💻

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Stanislav Kostiuk talked about the centromere diversity and structure in tribe Arabideae. He showed how frequent centromere repositioning is and how we can study this interesting phenomenon.🧬🌱 This was great addition to our Session 7A!

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

The next talk in Session 7A was given by Petr Janás. He introduced us to how CRISPR-Cas engineering can rewind chromosome evolution in plants!🌿 Thank you for the inspiring talk!

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Our last session 7A - Evolutionary Genomics started with Lucie Horáková, she shows us her fascinating research about the centromeres in hop!🌱

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Juan Francisco Esteves Ramírez gave a talk about his work on tradeoffs between competitive ability and parasitoid resistance in experimentally evolved Drosophila populations.

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Ana Carolina Varela Pereira showed us the genetic mechanisms that Drosophila larvae evolve to cope with nutritional stresses.

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #drosophila

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Zorimar Vilella Pacheco @biologaboricua.bsky.social gave a fascinating talk on differences in within- vs. trans-generational plasticity in different Daphnia magna lineages.

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #plasticity

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

Benjamin Cejp gave a very comprehensive talk on allometries in life-history strategies and a fast-slow continuum in amphibians.

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #lifehistories

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 6

The DEI panel is an important part of every EMPSEB. This year, participants discussed five selected scenarios in smaller groups. Thanks to all, for great discussions about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Special thanks go to @biobiiana.bsky.social, who concluded the event with an encouraging talk.

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 5

Tarunkishwor Yumnam @tarunyumnam.bsky.social presents his awesome work on false head evolution in butterflies with very beautiful animations.

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #butterflies

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you, Sara Kafimola, for your great talk with the title "Evolutionary insight into Euconulus fulvus group (Gastropoda) with some taxonomic implications".

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #snails

EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 5

Muhammed Rasit Durak @rasitdurak.bsky.social is explaining how he combines phylogenies, substitutions and protein structures to infer coevolution across the tree of life.

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #phylogenetics

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 5

Laura Brosseau-Acquaviva gave an interesting talk about phyloregions of rodents in the Sudanian savanna now and in the past.

#EMPSEB30 #conference #phdstudents #evolution #savanna

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 5

Our todays keynote speaker was Alicia L. Bruzos. She gave an inspiring talk about contagious cancer in different bivalve species. 🐚This unique type of cancer represent an interesting oppurtunity to explore the nature and evolution of cancer. We would like to thank @bruzos.bsky.social for the talk!☺️

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EMPSEB30 @empseb30.bsky.social · Jun 5

We finished Session 5B strong with Erica Winslott. Erica talked about the green tortoise beetles and how their populations differ when it comes to their host plant species.🪲🌱 Thanks Erica for the fascinating talk!

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