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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · 27d

Feliç diada!! Happy Catalonian day!!
Today, we celebrate the national day of Catalonia, …and one of the typical things we eat today is the “Bread of Saint Jordi” (top), that clearly resembles “something” known by all biologists 😅
💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛❤️💛🔬🧬🪰

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · 28d

Wow, Josep!!! So exciting!! Happy to see you back to (north) Catalonia!! Congrats!!

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · 29d

Congrats Esteve 👏🏻👏🏻 for your excellent defense of your TFG studying how marine noise contamination affects #Oikopleura, #deuteronoise project cosupervised by @evadevo.bsky.social @esteeve.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @ub.edu

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Nature @nature.com.web.brid.gy · Sep 4

Two ant species, one mother

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02834-x Two brother ants defy species borders, by sharing the same mother despite being genetically different species.

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Journal of Molecular Evolution @jmolev.bsky.social · Aug 22

@criscanestro.bsky.social gives a lovely, thoughtful talk on this theme, on a tunicate species with very a scrambled genome; then reflects on what the patterns of scrambling can tell us about the underlying regulatory architecture. #eseb2025

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks @jmolev.bsky.social !! For more on our science, please follow us here at @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social

Journal of Molecular Evolution @jmolev.bsky.social · Aug 22

@criscanestro.bsky.social gives a lovely, thoughtful talk on this theme, on a tunicate species with very a scrambled genome; then reflects on what the patterns of scrambling can tell us about the underlying regulatory architecture. #eseb2025

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Genetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · Aug 26

✒️ Don't miss @carlzimmer.com’s article in @nytimes.com, on the impact of gene loss in pygmy seahorses, featuring insights from Cristian Cañestro @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social

🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Aug 25

Beautiful piece by @carlzimmer.com about the impact of #GeneLoss on pygmy sea horses. Thrilled to see Cañestro’s comments mentioned in @nytimes.com. This does not happen everyday! Thanks, Carl☺️

@criscanestro.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Aug 25

Do you need a pygmy sea horse break? Here's my story on the deep lesson about evolution they have to teach us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4mrKIC8

Pygmy sea horse pretending to be a piece of pink coral. Photo by Richard Smith.

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great contributions of our lab in #ESEB2025 with our research on genome architecture and gene regulation from an #oikopleura perspective.
Great organization
@eseb2025.bsky.social @tonigabaldon.bsky.social @ntorresag.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · May 30

Today in #FestaCiènciaUB we are sharing the progress of our @deuteronoise project JPI studying how marine noise pollution affects embryo development of marine invertebrates. Great work @evadevo.bsky.social in collaboration lasalle’s group of Dra. RosaM Alsina & Ignasi Nou
@ubdivulga.bsky.social

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · May 30

Avui i demà el nostre grup @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social participa a #FestaCiènciaUB compartint amb els infants el que fem al laboratori i promovent les seves ganes d’investigar i descobrir els enigmes que la natura ens ofereix. Gràcies @ubdivulga.bsky.social per organitzar-ho!

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Unitat de Cultura Científica i Innovació de la UB @ubdivulga.bsky.social · May 29

Despertem a la #FestaCiènciaUB la consciència sobre la contaminació marina que pateixen els nostres mars i oceans 🌊 a través de l'observació de criatures marines 🔎 web.ub.edu/ca/web/laubd... @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social

Un mar de problemes - La UB Divulga - UB

Taller de la XI Festa de la Ciència de la Universitat de Barcelona.

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Col·legi de Biòlegs de Catalunya @biolegscat.bsky.social · Apr 15

#Genètica | Llegim a @es.theconversation.com aquest article del @criscanestro.bsky.social i el @gasparsanchez.bsky.social
➡️ Menos, pero más: entendiendo la pérdida de genes en la evolución.
🔗 https://theconversation.com/menos-pero-mas-entendiendo-la-perdida-de-genes-en-la-evolucion-249961

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Apr 15

Moltes gràcies @biolegscat.bsky.social per fer-vo-en eco de la notícia sobre la recerca del nostre grup. Ancorat adalt al nostre fil trobareu un bluetutorial🦋 per qui vulgui llegir una mica més sobre la rellevància de la “pèrdua gènica” i la hipòtesis “menys, però més” 🧬🔬🌊

Col·legi de Biòlegs de Catalunya @biolegscat.bsky.social · Apr 15

#Genètica | Llegim a @es.theconversation.com aquest article del @criscanestro.bsky.social i el @gasparsanchez.bsky.social
➡️ Menos, pero más: entendiendo la pérdida de genes en la evolución.
🔗 https://theconversation.com/menos-pero-mas-entendiendo-la-perdida-de-genes-en-la-evolucion-249961

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Mar 31

Publication of our outreach article on our work on #GeneLoss "Less, but more" studying #Fgf #evolution in #Oikopleura @gasparsanchez.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social
@es.theconversation.com
Thanks Laura for your great editorial work @lauragderivera.bsky.social
theconversation.com/menos-pero-m...

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Feb 13

Proud of the two amazing women of our lab, @ntorresag.bsky.social @evadevo.bsky.social, who in the Int. Day of Women and Girls in Science went to two schools to talk about their projects and become models for girls and boys to follow 👩‍🔬 #11FdoneSTEMub @ubdivulga.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social

Escola Miquel Marti i Pol de Viladecans
Científiques, UB-divulga

Institut Vinyes Velles
Montornés del Vallés
Camins infinitits

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Feb 7

@tinosaurio.bsky.social Constantino’s poster, CRISPR and chill 🤩

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Feb 7

Great talk by Nuria @ntorresag.bsky.social on her postdoctoral research in our lab studying how marine biotoxins affects gene expression & chromatin remodelling in Oikopleura embryos, in colaboration with @mariarossello.bsky.social at @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @scb.iec.cat

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Feb 7

Today, do not miss the posters of our lab at @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social working in (Eco)EvoDevo using Oikopleura as a model. #Noisosome @evadevo.bsky.social #GenomeScrambling @baielx.bsky.social #CRISPR @tinosaurio.bsky.social

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Jan 1

Dioicous new year!! 🍾🥂
Our lab wish you a very free-living 2025!!🥳🥳
Artist 🤩: @tinosaurio.bsky.social

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Dec 21

Thanks, here you can find a #Bluetorial of our article on “Less, but more” evolution
👇🏻
bsky.app/profile/evod...

EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Dec 18

"LESS, but MORE" refers to the evolutionary framework characterized by massive gene losses accompanied by bursts of duplications that we describe in a MS just published in MBE about FGF evolution in appendicularian tunicates👉 bit.ly/3VGWSfd
@official-smbe.bsky.social
Here, our first #BLUETORIAL 🦋😁👇

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phy_papers @phypapers.bsky.social · Dec 19

Less, but more: new insights from appendicularians on chordate Fgf evolution and the divergence of tunicate lifestyles https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39686543/

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Dec 19

Congrats 🥳🥳 @ntorresag.bsky.social and @mariarossello.bsky.social for being granted with this exciting projects as PIs studying gene regulatory landscape in scramble genomes at #SGREvoDevoCat

#EvoDevo and #Genomics rock 🧬🎸🤘🏻😎

@geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social

Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · Dec 19

🏆 Conservation of gene regulatory landscape in scramble genomes

IPs: Núria Paz Torres Aguila i Maria Rosselló Xamena

👏 Enhorabona per l'excel·lència i la innovació científica!

www.ub.edu/irbio/resolu...

#Recerca #Biodiversitat

Resolució de la Convocatòria Ajuts PR IRBio 2024 per a joves investigadors/es

Termini: 30 de juny 2024

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thanks to funders: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades of Spain, ICREA-Academia program and SGR from AGAUR-Generalitat de Catalunya. Thanks to all our colleagues from OIST, and support from our instititution @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu

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EvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · Dec 18

These findings can be useful to better understand the adaptive impact of gene loss on the evolution and diversification of species across the tree of life.

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