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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 10h

Opening keynote talk by Pedro Beltrão on the genetics of human trait variation across the scales of biological organization.

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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 10h

Nuno Morais kicking off the Iberian EvoMG PI meeting, organized by @evomg-bcn.bsky.social and @biomics-twinning.bsky.social at PRBB in Barcelona!

evomedgenomics.com/events/iberi...

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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 8d

At EvoMG-DN we believe that evolutionary history shapes both the human genome and its pathogens and ultimately disease susceptibility.
We will tackle health challenges from an evolutionary perspective in the topic of: ageing, cancer and infectious diseases.
#PhD #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA

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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 12d

Amazing talk by @elinork.bsky.social today at @prbb.org ! 🐶🦇🐪🦏

Hosted by @weghornlab.bsky.social

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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 13d

🚀 Exciting news: the Evolutionary Medical Genomics Doctoral Network (EVOMG-DN) launches soon!
🔍 15 fully funded PhD positions: ready to shape the future of genomic medicine? Stay tuned for details!
#PhD #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #PhDPositions

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Jul 10

New review from @chloecolson.bsky.social on cancer evolution & plasticity from a mathematical modelling lens: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Chloe provides a framework to think about plasticity & evolution, & explains how maths models can reveal cell dynamics that we can't directly observe.

Mathematical modelling of cancer cell evolution and plasticity

In this review, we argue that mathematical modelling is an essential tool for understanding cancer cell evolution and phenotypic plasticity. We show t…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Monica Bettencourt-Dias @monicabettencourt.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!

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Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thrilled to become an EMBO Member! Thanks so much to @embo.org for the recognition, and thanks A LOT to all current and past lab members, mentors and collaborators for making it possible! 🤗

EMBO @embo.org · Jul 1

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪

Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025

Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO

Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond

www.embo.org

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Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona @prbb.org · May 29

A study by @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @uspoficial.bsky.social shows the great genetic diversity of Brazil and its implications for the health of the population.

🧬#DNAdoBrasil project has sequenced +2700 complete genomes and revealed +8M unknown genetic variants.

‪@hunemeier.bsky.social
More info👇

Knowing the genome of the Brazilian population helps to decipher its history - El·lipse

The study by IBE:CSIC-UPF and the University of São Paulo shows the great genetic diversity of Brazil and its implications for the health of the population.

ellipse.prbb.org

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Charlie Pugh @cwjpugh.bsky.social · May 26

New preprint in collaboration with @paulinanunezv.bsky.social supervised by @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social and Mafalda Dias – we propose a simple approach to improving zero-shot variant effect prediction in pre-existing protein and genome language models: 🧶 1/n

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

From Likelihood to Fitness: Improving Variant Effect Prediction in Protein and Genome Language Models

Generative models trained on natural sequences are increasingly used to predict the effects of genetic variation, enabling progress in therapeutic design, disease risk prediction, and synthetic biolog...

www.biorxiv.org

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 21

Scientists make breakthroughs on blood ageing and limb regrowth

https://www.ft.com/content/a1f83886-fb29-4f5f-9577-bec61dfd31d2

Scientists make breakthroughs on blood ageing and limb regrowth

Two new studies could help develop better therapies for rejuvenation and regeneration

www.ft.com

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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · May 23

EvoMG-DN (II): @nmoraislab.bsky.social, @mirimiam.bsky.social, Isabel Gordo, @gabaldonlab.bsky.social, @viroupf.bsky.social, @jamie-blundell.bsky.social, Aleksandra Walczak.

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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · May 23

EvoMG-DN (I): ‪@dvalenzano.bsky.social, ‪@emmateeling.bsky.social, Jonas Juan-Mateu, @camilleberthelot.bsky.social, Mafalda Días/ @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social, @trevorgraham.bsky.social, ‪@eszterlakatos.bsky.social

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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · May 23

Altogether, they will train a new generation of students that will apply evolutionary genomic approaches to tackle key biomedical questions on aging and related diseases, cancer & infectious diseases and immune interactions.

Stay tuned for the upcoming PhD call (15 PhD students starting ~Sep 2026)

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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · May 23

🚨With some delay, we're excited to announce that our proposal for a MSCA Doctoral Network on Evolutionary Medical Genomics (EvoMG-DN) got funded! 🎉

🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu.

europa.eu/!NNq63m

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Randolph Nesse @randynesse.bsky.social · May 11

The essay by @awaisaftab.bsky.social does a fine job of describing how cliff-edge fitness functions may explain vulnerability to some diseases. For an accessible Psychology Today article on the topic, see the link below. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · Apr 3

APOBEC shapes tumor evolution and age at onset of lung cancer in smokers https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.02.587805v1

APOBEC enzymes are part of the innate immunity and are responsible for restricting viruses and retro

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Mar 7

Our #Cancer #Evolution summer school runs again 30 June-3 July at the beautiful Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK sponsored by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Ideal for starters in the field; this year's focus is on using genomic data for cancer evo research.

Brilliant & inspiring faculty! bit.ly/40nLdDD

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Feb 25

Peto's Paradox—that cancer does not increase with body size of mammals—was wrong.
A new, comprehensive study of 263 species documents higher cancer prevalence with increasing body mass. Some large animals (e.g. elephants) have some built-in genetic adaptations
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @pnas.org

No evidence for Peto’s paradox in terrestrial vertebrates | PNAS

Larger, longer-lived species are expected to have a higher cancer prevalence compared to smaller, shorter-lived species owing to the greater number...

www.pnas.org

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Randolph Nesse @randynesse.bsky.social · Jan 25

The Abstract deadline is Feb 3 for the 10th annual meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health in Nashville. All welcome, esp. students and clinicians. Full info at iemph.org Please repost #EvMed 🧪 @evmed.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social

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Mike Spencer Chapman @mikespencerchapman.bsky.social · Jan 15

So pleased to have the paper out, available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08423-8
For me this was discovery science as I had always hoped it would be. A lot of fun, and some proper detective work with plenty of twists & turns on the way. Brief thread below

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Sarah Aitken @s-j-aitken.bsky.social · Jan 15

🌟NEW PREPRINT ALERT!🌟

We are very pleased to introduce #StrainDifferences: “Genetic background sets the trajectory of cancer evolution”

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Genetic background sets the trajectory of cancer evolution

Human cancers are heterogeneous. Their genomes evolve from genetically diverse germlines in complex and dynamic environments, including exposure to potential carcinogens. This heterogeneity of humans,...

www.biorxiv.org

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Nuria Lopez-Bigas @nlbigas.bsky.social · Dec 9

**Clinical Cancer Genomics Conference**
First of an annual recurring series. It will be a very important meeting for the advance of clinical implementation of cancer genomics.

Proud to be part of it.

March 20th-21st 2025 in Amsterdam.

Registration open: www.ccg2025.eu
#CCG2025

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Manuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · Dec 10

We’re recruiting a PhD student to use comparative omics to investigate why some viruses can efficiently infect both human and mosquito cells, but lead to different infection outcomes. Fully funded position by @evomg-bcn.bsky.social at our lab at UPF-CRG and the Diez lab.

www.crg.eu/en/content/t...

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Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Dec 6

Reposting this list of #cancer #evolution scientists, in case its useful for the many newcomers.

Trevor Graham @trevorgraham.bsky.social · Nov 12

I've started a list of people working on #cancer #evolution. Many more to be added, so do let me know if that is you. Also if you would like to be removed. go.bsky.app/QuAF4Mo

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