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Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · 1d

One week to apply for our fully funded PhD position in Norway! This is a really exciting project in collab. with University of Helsinki and Benchmark Genetics.

Samples are ready - you do (read: learn) everything - functional genomics, bioinformatics, genotype-phenotype associations 🤩

Please RT!

Jukka-Pekka Verta @jpverta.bsky.social · Aug 21

How do regulatory genes control alternative life histories? We have an open PhD position to answer this question using functional genomics in Atlantic salmon.

Apply by October 15th through www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Please share widely! 🧬🦑🖥️

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SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 2d

We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...

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Genetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · 2d

Next March 2026 the joint meeting of the @sebioldev.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social and Dutch societies for #DevBio will take for place in Potsdam. From the @geneticsub.bsky.social it counts with the participation of @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social as organizer & @isabelalmudi.bsky.social as a speaker

SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 2d

We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 3d

Only two weeks to apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch prize for the "best thesis in evolutionary biology", don't miss the chance!
@sesbe-org.bsky.social

Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Did you defend your thesis in the last 2 years at a Spanish institution? Are you a member of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social? Apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch Prize for the best thesis in Evolutionary Biology!

Deadline: 15th Oct

More details at sesbe.org/premio-pere-...

Premio Pere Alberch - SESBE

Convocatorias Premiados en ediciones anteriores Convocatoria del III Premio Pere Alberch 2026 a la Mejor Tesis sobre Biología Evolutiva El III premio Pere Alberch a la mejor tesis doctoral sobre...

sesbe.org

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Mireya Plass @mireyaplass.bsky.social · 6d

🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Staufen2 modulates the temporal dynamics of human neurogenesis in vitro

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in post-transcriptional regulation during brain development, yet their specific functions in coordinating human neural lineage decisions remain poorly u...

www.biorxiv.org

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · 5d

Here it is! Postdoctoral position to identify the progenitors sensory organs in the regenerating legs of Parhyale

apply here: www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman

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Michalis Averof @michalis-averof.bsky.social · Jul 13

We've just been awarded a grant to study the cellular basis of regeneration – to track the progenitors of sensory organs in the context of leg regeneration, in our favourite crustacean tinyurl.com/parhyale, based on live imaging and cell tracking. The project involves some cool collaborations... 1/3

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 6d

Really happy and thankful to @molbiosystems.bsky.social organization for inviting me to present our work in such special and stimulating environment. Lots of great science in Puerto Varas, Chile
@geneticsub.bsky.social
@sesbe-org.bsky.social
@sebioldev.bsky.social
#molbiosys2025

Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 7d

#IRBioalMón
@isabelalmudi.bsky.social i #NachoMaeso
presenten la seva recerca al "IV molecular biosystems conference: eukaryotic gene regulation & functional genomics" a Puerto Varas, Chile

molbiosystems.com

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 7d

Only two weeks to apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch prize, don't miss the oportunity!
@sesbe-org.bsky.social

Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Did you defend your thesis in the last 2 years at a Spanish institution? Are you a member of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social? Apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch Prize for the best thesis in Evolutionary Biology!

Deadline: 15th Oct

More details at sesbe.org/premio-pere-...

Premio Pere Alberch - SESBE

Convocatorias Premiados en ediciones anteriores Convocatoria del III Premio Pere Alberch 2026 a la Mejor Tesis sobre Biología Evolutiva El III premio Pere Alberch a la mejor tesis doctoral sobre...

sesbe.org

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SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 9d

Hoy @bpernaute.bsky.social ha participado en la Jornada de Sociedades #COSCE con el tema Dilemas Éticos en Ciencia y Tecnología como representante de la #SEBD y ha dado una conferencia sobre "Generación y uso de modelos de embrión humano in vitro a partir de células madre” a propuesta de la #SEBD

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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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La Ciència Al Teu Món / Science in your world @lcatmon.bsky.social · Aug 20

#ESEB2025 Join us today at Perill Street
#Evolution and Diversity at #FestaMajordeGracia
📍https://share.google/uCnq63gqYsq7fBCG7

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 20

Don’t miss the chance to enjoy Gràcia’s festivities today! lacienciaalteumon.cat/evolution-an...

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Aug 20

This picture of the program may be handy. #eseb2025 @sesbe-org.bsky.social @lcatmon.bsky.social

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yeah! Our wonderful team from @uabbiociencies.bsky.social will be there organizing the Animal Biodiversity workshop at 4PM - please go and join them! 🧬🐢🦘🐖🐸🐓
#ESEB2025
@eseb2025.bsky.social
@lcatmon.bsky.social

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katja heuer @k4tj4.bsky.social · Aug 18

Isabela Almudi Cabrero kicking off @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social symposium on Evolution of behavioural diversity at #ESEB2025 talking about how new &old genes generate novel neural systems and the origin of Turbanate eyes in mayflies
@ebablab.bsky.social @alealisousa.bsky.social
@r3rt0.bsky.social

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Did you defend your thesis in the last 2 years at a Spanish institution? Are you a member of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social? Apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch Prize for the best thesis in Evolutionary Biology!

Deadline: 15th Oct

More details at sesbe.org/premio-pere-...

Premio Pere Alberch - SESBE

Convocatorias Premiados en ediciones anteriores Convocatoria del III Premio Pere Alberch 2026 a la Mejor Tesis sobre Biología Evolutiva El III premio Pere Alberch a la mejor tesis doctoral sobre...

sesbe.org

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · Aug 17

Join the TIBBE team at #ESEB2025 on Monday in room 115 for S17 *The evolution of behavioural diversity: from ecology to genes and neural systems* - lots of great talks, and more excellent posters throughout the evening sessions! 🧠

The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution (TIBBE)- Network @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social · Apr 17

This is TIBBE – The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution network.
We bring together researchers on brain evolution to exchange ideas, share expertise on tools and methods, share data and discuss new findings.
Discover & join TIBBE on our website and a short video tibbe-network.github.io

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jul 28

Huge congrats, Alex, and the rest of the team 😍

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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · Jul 28

Happy to see our latest work out in @molbioevol.bsky.social. We revisit the evolution of 5-methylcytosine across neglected eukaryotic supergroups, establishing an ancestral repressive role silencing genome invaders, both transposons and viral elements👾: academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... 🧵 1/7

Repressive cytosine methylation is a marker of viral gene transfer across divergent eukaryotes

Abstract. Cytosine DNA methylation patterns vary widely across eukaryotes, with its ancestral roles being understood to have included both transposable ele

academic.oup.com

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congratulations! Beautiful work 😍

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Sergio Menchero @sermenchero.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thrilled to share that our latest work on marsupial heterochrony is now online at @cp-devcell.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @lab-turner.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk We used scRNAseq to understand the asynchronous progression of developmental programmes in marsupials www.cell.com/developmenta...

Marsupial single-cell transcriptomics identifies temporal diversity in mammalian developmental programs

Menchero et al. generate a single-cell transcriptomic atlas in the opossum and show rapid progression of transcriptional programs in specific tissues relative to morphological landmarks. This shift in...

www.cell.com

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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jul 14

Had a great time at the #UKEVODEVO last Friday. Lots of fantastic talks and great discussions. Thanks all the organisers for giving me the opportunity of presenting our latest data on mayflies and meeting very good friends in sunny London.
@irbio-ub.bsky.social , @geneticsub.bsky.social

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Peter Fabian @fabianlab.bsky.social · Jul 14

Antonia Weberling @a-weberling.bsky.social, Isabel Almudí @isabelalmudi.bsky.social, Aleksandra Marconi @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social (no 📷), Yuanzhen Zhu @ox.ac.uk , Elizabeth Williams @marinvmet.bsky.social, Lucia L. Prieto-Godino @neuroluci.bsky.social,

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Peter Fabian @fabianlab.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hello from London! #UKEVODEVO

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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · Jun 27

🧪How did life begin—and why does it matter? A new @asm.org report explores the origin of microbial life and its impact on biotech, climate, and astrobiology.
Dr. @tonigabaldon.bsky.social contributed on eukaryotic origins.

Read➕: https://shorturl.at/0infO

#OriginOfLife #Biology #CellBiology

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