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John Lees @bacpop.org · 21d

The EMBL PhD programme is open until 13th October (entry ~Sep 2026):
www.embl.org/about/info/e...

We have three positions in microbial genomics at EMBL-EBI, including one in my group. Please do apply, or if you know anyone that would be interested pass on to them

EMBL International PhD Programme – Unique in the world and waiting for you!

www.embl.org

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 Imagine a bacterium that refuses to follow the textbook:
It grows as tangled filaments, divides unevenly, reshapes its own membranes… and even builds grappling hooks.
Meet Litorilinea aerophila — and here’s why it blew our minds.

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · Aug 7

Want to acquire #ExM images like this and help us understand the true extent of cytoskeletal diversity across the tree of life? This position might be for you!

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

With @dudinlab.bsky.social
@embl.org @biology-unige.bsky.social @moorefound.bsky.social

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Stephan Köstlbacher @stephkoe.bsky.social · Jul 20

9. TL;DR + link dump
WitChi is:
✔ Fast
✔ Interpretable
✔ Tree- and model-free
✔ Benchmark-validated
Designed to fix compositional bias at phylogenomic scale.
With: @kassipan.bsky.social, @danieltamarit.bsky.social, @ettema.bsky.social
💻 github.com/stephkoest/w...
📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

GitHub - stephkoest/witchi: A compositional bias testing and pruning tool for multiple sequence alignments

A compositional bias testing and pruning tool for multiple sequence alignments - stephkoest/witchi

github.com

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Stephan Köstlbacher @stephkoe.bsky.social · Jul 20

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🧵 New preprint out!
WitChi: a fast, open-source Python tool to detect, quantify & prune compositional bias in MSAs.
Lightweight, tree-free, scalable to 5k+ taxa... so we applied it to the GTDB archaea MSA.
#ArchaeaSky #MEvoSky #MicroSky
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
💻 github.com/stephkoest/w...

WitChi: Efficient Detection and Pruning of Compositional Bias in Phylogenomic Alignments Using Empirical Chi-Squared Testing

Convergent evolution, where unrelated taxa independently evolve similar nucleotide or amino acid compositions, can introduce compositional bias into biological sequence data. Such biases distort phylo...

www.biorxiv.org

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Dongwook Kim @dongwookkim.bsky.social · Jun 3

Unicore is now published on GBE 🚀
Unicore rapidly identifies structural single-copy core genes from input species proteomes for phylogenetic analysis. Powered by Foldseek and ProstT5, Unicore enables linear-scale structure-based phylogeny of any given set of taxa. 🧵1/n
📃 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf109

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kausthubh.bsky.social @kausthubh.bsky.social · May 15

I attended the exciting symposium organized by @floravincent.bsky.social @mwdorr.bsky.social, @nicoledubilier.bsky.social, @gautamdey.bsky.social & Susanna Coelho

LOTs of takeaways from the Symposium (from biology to climate change)

🚨Here are a few important ones in my listicle below 👇

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EMBL @embl.org · May 15

With rapid changes in our environment and climate, there's an urgent need to better understand living systems and their interactions, going beyond the few well-established ‘model’ organisms. A recent EMBO | EMBL Symposium explored how we might do that.

Learn more: www.embl.org/news/science...

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Apr 24

Our next extraordinary biologist for this week is Gautam Dey, who co-organised the 2023 @dev-journal.bsky.social and 2024 @jcellsci.bsky.social Journal Meetings. Gautam’s research group at @embl.org, Germany, frequently contributes to @prelights.bsky.social. #100biologists @gautamdey.bsky.social

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EMBL DB unit @embldbunit.bsky.social · Apr 11

Hanh Vu @hanhtkvu.bsky.social, Group Leader at the @embl.org DB unit presenting the diversity of size, pattern and colour of Life #EESWildModels #planarians #DevBio

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Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer.bsky.social · Apr 10

Not really my announcement to make--I am but a lesser co-author--but IQ-TREE 3 has just been released!

(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models

ecoevorxiv.org

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Jan Philipp Kreysing @jpkreysing.bsky.social · Apr 11

New preprint on 3D heterochromatin architecture in human cells! Great collab with @sergiocruzleon.bsky.social & @johannesbetz.bsky.social from @hummerlab.bsky.social, @marinalusic.bsky.social & the Turoňová lab. Many thanks to my supervisor @becklab.bsky.social. bioRxiv: tinyurl.com/3a74uanv 🧵👇

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Ben Jenkins @benkinsjenkins.bsky.social · Apr 11

I had a wild time presenting my coral work for the first time at EMBO/EMBL #EESWildModels.

Massive thanks to @embl.org @events.embl.org and the organisers for putting this together. It was a real pleasure to interact with so many weird and wonderful creatures...
...and their model organisms (!!)

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Apr 11

Science by day, beats by night 🧬🎶
Sunset skies, science minds, and the EMBL DJ Club bringing the groove to the rooftop. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it such a special evening 🎧🌇 #EESWildModels
But the symposium isn't over yet! Time for the last talk of the day and poster prizes reveal 👀

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Apr 11

That’s a wrap on the EMBO | EMBL Symposium: 'Wild frontiers of model organisms'! 🐠🌍🔍

Thanks to our scientific organisers and to all who shared their science and energy. Congrats to our poster prize winners—exceptional work! 👏 #EESWildModels

Let’s keep exploring the unknown and see you next time!

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · Apr 11

Join us in Catalonia to discuss chromatin evolution across the tree of life and from all angles (metabolism, synthetic chromatin, you name it!) meetings.embo.org/event/24-evo...

EvoChromo: Evolutionary approaches to research in chromatin

Chromatin is the complex of DNA, RNA and protein that is found making up the chromosomes in eukaryotic cells. Chromatin is essential for proper genome function and is involved in chromosome segregati…

meetings.embo.org

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EMBL @embl.org · Apr 9

Rising temperatures across Earth's oceans, rivers, and lakes are affecting the many creatures that call these home 🐟.

Mantha Lamprousi, a scientist in EMBL's Dorrity Group, investigates how zebrafish bodies change when grown at high temperatures.

www.embl.org/news/science...

Spotlight: Hot waters, shrinking fish | EMBL

EMBL scientists investigate how zebrafish bodies change when grown at higher temperatures

www.embl.org

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Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan (She/Her) @vaishananth.bsky.social · Apr 9

How is mitochondrial volume maintained across successive generations of dividing cells? In our new preprint, we show how fission yeast cells use mitochondrial activity to control division timing and maintain mitochondrial homeostasis! (1/n)

📖 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · Apr 8

Instead of believing the myth that three expensive, genetically modified wolves are “de-extinct” dire wolves, let’s look at animals humanity has actually brought back from the brink of extinction using proven science and dedicated hard work: 🧵/6

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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Apr 9

We give you the winners of yesterday's 'Wild frontiers of model organisms' pub quiz: Wildebeests 👏🏼🏆
Well done to all teams, it was a fun evening!
#EESWildModels

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Flora Vincent @floravincent.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very excited for this first of its kind EMBO/EMBL Symposium on the Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms.
So far Session 1 is a blast, from aiptasia symbiosis, oyster vibrio phage interactions, !!
#EESWildModels
@embldbunit.bsky.social
@embl.org

kausthubh.bsky.social @kausthubh.bsky.social · Apr 8

Kicked off the #EESWildModels at @embl.org 🐟🦠🍄‍🟫🪰🐟

@floravincent.bsky.social started the sessions with a little survey to sample the range of expertise/skills

Really diverse range of expertise amongst the attendees 💯

@events.embl.org

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · Apr 8

GODDAMIT. IT’S NOT A RESURRECTED DIRE WOLF. 20 edits in 19,000 genes.

IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.

EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.

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kausthubh.bsky.social @kausthubh.bsky.social · Apr 8

Kicked off the #EESWildModels at @embl.org 🐟🦠🍄‍🟫🪰🐟

@floravincent.bsky.social started the sessions with a little survey to sample the range of expertise/skills

Really diverse range of expertise amongst the attendees 💯

@events.embl.org

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Ethan “Brother Ethan” Kocak @ethankocak.com · Apr 8

I say this every time de-extinction comes up: it makes no sense to devote science to bringing back extinct animals when we can’t be bothered to keep extant ones alive in the first place.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 8

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

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