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Luisa F. Pallares

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Evolutionary biologist. Max Planck Research Group Leader at MPI Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. #CienciaCriolla pallareslab.org

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thanks to all who came to Tübingen to discuss about Biological Noise, where does it come from, how does it evolve, and what role it plays in phenotypic diversity. We had great discussions despite the not so great weather! Special thanks to @official-smbe.bsky.social for funding it! #BioNoise

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Ben de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 14h

Our new study modeling selection for (behavioral) variability has been covered in a lovely @genetics-gsa.bsky.social podcast featuring first author Shraddha Lall and @ecoevogal.bsky.social

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Family-based selection: an efficient method for increasing phenotypic variability

This article introduces a model comparing various selection regimes for increasing phenotypic variability. Individuals with the same genotype, reared in id

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 6d

Link equivocado XD - Este sí es! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em-6...

¿Somos las especies como Linneo las pensó?

YouTube video by Uninorte Académico

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 6d

El link al evento: streamyard.com/5v87re2e72

Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 6d

En el marco de la Catedra Europa organizada por la Universidad del Norte que celebra este año a Dinamarca y Suecia, estaré participando hoy en el conversatorio "Somos las especies como Linneo las pensó?" Nos vemos (virtualmente) a las 10:30 (Col) / 17:30(CET) #CienciaCriolla

Cátedra Europa - Cátedra Europa - Uninorte

El evento que acerca Europa al Caribe colombiano con una nutrida programación de charlas, conciertos y talleres virtuales para disfrutar lo mejor del intelecto y la cultura.

www.uninorte.edu.co

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 7d

Huge congrats, David! Long life to the aphids! :)

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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 8d

NEWS🎉 We’re excited to announce @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Investigator David Stern will join the Institute from Janelia Research Campus. His lab studies how aphids transform plants at the genetic level, uncovering secrets of #evolution & new strategies for pest control. @hhmi.org bit.ly/4np96Fb

Stowers Institute recruits renowned developmental and evolutionary…

David Stern, Ph.D., brings groundbreaking research on insect–plant interactions for next-generation pest control to the Institute.

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 7d

🔁 Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open.

We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting.

🗓️ Deadline: October 15th

More information: smbe2026.org/symposia

#SMBE2026

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 7d

Huge congrats!

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Erica Dinatale @ericadinatale.bsky.social · 7d

So happy to see my first first-author paper published! 🎈
A short thread on how Ectocarpus and its TE secrets have kept me busy lately:

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Characterization of the transposable element landscape shaping the Ectocarpus genome | Genome Biology

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Ana Marija Jakšić @merianelion.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Preprint🚨
What started as an attempt to compare CT scans of diverse fly brains, ended up a new concept for analysis & segmentation of difficult tomographic data. No ground truths, no training, just maths. This is TopoTome, topological data analysis of 3D images

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

Figure showing 3 panels. Panel A: workflow of a classical deep learning model vs TopoTome workflow, with marked differences between the methods, including manual segmentation of images, design and optimization of neural network and data post processing that is needed in deep learning workflow but not in TopoTome. Panel B: core concepts behind TopoTome shown connected by arrows. From left to right, there is a microCT scan of a fly brain (3D reconstruction), a persistence barcode of H2 homologies, an image of how persistent barcodes map to the original CT brain scan, and a segmentation of a CT scan. Panel C shows the concept of cubical complex filtration of 2D and 3D image data.

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POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 9d

Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.

This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.

More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

See you there !

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 10d

Hi guys, I tried to join the mailing list on the webpage (a couple of months ago) but it didn't work. But here is my info:
-Luisa F. Pallares
-Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
-Group Leader
-evolutionary biology, pop gen, complex traits genomics

Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 10d

And, that's a wrap! The #PopGen and #Evolution session at #EDRC2025 just ended. Great talks from Divyansh Mittal from @bentonlab.bsky.social, Virginie Curtier-Orgogozo, Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, and Alexandra Ozerova. A pleasure to co-chair the session with Thomas Flatt!

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 11d

The European Drosophila Research Conference will go to Hungary in 2029! #EDRC2025

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 12d

Discussing the current state of publishing at #EDRC2025, and hearing about how @elife.bsky.social is going about it.

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 13d

Three fantastic keynote lectures to kick off #EDRC2025 Lucia Prieto-Godiño @crick.ac.uk the @embo.org sponsored lecture, Romain Levayer @pasteur.fr and Marta Llimargas @ibmb-csic.bsky.social

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Matt Rockman @wormsrock.bsky.social · 14d

C. elegans is a real animal and we set out to understand how it comes to have its distinctive biogeography. Its ancestral center of diversity is in the higher elevation forests of Hawaii. Its closest relatives are spread across east Asia. Did they travel from Asia? [Preprint 🧵]

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 14d

James @jphippstan.bsky.social and I made it to Alicante! Excited to catch up with everyone at the #EDRC2025. And, don't forget to join us in the PopGen and Evolution session on Sunday 🪰🧬💻

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 14d

Job Alert! We're hiring a BIOINFORMATICIAN / NGS SPECIALIST to support our new Molecular Biodiversity Lab in the @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Like the idea to use your skills for understanding biodiversity? To work on diverse questions in a wonderful place? Apply!
Please repost!

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 14d

Our institute has started a 'Busting myths' mini-videos series - Go test your knowledge on #meiosis with my wonderful colleague John Weir! @jweir.bsky.social @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social

MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 14d

Busting myths with @jweir.bsky.social. Did you know you don't inherit exactly 1/4 of your DNA from each grandparent? Or that fertility issues can affect young people, too? Find out more: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths

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Franz Baumdicker @fbaumdicker.bsky.social · 16d

Only a few hours left to submit your abstract for a talk at the Machine Learning in Evolutionary Genomics conference in December in Aussois in the French alps!

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 19d

I might finally get this recipe right! Who would have thought (ig) Nobel Prize discoveries could be so useful XD

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 19d

Truly chuffed for our fearless food physicists @mpipks.bsky.social + collabs from AT @istaresearch.bsky.social, IT & ES who won this year’s Ig Nobel - the #NobelPrize of hearts❤️for cracking the science of perfect pasta !🍝Kudos to all for intrepidly consuming lots of cheese in the name of science!😋

The Secret to a Smooth Pasta Sauce Wins Ig Nobel Prize

Italian researchers studied how the ingredients of the traditional Roman dish cacio e pepe emulsify into a creamy sauce, winning the 2025 Physics Ig Nobel Prize.

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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 19d

Jun @junishigohoka.bsky.social is the first postdoc of the lab. Today, during #postdocappreciationweek, I just want to let you all know that Jun is t h e b e s t! 🤓 I'm very happy he decided to join us here at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social. Looking forward to our papers together, Jun! 💻🧬🪰🔢

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Erik van Nimwegen @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social · 20d

Are you excited to pursue your own research interests and contribute to our group’s experimental research in the quantitative biology of microbes? We have an opening for a potentially permanent position as research associate.
Please repost and notify potential candidates!

Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · 20d

Research Associate (100%)
Starting from 1 November 2025 or as per agreement

Group @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social

@biozentrum.unibas.ch
@unibas.ch

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/open-positio...

#job #research #biology #microbiology #science #basel #recruiting #career

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 23d

Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

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