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Mercè Montoliu Nerín @mmontonerin.bsky.social · 27d

Do not miss this pre-print update! It has been an honor being part of it! 🤩🧬 Follow the thread ⬇️ to understand the power of #logan, and how you could apply it too! 🤗

Rayan Chikhi @rayanchikhi.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌎👩‍🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵

Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open.

doi.org/10.1101/2024...

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Mahwash Jamy @mjamy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check out our new paper on adopting a trait-based framework for protist diversity! We make the case for a unified protist trait database, how to build it, and how it could transform research on protist ecology and evolution.
#protistsonsky

Pierre Ramond @pierreramond.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hello there 🦋
Happy to share our piece "Towards a trait-based framework for protist ecology and evolution" in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social

Let's build a unified trait 📏 database to unlock transformative insights into protist 🔬 ecology 🌍 and evolution ⏳

▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

#protistsonsky

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Mercè Montoliu Nerín @mmontonerin.bsky.social · Aug 29

Caught enjoying some jamón at #ESEB2025 😅

ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 29

One week ago #ESEB2025 🕰️

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

Front row seat to the future of evolutionary biology 🌱 #ESEB2025

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Rosa Fernández @rosafernandez.bsky.social · Aug 15

FANTASIA's paper is finally out! Check it out if you're interested in alternative methods to homology for functional annotation in nonmodel organisms 🦐🐙🪱🧬🐝🪲
@gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social
@csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...

FANTASIA leverages language models to decode the functional dark proteome across the animal tree of life

Communications Biology - FANTASIA, a protein language model-based tool, enables large-scale functional annotation across ~1000 animal proteomes, revealing novel gene functions in both model and...

www.nature.com

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Aug 22

☀️ What a sunny start to the last day of #ESEB2025! The week has flown by and it was lovely to connect with so many people!
Don’t miss your last chance to stop by the #ERGABooth: say hi and grab some stickers & other goodies 👋🌼

#GenomesForBiodiversity @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Aug 22

#eseb2025 is trending hashtag on BlueSky!!

Trending Tags (Beta) @trendtags.bsky.social · Aug 22

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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · Aug 21

As a community, it’s wonderful to meet in person after so many online meetings!
📸 Here are some of the many #ERGA members at #ESEB2025.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to say hi and learn more about ERGA!
#GenomesForBiodiversity

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Mahwash Jamy @mjamy.bsky.social · Aug 21

Interested in eukaryotic algal evolution, metagenomics, new plastid diversity, and more? Check out my poster (P175) today at #eseb2025 ! #protistsonsky

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Aug 17

Barcelona reunirá a 1.900 científicos para analizar el origen y la evolución de la vida #eseb2025

www.teleprensa.com/articulo/nac...

Barcelona reunirá a 1.900 científicos para analizar el origen y la evolución de la vida

El Centro de Convenciones Internacional de Barcelona (CCIB), gestionado por Fira de Barcelona, reanudará su actividad el próximo lunes con el congreso bienal de la European Society for Evolutionary Bi...

www.teleprensa.com

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Mercè Montoliu Nerín @mmontonerin.bsky.social · Jul 1

Early bird applications are now open! Do not miss this chance!! 🤩🧬💻 #bioinformatics #genomics

Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jul 1

Applications are now open for the Workshop on Genomics 2026 (11-24 Jan) in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. For the first time, we are offering Early Bird Registration discounts! 🐣 Do not miss the chance! 🤩 Help us spread the word among friends and colleagues! 🙆🏽‍♀️ #evomics2026
evomics.org/apply-worksh...

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jun 17

Equal opportunities funding for the Workshop on Genomics 2026 is now open to apply! Deadline: 2nd of July. Check elegibility in our website, and apply: evomics.org/equalopportu... #evomics2026

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jun 17

Save the date! 🙆🏻‍♀️ The Workshop on Genomics 2026 will take place between the 11th and 24th of January, 2026! In Český Krumlov, Czechia. Regular applications will be oppening mid-July, keep an eye on updates! 🤗 evomics.org/2026-worksho... #evomics2026

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · Jun 6

The k-mer workshop is over. In the Friday 3 hour hackathon, people really showed that you CAN learn k-mers in a week! It's been great. Thanks to all the co-teachers, @connectingscience.bsky.social organising team and all the participants!

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Mercè Montoliu Nerín @mmontonerin.bsky.social · Jun 6

It was a great week full of kmers! 🤩

Aleksandra (Sasha) Bliznina @sashabliznina.bsky.social · Jun 6

What a great time we had at the kmer workshop this week!

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Mercè Montoliu Nerín @mmontonerin.bsky.social · May 23

Very excited to announce my new position at Wellcome Sanger Institute as a Postdoctoral Fellow on Genomics of Symbiosis, for the Tree of Life Department!! 🧬👩🏻‍💻 Looking forward to exciting research and collaborations! 🤩

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 16

We are almost at the end of the Workshop on Genomics! 🙆🏻‍♀️ and we have Dag Ahrén explaining Best Practices in Handling Genomic Data! So important to send participants back home knowing how to keep a good order in their projects 📑💻 #evomics2025 #genomics #bioinformatics

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 15

Evening session on Microbiome/eDNA analyses, with David Barnett, creator of the R package MicroViz 🙌🏽🧫🧬📊 #evomics2025 #bioinformatics #genomics

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 16

The Wonders of Genome Assembly! by Marcela Uliano-Silva 🤩 Covering important questions such as, where do I start to produce a genome assembly? Where do I go once I have contigs and scaffolds? 🧬💻 #evomics2025 #bioinformatics #genomics

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 15

Dobré ráno! Good morning! We woke up today to a beautiful snowfall over Český Krumlov ❄️🤩 #evomics2025

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 15

Morning lecture with Sonya Dyhrman on Genomics in the Ocean! 🌊🛥🧪🧬💻 Such an inspiring lecture! 🤩 #evomics2025 #bioinformatics #genomics

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 14

Ready for more adventures? 🗺 We have Genomic Adventure again tonight!! 🤩 with @guyleonard.bsky.social! 💻🧬 #evomics2025 #genomics #bioinformatics

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 13

Starting week 2 of the Workshop on Genomics 2025 with a keynote lecture by Evan Eichler, on Genome Structural Variation! 🧬 #evomics2025 #genomics #bioinformatics

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Guy Leonard @guyleonard.bsky.social · Jan 13

My amazing codirectors and friends from The Workshop on Genomics gifted to me some wonderful presents for my tenth year helping out on the course!

#evomics2025

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Workshops @evomics.bsky.social · Jan 10

Very inspiring lecture this morning by Olga Vinnere Pettersson on Experimental Design on Genomics! Such an essential part of any genomics project!
👩🏻‍🌾➡️🧪➡️👩🏻‍🔬➡️🧬➡️👩🏻‍💻
Our participants sure left with very useful take-home-messages! #evomics2025 #genomics #sequencing

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