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Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 6d

I think everybody knows but Adri is awesome!

Adriano Bolondi @adrianobolondi.bsky.social · 6d

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

FRIENDS PLEASE SPREAD and RT

We are building a small expert team within the @bokelab.bsky.social at @crg.eu @prbb.org to investigate fundamental questions in oocyte cell biology, focusing on how proteostasis regulation influences dormancy and fertility.

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Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 7d

Very much honoured and excited with the opportunity.

CSIC Andalucía y Extremadura @csicandalextrem.bsky.social · 7d

Hoy presentamos a Rafael Domínguez, investigador que se ha incorporado al @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social

➡️ Conoce el trabajo que va a desempeñar en este centro de investigación

#talentocsic #CSIC

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#talentocsic #csic | CSIC Andalucía y Extremadura

Hoy presentamos a Rafael Domínguez, investigador que se ha incorporado al Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo CABD ➡️ Conoce el trabajo que va a desempeñar en este centro de investigación #tal...

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DivulgaUS @divulgaus.bsky.social · 9d

¡¡ATENCIÓN!! Esta semana comienza una nueva edición de #CienciaenelBar de la @unisevilla.bsky.social 🤩 Este curso nos encontraréis en la Sala El Cachorro

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#DivulgaUS

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 14d

Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 19d

Here the actual #JobOffer

Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 19d

Excited to post my first #JobOffer! I am looking for a research technician to help me build new projects from the grounds up at @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social
We will use medaka to study how organs can be reprogrammed!
Details on how to apply below 👇
#JobOffer #ScienceJobs #EvoDevo #GeneRegulation

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉 Another exciting contribution from our lab this summer!

🧬 Nearly complete, gapless genome of the sex-changing central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) shed new light on the mystery of reptile sex determination.

Proud to be part of this collaborative effort!

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A near telomere-to-telomere phased genome assembly and annotation for the Australian central bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps

AbstractBackground. The central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) is widely distributed in central eastern Australia and adapts readily to captivity. Among

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Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 28d

Hi Enrik, I would love to be part of the feed, check my ORCID: 0000-0003-4120-0140.

Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 28d

Everything starts with few cells and big hopes 🙂

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Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · Sep 5

Amazing Lab and topic!!

Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are looking for a student to continue our work on chromatin evolution:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The project with @seanamontgomery.bsky.social will focus on chromatin state readers across eukaryotes.

More info: recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Sep 4

Les temperatures extremes alteren la reproducció de les espècies www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

Les temperatures extremes alteren la reproducció de les espècies

Investigadores de la UAB han demostrat que la calor extrema pot canviar el destí genètic d’una espècie. Resultats publicats recentment indiquen...

www.uab.cat

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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 3

Update of our preprint on Inter-individual gene expression variability in fishes! We improved statistical analyses of continuous variables, and especially added machine learning on promoters which confirms cis-regulation of organ-specific expression variability, under stronger sequence […]

Original post on ecoevo.social

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨 We are hiring!
🧬 PhD Position – Genomic Architecture & Evolution
Join our team at UAB (Barcelona) in an international project
🔬 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Biology/Genetics background + Master’s + English
📅 Apply by Sept 30, 2025
📧 [email protected]
🔗 grupsderecerca.uab.cat/evolgenom

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tdcapellini.bsky.social @tdcapellini.bsky.social · Aug 27

1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature

The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...

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Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social · Aug 26

Great start of the #CABDseminars 2025/2026 with the talk of Miguel Rodriguez de los Santos!

Dr. Rodriguez gave an insight of the studies from his PhD and Postdoc work focused on rate diseases. He was invited by @crisprscan.bsky.social!

Thanks for coming Miguel!

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Denis Duboule @denisduboule.bsky.social · Aug 25

Teaching biology in the old days relied on large posters. Often beautiful and poetic art pieces. When a chair of @genevunige.bsky.social dept, in Geneva, we digitalised our huge collection (catalogue raisonné). Why? I dont' know. The strange feeling these things should not disappear. Yet they will.

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David Garfield @dagarfield.bsky.social · Aug 13

Congrats to Jonas on the pre-print of his primary thesis work!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Establishment of Cell-Type Specific Gene Regulation in the Sea Urchin Embryo

Cell-fate commitment in metazoan development relies on precise gene regulatory programs. This study presents a comprehensive single-cell atlas of gene expression (scRNA-seq), nascent transcription (sc...

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Nature @nature.com · Aug 13

A genome sequence and single-cell atlas of a marine worm species point towards bursts of gene emergence, duplication and loss as the drivers of lineage-specific body traits

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The perplexing body plan of arrow worms decoded

A genome sequence and single-cell atlas of a marine worm species point towards bursts of gene emergence, duplication and loss as the drivers of lineage-specific body traits.

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The Lewis Lab @peterlewislab.bsky.social · Aug 13

PRC2 silences genes by adding H3K27me3 at the right spots in the genome. Our model shows how the nucleic acid-binding domain (NBD) of SUZ12 keeps this activity under control, and what happens when you remove it.

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Christophe Chapard @christophechapard.bsky.social · Aug 9

Pleased to see this study out, combining experimental work from our lab at the @cbitoulouse.bsky.social, in particular by @nathaliebastie.bsky.social and @beckof.bsky.social, and from Laura Chaptal and @alengronne.bsky.social at IGH Montpellier
@cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

Congrats to all!

RNA Pol II-based regulations of chromosome folding

How transcription and cohesin complexes interact to regulate 3D genome organization remains unclear. Chapard et al. dissect their respective contributions and their interplay in shaping the genome arc...

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A. Sánchez Alvarado @planaria1.bsky.social · Aug 6

Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level

CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess

It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates

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A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration

Nature Communications - Accorsi et al. show that the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata has eyes similar to humans and can fully regenerate them. They then developed genetic tools to establish these...

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Lucie Zilova @zilova.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happy to share our new preprint on lens morphogenesis in ocular organoids. All thanks to Elin Stahl, Miguel Angel Delgado-Toscano, Ishwariya Saravanan, Anastasija Paneva and Jochen Wittbrodt @wittbrodtlab.bsky.social

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

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Rafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hox clusters and junk DNA. Prove me wrong 😂

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Anna A Monaco @annaamonaco.bsky.social · Jul 23

Pretty surreal to see my artwork on the cover of Nature Genetics! Big congrats to @julianeg.bsky.social, @stemundi.bsky.social and the others, and thank you Juliane for letting me help bring your research to life visually.

www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...

The cover of Nature Genetics July 2025 issue. Digital art of a mouse paw skeletal prep on dark background, digits I to IV disintegrating into viral particles. A caption says “An endogenous retrovirus causes limb malformation”.

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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...

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