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David Peris @davidperis.bsky.social · 4d

#LabPaleoecology from the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social visited ALBA synchrotron for the first time to scan fossil insects embedded in amber. Results are very promising!

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

Organizing the National Course of Genetics 🧬 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es alongside @dariloops.bsky.social has been a blast!

A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!

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Sònia Garcia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social · 22d

@gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social @aruizherrera.bsky.social @segenetica.bsky.social @scb.iec.cat @irbio-ub.bsky.social @sebot.bsky.social

Sònia Garcia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social · 22d

Interested in repetitive DNA? We are organising a free workshop on Oct 2nd at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona! All organisms included - not only plants ;-) Last chance for registration, don’t miss it!
bit.ly/repetitiveDN...

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IBB-UAB @ibb-uab.bsky.social · Sep 8

🧐 El grup de recerca de la Integritat i la Inestabilitat del Genoma, liderat per la investigadora Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, demostra que els canvis en la temperatura ambiental poden alterar els processos genètics per a la reproducció i l’evolució de les espècies.

@aruizherrera.bsky.social
#IBBpapers

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona @uab.cat · Sep 4

Investigadores de la #UAB demostren que les temperatures extremes alteren la reproducció de les espècies.

#recercaUAB @ibb-uab.bsky.social

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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Lucia Campos @luciacamdom.bsky.social · Sep 1

Interested in repetitive DNA?
We are organising a free repetitive DNA workshop this Oct 2nd at the Botanical Institute in Barcelona! Registration is open until September 7th :)
bit.ly/repetitiveDN...

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Sònia Garcia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social · Aug 24

Family photo of the 2025 Workshop of the @treeofsex.bsky.social ! Thanks everyone for attending and see you soon!

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Tree of Sex @treeofsex.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tree of Sex annual workshop started today. It will be two days packed with reproductive biology.

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🌈Rojo 🇪🇺 @ricardo172b.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Sònia Garcia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social · Jul 23

I can see they are doing quite well! Great!

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Biologueando • Mireia Querol Rovira @biologueando.com · May 9

Esta es Pepita, la salamanquesa🦎

Como todas las salamanquesas,Pepita:
❌NO es venenosa💀
❌NO te muerde👹
❌NO se come tu ropa👕
❌NO entra por ningún orificio de tu cuerpo para comerte desde dentro👃

😍Es preciosa
🦟Come bichos

Sé responsable. No la mates y repostea para proteger a Pepita.✌️

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · Apr 29

🌱🌎 Join us to learn about the newly published paper ‘The winner takes it all: a single genotype of Kalanchoe ×houghtonii is a global invader’ in @annbot.bsky.social by @joanperepd.bsky.social and co-authors. 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/pjvs

@sphaeromeria.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
#AoBpapers

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Lisa Pokorny @calyptrochaeta.bsky.social · Apr 3

¿Te interesan las áreas megadiversas? En ellas el paisaje puede estar dominado por muy pocas especies (hiperdominancia). Te proponemos un TFM en el RJB @csic.es para explorar este fenómeno en el género de leguminosas 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 DC. (JAEINT25_EX_0917) @sebot.bsky.social @jovenesbotanica.bsky.social

Fruiting 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 by the Tormes in Barco de Ávila, Spain.
With minor modifications from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarpus_hispanicus.jpg Author: Xemenendura (2018/07/18). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Flowering 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 in Valverde del Camino, Spain. Image downloaded from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarpus_telonensis_en_flor.jpg Author: FRANCISCOR (2014/04/15). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴 leaves, Roque de los Muchachos, Canary Islands, Spain. With minor modifications from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarpus_viscosus_02.jpg Author: Syrio (2023/10/18). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 DC. in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-03.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Mar 27

Massive canary in the coalmine moment

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada. Jason Stanley who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939 says US may become a 'fascist dictatorship'

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Maya Voichek @mayavoichek.bsky.social · Mar 17

1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬
But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯
Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread 🧵👇

Drosophila follicle showing retrotransposons (pink & yellow) expressed in somatic cells infecting the oocyte

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Michael Eisen @mbeisen.bsky.social · Mar 17

A paywalled article from @nature.com bemoaning the exploitation of scientists' unpaid labour. Chef's kiss. Perfection. No notes.

Nature @nature.com · Mar 17

It can be hard to say no to service requests in academia.

We sought advice on how to ensure researchers don’t get stuck doing unpaid labour
https://go.nature.com/3FsSD1p

I spent two years organizing an international conference. How do I get compensated for my work?

It can be hard to say no to service requests in academia. Nature’s Careers team sought advice on how to ensure researchers don’t get stuck doing unpaid labour.

go.nature.com

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Tuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · Mar 17

This is so destructive and idiotic. mRNA vaccines are one of the most exciting opportunities to tackle diseases - from infectious disease to cancer and beyond - and these morons want to shut it down.

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · Mar 16

Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.

By @arthurallen202.bsky.social

kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News

Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

kffhealthnews.org

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naturepoker @binomicalabs.org · Mar 15

The letter contains some fascinating insight into workings of a society operated paper vs a for-profit one, and mentions figures specific to operation of MBE. Well worth a read if you're interested in academic publications landscape.

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · Mar 15

academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

A Message From the Editors-in-Chief

We have been Co-Editor-in-Chiefs of Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) for 2 years now. In that time, we have learned a great deal about the science of

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · Mar 14

The world’s richest man cries because his stocks fell and uses the White House for a Tesla advert. Meanwhile thousands of Americans he made jobless have no food.

Power only cares about itself. Which why the only real power is PEOPLE POWER. Time to bring the oligarchs down

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Mar 13

One of these things is not like the others

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · Mar 12

Can we stop talking throwing around words like "autocracy" and "oligarchy" when talking about America's uncertain future?

According to history, political experts, and a little-known book called "a dictionary," America is ALREADY in the throes of fascism.

The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over

It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.

dlvr.it

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Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social · Mar 12

Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Matthias Benoit @mattbnt.bsky.social · Mar 5

🚨New paper published in @nature.com! Using pan-genetics across the Solanum genus🍅🥔🍆we reveal why gene duplications🧬are major contingencies in crop engineering. My postdoc work in the Lippman lab @CSHL, collab. with @katiejenike.bsky.social @mikeschatz.bsky.social chatz.bsky.social and many others!

Solanum pan-genetics reveals paralogues as contingencies in crop engineering - Nature

Gene duplication and subsequent paralogue diversification are major obstacles to genotype-to-phenotype predictability.

nature.com

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Mike Barker @barkerms.bsky.social · Mar 1

Join us on Wednesday, March 5, at 11 AM PST for the next #PolyploidyWebinar! This month features Maya Wilson Brown on Capsella genetic variation and Nomar Waminal on the Crocus panrepeatome! Sign up (if not already!) to get the zoom: www.barkerlab.net/polyweb

Flyer for the March 5, 2025, Polyploidy Webinar that will take place at 11 AM PST. This webinar feature's Maya Wilson Brown from Michigan State University presenting "Genetic variation of allotetraploid Capsella bursa-pastoris in introduced range" and Nomar Waminal of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research presenting "The Crocus panrepeatome: duplication, dynamics, and dysploidy".

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