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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 3d

Only two weeks to apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch prize for the "best thesis in evolutionary biology", don't miss the chance!
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Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Did you defend your thesis in the last 2 years at a Spanish institution? Are you a member of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social? Apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch Prize for the best thesis in Evolutionary Biology!

Deadline: 15th Oct

More details at sesbe.org/premio-pere-...

Premio Pere Alberch - SESBE

Convocatorias Premiados en ediciones anteriores Convocatoria del III Premio Pere Alberch 2026 a la Mejor Tesis sobre Biología Evolutiva El III premio Pere Alberch a la mejor tesis doctoral sobre...

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 3d

La #evolución también se puede cantar!

Enhorabuena a los ganadores del concurso #RAPconCIENCIA organizado por el @csic.es y con la participación de la @sesbe-org.bsky.social

Podéis ver el vídeo aquí: youtu.be/Fimt7xrUoro

y la noticia aquí: www.csic.es/es/actualida...

9 RAP conCIENCIA - La Evolución

YouTube video by Instituto de Química Física Blas Cabrera IQF-CSIC

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to read it!

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Juli Peretó @julipereto.bsky.social · 7d

@multicellgenome.bsky.social @philipcball.bsky.social @ucciuv.bsky.social @sfelena.bsky.social @pablocarb.bsky.social @ccbiologiquesuv.bsky.social @sesbe-org.bsky.social @tonigabaldon.bsky.social @paucarazo.bsky.social
Thanks @pacoalanaranja.es for the pic that captures the mood of the discussions

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BSC-CNS @bsc-cns.bsky.social · 7d

🍄New study reconstructs the evolutionary tree of fungi and dates key evolutionary transitions in this group using a large amount of fossil evidence.

🟢Published in @natecoevo.nature.com

➡ nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 11d

Genomic divergence across the tree of life 🧪🌐https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319389122

Genomic divergence across the tree of life | PNAS

Nucleotide sequence data are being harnessed to identify species, even in cases in which organisms themselves are neither in hand nor witnessed. Bu...

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 11d

In this meeting I have briefly explained #eurodoc origins and how our participation on the drafting of the European Charter for Researchers by @ec.europa.eu was instrumental to help fighting for the basic working rights of early career researchers in Spain and elsewhere.

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 11d

In this meeting I have briefly explained #eurodoc origins and how our participation on the drafting of the European Charter for Researchers by @ec.europa.eu was instrumental to help fighting for the basic working rights of early career researchers in Spain and elsewhere.

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 11d

Ha sido emotivo participar en estas jornadas conmemorativas de los 25 años de la @fjiprecarios.bsky.social y recordar su fundación y los primeros pasos, así como re-encontrarme con compañer@s de esas luchas y conocer a los que las siguen, avanzando en la dignificación del trabajo en investigación. 💪

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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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Hervé Rogissart @herverogissart.bsky.social · Aug 29

One week after #ESEB2025, still inspired by great talks, posters and discussions✨. Great time in Barcelona, wonderfully organized, and now back to the PhD with plenty of new ideas! Thanks🙏

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here are all the talks I attended and sketched at #ESEB2025 ! Only a fraction of the 642 speakers at the conference 😮

I had an absolutely amazing week chatting about lots of fascinating science

#sciart #eseb #esebcongress @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Dr Diana Robledo-Ruiz 🍉 @drobledoruiz.bsky.social · Sep 5

What a great conference #ESEB2025 was! Catching up with, and making new friends 🤓 I also presented our latest results on genetic load. And Barcelona was 👌🏼

Grateful to @monashuniversity.bsky.social & @monashbiol.bsky.social for the FoSc Advancing Diversity in Science Grant

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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · Sep 5

I had a really great time at ESEB 2025. I think the organizers did a great job 👍, and it was a truly gargantuan effort. I am excited that the next ESEB is a hub conference. I hope that future ESEBs also decide to go plant based and plastic free to become even more sustainable. #ESEB2025 #ESEB2027

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Sep 7

Moltes gràcies Dani!

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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you #ESEB2025 for a wonderful week of science interactions, symposia, posters, chats with friends old and new. It's such a fantastic conference, the main challenge being choosing among so many wonderful parallel sessions! I loved being in Barcelona and seeing the energy of the organisers.

View of the 'three chimneys' power station next to the sea, near the Forum in Barcelona

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · Aug 25

Had a great time in Barcelona for #ESEB2025! 🌍🧬 Huge thanks to the organizers and my group for making it such a wonderful experience. #evolution

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Dr. Wen-Juan Ma | 马文娟 @wenjuanma84.bsky.social · Aug 24

✨ Huge thanks to @eseb2025.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for an inspiring week of science in #Barcelona!

Grateful for the chance to connect with old friends and new colleagues: what a community 🌍

Already looking forward to the next #ESEB in 2027! 🙌

#ESEB2025 @academic-chatter.bsky.social

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Daohan "Rex" Jiang @rexjiang.bsky.social · Aug 24

With my #ESEB2025 tour concluded and myself on the way back, I’m arranging photos taken in #Barcelona. First of all, the Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona, which is sweetly located near the conference venue.

Skeleton of a fin whale near the entrance. The whale beached in 1862 and was kept in Catalonia because of local people’s wish.

Some animal specimens in the museum. This set has a theme of “predators”, with animals included here all have some unique/interesting means of hunting.

Fossilized skull of a Ophthalmosaurus incenicus. It’s one of the best known ichthyosaurs thanks to it appearance in the documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs.

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Daohan "Rex" Jiang @rexjiang.bsky.social · Aug 24

Also quite close to the conference venue of #ESEB2025 is Parc de Diagonal Mar. There are a lot of birds (and bugs) here. Very enjoyable to walk around here.

Gulls at Parc de Diagonal Mar, including at least yellow-legged gulls (Larus michaheis) and black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus).

Greylag geese (Anser anser) in the park. Some are sleeping.

Birds in the park. At the center is a gray heron (Ardea cinerea).

A black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum).

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you!

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thanks @tonigabaldon.bsky.social and all others that contributed, for a wonderful #eseb2025
It was amazing!

ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you all for an inspiring week and a memorable farewell dinner! #ESEB2025 🌍✨

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ESEB 2025 Congress @eseb2025.bsky.social · Aug 23

We are really grateful to everyone who made it so special. Thank you!! 💫 #ESEB2025

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Antoine Molaro @antoinemolaro.bsky.social · Aug 23

So long #ESEB2025! Exciting science & inclusive environment, we will all miss Barcelona. Special thanks to cecilecourret.bsky.social & Beatriz Navarro Dominguez for organizing to the Conflicts symposium. Very grateful for the invite tambien #evolution

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Kees van Oers @keesvanoers.bsky.social · Aug 23

So cool to see how my picture was used in all kinds of giveaways at the #ESEB stand at #ESEB2025

Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 19

Check out our cover article in @evolletters.bsky.social, Size in the city: morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis. By @babimt.bsky.social @keesvanoers.bsky.social @mevisser.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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