Great presentation by Biel Cassà on his PhD project about Oikopleura genome scrambling co-supervised by Nuria Torres-Águila & Cristian Cañestro in the section of Genetics during the 4th #NGIRBio
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January 31, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Great presentation by Biel Cassà on his PhD project about Oikopleura genome scrambling co-supervised by Nuria Torres-Águila & Cristian Cañestro in the section of Genetics during the 4th #NGIRBio
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@baielx.bsky.social @ntorresag.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @ub.edu
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Excellent meeting organized by @sesbe-org.bsky.social enjoying an incredible time with colleagues and friends in beautiful València🍊, while sharing our latest work on #Oikopleura genome scrambling, speciation and breaKOs.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Excellent meeting organized by @sesbe-org.bsky.social enjoying an incredible time with colleagues and friends in beautiful València🍊, while sharing our latest work on #Oikopleura genome scrambling, speciation and breaKOs.
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Fabregà-Torrus et al. (2025 preprint, 12月 Dec.)
「ミオシン重鎖遺伝子の重複・喪失および尾部筋細胞アイデンティティの多様化によって形作られた，尾索動物の生活様式の進化 ― ワカレオタマボヤからの洞察」
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica
「ミオシン重鎖遺伝子の重複・喪失および尾部筋細胞アイデンティティの多様化によって形作られた，尾索動物の生活様式の進化 ― ワカレオタマボヤからの洞察」
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica
December 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Fabregà-Torrus et al. (2025 preprint, 12月 Dec.)
「ミオシン重鎖遺伝子の重複・喪失および尾部筋細胞アイデンティティの多様化によって形作られた，尾索動物の生活様式の進化 ― ワカレオタマボヤからの洞察」
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica
「ミオシン重鎖遺伝子の重複・喪失および尾部筋細胞アイデンティティの多様化によって形作られた，尾索動物の生活様式の進化 ― ワカレオタマボヤからの洞察」
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica
Following the conference it was incredible to visit Heron Island research station and have my first experience of fieldwork. Sampling for Oikopleura on the Great Barrier Reef is something I won't be forgetting anytime soon!
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Following the conference it was incredible to visit Heron Island research station and have my first experience of fieldwork. Sampling for Oikopleura on the Great Barrier Reef is something I won't be forgetting anytime soon!
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693291v1
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693291v1
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693291v1
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693291v1
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693291v1
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Evolution of Tunicate lifestyles shaped by Myosin heavy chain gene duplications, losses, and the diversification of tail muscle cell identities in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693291v1
Downstream effects of the ''Less, but More'' Fgf signaling in Oikopleura dioica: Fgf receptor expansion and RTK pathway simplification. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693154v1
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Downstream effects of the ''Less, but More'' Fgf signaling in Oikopleura dioica: Fgf receptor expansion and RTK pathway simplification. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693154v1
Downstream effects of the ''Less, but More'' Fgf signaling in Oikopleura dioica: Fgf receptor expansion and RTK pathway simplification. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693154v1
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Downstream effects of the ''Less, but More'' Fgf signaling in Oikopleura dioica: Fgf receptor expansion and RTK pathway simplification. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.693154v1
More excellent tunicate news this morning, with a new preprint from the @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social lab 🤩 This work, led by @olegtolstenkov.bsky.social, describes the fascinating diversity of behaviors displayed by the larvacean Oikopleura throughout its life cycle ⤵️🧪
New preprint from our lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @olegtolstenkov.bsky.social, Sissel and Rodolfo in collaboration with @appygenetics.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social built a behavioral atlas of the planktonic tunicate Oikopleura dioica across its life cycle.
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
More excellent tunicate news this morning, with a new preprint from the @mchatzigeorgiou.bsky.social lab 🤩 This work, led by @olegtolstenkov.bsky.social, describes the fascinating diversity of behaviors displayed by the larvacean Oikopleura throughout its life cycle ⤵️🧪
CORAL: Accurate annotation of compact genomes using long-read RNA-seq, demonstrated in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692336v1
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
CORAL: Accurate annotation of compact genomes using long-read RNA-seq, demonstrated in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692336v1
CORAL: Accurate annotation of compact genomes using long-read RNA-seq, demonstrated in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692336v1
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
CORAL: Accurate annotation of compact genomes using long-read RNA-seq, demonstrated in Oikopleura dioica https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692336v1
Thanks Andre! Oikopleura is an amazing organism. Eric, Daniel (Chourrout) and Joel Glover have done some amazing work in the past and hopefully we can contribute as well...
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thanks Andre! Oikopleura is an amazing organism. Eric, Daniel (Chourrout) and Joel Glover have done some amazing work in the past and hopefully we can contribute as well...
New preprint from our lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @olegtolstenkov.bsky.social, Sissel and Rodolfo in collaboration with @appygenetics.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social built a behavioral atlas of the planktonic tunicate Oikopleura dioica across its life cycle.
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
New preprint from our lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @olegtolstenkov.bsky.social, Sissel and Rodolfo in collaboration with @appygenetics.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social built a behavioral atlas of the planktonic tunicate Oikopleura dioica across its life cycle.
Huge Congrats to DOCTOR Marc for his PhD, and with his #TailingFree has become one of the Oikopleura Legends of Barcelona! It has been an enormous pleasure to guide you in this amazing evodevo trip! @marcfabregatorrus.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Huge Congrats to DOCTOR Marc for his PhD, and with his #TailingFree has become one of the Oikopleura Legends of Barcelona! It has been an enormous pleasure to guide you in this amazing evodevo trip! @marcfabregatorrus.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social
🎓 Defensa Tesi doctoral Marc Fabregà, dirigida pel Dr.Cañestro @geneticsub.bsky.social
📕Tailing free.The evolution of tail muscle in Oikopleura dioica sheds light on the transition to a fully free-swimming lifestyle in appendicularian tunicates
🗓️ 13 Nov
🕙 15:00
🏫 Aula Magna @biologiaub.bsky.social
📕Tailing free.The evolution of tail muscle in Oikopleura dioica sheds light on the transition to a fully free-swimming lifestyle in appendicularian tunicates
🗓️ 13 Nov
🕙 15:00
🏫 Aula Magna @biologiaub.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🎓 Defensa Tesi doctoral Marc Fabregà, dirigida pel Dr.Cañestro @geneticsub.bsky.social
📕Tailing free.The evolution of tail muscle in Oikopleura dioica sheds light on the transition to a fully free-swimming lifestyle in appendicularian tunicates
🗓️ 13 Nov
🕙 15:00
🏫 Aula Magna @biologiaub.bsky.social
📕Tailing free.The evolution of tail muscle in Oikopleura dioica sheds light on the transition to a fully free-swimming lifestyle in appendicularian tunicates
🗓️ 13 Nov
🕙 15:00
🏫 Aula Magna @biologiaub.bsky.social
🧪🦤🌐
Rare jelly-falls from appendicularians observed in an Arctic fjord! A hidden link between gelatinous plankton and the carbon cycle?
bit.ly/meps_771_71
Rare jelly-falls from appendicularians observed in an Arctic fjord! A hidden link between gelatinous plankton and the carbon cycle?
bit.ly/meps_771_71
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Rare jelly-falls from appendicularians observed in an Arctic fjord! A hidden link between gelatinous plankton and the carbon cycle?
bit.ly/meps_771_71
Rare jelly-falls from appendicularians observed in an Arctic fjord! A hidden link between gelatinous plankton and the carbon cycle?
bit.ly/meps_771_71
I’m a bit of a newbie to plankton and I’ve seen a few this year but only seem to have photographed two - and only uploaded one - so guilty as charged! I’m guessing they are Oikopleura- maybe dioica?
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I’m a bit of a newbie to plankton and I’ve seen a few this year but only seem to have photographed two - and only uploaded one - so guilty as charged! I’m guessing they are Oikopleura- maybe dioica?
Congrats Esteve 👏🏻👏🏻 for your excellent defense of your TFG studying how marine noise contamination affects #Oikopleura, #deuteronoise project cosupervised by @evadevo.bsky.social @esteeve.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @ub.edu
September 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Congrats Esteve 👏🏻👏🏻 for your excellent defense of your TFG studying how marine noise contamination affects #Oikopleura, #deuteronoise project cosupervised by @evadevo.bsky.social @esteeve.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @ub.edu
Great contributions of our lab in #ESEB2025 with our research on genome architecture and gene regulation from an #oikopleura perspective.
Great organization
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Great organization
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August 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great contributions of our lab in #ESEB2025 with our research on genome architecture and gene regulation from an #oikopleura perspective.
Great organization
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Great organization
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Very cool to see you will work on Oikopleura!
July 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Very cool to see you will work on Oikopleura!
Peristaltic pumps are common in industrial and even in everyday settings. A cosmopolitan marine organism (the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica), uses a novel peristaltic pump based on a tail that undulates inside a tightly fitting chamber. Nov. 2023 paper: doi.org/10.1098/rsif...
June 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Peristaltic pumps are common in industrial and even in everyday settings. A cosmopolitan marine organism (the appendicularian, Oikopleura dioica), uses a novel peristaltic pump based on a tail that undulates inside a tightly fitting chamber. Nov. 2023 paper: doi.org/10.1098/rsif...
We are very proud to share that the Centre's Appendicularian facility and head engineer/Oikopleura whisperer Anne Aasjord @aaasjord.bsky.social from @appygenetics.bsky.social are featured in a 🧪 documentary produced by @warholmfilm.bsky.social in collaboration with NORCE 🤩👏
Michael Sars Centre Appendicularian facility featured in a short documentary
Head engineer Anne Aasjord collaborated with researchers at NORCE on a project to better understand the ecological relevance of the small planktonic animals. The work was recently highlighted in a doc...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We are very proud to share that the Centre's Appendicularian facility and head engineer/Oikopleura whisperer Anne Aasjord @aaasjord.bsky.social from @appygenetics.bsky.social are featured in a 🧪 documentary produced by @warholmfilm.bsky.social in collaboration with NORCE 🤩👏
Sin entrar mucho más en detalle, parece ser que en Oikopleura "menos es más": la pérdida masiva de genes ha facilitado su adaptación evolutiva, expandiéndose y diversificándose los genes restantes.
theconversation.com/menos-pero-m...
theconversation.com/menos-pero-m...
Menos, pero más: entendiendo la pérdida de genes en la evolución
En la evolución de las especies, la pérdida de genes puede abrir nuevas oportunidades adaptativas a través de la expansión funcional de los restantes. En ello se basa la hipótesis de “menos, pero más”...
theconversation.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sin entrar mucho más en detalle, parece ser que en Oikopleura "menos es más": la pérdida masiva de genes ha facilitado su adaptación evolutiva, expandiéndose y diversificándose los genes restantes.
theconversation.com/menos-pero-m...
theconversation.com/menos-pero-m...
La pérdida de genes también puede afectar la evolución de otras regiones del genoma con las que antes interactuaba. Un ejemplo enigmático es Oikopleura dioica, un tunicado pariente cercano de los vertebrados cuyo genoma solo posee 70.000 nucleótidos (50 veces menos que nosotros).
April 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
La pérdida de genes también puede afectar la evolución de otras regiones del genoma con las que antes interactuaba. Un ejemplo enigmático es Oikopleura dioica, un tunicado pariente cercano de los vertebrados cuyo genoma solo posee 70.000 nucleótidos (50 veces menos que nosotros).