Saioa Manzano-Morales

Moisès Bernabéu from the group presented our work on the origins of the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor at #sesbe2026. Multiple interacting partners shaped our ancestor’s genome

Congratulations to @paucarazo.bsky.social and the other organizers of the #sesbe2026 meeting of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social . It has been a wonderful conference with nice talks, posters and networking, I the wonderful city of Valencia, my home town.

Phylogeny-aware Simulations Suggest a Low Impact of Unsampled Lineages in the Inference of Gene Flow During Eukaryogenesis Abstract. The topologies of gene trees are broadly used to infer horizontal gene transfer events and characterize the potential donor and acceptor partners

Bernabeu, @microbiobits.bsky.social and @tonigabaldon.bsky.social use simulations to test for the robustness of inferred relative timings of gene transfers in the lineage leading to the ancestor of eukaryotes

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf190

#genome #evolution

Phylogeny-aware simulations suggest a low impact of unsampled lineages in the inference of gene flow during eukaryogenesis Abstract. The topologies of gene trees are broadly used to infer horizontal gene transfer events and characterize the potential donor and acceptor partners

Phylogeny-aware simulations suggest a low impact of unsampled lineages in the inference of gene flow during eukaryogenesis

Excellent paper from @tonigabaldon.bsky.social and @microbiobits.bsky.social and Moisès Bernabeu.

academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

We are very sad to hear of the passing of Dr Jane Goodall Hon FRSB. Dr Goodall’s work as a primatologist and conservationist was truly inspiring and, though her presence will be sorely missed, we are sure that her legacy will live on.

#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane

🍄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...

Our October issue is out now!

The images are negatively stained electron micrographs taken from archaella bundles isolated from the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.

Check the issue out here:
www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

Amazing talk by @microbiobits.bsky.social from @tonigabaldon.bsky.social lab on another possible model of eukaryogenesis based on proteome evolution #ESEB2025

A pleasure and an honor to have been able to present such a keystone of my PhD with so many researchers I look up to 🥺

Closing the session, Saioa Manzano-Morales @microbiobits.bsky.social from the Barcelona supercomputing center, told us about their recent inferences of gene origins in the context of eukaryogenesis. Read more here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#ESEB2025

Incredible session! Thank you so much for all that came, and for the ones that didn’t get the chance to, the preprint is on BiorXiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Many thanks for the like 🙏
Penguins thank you too🐧🐧🐧

Casi 2.000 científicos en Barcelona para debatir sobre el origen de la vida El CCIB acoge el congreso científico más relevante en el ámbito de la biología evolutiva

Casi 2.000 científicos en Barcelona para debatir sobre el origen de la vida

#eseb2025

www.elnacional.cat/es/sociedad/...

Surely one of the all-time best conference outreach activities: an evolution-inspired decorated street for Les Festes de Gràcia #ESEB2025

A narrow street decorated for a festival with large, colorful papier-mâché sea creatures hanging overhead, including several Nautilus figures with striped shells. Bright fabric shades in purple, black, and green are strung above, while additional decorations such as flowers and lizards adorn the sides. Apartment balconies and building facades line the street.

A man wearing a headset microphone is giving an outdoor science talk, pointing at a large screen showing an image of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano. The slide text reads "Separate sexes are not a given," with labels pointing to "Testes producing sperm" and "Ovaries producing eggs." Festival decorations, including colorful paper flowers and geometric designs, hang in the background, and people are gathered to watch.

Amazing evolutionary biology outreach at the Fiestas de Gràcia in Barcelona.
@rawwiberg.bsky.social explained that not everything we assume about sex is a given and that we can learn a lot from the exceptions.
#ESEB25

Interested in #AsgardArchaea? I know I am! Today at #ESEB2025 I will be at poster 082 explaining my work on how they got such huge genomes and what this can tell us about the road to eukaryogenesis

@eseb2025.bsky.social

Full capacity session, there is a wait to join session

People getting turned away from #museomics session! Full house! #eseb2025

The day finished off strong with loads of great talks in the Genomics of Evolutionary Innovations symposium!

I'm pleased to report that my talk went well ☺️ 🎨🖌️

#eseb2025 #eseb #esebconference
@eseb2025.bsky.social @jfenn.bsky.social @timothyfuqua.bsky.social

Time is flying at #ESEB2025! Can’t wait for the next days ahead! 🚀

Pretty cool art at the #evoke art corner at #eseb2025

The first paper from my PhD is out now! doi.org/10.1111/jeu....

We describe a new photosynthetic #Paulinella species from a brackish beach in British Columbia 🇨🇦

Big thanks to the co-authors Maia Palka and @alive-in-the-ocean.bsky.social, and my supervisor @fburki.bsky.social

#protistsonsky

Ahead of #eseb2025 we had a nice reunion of some ex- and current members of the group! Nice to see you all!

El CCIB 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...

El CCIB reunirá a 1.900 científicos para analizar el origen y la evolución de la vida #eseb2025 www.europapress.es/catalunya/fi...

👕 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 #𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐁2025 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓-𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝! 
If you have not purchased one yet, no worries: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞. There will be a dedicated space for T-shirt sales at the Congress venue. If you pre-ordered yours, you can collect it during the Congress opening hour
#ESEB2025

First isolation of a methanotrophic Mycobacterium reveals ammonia- and pH-tolerant methane oxidation | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Methane is a significant contributor to climate change (27 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide), and the largest biological sink is methane-oxidizing bacteria: methanotrophs. Alt...

“Isolation of a new methanotroph belonging to Mycobacterium” is now out! Awesome work by my former postdoc Hiromi Kambara, who led this project all the way.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

If you’re interested in the genome dynamic of these funky little archaea, I’ll be presenting a poster at @eseb2025.bsky.social !

Phylogenomics of Asgard archaea reveals a unique blend of prokaryotic-like horizontal transfer and eukaryotic-like gene duplication. Asgard archaea hold a pivotal position in the tree of life as the closest known relatives to eukaryotes and are therefore crucial for understanding eukaryogenesis. Earlier genomic analyses revealed th...

Today is Asgard Friday! So happy that the project that has taken a big chunk of my PhD journey is out as a preprint (for now!)

“Phylogenomics of Asgard archaea reveals a unique blend of prokaryotic-like horizontal transfer and eukaryotic-like gene duplication”

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

📢Vacancy: BSC is looking for an Internal Communication Specialist

➡ bsc.es/Zv2

#feina #job #trabajo

Great opportunity to contribute during #ESEB2025 to scientific outreach!