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Jump like a Frog: What amphibian genomes can teach us about transposable elements. A comparative study shows that Transposable Elements can be linked to climate adaptation and other complex traits in Amphibians.

🧬 New post on The Brownian Notion
🐸🦎 Frogs, salamanders, and jumping genes: amphibian genomes are messy, huge, and full of stories about how DNA moves, adapts, and evolves. #transposons #mobileDNA #evolution #macroevolution #genomics
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#Bioinformatics

Jump like a Frog: What amphibian genomes can teach us about transposable elements. A comparative study shows that Transposable Elements can be linked to climate adaptation and other complex traits in Amphibians.

🧬 New post on The Brownian Notion
🐸🦎 Frogs, salamanders, and jumping genes: amphibian genomes are messy, huge, and full of stories about how DNA moves, adapts, and evolves. #transposons #mobileDNA #evolution #macroevolution #genomics

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We have a new PhD studentship in the lab on the immunogenic roles of transposable elements in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia! Come and work with us! www.colcc.ac.uk/2026-cyp-phd...

Of Mole Rats, Owls, and Raccoons: The Spirit Animals Of My Scientific Journey Basically, I asked myself: how can I explain my scientific interests in the cringiest way possible? And well… this post came out.

I’ve started writing again on The Brownian Notion, my newsletter on #computationalbiology and #evolution. If you have a strong stomach, take a look; if you’re brave, subscribe. Today’s issue is about spirit animals and evolutionary research. substack.com/home/post/p-...

One of the worst things we do in research is never shutting the fuck up. We always have questions, tons of questions. And that’s obviously a good thing. But every now and then, shutting our mouths and letting the data speak isn’t such a bad idea. #resultsdriven #research #academicchatter

🧪 #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience #RFKJr #Vaccines #HHS #CDC #antivax
So, guess who insists that their superior intellect tells them that evil scientists created SARS-CoV-2? Zoonotic transmission denial kills people.

The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution - Nature The Biodiversity Cell Atlas aims to create comprehensive single-cell molecular atlases across the eukaryotic tree of life, which will be phylogenetically informed, rely on high-quality genomes and use shared standards to facilitate comparisons across species.

The coolest thing in #EvoBio right now?
Researchers are opening the gates: #cell atlases, complete #genomes, #traits —an explosion of public data.
In the coming years, we won’t just be swimming in it. We’ll be diving, exploring… and having fun. #evolution #BioDiversity
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Supercentenarian gives scientists insight on secrets of healthy old age Tests on Maria Branyas Morera, who was world’s oldest person before she died aged 117, gave doctors a trove of discoveries

“For the first time, we’ve been able to separate being old from being sick.” @manelesteller.bsky.social #aging #genetics #Barcelona

Comprehensive biologic characterization of a 117-year old supercentenarian, the world's oldest living person
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Supercentenarian gives scientists insight on secrets of healthy old age Tests on Maria Branyas Morera, who was world’s oldest person before she died aged 117, gave doctors a trove of discoveries The nonagenarian actor Dame Joan Collins may have been on to something when she declared “age is just a number”. The deepest dive yet into the biology of a supercentenarian has revealed that even extreme old age can be reached without the brain necessarily faltering or the usual illnesses mounting up. Continue reading...

Supercentenarian gives scientists insight on secrets of healthy old age

The how and why of sleep: Motor theory and catecholamine hypothesis This perspective examines sleep’s mechanism (“how”) and function (“why”). The motor theory posits that sleep is governed by distributed motor-control circuits; the catecholamine hypothesis identifies ...

We propose #catecholamine (dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline) inactivation as the fundamental biological process underlying sleep’s numerous benefits. #aging #evolution

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Truth discernment may not help to overcome misinformation - Nature Climate Change Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. However, pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes.

Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. Tobia Spampatti argues in Nature Climate Change that pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes. 🧪

Miniature inverted–repeat transposable elements (MITEs) play a significant role in the constitution of centromeres in Morus notabilis - Tree Genetics & Genomes Mulberry is the only reported plant species with multiple centromeres on each chromosome and is rich in miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in their genomes. However, the reasons f...

#TEsky Miniature inverted–repeat transposable elements (MITEs) play a significant role in the constitution of centromeres in Morus notabilis doi.org/10.1007/s112...

LFG! I would love to be able to watch Eurovision next year

🔬📢 Oferta #FPI (2026–2029) en el ‪@mncn-csic.bsky.social. Proyecto sobre vínculos de pareja en aves polígamas, éxito reproductivo y redes sociales.

@diegogil.bsky.social & Lorenzo Pérez Rodríguez (@irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social)

Excelente entorno académico y personal 🐦🥰
@behavecol-lab.bsky.social

Can selfish agents create intelligent group behaviour without planning or cooperation? Yes, if they adapt who they interact with. This simple rule leads to neural-network-like learning and global efficiency. Read the paper:
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Origin and evolutionary trajectories of brown algal sex chromosomes - Nature Ecology & Evolution Genomes of nine brown algal species with different sex determination systems show that U/V sex chromosomes evolved 450–224 Ma and show remarkable conservation of genes within the sex-determining regio...

Genomes of brown algae with different sex determination systems show that U/V sex chromosomes evolved 450–224 million years ago and show remarkable conservation of genes within the sex-determining region, despite independent expansions of the sex locus in each lineage

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

"When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish. When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish."
Quote of @whysharksmatter.bsky.social (David Shiffman)

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YouTube video by David R. Samson The Mystery of Primate Sleep

A fun 15 minute talk by evolutionary anthropologist David Samson putting human sleep in context with that of other great apes, primates, and other species 🧪 #BioAnth www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHF...

Total Lunar Eclipse on September 7–8, 2025 – Where and When to See Total lunar eclipse on September 7–8, 2025: Where and when is the Blood Moon visible and what will it look like? Visibility map, animation, and local times.

Only 12 days until the Lunar Eclipse. Link with info. 🔭 🧪 www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna...

A Concise Guide for the Characterization and Curation of Transposable Elements in Insect Genomes Transposable elements (TEs) can play a huge role in shaping the structure and evolution of genes and genomes, but it can be difficult, especially in non-model organisms, to confidently characterize th...

#TEsky A Concise Guide for the Characterization and Curation of Transposable Elements in Insect Genomes from valentinapeona.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/978-...

We’ve simply studied them much more in plants

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of transposable elements and their roles in development and disease - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Transposable elements (TEs) comprise nearly half of the human genome. This Review discusses transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms that repress TE activity, how TEs escape this suppressio...

We’re only starting to grasp it, but mammalian genomes are likely as profoundly impacted by #TransposableElements as those of plants. #Cancer #Aging #Genomics

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Primissimo piano di gatto tigrato grigio chiaro con chiazze bianche

#IlGattoDelGiorno

The most beautiful part of these conferences only reveals if you stay until the end. #ESEB2025

This seems like a great idea. Of course it’s lovely to see everyone but it is v v strange that >1000 scientists fly in to agonise about the biological impact of climate change.

Attending #ESEB2025 has been an amazing experience!

If you are interested in more ancient DNA and museomics, please consider joining us in Stockholm for the first International Conference on Palaeogenomics (June 23-26 2026)!

Follow @palaeogenomics.bsky.social

👉icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

Now at the #ESEB2025 cancer evolution symposium, @yagmurerten.bsky.social presents collaborative work with @amyboddy.bsky.social (sorely missed here!) on cancer across species in lemurs (photos not permitted)