Luisa F. Pallares

Presenting Dr. Daria Evseeva! Daria defended her thesis at @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social last week and earned her doctorate - with distinction! She worked on a historic outbreak of Ralstonia in Martinique, the origins of the banana outbreak in Indonesia, and the evolution of intermicrobial antagonism.

🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics

Looking for a cool image to represent the complexity of within-species genomic diversity? Look no further! Beautiful artwork by Binia De Cahsan!

First publication during my PhD is now accepted! Thanks SMBE24 'Hidden Dimensions' team for making it happen.

GBE | The Genomic Kaleidoscope: On the Hidden Dimensions of Within-Species Genomic Diversity

Brasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204

#genome #evolution

Are you looking for a brief and clear perspective on the factors associated with between-individual variation that go beyond SNPs? Check out the thread below 👇 It was a pleasure to particpate in this, and shout-out to James @jphippstan.bsky.social who led our contribution to this perspective🧬

PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social

🧩 Thrilled to share our new paper in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social !

We present a comprehensive review of de novo gene emergence — providing a classification of current detection methods and a roadmap for addressing major challenges in the field of gene birth from non-genic sequences.

Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp

I am also super happy and excited about our joint project with @luisapallares.bsky.social as part of DFP SPP GEvol @gevol.bsky.social !

Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.

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So happy to be part of the @dfg.de GEvol SPP! Looking forward to the next 3 years of collaborations with all the labs, and in particular with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social with whom we have a very exciting project on the evolution of transcriptional noise in the Drosophila clade! 🪰🧬🪰

AI-generated image of a lightsaber-wielding figure conquering Portugal.

Preparations for the next JEDI meeting are underway! The upcoming Junior European #Drosophila Investigator / #NewPI meeting is planned for Portugal in June. Final dates and additional details will be announced soon - stay tuned for updates!​

Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations in Insects: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution: Vol 344, No 7 The Journal of Experimental Zoology – B (JEZ-B): Molecular and Developmental Evolution covers the structure & evolution of animal & non-animal organisms.

📢 Check out our GEvol inspired Special Issue in JEZ-B:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15525015... 🚨

SMBE 2026 | Registration is open

Registration is now open for SMBE 2026!

Head over to the registration page to find all the details and secure your spot 🏃‍♀️

📝 smbe2026.org/registration
🐦 Early-bird deadline: March 31, 2026

If you are an active member of the SMBE you can register for the meeting with discounts.

#SMBE2026

🪰 🧬16th #DrosEU2026 Workshop & Satellite #DrosophilaSuzukii Meeting Conference will take place 13–17 April 2026 in #Montpellier, France 🇫🇷.

We look forward to connecting with colleagues across Europe to discuss new research in #Drosophila #genomics #evolution & #CitizenScience +info 👉 droseu.net

This month is my turn to bust science myths in our institute's mini-videos series. This month's topic: fruit flies and evolution! 🪰🧬

@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social

We are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)

We welcome @fbrauns.bsky.social as a new group leader @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!

Social media postcard that says: Are you an early-career researcher within five years of your first appointment to a faculty position? You could be eligible for our new grants for junior faculty staff. The Journal of Experimental Biology logo is in the bottom left corner. The Kickstart grant logo, two hands shaking, is in the bottom right corner.

The next deadline for ECRs, within 5 years of their first faculty position, to apply for JEB's next round of Kickstart Travel Grants and ECR Visiting Fellowships is 28 November, so don't miss the chance to apply for helpful funding

biologists.com/grants/#jeb

Saturating the eQTL map in Drosophila: Genome-wide patterns of cis and trans regulation of transcriptional variation in outbred populations Pallares et al. collect over a thousand RNA-seq and DNA samples from Drosophila melanogaster flies to investigate the genetic basis of gene expression variation. They find eQTLs for 98% of the genes a...

We have put together a comprehensive eQTL map for D. melanogaster using thousands of genetically diverse flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 We hope this helps -as similar resources have done in yeast and humans- to understand how genetic variation 🧬 regulates complex traits variation 🪰 via transcriptional regulation ⬆️⬇️

This is a really cool innitiative! If you live in North Germany, please take a look. Also, nice flashback to my time as a PhD student working with this hybrid zone 🐀🐁

#PEQG26 might be my favorite conference, and I have been attending since 2020, even after I moved to Germany. It's really sad (and infuriating) that I won't make it next year due to the political situation in the US that makes many of us feel unsafe to travel there.

Family-based selection: an efficient method for increasing phenotypic variability This article introduces a model comparing various selection regimes for increasing phenotypic variability. Individuals with the same genotype, reared in id

Our new study modeling selection for (behavioral) variability has been covered in a lovely @genetics-gsa.bsky.social podcast featuring first author Shraddha Lall and @ecoevogal.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Uninorte Académico ¿Somos las especies como Linneo las pensó?

Link equivocado XD - Este sí es! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em-6...

El link al evento: streamyard.com/5v87re2e72

Cátedra Europa - Cátedra Europa - Uninorte El evento que acerca Europa al Caribe colombiano con una nutrida programación de charlas, conciertos y talleres virtuales para disfrutar lo mejor del intelecto y la cultura.

En el marco de la Catedra Europa organizada por la Universidad del Norte que celebra este año a Dinamarca y Suecia, estaré participando hoy en el conversatorio "Somos las especies como Linneo las pensó?" Nos vemos (virtualmente) a las 10:30 (Col) / 17:30(CET) #CienciaCriolla

Huge congrats, David! Long life to the aphids! :)

Stowers Institute recruits renowned developmental and evolutionary… David Stern, Ph.D., brings groundbreaking research on insect–plant interactions for next-generation pest control to the Institute.

NEWS🎉 We’re excited to announce @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Investigator David Stern will join the Institute from Janelia Research Campus. His lab studies how aphids transform plants at the genetic level, uncovering secrets of #evolution & new strategies for pest control. @hhmi.org bit.ly/4np96Fb