Francesca Raffini Lab

✨ A powerful thought for the International #DisabilityDay ♿✨
The narrative isn't about being "different." It's about the difference we make 💪
A great thank you to Laila ©Vorrei prendere il Treno Onlus for this awesome graphic!
#IDPWD #DisabilityInclusion #disabledinstem #disability

Bringing together incredible historical snails 🐚📜 from researchers, museums, and private collectors 🔬🏛️🔍 for the #FiascoProject. Overwhelmed by the generosity—thank you for trusting us with these precious #Mollusk specimens 💖
#Malacology #NaturalHistory #CitizenScience #ScienceTwitter #MolluskMonday

👏 David Carmelet Rescan and Beatrice Sammarco for creating it!

🤿 Dive into Sea Defenders: Operation FIASCO!

This roll-and-write game lets you be a 🧑‍🔬🦸 battling 👾👾👾 to save the 🌊:
🎲📝 Grab dice & a pen!
🧠🤝 Solo or co-op fun!
📥 FREE Download: fiascoproject.odoo.com/game

#BoardGames #Conservation #ScienceOutreach #FIASCOproject #SeaDefenders

Q&A: inbreeding and its implications for conservation - BMC Biology Inbreeding depression plays a role in the decline, endangerment, and extinction of small populations, and thus inbreeding has received much attention in conservation biology. The term inbreeding is us...

Our Q&A article on inbreeding for conservation is out in BMC Biology!

We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.

#consgen

bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Here are all the interviews about Disability in E & E we have published so far - if you would like to say your piece in the November or December issues, please get in touch, tree@cell.com

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🙏 Thank you, Museum of Natural History of Ferrara!
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊

Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸

ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it

🎉 Welcome, @axelita.bsky.social!

As a PhD 🧑‍🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸

Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️

So excited to be at our first @cemeb.bsky.social Autumn Assembly! 🤩
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience

🧬The annual Center for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB) Assembly 2025 has officially started, for the 1st time in Uppsala!🧬
After a welcome by steering committee member Andreas Wallberg, we are kicking things off with the first keynote lecture by Leif Andersson, Atlantic herring in the Baltic!🐟

🪸🌲 From coral reefs to old-growth forests, ancient ecosystems hold profound wisdom.

Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜

In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity

ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78

Just back from the inaugural meeting of the 🇮🇹 #conservationgenomic Group!

The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸

Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics

The FIASCO🐌🐌 team's formula at @sibe_iseb's #SIBESummerSchool2025?

Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑‍🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏

sites.google.com/view/sibesum...

How is the #omics revolution 🌊💻reshaping our understanding of evolution & conservation?🌍🧬🔍

✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!

Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!

Disability in ecology and evolution In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We a...

Huge thank you @aeastephens.bsky.social‬ for initiating the TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in T.R.E.E. providing visibility for disabled researchers in #Ecology & #Evolution to make our field more #inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

⛵️GENOA COST Action finally IRL! 💛

Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸

Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨

#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation

A special thanks 💗 to @jevbio.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for supporting our attendance and in-person gatherings 🤝, and the Equal Opportunity Initiative @annecharmantier.bsky.social for all their efforts to disseminate and increase #diversity, #inclusivity and #equity in science 🌈

We came, we saw, we evolved! 🔝

#ESEB2025 🐚🧑‍🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅

With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️

#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience

Part 2!
#ESEB2025

The SZN delegation at #ESEB2025
@xodroont.bsky.social @svepalla.bsky.social @francescaraffini.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social

Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology 🇮🇹 at @eseb2025.bsky.social spreading smart evolutionary posters 📜 and cool 👕

#ESEB2025

Come to meet @jevbio.bsky.social board & have fun at the ESEB booth @eseb2025.bsky.social! 😎🤓

🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb

@maxreuter.bsky.social

#ESEB2025

@cbank.bsky.social
Slide stolen from our invited speaker Patrick Heidbreder

@cbank.bsky.social

@apragsdale.bsky.social

🆕 from the @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️‍💥

The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘

May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩

#ESEB2025

Photo of the talk, showing 3+4 ERC logos crossed out and two Wallenberg foundation logos crossed out

At the end of his #ESEB2025 plenary on deep-time palaeogenomes, Love Dalén shared his history of trying to obtain a big grant for his work. It eventually worked out!

Don’t miss the chance to enjoy Gràcia’s festivities today! lacienciaalteumon.cat/evolution-an...

As expected, the scientific content of the meeting is being truly outstanding, we will have over 600 talks and over 1000 posters on display. Plenty to choose from and many opportunities for unexpected eye-opening discoveries for anyone. #eseb2025