@lepphylo.bsky.social
Professor in Biological Systematics, and Director of the Biological Museum, Lund University, Sweden Butterflies and moths are my thing, especially their systematics and evolutionary history
I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
10.10.2025 07:30 β π 73 π 78 π¬ 1 π 3
How did animals repeatedly conquer land? πβ‘οΈβ°οΈ We analysed ~1,000 gene repertoires (24M genes!) from all animal phyla to uncover how this happened. Work led by @gemmaeling.bsky.social & Klara Eleftheriadi, both first coauthors of this titanic effort!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Fifteen 2-year postdoc fellowships available at U. Toulouse π through a MSCA-COFUND (AToUT tiris.univ-toulouse.fr/en/programs/...)
Interested to apply for a postdoctoral research project focusing on the genomics of farm animals or pollinators? Let me know!
Eligibility: <1 yr in π«π· in the last 3 yrs
Project Psyche is featured in a new article out now on @spectrum.ieee.org! Check it out to get an insight into the efforts of @ebpgenome.bsky.social and the milestones achieved during the fieldtrip of #ProjectPsyche and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social to the Italian Alps π¦
03.10.2025 12:08 β π 18 π 7 π¬ 0 π 2
University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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GBE | Polyommatine Blue Butterflies Reveal Unexpected Integrity of the W Sex Chromosome Amid Extensive Chromosomal Fragmentation Linked to Telomere Restoration
HospodΓ‘ΕskΓ‘, @petrnguyen.bsky.social et al. investigated genome size and karyotype in Polyommatus and Lysandra butterflies, rejecting polyploidy to confirm karyotypic diversification via chromosome fragmentation in Polyommatinae butterflies.
π doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf157
#genome #evolution
Waiting for submissions! π¦
@notalepido.bsky.social
How do insects respond to changing climates? Our new review and analysis in @annualreviews.bsky.social suggests that phenological adaptation trumps thermal adaptation.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Join us Nov 14th for #YSF2025, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics.
Abstract submission closes Oct 25th!
REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2fvmmthc
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Professor (full) or Associate Professor (tenure track) in Microbial Genetics of Health (U. Turku Finland). Competitive starting package included! Please share.
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π₯BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the ChocΓ³ have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
29.09.2025 19:16 β π 51 π 25 π¬ 1 π 1
Wa hoo! Our paper in Science is out today, revealing why some prey use conspicuous warning colouration while others use camouflaging colours. A huge global collaboration under incredible leadership by Iliana Medina and @wlallen.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Really interesting and excellently executed taphonomic study alert!
The authours designed neat insect disarticualtion experiments to better understand preservational patterns of insect found in the Crato Formation, Brazil. πͺ°πͺ³π¦
Very very cool work by Storari et al.
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Join us at #Biodiversity25 !
Interested in Lepidoptera? There will be the session on @projectpsyche.bsky.social with project updates, the highly anticipated re-launch of Lepbase and discussions on the analysis of the first 1,000 lep genomes. Plus there's a keynote by @lepphylo.bsky.social!π¦
Targeted ortholog search in unannotated genome assemblies with fDOG-Assembly https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677253v1
22.09.2025 00:07 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0A reminder. You have still about a week to apply to these postdoc positions in
π biodiversity science
π genetic indicator assessment
π ecological statistics
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
β³ Only 2 weeks left to apply to our PhD in evolutionary prediction!
17.09.2025 11:31 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
PhD opportunity in BodΓΈ! Youβll sequence genomes from invasive and non-invasive slug (A. vulgaris) populations to uncover the molecular basis of invasion dynamics. Supervised by Prof. Les Noble & co-supervisor by me. Fully funded, cutting-edge science, great team. Apply by Sept 21: shorturl.at/zJT06
08.09.2025 09:11 β π 3 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0
WG1 meeting of @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, this time at Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, was again a big success! We discussed strategies to promote the use of Leps genomic data by society - and we agreed on the next steps!
13.09.2025 18:28 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1(6/6)π In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at π ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Genome sequencing progress for Lepidoptera. Stacked bar charts represent the cumulative number of lepidopteran species with a reference genome per year. The colours represent the different levels of genome assembly quality, ranging from contig to chromosome-level. Numbers in brackets represent the range in numbers of species that have a given assembly level per year. Data derived from GoaT on 05.09.2025.
(1/6) π¦ We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe!
This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth.
Read the story below!ππ½
How many chromosomes can an animal have?
In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
Looking for a PhD? I am advertising two industry sponsored PhD projects. One on black soldier fly genetics with #betabugs and another on searching insect biodiversity for novel enzymes #Syngenta. Get in touch if you are interested!! bbsrcdtp.lifesci.cam.ac.uk/available-ic...
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Only 10 days left to apply:
We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.
The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.
Please RT.
Details π:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com
The first of Jessie Foleyβs work on the #evolution of #ageing in #Heliconius for your reading pleasure.
Come for the 348 day old butterfly, stay for the evolved slower rate of ageing, species*diet effects, and weightlifting for elderly butterflies πͺπ»π΅π»
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π¨ Postdoc opportunities! π¨
Weβre looking for postdocs in πΏ biodiversity science, 𧬠genetic indicator assessment, and π ecological statistics.
Join us in unraveling the drivers & consequences of global change on biodiversity β and be part of a supportive & collaborative environment!
DL 24 September
π¨ PhD position in behavioural evolution π¨
Come do your PhD with me in LinkΓΆping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.
Application deadline September 24 2025 π§ͺ π π¦ #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs
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