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@ruimmfaria.bsky.social

Evolutionary biologist primarily interested in the role of chromosomal rearrangements in adaptation and speciation. Group leader of Seagen at CIBIO University of Porto, Portugal.

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A long-awaited, deeply rewarding achievement made possible only by the dedication, perseverance, and passion of incredible collaborators and friends ๐Ÿ˜: @anjamwestram.bsky.social @ruimmfaria.bsky.social โ€ช@carmelofruciano.bsky.socialโ€ฌ & many others not here

28.07.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a nice group of people and researchers, nice shores, new research facilities, fantastic Littorina system

08.06.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In my case, it all changed with a Marie Curie MC fellowship. I know there is not much time left to apply but if you want to come to the sunny Portugal, near Porto, to work on Littorina inversions (adaptation, sex chromosome evolution, speciation),contact me ruifaria@cibio.up.pt to try out for a MC

08.06.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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02.06.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Programming for Evolutionary Biology School (EVOP) | February 17th โ€“ March 6th 2026

For those interested in attending EVOP 2026 evop.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de
these are the last days to apply!

12.05.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi everyone. New deadline to submit your abstract to ESEB: 5th of May. Please consider our interesting symposium!

24.04.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Postdoc position with @milocco.bsky.social at @scilifelab.se and @stockholm-uni.bsky.social in predictive modeling in evolution and development.

#Evolution #Popgen #Modeling #Postdoc

14.04.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Two more weeks to apply for a PhD position in our yeast genomics and evolution lab at Stockholm University! Please share widely. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿงฌ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ„

08.04.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Could I also be added?

Thanks

15.04.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Post-Doctoral Researcher โ€“ Haplotype-Resolved Assembly and Structural Variation of Polyploid Genomes in Transmissible Cancers of the Blue Mussel (M/F) - work environment: Host-Pathogen-Environment Interactions Laboratory (UMR5244 IHPE), Montpellier - main mission:

#PostDoc in #Montpellier on mussel transmissible cancers #TransCan These weird cancers have undergone genome doublings and aneuploidisation You will play with PacBio and Nanopore data Join the #HyperCan team in a joyfull environment. #MarEvol #PopGen #MusselsAreCool euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/333894

14.04.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Organized by @aruizherrera.bsky.social and Thea Rogers with the wonderful speakers @clairemerot.bsky.social and Harris Lewin

10.04.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Together with @aruizherrera.bsky.social (UAB and Thea Rogers (Univ. of Vienna)

10.04.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW FRONTIERS IN GENOME DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION: if you have work on 3D organization and function of genomes submit your abstract to our symposium!

10.04.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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We are recruiting a PhD student We are offering a fully funded PhD Position in Evolutionary Genomics of Seasonal Camouflage, at Stockholm University and SciLifeLab. The project focus on characterizing phenotypic and genomic variaโ€ฆ

Read more about the project and requirements here:

seasonalgenomics.wordpress.com/2025/04/02/w...

02.04.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Montenegro pode ser Sรณcrates 2009 - quem tem รฉtica passa fome Um primeiro-ministro cuja รฉtica jรก causava muitas dรบvidas foi reeleito perante a anomia do seu partido e do eleitorado. Muitos do que falam de โ€œlamaโ€ no caso Montenegro jรก usavam a palavra em 2009.

"Era aceitรกvel que Luรญs Montenegro continuasse em funรงรตes se fosse ministro de um outro qualquer primeiro-ministro? Nรฃo."

A opiniรฃo de Ana Sรก Lopes

31.03.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fantastic Cรกtia! Well done! we hope to interact :)

25.03.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A single theory for the evolution of sex chromosomes and the two rules of speciation - Events - Cibio The mission of the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources is to develop world-class research in the areas of biodiversity and evolutionary bi

For those interested in sex chromosomes and speciation, Thomas Lenormand from CEFE, University of Montpellier, will visit us and present a seminar about his work on these topics. For more information (and the zoom link), please follow the link here: www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/a-...

22.03.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you have a dream of combining genetics, ecology and marine organism, this is for you. If not, this may still be for you!
We are looking for candidates to apply for a FCT PhD fellowship within SEAGEN-CIBIO on evolutionary genomics of marine organisms! Please spread the word.

11.03.2025 00:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Top: Topology weightings across chr15 showing how the karamu haplotype is related to the klugii and orientis haplotypes. Upper panel shows three possible rooted genealogical topologies. Second panel shows weights for each topology along the chromosome, smoothed with a 20โ€‰kb span. Arrows above the plot indicate the locations of inversions. Third panel shows unsmoothed topology weightings across a 1.5โ€‰Mb region corresponding to Inversion 2. Bottom: Ancestry painting across a 100โ€‰kb region within Inversion 2, showing ancestry tracts for two homozygous karamu individuals compared to two representative individuals homozygous for the orientis and klugii haplotypes. Coding regions are indicated below the plot, with the candidate gene for background colouration yellow indicated. Green triangles represent the top 10 SNPs for background colour in our GWAS. There is evidence for recombination throughout the supergene region, and specifically in the vicinity of yellow, consistent with the hypothesis that orientis ancestry at this locus (i.e., the B allele) is associated with darker colouration in karamu individuals.

Top: Topology weightings across chr15 showing how the karamu haplotype is related to the klugii and orientis haplotypes. Upper panel shows three possible rooted genealogical topologies. Second panel shows weights for each topology along the chromosome, smoothed with a 20โ€‰kb span. Arrows above the plot indicate the locations of inversions. Third panel shows unsmoothed topology weightings across a 1.5โ€‰Mb region corresponding to Inversion 2. Bottom: Ancestry painting across a 100โ€‰kb region within Inversion 2, showing ancestry tracts for two homozygous karamu individuals compared to two representative individuals homozygous for the orientis and klugii haplotypes. Coding regions are indicated below the plot, with the candidate gene for background colouration yellow indicated. Green triangles represent the top 10 SNPs for background colour in our GWAS. There is evidence for recombination throughout the supergene region, and specifically in the vicinity of yellow, consistent with the hypothesis that orientis ancestry at this locus (i.e., the B allele) is associated with darker colouration in karamu individuals.

Dynamics of a supergene. A study of the BC supergene in wing color morphs of the African monarch #butterfly by @rishidekayne.bsky.social &co reveals dynamic evolution of #supergene haplotypes, fueled by incomplete recombination suppression ๐Ÿงช @plosbiology.org plos.io/3DiFhnL

03.03.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology Extreme morphological disparity within Mollusca has long confounded efforts to reconstruct a stable backbone phylogeny for the phylum. Familiar molluscan groupsโ€”gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopodsโ€”e...

Mollusks encompass species ranging from squid ๐Ÿฆ‘ to sea snails ๐ŸŒ - 13 new #genomes from across the phylum to assemble a new phylogeny for Mollusca www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #biodiversity #genomics #evolution #phylogenomics

01.03.2025 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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O que รฉ que Luรญs Montenegro tem na cabeรงa? Aquilo que temos na prรกtica รฉ um primeiro-ministro a ser pago por empresas privadas no exercรญcio do cargo. Isto vai muito para alรฉm dos conflitos de interesses. ร‰ mesmo um enorme escรขndalo nacional.

Joรฃo Miguel Tavares: "Aquilo que temos na prรกtica รฉ um primeiro-ministro a ser pago por empresas privadas no exercรญcio do cargo. Isto vai muito para alรฉm dos conflitos de interesses. ร‰ mesmo um enorme escรขndalo nacional."

28.02.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Com a crise que temos no sector imobiliรกrio, parece-me eticamente degradante que muita gente do nosso governo tenha exactamente um negรณcio nesse sector e lucre com isso. Nรฃo resolvem os problemas como aliรกs contribuem para a subida do preรงo das casas e ganham com isso.

20.02.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Short INDELs and SNPs as markers of evolutionary processes in hybrid zones Abstract. Polymorphic short insertions and deletions (INDELs โ‰ค 50ย bp) are abundant, although less common than single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Evide

Short insertions and deletions are abundant but are they useful markers in genome scans for divergent selection? Hybrid zones in Littorina suggest they can add to information from SNPs, despite stronger purifying selection:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Perini, Butlin and @anjamwestram.bsky.social

20.02.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

nice!

16.02.2025 00:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

main society concern of the day: did cute fox pictures replaced cute cat pictures in bluesky? I heard about some circus in the White House.....but I think we should simply ignore the clowns. Would lack of attention make them gone?

12.02.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last summer, we received lots of ๐Ÿš shots and thoughts ๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ’ญ from citizens that contributed to our WinkleWatch initiatives๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ“ฒ. We are now having fun analyzing this data ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ“Š. Thanks to all the WinkleWatchers that are advancing our understanding of color variation!
littorina.at.biopolis.pt/winklewatch

12.02.2025 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Portugal and it appears "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)

11.02.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A clam with a spring attached to the shell. The spring has a magnet placed above a sensor.

A clam with a spring attached to the shell. The spring has a magnet placed above a sensor.

Hardly new info, but BSky should know:

Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.

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