🖥️🧬 Entering the final stretch at TIBE-STRIVE! ​Kicking off the last session of the congress with a Mini Plenary: 🗣️ Katarina Stuart 🔬 "Structural variants and transposable elements under weakened selection in invasive populations" 🐦🐦‍⬛ ​#TIBESTRIVE

Two days of the conference have already gone by. Talks, discussions, and new ideas, all accompanied by a spirit of collaboration. We keep going, tomorrow is the final day! 📸 Photos: CIBIO Communication Office @eseb.bsky.social @strivestn.bsky.social

Welcome to Day 2 of TIBE-STRIVE! 🌅🧬 ​We are kicking things off with an incredible Plenary Talk: 🗣️ Joana Meier 🔬 "Structural variation facilitating speciation in butterflies and spiders" ​Excited to learn how structural variants drive the incredible diversity in these lineages! 🦋🕷️ ​#TIBESTRIVE

Wrapping up the scientific sessions for today at TIBE-STRIVE with some massive discussion topics! 🗣️🧬 ​We are brainstorming ay the discussion sessions. ​Can't wait to see what ideas come out of this before we head out to explore Vila do Conde! 🌊🏛️ ​#TIBESTRIVE

Very excited by the first day of the kick off meeting of our special topic network on Structural Variants in evolution ! Joint meeting with TiBE by CIBIO. Thanks to the organisers!!!

If you are interested in genotyping inversion, here is a new tool using linked reads. Developed with C Lemaitre by our co-supervised PhD student, M Temperville

Great talk by @janawold.bsky.social Looking forward to the upcoming discussion about SV & pangenomes

Up next at TIBA STRIVE! 🌿🧬 ​Tuning in to the Mini Plenary: 🗣️ Ashwini V Mohan 🔬 "Genomic rearrangements underlie barriers to recombination in holocentric sedges" ​A deep dive into plant genomics and the fascinating chromosome dynamics of these unique species! ​#TIBASTRIVE #Genomics #PlantScience

Engaging and highly scannable Keeping the momentum going at TIBA STRIVE! 🧬⚡ ​Now up: 🗣️ Alistair Hockey 🔬 "Massive genomic flux and rapid differentiation in a young autogamous diploid" ​Excited to hear about these rapid evolutionary shifts and genomic dynamics! ​#TIBASTRIVE #EvolutionaryBiology

The science continues at TIBA STRIVE! 🪰🧬 ​Now hearing from: 🗣️ Léa Nicolas 🔬 "Evolutionary consequences of recombination suppression: the case of a chromosomal inversion in the seaweed fly" ​A fascinating look at how chromosomal inversions shape evolutionary trajectories! 🌊 ​#TIBASTRIVE #Evolution

Next up at the TIBA STRIVE is Carina Mugal: Population-level PacBio HiFi data enable the investigation of structural variants in the speciation process of two songbirds. ​A great look into how advanced sequencing technology helps us understand structural variation in evolution. 🧬🐦 ​#TIBASTRIVE

Next up at #TIBASTRIVE! 🌳 Desanka Lazić presents "A graph-based pangenome of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) reveals the landscape of structural variation across the distribution range." 🧬 Mapping structural variations of the European beech across the continent today! #TIBASTRIVE #Evolution

​Diving into the bioinformatics at TIBE-STRIVE! 💻🧬 ​Now presenting: 🗣️ Claire Lemaitre 🔬 "Representation and detection of inversions in pangenome graphs" ​Excited to learn about new computational methods for capturing complex structural variations! 📊 ​#TIBASTRIVE #Pangenome #Bioinformatics #Genomics

​Continuing the bioinformatics sessions at TIBE-STRIVE! 💻🧬 ​Now presenting: 🗣️ Mélody Temperville 🔬 "SVJedi-Tag: a novel method for genotyping large inversions with linked-read data" ​Looking forward to learning about this new methodological approach to structural variant genotyping! 📊 ​#TIBESTRIVE

​Still going strong at TIBE-STRIVE! 🧬 ​Now hearing from: 🗣️ Jana Wold 🔬 "The good, the bad, and the complex: Characterizing structural variants using genome graphs" ​Excited for this deep dive into the intricacies of mapping complex structural variation! 📊 ​#TIBESTRIVE #Bioinformatics #GenomeGraphs

Thanks #SMBE2026!! We had a wonderful conference, so many exciting talks! Our SVs & seaweed flies research was well represented #proudPI 😇 🙏 And I very much look forward to next year in our dear Québec 🩵🤍

Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social is presenting the hidden costs of the current publishing system and the DAFNEE initiative, which includes a list of more ethical journals #SMBE2026

Looking forward to the first meeting of our special topic network (STN by @eseb.bsky.social ) in Portugal next week!! #Evolution #StructuralVariants @strivestn.bsky.social

Wise words about the ethics of being a scientist these days from @meauxjuliette.bsky.social #SMBE2026: “Don’t serve the system, serve the community.” Also, it is ok (and healthy!) to feel like an imposter; rather, finding others smarter is a blessing!

10 on-and-off months of learning#Golang later, I seem to have gotten my fork of the Lariat linked-read aligner, Arachne, working. If you got modern linked read data, I'd love for you to try it out and report back!#bioinformatics https://pdimens.github.io/arachne/

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📣 New paper out in ProcB📣 ... and we're on the cover! (Perks of having a beautiful study species) Find it here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

#NewPaperAlert! This one has a massive author list and has been a LONG time in coming, but is SO COOL! First, check out the first figure to get you interested! Manakins! Fruit! Sexual-selection in action (displays and Z:A chromosomal diversity)! Read on for the back story & link 1/n

🦥🧬 What can sloth genomes teach us about evolution? New chromosome-level genomes from sloths and anteaters are helping researchers study xenarthrans — one of the most distinctive branches of the mammalian tree. 📖 Read the press release: tinyurl.com/3n62vy4v @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

New paper with the brilliant @ewanflintham.bsky.social How fast does recombination suppression evolve among sex chromosomes? We show that even weak sexual antagonism (so hard to detect) makes this fast, often via inversions fixing on X/Z depending on mating system: doi.org/10.1093/evle...

This Wednesday! Looking forward to hearing more about @aruizherrera.bsky.social 's research. 🧬

Looking forward to our next STRiVE seminar by @aruizherrera.bsky.social

Looking forward to the first of our seminar series. Tomorrow!

2 plenary, 3 mini-plenaries, 27 regular talks and many posters in our awsome conference on the evolutionary role of structural variation . Deadline for registration (30 of April) is approaching fast. Do not miss this opportunity. tibe.biopolis.pt

This year, the annual symposium of my Chaire @college-de-france.fr will be on The Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms. An impressive lineup of speakers and weirds animals, including humans. Free entrance and coffee breaks. Come, have a seat, relax and enjoy the best possible basic science🤘RT🙏

🧬 Join the STRiVE kick-off conference (TiBE-STRiVE) July 8-10, 2026, near Porto! Abstracts & Registration are now open to EVERYONE. 🔹 Abstracts due: Apr 15 🔹 Registration closes: Apr 30 Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/porto_about/ #Evolution #Genomics #Biology

Looking forward to kicking off the seminar series of our special topic network on structural variants #SV in evolutionary biology. @eseb.bsky.social Join us in listening to Pr. Rieseberg on April 29

I couldn't agree more, don't be shy, reach out to your favourite lab(s) and take a chance! Best of luck to all applicants

We just published a review 🗞️😁: ‘The ecology of adaptive radiation’ revisited: A 25-year reflection Dolph Schluter’s book inspired the interest in adaptive radiation, and we wanted to revisit it. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a... 1/5 🧵

🎉ÇA Y EST !! Le programme #pint26 est en ligne dans (presque) toutes les villes. 👉 pintofscience.fr 🎫 Ouverture de la billetterie lundi 13 avril à 8h, vous avez deux semaines pour repérer vos soirées préférées ! 📅 Festival du 18 au 20 mai 2026. 👓🧠 Alors, quelle soirée vous tente le plus?

🚨 PhD position available ! 🚨 I am hiring a PhD student to work with me on the evolution of plant sexual systems 🌺 at @unifrbiology.bsky.social ! The position is funded for 4 years by @snsf.ch as part of my Ambizione fellowship. More info here: tinyurl.com/monoecy 🌱 Please RP and share widely ! 🌱

🧬 Join the STRiVE kick-off conference (TiBE-STRiVE) July 8-10, 2026 near Porto! Registration & abstracts open: 🔹 Members: Feb 25-Apr 7 🔹 Non-members: Mar 16-Apr 7 Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/porto_about/ #Evolution #Genomics #Biology

Proud to see this paper from @akopyan.bsky.social's PhD published in Science, with co-first author @fishyomics.bsky.social Silversides adapt across a steep temperature gradient through multiple chromosomal inversions that maintain continuous trait variation rather than simple ecotype switches

Many thanks to Popgroup and Heredity for this opportunity to chat about our research.

Now online! In this review, we cover four major topics on butterflies and moths: their evolutionary history and diversification dynamics, genomics, global diversity patterns, and conservation 🦋🌏 (1/8) @natrevbiodiv.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🧬We are launching STRiVE, a @eseb.bsky.social Special Topic Network on the evolutionary role of structural genomic variation. 🗓️Std: 29/04: Online seminar w/ L. Rieseberg 8-10/07: Kick-off in Porto Join us: structuralvariantsstn.github.io #Evolution #Genomics #StructuralVariants #Biology #PopGen

CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Special Issue: #GenomeArchitecture and #Evolution, organised by @eseb.bsky.social STN "STRiVE": Find out more here: tinyurl.com/2uza525c @ruifaria.bsky.social @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social @petrnguyen.bsky.social @aruizherrera.bsky.social

Responsible publication of your research! To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

A new preprint from the lab, with postdoc @deboraycb.bsky.social and collaborators @aidaandres.bsky.social and Tim Connallon: “Characterising the detectable and invisible fractions of genomic loci under balancing selection” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

(1/2) The preprint of our perspective on genetic estimates of relatedness in animal populations is out! Big Congratulations to Annika! doi.org/10.32942/X28... A systematic review of 2,861 articles shows that, even in 2025, 75% of such studies use microsatellites. And most use only a few! #PopGen

Meiotic drive has long been considered as a genetic curiosity. Genomic "footprints" suggest otherwise. Check out our new review doi.org/10.1093/molb..., a cross-taxa synthesis arguing that recurrent drive is a pervasive and underappreciated force in genome evolution.

'Ancient stickleback genomes reveal the early stages of parallel adaptation' - now published online in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social‬

We hope this little guide and review of the recent literature on SVs will be useful for the community in #ecology #evolution #genomics #PopGen. Great lead by Kat!!

#ERGAReads | On the path to reference genomes for all biodiversity: laboratory protocols & lessons learned from processing over 2,000 species in the Sanger Tree of Life 🔗 academic.oup.com/gigascience/... @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social