This week we're running the Transposable Elements course with @valentinapeona.bsky.social and @ritarebollo.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #TE25 #Bioinformatics #Genomics

This has been a fantastic course, very well done @valentinapeona.bsky.social and @ritarebollo.bsky.social ! 🙌 Looking forward to continue diving into the field 😊

3/9 The black-or-white throat polymorphism is explained by the interaction of a transposable element (an LTR retrotransposon) upstream ASIP with ASIP coding variation. Mantle and neck side coloration is encoded by additive effects of regulatory variants upstream ASIP.

1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005 How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.

🚀 The next edition of Bioinformatics of Transposable Elements with @valentinapeona.bsky.social & @ritarebollo.bsky.social is just around the corner! 🧬 Jump into the world of #transposons and level up your #bioinformatics skills ⏳ Seats are limited: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

new work from the lab. Degeneration of Y chromosome does not seem to be one-way street. As a refugium of transposons @Alex Suh @valentinapeona.bsky.social , Y chromosome can recruit some genes by accidental TE burst: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1673852725002243

So happy to see our work published in MBE after a helpful and constructive journey with Editors and Reviewers!! #wildpopulation #nonmodels #E-Ranticorrelation #evolutionaryresearch #Aptenodytes #largepenguins

I am also deeply nostalgic as it was the last project with my friend and colleague, Daniele Di Marino, who sadly passed away last year. Missing a lot his energy in scientific research!

Here a summary for the broad public link.growkudos.com/1dyyvzkj1ts

Awesome paper where conservation biology goes wild into genomics, experimental cell biology and biophysics!! Amazing job @emitruc.bsky.social and team 🐻