Loh, L. S., DeMarr, K. A., Tsimba, M., Heryanto, C., Berrio, A., Patel, N. H., Martin, A., McMillan, W. O., Wray, G. A., Hanly, J. J. (2025). Lepidopteran scale cells derive from sensory organ precursors through a canonical lineage. Development, 152(5) journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

"get funky genes, build funky body parts" double talk by @svbelleghem.bsky.social and Frederik Hendrickx today at our @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Tree of Life Seminar Series #SciArt

Come join us in Liège for the 4th Neural Stem Cells and Cortex Development meeting in June! We will select 5 slots for short talks from the abstracts. Or you can win a poster prize. Submit your abstract today! Hope to meet you there!

Planeet België 3! 🎧👉www.naturalsciences.be/r/planeetbelgie

Our study on complex cryptic co-infections of Spiroplasma in European Myrmica ants is now published with @tparmentier.bsky.social @emmavanreempts.bsky.social @selfishmeme.bsky.social Tessa, Wouter and Diego doi.org/10.1111/mec.... .

For those interested, the papers associated with my talk: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39146405/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41699381/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36735790/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36050399/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41763210/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31454312/

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Class of SmithFellows! Congratulations to Christina De Jesús Villanueva, Prashant Ghimire, Markus Min, Tessa Rhinehart, Stephanie Valdez, Leon Tran, and Jason Toy. www.smithfellows.org/updates/anno...

Deadline for applying is 9 march. Don't miss out!

From the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social Sampling & Sample Processing Committee: recommendations to support both small-scale #biogenome projects & large initiatives onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #European Reference #Genome Atlas (ERGA)

Repeated adaptation in sperm-related and neuronal genes in brood parasitic birds www.nature.com/articles/s41... Summary: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very interesting outline and discussion on environmental impact of AI by François Rottenberg, Thomas Feys and Liesbet Van der Perre arxiv.org/abs/2601.06174 @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

New results on Littorina fabalis ecotypes! 🐌 Inversions aren't just enabling parallel adaptation to wave exposure in France & Sweden, they're also hotspots for site-specific differences, including a striking color QTL associated with one inversion but only in France. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Two-way native-invasive introgression and structural variants in invasive moth species. Admixture and exchange of adaptive alleles can facilitate adaptation, but this is also true for pests. Amazing work by @henrylnorth.bsky.social, @chrisjiggins.bsky.social and others, with a lot to think about.

Great new study about the loss of a colour morph in Common Wall Lizards (Podarcis muralis) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The genetics, evolution, and maintenance of a biological rock-paper-scissors game | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Multispecies pangenomes reveal a pervasive influence of population size on structural variation | Science www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

I have again been given the opportunity to speak out loud. This time a little louder… kathetgedacht.com/2025/12/02/a...

"Tomorrow is Pig day!" 🐷🐖🐽Great thoughts for a reality check at the start of the weekend! by @kathetgedacht.bsky.social

How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities? Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation. 🧵(1/n) @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515

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.

New paper out! A nice collaboration. We explore how olfactory brain structures and receptors evolved across this remarkable group, Heliconiini butterflies.

💬 Missed the #ERGAPlenary this month? No problem - catch up now on the #ERGAchannel with the recorded talk "Global genetic diversity loss and the power of conservation to restore species resilience" youtu.be/8y0V2pjwd0A?... #conservation #speciesresilience

Recording of last weeks intro to Efficient evidence-based genome annotation with #EviAnn by Aleksey Zimin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1us...

Join us Tuesday to hear more about #EviAnn! It's already been an amazing tool for us to annotate our genomes!!

#Seminar: Evidence-based genome #annotation with EviAnn 🗓️ Tuesday, Sep 23 - 15:00 CEST 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/efficie... Aleksey Zimin will introduce & demonstrate the use of #EviAnn -a new system for eukaryotic gene annotation. @ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social

Join us Tuesday to hear more about #EviAnn! It's already been an amazing tool for us to annotate our genomes!!

Fantastic "first" #EvolutionaryGenomics day @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social with talks from Kerstin Johannesson, Felicity Jones, Alexander Suh, @wenjuanma84.bsky.social, @mariamadrid16.bsky.social, and many others 🐌🐦🐟🐞🐚🌱🧬

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

I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm

You may have missed this #ant poster at #ESEB2025, but be sure not to miss the article just published in #openacess in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Still possible to apply to this #post-doc position at CESAB #Montpellier. Application closing date: September 15th 2025 (12:00 PM CET) How taking intraspecific diversity and evolutionary processes into account in translocation-based programs. Please share widely #PopGen #NbS #Biodiversity

Had a blast presenting my work on Wolbachia and Spiroplasma-induced sex allocation distortion in haplodiploids at #ESEB2025!

Great times at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Recovering now with @aaronkiggen.bsky.social @mariamadrid16.bsky.social @biologaboricua.bsky.social @alexkourt.bsky.social @kristinayefimak.bsky.social

And that’s a wrap for #ESEB2025 - what an amazing week! It was wonderful to see so many familiar faces and meet new ones. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat with us! We look forward to seeing many of you online soon. #ERGA meetings resume in September ☀️ @ebpgenome.bsky.social

FANTASIA's paper is finally out! Check it out if you're interested in alternative methods to homology for functional annotation in nonmodel organisms 🦐🐙🪱🧬🐝🪲 @gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...

I combined my love for snakes🐍 with data science to study climate change impacts on the snake diversity in Europe. Cold‐adapted snakes and W. Europe will be impacted the most. Protecting refuges & resilient habitats is key. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

There's going to be a lot of sketches by the end of this week! We're not even halfway though #eseb2025 and I've filled up my usual template of boxes! Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the week's talks include #eseb #sciart #sketchnotes

Got the chance to present my research on chromosomal inversions and beetles at ESEB 2025 in Barcelona 🪲🧬 Thanks for everyone who came and asked questions! Big thanks also to @eseb2025.bsky.social for organizing and for having me. We’re having a wonderful time! @svbelleghem.bsky.social

@pavelmatosm.bsky.social has a new PhD position opportunity to work with conservation genomics of European butterflies! The project involves very cool collaborations with @projectpsyche.bsky.social, @10klepgenomes.bsky.social and the LepEUConsortium! Deadline Sep 12 pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/

*ALERT! GLOBAL GENETIC DIVERSITY TREND RE-ANALYSIS* "Signals of consistent genetic diversity decline are not yet measurable in global meta-analysis" doi.org/10.1101/2025...

1 To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised! 🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

This collaboration/friendship started while measuring the yield of wild strawberry plants in Spain and has now led to a first publication, dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.... . We wanted to better understand how Wolbachia infection persists upon loss of CI in our favourite mite, Tetranychus urticae.

‪A really lovely commentary on @vdbijl.bsky.social's paper by Nidal Karagic and Claudius Kratochwil in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A nice unauthored tribute to Henry Walter Bates, who was born 200 years ago. Bates famously discovered "Batesian mimicry" - between palatable and unpalatable species. However, his paper "Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley" had many other firsts! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Another PhD chapter published for Ioanna Gavriilidi @uafunmorph.bsky.social, now in @jzoology.bsky.social! She finds that island-dwelling lizards tend to rely less on chemosensory cues compared to their mainland counterparts. zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excited to advertise a shared PhD position at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Mondsee (Austria) with @markusmoest.bsky.social on the genetic basis, plasticity and evolution of melanization in Daphnia from alpine lakes. Apply here: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

You want to collect insects (and maybe other arthropods) for reference genome sequencing, but don't want to spend a fortune on dry ice shipping! All you gotta do is SQUISH. THAT. BUG! More details in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to advertise a shared PhD position at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Mondsee (Austria) with @markusmoest.bsky.social on the genetic basis, plasticity and evolution of melanization in Daphnia from alpine lakes. Apply here: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies 2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ. Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct. Details: christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com