Moisès Bernabéu from the group presented our work on the origins of the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor at #sesbe2026. Multiple interacting partners shaped our ancestor’s genome

Congratulations to @paucarazo.bsky.social and the other organizers of the #sesbe2026 meeting of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social . It has been a wonderful conference with nice talks, posters and networking, I the wonderful city of Valencia, my home town.

Bernabeu, @microbiobits.bsky.social and @tonigabaldon.bsky.social use simulations to test for the robustness of inferred relative timings of gene transfers in the lineage leading to the ancestor of eukaryotes 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf190 #genome #evolution

Phylogeny-aware simulations suggest a low impact of unsampled lineages in the inference of gene flow during eukaryogenesis Excellent paper from @tonigabaldon.bsky.social and @microbiobits.bsky.social and Moisès Bernabeu. academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

We are very sad to hear of the passing of Dr Jane Goodall Hon FRSB. Dr Goodall’s work as a primatologist and conservationist was truly inspiring and, though her presence will be sorely missed, we are sure that her legacy will live on. #ThankYouJane #RememberingJane

🍄New study reconstructs the evolutionary tree of fungi and dates key evolutionary transitions in this group using a large amount of fossil evidence. 🟢Published in @natecoevo.nature.com ➡ nature.com/articles/s41...

Our October issue is out now! The images are negatively stained electron micrographs taken from archaella bundles isolated from the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Check the issue out here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

Amazing talk by @microbiobits.bsky.social from @tonigabaldon.bsky.social lab on another possible model of eukaryogenesis based on proteome evolution #ESEB2025

A pleasure and an honor to have been able to present such a keystone of my PhD with so many researchers I look up to 🥺

Closing the session, Saioa Manzano-Morales @microbiobits.bsky.social from the Barcelona supercomputing center, told us about their recent inferences of gene origins in the context of eukaryogenesis. Read more here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #ESEB2025

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social Many thanks for the like 🙏 Penguins thank you too🐧🐧🐧

Casi 2.000 científicos en Barcelona para debatir sobre el origen de la vida #eseb2025 www.elnacional.cat/es/sociedad/...

Surely one of the all-time best conference outreach activities: an evolution-inspired decorated street for Les Festes de Gràcia #ESEB2025

Amazing evolutionary biology outreach at the Fiestas de Gràcia in Barcelona. @rawwiberg.bsky.social explained that not everything we assume about sex is a given and that we can learn a lot from the exceptions. #ESEB25

Interested in #AsgardArchaea? I know I am! Today at #ESEB2025 I will be at poster 082 explaining my work on how they got such huge genomes and what this can tell us about the road to eukaryogenesis @eseb2025.bsky.social

People getting turned away from #museomics session! Full house! #eseb2025

The day finished off strong with loads of great talks in the Genomics of Evolutionary Innovations symposium! I'm pleased to report that my talk went well ☺️ 🎨🖌️ #eseb2025 #eseb #esebconference @eseb2025.bsky.social @jfenn.bsky.social @timothyfuqua.bsky.social

Time is flying at #ESEB2025! Can’t wait for the next days ahead! 🚀

Pretty cool art at the #evoke art corner at #eseb2025

The first paper from my PhD is out now! doi.org/10.1111/jeu.... We describe a new photosynthetic #Paulinella species from a brackish beach in British Columbia 🇨🇦 Big thanks to the co-authors Maia Palka and @alive-in-the-ocean.bsky.social, and my supervisor @fburki.bsky.social #protistsonsky

Ahead of #eseb2025 we had a nice reunion of some ex- and current members of the group! Nice to see you all!

El CCIB reunirá a 1.900 científicos para analizar el origen y la evolución de la vida #eseb2025 www.europapress.es/catalunya/fi...

👕 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 #𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐁2025 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓-𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝!  If you have not purchased one yet, no worries: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞. There will be a dedicated space for T-shirt sales at the Congress venue. If you pre-ordered yours, you can collect it during the Congress opening hour #ESEB2025

“Isolation of a new methanotroph belonging to Mycobacterium” is now out! Awesome work by my former postdoc Hiromi Kambara, who led this project all the way. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

If you’re interested in the genome dynamic of these funky little archaea, I’ll be presenting a poster at @eseb2025.bsky.social !

Today is Asgard Friday! So happy that the project that has taken a big chunk of my PhD journey is out as a preprint (for now!) “Phylogenomics of Asgard archaea reveals a unique blend of prokaryotic-like horizontal transfer and eukaryotic-like gene duplication” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📢Vacancy: BSC is looking for an Internal Communication Specialist ➡ bsc.es/Zv2 #feina #job #trabajo

Great opportunity to contribute during #ESEB2025 to scientific outreach!

Just hours before the end of the early bird, registrations are rapidly going up. We had an overwhelming response to the abstract. call (>2000) and the possibility of reaching the capacity limit is not so unlikely. So better hurry up to secure your spot at #ESEB2025 eseb2025.com/registration/

(1/14) ¿Has probado alguna vez a trazar tu árbol genealógico? Es un ejercicio interesante para entender tus raíces, a pesar de que se complica cuantas más generaciones atrás intentas llegar… Imagínate un árbol así, pero a escala de toda la vida en la Tierra. #HiloDivulgación

If you submitted an abstract for the #ESEB2025 Congress, it's time to check your inbox and your abstract submission portal! 👀 🔔 Find out if your abstract has been selected. 🧬 We’re looking forward to seeing your research come to life in #Barcelona!  #EvolutionaryBiology

🔍 From the origins of life to cutting-edge genomic tools, the #ESEB2025 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝. 📖 Explore the full list of symposia: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/da5JU3mv

✈️ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 #ESEB2025 🌍 At #ESEB2025, we believe great science should be accessible to all, regardless of geography or background. 📅 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬:  🔗 https://lnkd.in/dXRzeUks

📍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲. Get ready for #ESEB2025 in Barcelona: a city of innovation, culture, and Mediterranean charm.  🔗 Check more info here: https://eseb2025.com/welco

Asgardarchaea & Alphaproteobacteria: key players for the assembly eukaryotic central carbon metabolism! Our new study reveals their gene contributions to glycolysis & TCA cycle, supporting synthrophic scenarios of eukaryogenesis. rdcu.be/eb0aK

Very interactive and interesting first poster session at #ecfg17 yesterday. Thank you to all that came to see our posters and chat!