Big news last week, our project within @gevol.bsky.social got funded! 🤩 @nturetz.bsky.social @pechmannm.bsky.social @posnienlab.bsky.social, Niko Prpic-Schäper and myself will look into molecular mechanisms and phenotypic consequences of paralog divergence in insects and chelicerates. Stay tuned!

#Drosophila rules! Help us spread the word @drosospain.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social @flybase.bsky.social @alliancegenome.bsky.social

To learn more about #DrosEU visit droseu.net and join us!! DrosEU has been funded by a @eseb.bsky.social Special Topic Network (7/7)

All the data is available in @github.com (6/7) github.com/esradm/DrosE...

Phenotypic divergence among European populations was assayed in 173 isofemale lines, spearheaded by Esra Durmaz Mitchell and Thomas Flatt, we show that populations differed markedly in multivariate trait structure @evolletters.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social academic.oup.com/evlett/artic... (5/7)

This community effort includes sampling by high school students part of the #citizenscience project #MelanogasterCTF, a joint project between @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social and @lcatmon.bsky.social in collaboration with Sònia Casillas @uab.cat, @droseu.bsky.social and #FECYT melanogaster.eu (4/7)

DESTv2 analyses show that the spatial genetic structure of populations is stable over time; identify signatures of adaptation that vary between continents; and provide new evidence for seasonal adaptation @molbioevol.bsky.social @official-smbe.bsky.social : academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... (3/7)

An expanded release of the community-generated population genomics resource DEST, spearheaded by Marta Coronado-Zamora @geneticament.bsky.social and Joaquin Nunez @jcbnunez.bsky.social, is now available at dest.bio (2/7)

We are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)

We often talk about what signals does the organiser release. But have you ever stopped and asked what does it mean to be the organiser? What cells make up the organiser? Where do they go? What do they do? Well this review by Claudio Stern may give you the answers: doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...

Here it is! Postdoctoral position to identify the progenitors sensory organs in the regenerating legs of Parhyale apply here: www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman 1/3

Exciting news! The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris. This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics. More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk See you there !

Would be excited to chat with folks looking for a postdoc in AI to develop models for genomic prediction... A great opportunity for funding coming up soon is the Schmidt AI in Science fellowship, due October 13th! apply.interfolio.com/173322

Long time no see...But we are back with a real firework 🎆. Join us tomorrow at noon for the first #Goenomix talk of the semester by Cassandra Extavour from Havard University. Talk: "One two three: developmental counting mechanisms in reproductive output and evolution". PM for Zoom details.

I'm a bit late to the party over here. I'll be advertising a BBSRC-funded postdoc position soon. So if anyone wants to solve some outstanding questions in limb development - please get in touch. We have a variety of models and approaches (everything from stem cells to sharks). towerslab.weebly.com

#DBfeature #Drosophia 🪰 Spatiotemporal control of cell ablation using Ronidazole with Nitroreductase in Drosophila by Gary Teeters, Christina Cucolo, Sagar Kasar, Melanie Worley, and Sarah Siegrist tiom33.short.gy/DB520,31-40

Molecular evolution of dietary shifts in ladybirds 🐞 expansions of digestive & detoxifying #gene families in the herbivorous ladybirds, & absence of most plant cell wall-degrading enzymes in the ladybirds from the transition to carnivory link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Many thanks to all GEvol members for a truly wonderful annual meeting. It was really great to catch up with you all again.

Red devil spiders from the Canary Islands have a genome half the size of mainland counterparts - Pisarenco, @jrozasub.bsky.social et al. show how purifying selection against slightly deleterious DNA and TE insertions is the primary mechanism. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf206 #evobio #molbio #TEsky

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'Overall, the message from this survey is positive– evolutionary biologists are readily employable outside of academia, generally well-prepared for those jobs, and report high levels of satisfaction in their non-academic careers.' #Preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Size matters—but maybe not how we thought. Most chromosomal inversions are just a few hundred bp. Ignoring these “small players” could mean we’ve misunderstood how genomes evolve -out in TREE authors.elsevier.com/a/1ljL1cZ3X3...

Nice presentations by our PhD students Chetan and Dugcar at the final meeting of phase 1 of @gevol.bsky.social. Great omics results on #spider #genome duplication. Great collab with @pechmannm.bsky.social, @nturetz.bsky.social, @mcordellier.bsky.social and Niko Pripc-Schäper

Pls. share widely Calling all transposon fans & lovers of genetic innovation MOBILE GENOME welcomes you in Heidelberg, Nov. 4–7 2025 → Vibrant & friendly community → Cutting-edge talks from mechanisms to physiology → Plenty of surprises (TEs never stop innovating) submit abstract by July 29

At long last, the version of record of our paper on the #platynereis #connectome "Whole-body connectome of a segmented annelid larva" is out. Explore the rich online presentation with all the videos, figures and source data here: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97964 @eLife @biology […]

Finally, the excellent postdoc work of Emmanuel Haillot is out, where he dissected the integration of Wnt, MAPK and Notch signaling in defining mesoderm and endoderm identities in the diploblast Nematostella. Strikingly similar to sea urchins. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 We are hiring! 🧬 PhD Position – Genomic Architecture & Evolution Join our team at UAB (Barcelona) in an international project 🔬 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Biology/Genetics background + Master’s + English 📅 Apply by Sept 30, 2025 📧 [email protected] 🔗 grupsderecerca.uab.cat/evolgenom

Look at this crazy thing! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nice to see @droseu.bsky.social here on Bkuesky! Welcome!

The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...

🎯 We are so thrilled our new paper @narjournal.bsky.social is out! Fantastic collab with the labs of Gordon Hager NIH & Franck Dequiedt. Heaviest lifting from Greg Fettweiss, Kaustub Wagh, Diana Stavreva & Alba Jiménez-Panizo. Big thanks to Andrea Alegre-Marti JdC 🥳✨️ academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept ‪@embl.org has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Fly labs — Now is the time to show some solidarity and chip in support for this vital resource!

Devastating consequences ahead! Please contribute some money. It is as easy as online shopping! Not only relevant for fly researchers as most emerging model system work (specifically #arthropds) ends up checking @flybase.bsky.social at some point for otholog gene function. Spread the word!

Erich and Marie travelled to Barcelona for #ESEB2025. Erich gave two talks: one exploring de novo and random proteins, and another discussing gene family losses in slave-maker ants. Marie presented her work on neORF emergence in Drosophila at Symposium 29, organised by @gevol.bsky.social. 🧬🪰🐜

As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.

Evolution has produced an incredible array of ways to be male & female. In some tiny cave-dwelling insect species, the female is the one with a penis. She uses it to hook into the male's vagina-like structure (for up to 70hrs) while "voluminous & probably nutritious semen is passed to the female"🧪🧬🪲

New paper from our lab! We found that LINE-1 transposons contribute to early human brain development. Funded by @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study led by @tomlewin.bsky.social now out in Genome Biology @bmc.springernature.com! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians. doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Mike Ritchie reminded to publish in your society journals to keep things rolling. Overpriced journals from big publishers did not circle back their money to society! Surprised the EU still need to be reminded, I thought many funding bodies acknowledged review-community platforms. #ESEB2025

If you happen (…!) to be interested in what fascinates me about science and brain evolution and what I am up to, click here: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... Thanks to @dev-journal.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social for the interview 🙏

A shout-out during my talk that garnered much follw-up discussion with students at #eseb2025 the last few days

Neuronal diversity is written in transcriptional codes 🧬. But what is the logic of these codes that define cell types and wiring patterns? To find out we built a #scRNAseq developmental atlas of the Drosophila nerve cord and linked it to the #connectome 🪰🧠 #preprint thread ⬇️1/8

A fascinating insight into the origin if @maxfarnworth.bsky.social’s brain and it’s thinking about other brains journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Thanks for sharing! All activities were spearheaded by Roberto Torres @lcatmon.bsky.social in collaboration with the "44 Perills" association and with the support of @sesbe-org.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social and @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social. Big shout out to #eseb2025 scientists that participated!

Lots of inspiring talks & posters at our GEvol symposium at #ESEB2025 yesterday! Thanks to everyone who presented, especially our invited speakers @ahuylmans.bsky.social & @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social. From GEvol, Marie Lebherz, Elisa Israel and Barbara Feldmeyer gave talks about their work. (1/2)

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

We are excited to announce the 'official' start of our BBSRC funded sLoLa project, where we aim to uncover the role of rediploidisation in shaping evolution after genome duplication events across the tree of life! Find out more: www.rediploidisation.org vet.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-... #WGDip #BBSRC

Join the TIBBE team at #ESEB2025 on Monday in room 115 for S17 *The evolution of behavioural diversity: from ecology to genes and neural systems* - lots of great talks, and more excellent posters throughout the evening sessions! 🧠

Isabela Almudi Cabrero kicking off @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social symposium on Evolution of behavioural diversity at #ESEB2025 talking about how new &old genes generate novel neural systems and the origin of Turbanate eyes in mayflies @ebablab.bsky.social @alealisousa.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social