To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society. This was a joy to write together as a community!

Here we go again! Estos días @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y yo estaremos en la reunión de @10klepgenomes.bsky.social, donde hablaremos acerca del potencial de las redes sociales para la divulgación sobre genómica y conservación de polillas (y mariposas) 🦋

Le fiston d'un copain, atteint d'une myopathie, aimerait suivre une L1 de physique/maths. Mais #Grenoble ayant été particulièrement "rétive" 😖 il s'est inscrit au #Bourget et cherche à salarier un.e accompagnant.e. Auriez-vous la gentillesse de faire tourner cette annonce d'emploi ? 👇

PhD position available in Amphibian Genomics at the Biological Station of Doñana, Seville, Spain. Fully funded for 4 years. Apply by Sept 30, 2025. Details: https://www.evoamphibia.com/news/grad-student-search/ #phd

Avec 21,6 milliards de commandes, l’industrie militaire française a connu en 2024 sa deuxième meilleure année. Dans le même temps, les exportations d’armes à destination d’Israël ont atteint un montant inégalé depuis huit ans. Et ce malgré le génocide en cours. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

🚀 First STSM of CA23122 – 10kLepGenomes! @laurencedespres.bsky.social (Univ. Grenoble) joined Anila Paparisto (Univ. Tirana) in Shebenik National Park, Albania (15–20 June 2025). Goal: sample Heath butterflies (𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢) for genome sequencing. #10kLepGenomes #STSM #Lepidoptera #Fieldwork

L’armée israélienne a annoncé avoir ciblé la tente où ils se trouvaient devant l’hôpital Al-Shifa. Plus de 200 journalistes et professionnels des médias palestiniens ont été tués depuis le 7-Octobre. Par @clomraffko.bsky.social

Running a test on the DAFNEE database will only take a few minutes of your time. It's a must-do. 👇

New #OpenAccess work by @laurencedespres.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv Evolutionary history & interspecific gene flow in six #Coenonympha butterfly species in Europe doi.org/10.1111/icad.70005 @manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com Photo: Coenonympha leander (credit: Emilien Bouteille)

A new study tracks the recent and rapid diversification of glasswing butterflies, which evolved within the last two million years in the tropics of South America. Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/geno... Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

[Prix Recherche SFE2 2025] Félicitations à Violaine Llaurens (@cnrsecologie.bsky.social‬, @cirbcdf.bsky.social‬ & @isyeb.mnhn.fr‬, Paris & Université des Antilles), pour sa nomination et attribution de notre Prix Recherche 2025. Pour en savoir plus ➡️ sfecologie.org/2025/07/16/p...

In @elife.bsky.social: Effective population size does not explain long-term variation in genome size and transposable element content in animals doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

@10klepgenomes.bsky.social First WG2 meeting is over. It was an intense week full of light trapping and sample preparations for @projectpsyche.bsky.social, lectures and meeting wonderful people 🤩🦋💡🔬

Today kicks off the beginning of the first field trip organised by WG2 in Malles, Venosta ⛰️ From July 14th-18th, 50 participants will be sampling Lepidoptera in the Italian Alps to contribute to the #COST10KLepGenomes initiative 🦋 Stay tuned for updates!

(1/4) Exciting news 📣 Announcing the #COST10KLepGenomes initiative! 🦋🧬 We're leveraging genomic data to tackle biodiversity loss, disentangle Lepidoptera evolution and address climate change impacts on European butterflies and moths.

Nous recrutons un IE en bioinformatique pour faire de l'analyse évolutive de séquences biologiques (CDD de 22 mois) dans le cadre d'un projet ANR. L'offre est disponible ici : emploi.cnrs.fr/Gestion/Offr... N'hésitez pas à partager ! Merci ! 🙏 Me contacter pour toute info supplémentaire.

Association of iridescence and tails with flight proxies suggests that predation drives convergence in skipper butterflies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.23.661062v1

Genetic parallelism underpins convergent mimicry coloration across Lepidoptera https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661542v1

🚨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

Replicate geographic transects across a hybrid zone reveal parallelism and differences in the genetic architecture of reproductive isolation doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Georgy Semenov et al.

Very glad to see the second chapter of my PhD published in JEB and feel honored that it has been picked as this month's issue "Editor's choice" and cover image! It's been a long and important team effort leading up to these results!

(1/4)🦋 Introducing Project Psyche! A groundbreaking initiative to sequence the genomes of all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths in Europe. The goal is to analyse this data to understand global climate insecurity and threats to biodiversity on a genomic level🧬 #ProjectPsyche #Genomics

Proud to share the cover of JEB illustrating our paper on non random sorting of cuticular compounds in the Coenonympha alpine species complex

🦋O proxecto LEPEu acolleu recentemente o seu primeiro taller en Montpellier, reunindo a 21 investigadores de toda Europa para coordinar a investigación xenómica poboacional a escala continental sobre bolboretas e avelaíñas, coa participación da docente investigadora da #UDC Marta Vila.

👩🏾‍💻 It’s finally here! 👩🏾‍💻 We’re excited to announce the launch of our official website for Cost Action 10kLepGenomes: www.10klepgenomes.eu 🦋 We invite you to explore and stay updated with our progress in Lepidoptera genomics! 🧬 #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics

(1/4) 🦋 From May 12–16, 21 researchers from across Europe met in Montpellier for the 1st LepEU Workshop, coordinated under the COST Action @10klepgenomes.bsky.social The goal: build a roadmap for collaborative butterfly and moth #PopulationGenomics to advance biodiversity research & conservation 👇

Two hybrid Coenonympha species inherited most of their genome from one parent species but prefer mating with the other! By analyzing chemical profiles, we show that non-random trait sorting likely drives reproductive isolation, fueling hybrid speciation @pdvsky.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Capturing diversity below the species level using HyRAD : a nuclear-DNA enrichment-based capture method (HyRAD) applied to environmental DNA. methodsblog.com/2025/05/21/c...

(1/3) During the #PopulationGenomics Workshop in Montpellier, participants took part in hands-on lab sessions to extract DNA from butterfly samples they had collected themselves 🧪🦋 Here’s what they accomplished! 👇

First #LepEU meeting in Montpellier was a great success. Thanks to all organizers #CNRS #COST10KLepGenomes for making this happen

(1/3) Have you heard about #LepEU? The European Lepidoptera Population Genomics Consortium is a group focused on unveiling patterns of differentiation and local adaptation in butterfly and moth populations across Europe 🦋🌍

(1/3) Our collaborators @anguisvaleris.bsky.social and Loukia presented the #ProjectPsyche and the COST Action #10kLepGenomes at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social (IBE-CSIC-UPF)! 🧬🦋 Grateful for the chance to share our vision and spark new connections!

I feel honored that our work: "On the origin of an insular hybrid butterfly lineage" was picked as "Editor's choice" and that my picture of a mating couple (🧡🤎) covers the latest issue of Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social. Link to paper: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... (1/8)

#EnLibrairie 📖 "L'évolution sans gêne" de Sylvain Charlat porte sur le conflit et la coopération dans le monde vivant, et propose une nouvelle approche du principe de sélection naturelle, reliant la physique et la biologie aux origines de la vie. ➡️ www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/levolutio...

En direct de la MC2 pour MT180 , superbe présentation par Flora Lambert Auger

🧪 #ScienceJobs #Ecology Swifts 😍

Today is International Women's Day 👭🧪🔭. With this video we hope to motivate girls to engage in scientific careers, please circulate/ Cette vidéo en français/anglais a vocation à être diffusée dans les classes 👩‍👩‍👧‍👦. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKlT... #InternationalWomensDay2025 #JourneeDesDroitsDesFemmes

Depuis Oxford, peu de mobilisation pour standupforscience

France *WILL* Stand Up for Science 🧪 Friday 7 March - more information here standupforscience.fr

Ma thèse en 180 secondes revient à Grenoble en 2025 ! 16 doctorantes et doctorants de l’UGA et l'USMB seront sur la scène de l’Auditorium de la MC2: Grenoble pour présenter leurs thèses en moins de 3 minutes. Sacré défi ! 📅18/03/2025 - 18h30 👉inscription obligatoire et les places partent vite

Le 7 mars, mobilisons-nous pour les sciences ! 🔬✊ En écho à Stand Up For Science (@standupforscience.bsky.social) et face aux menaces contre les institutions scientifiques, des actions auront lieu dans chaque ville universitaire de France. Infos & inscriptions 👉 standupforscience.fr

Wow. This is sooo good. Echoing @urbanevol.bsky.social this user’s manual for Ne should be required reading for popgen and conservation genetics folks. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Médecin à Gaza, arrêté par Israël: Hussam Abu Safiya, symbole de la résistance Par Rachida El Azzouzi

Allez go les parisiens et franciliens, on compte sur vous #esr #keylabs www.francetvinfo.fr/sciences/rec...

📰 Communiqué de presse Universitaires et chercheurs se mobilisent le lundi 27 janvier pour défendre l’investissement dans une recherche scientifique et un système universitaire publics. liberte-academique.fr/appel-dalia-... #VeilleESR #Keylabs

I'm honoured to start as Editor in Chief at GBE, working alongside Laura Katz, the editorial office and our associate editors. I am committed to doing my best for the journal and contributing to its continued success. #EditorInChief #GBE #Teamwork

Happy New year 2025!

A blue butterfly to wish you all nice holidays ! This is Morpho lympharis, from Alto mayo, North Peru

Convergent iridescence in sympatric Morpho butterfly species! New preprint by @joledamoisel.bsky.social