Excited to announce our latest publication in reporting evidence for three (3!) new whole genome duplications (WGDs) in yeasts. Scientists have often wondered why WGD is so rare in fungi, it turns out we may just not have been looking hard enough! 🧪 🍄 🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Abstract deadline extended to Jan 31 for the EMBO–AS Workshop (Apr 24–27) Evolving together: From genomics to biological interactions. We’re close to capacity (~80% full, aiming for 200), with 70 abstracts already submitted. If you are considering going, submit here: coms.app/gw26-19/

📣 #EMBOEvoEco returns in 2026 to uncover the mechanistic foundations of ecological and evolutionary change! Keynote lectures will spotlight the ecology and evolution of symbiosis. Submit your abstract for the EMBO Workshop: https://s.embl.org/eae26-01-bl#EMBOEvoEco

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🚨 PhD opportunity in Strasbourg! 🚨 We’re looking for a motivated PhD student to join the @haploteam within the IMCBio program (PhD-2026-17). 🔗 imcbio-phdprogram.unistra.fr Please spread the word or contact me if you’re interested!

Super excited to see our new paper out! 🎉 We describe a new Zygosaccharomyces species that plays a role in multiple hybridization events — more to that story coming soon!! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1099/ijse...

Make sure to register ASAP! bsky.app/profile/jlst...

The 2026 Workshop on Phylogenomics will take place between the 25th of January and 7th of February, in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. 🧬🌳 Applications are now open! Deadline: 15th of November, 2025. Do not miss the chance to attend! Spread the word among colleagues! 🤗 evomics.org/apply-worksh...

We have a new paper out in Molecular Ecology, led by @devinbendixsen.bsky.social ! Reproductive isolation due to divergent ecological selection is accompanied by vast genomic instability in experimentally evolved yeast populations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We often talk about THE whole genome duplication in yeasts, but we find new evidence of additional whole genome duplications in other yeast species! Check out this preprint led by @kylethedavid.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We just described a new Metschnikowia species! 🧬 Proud to be part of this collaborative work, now published in IJSEM. doi.org/10.1099/ijse...

🚨 New preprint out! Excited to share a collaborative project on an ABC importer, led by another lab in our department that I was glad to contribute to. 📄 Read it on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Starting off Bluesky with a highlight! Proud to share our latest review in Current Biology on Yeast Domestication. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.056