🚨 New preprint alert 🚨 I’m excited to share our study presenting a non-invasive method for sexing sea turtle hatchlings via DNA methylation - the culmination of many years of work! Huge thanks to our fantastic co-authors, whose dedication made this possible doi.org/10.64898/202...

DNA methylation reveals evolved buffering responses to climate-driven sex ratio skew in sea turtles https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.06.697884v1

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.

Join @pbrekke.bsky.social, @eugeniecyen.bsky.social and @atjcagan.bsky.social at our next Science and Conservation Event on 4th Nov as they discuss how genomics can offer new insights into assessing wildlife health. 🎟️ Book your free ticket: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...

Catch my talk tomorrow on all things nanopore and DNA methylation for sea turtle conservation! 🐢

RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.

The ruling paves the way for whole-genome sequencing to be admitted as evidence in US criminal trials go.nature.com/4nQjENj

If you want to know more about DNA methylation in conservation, especially temperature-sex dependent species, check this cool video & the paper tinyurl.com/yvspkzp6! It was a pleasure to be part of such cool collaboration, very well done for the intense work @eugeniecyen.bsky.social you're a queen!

Thanks @gigascience.bsky.social for the cool video opportunity, and thanks again to all co-authors! @alicebalard.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social @qmulsbbs.bsky.social et al

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Did you know that fungi can have more sexes than you can imagine, slugs have both female and male reproductive organs, and many birds pair up into same-sex couples? Our special guided tour on 25 September will explore nature's diversity and its interpretation by scientists.

Turtley cool usage of @nanoporetech.com sequencing to simultaneously generate genomic and epigenomic resources simultaneously. Chromosome-level genome assembly and methylome profile yield insights for the conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles doi.org/10.1093/giga...

Great to see this published in @gigascience.bsky.social! Using @nanoporetech.com, we generated genome and methylome resources simultaneously to drive molecular insights for conservation of loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Verde 🐢🧬🇨🇻 doi.org/10.1093/giga...

The genomes of all sea-turtle species are now online and ready for use! Find the haplotype-resolved assemblies from our preprint below on ENA tinyurl.com/seaturtle-ge... 🐢 #genomes #turtles

Eugenie 'Charley' Yen (Queen Mary U of London) then shared her beautiful work using Oxford Nanopore sequencing for genomic & epigenomic approaches for conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles - even taking the P2 device into the field to deploy methylation-based biomarkers in real-time!

There were remarkable updates presented at #PAG32 on incredibly accurate @nanoporetech.com sequencing for applications ranging from telomere-to-telomere plant & animal genome assemblies, to amplicon sequencing at massive scale. Here are some highlights in case you missed them (thread)

Exciting PhD opportunity, please apply by the 20/01 and feel free to email me with any questions! Fully funded by @scilifelab.se

Excited to present at the #PAG2025 @nanoporetech.com workshop tomorrow! Come along to hear more about how we incorporate ONT methylation sequencing for sea turtle conservation! 🐢🧬

Co-occurring species have similar tolerances to rising temperatures, suggesting communities will decline abruptly due to climate change. I wrote about our latest paper for The Conversation - check it out! 🧪🌏🥵 theconversation.com/shared-heat-...