Transposable elements can insert into genes, disrupting protein-coding potential. Researchers discover a mode of RNA processing, ‘SOS splicing’, that provides a quick fix @nature.com @harvardmed.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

TEs aren’t just genomic parasites, they’re also engines of genomic novelty. Our new study with ~2,000 Z. tritici genomes shows repeated TE mobilization waves during global expansion. With @danielcroll.bsky.social & @guidopuccetti.bsky.social 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #TEworldwide

Excited to share our new preprint on BioRxiv! A collaborative effort spanning many years and several labs to uncover what the germline chromosomes of Paramecium really look like. 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/5

#TEsky A comparative analysis of transposable element diversity and evolution across 75 bee genomes doi.org/10.1186/s128...

High-Quality Genome Assembly of Diplocarpon coronariae Unveils LTR Retrotransposon-Driven Structural Dynamics in Fungi Evolution doi.org/10.1111/1755... #TEworldwide #TEsky

Awesome talk @orpsf.bsky.social! Excited to see what comes next! #TEworldwide #TESky

Thrilled to be at @embl.org in Heidelberg for #EMBOMobileGenome workshop — an inspiring gathering of the transposable element community! Find me at poster #54, exploring DNA methylation of L1 and Alu in individuals with varying benzene exposure. #TEworldwide #TEsky

#TEsky Evolution of Mutator transposons in the genomes of worms doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

☕ Coffee break time at #EMBOMobileGenome! Inspiring talks, lively discussions, and plenty of caffeine to keep the ideas flowing. The sun’s out, the conversations are buzzing, and tonight we’ll keep the networking going with rooftop lounge drinks 🍂🍁 Looking forward to an exciting week ahead! 🧬

At @embo.org #EMBOMobileGenome and want to connect with other TE researchers and follow the latest goings on? Use #TEworldwide and #TEsky in your posts to be featured in the TEworldwide feed, which you can also find here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Time to kick off #EMBOMobileGenome for 2025! A great selection of speakers and posters on the agenda! #TEWorldwide #TESky

Transposable elements (TEs) do more than regulate genes; they help shape and preserve 3D genome structure across species. Uncover the science behind it: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

@tobybarilbio.bsky.social and I are very excited to release MycoMobilome! A very extensive effort to discover, QC and annotate TEs across the fungal kingdom. 👉 Ready-to-use for your own genome with a simple tutorial! 👉 Metadata about TEs discovered in your genome! 👉 Contribute and get recognition!

1/ Ever needed to annotate TEs in a fungal genome, but didn't know where to start? We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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"(...) an extremely large transposon, Teratorn, containing a herpesvirus genome, was inserted into the hoxc12a 3' UTR. This insertion decreased hoxc12a expression & (...) also affected neighboring hox genes, resulting in variations in fin size and the presence or absence of dorsal fins."

#TEsky RNA triple helix assembled by the poly(A) tail enhances retrotransposon mobilization by preventing RNA deadenylation doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The Peters lab is looking for a new team member! The role transposons play in evolution, basic mechanisms regulating transposition, and applying transposons as tools for genome modification with a special focus on guide RNA-directed transposition. cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...

Thrilled to share what we learned from re-annotating the mobilome of the brown algae model [Ectocarpus] 🌊🌿🏖️ genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... A wonderful collaboration with @ericadinatale.bsky.social, @cssmartinho.bsky.social, @rorycraig.bsky.social, and Susana Coelho! 🎉

Hi! We are looking for a PhD to work on the cross talk between transposable elements, insects and intracellular bacteria on the bioinformatics side. The PhD would be supervised by @mariefablet.bsky.social and myself along with @nicolasparisot.bsky.social Deadline December 2025! Please share! #tesky

💥 New preprint! 💥 We show that transposons are directly linked to a cell-type and region specific inflammatory state in Parkinson’s Disease 🧠🦠 What a team @jakobssonasap.bsky.social! Funded by @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org #Parkinsons #Neuroinflammation #TEworldwide #singlecell #TEs

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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@robinaraya.bsky.social @naturalselection.bsky.social @kjetillsj.bsky.social et al. investigate TEs in four large inversions in Atlantic cod - TEs accumulate in breakpoints, suggesting they drive inversions through ectopic recombination. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf131 #genome #evolution #TEsky

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Rapid adaptation to green lentil in seed beetles, awesome demonstration of the role of SVs in rapid adaptation over extremely short timescales! Fantastic work by Brian Kissmer at Utah State! #ESEB2025

Huge amount of low-divergence TEs in Brown Algae…and cool patterns of accumulation in introns, lovely talk from @ericadinatale.bsky.social! #TEsky #TEworldwide #ESEB2025

Really nice talk by @alicegodden.bsky.social on TE activation under heat stress in Zebrafish - fascinating patterns of non-reference insertions across the genome in the germline!

Thrilled to have been selected for a short talk at the EMBO mobile genome meeting in Heidelberg in November! Want to hear about the adaptive potential of TEs but can’t wait til then, and happen to be at #ESEB2025? Come and see my talk at 16.20 today, room 120+121! #TEsky #TEworldwide

Extremely excited to share that I’m joining Columbia University @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! We will explore how the mobile genome works—how transposons shape us, our DNA and how they can be harnessed to build useful technologies. #NewPI #RNAsky #TEsky thawanilab.org

Rather you than me! Awesome insight into the role of TEs in deep sea adaptation in H. gigas. A ~19.6Gb assembly(!), and @tillysscott.bsky.social also decided to manually curate the TE families(!!!). Amazing body of work demonstrating the power of TEs to facilitate adaptation! #TEsky #TEworldwide

Nice talk from @timothyfuqua.bsky.social on the emergence of promoters from random DNA sequences - very cool work!

At @eseb.bsky.social #ESEB2025 and want to connect with other researchers working on transposable elements? Take a look at the #TEWorldwide #TEsky feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Transposable elements in brown algae? 🌊 Yes, they’re full of surprises ✨ Come meet Ectocarpus at #ESEB2025! 📍Room 113 - S28.03 🗓️ Thursday, 2:30pm

Unfortunately I cannot be at #ESEB2025, one of my favourite conferences, but the lab is well represented with @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social presenting her work today on S29 @3.45pm on Transposable elements and nervous and sensory system diversification in cichlid fishes. @eseb2025.bsky.social

Here’s an interesting new paper on ROS1, an enzyme that removes DNA methylation and that is POSITIVELY controlled by DNA methylation. It’s repression during heat stress 🥵🌱 is crucial to suppress transposon mobility! 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pangenome analysis of transposable element insertion polymorphisms reveals features underlying cold tolerance in rice. #TransposableElements #TE #Pangenomes #RiceGenomes @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

💥🥳 At long last, our latest paper is out! Gag proteins of endogenous retroviruses are required for zebrafish development www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Led heroically by Sylvia Chang & @jonowells.bsky.social A study which has changed the way I think of #transposons! No less! 🧵 1/n

@shashankpritam.bsky.social first research paper on the effect of insertion bias on transposon fitness!! With @almoroscarpa.bsky.social and @rokofler.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Looking forward to attending my first #ESEB meeting in Barcelona next week #ESEB2025! Interested in the adaptive potential of transposons? I’ll be presenting my latest work in the Ecological Genomics of Coevolution satellite symposium on Weds 20th - feel free to join! #TESky #TEworldwide

#TEsky Phylogenetic relatedness rather than aquatic habitat fosters horizontal transfer of transposable elements in animals doi.org/10.1101/gr.2...

🚨New paper just dropped!🚨 We found that transposable element transcripts that are elevated in the blood of older adults and those with dementia are also epigenetically dysregulated, and may predict peripheral markers of inflammation & neurodegeneration link.springer.com/article/10.1...

1/ Excited to share our latest opinion piece published today in Trends in Microbiology (@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social): Hypermutator fungal pathogens: from threat to meltdown Here, we argue that the origin of hypermutation follows defined principles, rather than...

last call! submit your abstract by tonight to be selected for one of the many oral presentations at the leading European Transposon Meeting. We are very much looking forward to your contribution and attendance!

My colleague David Garfinkel is looking for a postdoc to join our NIH-funded project on the “Evolution of Retrotransposon Control Mechanisms” More info here: reporter.nih.gov/search/u7dKr.... The official job listing can be found here: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/437... Please repost! #TEsky

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

Just dropped our Mobile DNA review on HERVH, an ancient retrovirus now repurposed to build and defend the early human embryo. Call it genomic up-cycling! I felt HERVH went unnoticed this year, so we published this as a refresher; two fresh data papers - coming soon. 🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s131... 🧵1/3

🦟 Bioinformatics Research Scientist position open in my lab in Nice (FR) to study Aedes mosquito retrotransposons & their interactions with arboviruses collab w/ @salehlabparis.bsky.social & @lambrechtslab.bsky.social Apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/359830 Please boost! #ArboRetro #Bioinformatics

Vous êtes à #JOBIM2025 et vous avez manquez le poster de @marienewan.bsky.social sur la nouvelle version de #REPET ? Rassurez vous une demo est organisé aujourd'hui à midi en amphi E. Vous découvrirez toutes les évolutions mises en place pour vous faciliter l'annotation des #transposons