Hi Folks ! Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025). Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more ! www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations... --> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

Hot of the press #mitochondria paper!! 🎉 @jevbio.bsky.social New evidence that #mitonuclear discordance and early-life #diet jointly shape development and adult behaviour in #Drosophila. 🪰🦠🧬🍝 @fcamus.bsky.social @dk-dowling.bsky.social et al., academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

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)

Highlight of the day… Dog Halloween costume arrived. Not sure he is as excited as we are… 😅

Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience 3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social? www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...

Todays highlight is finding out some rebel took a video-recording camera to the 1989 showing of the Phantom of the Opera and filmed the whole show. #SmallWins

Two that I have pictures for, from UCL. Finley Grover presenting his work on the signatures of local adaptation in mtDNA in humans. @ugiatucl.bsky.social

Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion:

Looking forward to #ESEB2025! If you fancy mitochondria & mito-nuclear interactions, let’s have a chat!

We are recruiting for a Research Technician to support our lab's experimental evolution work with Drosophila melanogaster at UCL. Do you have recent insect husbandry experience and want to be a key part of an academic research environment? We'd love to hear from you www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🔥 Super happy with this new paper led by @sbradshaw26.bsky.social and collab with @andrewpom.bsky.social 🔥 published in Proc B today We find that meiotic drive impacts metabolic phenotypes: mito function, metabolic rate and food consumption royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

Fantastic opportunity in a great department

Climate associated natural selection in the human mitochondrial genome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.23.655374v1

Thrilled to share our latest preprint! 🎉🔥 We analysed >23k mtDNA genomes & found 18 variants shaped by climate—linked to thermogenesis, metabolism & disease. Led by PhD student Finley Grover-Thomas, and in collab with: @aidaandres.bsky.social @lucyvandorp.bsky.social @proffballoux.bsky.social

Two manuscripts are now “Awaiting EiC Decision”. I have no fingernails left

🚀 Got your sights set on an Independent Fellowship? Our 2025 Independent Fellowship Support Scheme is now open—offering tailored support for fellowship applicants. We’re a dynamic, friendly department in one of the world’s best cities to live and work 🌍✨ 🔗 Curious? tinyurl.com/49k2fe76

Which D.mel reference genome should I use for RNASeq stuff? *options in photo. Why so many choices? So confused. 😵‍💫

When I get asked: “Do scientists like coffee”? ☕️

Fly friends - I am looking for a fly paper/dataset where they looked at RNASeq through development; from embryo to adult. Can't seem to find it... 🪰🔬🔍

Looking forward to visiting the University of Glasgow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 On the train now 🚂

You know you are getting old when the weekend highlight is purchasing a 9-in-1 hand blender. 🧑‍🍳

Mito-friends: What conferences are we attending this year? I ask because there are no mito/cyto symposia at my usual conferences, and it would be great to catch up! 🔬🧪

Spending WAY too much time looking for a "professional" photo of me. Most involve pets/booze/food (in that order).

Tried to deactivate my Twitter. You need your password for that. I am terrible with passwords 😣

"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything"

Researchers argue that abrupt biodiversity losses can be driven by populations sharing similar tolerances to warming in The Conversation. bit.ly/4jrL9vl More at Prof Ilya Maclean's #esiChallegeOfTheMonth talk "The art and science of prediction" next week www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... (1/2)

Why is an old male reproductively doomed to fail? Is it poor sperm and seminal fluid, or do females not like him and his ejaculate? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social, @taralync.bsky.social, et al. Image: Krish Sangvi & Martin Jahn

New preprint from @haraipapilio.bsky.social with @bolinabug.bsky.social @daisukekageyama.bsky.social and others not on bluesky #symbiosky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🚨New paper 🚨We argue that abrupt biodiversity losses can be driven by populations sharing similar tolerances to warming 🦋🌎🥵. Out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Summary thread below 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

Is low fecundity of old males a consequence of seminal fluid or sperm declines, or female post-mating responses? Our new paper in evolution letters finds some surprising answers! academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

Very sad to miss out on #SICB2025 this year!

Postdoc @ evol-lab. A Leverhulme funded 3-year postdoc studying body shape evolution (through a sexual conflict lens) on Exeter's Penryn (UK) campus. Starts April 2025. Contact David Hosken @ U of Exeter for detail.

Overdue for a lab photo, but glad we managed to get one today 😎

Very fun PhD opportunity, working on animal memory. 🧠🔍🪰 Come join us!

PhD studentship position- Symbiosis in a thermally variable world. Goal: to understand how & why insect symbiosis is disrupted by low/high temperature. Pays Stipend + fees; International students eligible. Webinar for questions: 5th December at 12 noon UK time. tinyurl.com/4jn96z3h #symbiosky

My “out of office” for the next 2 weeks.

🌱Announcing TREES! 🌍The Training, Research & Equity in Environmental Sciences Doctoral Award led by UCL will train future environmental scientists with a focus on sustainability, EDI, and interdisciplinary research. Learn more at www.trees-dla.ac.uk #TREES #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability #EDI

So here goes my #re-introduction post. 
I’m an evolutionary biologist based at UCL, interested in all things mitochondria, mitonuclear epistasis, and life-history trait evolution. Also a keen Drosophila phenotyper.

There are a lot of new people here, so I've set up a starter pack on Mating Systems, including sexual selection and conflict, sex differences and determination. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/QXrYoQY

Trying to find all the metabolism/mito folks on here, so i created a starter pack. Please suggest anyone I missed! go.bsky.app/C2t7snh

Our new preprint is out! 🚨 A very fun collaboration where we look at the metabolic consequences of meiotic drive using the very charismatic stalk-eyed fly. Well done Sasha & team!

The metabolic costs of meiotic drive https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.24.620073v1

Back in London after a fantastic #Evol2024. 🍁🎉 Thanks to everyone who made this a special one for me. Returning with many good memories. 🥳

Lovely visiting Uppsala! Had a great time chatting with everyone. Lots of cool science!

Florencia Camus @fcamus.bsky.social gives today's seminar at the department of Ecology & Genetics, Uppsala University, presenting some exciting results on the sex-specific links between diet, mitochondrial pathways and reproduction in Drosophila and digging into mito-nuclear interactions.