🔎 Robyn Shaw shares key insights from a global meta-analysis: Within-population genetic diversity is declining on timescales shaped by human activity, but #conservation can help mitigate the loss. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @coalitioncongen.bsky.social @robynshaw.bsky.social

🚀 ¿Buscas una oportunidad postdoctoral en biotecnología fúngica, evolución o IA aplicada a datos multiómicos? En FunGIALab (IATA-CSIC, Valencia) buscamos candidat@s para #JuanDeLaCierva, #MSCA y más. 🌍 Entorno internacional, proyectos punteros y gran ambiente. 📄 Info disponible aquí: bit.ly/4nZm9wC

Allelic variation in MAL33 drives ecological adaptation of maltose metabolism in Saccharomyces eubayanus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.15.676268v1

New preprint from the lab: we show that the ability to switch mating type was lost at least 13 times independently in the evolution of S. cerevisiae. At least 27% of isolates are heterothallic with a strong association with polyploidy and heterozygosity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are very happy to announce that #Yeast is launching a new special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025: #ICYGMB32, #pombe2025 and #ISSY38. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th September 2025. Hurry up!!! More info in the thread below. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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...

Should more microbiologists be running long-term evolution experiments? It isn't just me who thinks so :>) dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

Delighted to see @sakshikhaiwal.bsky.social work in print www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... Huge thank to @univcotedazur.bsky.social for providing extensive support on this project, @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social and Jonas groups for huge help, @cnrs.fr @ircan.bsky.social

Accurate, scalable structural variant genotyping in complex genomes at population scales. #VariantGenotyping #StructuralVariants #PopulationScale #Genomics #Bioinformatics @molbioevol.bsky.social 🧬 🖥️ academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

Nature spoke to five early-career researchers who began their PhDs during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and are now planning their next steps as they graduate. #Academicsky 🧪

Such an inspiring week at ICYGMB32 ✌🏾. So glad to see friends and colleagues! #Yeast2025

For all attending the SMBE Satellite Meeting in Puerto Varas, Chile, on Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Experimental Evolution, please remember to register before the deadline on July 31st. 📝 July 31, 2025 📅 October 6-8, 2025 🔗 smbechile2025.cl

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

We have an opening for postdoctoral training! Please apply by 15th August 2025 for full consideration. Here is the ad: hittinger.genetics.wisc.edu/People/Join/...

In another fruitful collaboration with the @rokaslab.bsky.social, Hittinger Lab members @katarina-aranguiz.bsky.social and @linder-surprise.bsky.social , et al. established a ML framework to identify gene families in the yeast subphylum Saccharomycotina whose copy numbers predicted ROS resistance.

The latest story from the @haploteam highlights the phenotypic impact of acquired subgenomes in allopolyploids, through the lens of 1,060 Brettanomyces bruxellensis genomes. Nice collaboration with @univbordeaux.bsky.social @unistra.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.

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One of our main sponsors, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, has published a nice article about our work. Yay to fundamental research! @kawresearch.bsky.social kaw.wallenberg.org/en/research/...

📢 3 Postdoc positions available in @evomicslab.bsky.social targeting on genome instability evolution of both yeast and human genomes. Both computational genomics and experimental genomics backgrounds are welcome! 🧬🧑‍💻🧪 For more information, see evomicslab.org or send me a message!

Excited to share the first manuscript from my PhD in which we leveraged ultra-long Nanopore sequencing, D. melanogaster inbred lines, and a ton of manual validation to investigate the effects of long-read length on population-level structural variant (SV) calling accuracy! doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Unexplored Yeast diversity in Seed Microbiota Full text: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #yeast #microbiology #saccharomyces

International Conference on Yeast Genetics & Molecular Biology - #Yeast2025 🥖🍺 🍷🍶 🌳🦟 🧬 Last week to submit your abstract: premc.org/yeast2025/su...

We have a 4-year fully funded PhD position available! Research topics include but are not limited to 1) Parallel evolution of climate adaptation in Europe and South America 2) The genetic architecture of temperature adaptation 3) The evolution of pathogenicity su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Hi everybody! The Yeast journal is finally on Bluesky! Follow us to keep updated on the latest research articles, reviews and special issues on #Yeast biology and more! 🙂

1of3 Our new preprint now online: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Commercial #Saccharomyces cerevisiae baker's yeasts: strain redundancy, genome plasticity, and colonization of the sourdough environment and the human body

32nd International Conference of Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology #yeast2025 📌 #yeast #microbiology #yeastbiology #biomol

Scientists at University of Buenos Aires, EMBL Hamburg, and others mapped yerba mate’s genome, providing surprising facts about its biochemistry and evolution of caffeine biosynthesis. 🧉🧬🧪 Find out more: www.embl.org/news/science... @spcembl.bsky.social

Fermentative yeast diversity at the northern range limit of their oak tree hosts Full text: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #yeast #yeastbiology #microbiology #biomol

📜 Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis 🧑‍🔬 Federico A. Vignale, Andrea Hernandez Garcia, Todd J. Barkman, Adrian G. Turjanski, et al. 📔 @elife.bsky.social 🔗 elifesciences.org/articles/104... #️⃣ #PlantSciene #PlantMetabolism

Experimental evolution 🤝🏾 hybridization

Nice work lucho! 🫰🏽🍺 @saona-la.bsky.social

Cell integrity limits ploidy in budding yeast Full text: academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad... #yeast #yeastbiology #microbiology #molecularbiology

Mutations in yeast are deleterious on average regardless of the degree of adaptation to the testing environment Full text: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

New online! Diversity and consequences of structural variation in the human genome

Yeast Genetics & Genomics at CSHL July 22 - August 12, 2025 Application Deadline: March 31, 2025 Arrival: July 22nd by 6pm EST Departure: August 12th around 12pm EST For more info and to apply please visit the Yeast Genetics & Genomics course website: meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...

Exciting times! 🧬🧪 Our lineup is READY and will be announced soon. Plan to join us in southern Chile for the premier LatAm event on gene regulation! Molbiosystems.com

Co-evolutionary dynamics of microbial communities and flavor profiles during natural fermentation of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot: A comparative study within a single vineyard Full text: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Its official now. Dr Peña 😎. After a few couple of years on Francisco’s lab I feel nothing but gratitude. #PatagonianYeast #PhdLife

My last summer party at the Lab (LGM). it was a funny one 🫣. #Phdlife #OutsideTheLab

🚨Keynote Alert🚨 We’re excited to welcome @rquatrini.bsky.social from @USanSebastian / @FunCienciayVida as a keynote speaker! Join us for the @official-smbe.bsky.social Satellite Meeting Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Experimental Evolution🧬 Puerto Varas, Chile 🗓️ October 6-8, 2025

The Impact of Selected Lachancea Yeast Strains on the Production Process, Chemical Composition and Aroma Profiles of Beers Full text: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39683832/

Plasticity and environment-specific relationships between gene expression and fitness in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Full text: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Unlocking the potential of experimental evolution to study drug resistance in pathogenic fungi -in NPJ antimicrobials and resistance from @hanscarolus.bsky.social with Patrick van Dijck lab www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Overview of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae population structure through the lens of 3,034 genomes Full text: academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...

Exploring adaptation routes to low temperatures in the Saccharomyces genus Full text: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In a cool twist on their previous work, @grantkinsler.bsky.social Yuping Li @gsherloc.bsky.social & @petrovadmitri.bsky.social use yeast to reveal that #evolution involves a) early large-effect pleiotropic mutations, b) a shift towards more modular adaptation @plosbiology.bsky.social plos.io/4glXoXJ

🚨 Keynote Announcement! 🚨 We’re excited to welcome @christianlandry.bsky.social as a keynote speaker at the @official-smbe.bsky.social Satellite Meeting! Join us in exploring Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Experimental Evolution. 📍 Puerto Varas, Chile 🌿🗻 🗓️ October 6-8 2025