📣 #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

Fresh news on de novo genes! Happy to present our latest work published in Nature communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Keywords not in specific order: intergenic ORFs, de novo genes, GC content, foldability, genetic code, ancestral sequence reconstruction and more :)

Happy to share that the our manuscript "Cyclin CLB2 mRNA localization and protein synthesis link cell cycle progression to bud growth" is now finally out in its final form @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Below a short🧵 with the key findings!

First paper of the year for the HaploTeam, showing how domestication repeatedly reshapes sexual–asexual life cycle trade-offs in yeast, and revealing convergent evolution. Huge kudos to the team, brilliantly led by Jing Hou! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Great paper on the genetics of facultative multicellularity in marine yeast www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last work of the lab showing that Repeated losses of self-fertility shaped heterozygosity and polyploidy in yeast evolution | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

📢 Join us in sunny Lisbon 🇵🇹 2-5 June for the @embo.org workshop ☀️ “The rules of the game: biophysical & molecular principles in cellular evolution” Apply by March 1st! Please repost to help spread the word! meetings.embo.org/event/26-cel... #EMBORulesOfTheGame @gimmfoundation.bsky.social

Here is our first publication of 2026 which is the first article of a special issue that mark the journal 40 anniversary - happy new year to all the #yeast community

The new year has just started and we are happy to share the news that the new issue of #Yeast (Volume 42, Number 12, December 2025) is finally out!!! 😀😀😀 This issue includes two research articles and two reviews. You can browse it at this link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...

Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed." via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

As many of us 🎁 things up for the year, make sure all your ℹ️'s are dotted- and all your #yeast emojis are downloaded! If you haven't yet, make sure to add the emojyeast collection to all your 📱💻🖥️⌚️ mayaschuldiner.wixsite.com/schuldinerla... Thanks to the amazing Schuldiner lab for these!

New paper out: An archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #MicroSky

When colonizing a new habitat, organisms adapt to maximize their reproductive success via #LifeHistory #evolution. @ecoevodevolab.bsky.social @cbank.bsky.social show that life history evolution facilitates niche diversification across a range of theoretical models @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4p7YT0a

In the latest #Yeast research article, Miguel A. Rocha, Gowda Bhavani and Jacob Fleischmann investigate the role of exonuclease-resistant ribosomal RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, their relationship with nutritional status and the TOR signalling pathway. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Nouvelle vidéo 🎉 Pourquoi le prix Nobel de physique 2024 concernait l'I.A. ? Comment sont nés les réseaux de neurones ? Quel est le lien avec les champs quantiques ? Toutes ces réponses en 13 minutes ⤵️ youtu.be/2kbAId70b_I

Independently evolved supergenes control colony social organization and queen reproductive strategies in several ant lineages. Sigeman et al. uncover a novel 9 Mb supergene controlling queen size and social organization in Myrmica ruginodis. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf255 #evobio #molbio #ants

The new issue of #Yeast of 2025 (Volume 42, Issue 11, November 2025) is out! It includes papers about new yeast genomes, the biodiversity of yeasts in dough, polyphosphate accumulation and even a new #FantasticYeasts species 😃 You can browse it at this link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...

Evolutionary responses to increased opportunity for sexual selection in yeast https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.03.686343v1

If you have a loved one who's been "doing their own research" on TikTok (or, really, anywhere) about whether the Earth is round, you could try showing them this article instead. ⚛️🧪🔭 physicsworld.com/a/fighting-f...

Big congratulations to Dilanaz Arisan (@rquatrini.bsky.social 's lab) and Pablo Quintrel (@fcocubillosr.bsky.social 's lab) for winning the best posters awards sponsored by the #Yeast journal at the @smbe-chile2025.bsky.social conference in Puerto Varas 🎉🎉🎉

The special issue will be guest-edited by @pjboynton.bsky.social (Wheaton College Massachusetts, USA) and Pei-Yun Jenny Wu (CNRS Bordeaux, France). You can find more information on the accepted topics and submission instructions by using the QR code below:

New #Yeast paper out from the series #FantasticYeasts!!! @hittingerlab.bsky.social , Dana Opulente & team describe a novel species, Lachancea rosae, isolated from the wild rose Rosa californica 🌹 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Repeated losses of self-fertility shaped heterozygosity and polyploidy in yeast evolution https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675800v1

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...

Utterly devastating: FlyBase zapped. www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha... #modelOrganism

Cool application of microbiome in food science Using metagenomics on Colombian cacao, they mapped how microbes influence chocolate flavors. Then they built a defined microbial consortium that replicates premium chocolate flavors -- validated by trained tasters! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Fungi can see and react to a wide range of colors." journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

The Yeast2025 meeting in Paris is over, and was so much fun. It was exciting to see a room full of yeast biologists, with more than 500 people. It was also great to be part of the dream team of organizers, led by @gillesfischer.bsky.social

At #yeast2025 and love the 90s hip hop style of the logo!

Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.

The Meselson and Stahl experiment demonstrated in 1958 that DNA replicated semi-conservatively. Meaning, each of the two strands of DNA serves as a template for a new copy to made of the complementary strand. Foundational finding, elegant experimental design.

It’s out! The evolutionary origins of yeast point centromeres uncovered! “Ancient co-option of LTR retrotransposons as yeast centromeres” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎉 The final Yeast 2025 conference program is now live! Check out the full list of oral presentations and posters. We can't wait to share the science (and more 🍷) with you! 🔗 premc.org/yeast2025/ 🔗 yeast2025.exordo.com/programme/at... #Yeast2025

📢 New paper out in Mol Syst Biol! During the development of WT yeast colonies, small cell subpopulations experience transient, high-intensity mutational bursts. Such hypermutation episodes are modulated by the DNA damage tolerance pathway 🧬 🔗 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 A 2-year postdoc position is now open in our lab to explore the fascinating world of yeast polyploid genomes, their structure, stability, and adaptive potential. 🔗 More info here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Please repost! #Postdoc #Genomics #Yeast #Polyploidy #Evolution

Ribosomes modulate transcriptome abundance via generalized frameshift and out-of-frame mRNA decay

Wow, super impressive biomedical innovation! “Inverse vaccine” shows potential to treat multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases | Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering | The University of Chicago pme.uchicago.edu/news/inverse...

In the latest research article of the series #technoYeast, Han-Ying Jhuang, Dimitra Aggeli & Gregory Lang estimate the efficiency of transformation vs cytoduction in introducing plasmids into #yeast, and show that cytoduction is significantly more efficient. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We are delighted to introduce @melaniadangiolo.bsky.social as a new member of our editorial board. Melania will be in charge of Communications & Engagement for the #Yeast journal. Welcome aboard!!! 😀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

This special issue is guest-edited by Carla Gonçalves (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal), @ishengtsai.bsky.social (Academia Sinica, Taiwan), @khowell.bsky.social (University of Melbourne, Australia) & Florian Bauer (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

Send us your papers celebrating yeasts!

Update on measles in the US, cases and deaths, in context of vaccine introduction

The #Yeast2025 conference is now FULL with around 500 attendees! 🎉 - Thank you to everyone who registered. We’re excited to introduce new sessions: 🧠 ERC Grant Career Paths @erc.europa.eu 🤝 Meet the Industry 📝 Meet the Editors We can’t wait to welcome you! premc.org/yeast2025/

Who does that? We rented a train JUST for the conference, that will take the participants from Prague to the woods of Bohemia. There'll be talks ON THE TRAIN. In Prague we'll have 5 locations with different atmospheres. #theconferencetoendallconferences Register now: woodstock.img.cas.cz

Given today's onslaught on HHS, I'm resharing my OpEd in @elife.bsky.social. You are not alone, and you do have an important voice! Many colleagues remain unaware that the foundation of US biomedical research is crumbling under attack. Tell them! Full text 🔗 elifesciences.org/articles/106...