Want to learn more about pangenomics or find solutions to problems you are already facing? Join us on 07–13 June 2026 at the EMBO Practical Course on Pangenomics, in the Campania region, Italy. Applications are now open and close on 3 February! Find out more: meetings.embo.org/event/26-pan...

New milestone for wall lizards: 10 chromosome-level reference genomes released by MPI EvolBio, Wellcome Sanger Institute & collaborators — now >50% of described Podarcis species have high-quality references. A backbone resource for evo & pop genomics. www.evolbio.mpg.de/3851900/ten-...

PhD position on the #evo-devo of lizard color patterns, exploring how pigment cells build diverse patterns using developmental and genomic tools. Links to more info about the project and the researchschool below. Please share with interested students!

Sauna, vodka, tea. Inhale the North, speciate. Even ants must pee. Stankowski (2024) Evol J Linnean Soc doi.org/10.1093/evol...

APAV: An advanced pangenome analysis and visualization toolkit journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

🧬 New study in Gen. Bio.! We tested how RNA input & PCR cycles affect duplication rates across 4 sequencers. ↘️ RNA = ↗️ duplicates = ↘️ diversity. Key for optimizing RNA-seq protocols! Thanks + congrats to @catharineaquino.bsky.social @nataliazajac.bsky.social + collaborators! 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdcuen59

Interesting idea: instead of building the pangenome graph from scratch for new samples, dynamically update it by introducing new nodes/edges from long reads biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.07.637057 PALSS-Pangenome Graph Augmentation from Long-reads Specific Strings github.com/ldenti/palss

Last week I had an incredible time at #MemPanG25! I was honoured to have a chance to give a talk! It was great to learn what is new and what is coming in the field of pangenomics. Huge thanks to @thinks.lol , @andreaguarracino.bsky.social, and the whole organizing team for making it happen!

Great to see our research on heterogenous and novel transcript expression in single cells of patient-derived clear cell renal cell carcinoma organoids published as part of Long-read sequencing special issue in Genome Research, along fantastic collection of articles on long reads!

We offer 2 PhD Positions in Evolutionary Biology! 1️⃣ Evolutionary Developmental Biology – Craniofacial evolution. (March 31, 2025) 2️⃣ Evolution of Polygenic Traits – Genetic adaptation in Drosophila. (April 30, 2025) More here: www.evolbio.mpg.de/1639156/Job_... #PhD #EvoDevo #Genetics