Innovation isn’t random — it follows geometric laws. Our new Behind the Paper post in @springernature.com Communities explores how innovation forms a fractal geometry — self-organizing like a living system. communities.springernature.com/posts/the-fr...

9 days till registration closes! bsky.app/profile/jlst...

Los equipos de @rosafernandez.bsky.social del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y de @amrojasm.bsky.social del #CABD han desarrollado #FANTASIA, una herramienta basada en #IA que es capaz de predecir funciones desconocidas de cualquier proteína.

📣Una herramienta basada en IA es capaz de predecir funciones desconocidas de cualquier proteína 📕 Un estudio del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y el @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social ha revelado la función de 24 millones de genes codificantes para proteínas en animales.🧵 👉https://shorturl.at/O1x3m

Join us in Cesky Krumlov for this amazing workshop! Applications close in two weeks! 👇👇👇

CC @tonigabaldon.bsky.social, @rokaslab.bsky.social, @rosafernandez.bsky.social, @trayc7.bsky.social, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Bastien Boussau, @nclark.bsky.social, Kay Lucek, Tap Pupko, Ana Rojas, Frederik Ronquist & Ania Karnkowska

So many AMAZING instructors/organizers will be participating, including @tonigabaldon.bsky.social, @rokaslab.bsky.social, @rosafernandez.bsky.social, @trayc7.bsky.social, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Bastien Boussau, @nclark.bsky.social, Kay Lucek, Tap Pupko, Ana Rojas, Frederik Ronquist & Ania Karnkowska

Our lab has published a couple of major papers in the past few months, which I would like to highlight in this thread! 🧵

We are hiring a ✨ bioinformatics PhD student ✨ for fall 2026 as part of the @evomg-dn.bsky.social MSCA doctoral network! Our project in a nutshell: can the evolution of gene expression in the uterus point us towards which genes are important for human uterine diseases? To apply 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu

Now with @rosafernandez.bsky.social at @atlasea.bsky.social meeting in @mnhn.fr #Paris

Interested in phylogenomics and genome evolution? Join us in Cesky Krumlov next January! The list of topics and faculty is simply spectacular! 🧬🪾🧬🪲🦞🦐🌿🌾🦠🧫

How did animals repeatedly conquer land? 🌊➡️⛰️ We analysed ~1,000 gene repertoires (24M genes!) from all animal phyla to uncover how this happened. Work led by @gemmaeling.bsky.social & Klara Eleftheriadi, both first coauthors of this titanic effort! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#ERGAReads | Clitellates - terrestrial & freshwater annelids - underwent dramatic #genome reshuffling, losing synteny with their marine relatives. This rare burst of genomic change reshaped chromosome structure in the group 🔗 rdcu.be/euNbT #genomics #evolution #Annelida @rosafernandez.bsky.social

FANTASIA's paper is finally out! Check it out if you're interested in alternative methods to homology for functional annotation in nonmodel organisms 🦐🐙🪱🧬🐝🪲 @gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...

"Breaking bad: when clitellate genomes go rogue" by Rosa Fernández (@rosafernandez.bsky.social) & colleagues "Clitellate genomes are the result of a profound genome reshaping...What triggered such extreme rearrangements...?" FREE till Aug. 24th at this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNmQcQbJF...

If you enjoyed our recent paper on massive genomic rearrangements in clitellates, don't miss our recent review on the topic, where we discuss some hypothesis and implications of our findings 👇🪱🧬💥👇 @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNmQcQbJF...

Hoy es la entrega de los #PNI y desde la @academiajoven.bsky.social queremos felicitar a toda la gente premiada, en especial a las #AcadémicasJóvenes: Cristina Blanco Víctor Vilarrasa @veronicabolon.bsky.social @mariaescesc.bsky.social @bpelaz1.bsky.social @rosafernandez.bsky.social

Glad to see this paper finally out! An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids @natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🐛Las lombrices de tierra revelan un mecanismo evolutivo que desafiaría a #Darwin 🧬El @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social muestra cómo los gusanos de mar rompieron su genoma para reconstruirlo de forma radicalmente distinta cuando pisaron la tierra hace 200 millones de años 👉 https://shorturl.at/Q0nTc

Punctuated Equilibria gain the momentum! 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #Geology #EvoBio

A new paper in Nature Ecol & Evol by @rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.

Can the structure of knowledge evolve like life itself? In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring. Here’s what we found: 🧵

Happy #BiodiversityDay! What a pleasure to enjoy a symposium in Mallorca on this topic jointly organised by the Balear Center of Biodiversity and @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social. Cheers to all living forms!! 🧬🪱🐙🌽☘️🌵🐦🦠

The afternoon session of today is dedicated to TE annotation & deep learning-based genome annotation, again with the amazing @bombarelya.bsky.social

The 4th day of our workshop starts with a super interesting session on OMAnnotator with @whynevers.bsky.social on how to use orthologous groups to make better gene sets for genome annotation 🧬🧩🕵️ @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social

The afternoon session of our workshop is dedicated to functional annotation & language models, with the great @amrojasm.bsky.social. She will guide us through the theory behind them and we'll talk about our recently-developed tool to explore the dark proteome: FANTASIA! ✨ @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social

The morning session of our workshop on genome annotation is dedicated to long reads, and we couldn't have better faculty! Many thanks @anaconesa.bsky.social and Pablo Atienza for guiding us through it! @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social

Second day of our workshop @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social learning about genome annotation with BRAKER, TSEBRA, GALBA, Tiberius & more with the one and only @katharinahoff.bsky.social! 🧬🧩🪱

The first day of our Workshop on Genome Annotation @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social was great! We had @bombarelya.bsky.social giving a primer on genome assembly to get started. Looking forward to zooming in into annotation itself tomorrow! 🪱🐦🧬🧩🌵☘️🌽

ERC Workshop: Life Sciences María Casanova Acebes y @rosafernandez.bsky.social nos contarán su experiencia con la solicitud de las ayudas del @erc.europa.eu uropa.eu. 📅 3 de junio ⌚ 9:30 📍 Online Más información e inscripción en academiajoven.es

🔊 We're Hiring! 🔊 The #IBE seeks a Post-award Research Project Manager - European Projects. 🌍 📄 Full-time | 🕒 2-year renewable contract 📆 Apply by: 4th May Explore all our #JobOffers & #JoinOurTeam 👉 https://www.ibe.upf-csic.es/work-with-us/job-offers

Join @jameswclark.bsky.social and I at #ESEB2025 to discuss the latest research on 'Reductive evolution across the tree of life' - Symposium 32. We have two exciting invited speakers @rosafernandez.bsky.social and #SvenGould - looking forward to welcoming you in Barcelona @eseb2025.bsky.social

📢This is your chance to showcase your research and contribute to one of the most prestigious events in #EvolutionaryBiology🌍​ 📝 Select from 51 approved symposia to submit your #Abstract: eseb2025.com/list-of-symp... ​ 📩 Submit Now: eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...

We are excited to announce the 'official' start of our BBSRC funded sLoLa project, where we aim to uncover the role of rediploidisation in shaping evolution after genome duplication events across the tree of life! Find out more: www.rediploidisation.org vet.ed.ac.uk/roslin/news-... #WGDip #BBSRC

New @erc.europa.eu funded #ConvergeAnt paper on phylogenetics and transcriptomics of chitinase gene repertoires in convergent ant-eating mammals finally published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

POSTDOC disponible : Analyse de la répartition des abeilles sauvages en fonction des usages de pesticides et de l’occupation des sols en France métropolitaine », et localisée au CESCO à Paris. recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d... #bees #wildbees

Happy to share our Slow cooked work together with @mcgregorlab.bsky.social, @posnienlab.bsky.social , @nuneslab.bsky.social sky.social and Saad Arif and the collaboration of @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, Fernando Casares & @laurensr.bsky.social and many other friends rdcu.be/d8whP

🐦 Calling all Early Birds! ​ ​ Hurry up and seize the opportunity to participate in the upcoming ESEB Congress, set in the vibrant city of Barcelona 🌟​ ​ 🎟️ Secure now your place at the best possible price 👉🏻 eseb2025.com/registration... ​ #ESEB2025 #Biology #Evolution #Genomics

Convocatoria 2025 de 10 plazas para la @academiajoven.bsky.social Plazo de inscripción abierto hasta el 28 de febrero (improrrogable) Más información en: academiajoven.es [email protected]

If there's something we don't understand I assume transposons are responsible unless proven otherwise

Si eres uno o una de los afectados por la cancelación abrupta de la convocatoria en IA, aquí tienes toda la información del estado de la situación, de la noticia y las cartas enviadas al ministerio y a Europa. FIRMA!!! Comparte!!! iacolaborativa.wordpress.com/quienes/

Are you at #PAG32? Don’t miss the talk by Lars Gabriel on our new gene finder Tiberius on Tue at 11:50 in Pacific A! He also presents 2 posters on Tiberius. P102 is on diatom genome annotation.

✨Graellsia isabellae genome unlocked! ✨ Meet the Spanish Moon Moth: a nocturnal lepidopteran protected by the EU Habitats Directive🦋. This new ERGA-BGE genome fuels conservation and biodiversity research! 🌍🧬 ➡️Read here: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #genomes for #biodiversity

Monod Conference "Origin of metazoans": fossils, genomes, cell biology, gene regulation, development, and more. Join us in Roscoff for an exceptional speaker line-up and stunning venue! 🗓️Abstract deadline: March 4. Register and share! www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/origin-me...

📣 Announcement: #SMBE2025 Call for Abstracts is now OPEN! Details on www.smbe.org

Phylogenetics methods announcement: piqtree is out! It exposes selected IQ-TREE2 capabilities within Python, using the cogent3 library as the interface, better enabling pipelines. piqtree is an addition to, not a replacement of, IQ-TREE2. Full announcement at github.com/iqtree/piqtr...

Join us in Stockholm. 3 TT positions now open in Biodiversity, very broadly defined. Hires will be affiliated with SciLifeLab to build up their biodiversity community. Position could be placed at one of several departments on SU campus. Read more: #evolution 🧪 #evodevo www.su.se/english/news...

Come to the dark side! Join the #darkproteome team to work on plant functional annotation within our OSCARS @HorizonEU project FAIRFUN4Biodiversity. Great project, great advisor, great city and great team! 👇👇

Our study of Ecdyson triggered molting in tardigrades is out! Led by Shumpei Yamakawa! sciencedirect.com/science/arti...