🚨🚨🚨 As part of the MSCA-DN DECODES, we're looking for a PhD student to study splicing programs in beta cells and diabetes at @melisupf.bsky.social @crg.eu Join 14 other PhD students across Europe to decipher the splicing code in human disease. More info below 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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PhD Project - DECODES at University of Santiago de Compostela, listed on FindAPhD.com

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DEEPFIN: A deep learning tool for fish image classification from unlabeled data https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42662535/ #EvoDevo

Beautiful island, lovely group, amazing science. It’s a no brainier!

Paola Laurino@paolalaurino.bsky.social · last mo.

We're seeking a motivated postdoc candidate to join us at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology to work on the structural and functional characterisation of plant enzymes that break down polysaccharides, exploring sequence space to understand the emergence of enzyme function using AI tools

How can a shared developmental programme generate the extraordinary diversity of teleost fishes? Our study suggests that the answer lies in the combination of conservation of network architecture, coupled with evolutionary flexibility in gene copy number. (1/8) doi.org/10.64898/202...

An evolvable and functionally partitioned network underlies developmental remodelling in teleosts

Comparative embryology has revealed that early animal development is based on highly conserved genetic programs. Beyond embryogenesis however, animals undergo remarkably diverse post-embryonic developmental transitions such as metamorphosis. Whether these transitions are also organised into conserved genetic programs remains largely unexplored. To identify conserved genetic programs underlying post-embryonic development, we examine metamorphic remodelling in five teleost fishes, spanning 200 million years of evolution. By integrating comparative co-expression networks, evolutionary genomics, phylogenetic modelling, and functional data in zebrafish, we uncovered a conserved post-embryonic developmental network. This conserved network comprises components involved in core cellular processes, and involved in development and physiology, both of which are under the control of thyroid hormone during metamorphosis. Despite evolutionary conservation at the coding sequence level, this network exhibits significant turnover in gene family copy number following the teleost-specific whole-genome duplication as well as lineage-specific expansions and contractions. The variation in gene copy numbers is associated with macroevolutionary variation in a number of ecological and morphological traits, including swimming performance and trophic level. Cross-species tissue expression, zebrafish single-cell transcriptomics, and zebrafish perturbation phenotypes placed the implicated genes in biological contexts relevant to these traits. Together, our results provide evidence of an ancient, functionally partitioned post-embryonic developmental network that has diversified throughout teleost evolution. The heterochronic variation in network function, changes in endocrine activity, and gene-family turnover provide potential routes through which a shared developmental architecture contributed to the evolution of phenotypic diversity in teleosts. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. International Human Frontier Science Program Organization, LT0063/2022-L

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Happy to share that this paper led by @caberger.bsky.social with @stoilovamarina.bsky.social @rebeccavarney.bsky.social @pcart.bsky.social Sam Abrams and Maria Pia is published -- Unexpectedly predictable molecular evolution with diverse ecologies 🧪 🧬 🌊 #Molevol #EvoBio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Todd Oakley@ostratodd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We started by studying gene reuse in eyes over deep time -- but were astonished to find adaptive molecular convergence to be rampant and not directly related to important traits, including eyes. Led by PD Cory Berger www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Hot off the press @official-smbe.bsky.social MBE - a phylum-wide assessment to systematically evaluate, refine, and revise current understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of the #arthropod moulting genetic toolkit! academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

Evolutionary dynamics of the arthropod moulting machinery

Abstract. Exoskeletons define arthropods, providing support for segmented bodies and appendages while protecting against environmental stress and predation

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A study as beautiful as those beautiful fish!!

Tom Near@tjnear.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧵1/11 New paper alert! One of 2 out today from #NearLab. Tunas are basically the superheroes of the ocean — warm-blooded, massive, and blazing fast. But HOW did they get that way? A new study just cracked open 50+ million years of evolutionary history. Let's dive in. 🐟⬇️

Desperately hoping people refer to this list before publishing. Decide who you want to serve, the community or for profit prestige selling publishers.

Roli Roberts@roliroberts.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Researchers in #EvolutionaryBiology & #Ecology wanting to do the right thing? @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social at #SMBE2026 talking about DAFNEE, a database of >600 #ecoevo #evoeco academia-friendly journals for "responsible publishing" - @plos.org seems to do OK here...!

QED’s strategy seems obvious. Create a fake narrative of utility and demand, and then ask these top institutes for funding and developing the platform. At this point it just seems like a cash grab.

Ran Blekhman@blekhman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I wanted to like QED's new 1% preprint ranking. I really did. But the more I looked at the data, the more uncomfortable it made me. Here is my full peer review. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

Thank you to organisers to James Hombría and Antónia Monteiro @monteirolab.bsky.social and everyone who joined us at this week's Workshop on 'Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution' biologists.com/workshops #BiologistsWorkshops

This was incredibly useful and intuitive, and I believe will greatly improve the sustainability of conferences.

The Company of Biologists@biologists.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are celebrating #SustainableGastronomyDay by sharing our guides on how to build a sustainable menu for your events (and beyond): www.biologists.com/stories/sustainablemenuspart2/

An absolute splendid workshop by @biologists.bsky.social! It is definitely going to shape my career trajectory.

Ariel Chipman@chipman-lab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Check out our 2026 subject collection, showcasing recent papers in @dev-journal.bsky.social on evolutionary developmental biology: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti... It has been curated to support the 2026 Euro-Evo-Devo conference in Glasgow, UK. #EED2026

Our team is excited by #EED2026, and all ready to get there by train! We have tickets Lausanne → Paris → London → Glasgow, it'll be a long Sunday but hopefully a fun adventure. #NoFlyEED #NoFlyAcademics

Metamorphosis is a crucial transition across metazoans. How all the diverse lineages have evolved their own unique flavours of this transition is vital to understanding the origin of diversity itself. This study provides some clues, and most likely, some answers too.

bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology@biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Gene family evolutionary dynamics reveal convergent genomic signatures in pancrustacean metamorphosis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.06.723392v1

We started by studying gene reuse in eyes over deep time -- but were astonished to find adaptive molecular convergence to be rampant and not directly related to important traits, including eyes. Led by PD Cory Berger www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A true trailblazer.

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This year's SMBE Mid-Career Excellence Award goes to Matt Pennell, professor @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Visit our website to learn more about the SMBE Faculty Awards 🔗 smbe.org/faculty-awards #society

Just look at that beauty! There is still so much we don't know about metamorphosis across teleosts. Hopefully we'll have some clarity in a few months 😜

Chris Gug@gugunderwater.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The rarest of the rare! This holy-grail dream fish is a larval-stage #monkfish, aka #goosefish. Shot in the wild, using scuba, while diving at night over water several thousand feet deep, several miles offshore from Kumejima, Okinawa. #larvalfish #blackwater #gug #deepseafish

The rarest of the rare! This holy-grail dream fish is a larval-stage #monkfish, aka #goosefish. Shot in the wild, using scuba, while diving at night over water several thousand feet deep, several miles offshore from Kumejima, Okinawa. #larvalfish #blackwater #gug #deepseafish

Many organisms, including humans, reshape their environments in ways that influence the conditions faced by future generations. We ask whether this can favour biological variation with @irisprigent.bsky.social in our new paper. Thanks to @dee-unil.bsky.social @snsf.ch www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

On the 30th anniversary of Pokémon, throwback to the time I gave a lecture to high school students in Okinawa as a part of the Okinawa Science Mentoring Program organised by graduate students @oistedu.bsky.social #Pokemon. 😁 agneeshbarua.github.io/agneesh_websit…

Rapid and repeated evolution of pigmentation patterns in reef fishes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41724958/ #EvoDevo

Gonna refer to this every time to find the right journal. At a time when scientific funding is drying up everywhere, I think it is important to ensure that public funds to not get funnelled to for-profit publishers. Just another way to ensure public accountability.

Nicolas Clairis@nclairis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Dear all, I'm happy to present you a side project done with @diegoharta.bsky.social @phylogenetrips.bsky.social & Lucas Baudouin regarding the publication landscape in Biology: wheretopublish.github.io 1/4

Dear all, I'm happy to present you a side project done with @diegoharta.bsky.social @phylogenetrips.bsky.social & Lucas Baudouin regarding the publication landscape in Biology: wheretopublish.github.io 1/4

Our project on molecular convergence in teleosts is published in MBE. This study involved analysing over 2 million genes, and combining multiple data modalities to uncover some surprising insights behind the evolution of adaptations in teleosts. Thank you @hfspo.bsky.social for the funding!

Molecular Biology and Evolution@molbioevol.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Barua, @marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy et al. searched for convergent substitutions in teleost fishes, detecting convergence in 89 protein-coding gene families across 143 genomes. Functional experiments support functional roles of convergent genes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag015 #evobio #molbio

🦠🧬 A study published in @science.org today by SIB and other scientists used a new combination of bioinformatics methods to show that treponemal diseases were circulating far earlier in the Americas, and were more diverse, than previously known. See more👇 @davidebozzi.bsky.social

5,500-year-old genome discovered for syphilis-related bacterium

A bacterial genome found in the remains of an ancient hunter-gatherer shows that treponemal diseases were circulating far earlier in the Americas, and were more diverse, than previously known. Pu...

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In an increasingly data driven world, getting to the point is vital. youtu.be/yjbv1WZcM2M

What's the point? | The benefits of bioinformatics to science and society

YouTube video by SIB - Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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One week left to submit abstracts for the EMBO workshop on Molecular Mechanisms of Selfish Elements and Strategies! In Bern (Switzerland), from 8 to 11 February 2026. meetings.embo.org/event/26-sel... #EMBOselfishElements #EMBOevents

In the age of multi-modal datasets, being able to incorporate the effect of millions of years of evolutionary tinkering will provide a particularly powerful signal for shortlisting gene candidates.

Marc Robinson-Rechavi@marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 9mo ago

I'm excited to present this new model to detect positive selection on regulatory sequences, which has been 3 years in the making! Thanks to Alexandre Laverré and @Phylogenetrips for their amazing work on this project. 😃 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.26.690685 #bioinformatics #molecularEvolution