So proud of Edina Nemesházi for this fantastic work about the consequences of sex reversal for the reproductive success of wild frogs, which is now out in Science Advances! 🥂💥🥳Congrats to all of the authors 👏 @klivvvienna.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I am so excited to see this preprint out. I started working on springtails with @laurarossevo.bsky.social in 2019, but this pinnacle of our efforts manifested only with heroric leadership of Sam Ebdon! So, what's the deal? 👇

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

Stronger positive and purifying selection on X-linked genes in a species with paternal genome elimination https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.14.751372v1

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

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Delighted to see that @plosbiology.org has a feature of our guppy paper on their landing page. The real star is the guppy photo by @vdbijl.bsky.social, and I am at peace with this. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

A warm welcome to Dr. Lydia Fong @squarehare.bsky.social joining our lab at @vubrussel.bsky.social as a postdoc after completing her PhD in @judithmank.bsky.social ’s lab at UBC! She’ll introduce her work at our next DBIO #Seminar👉 Welcome to the lab and to #Brussels, Lydia 😃! #SexChromosomes 🐸🐠

I am thrilled to share our pre-print for CBS-tools: a k-mer based analysis that utilizes whole-genome sequencing of a few sex-identified isolates to guide users from the discovery of the heterogametic sex through identifying the sex-determination region www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Identifying, phasing, and structurally annotating sex chromosomes for genome assemblies using CBS-tools

A complete reference genome for species with chromosomally-determined separate sexes should contain scaffolds for all sex chromosome homologs. However, sex chromosomes present distinct computational c...

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I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...

Postdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, France

I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…

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I just published: How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs. kamounlab.medium.com/how-do-we-re...

How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in

What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs.

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ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar this Wednesday, 30 September at 16:00 CEST: Starship transposons and their role in fungal evolution 🍄🧬🚀 Speakers: @‌https://mycomile.bsky.social @‌https://fungage-lab.bsky.social 🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starshi... @biogeneurope.bsky.social

Starship transposons and fungal evolution - Emile Gluck-Thaler & Aaron Vogan

More information, including abstract: https://www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/starship-transposons-and-a-new-framework-to-understand-fungal-evolutionSpeaker: E...

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So very, very happy to see this out @plosbiology.org : Ancient inversion polymorphisms associate with sexually selected traits across natural guppy populations. Beautiful work by two very clever and talented coauthors, Yuying Lin and @vdbijl.bsky.social . journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... 1/

Ancient inversion polymorphisms associate with sexually selected traits across natural guppy populations

Genomic inversions spanning many genes can persist for millions of years. This study of Trinidadian guppy populations reveals how both ecological conditions and mate choice help maintain this hidden l...

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ICYMI: last week we announced the eight winners of the 2026 ERC Public Engagement with Research Awards 🏆 Behind the awards was an independent jury of experts in public engagement and science communication. A big thank you to all our jurors! #ERCengage #SciComm

21627 applications. Nothing to celebrate here. Impossible to evaluate fairly & safely. Neither the science (too diverse & possibly LLM generated) nor the soft criteria (likely LLM generated). Without an interview stage - a security risk! marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/ne...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 receives record number of applications

The 2026 call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 21,627 applications submitted.

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This looks like an awesome review! Looking forward to reading it 🙌 congratulations @needhibhalla.bsky.social and @lacefieldlab.bsky.social

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽@needhibhalla.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to have this out in the world! @lacefieldlab.bsky.social and I discuss meiotic checkpoints, with a focus on how they may be tuned both in and across systems to reflect the mechanistic trade-offs, evolutionary constraints and unique goals and innovations of meiosis. 🧪

Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏

How local is local adaptation? Researchers transplanted more than 700 lab-raised stickleback fish among lake and stream environments, finding that adaptation to specific sites can outweigh adaptation to broader habitat differences. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/yTOk50ZP97o

Can we hold on to all that we value about peer review but increase efficiency? Managing Editor @evonicki.bsky.social and Editor-in-Chief @maxreuter.bsky.social discuss a "back to basics" approach in a new blog post for #peerreviewweek jevbio.net/peer-review-...

Our new paper in collaboration with @brandgefahr.bsky.social and the RinkLab www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stepwise emergence of recombination suppression precedes fissiparous asexuality in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea - Nature Communications

Asexuality has evolved many times in planarians, but its genomic basis is unknown. This study shows that in the species S. mediterranea, a series of chromosomal rearrangements in a sexual an...

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Happy to be part of this #PeerReviewWeek feature! As an AE of @jevbio.bsky.social, I’m grateful to the reviewers who help us strengthen papers through thoughtful, fair, and constructive feedback. For me, the best reviews combine rigor with respect 💪👉

Journal of Evolutionary Biology@jevbio.bsky.social · last mo.

I am happy to present our work @liverworks.bsky.social @robinburns.bsky.social @alisondawnscott.bsky.social on centromeric repeat turnovers, of which we counted three in the Arabidopsis genus:

The Nature of Centromeric Repeat Turnovers in the genus Arabidopsis

Centromeres are critical for accurate segregation of chromosomes and are often composed of megabases of tandemly arranged satellite repeats. Yet, despite their conserved function, the DNA sequence of ...

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Really looking forward to diving into this exciting finding 👉

André Marques@amarques.bsky.social · last mo.

Out today in Nature: sex without crossovers. Rhynchospora tenuis makes pollen, fertilises and sets seed, yet 0 crossovers in 10,997 pollen nuclei. Chromosome drive and ~87% seed abortion rebuild the mother's genotype, so the offspring are clones. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

✍️ This week is Peer Review Week: an annual celebration of the role of peer review in ensuring quality and integrity of research This year’s theme is Capacity: 📚️ Volume 💨 Speed ✅️ Quality These components define a balance that the peer review system is being asked to maintain. buff.ly/87BLRdW

Peer Review Week (PRW) is a global celebration of the vital role peer review plays in ensuring the quality and integrity of research.

Peer Review Week (PRW) is a global celebration of the vital role peer review plays in ensuring the quality and integrity of research.

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In our recent issue we interview Susana Coelho, who uses brown algae to study evolution, development, and life-cycle complexity at the Max Planck Institute for Biology. Read the Q&A to find out more about Susana’s most important scientific influences: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Susana Coelho

Interview with Susana Coelho, who uses brown algae to study evolution, development, and life-cycle complexity at the Max Planck Institute for Biology.

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Letcher et al. reveal how Mesorhabditis nematodes evolved a new Y chromosome from sexual ancestors in species that transitioned into autopseudogamy - females produce clonal females plus rare males that are needed for fertilization. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #societyjournal #evobio #molbio

Are you into mathematical modelling of ecological and evolutionary systems? Look at this job ad for a senior lecturer in Lund. I've visited many times, splendid compact city, splendid department! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Senior Lecturer in Computational Biology

Lund University welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Gender equality, equal opportunities and diversity are fundamental principles in all parts of the University’s activit

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💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | SGBC #Bioinformatics Course 🖥️ 🧬 sgbc.github.io/course/ Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu #bioinformatics #course #training

Wow! Congrats @tonygamble.eurosky.social and all co-authors 🎉👏 Looking forward to dive deeper in this excellent finding on #sexchromsomes #evolution in geckos 🦎🧬👉

Tony Gamble@tonygamble.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

New collaborative paper from the lab on gecko sex chromosome and genome evolution! 🧪🦎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Why grouping intralocus and interlocus phenomena under one umbrella of “sexual conflict” is a mistake. Insightful paper from @imprintedgene.bsky.social, @andygardner.bsky.social y.social, Tracey Chapman, and @jennyperry.bsky.social yperry.bsky.social. royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

Sexual conflict and sexual pleiotropy

Abstract. Natural selection might favour brightly coloured males and drab females. A male and a female might disagree about whether to mate. Such tensions

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Come and work with us (the Kokkonuts) as a postdoc! Our research within (theory-evo-eco) is broad; let's say it's implicitly defined by the journal club papers we read. Which is why the application process includes a JC-related task, I hope it'll be a fun one for you! www.evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...