My lab @ Edinburgh university is recruiting a postdoc to work on the weird and wonderful germline-specific chromosomes of flies. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... collaboration with @germline.bsky.social and yukiko yamashita funded by @novonordisk.bsky.social please repost!

Very happy to see our Nature Reviews Genetics article on programmed DNA elimination across eukaryotes out! A fantastic collective effort with an amazing group of colleagues, born from inspiring discussions at the Fondation des Treilles. rdcu.be/tmvKgsPZNhBa @laurarossevo.bsky.social

Nature Reviews Genetics@natrevgenet.nature.com · 3w ago

New online! The mechanistic and evolutionary diversity of programmed DNA elimination

Ever wondered why diverse organism shrink their genome in specific cells? We try to make sense of these curious cases of programmed DNA elimination in a review that came out today @naturerevgenet.bsky.social trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/... @sandraduharcourt.bsky.social

Please share widely! Abstract submissions open for the 2026 Jacques Monod conference: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world! Held in beautiful Roscoff France from November 2- 6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline : June 6 cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

Reminder that the registration for this meeting closes today. We have a great list of speakers and participants, do not miss out!

Laura Ross@laurarossevo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Did you know that many organisms delete parts of their genome during development? To know more please join us at the Roscoff meeting on "Mechanistic and Evolutionary Basis of Programmed DNA Elimination" Sep21- 25, 2026. Please share!
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Did you know that many organisms delete parts of their genome during development? To know more please join us at the Roscoff meeting on "Mechanistic and Evolutionary Basis of Programmed DNA Elimination" Sep21- 25, 2026. Please share!
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

Amazing sperm work on a great understudied Lepidoptera system! Congrats @ajmongue.bsky.social

Andrew Mongue@ajmongue.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Pre-print and weird repro thread time! I've posted here about scale insects a lot, but ~half of my research is on Lepidoptera. My lab is developing bagworm moths (Psychidae) as models for comparative genomics. You probably know them like you see in the pics below: caterpillars that make cases.

The book has so many great contributors. To name a few: @amyboddy.bsky.social @martijnschenkel.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social @reallymccoy.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social @ellenclarke.bsky.social @laurarossevo.bsky.social @philippehune.bsky.social Very excited that it's finally coming out!

(1/9) Join us in Bern, Switzerland (8–11 Feb 2026) for our EMBO Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms of Selfish Elements and Strategies! Organized with Tanja Schwander, Laura Ross (@laurarossevo.bsky.social) and Axel Imhof. meetings.embo.org/event/26-sel... #EMBOselfishElements #EMBOevents

Molecular mechanisms of selfish elements and strategies

Certain genes, chromosomes, organelles, or entire sets of chromosomes can bias their transmission to the next generation, propagating themselves at the expense of the rest of the genome. Referred to …

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Thanks @cecilecourret.bsky.social for this great perspective highlighting our recent paper on B chromosomes

Trends in Genetics@cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · last yr.

"Selfish B chromosome evades genome elimination" by Cécile Courret (@cecilecourret.bsky.social) This Spotlight highlights recent work by Laura Ross (@laurarossevo.bsky.social) & colleagues in GBE (@genomebiolevol.bsky.social). FREE till Aug 5th with this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lH50cQbJF...

Great introduction to one of my favorite study organisms, and to promote our recent study into how their unusual genetics affects patterns of molecular evolution.

Andrew Mongue@ajmongue.bsky.social · last yr.

Re-upping this thread on PGE in mealybugs because the results are finally published in Molecular Ecology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It's finally out! This paper took quite a while but I'm so excited to share now! For anyone who studies sex chromosomes, take note: we found a rare "slower X"! (dN/dS_X < dN/dS_Autos) 👀

Andy Gardner@andygardner.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper: "Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination" (Open Access) w/ Robert Baird, @imprintedgene.bsky.social‬, Jan Ševčík, Katy Monteith, @laurarossevo.bsky.social‬ & @ajmongue.bsky.social‬ www.nature.com/articles/s41... ‪@natcomms.nature.com‬

New paper: "Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination" (Open Access) w/ Robert Baird, @imprintedgene.bsky.social‬, Jan Ševčík, Katy Monteith, @laurarossevo.bsky.social‬ & @ajmongue.bsky.social‬ www.nature.com/articles/s41... ‪@natcomms.nature.com‬

Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination - Nature Communications

X chromosomes evolve faster than autosomes, but confounding factors make this a difficult phenomenon to study. Utilising the unusual sex determination system of Sciaridae flies, this study finds a slo...

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collaborative effort involving almost all previous postdocs in the lab and many years, but it is out and it is a great story! @kamilsjaron.bsky.social @ajmongue.bsky.social and many others

KamilSJaron.bsky.social@kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our mealybug B chromosome paper is finally out, a small cross-generational gem from @laurarossevo.bsky.social's lab. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... A few interesting things we found 👇

Anyone know if there is research on how post-Christmas grant deadlines disadvantage scientists with caring responsibilities? Or just mental health in general, due to not being able to switch off during this period? Yes I am reaching peak burnout and so done juggling!

Extremely honoured that the @zslscience.bsky.social awarded me their scientific medal last night!