Pervasive co-option of prokaryotic adenine methyltransferases by eukaryotic retrotransposons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.21.726589v1

New preprint! In an fun collaboration with @imaeso.bsky.social and @mirimiam.bsky.social led by Manu F-M, we set to explore the potential adaptation of transposable elements 👾 to host adenine DNA methylation by recruiting prokaryotic DAM methyltransferases: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... 1/6

Back from the amazing #sesbe2026 meeting, congrats to @paucarazo.bsky.social & the other organizers! Excellent science, meeting colleagues & sharing our work with a great talk by @biomanu1998.bsky.social SESBE is the place to be! @irbio-ub.bsky.social @sesbe-org.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social

🚨🚨🚨 Two super well-funded PhD grants from our MSCA Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social at our lab at @melisupf.bsky.social, @crg.eu and the @evomg-bcn.bsky.social Program. If you're excited about evolution, genomics and biomedical research, this is your DN! 😃 Further info: www.evomg-dn.eu and 👇

🐟 Our new paper "Phenotypic impact of individual conserved neuronal microexons and their master regulators in zebrafish" is out in @elife.bsky.social 🐟 A nearly 10-year tour-de-force by Laura Lopez-Blanch and many others in the lab @crg.eu & @upf.edu elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... Thread 👇1/9