🚨Save the Date: CEE Spring Symposium 2026, Thurs 28th May afternoon, ‘Molecular Frontiers in Wildlife, Ecology and Evolution’. How emerging 🧬 and 💻 tools are transforming our ability to study eco-evo in wild systems Please sign in to our free Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/Ceespring and share!

🚨 New preprint alert 🚨 I’m excited to share our study presenting a non-invasive method for sexing sea turtle hatchlings via DNA methylation - the culmination of many years of work! Huge thanks to our fantastic co-authors, whose dedication made this possible doi.org/10.64898/202...

DNA methylation reveals evolved buffering responses to climate-driven sex ratio skew in sea turtles

Species with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), including all sea turtles which produce females at warmer temperatures, face projections of demographic collapse under climate-driven sex ra...

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DNA methylation reveals evolved buffering responses to climate-driven sex ratio skew in sea turtles https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.06.697884v1

1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005 How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.

A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration

The reshuffling of genomic variation from multiple origins is an important contributor to phenotypic diversification, yet insights into the evolutionary trajectories of this combinatorial process and ...

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Join @pbrekke.bsky.social, @eugeniecyen.bsky.social and @atjcagan.bsky.social at our next Science and Conservation Event on 4th Nov as they discuss how genomics can offer new insights into assessing wildlife health. 🎟️ Book your free ticket: www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...

Catch my talk tomorrow on all things nanopore and DNA methylation for sea turtle conservation! 🐢

QMUL Centre for Epigenetics @qmulepigenetics.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our next guest seminar is happening on Friday, October 10th at 3.30pm GMT in the QM Innovation Centre, Clark-Kennedy LT. This will be a joint seminar with Oxford Nanopore @nanoporetech.com and QMUL. Please book your place here: nanoporetech.swoogo.com/QMUL_Epigene... or scan the QR code below.

RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 10mo ago

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.

The ruling paves the way for whole-genome sequencing to be admitted as evidence in US criminal trials go.nature.com/4nQjENj

US serial killer case opens door to using cutting-edge DNA data in courts

New York trial could set a legal precedent by admitting findings from whole-genome sequencing as evidence.

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If you want to know more about DNA methylation in conservation, especially temperature-sex dependent species, check this cool video & the paper tinyurl.com/yvspkzp6! It was a pleasure to be part of such cool collaboration, very well done for the intense work @eugeniecyen.bsky.social you're a queen!

Charley Yen, PhD@eugeniecyen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Thanks @gigascience.bsky.social for the cool video opportunity, and thanks again to all co-authors! @alicebalard.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social @qmulsbbs.bsky.social et al

Thanks @gigascience.bsky.social for the cool video opportunity, and thanks again to all co-authors! @alicebalard.bsky.social @chemamd.bsky.social @qmulsbbs.bsky.social et al

GigaScience Journal@gigascience.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Watch this new explainer video from @eugeniecyen.bsky.social on her labs work on on conservation #genomics and #epigenomics of endangered Loggerhead Turtles youtu.be/3C4D43mEBBk?...

📢We’re recruiting! 🌳Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation A permanent teaching-focused position in our vibrant, welcoming and intellectually stimulating academic community. Deadline: 7 September. Apply here: bit.ly/3HKtNeZ

Did you know that fungi can have more sexes than you can imagine, slugs have both female and male reproductive organs, and many birds pair up into same-sex couples? Our special guided tour on 25 September will explore nature's diversity and its interpretation by scientists.

Queer Ecology Evening at the Linnean Society

A special guided tour exploring the diversity of nature and its interpretation by scientists throughout history.

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Turtley cool usage of @nanoporetech.com sequencing to simultaneously generate genomic and epigenomic resources simultaneously. Chromosome-level genome assembly and methylome profile yield insights for the conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles doi.org/10.1093/giga...

Great to see this published in @gigascience.bsky.social! Using @nanoporetech.com, we generated genome and methylome resources simultaneously to drive molecular insights for conservation of loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Verde 🐢🧬🇨🇻 doi.org/10.1093/giga...

Chromosome-level genome assembly and methylome profile yield insights for the conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles

AbstractBackground. Characterizing genetic and epigenetic diversity is crucial for assessing the adaptive potential of threatened populations and species i

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The genomes of all sea-turtle species are now online and ready for use! Find the haplotype-resolved assemblies from our preprint below on ENA tinyurl.com/seaturtle-ge... 🐢 #genomes #turtles

bioRxiv Genomics@biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · last yr.

Haplotype-resolved reference genomes of the sea turtle clade unveil ultra-syntenic genomes with hotspots of divergence https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.644878v1

Eugenie 'Charley' Yen (Queen Mary U of London) then shared her beautiful work using Oxford Nanopore sequencing for genomic & epigenomic approaches for conservation of endangered loggerhead sea turtles - even taking the P2 device into the field to deploy methylation-based biomarkers in real-time!

There were remarkable updates presented at #PAG32 on incredibly accurate @nanoporetech.com sequencing for applications ranging from telomere-to-telomere plant & animal genome assemblies, to amplicon sequencing at massive scale. Here are some highlights in case you missed them (thread)

Exciting PhD opportunity, please apply by the 20/01 and feel free to email me with any questions! Fully funded by @scilifelab.se

Animal Ecology Uppsala@animecol-uu.bsky.social · 2y ago

❕ PhD position on 🦋 ❕ Passionate about studying the genomics of local adaptation? Join us for a fully funded 4-year PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden. Enjoy competitive salaries, full employment benefits, and a vibrant research community surrounded by nature. Apply here uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Excited to present at the #PAG2025 @nanoporetech.com workshop tomorrow! Come along to hear more about how we incorporate ONT methylation sequencing for sea turtle conservation! 🐢🧬

Aaron Pomerantz@aaronpomerantz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Who’s all going to #PAG2025? Be sure to make our @nanoporetech.com workshop, where you’ll hear how real-time, scalable, highly accurate sequencing is transforming: 🦋 Biodiversity research at scale 🐢 Endangered species conservation 🦠 Pathogen surveillance 🌱 T2T plant assemblies bit.ly/3DqFncM

Co-occurring species have similar tolerances to rising temperatures, suggesting communities will decline abruptly due to climate change. I wrote about our latest paper for The Conversation - check it out! 🧪🌏🥵 theconversation.com/shared-heat-...

Shared heat tolerance leaves ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse – new research

Different species often malfunction at the same temperature limit.

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