📣 Searching for a PostDoc! 📣 Soon to be moving to San Sebastian, Spain, as @georgiamneuro.bsky.social starts her new position 🎉. Looking for a remote/hybrid position within ecoevo. Broad interests in sexual selection, mutation rates, genomic conflicts and gametogenesis. Get in touch!

I don’t have many transferable skills to be fair, but when my neighbour has a fruit fly infestation it’s my time to shine ✨

A great time had by all exploring the history of science, in UCL's 200th year, at the Genetics Evolution & Environment summer retreat.

Very proud of this little contribution we have made to the field. Check out our latest @pnas.org paper on mitonuclear ageing

Stefano Bettinazzi@stefanobettinazzi.bsky.social · 4w ago

How far do intergenomic compatibility shape ageing trajectories? 🦠🧬🪰 Our latest study in PNAS @pnas.org, explores this. Check it out! doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Thanks to an amazing team: @fcamus.bsky.social, @dk-dowling.bsky.social, Avi & Finley. #mitochondria #mitonuclear #ageing #diet #hormesis

We are advertising a 3-year Evolution Education Trust funded #PhD studentship at @ugiatucl.bsky.social UCL to investigate the genomic history of infectious diseases preserved within historical pathology collections. Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... #findaphd #EET

Unlocking the Genomic History of Pathogens Through Pathology Archives at University College London on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Unlocking the Genomic History of Pathogens Through Pathology Archives at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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We are advertising a PhD studentship to study the effects of mitochondrial function on cell motility in flies. The project is supervised by myself, Nick Lane and @fcamus.bsky.social, in collaboration with Anna Franz at UCL, @stramerlab.bsky.social at KCL and Michael Sixt at ISTA. Please repost!

Incredibly grateful for the opportunity and support from BBSRC @ukri.org. Looking forward to start exploring intra-individual mtDNA variation in bees at UCL 🧬🦠🐝 @fcamus.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social www.ukri.org/news/bbsrc-i...

BBSRC invests in 21 new Fellows

BBSRC invests £10 million in 21 new Fellows as part of its ongoing commitment to develop the next generation of independent research leaders across the UK.

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Massive accomplishment and biggest of congrats to you. Well deserved! 🥳 Looking forward to more mito-fun 😎

Stefano Bettinazzi@stefanobettinazzi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thrilled to share I’ve been awarded a @ukri.org BBSRC Fellowship at UCL @cloeucl.bsky.social 🎉 to investigate extreme mitochondrial heteroplasmy in bees 🦠🧬🐝. Exciting times ahead!!

BBSRC Early Independence Fellowships had an Outline stage this year to try help with amount of peer review. Turns out they received 586 applications, a 110% increase on 2025, and only typically fund 15 a year. They are cancelling this stage and going straight to full app with an institutional sift.

Our postdoc ad is live! 🔥 We're seeking a researcher to lead computational work on mitochondrial heteroplasmy in bees. You'll analyse single-cell datasets exploring heterplasmy dynamics. PhD + NGS/bioinformatics expertise required. 🔥 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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A nice way to kick-off the weekend! Just saw that our @molbioevol.bsky.social paper was published! 🎉 Congrats to Finley Grover-Thomas for doing an amazing job, and massive thanks to co-supervisor @aidaandres.bsky.social, and collabs @lucyvandorp.bsky.social @proffballoux.bsky.social!! 🥳

Any tips and tricks for keeping up with emails? Asking for a friend…

🔥 We'll soon be advertising a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at UCL, focusing on insect single-cell mitochondrial genomics. 🔥 More details coming soon. Feel free to get in touch in this sounds fun or share with anyone who might be interested.

Mitonuclear interactions shape male cuticular hydrocarbon profiles with consequences on mating success https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.31.715324v1

🧬 Funded GTA PhD in my lab at UCL @ucllifesciences.bsky.social ! Looking for a motivated student to work on how mismatches between mitochondrial & nuclear genomes shape health, ageing & evolution. Experimental (Drosophila) | Computational genomics The project is flexible & shaped around you.

FindAPhD : Biosciences Graduate Training Assistant PhD Studentships at University College London

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🚨 PhD position available ! 🚨 I am hiring a PhD student to work with me on the evolution of plant sexual systems 🌺 at @unifrbiology.bsky.social ! The position is funded for 4 years by @snsf.ch as part of my Ambizione fellowship. More info here: tinyurl.com/monoecy 🌱 Please RP and share widely ! 🌱

Pleasure giving a recap of a wonderful PopGroup conference, and the opportunity to talk about my research. 🔥

@HeredityJournal@heredityjournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎙️🔊📻 New Heredity podcast! From PopGroup 59 in Lille. Plenary speaker Florencia Camus talks about: 1. The conference 2. Conflict and coadaptation between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes Listen here: shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...

It was an honour to talk at PopGroup! Thanks to the organisers for making it a very memorable event 🥳

POPGROUP59@popgroup2026.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Last plenary of #PGG59 by Flo Camus on the fascinating evolution of mitochondria and their intricate interactions with the nuclear genome !

How your emails find me… (I haven’t read them yet)

We are looking for PhD applicants! ‼️Interested in genomics, ecophysiology and adaptation? Look at our TREES DLA project: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/und... We also offer more projects via ROUTE2. Get in touch and let’s have a chat 💬

Hi Folks ! Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025). Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more ! www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations... --> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk

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POPGROUP59@popgroup2026.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Exciting news! The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris. This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics. More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk See you there !

Hot of the press #mitochondria paper!! 🎉 @jevbio.bsky.social New evidence that #mitonuclear discordance and early-life #diet jointly shape development and adult behaviour in #Drosophila. 🪰🦠🧬🍝 @fcamus.bsky.social @dk-dowling.bsky.social et al., academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

Mitonuclear interactions and early-life diet shape adult nutritional behaviour

Abstract. Mitochondrial function relies on close coordination between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Disruption to this coordination—via mitonuclea

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We are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)

Highlight of the day… Dog Halloween costume arrived. Not sure he is as excited as we are… 😅

Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience 3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social? www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...

Todays highlight is finding out some rebel took a video-recording camera to the 1989 showing of the Phantom of the Opera and filmed the whole show. #SmallWins

Two that I have pictures for, from UCL. Finley Grover presenting his work on the signatures of local adaptation in mtDNA in humans. @ugiatucl.bsky.social

Many of us are using LLMs in coding and scientific writing. They are very helpful tools, but we need to be thoughtful as we integrate them into our work flows to preserve accountability, voice and trust. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan.... An editorial at @evolletters.bsky.social for discussion:

Editorial: Accountability, voice, and trust - responsible use of GenAI in scientific publishing

Over the last few years, the development and rapid advancement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatG

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Looking forward to #ESEB2025! If you fancy mitochondria & mito-nuclear interactions, let’s have a chat!

We are recruiting for a Research Technician to support our lab's experimental evolution work with Drosophila melanogaster at UCL. Do you have recent insect husbandry experience and want to be a key part of an academic research environment? We'd love to hear from you www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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