Thanks again for the opportunity to attend #SMBE2026, share my research with a lovely community in which I'm lucky to be a part of as an SMBE Fellow

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ioanna Kotari @janekay27.bsky.social was at #SMBE2026, where she told us about her research and her participation in the SMBE Fellows Program - applications for the second edition are ongoing until August 15. 🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program #society

Two journals, two editorial boards, the same service to science. The SMBE and our research community as a whole are indebted to our colleagues who dedicate their effort and expertise to handling manuscripts in the service of MBE and GBE. #society #societyjournal #SMBE2026

Another incredible night and more amazing conversations with the editors behind MBE, thanks to the SMBE Fellows programme #SMBE2026

Molecular Biology and Evolution@molbioevol.bsky.social · last mo.

Behind every paper in MBE, there's this - a group of excellent and dedicated scientists, serving the SMBE community on our editorial board. By committing their time, these editors make the society's mission to support and connect molecular evolutionists possible. #societyjournal #society #SMBE2026

Such a great experience presenting at #SMBE2026 If you want to chat but didn't find me, let's meet up during the rest of the conference 🙌🏼

So lucky to be able to attend #SMBE2026 this year and get to meet with all the incredible editors behind GBE as an SMBE Fellow.

Genome Biology and Evolution@genomebiolevol.bsky.social · last mo.

GBE team (mostly) together in Copenhagen for #SMBE2026. A huge thank you to our board of editors, both to those here with us and those who couldn't make it, as well as to Nikki Parsons and Godwin Ani - you make our society journal possible through your hard work behind the scenes! #societyjournal

#SMBE2026 has already started for the SMBE Fellows Program, joined by the EiCs of @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more news on the SMBE Fellows Program soon! #society #societyjournal

Is population genetics to your taste? It's certainly to ours - check out Ioanna Kotari's new GBE Highlight on reproducibility in population genomics summary statistics. @janekay27.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag128 #genome #evolution #popgen

This Perspective article is the focus of GBE's June Highlight, by SMBE Fellow Ioanna Kotari @janekay27.bsky.social Getting a π Right: Toward Reproducible Population Genomic Summary Statistics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... #genome #evolution

Getting a π Right: Toward Reproducible Population Genomic Summary Statistics

Population genomics is now in an era of abundance. Vast amounts of genomic data across an ever-growing diversity of species enable comparative analyses at

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This month's MBE Highlight, written by SMBE Fellow Ioanna Kotari (@janekay27.bsky.social), explores how the new avian lung single-cell atlas by Hao et al. uncovers new insights on bird respiratory evolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag116 #evobio #molbio #highlight

This study is the focus of this month's MBE Highlight, written by SMBE Fellow Ioanna Kotari @janekay27.bsky.social Highlight: comparative single-cell analysis reveals how birds and mammals build distinct lung architectures 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag116

Highlight: comparative single-cell analysis reveals how birds and mammals build distinct lung architectures

Endothermic vertebrates—birds and mammals—have convergently evolved specialized respiratory systems that can sustain high metabolic rates. But while both a

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This month's article on skeleton evolution in sponges is the focus of a new Highlight by SMBE Fellow Ioanna Kotari @janekay27.bsky.social Highlight: Ancient oceans, New skeletons—innovations in silicon transport shaped sponge skeletal evolution 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag054 #evobio #molbio

This article is the focus of a new Highlight, by SMBE Fellow Ioanna Kotari @janekay27.bsky.social Highlight: Ancient oceans, New skeletons—innovations in silicon transport shaped sponge skeletal evolution 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag054

Highlight: Ancient oceans, New skeletons—innovations in silicon transport shaped sponge skeletal evolution

Sponges (Porifera), the earliest-diverging animal lineage, are unique among animals for their ability to develop a skeleton made of silica. To do this, the

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This Highlight was written by Ioanna Kotari (@janekay27.bsky.social) in the scope of the SMBE Fellows Program. Learn more about the SMBE Fellows Program here: www.smbe.org/smbe-fellows...

SMBE Fellows Program

The SMBE Fellows Program aims to provide mentorship and guidance to early-career researchers in scientific writing for evolutionary and molecular biology. Specifically, we aim to develop skills in wri...

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This Review is the focus of this month's GBE Highlight, written by SMBE Fellow Ioanna Kotari (@janekay27.bsky.social). Read the Highlight here: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Ioanna's research develops models to study the factors shaping adaptation and the evolutionary history of species, combining multi-species and multi-population data to model the evolution of protein-coding sequences. Ioanna Kotari (@popgenviennaphd.bsky.social) @janekay27.bsky.social

Thank you for this opportunity and I'm excited to learn and actively contribute to science communication as a writing fellow at @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social Congrats to the other fellows @haorancai.bsky.social and Shady Kuster, looking forward to working together!

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are excited to welcome our three new SMBE Fellows! Ioanna Kotari, Shady Kuster, and Haoran Cai will join @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social as writing fellows. Keep an eye on our next Highlight articles in MBE and GBE! #society #scicomm #evobio #molbio #genome #evolution

S. Braichenko, @ruiborges23.bsky.social and C. Kosiol publish a new GBE Perspective on the potential applications of deep learning approaches in phylogenetics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf177 #genome #evolution #phylogenetics

Phylogenetic Methods Meet Deep Learning

Abstract. Deep learning (DL) has been widely used in various scientific fields, but its integration into phylogenetics has been slower, primarily due to th

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@janekay27.bsky.social presenting her work on merging time scales of evolution to infer adaptive evolution. Great talk! #eseb #fwf

Incredible experience to present my work at #eseb2025 on the importance of incorporating population genetics forces in the inference of positive diversifying selection 🦍🐭

It was a really great experience and an amazing hall at the @oeaw.bsky.social, I'm really honoured to receive the DOC fellowship to continue my PhD 🎊

Rui Borges@ruiborges23.bsky.social · 2y ago

Super proud of @janekay27.bsky.social for receiving an OEAW grant to continue their PhD work on codon evolution for another two years 🥳 It was a pity I couldn't be there in person for the award ceremony, but @bio-diogo.bsky.social did a fantastic job stepping in and capturing some great photos: