Karin Näsvall
@k-nasvall.bsky.social
I am interested in evolutionary genomics, chromosome evolution, structural variation, recombination and anything outdoors. Postdoctoral fellow at Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK. Vet and PhD in Evolutionary genomics at EBC, Uppsala.
KamilSJaron.bsky.social@kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 2w agoNew preprint: 338 coleopteran genomes reveal exceptional rearrangement variation compared to other insect orders. Big congrats to @arf-mln.bsky.social, for getting this giant piece together. Big collaboration of @joanameier.bsky.social's and my groups. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.64898/202...
The final "Early Career Researchers in Speciation"-themed seminar is coming up on the 5th of May! This session features talks by Aryeh Miller on Anolis lizards 🦎 and @rishidekayne.bsky.social on speciation research in industry 📊 + we'll hear from Dr Mariana Braga about her career in the Q&A ✋
In July, we will teach the 3rd biodiversity genomics course in Latin America, this time in Bogotá, following the COLEVOL meeting. We invite applications from students, postdocs and PIs from Latin America interested in learning how to analyse genomic data. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
Chromosomes are often classified as either monocentric (single centromere per chr) or holocentric (centromeric activity spread across each chr). In reality, there is a continuum in centromere organisation - and cyperids are a fascinating system to explore this in as James shows in this preprint! 🌱
James McCulloch@jamesimcc.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhy do the chromosomes of cyperids (sedges & rushes) split and fuse so regularly on evolutionary timescales? Is it because they have so many centromeres? Our new preprint, the first major paper of my PhD, addresses this question. 🧵⬇️ 1/12 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Looking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.
Interested in doing a PhD in how extinction processes can inform conservation? Do you see yourself working at the intersection of genomics, museums, conservation and butterfly biology. If so consider applying for the ILESLA PhD programme at Oxford Brookes: www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/rese...
PhD in The Oxford Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science training programme (ILESLA) at Oxford Brookes University
The 4 year MPhil/PhD provides the opportunity to undertake research accross the full breadth of biological and environmental science. This tailored programme includes taught courses in interdisciplina...
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(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe! This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth. Read the story below!👇🏽
Want to spend time in the French Alps and talk about Machine Learning for Evolutionary Genomics Data? Join us for the 2nd Legend conference - abstract submission deadline is on September 22 legend2025.sciencesconf.org
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🧪Vacancy! Do you want to contribute to the @ipbes.net work on scenarios and models? 🌍 The TSU, hosted by IGES, is looking for a new Programme Management Officer. Apply before 31 August! www.iges.or.jp/en/about/emp...
Meet Amjad Khalaf – who has spent his PhD panning for parasite DNA, allowing him to create a goldmine of information for the research community🔎 Amjad shares what first brought him to the Sanger Institute, his research and what he is dreaming about next: sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/29/s...
A new study tracks the recent and rapid diversification of glasswing butterflies, which evolved within the last two million years in the tropics of South America. Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/geno... Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Many thanks to great collaborators, including researchers from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, @camzoology.bsky.social, Ikiam, Ecuador, Uni Campinas, Br, UNMSM, Peru, @floridamuseum.bsky.social, @cnrs.fr Some media releases: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/geno... www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/re...
Genome sequencing of butterflies resolves centuries-old conundrum
When conditions are just right, organisms can undergo rapid bursts of diversification, and what starts out as one species can end up as an entire family tree in the evolutionary equivalent of the blin...
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Huge thanks and congrats to @siluwang.bsky.social and Anne Yoder for organising this amazing special issue. It has been fun contributing and interacting with Silu, Anne and the authors of the other manuscripts, including in a Zoom "tea break" where we presented our projects to each other.
A little news story www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/re... on our new paper🥳 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Remapping the evolutionary tree of butterflies
An international team has remapped the evolutionary relationships of butterflies found across South and Central America to help monitor and support biodiversity.
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Happy to share that the second edition of our course Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics will take place in Mendoza, Argentina, in November 24-28th 2025. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025.
Programmed DNA elimination drives rapid genomic innovation in two thirds of all bird species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.16.664580v1
(1/4) 🌍 EBP-affiliates are sequencing global biodiversity 🌍 Global biodiversity is under threat, but EBP-affiliates around the world are working as quickly as possible to #genome sequence global #diversity before we lose it. #BiodiversityDay #biodiversity #Conservation #Science
In today's episode of the Night Science Podcast we talk with Martin Schwartz from Yale about the importance of stupidity in science: while learning science makes you feel smart, true scientific discovery often involves feeling stupid, because it means venturing into the unknown.
The Night Science Podcast@nightsciencepod.bsky.social · last yr.New Night Science Podcast episode! Martin Schwartz from Yale talks with us about the importance of stupidity in scientific research, how the ego can obstruct creativity, and how resilience, self-discovery, and "passionate indifference" – are key in science. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
I had a great time visiting @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - refreshing discussions with colleagues from the Tree of Life Programme 🪱🐢🦎🦋🪳🪰 Thanks @joanameier.bsky.social @k-nasvall.bsky.social & Kamil Jaron for the invitation!
(1/3) Our collaborators @anguisvaleris.bsky.social and Loukia presented the #ProjectPsyche and the COST Action #10kLepGenomes at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social (IBE-CSIC-UPF)! 🧬🦋 Grateful for the chance to share our vision and spark new connections!
(1/4)🦋 Introducing Project Psyche! A groundbreaking initiative to sequence the genomes of all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths in Europe. The goal is to analyse this data to understand global climate insecurity and threats to biodiversity on a genomic level🧬 #ProjectPsyche #Genomics
#Moths and #butterflies hold a special place in the hearts of #ProjectPsyche members, and some have chosen to carry them on their skin forever! 🦋 Check out this collage of Lepidoptera-inspired tattoos from our community, featuring real species and artistic interpretations alike 🎨
Over two weeks, 12 early-career researchers learnt how to curate genomes as part of Project Psyche! This workshop was funded through the Lep10K COST Action (CA23122) & organised by Working Group 3 which focuses on the generation & utilisation of Psyche genomes. (1/8) @costprogramme.bsky.social
Join us for the 1st Holocentric Chromosomes conference! If you work on holocentric plants🌱, arthropods🦋or worms🪱, cell biology or macroevolution🧬, this conference is for you! Amazing keynotes! @joanameier.bsky.social @amarques.bsky.social, Marcial Escudero and Ines Drinnenberg @UniNeuchatel
We have a project on Bayesian phylogenetics: www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/int... with @zihengyang.bsky.social
Integrating morphology and genomes to infer evolutionary timescales | UCL Trees
Large biological datasets are accumulating at a fast pace, such as genome sequences from the EarthBiogenome project or 3D scan data from museum specimens. These datasets can be integrated to resolve e...
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last couple days to apply (for free! from anywhere in the world!) to the Sanger 2025 PhD Programme — Deadline: 28th November 2024 (09:00 GMT) For more info, visit www.sanger.ac.uk/about/study/...
📜 Why should early-career scientists publish in society journals 🧑🔬 Stephen K. Dolan, Lori D. Banks, Wenqi Yu 📔 mBio 🔗 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #️⃣ (Feeds) #ScientificPublishing #PublishingModels #SocietyJournals #AcademicChatter
Why should early-career scientists publish in society journals | mBio
Society journals are deeply rooted in our scientific community and a vital part of it. They serve as a venue for the publication of high-quality articles while promoting the mission-driven activities ...
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