@nicolas-pollet.bsky.social
Evolution - Gene conflicts - Amphibians - Polyploidy - Genomics - Microbiome
Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...
My brother gave me this suggestion for what the book cover SHOULD look like. It's a very good thing that authors don't get control over cover design because I would have been SO tempted to use this...
🚀 We're excited to launch ISME Host Microbe—a new fully open access journal dedicated to the ecology of host–microbe interactions. Read the inaugural editorial & submit your best science: academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic... #MicrobialEcology #Microbiome #OneHealth
Researchers, we want to hear from you! Take 10 minutes to complete a new OECD–EU survey and help policymakers better understand how R&D work is evolving. 👉 oe.cd/RD2026
Get your calendars, because the new 2027 EMBL Annual Poster has arrived: s.embl.org/2027-poster Whether you'd like to enhance your skills in a practical course or engage with the latest research at one of our conferences, we've got you covered. See you at EMBL in 2027! 🙌 #LifeSciences #EMBL
There's this list: ipscell.com/2012/06/the-... How scientists insult other scientists.
The scientist's guide to insulting other scientists - The Niche
Professor present the scientist's guide to insulting other scientists.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · last wk.Hey 🧪! I was just reminiscing with a friend about the time a very senior academic called a mid-career guy's work "completely meaningless" at a meeting and now I want to hear your best (public, academic) disses
“Nigeria, home to one of the continent’s largest ports, has drifted inland, grown in size and changed shape. It’s not that the map bestows the name on the wrong country; the new landlocked, splat-shaped Nigeria sprawls across Mali, Niger, Algeria and Chad, probably, resembling no existing state”
State Dept. apologizing for Africa map that mislabeled every country
The map, part of a presentation Sunday at the AIDS 2026 summit in Rio de Janeiro, purports to show six African countries that are receiving U.S. health funding. It gets each of them wrong.
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#TEsky TE_Bench: a foundational benchmarking workflow for transposable element annotation pipelines doi.org/10.1186/s131...
TE_Bench: a foundational benchmarking workflow for transposable element annotation pipelines - Mobile DNA
Background Methods for computational discovery of transposable elements (TEs) in DNA sequences are under continual development. Although many TE annotation pipelines have been published, differences in their methods are often opaque and can lead to inconsistent results. As new methods emerge, there is a growing need for an informative and reproducible strategy to evaluate pipeline performance. Results We developed TE_Bench, a user-friendly TE annotation benchmarking workflow that streamlines data generation and visualization for systematic comparison of annotation pipeline performance. TE_Bench can automate simulation of DNA sequences containing artificially evolved TEs from a database or accept user-provided real data to quantify how well test pipelines detect TEs relative to a reference annotation. To accommodate users with varying starting points, TE_Bench is housed as a Snakemake workflow with several options. The data it generates can be used to determine which TE annotation pipeline to use for a specific task, or to inform future improvements to pipelines by revealing shortcomings. We demonstrate the utility of TE_Bench in both contexts by benchmarking EDTA, RepeatModeler2, and Earl Grey using simulated and real DNA sequences. With simulated data, we assess the impact of variables including TE class and nested structure on annotation quality, and with real data, we consider whether read type and mapping method influence downstream annotation. In their default configurations, RepeatModeler2 and Earl Grey perform similarly, outperforming EDTA. Conclusions TE_Bench is an extensible, open-source workflow that supports community-driven TE annotation benchmarking using simulated ground-truth or real genomes. TE_Bench can be accessed at https://gitub.com/hkania/TE_Bench.
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💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Genome #bioinformatics: from short- to long-read sequencing by @training.ebi.embl.org www.ebi.ac.uk/training/mat... Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu #sequencing #longreads #genomics @ebi.embl.org
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ACTUALITE SCIENTIFIQUE ✅ Les transferts horizontaux de segments de #polydnavirus étendent le spectre connu des attaques de #guêpes parasitoïdes aux phasmes et aux orthoptères tinyurl.com/4ss2vvvn #clementgilbert @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social @molbioevol.bsky.social #EGCE
Thanks to the organizers of the Europ. Amphibian Conf. 2026 in Prague Charles University, V. Krylov, J. Harnos, R. Sindelka, V. Soukup. 3 days of exciting and beautiful #xenopus, #axolotl, #salamander science. In a wonderful city! 💚
Connaissez-vous #FishAndClick ? C'est une appli qui vous permet d'aider simplement les scientifiques à cartographier la pollution causée par les déchets issus de la pêche 🎣 🏖️ Alors, cet été, ouvrez les yeux ! 👀 https://www.ifremer.fr/fr/participez-la-recherche-scientifique/fish-click
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Signalez le matériel de pêche perdu !
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Are you a PhD student or a postdoc taking your first steps in #metagenomics? Interested in understanding culture-independent omics techniques to study microbial communities? 🧪 Join us for 'Microbial metagenomics: a 360º approach' #EMBOMetaG Apply by 30 Nov: s.embl.org/met27-01-bl @embo.org
Matrougui @ideevl.bsky.social et al. explore footprints of polydnavirus integration in insect genomes to study the host range of parasitoid wasps, revealing that PDV-mediated HGT affects a wider range of insects than previously thought. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag145 #societyjournal
💬 "Tout n'est pas climatisable." Françoise Vimeux, climatologue et directrice de recherche à l'IRD, alerte sur le plateau de @franceinfo.fr sur l'intensification durable des canicules et appelle à adapter villes et bâtiments plutôt que de miser uniquement sur la climatisation. #canicule
Dans @reporterre.net on parle de l'étude menée par une équipe de recherche internationale dont fait partie Rodolphe Rougerie @isyeb.mnhn.fr et qui suggère que la grande majorité des espèces d’insectes sur Terre est encore totalement inconnue de la science.➡️ @pnas.org reporterre.net/INF-Jusqu-a-...
Les espèces d'insectes sont 3 fois plus nombreuses que ce qu'on pensait
Une nouvelle évaluation scientifique estime qu'il pourrait exister 20 millions d'espèces d'insectes sur Terre. Un chiffre aussi énorme qu'inédit, qui devrait inciter à redoubler les efforts d'étude et...
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ISYEB@isyeb.mnhn.fr · last mo.#Entomology #Insect_species #hyperdiverse #Barcode_Analysis #projet_BIOSCAN_France "Constructing a lower-bound estimate of the global number of insect species..." Colwell, R. K., Rougerie, R., @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... En savoir + 👉 isyeb.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...
🌊 Les pré-inscriptions pour le programme Mon lopin de mer sont ouvertes !
Le recyclage est-il une solution ou une illusion ? ♻ Des étudiants ont mené l’enquête et monté un procès spectacle pour juger l’industrie du recyclage. Entre tromperies, pollution et lobbies, ce tribunal citoyen, donne la parole aux jeunes générations.
Le recyclage jugé par les jeunes générations
YouTube video by CNRS
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Comment Christophe Cassou, climatologue, a climatisé le plateau de BFMTV.
Very happy with this collaboration on the PhD work of Thibault Laffargue and a wonderful band of collaborators, and my first paper on Drosophila 😮 @ideevl.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @cnrs-paris-saclay.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 2mo agoMicrobial profiling of native and alien Drosophila in French Guiana reveals candidate taxa potentially affecting invasion dynamics. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.12.731834v1
So many good points by our colleagues from @dev-journal.bsky.social - really nothing to add!
James Briscoe@jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 2mo agoAs Editor of @dev-journal.bsky.social I get asked "What are you doing about your impact factor?" In our new editorial we say: Ask not what Dev can do for the impact factor. Ask what you can do for Dev's IF The IF is about how we all cite, review & assess each other's work doi.org/10.1242/dev....
Les Assises pour l'Université et pour la recherche auront lieu à l'automne prochain, portées par quinze sociétés savantes qui se portent garantes de la tenue des débats et de leur caractère ouvert, conforme à l'éthique académique. ASUR assure une part de l'organisation. agorasur.fr/assises-pour...
Une hécatombe de bébés éléphants de mer sur une île australienne interroge les scientifiques. Dans @huffingtonpost.fr www.huffingtonpost.fr/environnemen...
Une hécatombe de bébés éléphants de mer sur une île australienne interroge les scientifiques
Plus de 13 000 bébés éléphants de mer ont été retrouvés morts sur les plages de l’île Heard, située dans le sud de l’océan Indien.
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Ce vendredi, journée "2 km 4" et écologie joyeuse aux serres du campus vallée de @univparissaclay.bsky.social : visites, balade à thème scientifique, ateliers...
Please help us to promote these nice photos and the EMBO Developmental Biology course (deadline 30 July) biodesarrollo.unab.cl
Aims
- The main objective of the course is to provide students with state-of-the-art approaches for imaging development, with a particular focus on nervous system development across different animal models...
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La réponse de l’association des directeurs de laboratoire.
Vegetatio - Traces Végétales 📅19 juin 2026 à partir de 13h Activités tout public gratuites à la serre et à la maison des écologies de @univparissaclay.bsky.social : balades, ateliers, exposition, troc aux plantes. Infos : www.ideev.universite-paris-saclay.fr/news/2026/05/ #ese #ecologie
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Vegetatio 2026 - Traces végétales Vendredi 19 juin 2026 de 13h à 19h Vegetatio est un évènement tout public, co-organisé par le laboratoire ESE, la serre de biologie végétale et le jardin botanique du...
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#TEsky Transposons drove the evolution of a male sex-determining gene from a female gene with deep introgression across cichlids doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Transposons drove the evolution of a male sex-determining gene from a female gene with deep introgression across cichlids
A gene from the female pathway was repurposed to determine male sex in tilapia, revealing an unusual evolutionary mechanism.
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Lancement le 1er juin 2026 du programme Dynabiod (dynamiques de la biodiversité terrestre) porté par le @mnhn.fr est un projet labellisé Programmes et équipements prioritaires de recherche (PEPR) Il auscultera pendant huit ans les dynamiques des populations françaises de plantes et d’invertébrés...
