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Sergio M. Latorre

@smlatorreo.bsky.social

Postdoctoral researcher at UCL. Ancient Genomics and Evolution. https://github.com/smlatorreo

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Hernán A. Burbano @hernanaburbano.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Published version @pnas.org of our collaborative work with Talia Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) et al., 🧵👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @cloeucl.bsky.social @ugiatucl.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uofubiology.bsky.social #microsky #phagesky

Hernán A. Burbano@hernanaburbano.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our new collaborative work led by @taliamycota.bsky.social Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al. tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5 (1/n)

Sergio M. Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#PhageSky A bacterial long-term evolutionary tradeoff, dating as far as 200 years in the past. Very proud to have a small contribution in this great work from Karasov & Burbano Labs led by @taliamycota.bsky.social & Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau. Please read the thread by @hernanaburbano.bsky.social:

Hernán A. Burbano@hernanaburbano.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Sergio M. Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What a great week at Nanjing Agricultural University! Huge thanks to Prof. Souomeng Dong for the invitation to share my research and to his entire team for being such generous hosts. I learned so much from hearing about their work and am thrilled about our future plans together

Ksenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva.bsky.social · last yr.

#2025ISMPMI @danielkroll.bsky.social presenting large scale comparative genomics of fungicide resistance evolution and new pathogen strains emergence

Debangana Moitra @debanganamoitra.bsky.social · last yr.

Fascinating talk by Dr. Talia Karasov (University of Utah) on how plant pathogens weaponize phage-derived tailocins to wipe out bacterial rivals. Microbes fighting microbes—nature’s own biotech. #ISMPMI2025 #Tailocins #MicrobialWarfare

Sergio M. Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social · last yr.

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Sergio M. Latorre@smlatorreo.bsky.social · last yr.

How Rice Blast Fungus stays one step ahead? I'll talk about the evolutionary dynamics of its pangenome. Whether you're into evolutionary insights, curious about methods, or just love a good fungal story, swing by my poster: * P-280 * Tuesday, 9:55-11 :30 #2025ISMPMI

Sergio M. Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks for having me at #pint25 Great discussing #evolution and #pandemics with such a wonderful audience @pintofscience.uk @uclopenscience.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · last yr.

#PopulationGenetics of microbial #pathogens can inform decisions that impact society; @smlatorreo.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study on wheat powdery mildew #fungus which uses genomic data to predict continental-scale dispersion routes 🧪 Paper: plos.io/43qfH9F Primer: plos.io/44YjHQN

Spatial population structure of wheat powdery mildew in Europe. Isolation-by-distance in the Europe+_2022_2023 samples belonging to the N_EUR population (top left), S_EUR2 population (top right), and the complete Europe+_2022_2023 dataset (bottom left). Genetic distance is the number SNPs between a pair of individuals, scaled by the total number of loci compared. Geographic distance is measured between sampling locations of pairs of individuals, in kilometers. The colors represent the density of the data points, with warmer colors corresponding to higher density. 1,000 randomly sampled data points for each dataset are plotted in black. Bottom right: Effective migration surfaces estimated using FEEMS for the Europe+_2022_2023 dataset. The colors indicate the inferred relative intensity of gene flow along each edge of the spatial graph. Orange corresponds to lower-than-average effective migration and blue, higher-than-average. The grey circles show the nodes of the spatial grid the samples were assigned to, based on their sampling locations. The size of the node is proportional to the number of samples assigned.

Sergio M. Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social · last yr.

"Population genetics of plant fungal threats: Insights from wheat powdery mildew" I wrote this Primer inspired by the great work of @jigisha1.bsky.social , @fmenardo.bsky.social and colleagues journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @uclnews.bsky.social @plosbiology.org

Population genetics of plant fungal threats: Insights from wheat powdery mildew

Population genetics studies of microbial pathogens are demonstrating the potential of evolutionary theory to inform decisions that impact society. This Primer explores a recent study on wheat powdery ...

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Hernán A. Burbano @hernanaburbano.bsky.social · last yr.

A primer by Sergio Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ye8zwcrc on the paper by Jigisha et al. "Popgen and molecular epidemiology of wheat powdery mildew" @plosbiology.org tinyurl.com/357nkey8 @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social

Aida Andres @aidaandres.bsky.social · 2y ago

With some delay... but some good news. The final version of our paper Local Genetic Adaptation to Habitat in Wild Chimpanzees is out in Science. Great PanAfrican (PanAf) collaboration led by PhD student (now Dr!) Harrison Ostridge. 🧪#PopGen #evobio www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Local genetic adaptation to habitat in wild chimpanzees

How populations adapt to their environment is a fundamental question in biology. Yet, we know surprisingly little about this process, especially for endangered species, such as nonhuman great apes. Ch...

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Sergio M. Latorre @smlatorreo.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great read to start the 2025 with a good dive into plant pathogen genomics. Thanks for this beautiful work @wagnercfagundes.bsky.social @thorstenlangner.bsky.social

Thorsten Langner@thorstenlangner.bsky.social · 2y ago

From lesions to lessons: 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of filamentous plant pathogen genomics. In our new review, we present lessons we learned over the past 2 decades and discuss the future of plant pathogen genomics. Take a first look! apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...