iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Ferdinand Marlétaz @ferdix.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Applications open for the TREE NERC DTP in London www.trees-dla.ac.uk/news/we-are-... We have a cool PhD project on echinoderm fossils and genome architecture evolutions with @imranrahman.bsky.social Feel free to drop a line to inquire!

099 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Anyi Mazo-Vargas @anyimv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🎉 First work from my lab at Duke University 🦋 Led by @tianshenbio.bsky.social Shen Tian, whose in situs are 😚🤌, with key contributions from @yf-joye-zhou.bsky.social Joye Zhou. Exploring the evolution of the WntA regulatory network in butterfly wing patterning. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

biorxiv.org

Genetic circuit rewiring underlies a lineage-specific patterning machinery on butterfly wings

Phenotypes evolve through changes in gene regulatory networks (GRNs), but how changes in network topology contribute to phenotypic evolution is still poorly understood. Butterfly wing color patterns p...

55720 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Mette Handberg-Thorsager @metteh-thorsager.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Proud to be part of this work. #Mastodon #CellLineage #Fiji

051 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Here is our new collaborative paper on the origin of cholinergic and monoaminergic signaling. The data suggest that biogenic amine signaling is thus not a bilaterian innovation but an ancient mode of cellular communication that evolved from generalist to […] [Original post on biologists.social]

Main biosynthetic pathways of biogenic amines and their evolution. Diagram showing key steps of the main pathways for the production of biogenic amines. The main enzymes that catalyze each reaction are shown, as well as, alternative
enzymes that may promiscuously catalyze the same reaction.

03922 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Luis Guerra @luisguerra.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

From promiscuity to specialization: The origin of cholinergic and monoaminergic signaling is pre-bilaterian www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

biorxiv.org

083 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#invertober 10, snake sea cucumber (Synapta maculata) #invertober2026

color block art of a snake sea cucumber curling and looping its long body and filling most of the canvas, with its oral tentacles flared. background is a blue gradient

010025 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There’s been lots of these fellas in my samples recently. Larvae of polychaetes (bristle worms) from the family Capitellidae. #marineplankton 🦑🔬

1596 0

Allan Carrillo-Baltodano @allancarbal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#FluorescenceFriday Feeling the love for real cilia and real cell imaging 🤩 #DevBio #EvoDevo #PeanutWorm 🥜🪱

1192 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please enjoy this new offering from the lab: we discover that #excavates - ancient flagellate lineages with a voracious appetite for bacteria - change their behaviour depending on the availability of said prey! Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #protistsonsky

25725 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Thea F. Rogers @theafrogers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🧵 Out today in Nature Communications! How did an ancient reshuffling of the genome shape 3D genome architecture and gene regulation in squid, cuttlefish & octopus? 🦑🐙 We combined Micro-C, RNA-seq & ATAC-seq across species, developmental stages & tissues. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-77625-7

doi.org

Genome reorganisation and expansion shape 3D genome architecture and define a distinct regulatory landscape in coleoid cephalopods - Nature Communications

How genome organisation contributes to the evolution of biological complexity is poorly understood. This study shows evolutionary changes in 3D genome architecture rewires gene regulation in coleoid c...

15819 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.

12625274 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had another scale worm larva in my sample! Such a bizarre creature! #marineplankton 🦑🔬

1597 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This bobtail squid had what looked like a case of the sneezes??? Or maybe it was tweakin? Shot using scuba, several miles offshore from Okinawa, while drifting with the plankton, out over the deep abyss, at night.

08613 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

ZooCELL MSCA-Doctoral Network @zoocell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🇫🇷 🪼 Meet our partner, the Institut de la Mer de Villefranche (IMEV)! Our next ZooCELL partner takes us to Villefranche-sur-Mer, on the French Mediterranean coast. IMEV is one of Sorbonne University’s three marine stations and is jointly affiliated with the @cnrs.fr .

175 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Stem Cell Podcast @stemcellpodcast.com · 06/10/2026

🎙️Next week, we drop a special live recording from the @alleninstitute.org! We invited two guests to discuss realities they face as early career researchers. Dr. Crystal Rogers (@rogerslabucd.bsky.social): bit.ly/46Lny3u Dr. Ariel Waisman (@waisman-ar.bsky.social): bit.ly/4hNKlBS

0177 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

bioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sample preparation optimisation for array tomography volume EM of entire organisms: a case study for marine larvae www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

011 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026

Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel – awarded the 2026 medicine prize – discovered a remarkable protein, channelrhodopsin, in a single-celled alga. Hegemann wondered how Chlamydomonas, a single-celled alga, is able to swim towards a light source.

1296112 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ystery worm time! This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this worm, and I’m still none the wiser as to what it is. If anyone knows, let me know! #marineplankton 🦑🔬

53711 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#invertober 2, king ragworm (Alitta virens) #invertober2026

colorblock drawing of a rather colorful king ragworm curling around itself. its labeled in stylized text, each word in an opposing corner. there are four point stars dotting the empty blue background space, and a little gold crown hovering over its head

429179 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Polychaete Bob @polychaetebob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nearly 30 years studying this family, and have described or redescribed over 50% of known species #wormwednesday

092 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

While #NikonSmallWorldInMotion has been quiet over #CiliaGate, the story has broken mainstream media here in the UK just in time for #PCDAwarenessMonth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest

Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.

24313 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Geoff Read @annelidsci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unusual for taxonomy. Retraction for fake citations. doi.org/10.11646/zoo...

Retraction notice because of fake citations from the taxonomy journal Zootaxa for a review article on Phylum Annelida by Hasan, Reynolds, et al

23513 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Tessa Montague @tessamontague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm excited to share our new preprint: Generation of a transgenic cephalopod tinyurl.com/pc86jxz8 Cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopus & squid) are crazy critters that dynamically camouflage to their surroundings by changing the color, pattern, & texture of their skin, which they control w their brain.

13338119 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Enrico D’Aniello @enricodanielloszn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As a member of the Scientific Committee, it is my great pleasure to announce that the Fourth International Symposium on Epigenetics in Marine and Aquatic Research (EPIMAR 2027) will take place in Puerto Varas, Chile, from May 25 to 28, 2027. epimar2027.cl

epimar2027.cl

Epimar 2027 | Global Symposium on Marine Epigenetics

EPIMAR 2027 brings together leading scientists in Puerto Varas, Chile, to discuss breakthroughs in marine epigenetics and aquatic research.

022 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

WGDip @wgdip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congrats to #WGDip team members @tomlewin.bsky.social @dervc.bsky.social @phylogenie.bsky.social & @peterhox.bsky.social , who with their colleague @yjluo.bsky.social , provide evidence consistent with lineage-specific rediploidisation following a cryptic polyploidy event shared by all bryozoans! 🧪

075 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Lionel Christiaen, PhD (he/him/his) @lionlchristiaen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wonderful to welcome Rémi @rdumollard.bsky.social from @imev-mer.fr and Angelica @migliolia.bsky.social from @chemamd.bsky.social lab on a very #SunnyBergen day for a tag-team seminar @msarscentre.bsky.social

0184 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ICB "In particular, we quantify wing kinematics for hovering and slow upwards swimming.." from Swimming Kinematics and Hydrodynamics of a Subtropical Sea Angel Abdullah Aldaddi , et al's doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #science #biology

Fig. 2 CAD model of sea angel showing the tracked points in body (X’Y’Z’) and global (XYZ) coordinate systems. As shown in (A), the body coordinate system, with point g as the origin, moved with the animal. The body angle θ was calculated by measuring the angle between Z and Z’ as shown in (B).

032 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ICB now in issue Swimming #Kinematics and #Hydrodynamics of a #Subtropical Sea Angel Abdullah Aldaddi , Evan Williams , Ferhat Karakas , Amy Maas , David Murphy doi.org/10.1093/icb/... "...the kinematics and fluid dynamics of gymnosome swimming are not well understood..." #science

Sea angels (gymnosomatous pteropods) are small #zooplanktonic shell-less marine snails inhabiting the meso- and #epipelagic zones. They swim in an intermediate Reynolds number regime using highly flexible, wing-like parapodia in order to capture prey, avoid predators, and perform diel vertical migration. However, the kinematics and fluid dynamics of gymnosome swimming are not well understood, particularly for species residing in low-viscosity, subtropical waters. Here we use high-speed stereophotogrammetry and dual brightfield particle image velocimetry (PIV) systems to investigate the swimming of the rare subtropical species Pneumoderma atlantica, captured off the coast of Bermuda. In particular, we quantify wing kinematics for hovering and slow upwards swimming and compare our results with morphologically similar temperate and polar species, which can be up to twice as large and swim in water up to twice as viscous. Like tiny insects flying in a similar regime, the chordwise Reynolds number appears to be inversely related to the wing angle of attack and stroke plane. Thus both the small, warm-water and the large polar gymnosomes seem to use their wings more like paddles to generate upward forces while the temperate species seems to use its parapodia more like wings to generate lift. Further, we provide the first flow measurements of a swimming gymnosome, these at somewhat higher swimming speeds, which show that gymnosomes employ an unsteady flow interaction between the wings and body (similar to the clap-and-fling mechanism) twice during each stroke cycle which likely generates additional lift. These findings provide insight into how similar locomotion modes may be adapted to different viscosities and into the widespread use of lift-generating, clap-and-fling-like mechanisms among marine #snails.

023 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’ve seen it >100 times, but I’ve never been about to capture it until now. Presumably, it is spawning (but I can’t be positive). But what is the green cloud, and what is the smaller blue squiggly??? #blackwater, #blackwaterdiving #polychaete

820060 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Cnidarian developmental mechanisms group @clytia-vlfr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Evidence collected by successive lab members over many years that neural cells in the Clytia larva have two origins: From 'i-cells' located in endoderm and by delamination of the gastrula ectoderm. doi.org/10.1242/dev.... @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @annaferraioli.bsky.social

The two proposed neurogenesis pathways during Clytia larval development

13711 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Here’s a beautiful scale worm larva from my latest marine plankton sample for #internationalmicroorganismday ! #marineplankton 🦑

2427 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

goenomix.bsky.social @goenomix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/2 And yet another new face in our #GoenomiX team. 🥳 Welcome, Varuni Mishra! 🔬 Research: Polychaetes, Syllid biology and evolution, regeneration and transcriptomics 🔭 Looking forward to: Learn new techniques (e.g. RNAseq & in-situ hybridisation) to study the Wnt pathway in Syllid regeneration.

132 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Russell Garwood @russellgarwood.co.uk · 15/09/2026

Interested in how species diversity is split between major animal groups? Here is the infographic for you! 🧪⚒️🦀🦑 #evosky

An infographic showing the number of described and estimated species for major animal groups. There are more insects than anything else. Of the remaining groups, arachnids and nematodes are the most diverse.

12255119 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

goenomix.bsky.social @goenomix.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1/2 Our #GoenomiX team is growing. 🥳 Welcome, @johnnyds.bsky.social! 🔬 Research: Metazoan evolution, regulation of gene expression 🔭 Looking forward to: Testing evolutionary hypotheses cross-phyla!

1104 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

EuroMarine OYSTER @em-oyster.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 2-years Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Venomics 📍 Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid,Spain 🔗 www.mncn.csic.es/es/investiga...

mncn.csic.es

2-years Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Venomics | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

The Project Animal venoms are remarkable evolutionary innovations, yet we know little about how new venom systems originate and diversify. Our recently funded project DRIVEN (DRIvers and mechanisms of...

111 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Not your average worm 🔥⁠ ⁠ Gossamer worms call the expansive waters of the ocean’s twilight zone home. Living up in the water column, thousands of feet above the seafloor, has made Tomopteris effective swimmers. They swish their bodies side to side while rowing paddle-like parapodia.

121550 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Alfonso Martinez Arias @amartinezarias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It is clear that people are using AI to review papers and grants. Often as a tool, not as an off the bottle answer for review (though some do). One of the signs of this is the detail of the negative comments and the errors, often minor and irrelevant to the conclusions. 🧵

31812 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Teresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

‼️ Postdoc position open. We study how protein metabolism controls time. If you’re excited by this question, we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for a motivated & collaborative researcher with a strong track record. 📅 30 September 2026 📢 Please share Apply here 👇👇

babraham.current-vacancies.com

Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Babraham

The lab investigates the molecular mechanisms that control biological timing in mouse and human stem cells (Azzi & Rayon, Curr Opinions 2024; Nakanoh et al., Dev Cell 2026). The central aim of this ex...

14140 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Prakash Lab @ Miami @vprakashlab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Excited to share our new collaborative paper in Development @biologists.bsky.social 😀 🎉 Led by Cyndi Bradham's lab @bostonu.bsky.social & Abigail Descoteaux, we show that Alizarin Red can perturb sea urchin skeletal development via catalase inhibition @univmiami.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/dev....

0135 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Jessica Goodheart @mollusksatamnh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Goodheart Lab is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow on an NSF-funded project to study the process of kleptocnidy, the theft and storage of nematocysts, in nudibranch mollusks. Project link: www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...). Application here: careers.amnh.org/postings/4908.

nsf.gov

Award Details - NSF Award Search

Find award details and explore award abstracts and publications.

12625 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Kate Cavanaugh @katecavanaugh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Absolutely ecstatic to share that WE GOT THE COVER!!! 🥹🎉 Seeing this on NCB's cover feels surreal. So much time, science, and teamwork went into this project, and I couldn’t be more excited to see it celebrated like this. A very, very happy day for this really really old and grown embryo 🐭🧫💥

79720 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Jordana Oliveira @jordanainoliveira.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy to see our fav cichlid Astatotilapia latifasciata with B chromosome featuring the cover of @heredityjournal.bsky.social Collaboration during my PhD -long time ago 🐟🧬Genome assembly of Astatotilapia latifasciata uncovers B chromosome–linked chromatin reorganization doi.org/10.1038/s414...

194 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

By combining DNA sequencing of museum specimens with newly collected specimens & detailed anatomical analyses, an int'l team led by the University of Göttingen has discovered 10 extraordinary new worms species. Paper published in journal: @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social. Read more here: shorturl.at/XHVKY

Large purple barrel sponge on a coral reef, its ruffled, porous surface forming concentric folds around a single large central opening (osculum).

Tangled mass of thin, curly white fibers with fine hair-like protrusions on a dark background, shown in extreme close-up to highlight their coiled texture and delicate structure.

Small white segmented marine polychaete (Cladosyllis) with numerous feathery lateral parapodia along a curved body and a rounded head, annotated with labels "an", "dc", and "pa" on a black background for anatomical identification.

Close-up of a white, cup-shaped sea sponge with fibrous walls and many round pores revealing its inner chamber, attached to a dark underwater surface.

0175 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I don't think I've ever posted these posters together as a set, so here's a first. Wonders of the Deep series, commissioned by the International Seabed Authority between 2020-2022 to celebrate the fragile biodiversity of deep sea. Not for sale. #Art #SciArt

10328121 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Keen on learning how to use Bayesian model selection to test different hypotheses of diversification? 🦴🧬🕰️ Check our latest work in Molecular Biology and Evolution! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... With @zihengyang.bsky.social, @phil-donoghue.bsky.social, and @mariodosreis.bsky.social 💫 (1/2)

academic.oup.com

On the origin of animals and placental mammals: a critique of literalist readings of the fossil record

Abstract. The fossil record is incomplete, as evidenced by the pervasive presence of ghost lineages throughout the Tree of Life. For example, across placen

13923 0

Reposted by Allan Carrillo-Baltodano

Latin American Developmental Biology @lasdb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🗳️ Vote for the New LASDB Logo! We held a logo design contest — now help us pick our top 3 finalists. ✅ Registered emails only ✅ One vote per person 📅 Deadline: Sept 27, 2026 Vote here: script.google.com/macros/s/AKf...

186 0