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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Emma is a Full Professor in the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science and founding director of the Centre for Irish Bat Research. She has studied bat evolution since beginning her PhD in 1997. Read the study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature

An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The results provide a clearer picture of where and how this remarkable lineage emerged.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The landmark study analysed 103 bat genomes, including 42 newly generated chromosome-level assemblies, representing all 21 recognised bat families. This was combined with evidence from 44 fossil bats.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

...a global initiative dedicated to sequencing the genomes of all living bat species co-founded by UCD’s Professor Teeling, reconstructed the evolutionary history of the world's only mammals capable of true powered flight.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

By combining genomic data from all living bat families with ancient fossil records, an international team of 137 researchers from 64 countries working as part of the Bat1K consortium

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Scientists have long struggled to establish where bats first originated, with previous hypotheses proposing Africa, Asia and North America.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This new research has rewritten the evolutionary history of bats, providing evidence that the winged mammals most likely originated in Europe during the late Palaeocene, some 65-60 million years ago.

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Huge congrats to @emmateeling.bsky.social @hillermich.bsky.social & Linfa Wang on latest publication in @nature.com 🦇 🏆 Led by @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social team this massive study completely rewrites the bat family tree, tracing their origins back 65m yrs to EU 🧬 @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🦇⭐️ Cover Star: Huge congratulations to UCD Professor Emma Teeling, whose latest groundbreaking bat research features on the most recent cover of the prestigious journal @nature.com. 👏 @emmateeling.bsky.social

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Why Bats Don’t Age and Why You Should Care! Longevity Roadmap Podcast interview with Dr. Buck Joffrey and @emmateeling.bsky.social is now live about why bats are rewriting the rules of longevity science youtu.be/Ktb3HJmemZ8?... via @YouTube @erc.europa.eu

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Why Bats Don’t Age and Why You Should Care

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Final keynote #MeriadegLeGouil 10 yrs of evolution of Sarbecovirus in Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: dynamics, drivers & spillover rate in sympatric species 3 days of researchers sharing their research. These face to face meetings are so essential for consortium led projects, so much collaboration!

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Final Chalk talks: Host response to pathogens, stress & perturbations #FredTouzalin #OrlinAlcock #MridulaNandakumar & #GwenHurpy Multi-omics, single cell, nanoseq, proteomics & clocks #FengZhu & #MeganPower

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Day 3 - Immune/population - morning keynotes from: #SebastianPuechmaille & #EricPetit - Pedigree reconstruction & genomic analyses to advance our understanding of ageing #JoePrescott - Egyptian rousette bat immune responses to Marburg virus

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Embedded in the heart of @unicologne.bsky.social at the amazing @cecad.bsky.social our event continues with keynote by #AleksandraTrifunovic on Mitochondrial stress responses: gatekeepers of cellular health, disease & longevity followed by chalk talks by #AsyaMartirosyan #AkshamalGamage & #JavierKoh

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

BatProtect programme continues with keynote from #ThomasZwaka: Bat iPSCs & bat adaptations Followed by Genome -validation & test hypothesis chalk talks from #AnastasiaBaturina, #DavidMeyer, #WalterSandt & #ArielEraso

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Day 2: bringing the consortium researchers & experts together is on the theme of Functional & comparative genomics Keynote #StefanMundlos: Functional Genomics of Bat Limb Development With Genome Chalk team talks #LucasCanesin, #YuryMalovichko, #AlejandroGonzales, #BernhardBein & #MicheleAlbertini

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Afternoon session kicked off by #GeraldWilkinson: Comparative studies of bat aging using DNA methylation Followed by Theme 2 chalk talks: DREAM & repair #ArturoBujarrabal-Dueso, #NajaEckert & #XuanjingLi #SonjaVernes gave a keynote on Understanding bat adaptations by studying a captive bat colony

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Part of our programme is Interactive Chalk talks and Theme 1 is on longitudinal sampling, biomarker & repair by #SebastienRiquier, #MaggieWeber, #IlzeSkujina & #MarekUvizl

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

BatProtect - 3 day programme kicked off by @bjornschumacher.bsky.social followed by keynote from #StevenAustad on Methuselah's Zoo: what nature can teach us about living longer, healthier lives

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

3 day programme has exciting blend of keynotes from leading experts, interactive chalk talks by BatProtect researchers from across the consortium and group discussions focusing on new methods, opportunities and future research planning. Day 1 outline below - focuses on Longitudinal Omics/Metadata

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Zoom and emails are great for international @erc.europa.eu synergy grants. But you can't get away from the importance of face-to-face interactions, so the researchers from across the consortium are together in beautiful Cologne thanks to @cecad.bsky.social from 1 - 3 December 2025.

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Björn Schumacher @bjornschumacher.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🧬🧬🧬Targeting Genome Stability to Mitigate Human Aging and Disease - read now our comprehensive review article written with Debbie Toiber how we can target the most fundamental mechanisms of aging and cancer. @annualreviews.bsky.social 🔗 go.shr.lc/3JohYMp

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Björn Schumacher @bjornschumacher.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

It's a great pleasure to introduce the RACE ERA Chair Initiative for Establishing a Research and Innovation Program of Excellence on Ageing and Longevity at the University of Crete with @garinis.bsky.social

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Do bats hold the secret to human longevity? RAZOR’s Reya El-Salahi joins @emmateeling.bsky.social from @ucddublin.bsky.social, & French conservation group Bretagne-Vivante in Brittany as they study bats to uncover longevity secrets. youtu.be/8HSpJbWqfBs?... @erc.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Do bats hold the secret to human longevity?

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

New and exciting project publication "Linking phenotype to genotype using comprehensive genomic comparisons" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @erc.europa.eu @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social @hillermich.bsky.social

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Always great to meet with and discuss our research with the ERC President, Prof Maria Leptin @marialep.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @emmateeling.bsky.social @bjornschumacher.bsky.social

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Check out this exciting publication from the BatProtect project, with many more to follow! "Generating bat primary and immortalised cell-lines from wing biopsies" doi.org/10.1038/s415... @ucddublin.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social

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BatProtect @batprotect.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Want to work with leading researchers? Research Laboratory Manager, UCD Bio and Envir. Science, Temp: UCD - Research – Biological Sciences universityvacancies.com/university-c... Closing date 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 14/07/2025 @bjornschumacher.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social

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Gemma Watts @gemmawatts.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Research Laboratory Manager ERC BatProtect @ucddublin.bsky.social Societal challenges #HealthyAgeing & #InfectiousDiseases resistance Bats have extended health spans & amazing disease resistance universityvacancies.com/university-c... @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social @bjornschumacher.bsky.social

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