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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One of the highlights of an amazing #SMBE2026 @official-smbe.bsky.social conference was our symposium, “Evolution of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Genomic Era.” We are so happy it was a great success! A big thank you to all our speakers, our invited speaker, and everyone who joined us!

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It was also an incredible pleasure to meet and connect with so many inspiring and wonderful researchers, colleagues and leading experts in the field.

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Great experience at #SMBE26 @official-smbe.bsky.social in Copenhagen, where I shared my research on the evolution of HLA diversity in a Native American population. Many thanks to the Ancient and Historical Genomics Symposium and my supervisor @biotobi.bsky.social!

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Joanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@acstone.bsky.social getting 2026 #SMBE life time contribution award 😍😍😍🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂 congrats Anne !!!

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Tobias Lenz @biotobi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Very proud to see my PhD student @diyarhamidi.bsky.social present at #SMBE2026 about selection on #HLA genes in Native Americans in the context of exposure to novel pathogens due to the invasion by Europeans.

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Joanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Kathy Belov delivering key note lecture at #SMBE S14 Evolution of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Genomic Age symposium to an almost full house !! 😍😍😍 MHC and Tasmanian Devils @diyarhamidi.bsky.social @jcwinternitz.bsky.social @michalvinkler.bsky.social

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Joanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Excited to be co-hosting S14 Evolution of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Genomic Age today #SMBE with @diyarhamidi.bsky.social, @michalvinkler.bsky.social and @jcwinternitz.bsky.social ! Looking forward to the talks and posters

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Talks by: Kathy Belov Dafna Tussia-Cohen Lars Råberg @timbarra.bsky.social Imroze Khan @cegamorim.bsky.social Rotem Fuchs Marina Escalera Zamudio Emeline Esnouf Dieter Ebert @leonielorenz.bsky.social

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

#SMBE2026 S14: Evolution of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Genomic Age 🗓️ Mon Jun 29, 3:50pm 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme Talks:

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz @biotobi.bsky.social , my colleague Alexej Sinner, and our team assistants Sabine Baumann and Christine Brinker for all the contributions in organization and logistics.

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We also would like to thank Dr. Bahar Patlar @baharpatlar.bsky.social , Dr. Taina Conrad @drtainaconrad.bsky.social , and Dr. Ruth Archer for their experience and support throughout the process. We are also grateful to the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG) for all the opportunities.

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We are pleased to share that the meeting was highly successful. We sincerely thank all participants for sharing their inspiring research, and our invited speakers, Dr. Sophie Armitage and Prof. Dr. Dieter Ebert, for their valuable contributions.

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Short time ago, we, the Evolutionary Immunogenomics Research Group, organized the 29th DZG Graduate Meeting in Evolutionary Biology @dzg-evol.bsky.social at the IZS, University of Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de, bringing together early-career researchers for inspiring talks, discussions, and networking.

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Bornberglab @bornberglab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Marie traveled to the beautiful Hamburg to attend this year’s Graduate Meeting of the Evolutionary Biology Section of the DZG. Many thanks to the organizers for putting together such a nice meeting, featuring great talks and networking opportunities! 🧬☀️

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Dear all, The deadline has been extended to 27 February! We will host the 29th DZG Graduate Meeting in Evolutionary Biology! Don’t miss this great opportunity to share your research, exchange ideas, and connect with other researchers in evolutionary biology. Scan the QR for details👇

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Tobias Lenz @biotobi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Just a quick reminder that the abstract deadline is approaching for the DZG Graduate Meeting in Evolutionary Biology 2026: Feb 20! 👈 We still have a few places left 🤗🌈

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Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️‍🌈 @sabiagini.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

👋 Hi #AcademicSky! Together with @smbe-idea.bsky.social I’m organizing a symposium at #SMBE2026 (Copenhagen) 🇩🇰 🌈 Our mission is to 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 & 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 📣 Call for abstracts 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 ⏰ Deadline: 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟯 ✨ Hope to see you there! 😉 @official-smbe.bsky.social

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Tobias Lenz @biotobi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Deadline for #SMBE2026 abstract submission is coming up (Feb 3)! Consider symposium S14 "Evolution of Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Genomic Age", organized by @jcwinternitz.bsky.social, @arcova.bsky.social, @michalvinkler.bsky.social and @diyarhamidi.bsky.social.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Join the DZG Graduate Meeting in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Hamburg, March 25-27, 2026. Theme: Interactions and Coevolution. PhD students & early postdocs can register. More info: www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/fors… #conference

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DZG Graduate Meeting 2026

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Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Step back and think about this…it’s INCREDIBLE We can sequence DNA from an extinct species that’s been dead for thousands of years. Not only that, we can sequence DNA from another extinct species that first extinct species ate as its last meal…to learn about population dynamics of the extinct prey.

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Bahar Patlar @baharpatlar.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A fantastic meeting is coming 🥳 This year DZG Evo Bio Graduate meeting will be in Hamburg, chase the red queen 🍎 @dzg-evol.bsky.social

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dzg-evol.bsky.social @dzg-evol.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Really grateful to the people in Hamburg for hosting the graduate meeting this year. Join them it will be great!

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This year, we are hosting and organizing the DZG Graduate Meeting in Evolutionary Biology at Hamburg Uni with an exciting theme and amazing invited speakers! For more information and registration, please visit our website: www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung...

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Nature @nature.com · 12/01/2026

Same-sex sexual behaviour is part of the normal social life of some primates and could play an important part in their long-term success go.nature.com/4qNGo1I

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Same-sex sexual behaviour can help primates to survive — and reproduce

Bonds between same-sex individuals help apes and monkeys to manage conflict and strengthen alliances, especially in dry habitats and predator-rich landscapes.

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I participated in the amazing PopGroup @popgroup2026.bsky.social for the first time in Lille, and it was a great experience to present my work for the first time. Many thanks to everyone who organized and participated. I am already very excited for the next ones!

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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

SMBE2026 Symposium 14 | Evolution of host-pathogen interactions in the genomic age 📨 Abstract submission smbe2026.org/abstracts 📋 Programme details smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

We are very excited to be organising this symposium at SMBE @official-smbe.bsky.social next year! We look forward to your abstracts and to being in Copenhagen!

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

For a nice overview of what ancient DNA can tell us about pathogens (produced by undergraduate and graduate students in my lab!) see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOE...

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Ancient DNA Analysis: Why Study ancient Disease?

YouTube video by StoneLab

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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New post by me on #MITPressReader @mitpress.bsky.social On the 100th anniversary of the #ScopesMonkeyTrial the ways we depict #evolution can still give an erroneous progressive view (that evolution leads to humans or ‘increased complexity’). thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-our-pictu...

Depictions of evolution where a phylogeny often has humans on the far right or top can give an impression of evolution being progressive of leading to ‘increased complexity’ when it does not. Top figure shows such a phylogeny which can look the same as ‘the March of progress’ depiction most commonly used to depict evolution (showing monkey to man erroneous march of evolution) - instead swiveling some nodes on a phylogeny where humans are shown closer to the center (which doesn’t change relationships) can lead to better ‘tree thinking’

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CompEvo & HumanG Labs @compevohumang.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

💀+🧬+🤖 = 🎬🔥 Makalemiz artık sadece okunmuyor, izleniyor! Kurgu değil, gerçek bilim 😍😎 Teşekkürler Hacettepe ❤️ @science.org 👇 Yapay zeka animasyonumuza acil bakın: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_C...

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Çatalhöyük Animasyonu

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Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · 30/07/2025

Es ist Pride Week in Hamburg! 🌈 Dieses Mal unter dem Motto: „Wir sind hier, um zu bleiben. Queere Menschen schützen.“ Und auch dieses Jahr heißt es wieder: #HamburgzeigtFlagge Wir sind dabei und haben vor dem Hauptgebäude und vor der Verwaltung im Mittelweg gehisst! 🏳️‍🌈

Bunte Regenbogen-Pride-Flagge weht vor Bürogebäude mit Glasfassade und grauen Wänden.

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CompEvo & HumanG Labs @compevohumang.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

🌾 Agriculture didn’t always spread with mobility of people. New ancient DNA research shows that in western Anatolia, while communities stayed put, farming and village life spread through the movement of ideas and practices.

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Detecting and quantifying rare sex in natural populations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Diyar H. (He/Him) @diyarhamidi.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

An effective marker for water frog systematics, including complex systems and hybrids 🤔 “Structure and Evolution of the uqcrfs1 Gene in Western Palearctic Water Frogs (Genus Pelophylax) and Implications for Systematics of Eastern Mediterranean Species” DOI: doi.org/10.1155/jzs/...

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Structure and Evolution of the uqcrfs1 Gene in Western Palearctic Water Frogs (Genus Pelophylax) and Implications for Systematics of Eastern Mediterranean Species

The Rieske protein, encoded by the nuclear uqcrfs1 gene, is an essential subunit of the cytochrome bc1 complex involved in electron transfer. Despite its vital function, studies on the structure and ....

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Universität Hamburg @uni-hamburg.de · 30/05/2025

Stärkung für die Forschung am UKE: Die @dfg.de hat zwei neue Sonderforschungsbereiche zum mütterlichen Immunsystem und zu Nierenfiltern bewilligt. Diese werden in den kommenden vier Jahren mit insgesamt 29 Millionen Euro gefördert. Auch Forschende aus Lübeck, Berlin, Köln und Münster sind beteiligt.

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UKE-Forschungen zum mütterlichen Immunsystem und zu Nierenfiltern werden gestärkt

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HAAM-community @haam-community.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🚨 Don’t miss the 1st HAAM-radio symposium: "Ethics in Human DNA Research" 📅 May 29 (next week!) 🕒 LA (7am) l Berlin (4pm) | Singapore (10pm) 🎙️ With @paleogenomics.bsky.social @jenniferraff.bsky.social @marisolespitia.bsky.social & Tomás Gozález Zarzar 📝 Register by May 28 🔗 shorturl.at/1VScZ

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Genomic Insights into Derived Dwarfism and Exudivory in a Genus (Callithrix) of the World's Smallest Anthropoid Monkeys www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Joanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Marmosets are diverse in morphology and diet. We study these differences through an evolutionary lens and implications for marmoset conservation and husbandry. This work took 10 years thru major world events, moving across three continents, and driving all over Brazil. Check out the pre-print!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This is a great opportunity to compare the headline they use to get you to click through to the actual substance of the article. These aren't dire wolves. They're gene-edited "99.9% grey wolves." This isn't a scientific breakthrough, it's CRISPR editing with a marketing wing.

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Sebastien Calvignac-Spencer @scs22.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We just succeeded in formally linking a specific rodent species - the otherwise charming fire-footed rope squirrel - to the onset of a mpox outbreak in a primate species - sooty mangabeys. Here Kai’s report on the preprint we released yesterday 1/2

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Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Not really my announcement to make--I am but a lesser co-author--but IQ-TREE 3 has just been released! (Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs) ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models

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Joanna Malukiewicz @arcova.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

📢 new paper alert for the primate and genomics nerds. telomere to telomere ape genomes. I led MHC annotations on this work w/ @biotobi.bsky.social and @meyerbritta.bsky.social And hey it’s my first nature paper 🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Complete sequencing of ape genomes - Nature

Complete sequences of chromosomes telomere-to-telomere from chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan and siamang provide a comprehensive and valuable resource for future evol...

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jydutheil.bsky.social @jydutheil.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

The call for PhD positions at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology is now open, including one in my group! www.evolbio.mpg.de/3017297/appl.... If you are interested in playing with ancestral recombination graphs, please reach out!

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How to apply

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jydutheil.bsky.social @jydutheil.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

New study from the Lab! Jinyang Liang assesses the possibility of inferring ancestral alleles (aka allele polarization) without outgroup sequence, using the ancestral recombination graph (ARG) alone. Here are some of our findings. (1/5)

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