Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Let there be hellstatic.klipy.comElmo Surrounded by Intense FireALT: Elmo Surrounded by Intense Fire 000 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 01/10/2026unfortunately I did not have the bandwidth to make/post a prompt list for invertober this year, but I encourage everyone to draw their favorite invert AND the weirdest invert they know 2434 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 25/09/20261/2 Last Tue we took part to the first UK Wood Ant Translocation & Reintroduction Symposium in York 🥹🇬🇧🐜 Was absolutely fantastic! From historical archives to advanced genetics, from tiny ant houses to flying drones, we got to know what ppl are doing out there to protect & study wood ants #bugsky 🧬 111 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What a great crowd of people for the launch of @ergabiodiv.bsky.social's COST Action CONSENSA today in #Brussels www.cost.eu/actions/CA25... #biodiversity #genomics #standards ERGA members - sign up to participate! 2147 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 19/09/2026(1/2) Travelling in the UK for an upcoming fantastic workshop in York next Tuesday... ... and guess what? We bumped into rufa #ants (aka red wood ants) while hiking in the Peak District! #bugsky 🐜🧬 They are literally chasing us 👀 111 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬RobertoFeuda @robertofeuda.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We're hiring 4 postdocs at @unibo.it to study nervous system evolution. Seeking expertise in single-cell genomics, molecular or developmental biology in ctenophores, cnidarians, echinoderms, flies or human stem cells. 2+2 yrs contract. Deadline: 26 Aug. Please share! bandi.unibo.it/s/apos7/proc...bandi.unibo.itProcedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 4 contratti di ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali - SSD BIOS-04/A - GSD... 12825 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Very cool paper about the #neurogenetics of parenting and age-related behavioural changes in #ants! 🧬🖥️🐜 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #bugskydoi.orgAncient feeding-related neuropeptides regulate alloparenting in ants - NaturePharmacological screening and behavioural assays in ants identify two specific neuropeptides that have key and opposite effects in regulating brood care, and that link nutritional state to age-depende... 011 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬RobertoFeuda @robertofeuda.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of human embryos after gastrulation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comSpatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of human embryos after gastrulation - NatureA spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of whole-human embryos after gastrulation and previously transcriptionally undescribed stages of human development are reported. 081 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Thank you @royalsocietypublishing.org for this beautiful print! Will add it to my zoological anatomy collection 🙂↕️ 010 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 12/06/2026Thank you to everyone who visited our booth at #EED26 and congratulations to our lucky prize draw winner, @filonico.bsky.social from the University of Leicester! 🎉 If you’re looking for a home for your research, we invite you to explore our latest content: royalsociety.org/journals/pub... 151 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Check out our 2026 subject collection, showcasing recent papers in @dev-journal.bsky.social on evolutionary developmental biology: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti... It has been curated to support the 2026 Euro-Evo-Devo conference in Glasgow, UK. #EED2026 02513 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Alexandra Weber @toedtoad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I will be giving a talk tomorrow during the #EED2026 symposium c10 @11:47. I am excited to share my work on a new myriapod lab tractable model and arthropod tracheal evolution. If you stop by make sure to find me after to chat and get a sticker! 051 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026#EED2026 @marcrr.bsky.social talking about the Bgee database for curated animal gene expression patterns. The database is manually curated, freely available. Collects data from published papers. 124 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Not only is this Sphaerodromia brizops adorable, it is a totally separate carcinization event from "regular" crabs 🦀 Btw this one is not a newly described species, but they probably featured it for cuteness reasons onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... 516232 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 11/06/2026She got one already! But can give more for the lab 😆 110 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 11/06/2026#EED26 is proving again to be a great congress! If you are around, want to know about the #evolution of phototransduction (n also grab some #ctenophore iridescent stickers 👀) come find me at poster 55 or somewhere in the venue 🫶🦑🖥️🧬 #marineLife #evolsky Link to the poster pdf: shorturl.at/eZVmx 2162 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Where's the Sorting Hat? ⚡ Loving this venue for the #EED26 in Glasgow 🧬🖥️🦑 060 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it's vital to provide ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer practical ways to help you meet the unique needs & challenges you may encounter as an ECR.biologists.comSupporting early-career researchersOn these pages we highlight the range of resources that we offer to early-career researchers. 0184 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬RobertoFeuda @robertofeuda.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Does anyone have experience with the Gilson PipetMax 268 or 278, or any liquid handling robot, for combinatorial barcoding sci-RNA-seq/SPLiT-seq style workflows? We are interested in buying one for library prep automation. Any feedback welcome! #singlecell #labautomation ➡️ Reply or DM me! 021 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 04/06/2026A couple of weeks ago WWA landed in the UK 🇬🇧 to present our story at @pintofscience.uk @filonico.bsky.social talked bout the importance of #DNA in todays world, bringing examples from #ants and #ctenophores altogether! 🐜🦑🧬🖥️🍻 So many interested people were there enjoying our science 🥹 #SciComm 022 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 01/06/2026💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Bioinformatics basics for trainee students - UNIX and bash basics by @filonico.bsky.social @unibo.it 🧬 🖥️ github.com/filonico/UNI... Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu #unix #bash #genomics #bioinformaticsgithub.comGitHub - filonico/UNIX_and_bash_basics: This repository contains bash basics and other useful resources intended for beginner bioinformaticians 🐧💲This repository contains bash basics and other useful resources intended for beginner bioinformaticians 🐧💲 - filonico/UNIX_and_bash_basics 153 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Thank you @ergabiodiv.bsky.social for including me 🫶 I really think the knowledge hub will be a fundamental resource for all scientists. But know I feel the urge to update all the repository 🫨 020 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I'm not a high-level education teacher, but I'm not a student anymore: just right in between. As such I find myself empathising both with the "lazy" new generations & with the "boring" old school This offers interesting POVs for communication #SciComm www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/dear-...timeshighereducation.comDear educators, Gen Z here. Could you please teach us like it’s 2026?Learning has changed drastically in the past five years, but teaching practices haven’t caught up. From your students’ perspective, here’s how to adapt 001 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Do you know how Feulgen densitometry works? Cos we don't 😶🌫️ Thats why our master student visited prof Flot's lab at Université Libre de Bruxelles Basically it is a technique to estimate genome size from microscopy images & we couldnt help but to try it out on our #ant samples 🖥️🧬🐜 #bugsky #evolsky 051 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Something's in the making for the upcoming #EuroEvoDevo2026 meeting in Glasgow 👀 can wait to see this done! #evolsky #marineLife I'll be presenting a poster, so make sure to visit me 🎁 can't wait to meet old and new friends! 060 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Entomology is for everyone - and we’re here to help make that a reality. The RES EDI Grant supports projects that break down barriers and create opportunities for more people to engage with #InsectScience. Apply for funding 🔽 buff.ly/mzUEw45 📅 Deadline: 17 Julybuff.lyYour idea could inspire the next generation - Apply for funding📸 Damselflies on parade (c) Paul Dibben 2016. The RES EDI Grant is here to fund initiatives that: 🌱 Reach new audiences 🤝 Engage diverse communities 🔬 Open up access to insect science and more. If your project can make an impact, we want to hear from you. 095 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 19/05/2026If only I knew this when I started my PhD! Nothing really ground-breaking or innovative, but this is just one of those "untold rules" of academia that we may want to start telling young scientists, instead of letting them understand in the hard way. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comA step-by-step guide for scientists who hate conference networkingIf the thought of ‘working’ a room packed with strangers fills you with dread, academic careers coach Caroline Dunne has some advice. 011 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Want to work on mosquitos nervous system🦟🩸? This is your chance! #bugsky Hate mosquitos and want them to go extinct, but love sea critters🪼 🧽? This is also your chance! #marineLiife Don't miss the opportunity to get a fully funded PhD working on #genomics, #SingleCell & #phylogenetics! 🖥️🧬 #evolsky 020 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Been training for this moment my whole life. 2148498 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Also, ever wondered what goes into producing a figure for a paper? A tremedously tangled process! You know where you start but not where you'll land #evolsky #SciArt Heres a glimpse: from raw ideas to final results! Btw, the figure got eventually split into two. From our last pub shorturl.at/03ROX 040 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 31/03/2026You ever wondered what happens to a trait after its loss? Dollo's law predicts that it can't be reinstated in its original form. Actually true (partially)! #evolsky Happy to see this published: we have reviewed the LOSS, PERSISTENCE & REVERSAL OF PHENOTYPIC TRAITS 🖥️🧬🦑🐜 doi.org/10.1002/brv.... 1157 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The spark in their eyes never gets old and is truly priceless 🥹 Wood Wide Ants is back in schools sharing the world of #ants with students—from #biology & #systematics to #genomics Their enthusiasm is so inspiring, and we're hoping this keeps going for a long time 🐜🧬🖥️ #SciComm #bugsky 072 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Well that's impressive!! They just published the first massive phenomics dataset spanning the #ants tree of life, with 2,000+ whole-body 3D scans! Can't wait to use this to integrate molecular and phenotipic studies! #bugsky #phylogenetics #genomics 🧬🖥️🐜 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comHigh-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity - Nature MethodsAntscan is a publicly accessible database of synchrotron X-ray CT images of ants. The database covers almost 800 species from more than 200 genera and is coordinated with genome sequencing projects th... 022 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 04/03/2026NEW PAPER OUT 🖤 another one of pure comparative #genomics We investigated the molecular & genome #evolution of tadpole shrimps, a group of #crustaceans with a sharp morphological stasis. Also sequenced 2 new genomes 🧬🦐 (the jackdaw picture is unralated) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article...royalsocietypublishing.orgThe elusive genomic signature of tadpole shrimps’ ancient morphologyAbstract. The tempo of evolutionary change varies widely across the tree of life, with some lineages undergoing extensive morphological diversification whi 031 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Haplodiploidy has been repeatedly reported as one of the factors promoting altruism & eusociality in #insects 🐝🐜🪳 Well apparently it's not! Different statistical approaches find no relationships between the two, in this brand new phylogenetic work! #bugsky #phylogenetics doi.org/10.1073/pnas...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 061 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Kosakyan et al. sequenced mitogenomes of species from the two main lineages of the Gastrotricha; they found stable mitogenomes in the mostly freshwater Chaetonotida, but a dynamic pattern in the the marine Macrodasyida. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag001 #genome #evolution #mtDNA 163 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The cover of February's issue of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of Kosakyan et al. on the evolution of mitochondrial genomes in the Gastrotricha. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag001 #genome #evolution #mtDNA 0144 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Wood Wide Ants — WWA 🐜 @woodwideants.bsky.social · 25/01/2026A gigantic work by some Italian colleagues on how ants have been used as biological control agents all around the globe: more than 180 published papers have been reviewed! Guess what, also the story of our beloved red wood ant is mentioned 🫶🐜 #bugsky doi.org/10.1007/s103...doi.orgAnt-mediated biological control: a global meta-synthesis of antagonistic interactions against pests - Journal of Pest ScienceAnts’ deep and pervasive ecological impacts on terrestrial ecosystems also translate into several meaningful services and disservices for human activities, whose balance can often be complex to assess... 062 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬RobertoFeuda @robertofeuda.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a FIS-3 Advanced Grant (ERC-inspired) to study the evolution of neurogenic GRNs. Recruiting soon: 4 postdocs + 3 PhDs Press release in Italian — to decolonise scientific language 😄 magazine.unibo.it/it/articoli/... Email me if interested in joining the labmagazine.unibo.itUn viaggio all’origine dei sistemi nervosiIl nuovo progetto GRNevo, finanziato con un grant FIS-3 Advanced da 1,9 milioni di euro, studierà come si formano i neuroni durante lo sviluppo in specie animali molto distanti tra loro: dal moscerino... 106115 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Our latest: Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history, led by @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social with help from friends @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social including @anariesgo.bsky.social @evopalaeo.bsky.social Davide Pisani and many othersscience.orgIndependent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary historySponges have a cryptic Ediacaran history because ancestral sponges were soft-bodied and had low fossilization potential. 16927 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 31/12/20252/2🧵In the image below you can see embryos of the Mediterranean mussel🦪 under a fluorescent #microscope 🦑🖥️🧬🔬 In green are sperm mitochondria: ♂️ If they are aggregated (left column), the embryo will develop into a male ♀️ If they are dispersed (right column), the embryo will develop into a female 020 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 31/12/20251/2🧵What a way to end 2025! NEW PAPER OUT with ppl from Uni of Bologna & @szndohrn.bsky.social Did you know that some bivalves🦪 transmit mitochondria through both the maternal and paternal lines? We looked at molecular signatures of this through comp #genomics & #RNAseq 🖥️🧬🦑 doi.org/10.1186/s129...doi.orgNew insights into mitochondrial segregation from the Doubly Uniparental Inheritance system in bivalves - BMC BiologyBackground While nuclear genome segregation is well characterized, mechanisms underlying mitochondrial partitioning remain partially obscure, even though its failure can cause developmental arrest or ... 142 0
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬Developmental Biology @devbiol.bsky.social · 24/12/2025#DBfeature Wish our authors and readers a Happy Holiday & a fruitful 2026!🥳🥳🥳 0173 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Thanks! I must admit that it took me longer to assemble this graphics rather than producing the tree itself 😆 010 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 06/12/20252/2🧵 Call me a nerd, but my brain goes crazy for #phylogenetic trees: I find them elegant and easy to read! So I couldn't help but to draw one for my #invertober2025 wrap-up 🖥️🧬 I also run a series of basics stats 👀 see them below and find the full explanation on github.com/filonico/inv... 084 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 06/12/20251/2🧵 After >1 month I can finally share my #invertober2025 phylogenetic wrap-up!! Actually it was done weeks ago, but I just didn't have the time to put everything together. #phylogenetics 🖥️🧬 Find the full-size version plus caption and additional content on github.com/filonico/inv... 2151 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Just gave a seminar on the #genomics of #SexDet for students of the uni of Bologna. I included these wonderful plates by Nettie M Stevens, the scientist who first linked XY chromosomes to SexDet: she was a woman and, guess what, she is rarely acknowledged for her work #EndViolenceAgainstWomen 020 0
Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 16/11/2025OMG please don't drag me into another invert-based sci art event...what is #InverteFest?! 130 0