Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialTeresa Rayon @trayon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Our article is on the COVER of this month’s issue of @cp-devcell.bsky.social! Congrats to all the authors for the hard work, especially Shota, Despina and @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social 66612
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Really beautiful work, very happy to be part of this amazing story. Congrats to all the authors! 051
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Huge congrats to the entire team, super cool work! 010
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialAlex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Capolavoro 🎨 alert 🚨! What is the role of gene body methylation in invertebrates? Despite extensive speculation linking it to plasticity and environmental responses, its mechanistic effects and heritability remain unclear. Our take out in @natecoevo.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/nature.comGene body methylation suppresses intragenic transcription and permits epigenetic inheritance in a cnidarian - Nature Ecology & EvolutionExperiments in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis show a role of gene body methylation in transposable element suppression and that epigenetic inheritance is constrained by chromatin context and tra... 611058
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialCarlos Santana Molina @santanamolina.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Our preprint on the 'Origins of Eukaryotic Metabolism' is out! Take a look at some of the new findings on the origin of eukaryotic membranes, metabolic integrations between archaeal and bacterial ancestors, and other fascinating prokaryotic interactions during eukaryogenesis. doi.org/10.64898/202...doi.org 1117
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Really happy to have been part of this, it was great to work with you guys! 010
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialAlex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Even more bizarrely, some retrotransposons encode DAMs, but also cytosine DNMTs and Chromo (histone reader) domains, we dub these guys EpiLTRs. Why on earth a TE needs a more complex epigenome than many classic eukaryotic model species (e.g. yeast or flies) boggles us, but hard to explore yet. 5/ 131
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialAlex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 26/05/2026New preprint! In an fun collaboration with @imaeso.bsky.social and @mirimiam.bsky.social led by Manu F-M, we set to explore the potential adaptation of transposable elements 👾 to host adenine DNA methylation by recruiting prokaryotic DAM methyltransferases: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... 1/6biorxiv.org 65024
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialEvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Thrilled to be part of this extraordinary set of groups of the #EvoDevOmics Network, and glad to see the interactions of my team with members of other labs. Great presentations by @alfonso233.bsky.social and @baielx.bsky.social of our lab projects on gene loss and genomics. #dissemination #outreach 063
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialPhysalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🧬 Big Data Phylogeny & Comparative Methods course (23–26 June , online) with @martaalvarez.bsky.social & @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social Learn to build and interpret phylogenetic trees, analyse trait evolution, and apply comparative genomics to real data www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...physalia-courses.orgBig Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice23-26 June 2026 073
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialChampi @jpascualanaya.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The last couple of days were a blast! We had the 1st general meeting of the Spanish Network of #EvoDevOmics, funded by @ageinves.bsky.social. Lots of great science and fruitful discussions! Thanks to @mirimiam.bsky.social, @imaeso.bsky.social and @isabelalmudi.bsky.social for the local organization 082
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Special thanks to our external international collaborators for supporting the 'EvoDevOmics Network' & sharing their beautiful science with us @alexdemendoza.bsky.social @bertaverd.bsky.social @jordisolana.bsky.social @hector-escriva.bsky.social Stéphanie Bertrand & @emiliapsantos.bsky.social 150
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 29/04/2026@fany-real.bsky.social, @multicellgenome.bsky.social, @obog.bsky.social, @arnausebe.bsky.social, @bpernaute.bsky.social, @malmuedocas.bsky.social & Nuria Flames 151
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 29/04/2026So happy to be part of this network coordinated by @mirimiam.bsky.social at @melisupf.bsky.social and such a fantastic team of labs @isabelalmudi.bsky.social, @jpascualanaya.bsky.social, @anariesgo.bsky.social, @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social, @patrialvarezcam.bsky.social, @phylobrain.bsky.social 1/2 130
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Amazing couple of days enjoying & discussing science in the best possible company during the Barcelona meeting of the 'EvoDevOmics Network', funded by @ageinves.bsky.social. Really happy to see how the EvoDevo community in Spain is thriving & fostering a fantastic new generation of PhDs & Postdocs. 1105
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialIsabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026& the rest of labs for such fantastic network: @anariesgo.bsky.social, @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social, @patrialvarezcam.bsky.social, @phylobrain.bsky.social, @fany-real.bsky.social, @multicellgenome.bsky.social,@obog.bsky.social, @arnausebe.bsky.social, @bpernaute.bsky.social, Almuedo & Flames labs 182
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialIsabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Special thanks to @mirimiam.bsky.social @melisupf.bsky.social, @jpascualanaya.bsky.social, and @imaeso.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social for organising! 181
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialIsabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Exhausted but extremely happy for the two past days of very exciting Science! The EvoDevOmics Spanish Network gathered together in BCN to discuss about evodevo & omics, lots of great talks, discussions and future collaborations. 🤩 #evodevo 13410
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialManuel Irimia @mirimiam.bsky.social · 02/03/2026🚨🧬🚨 We're looking for a specialized Research Assistant to spearhead a project aimed at exploring new RNA therapeutics in diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Junior or Senior, we're hoping to recruit a highly motivated and self-driven scientist interested in both basic and applied science. 🦄 0711
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialRafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 02/02/2026New preprint!! 🚨 Did you know that many vertebrate species determine sex based on environmental conditions rather than chromosomes? Some turtles, like Trachemys scripta, rely on temperature. We learned more about how this happen molecularly.👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 12013
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialDarío Lupiáñez @dariloops.bsky.social · 03/02/2026🚨 1/ Preprint Alert! Sex determination outcome is conserved across vertebrates (i.e. generating 2 compatible sexes) ♀️♂️ But are the cell types and gene programs behind them conserved too? 🧬 Spoiler: not really 👀 Find out in our new preprint ⬇️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 1239
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialDr. Hotlink @shmemistry.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Dorkssmithsonianmag.comThe Earliest Known Vertebrates Had Four Eyes—and They Worked a Lot Like Ours Do, New Research SuggestsTwo of those eyes may have evolved into a part of the brain called the pineal gland 33850148
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialAurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 25/01/2026📣 Call for Abstracts! Working on sex chromosomes? Join us at SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen (28 June–2 July). All taxa, systems, and approaches welcome! ⏰ Deadline: 3 Feb 2026 👉 smbe2026.org/abstracts/ 02215
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Back from the amazing #sesbe2026 meeting, congrats to @paucarazo.bsky.social & the other organizers! Excellent science, meeting colleagues & sharing our work with a great talk by @biomanu1998.bsky.social SESBE is the place to be! @irbio-ub.bsky.social @sesbe-org.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social 0185
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialIsabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Back in BCN after an great week in Valencia, 1st meeting of #EvoDevOmics network with @mirimiam.bsky.social @anariesgo.bsky.social @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social @patrialvarezcam.bsky.social @jpascualanaya.bsky.social @phylobrain.bsky.social @fany-real.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social & Nuria Flames 1186
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialEvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · 25/01/20261st #EvoDevOmics meeting🍊 What a terrific team @isabelalmudi.bsky.social @mirimiam.bsky.social @anariesgo.bsky.social @patrialvarezcam.bsky.social @jpascualanaya.bsky.social @phylobrain.bsky.social @fany-real.bsky.social Núria🔥 Nacho and more. What great hosts🥘 @hector-escriva.bsky.social & Steph 0137
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialInvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Ayer estuvimos presentando el primer Poster del laboratorio en el X congreso de la sociedad española de Biologia Evolutiva. #SESBE2026 @sesbe-org.bsky.social 022
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialToni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Congratulations to @paucarazo.bsky.social and the other organizers of the #sesbe2026 meeting of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social . It has been a wonderful conference with nice talks, posters and networking, I the wonderful city of Valencia, my home town. 1148
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialMarta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Great talk on venom evolution by Aida Verdes at #SESBE2026. @sesbe-org.bsky.social 092
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialZebrafish Rock! 🎃 @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Immune cell response to spinal cord injury in a zebrafish larva. Credit to @beckergroup.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪 17112
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialAurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 03/09/2025🚨 We are hiring! 🧬 PhD Position – Genomic Architecture & Evolution Join our team at UAB (Barcelona) in an international project 🔬 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Biology/Genetics background + Master’s + English 📅 Apply by Sept 30, 2025 📧 aurora.ruizherrera@uab.cat 🔗 grupsderecerca.uab.cat/evolgenom 11112
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialSEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Spanish EvoDevo at its best. Congrats to the team on this cool work 🥂🍾 Turns out that “deep conservation of CREs across hundreds of millions of years is far more widespread than previously recognized” Check it out👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 095
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 08/01/2026#ArticleIRBio 📄Deep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes 👥Magri, Marta S. @imaeso.bsky.social et al. 📕Nature Ecology & Evolution @nature_the_journal 111
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialGenetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · 08/01/2026A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows new findings on genomic regulation mechanisms throughout evolution, project led by @imaeso.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social, M Arnone, JL Gómez-Skarmeta and V Hinman. web.ub.edu/web/actualit... 011
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialRafael D. Acemel @rdacemel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Great news after the Christmas break! The work on the evolution of cis-regulation in echinoderms by the great Marta Magri, a PhD sibling of mine, is out in Nature Ecology and Evolution! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDeep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes - Nature Ecology & EvolutionAnalysis of the 3D chromatin architecture and cis-regulatory elements in a sea urchin and a sea star reveals mechanisms of 3D chromatin organization in echinoderms and the long-term evolutionary dynam... 171
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialXavier Grau-Bové 🌾 @xgrau.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative keeps growing! We're looking for a Bioinformatician to join the BCA team in Hinxton (UK). www.linkedin.com/posts/wellco...linkedin.com#hiring | Wellcome Sanger InstituteWe're #hiring a new Senior Bioinformatician - Biodiversity Cell Atlas in Hinxton, England. Apply today or share this post with your network. 011
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialPhilip 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
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialArnone Lab @arnonelab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026If you want to read more, take also a look at our blog on @springernature.com Research Communities: go.nature.com/45BwBUigo.nature.comEchinoderms as a paradigm to understand how genome organization shapes body plans and their evolutionAnimal morphology is dependent on where, when and which genes are turned on in the body and to what extent. In order to find out how species build their distinct body plans one needs to look genome an... 051
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialArnone Lab @arnonelab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Exciting news to start the new year! We’re thrilled to see this work finally out in @natecoevo.nature.com, the result of a major collaboration between my lab and the labs of Veronica Hinman and Nacho Maeso, began many years ago with the dear José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 14116
Reposted by @imaeso.bsky.socialDani Voronov @danivoronov.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I am extremely proud and happy to announce that another paper from my PhD days has just been published in @natecoevo.nature.com on evolution of genome and gene regulation thanks to all the amazing people involved. Check the paper out at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDeep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes - Nature Ecology & EvolutionAnalysis of the 3D chromatin architecture and cis-regulatory elements in a sea urchin and a sea star reveals mechanisms of 3D chromatin organization in echinoderms and the long-term evolutionary dynam... 0178
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I would like to thank to all the other co-authors, this has been a long project that could have not been possible without their fantastic work! 010
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 07/01/2026We also found thousands of deeply conserved cis regulatory elements in echinoderms, some of them shared across different animal phyla and dating back to the Cambrian, suggesting that this type of extreme regulatory conservation is much more common than previously thought 100
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Similar to other animals, sea star and sea urchin genomes are also organized into TAD-like structures. But these TADs do not have the CTCF motif orientation pattern typically found in vertebrates, suggesting that CTCF-mediated loop formation could be a novelty of the vertebrate or chordate lineage 100
imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Our work on the evolution of the regulatory genome of echinoderms is now out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Led by my former PhD Marta Magri, Danila Voronov & Saoirse Foley. Great collaboration of Arnone, Hinman & Maeso labs, started long time ago with our missed José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta: rdcu.be/eXX8lrdcu.beDeep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomesNature Ecology & Evolution - Analysis of the 3D chromatin architecture and cis-regulatory elements in a sea urchin and a sea star reveals mechanisms of 3D chromatin organization in echinoderms... 77132
