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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am proud that THIS is the first serious genome I curated!

KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am so excited to see this preprint out. I started working on springtails with @laurarossevo.bsky.social in 2019, but this pinnacle of our efforts manifested only with heroric leadership of Sam Ebdon! So, what's the deal? 👇

Globular springtail Allacma fusca. Female, one of the samples in the linked preprint.

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sandraduharcourt.bsky.social @sandraduharcourt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Very happy to see our Nature Reviews Genetics article on programmed DNA elimination across eukaryotes out! A fantastic collective effort with an amazing group of colleagues, born from inspiring discussions at the Fondation des Treilles. rdcu.be/tmvKgsPZNhBa @laurarossevo.bsky.social

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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Delighted this huge team effort is out! By surveying >20,000 people from >100 countries, we used to butterflies to show that aesthetic biases distort scientific research & environmental policy. Understanding this bias is a key step towards more balanced decision-making 🦋 www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Tree of Sex @treeofsex.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New publication alert: Tree of Sex 2.0 members unpack the many, sometimes overlapping, sometimes conflicting uses of "sex" in biology. Lead author Caitlin McDonough-Goldstein @ideaspermatheca.bsky.social has an excellent explainer thread if you want a preview!

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Arif M @arf-mln.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Very excited to see the first chapter of my PhD out on bioRxiv! It began as a rotation project and became a pivotal part of my PhD on beetles, adding a complementary macroevolutionary perspective to my second chapter on early-stage speciation in Indonesian herbivorous ladybird beetles.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New preprint: 338 coleopteran genomes reveal exceptional rearrangement variation compared to other insect orders. Big congrats to @arf-mln.bsky.social, for getting this giant piece together. Big collaboration of @joanameier.bsky.social's and my groups. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.64898/202...

Phylogeny of 338 species with tips painted by the chromosomal ancestry of their contemporary genomes (well separated colours indicate only few changes, while blending indicates rearrangements). Colouring of the branches is by the number of rearrangements. The ring between paints and phylogeny indicates wether the chromosomal rearrangement was fusion dominated (brown) or fission dominated (teal) process.
Photo credits: Udo Schmidt, Lech Borowiec, JL Tachet, David Navrátil, Fred Chevaillot, Siga, Cosmin Manci, John Hallmén, Igor Souza-Gonçalves, Alex Hyde, H. Coiffait, David Ignace, Yves Bousquet.

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Pierre Peterlongo @pierrepeterlongo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

1/ 🧬 & 🖥️ New tool: kmhelpers — a Python toolkit dedicated to kmindex, automating the building, updating & querying of large-scale k-mer genomic indexes. Turning raw sequencing samples into a fast, size-optimized search engine — without needing to be a Bloom-filter expert. 🧵

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

That's one way to find out Harmit Malik is not reading your preprints...

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Last chance to register for a Scalable genomics course this autumn! It will be a banger. With @katiejenike.bsky.social @richard-durbin.bsky.social @npmalfoy.bsky.social and @vikramshivakumar.bsky.social! coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/scalab...

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The word on the street is, that someone might be organising a virtual biannual Diptera Comparative Genomics symposium to facilitate knowledge exchange and foster collaborations. Let me know, if you would you be interested in joining the community and possibly contribute to papers such the one below.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A big preprint from my group! Muller Elements are considered to be conserved in flies. We tested it by reconstructing the ancestral dipteran karyotype using 340 chromosomal genomes and suprise suprise, they're not... Led by @juliagries.bsky.social and Sam Ebdon. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵👇

Schema of three major chromosomal rearrangements leading to Muller Elements of Drosophila melanogaster since the common ancestor of Diptera.

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If you are interested in collecting specimens for chromosomal genomes and/or generating chromosomal reference genomes from specimens that were not cold-chain preserved, please read on and share this thread.

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Matthew Hahn @3rdreviewer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Very happy to announce a big new paper from the lab, led by grad students @smishra677.bsky.social and Laia Pomar-Pallarès (in collaboration with @roblanfear.bsky.social). We introduce a new way to study introgression, with accompanying software (DAFT) 1/n 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

New PLOS Biology paper arising from a collaboration between us at the Sanger/U Cambridge and the U York and Sheffield, and many more collaborators across the Americas and Europe. Regulatory changes in the same genes (optix, ivory) led to the same colour patterns in mimetic butterflies and moths.

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Dr. Brendan "Doesn't-go-to-Ravenholm" Pinto @drpintothe2nd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Happy to announce two-fold news! 1) The SCINKD paper is now published in @molbioevol.bsky.social - doi.org/10.1093/molb... 2) SCINKD [v2.2.4] release has reduced runtimes (about 2x) and the revitalized mode for genomes >5Gb is now live and tested on genomes up to 21Gb! 🐸 github.com/DrPintoThe2n...

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Sex chromosome identification and genome curation from a single individual with SCINKD

Abstract. In most animal species, the sex-determining pathway is typically initiated by the presence/absence of a primary genetic cue at a critical point d

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Laura Ross @laurarossevo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Did you know that many organisms delete parts of their genome during development? To know more please join us at the Roscoff meeting on "Mechanistic and Evolutionary Basis of Programmed DNA Elimination" Sep21- 25, 2026. Please share! cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...

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The mechanistic and evolutionary basis of programmed DNA elimination | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We have a few spots left on our amazing #ScalableGenomics course. Perfect for anyone doing #genomics of many or difficult genomes, ideal for #PhD students, #postdocs or anyone else who would like to get hands-on experience. Register in the link below! tinyurl.com/scalableGeno... RT appreciated!

Invitation for our scalable genomics course 11 - 16 of October 2026

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Patrícia Pečnerová @patriciachrzan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Can you believe that until now there were more genomes sequenced for the woolly mammoth than for living African elephants? Today, we bring you the first genomic, continent-scale analyses of 232 high-quality genomes of both species, the savanna and forest elephant. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Inigo Martincorena @imartincorena.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Excited to share our latest work in Nature. Applying single-molecule and single-cell DNA sequencing methods, we uncover an extraordinary landscape of somatic mutations in immune checkpoint genes in autoimmune B cells, suggesting that somatic mutations may be key to autoimmunity [1/n] rdcu.be/fdqbr

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Polyclonal selection of immune checkpoint mutations in thyroid autoimmunity

Nature - Polyclonal selection of immune checkpoint mutations in thyroid autoimmunity

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Katharina Hoff @katharinahoff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

1/ BRAKER4 hatched! The Earth BioGenome Project is on track to sequence ~1.5M eukaryotic species. Every one needs a structural annotation. No Perl monolith was going to survive that. So we rewrote BRAKER from the ground up. github.com/Gaius-August...

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Subscription based academic publishing is a terrible model that has done a lot of harm. I do find the decision by Cancer Research UK understandable, but I like Wellcome's decision not to pay for OA in hybrid journals better.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Is there anyone around Newcastle owning a patch of green where we could collect springtails this Tuesday by any chance? More about the project in @jamesimcc.bsky.social's blog post: sangerinstitute.blog/2026/03/26/s...

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Studying soil’s unsung heroes - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog

In this blog, we hear from Wellcome Sanger Institute PhD student James McCulloch about his favourite invertebrates, the springtails, and their extraordinary cryptic diversity.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ok, another from my series of weird questions… does anyone know how testes of Psychoda sigma (owl midge) looks like?

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Do you plan to analyse lots of genomes? Or few that are large? One or multiple species? Join us for the course on analysing data at scale! (and yes, it will involve a lot of k-mers!). With @katiejenike.bsky.social and others... @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @connectingscience.bsky.social

https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/scalable-genomics-and-pangenomics-20261011/

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Does anyone know where will be the next PopGroup? #PGG

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I get so frustrated with access to papers. We are slowly getting back to the point when it's easier to physically go to the library and see what they got there...

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

And this is my favourite figure, nicely illustrating diversity and turnover of oligocentromeric satelites. Look at Carol and Sandra - one invaded the other at least 2x, which I find particularly amusing.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Very proud of @jamesimcc.bsky.social to submit his first PhD paper about evolution of genomes and centromeres in taxa with oligocentromeric organisation. Lots of interesting discoveries including possibly the first reported re-evolution of monocentricity.

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Cécile Courret @cecilecourret.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🔬 Recruiting a Postdoc!!!! I’m looking for a motivated postdoc to join my lab and work on characterizing the role of a heterochromatin protein involved in a sex-ratio meiotic drive system in Drosophila. If you know someone who might be interested, please share widely!

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Excited for this. Teaching popgen is one of my favourite parts of my job and I've wondered about doing an online version of the class for sometime. Teaming up with @jrossibarra.bsky.social to do this is wonderful.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Last two weeks to apply for a senior faculty position at the Tree of Life. Great environment, amazing colleagues and the world's biggest genome engine... Come to join us at the Tree of Life @sangerinstitute.bsky.social sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...

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Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Join our Tree of Life Programme as a Group Leader in Biodiversity Genomics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Lead ambitious, large-scale genomics research to understand life’s diversity on Earth. 🔗 Learn more and apply: sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco... 📅 Closing date: 8 February 2026

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Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge @geneticscam.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge is seeking a talented Postdoctoral Research Associate to work in the group of Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira (www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-gro...) ➡️For Further details see the link www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to work in the group of Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira (https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/karam-teixeira) in

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Open postdoc position at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social Tree of Life to contribute to the Biodiversity Cell Atlas, with a focus on spatial transcriptomics. Apply by January 4 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco... Please share with anyone who might be interested!

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Postdoctoral Fellow - Biodiversity Cell Atlas

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

please share this postdoc job alert! come join the budding Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative as a postdoc or senior postdoc at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social working closely with @arnausebe.bsky.social and me to make progress on what we cover in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution - Nature

The Biodiversity Cell Atlas aims to create comprehensive single-cell molecular atlases across the eukaryotic tree of life, which will be phylogenetically informed, rely on high-quality genomes and use...

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Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research. #Genomics #Biodiversity www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

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Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe

Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

final week to apply for @sangerinstitute.bsky.social PhD programme (due Nov 27th) -- free to apply, open to anyone anywhere, and a superb training opportunity for students interested in genomic approaches applied to biodiversity, pathogens, vectors, and of course us pesky humans.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Does anyone have a photo of Charles W. Metz by any chance? He originally isolated the Holo2 line of Bradysia coprophila we still use after more than 100 years after their original capture.

Photo of Bradysia coprophila by Sam Ebdon

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This, except I think we can take leadership in our hands, we don’t need funders to do it for us… All of us can avoid publishing and reviewing for for-profits and it does not have to be too much of a sacrifice (plenty of flashy society/nonprofit journals out there). Be the change.

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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Understanding life is starting! Looking forwards to the new following days of talks on biodiversity genomics!

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mara lawniczak @marakat.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

new publication by @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social who mined arthropod reference genome data for hidden microsporidia reads and then did a whole lot of assembling and sleuthing! great job @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social !

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