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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 9h

So long since our Internet relay chat days!!!

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 11h

🧪SBU highlights collaborative work from the lab! @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social

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Gwênlyn Glusman (she/her) ☸️ @gwenlyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I have modernized and enhanced the NSF COA generator tool. Results now update dynamically • Published under more than one name? Covered! • Other people share your name? No problem! • You prefer searching by ORCID? Go ahead! Give it a try. Feedback, bug reports, feature requests are MOST welcome! 🧪

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 02/10/2026

A paper in Nature presents an updated phylogeny of bats based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils. The findings could resolve long-standing controversies in bat biology and provide new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats. go.nature.com/4hJWfvI 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows completion of phase 1 of the Bat1K project, including 103 chromosome-level genome assemblies and annotations representing at least one species from each of the 21 currently recognized bat families.

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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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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🦇 Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Resolving long-standing controversies in bat biology and providing new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats.

Completion of phase 1 of the Bat1K project, including 103 chromosome-level genome assemblies and annotations representing at least one species from each of the 21 currently recognized bat families.

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 30/09/2026

Pushes to build a road connecting Brazil’s Acre state to Peru’s Pacific coast could trigger up to 68,500 hectares of Amazon deforestation per year. Experts warn the BR-364 highway extension also threatens carbon credit revenue & accelerates land speculation. @constancemalleret.bsky.social reports.

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In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments

Along a freshly repaved stretch of the BR-317 highway in Acre, a Brazilian state bordering Bolivia and Peru in the Western Amazon, pasture stretches out as far as the eye can see. Solitary Brazil nut…

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 01/10/2026

🦇 Bats, and flight, began in Europe A fossil and genome study finds bats, and powered flight in mammals, probably arose in Europe in the late Palaeocene, not Africa or North America as long assumed. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3 #Bats #Evolution #Science 🧪

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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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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...

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Bat1K Genome Project @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

👆🏽2020 vs 2026 📈🦇📈🦇🧬

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Bat1K Genome Project @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From six bat species to covering 103 genomes across all 21 bat families 🦇🧬 Two beautiful batty Nature covers, years of collaboration, and an incredible community behind every genome. 🌍🌎🌏 We are proud and excited for what’s next. Our goal: sequence the genome of every bat species!

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Ariadna Morales @ariadnamorales.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very happy to see our paper out in Nature! 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 A huge collaborative effort to revisit the evolutionary history of bats using 103 reference-quality genomes and an extensive fossil dataset, and to build a genomic resource for many questions still to come. 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

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

🦇⭐️ 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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Dominik Melville @ecoevodom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our new study has made it to the cover of Nature - check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... - this will be an invaluable resource for more exciting science about bats and mammal evolution more broadly

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Stephen Matheson 🌵🚲 @sfmatheson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bats. BATS. BATS! BATS BATS BATS BATS BATS. Bats.

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Vollcharmantes Blümchen @vollcharmanteblume.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌻 Fledermäuse sind offenbar seit sehr langer Zeit ziemlich fledermausig. 🦇 Eine neue Studie mit 103 heutigen Arten + 44 Fossilien verortet ihren Ursprung vor rund 65 Mio. Jahren wahrscheinlich in Europa. www.nature.com/artic... Bild: KI-generiert

Quadratische, dunkel-gothisch gestaltete Infografik über die Evolution der Fledermäuse. Im Mittelpunkt fliegt eine realistisch dargestellte Fledermaus mit ausgebreiteten Flügeln durch eine nächtliche, violett beleuchtete Wald- und Felsenlandschaft; dahinter stehen ein großer Mond und weitere Fledermäuse am Himmel. Ein Fossil im Gestein und mehrere Zettel und Tafeln erklären die Forschungsergebnisse: Die Studie kombiniert Genome von 103 heutigen Arten aus allen 21 Fledermausfamilien mit Daten von 44 fossilen Arten. Der gemeinsame Vorfahr wird im späten Paläozän vor rund 65 Millionen Jahren wahrscheinlich in Europa verortet. Aktiver Flug entstand wohl bereits beim gemeinsamen Vorfahren; Kehlkopf-Echoortung vor der Aufspaltung der heutigen Fledermäuse. Außerdem wurden 26 Chromosomen des Vorfahren rekonstruiert. Eine Sonnenblume steht oben links, drei weitere unten rechts.

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📖🦇By combining data from fossil and living species, our SBU team and #paleo collaborators were able to figure out when and where bat families evolved, see a precis here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Genome project opens the next chapter for studying bat evolution

A landmark collection of bat genomes reveals fresh clues about the evolution of one of the world’s most unusual groups of mammals.

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Where did bats come from? 🦇 A new analysis of 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils finds that bats most likely originated in Europe ~65 million years ago, before spreading to Africa & the rest of the world. We also found echolocation arose near the dawn of bat evolution in the now-extinct Eochiroptera 🔬

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🦇🌍In this large collaboration we integrated genomic and fossil evidence to discover bat evolution through the ages 🌍@ emmateeling.bsky.social @ hillermich.bsky.social @ sonjavernes.bsky.social

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🦇🧬Congratulations to E & E alum Bill R. Thomas, whose collaborative work upended bat biogeography in a major new Nature study from the @ bat1kgenomes.bsky.social ! 👉 Check it out! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The fab new paper by the Bat1K consortium graces the cover of this week's issue of @nature.com. Congrats to @ariadnamorales.bsky.social @sonjavernes.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @hillermich.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social & all involved in this landmark work.🦇🧬

The front cover of the 1st October 2026 issue of Nature, capturing an aerial gathering of Natal long-fingered bats (Miniopterus natalensis). Bats are extraordinary creatures — they are the only mammal capable of powered flight, have remarkable disease resistance, use echolocation for navigation, hibernate and have longer than expected healthspans. But our knowledge of bat evolution and their remarkable adaptations is far from complete. In this week’s issue, Emma Teeling, Michael Hiller, Liliana Davalos, Sonja Vernes, David Ray and their Bat1K consortium colleagues present genomes for 103 bat species, representing all 21 bat families.

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

4/4 📖🦇 By combining data from fossil and living species, our SBU team and #paleo collaborators were able to figure out when and where bat families evolved.

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

3/4 Where did bats come from?🦇A new analysis of 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils finds that bats most likely originated in Europe ~65 million years ago, before spreading to Africa & the rest of the world. We also found echolocation arose near the dawn of bat evolution in the now-extinct Eochiroptera 🔬

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2/4 🦇🌍 In this large collaboration we integrated genomic and fossil evidence to discover bat evolution 🌍@ emmateeling.bsky.social @ hillermich.bsky.social @ sonjavernes.bsky.social

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Emma Teeling (@emmateeling.bsky.social)

Full Professor of Zoology @ucddublin | BatProtect (ERC Synergy Grant) Lead Researcher @batprotect.bsky.social @BatProtect | Bat1K Founding Director @bat1kgenomes

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

4/4 📖🦇 By combining data from fossil and living species, our SBU team and #paleo collaborators were able to figure out when and where bat families evolved 👉 Check it out! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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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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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

3/4📖🦇 Where did bats come from? 🦇A new analysis of 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils finds that bats most likely originated in Europe~65 million years ago,before spreading to Africa & the rest of the world.We also found echolocation arose near the dawn of bat evolution in the now extinct Eochiroptera🔬

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2/4 🦇🌍 In this large collaboration we integrated genomic and fossil evidence to discover bat evolution 🌍@ emmateeling.bsky.social @ hillermich.bsky.social @ sonjavernes.bsky.social

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Emma Teeling (@emmateeling.bsky.social)

Full Professor of Zoology @ucddublin | BatProtect (ERC Synergy Grant) Lead Researcher @batprotect.bsky.social @BatProtect | Bat1K Founding Director @bat1kgenomes

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The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Symposium and workshop submission for #evol2027 is OPEN! Do you have a big idea for a fun workshop or cutting-edge research symposium to host in San Juan, PR this summer? Click below for details on the process. Proposals Due Dec. 15! www.systbio.org/symposium-pr...

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Symposium Proposal Submission

We are excited to solicit proposals for the 2027 joint meeting of the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN),...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Amazing study integrating whole genomes and morphology for a revised bat time-tree and biogeographic origins by @ariadnamorales.bsky.social et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our department is hiring! Please share broadly for those potentially interested across all areas of Ecology and Evolution! apply.interfolio.com/193474

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank you for helping our Colciencias Bio2029 team contribute to this global effort!

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Andrés Cuervo @amcuervo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What a study! congrats all authors, especially the incredible Liliana Dávalos #bats #cienciacriolla @labdavalos.bsky.social

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Want to be featured in an upcoming Evolution Exchange interview? We are seeking two to four new faculty members to talk with host Dr. Gina Baucom about their careers and current positions. Nominate yourself or someone else by September 30! forms.gle/tnpK6NYwJZGG...

Text: The Evolution Exchange, a monthly conversation series from the Society for the Study of Evolution. Be our next guest! Nominations due 9/30.

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Dávalos Lab @labdavalos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And here’s the paper: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

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Client Challenge

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Lucia Ruggiero @lruggiero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bats are special: they’re the only mammals that can fly, they can tolerate viruses without getting sick and they have exceptional longevity and cancer resistance 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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Adriana Bravo @berlepschia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

❤️🦇

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