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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Are you a #NewPI in Ecology & Evolution? Would you like to meet with peers to chat about work, the future and life as a new PI? 🍪☕️ Then I have the form for you! 📋 Help us gauge interest in a new network/event by filling in this short survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/K4wUiuLuFn Please RT! 🙏

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Rink Lab @rink-lab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Day 4 of ISFB XVI was devoted to taxonomy and systematics. Great talks capturing flatworm diversity by Lukas Schärer, Miquel Vila-Farré, Alejandro Catalá Jimenez, Marta Riutort (@riutortlab.bsky.social), Aoi Tsuyuki, Srishti Arya, Vitor Milanese, and Marta Álvarez-Presas (@martaalvarez.bsky.social).

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Alex de Mendoza @alexdemendoza.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sailing in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social ready for summer, our study on the iconic Portuguese man o' war 🪼 is out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... We use (epi)genomics to understand a critter that fascinates me since childhood. Massive team effort with @obog.bsky.social, Cummins and Neely groups. 🧵

the indo-pacific bluebottle (Physalia utriculus)

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We got it! Our project for sequencing reference genomes of microendemic species from the catalan countries has been selected for funding. Yay! @irbio-ub.bsky.social @catbiogenoma.bsky.social @iec.cat @biologiaub.bsky.social @jrozasub.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It was amazing. Thanks @physaliacourses.bsky.social for trusting us. I want to especially thank @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social for being such a good team mate

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New week = New course Very happy to kick off the first edition of the course on Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods with @martaalvarez.bsky.social & @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🚨Only 3 seat left! Join us and learn about phylogenetic & comparative methods: tree building, trait evolution, ancestral state reconstruction, comparative genomics, species delimitation & much more with @martaalvarez.bsky.social @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🚨 Course alert: Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice (online) 🧬 23–26 June. Instructors: @martaalvarez.bsky.social & @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social Learn phylogenetic trees, trait evolution & comparative genomics in R/UNIX www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

June is just around the corner, and there’s still time to join our upcoming courses and boost your data analysis skills with us: www.physalia-courses.org @philipleftwich.bsky.social @eivimeycook.bsky.social @martaalvarez.bsky.social @bioinformatician.bsky.social @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social

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Physalia-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...

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Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice

23-26 June 2026

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Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Jornada Anual IRBio: Ciència i Gestió Promourer un debat constrictiu entre el coneixement científic i la gestió del territori, per una millor una estratègia de conservació de la biodiversitat. 📅 18 març 2026 🕔 9:00-14h 📍 Aula Magna. @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu

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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🚨New course alert! Registrations are now open for the course: Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice with @martaalvarez.bsky.social & Maria Eleonora Rossi www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

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Big Data Phylogeny and Comparative Methods: From Theory to Practice

22-25 June 2026

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SESBE @sesbe-org.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

SESBE, trabajando por un futuro inclusivo para las mujeres y las niñas

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It was a great morning spent listening to the high level research that next generation irbio is conducting. Congrats to all. @irbio-ub.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Ha estat fantàstic. Un nivell altíssim de recerca i humà a les noves generacions de l' @irbio-ub.bsky.social. Felicitats a totes

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InvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Avui ens trobem a les jornades prismàtic sobre espècies invasores. @creaf.cat @irbio-ub.bsky.social

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InvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hoy estamos en la sesión de prismàtic sobre especies invasoras

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InvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Today at the session on invasive species organised by prismàtic

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James Cleland @jpcleland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Two heads are better than one, unless you’re a land planarian trying to find some grub. FORCE pilot project - check! Video credit: Daniel Stoga #nightscience #WormWednesday @hanhtkvu.bsky.social @aikmi.bsky.social @embldbunit.bsky.social @martaalvarez.bsky.social

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InvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Last week we presented land planarian diversity at the XI Trobada d'estudis del Montseny

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InvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

La setmana pasada estuvimos presentando la diversidad de planarias terrestres en el Montseny 👇

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InvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

We are at the II Congrés de ciència ciutadana. Paving the way! #citizenscience @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social #InvAdapt

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InvAdapt Lab @invadapt.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Avui presentem la diversitat de planàries terrestres a la XI Trobada de presentació d'estudis del Montseny. #TrobadaEstudis #Montseny #XarxadeParcs @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social

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Riutort’s Lab @riutortlab.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Two former PhD students from my lab have led this great work, @martaalvarez.bsky.socialand Jordi Paps. How proud I feel, Congratulations!

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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Pleased to be a small part of this molecular palaeobiology study by Jialin Wei, led by Marta Álvarez-Presas and Jordi Paps, with help from Davide Pisani. Animals repeatedly used similar genomic solutions to the challenges of terrestrialization @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Happy to share Jialin's first publication. She did a great job exploring the transition to land in animals. Co-supervised by the great Jordi Paps and me and in collaboration with Davide Pisani and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social

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Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

#ArticleIRBio 📄Evaluating topological variability in Neodermata phylogenies using mitochondrial and ribosomal gene markers 👥 Authors: V. Hugo Caña-Bozada, Belén Mera-Loor, D. I. Hernández-Mena, JL. Justine, M. Álvarez-Presas (IRBioUB) 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... @martaalvarez.bsky.social

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Evaluating topological variability in Neodermata phylogenies using mitochondrial and ribosomal gene markers

The Neodermata is a group of parasitic flatworms that includes the classes Trematoda, Cestoda, and Monogenea. Understanding the phylogenetic relationships within the Neodermata has been a longstanding...

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Last round of interviews for the online participants. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Second round table discussing about the future of the community meetings and what are the next steps. Thanks to all the participants!

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

And our last invited speaker was László Nagy who was talking about the Evolution of gene families key to the formation of multicellular fruiting bodies in fungi. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Fredrik Söderbom on The role of non-coding RNAs in the evolution of multicellularity. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

We had also in session 10 Hajk-Georg Drost talking about How ancient genes convergently organise multicellularity across the tree of life. #Multicellverse @hajkdrost.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

We had a blast in session 10 on genome evolution. First speaker was Nick Irwin talking about horizontal gene transfer. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Great discussion for session 9 on conflicts in the evolution and stability of multicellularity. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Last but not least, invited speaker Emma Hammarlund is closing session 9 talking about fluctuating redox conditions and the "endurance" of multicellularity. #Multicellverse @hammarlund.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Defne Platturk is now talking about information in early multicellular life cycles. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The next online speaker is Clyde Berry on group living and stress response in colonial green algae. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Now Yosuke Nagahata from the MCG lab convinces us that tumorigenesis is an evolutionary reversion to unicellular ancestors. #Multicellverse @multicellgenome.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Session 9 starts with Aurora Nedelcu, invited speaker and co-organiser of this great workshop, on personal cost of cheating as a conflict mediator during the early evolution of multicellularity and cancer. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Our invited speaker Elisabeth Ostrowski is closing session 8 talking about chimerism and cooperation in the social amoebae. #Multicellverse @elizostrow.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Now Christopher Toret is talking about collective invasion organisations in eukaryotic multicellular transitions. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

We are so lucky that we have a hybrid meeting and we can have some speakers online, such as Lizzy Willbanks. #Multicellverse @lizzywilbanks.bsky.social

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Turn now for Will Crockett on sponge reaggregation. #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Tristan Henderson gave a great talk on predator amoebas. Amazing! #Multicellverse

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Marta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Invited speaker Marco La Fortaleza starts the first session of the day talking about epigenetic diversification in bacterial multicellularity. #Multicellverse

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