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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Character matrices, FBD, total-evidence dating... Fancy delving into all this & more over a 3-day course on morphological phylogenetics? 🧬💻🦴 📅 Pre-register by 8 Oct, 17:00 GMT: forms.gle/PwFh8zG6hrHY... ⏰ Deadline to request travel bursaries: 1 Oct, 17:00 GMT More info 👇 tinyurl.com/52c9u7dw

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Morphological Phylogenetics Application Form

Welcome to the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU-PalAss Morphological Phylogenetics Workshop application form. The workshop will be held at University College London on November 9th-11th. We look forward to seeing ...

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Joe Keating @evopalaeo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

⚠️BIOINFORMATCIS JOB ALERT⚠️ Come and join us @bristolbiosci.bsky.social We are recruiting a Lecturer in Bioinformatics. Details here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested!

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Science Magazine @science.org · 29/08/2026

When stressed, this comb jelly reverts to a larval form, then matures again when favorable conditions return. Learn more: scim.ag/4gmdt2J #ScienceMagArchives

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M. Eleonora Rossi @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thank you for all the people that joined us in this course! Best of luck with all your wonderful projects! And of course thank you to @physaliacourses.bsky.social for organizing it, and to @martaalvarez.bsky.social for sharing this opportunity with me ❤️! It was amazing!

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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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Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#SMBE2026 S17: Unicellular organisms in major evolutionary transitions 🗓️ Wed Jul 1, 1:20pm 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme

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Ruolin WU @ruolinwu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The broader implication extends beyond flowering plants. Many famous "rocks vs. clocks" debates may not require choosing sides. The challenge is finding better ways to let fossils and molecules speak to each other. Link to our latest: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Integrated analysis of fossils and molecular divergence time estimates a latest Jurassic origin of angiosperms - Nature Plants

Using extensive fossil occurrence data and Bayesian Brownian Bridge modelling, this study derives data-driven calibration densities for molecular clocks and suggests a Late Jurassic origin of flowerin...

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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨Job claxon🚨 4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies. Come join us, we are nice. 🧪 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

An immunostaining section through a Heliconius brain. Staining and imaging by Dr Max Farnworth.

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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

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Gasper Begus @begus.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

New paper out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: we apply linguistic tools to sperm whale vowels. The result: sperm whale vowels do not just look like human vowels. They also behave like them. We found several parallels. Like in Latin, whales have short and long vowels.

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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

From Pisani et al: CAT-GTR is one of the most flexible models in the phylogenomic arsenal. Phylogenomic mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned models academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

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Phylogenomic mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned models

Abstract. Significant advances have been made in resolving the tree of life, but many nodes remain debated. The last two decades saw the emergence of mixtu

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RobertoFeuda @robertofeuda.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Very nice and timely paper on phylogenomic model choice. Strong evidence that mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned approaches, with CAT-GTR showing robust performance across conditions. Highly relevant for difficult phylogenetic problems. academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

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Phylogenomic mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned models

Abstract. Significant advances have been made in resolving the tree of life, but many nodes remain debated. The last two decades saw the emergence of mixtu

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Hoyaboya @hoyaboya1.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Pisani et al. (2026-04, Molecular Biology and Evolution)（オープンアクセス open access）「ゲノム系統学的混合モデルは，均質モデルと分割モデルよりも優れている」 Phylogenomic mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned models academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

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Phylogenomic mixture models outperform homogeneous and partitioned models

Abstract. Significant advances have been made in resolving the tree of life, but many nodes remain debated. The last two decades saw the emergence of mixtu

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James Gahan @jgahan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Apply now to join us in December for our workshop "Rethinking Cell Differentiation and Development: A Unicellular Perspective". This will be an intimate meeting (30 people total) and we hope will be a great place to discuss this topic.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 30/03/2026

Chromatin plays a central role in gene regulation, but chromatin systems are only known for a few model species. This study analyses chromatin regulatory landscapes in brown algal lineages to elucidate their structural organization and evolution 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Evolution of a distinct chromatin regulatory landscape in brown algae - Nature Ecology & Evolution

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Nature @nature.com · 30/03/2026

Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ

IMPACT OF PARENTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT. Line graph shows how the probability of holding a research position changes from four years before to seven years after having children.

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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

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Aurora 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/

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Did you know sponges are among the oldest animals on Earth? They're over half a billion years old! New research has helped to narrow down when they first evolved - and it could reveal more about the first ever animals! Find out more about these marine marvels 👇 www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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We’ve finally discovered when sponges appeared on Earth | Natural History Museum

New research has revealed the hidden early history of the sponges.

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imaeso.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Our 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/eXX8l

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Deep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes

Nature 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...

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Joe Keating @evopalaeo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Early sponges lacked [mineralised] skeletons. New paper led by M. Eleonora Rossi. Great to have contributed alongside colleagues from @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social , @nhm-london.bsky.social and @mncn-csic.bsky.social. Read it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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