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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Inspiring talk by Reem Aboukhaddour @reemwheat.bsky.social on how giant starships and other transposons have shaped the evolution of the fungal toxin ToxB #BSPP26 #planthealth

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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

👋 Transposon lovers: registration is now open for the CSHL TE meeting! We have a 🔥 lineup of invited speakers and many slots for short talks selected upon abstract across all areas of TE biology. 🧬➰🧬 #TEsky Abstract deadline: July 10 meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

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Writing Support @writing.support · 28/04/2026

ACADEMIC WORD OF THE DAY Today's word (28/04/2026) is DOMAIN: an area (physical or intellectual) over which a person (or group) has control. More at www.writing.support/academic-wor... #AcWri #AcademicWriting #TESOL #AcademicSky #EduSky

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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Recursive Repeat Extender (RRE): A recursive approach to automatically extend repeat element models www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hiding in plain sight! 2.3M conserved non-coding sequences traced back 300M years across 284 plant species Ground-breaking study out in First Release @science.org from labs of @madelaineb.bsky.social, @idane.bsky.social & Zach Lippman ▶️ doi.org/10.1126/scie... ▶️ www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/hiding-...

Phylogeny of the 284 species of plants included in Conservatory data set. Conservatory uncovered ~2.3 million conserved non-coding DNA sequences across 284 plant species from 72 families including eudicots, monocots, gymnosperms, and algae. Illustrations by Professor Madelaine Bartlett.

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Transposable element activity and polymorphisms drive structural variability within and between individual in bivalves www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Transposons as genetic switches for plant defense 🌿 The January 2026 @theplantjournal.bsky.social Editor’s Choice by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social shows how CRK8 expression enhances pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis; with trade-offs. Read now: www.sebiology.org/resource/jan...

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January 2026 TPJ Editor choice: Transposon toggle: Flipping the switch on CRK8 expression for pathogen defense

Discover the Plant Journal editor's choice by Gwendolyn Kirschner

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Emile Gluck-Thaler @mycomile.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We dive into the dynamics of #starships 🚀 in a fungal pathogen to ask: how might these giant #transposons impact human health? We find they drive genome-wide variation, encode clinically-relevant traits and even transpose within the same strain! 🍄🧪 out today in mBio #goteam doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

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Giant transposons promote strain heterogeneity in a major fungal pathogen | mBio

No “one size fits all” option exists for treating fungal infections in large part due to genetic and phenotypic variability among strains. Accounting for strain heterogeneity is thus fundamental for d...

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The virulence gene ToxB is both amplified and disrupted by transposons in the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Save the date: 20 Nov 2025 at 17h. Megan McDonald will present: Jumping Genes and Pathogenic Schemes: the diverse roles that transposons play in pathogen evolution. A must for the pathology community! Info here: www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/m... @karchuntan.bsky.social @ReemWheat.bsky.social

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Josje Romeijn @jromeijn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

The first paper of my PhD is now available as a preprint! 🎉 Transposable elements (TEs) don't just jump within fungal genomes, they also move extensively between species. In this study, we screened over 1,300 fungal genomes and found a conservative estimate of 5,500+ horizontal transfer events.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/11/2025

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97. to.pbs.org/4qPbNSp

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James D. Watson, scientist who co-discovered DNA's double-helix shape, dies at 97

The breakthrough -- made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 -- turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of science for decades. But near the end of his life, he faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, includ...

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DrosEU @droseu.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🪰 🧬16th #DrosEU2026 Workshop & Satellite #DrosophilaSuzukii Meeting Conference will take place 13–17 April 2026 in #Montpellier, France 🇫🇷. We look forward to connecting with colleagues across Europe to discuss new research in #Drosophila #genomics #evolution & #CitizenScience +info 👉 droseu.net

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Irma Querques @irmaquerques.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Excited to share my talk at the EMBL John Kendrew Award ceremony about what transposons taught me about science, life, and change along the way. Big thanks to my mentors, the @embl.org Alumni community, and my current scientific home @maxperutzlabs.bsky.social 💛 youtu.be/NwIikKS7EWE?...

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Irma Querques - 2025 John Kendrew Award Recipient

YouTube video by EMBL Alumni

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EMBL @embl.org · 14/10/2025

EMBL’s 2025 Kendrew alumni award recipient may know how to make fairy tales come true. Irma Querques (@irmaquerques.bsky.social) repurposed the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ transposon as a genetic tool for new therapeutics, particularly against cancer. www.embl.org/news/people-...

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FEMS Journals @femsjournals.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

A new subgroup of #CRISPR-associated transposons, V-K_V2, has been discovered in Nostocales #cyanobacteria by @cyanolab.bsky.social & colleagues 🧬. Its unique features suggest genetic mobility and V2 tracrRNAs are now included in the updated CRISPRtracrRNA tool. buff.ly/gioIfEB

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Artem Ilin @adc34.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Kicked off a series on #Drosophila TE discovery and naming. The first post covers elements that predate the term "mobile element", and more. artemilin.dev/posts/te_nam...

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Drosophila TE name origins, Part 1 – Postdoc Postpunk

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

🎓 Sharpen your RNA-seq skills at EuroBioC2025 Workshops! 📍 Barcelona | Bulk & Single-cell RNA-seq 📅 Sept 15–16 | Hands-on training 🎟️ Limited spots. Register now: eurobioc2025.bioconductor.org #Bioinformatics #EuroBioC2025

Flyer for EuroBioC2025 Carpentry Workshops in Barcelona, Sept 15–16, 2025. Includes two in-person workshops on bulk and single-cell RNA-seq analysis. Hosted at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Features logos, QR code, and registration link: eurobioc2025.bioconductor.org.

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ravindra-raut.bsky.social @ravindra-raut.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🧬Happy Transposon Day! 🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992). #TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal

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Joanna W Jachowicz @jjachowicz.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Join our team as a postdoc and explore the exciting world of transposable elements and developmental biology with us! @imbavienna.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social

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Jaime Huerta-Cepas @jhcepas.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Pre-registration is now open for our second (free) course on phylogenomic data analysis and visualization using ETE, funded by @cziscience.bsky.social First time to cover new ETE4 features: Interactive viz of huge tree, profiling... In Madrid, April 21-25. Travel fellowships available!

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Rebecca Berrens @rberrens.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Please register for the course on Transposable elements in #genomics and #datascience. We will be sharing the magic of #nanopore long reads for #transposon expression #tesky

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