Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezDávalos 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... 1167
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Character 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/52c9u7dwforms.gleMorphological Phylogenetics Application FormWelcome 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 ... 068
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezSystematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Join us Nov 13th for #YSF2026, a completely free, online conference where postgraduate students (and other early career researchers) present their work on systematics, taxonomy and/or phylogenetics. Abstract submission closes Oct 24th! REGISTER: tinyurl.com/bdzxt2ht systass.org/young-system...tinyurl.comYSF2026 Registration FormWelcome to the YSF2026 Registration and Abstract Submission form. This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 13th 2026. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t... 067
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Keen on learning how to use Bayesian model selection to test different hypotheses of diversification? 🦴🧬🕰️ Check our latest work in Molecular Biology and Evolution! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... With @zihengyang.bsky.social, @phil-donoghue.bsky.social, and @mariodosreis.bsky.social 💫 (1/2)academic.oup.comOn the origin of animals and placental mammals: a critique of literalist readings of the fossil recordAbstract. The fossil record is incomplete, as evidenced by the pervasive presence of ghost lineages throughout the Tree of Life. For example, across placen 13923
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Registrations are open to attend the Computational Molecular Evolution course next year (May 9th - 20th) in wonderful Crete! ☀️ Do not miss the deadline, follow the link below for more info and registration details! 🔽 meetings.embo.org/event/27-com...meetings.embo.orgComputational molecular evolutionThe need for effective and informed analysis of biological data is increasing with the explosive growth of genomic data. A phylogenetic framework is central to many molecular evolutionary approaches … 055
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPhilip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Latest from the lab: @ruolinwu.bsky.social integrates fossil and molecular evidence to estimate the timing of origin of flowering plants. Thanks to @sabifo4.bsky.social @jameswclark.bsky.social Yue Tong, Shan Wan, Davide Pisani, Harald Schneider and Daniele Silvestro for helping to make this happen 03813
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezSystematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Abstract submission (and early-bird!) deadline for the BioSyst.EU approaches! You have until Sunday, May 31st to send it in! Join us and our fellow European systematics associations in Uppsala, August 17-19, 2026 for the 4th BioSyst.EU meeting! Details: www.trippus.net/BioSyst2026 #BioSystEU2026trippus.netBioSyst.EU 2026A three-day conference celebrating European systematics and biodiversity research at its origin 017
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 28/05/2026We are back with a new edition of the Physalia Phylogenomics course! Join us Nov 30 – Dec 4 for a hands-on computational deep dive into phylogeny and timetree inference using genomic datasets 🧬💻 Course details and registration info below ⬇️ 051
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezBioSyst.EU 2026 @biosysteu2026.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Mark your calendars! The BioSyst.EU conference is taking place in Uppsala, Sweden from 17th to 19th August! Register now on our website (or using the QR code): www.trippus.net/BioSyst2026 #BioSystEU2026 072
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezAndrew Roger @andrewjroger.bsky.social · 18/03/2026So you are using IQ-TREE to estimate a tree for "deep time" phylogenetics using amino acid alignments. There is a lot of confusion about how to test model fit. Here are some suggestions. 27541
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezRachel Warnock @rachelwarnock.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word! 16283
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezAndrew Rambaut (🐏🎀) @arambaut.bsky.social · 28/02/2026So I pleased to announce the conceptual spawn of FigTree: PearTree (acronym still to be finalised). If you want to dive right in it is hosted as a web app here: artic-network.github.io/peartree (click the “Example...” button for immediate candy and then click every button you can find).artic-network.github.ioPearTree — Phylogenetic Tree Viewer 5166101
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezSiobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · 18/02/2026MENI is back! Join us in Dublin this August 2026 for our 3rd Meeting for Microbial Evolution in Ireland. We are delighted to have @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social @drrebeccajhall.bsky.social @jpjhall.bsky.social and @tweethinking.bsky.social join us as keynote speakers this year. miniurl.com/MENI 24232
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 12/02/2026We enjoyed sharing our passion for science at UCL Illuminated, showcasing how morphology & DNA are used to study evolution! Thanks to everyone who stopped by; @nateomics.bsky.social & I enjoyed discussing topics from dinosaurs, landmarking & Procrustes to Bayesian methods & genomes! 🦴🦖🧬💻 #UCL200 061
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Applications to join the Computational Approaches to Early Evolution workshop are still accepted! Do not miss your chance to attend this event full of discussions on the computational methods for studying early life! 🦠💻🧬 forms.oist.jp/form/computa...forms.oist.jpRegistration for Computational Approaches to Early Evolution | Forms 0128
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Join us for interesting discussions at the Computational Approaches to Early Evolution workshop next year in April at OIST in Onna, Okinawa! 🦠💻🧬 Registrations open until January 2nd '26, do not miss it! More info & registration details in the link below! 🔽 www.oist.jp/conference/c...oist.jpComputational Approaches to Early Evolution 0218
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPhilip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Pre-Christmas moleclular-clock shenanigans with @sabifo4.bsky.social @mariodosreis.bsky.social @zihengyang.bsky.social 1143
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezAndrew Christopher Knapp @knapprew.bsky.social · 09/12/2025New paper! Here we look at shape evolution of the mandible in Pelagiaria, a group of open-ocean fishes that includes tuna and mackerel. We find that shape disparity accumulated rapidly at the origin of the clade at around the K/Pg boundary... academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...academic.oup.comAdaptive radiation of pelagiarian fishes at the K/Pg boundary led to rapid diversification of mandible morphologyAbstract. Mandibles represent a key evolutionary innovation that has enabled jawed vertebrates to adapt and diversify in response to a range of food source 14721
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 05/12/2025So grateful to be back for another year! 💫 Big thanks to all the participants who joined us on this phylogenomics journey. We hope you find these resources helpful for your analyses, best of luck! 💻🧬 031
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPhysalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Very happy to kick off the 5th edition of the #Phylogenomics course with @kaplipa.bsky.social , Tomas Flouri, @sabifo4.bsky.social , @zihengyang.bsky.social , and a wonderfully diverse cohort of attendees from all around the globe! 033
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezZiheng Yang Lab @zihengyang.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Wrapping up our annual joint lab meeting with a visit to the Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL was such a highlight! Always inspiring to reconnect with longtime colleagues, new team members, and collaborators💫 071
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezMarta Álvarez-Presas @martaalvarez.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Happy 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 26434
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Back from this great workshop at Beijing Normal University! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to bring this event to life, it has been a great success!💫 Special thanks to Cai-jin Chen for climbing the Great Wall with me, truly unforgettable! 谢谢🌹 050
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezSystematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Students, if you join us for the lecture, we will be hosting a Student Committee-sponsored reception and you'll be entitled to a FREE drink 🍻 The receptions will be held jointly, so you'll have the opportunity to meet other students and members of the Association. Join us! tinyurl.com/28u2u2z8 022
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezERR_Moody @emoody.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Very happy to announce our new paper on the evolution of metabolism is out now! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... With @tweethinking.bsky.social @sabifo4.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social Davide Pisani, Tim Lenton and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social (1/2)royalsocietypublishing.orgThe emergence of metabolisms through Earth history and implications for biospheric evolution | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesWe investigate the evolution of microbial metabolisms from the last universal common ancestor to the extant biota through comparative phylogenomics, reconciling the evolution of the genes that underpi... 12910
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 06/06/2025More than grateful to the CoME25 organisers for inviting me one more year, it is always so much fun!! Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ και τα λέμε σύντομα! 💙 020
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezZiheng Yang Lab @zihengyang.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Congratulations Dr Jiayi Ji!! 🥳Thanks to examiners @hernanaburbano.bsky.social and Simon Martin, now time to enjoy the long weekend! 🎉 172
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Had so much fun at the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! 💫 Hope that everyone who attended this event enjoyed the two-day journey on theory, methods, and applications of Bayesian Phylogenetics and... Hopefully see you all again soon in future events! 💻🧬 050
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPhilip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Really pleased to be part of this project which shows that aerobic bacteria arose in the Archaean, long before the GOE - after which aerobes proliferated through HGT. Fun @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social collab including @tweethinking.bsky.social @sabifo4.bsky.social @emoody.bsky.social Davide Pisani 0239
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The Physalia Phylogenomics course is back this December! Join us for a computational journey on phylogeny and timetree inference with genomic datasets 🧬 💻 More information about the course and how you can register on the post below ⬇️ 087
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The clock is ticking 🕔! Pre-registration will close today March 14th (17:00h GMT+0), do not miss your chance to join us at the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! 💻🧬 021
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Thanks to all organisers that have made the Workshop of Computational Genomics possible and all the participants that have joined us both in person and online -- we have had such a great time in Hong Kong! 🌹 Hope to see you all again in future meetings 🤗 Next stop: 🚗 Shenzhen! 021
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 28/02/2025The deadline to apply for student travel bursaries to attend the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop 💻🧬 is approaching: March 3rd! Pre-registration will be open until March 14th. Do not miss the deadlines, submit your application before it is too late! sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/...sruk.org.ukBayesian phylogenetics workshop - SRUK/CERUTo launch the SRUK/CERU Evolution Committee, we have partnered with the Systematics Association to co-organise a workshop on Bayesian phylogenetics! This two day event will be run by experts in the fi... 113
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezSystematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Looking for funds for a small systematics-focused project? You have until 23:59 GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 10TH to apply to the LinneSys scheme! You can apply for up to 1500GBP, you just need to be a member of @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social! Details here: systass.org/linnesys/systass.orgLinneSys: Systematics Research FundLinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has … 0614
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Introduction to Bayesian inference; practical sessions focused on the usage of MCMCtree, BPP, and PhyloBayes; discussion sessions... Does this sound like something you would like to delve into over a two-day workshop? 💻🧬 Then pre-register your interest to join before March 14th! More details below 🔽 193
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPhilip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Our latest: a Richard Boyle (Exeter) production, using simulations to show how differential selection of biogeochemical cycles can lead to planetary homeostasis, with some empirical data from @emoody.bsky.social and @sabifo4.bsky.social @bristolpalaeo.bsky.socialpnas.orgPersistence selection between simulated biogeochemical cycle variants for their distinct effects on the Earth system | PNASThe average long-term impact of Darwinian evolution on Earth’s habitability remains extremely uncertain. Recent attempts to reconcile this uncertai... 174
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Would you like to learn more about the evolutionary history of sea spiders? You may want to read our latest study led by Morena @morena99.bsky.social, who has nicely summarised the key findings of our research in the quoted thread below 🔽 (1/2) 162
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezSishuo Wang @sishuowang.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Our study (haiwei luo & i) on dating bacterial tree of life by new methods integrating host-microbe symbiosis, complex subs models & extended sequential dating, is online Syst Biol. @systbiol.bsky.social shorturl.at/Ywoud #phylosky.social 1104
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezJoseph Williamson @josephwilliamson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025🚨New paper 🚨We argue that abrupt biodiversity losses can be driven by populations sharing similar tolerances to warming 🦋🌎🥵. Out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Summary thread below 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.... 16332
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Such a great PhD opportunity with fantastic advisors!! 💫🎓TREES will soon be open for applications but, in the meantime, they have announced the closing date on their website: January 20th 2025 at 5pm (UK time). More info about the project in the post below ⬇️ 020
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Applications are due February 19 for the R. C. Lewontin Early Awards, which provide up to $2500 in research funds for 1st year master’s and 1st or 2nd year PhD students. Read the full requirements, instructions, and evaluation criteria here: buff.ly/3YZlUHf 13630
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 06/12/2024What a wonderful and friendly group of participants, had lots of fun! 💫 If you have joined Paschalia, Tomas, @zihengyang.bsky.social , @mariodosreis.bsky.social & I this week, we hope that you have liked the course and learnt more about phylogenomics analyses! Now, time to enjoy the weekend! 🙌 061
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPhysalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Wrapping up an incredible 5-day course on #Phylogenomics with a fascinating lecture on Molecular-Clock dating of species divergence by @mariodosreis.bsky.social, followed by a hands-on session with @sabifo4.bsky.social 🧬🕰️ Huge thanks to all participants for an inspiring week!@zihengyang.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezNatalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 28/11/2024For anyone looking for PhDs in the UK starting October 2025 in ecology, evolution, environment etc. The new Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLAs) recently got announced so lots of people will be adverting PhDs with January deadlines. Check out findaphd.com to search for ones that interest you!findaphd.comPhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & EuropeFindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees 12934
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPhysalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 04/12/2024✨ Day 2 highlight! ✨ Tomas Flouri and @sabifo4.bsky.social delivered masterful lectures and an exceptional hands-on session on Bayesian inference in Phylogenomics. 🎓💡 Their expertise truly shone through! Excited for the insights Day 3 will bring—stay tuned! 🚀 012
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 29/11/2024An interactive PAML Wiki is now available! Please read the thread published by Ziheng Yang Lab to learn more about the PAML discussion group & the PAML GitHub repo. Hope you enjoy the Wiki as much as I enjoyed working on it 💫 P.S: The Wiki is still a work in progress, there is still more to come! 😄 063
Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezMario dos Reis @mariodosreis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Our paper on Bayesian selection of relaxed clock models is out in Systematic Biology! This is the work of our PhD student Muthukumaran Panchaksaram, in collaboration with Lucas Freitas from Brazil. doi.org/10.1093/sysb...doi.orgBayesian Selection of Relaxed-clock Models: Distinguishing Between Independent and Autocorrelated RatesAbstract. In Bayesian molecular-clock dating of species divergences, rate models are used to construct the prior on the molecular evolutionary rates for br 0129
Sandra Álvarez @sabifo4.bsky.social · 26/11/2024There is a new opportunity to join the dos Reis and Nichols Labs as a CSC PhD student! 🎓Do not miss the chance to learn from two wonderful researchers in evolutionary biology and apply before the deadline. More information below in Mario's post 🔽 040