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Sofia L. Mendes

@sofialmendes.bsky.social
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Postdoc @eawag.bsky.social | PhD at CE3C, Uni. Lisbon | endlessly fascinated by freshwater fish and hybridization | she/her

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Sofia L. Mendes @sofialmendes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Excited to be at #SMBE2026 and looking forward to so many interesting talks and posters! I'll be presenting a poster today on pervasive hybridization and conservation challenges on a very cool group of freshwater fish 🐟🐟 at Arkaden 4+5. Come say hi! (if you can find the posters upstairs)
6 freshwater fish in a tank (Sado chub -  Squalius caetobrigus)
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Sofia L. Mendes @sofialmendes.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Evelyn Jensen @eljensen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Help! Is anyone else finding batch effects between whole genome sequences generated with Illumina NovaSeq6000 vs NovaSeqX? Any suggestions or solutions would be hugely appreciated! 🙏 #PopGen #ConGen #Bioinformatics #Genomics 🧬🖥️🧪
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Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics @evogenbioinf.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🎙️Our team member @sofialmendes.bsky.social was recently featured in @90segundosciencia.bsky.social, where she spoke about her work on the description of an endemic fish species in the Sado River basin: Squalius caetobrigus🐟 ▶️Tune in to hear more (only in 🇵🇹): 90segundosdeciencia.pt/episodes/ep-...
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Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics @evogenbioinf.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📢Just out! A new preprint from our team members Alex Blanckaert and Vitor Sousa. 💡"Evolution of mate choice or accumulation of DMIs: exclusive paths to reproductive isolation?" 📎Available at: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @ce3c
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Interactions between mechanisms of reproductive isolation
Speciation is responsible for the diversity of species observed today and corresponds to the build-up of reproductive isolation between populations. Reproductive isolation can be generated by differen...
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Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics @evogenbioinf.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
On February 11th, we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, recognizing their vital role in science and technology. Meet some of the women from our team who are driving science forward!💪👩 @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics @evogenbioinf.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
(1/2) We congratulate our student Julie Westerling on the defence of her MSc dissertation, last friday, entitled: "Exploring genetic diversity and population structure of the Spanish minnowcarp (Anaecypris hispanica)".🐟 @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social 📷Carlos Carrapato
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 11/12/2024
A study of 632 freshwater fish species from 9,989 locations finds climate warming affects fish abundances, with increases at the poleward edges of species’ distributions and declines at the equatorward edges of species’ distributions. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Jumping salmon.
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Sofia L. Mendes @sofialmendes.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Unfortunately, as with many Iberian rivers, the habitat of the Sado chub is heavily impacted by human activities 🏭🚜 But you can still find some beautiful pristine places if you know where to look.
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Sofia L. Mendes @sofialmendes.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This was a team effort so huge thanks to all my co-authors, especially Nacho and Carla!
Cientist using electrofishing to catch fish.
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Sofia L. Mendes @sofialmendes.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Super happy to share that we described a new species of #freshwater #fish endemic to the Sado River basin in Portugal - the Sado chub🐟🐟
A group of 6 six fish from the newly described species, the Sado chub. Photo by Rúben Oliveira.
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