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Tanja Slotte

@tanjaslotte.bsky.social
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Evolutionary genomicist interested in plant mating system evolution and supergenes Professor at Stockholm University

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Science Magazine @science.org · 05/10/2026
Exclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. scim.ag/4rTKck8
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More about the project: www.su.se/english/rese...
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Tanja Slotte receives funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation - Stockholms universitet
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
More about our lab: tanjaslottelab.se
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Slotte Lab
Plant evolutionary genomics | Dept. of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The student will join a large integrative project funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation, and there will be plenty of opportunities for interaction and discussion. PhD positions in Sweden are employments and international applicants are welcome to apply!
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interested in testing hypotheses on pollen evolution using genomic data? Apply for our open 4-year PhD student position at Stockholm University! Application via the SU website, deadline Oct 24, 2026. #evolution #pollen #pollinationmode #plants #genomics #RNAseq su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Doktorand i ekologi och evolution
Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik (DEEP) bedriver forskning och utbildning vid Arrheniuslaboratorierna på campus Frescati. Vi är cirka 100 medarbetare, inklusive doktorander och postdok
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Zoe Postel @zopos.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Go check out our new preprint about the loss of distyly in multiple Linum species 👇🌸 Many thanks to all co-authors!!
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
For those interested, here are photos of the flowers of two of the focal Linum species, displaying floral monomorphism with anthers and stigmas at the same height (left) and distyly (S- and L-morph with reciprocal positioning of styles and anthers in the flower) (right).
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Many thanks to all coauthors for their work on this, and to @nbis.se for support on this project! The work was funded by VR and ERC, among others!
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Is loss of distyly always associated with high selfing rates? And what are the genomic consequences? Read more about this in our new preprint on repeated loss of distyly in Linum, led by @zopos.bsky.social and @panazerv.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate Professor position opening in Plant Ecology at my department @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...
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DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
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Dep. of Ecology, Environment & Plant Sciences at SU @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We’re hiring! 📣 DEEP at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social is looking for a tenured Associate Professor in Plant Ecology. Join a vibrant research & teaching community in the heart of Sweden’s capital. Learn more and apply below by 16 Nov.👇
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DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 04/01/2025
I have read few papers as immediately useful and important as this one on Cacio e Pepe phase behavior. Tl;dr: the starchy pasta water is absolutely critical to avoiding “mozzarella phase” arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The project is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation - collaborators include Prof. John Fitzpatrick, Dr. Allison Hsiang, and Prof. Catarina Rydin, all at Stockholm University. 5/5
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We offer employment as a postdoctoral fellow for at least two years. The postdoc will join the Slotte lab (tanjaslottelab.se), a part of the Dept. of Ecology, Environment and Plant Science, Stockholm Uni, Sweden. The working atmosphere is international with English as the working language. 4/5
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Slotte Lab
Plant evolutionary genomics | Dept. of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We are looking for a candidate with a PhD in a relevant subject and experience and a strong interest in evolutionary genomics. Experience of de novo assembly and comparative genomics is a merit. 3/5
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The postdoc will primarily use comparative genomic and population genomic analyses to identify genomic signatures of selection on pollen in relation to evolutionary transitions between insect and wind pollination. 2/5
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
*Postdoc in Evolutionary genomics at Stockholm University* We are recruiting a postdoc for a large interdisciplinary project to investigate evolutionary drivers and genomic consequences of pollen evolution in response to pollination mode shifts in flowering plants. 1/5 su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Purple pollen visible in a dissected flower of Linum grandiflorum, flowering flax, an insect-pollinated species.
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
The final version of our paper on the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum is now up at New Phytologist doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Genomic studies in Linum shed light on the evolution of the distyly supergene and the molecular basis of convergent floral evolution
Distyly, an example of convergent evolution, is governed by a supergene, the S-locus, in several species. Recent studies highlight similar genomic architectures of independently evolved S-loci, but ...
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-… #job
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Lund University is offering 2-year visiting professorships (20% time) for full professors, with a deadline of August 17. Women are encouraged to apply. More info: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:8355… #job
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Visiting Professor at Faculty of Science, Lund University Visiting Professors Programme
Visiting Professor at Faculty of Science, Lund University Visiting Professors Programme
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Now accepted for publication in the New Phytologist! Stay tuned for the final, and in our opinion improved version, on the journal homepage! Big congrats to co-first authors @panazerv.bsky.social & @zopos.bsky.social and all coauthors! #Linum #supergene #distyly #heterostyly
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Chris Fiscus @fiscuscj.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Absolutely thrilled to see Dr. Brandon Gaut receive the inaugural @genetics-gsa.bsky.social Mentorship Award! 🏆🎉 Brandon brings humanity back to science, supports inclusive training, and pushes back on the publish-or-perish culture. So well deserved—congrats! 👏🙌 genestogenomes.org/distinguishe...
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Distinguished professor proves effective mentorship is both art and science
For the inaugural recipient of the Genetics Society of America Mentorship Award Dr. Brandon Gaut, leading a lab is not only scientific but personal.
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KamilSJaron.bsky.social @kamilsjaron.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Interested to read a perspective by >160 reproductive biologists? The new Tree of Sex white paper is out! Led by @danjeffries.bsky.social 👏
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 08/05/2025
Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A graphic for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), showing a historical portrait of Marie Skłodowska-Curie overlaid with an image of four young researchers walking down a hallway. The European Commission logo is in the top left. Text reads: "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – €404.3 million to support postdoctoral researchers”
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 05/05/2025
Europe’s choice is clear. To put science at the heart of its economy. To become the home of scientific freedom and collaboration. And to welcome talent from all over the world. I’m glad to present the first elements of our Choose Europe Initiative. → europa.eu/!TTbWbJ
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I would also be interested in this!
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thanks Giacomo! Hope the reviewers agree!
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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thalictrum dioicum, early meadow-rue, blooming in central PA. This one’s a fella. #phenology #Ranunculaceae #iamabotanist #dioecy
Male plant, with many flowers showing hanging clusters of stamens. Single plant surrounded by the highly divided leaves of non-flowering Dicentra.
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Final motivation: Stockholm is beautiful.
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
We have a great research environment in Ecology and Evolution at Stockholm University! This is a 4-year employment & living in Sweden = free healthcare. Childcare is very affordable (ca 190 USD per month for full-time daycare per child) & pretty much everyone speaks English in Sweden. Apply!
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
One day left to apply! Not seeing many American applications so far, which puzzles me a little bit. If you have a four-year degree including advanced courses in Ecology or Evolution, you are likely eligible. Happy to answer detailed questions over DM or email.
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Pedro Beltrao @pedrobeltrao.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I haven't seen the official announcement but would prefer to see more grants instead. I know it is not under the control of the ERC but I hope the EU manages instead to double the ERC budget. Take money away from the other research initiatives if needed.
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This work would not have been possible without the efforts of lead authors @panazerv.bsky.social & @zopos.bsky.social , expert experimental work by Aleksandra Losvik, sequencing by @scilifelab-ngi.bsky.social and bioinformatic support from @mafraca.bsky.social @estellepw.bsky.social and @nbis.se 8/8
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Our results in combination with those in e.g. Turnera and Primula suggest that convergent evolution of style length polymorphism might frequently involve the brassinosteroid pathway. 7/8
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Conservation at the sequence level of TSS1 is accompanied by a conserved, morph-specific effect of brassinosteroids on style length in distylous L. tenue and L. perenne. 6/8
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We use paralog dating to estimate that WDR-44 first became co-localized with TSS1 ca 37 Mya, suggesting an ancient origin of the distyly S-locus in Linum. 5/8
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Only two genes are conserved at the S-loci of L. perenne, L. grandiflorum, and L. tenue: the style length candidate gene TSS1 and the anther height/pollen self-incompatibility gene WDR-44. 4/8
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We find that all Linum S-loci we studied are hemizygous in the short-styled morph, but the S-loci of L. perenne and L. grandiflorum are considerably larger than that of L. tenue, most likely due to accumulation of repetitive sequences. 3/8
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Based on haplotype-resolved genome assemblies, we genetically mapped the S-loci of L. perenne and L. grandiflorum and compared them to the previously characterized S-locus of L. tenue. 2/8
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New preprint! We investigated the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum species that diverged ca 33 Mya. 1/8 bsky.app/profile/bior...
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
New preprint on distyly supergene evolution and the molecular basis of convergent floral evolution. Some new Linum genomes too :) Led by @zopos.bsky.social & @panazerv.bsky.social
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Claudia Köhler @claudiakohler11.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Very happy to have contributed to this collaborative work, with main drivers Marion Orsucci and Adrien Sicard: Sexual selection drives the speciation of lineages with contrasting mating systems: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sexual selection drives the speciation of lineages with contrasting mating systems
Repeated shifts in ecological strategies often lead to consistent speciation patterns across phylogenies. One example is the transition from outcrossi…
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
One week left to apply for this PhD student position on plant evolutionary genomics! 🧪 #StockholmU #ECR #PhD #evolution #genomics #pollen
Purple pollen in Linum grandiflorum
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Stockholm University seeks a fully funded 4-year PhD student for a project on AI-based pollen evolution analysis. Strong interest in evolutionary biology required. Apply by April 22, 2025: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:8055… #phd
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PhD student in Zoology
PhD student in Zoology
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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
PhD student position in Plant Evolutionary Genomics at Stockholm University. Explore pollen evolution with a fully funded 4-year role. Apply by April 22, 2025: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:8051… #phd
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PhD student in Ecology and Evolution
PhD student in Ecology and Evolution
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
For another PhD position in the same project, led by Prof. John Fitzpatrick, see su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Doktorand i zoologi
Stockholms universitet är ett ledande europeiskt universitet. Universitetet har mer än 33 000 studenter, 1 600 doktorander och 5 500 anställda verksamma inom det naturvetenskapliga och humanvetensk
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The position is one of several in the collaborative project "Harnessing evolutionary transitions, machine learning, and genomics to decode pollen evolution and unravel sexual selection mechanisms shared across kingdoms" funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. www.su.se/english/rese...
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Harnessing evolutionary transitions, machine learning, and genomics to decode pollen - Stockholm University
Harnessing evolutionary transitions, machine learning, and genomics to decode pollen - Stockholm University
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We seek a highly motivated candidate with a strong interest and training in evolutionary genomics. The position is open for international applicants (see ad for qualification requirements). The working atmosphere is international with English as working language. More info, see tanjaslottelab.se
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Slotte Lab
Plant evolutionary genomics | Dept. of Ecology, Environment, and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University
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Tanja Slotte @tanjaslotte.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts. Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪
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PhD student in Ecology and Evolution
The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories, situated at the University Campus at Frescati. Presently around 100 people, including 35 PhD
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