Embryos, genomes, annelids, and other spiralians!
London, England
Joined May 2011
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🚨Registration for the UK #EvoDevo meeting is open! Join us on July 11th @QMUL to enjoy an exciting day of talks, posters, friends, and superb science!
-Registration: shorturl.at/9cQGL
-More info: londonevodevo.ac.uk
Supported by @AzentaSciences @Novogene_Europe
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Thrilled to share our new paper in @emboreports, now online! We explored transcriptomic evolution during early embryogenesis of two spiralian annelids, to understand how early cell fate modes shape development before the gastrulation. #EvoDevo #Embryogenesis #RegulatoryEvolution
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Happy to work with my collaborators Jingcheng, @Allan_littlecar, Yue and @Chema_MD.
Read the paper:embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…
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Thanks @GigaScience for the cool video opportunity, and thanks again to all co-authors! @EizaguirreLab @ProjetoBioSal @Chema_MD @rossiterlab @QM_SBBS @QMULGeography et al
Watch this new explainer video from @eugeniecyen on @EizaguirreLab work on on conservation #genomics and #epigenomics of endangered Loggerhead Turtles youtu.be/3C4D43mEBBk?si=YExV…
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Happy to announce that my book « Cells - The Illustrated Story of Life » is in press and can be pre-ordered on the site of the New York publisher « The Experiment »
theexperimentpublishing.com/…
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Arrow worms have looked almost the same since the Cambrian era, but their evolution has baffled scientists since Darwin. New @Nature study from OIST, @ucl and @MieUniversity finally demystifies the worm, connecting genomics, epigenomics, and cell-types. oist.jp/news-center/news/202…
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Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study now out in @GenomeBiology! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians. doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-0…
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Nature research paper: The genomic origin of the unique chaetognath body plan
go.nature.com/41xxhYY
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A genome sequence and single-cell atlas of a marine worm species point towards bursts of gene emergence, duplication and loss as the drivers of lineage-specific body traits
go.nature.com/3HuQlAl
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Congratulations to @BillaDelonge and @Ferdix on their brilliant @Nature study of the arrow worm genome and spiralian evolution! We had the pleasure of discussing it in a @NatureNV piece.
A genome sequence and single-cell atlas of a marine worm species point towards bursts of gene emergence, duplication and loss as the drivers of lineage-specific body traits
go.nature.com/3HuQlAl
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📢 The Vice Chancellor has appointed Prof Mark Brown
as Director of the @Cambridge_Uni @ZoologyMuseum
and Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology.
Congratulations Mark! We look forward to welcoming you in Jan 2026. bit.ly/3UVHmey
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Authors in this paper used 193 Darwin Tree of Life project reference genomes to study centromere architecture.
What is a #centromere? It's the region of a chromosome where the microtubules attach during cell division - key equipment!
Read more ⤵️
researchsquare.com/article/r…
ALT Zephyris at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons
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We are searching for an enthusiastic scientist to join our team and establish annual killifish as a model system for early developmental biology and biophysics! @embl
Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com…...
Please re-post 🙏
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We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @HFSP project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protists
Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webre…
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To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept @embl has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab, great package: core funding, fantastic PhD students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com…
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📢Glad to share our genome paper on an early-diverged cephalochordate species, Asymmetron lucayanum! By decoding & analyzing this genome in a comparative genomics framework, we know better now regarding the genome and gene evolution in cephalochordates.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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“We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and research-driven Reader in Evolutionary Genomics to join our Department of Biology, within the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences” @QMUL qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-…
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How bats developed their wings? 🦇
Turns out they reutilize existing gene programs 🔧
Find out more in our paper @NatureEcoEvo in collaboration with @RealFany and @StefanMundlos labs
nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
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It has been a while… but an updated, faster & more accurate version of OrthoFinder is now out!
Scales to thousands of species on conventional compute resources with higher accuracy than ever before and the same data rich fully phylogenetic outputs
👉biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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👏Thrilled to see Miguel Torres @CNIC_CARDIO honoured with the Genetics National Award!
Outstanding contributions to developmental biology and gene regulation.
An inspiring figure to many of us. Congrats Miguel! 🎉 🎉
El Dr. Miguel Torres investigador del. @CNIC_CARDIO recibe el Premio Nacional de Genética 2025 (Genética Aplicada), patrocinado por @pryconsa
Sus investigaciones en regeneración de órganos han marcado un hito en genética aplicada.
ℹ️ f.mtr.cool/hbfngssnwx
#SEG2025 #PremiosSEG
