Artem Ilin
@adc34.bsky.social
Postdoc at Stockholm University. TEs, epigenetics, bioinformatics, small RNA and Drosophila 🪰!
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I am very happy (and a bit scared) to present to you what we have been working on over the last 4 years. This manuscript is exactly what I dreamt of when I started the lab and I could not be happier and prouder of the outcome!
Evolutionary dynamics of temporal transcription factor series in the insect optic lobe https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.08.698497v1
January 10, 2026 at 9:43 AM
I am very happy (and a bit scared) to present to you what we have been working on over the last 4 years. This manuscript is exactly what I dreamt of when I started the lab and I could not be happier and prouder of the outcome!
Ok, it's time to spill some tea🫖
☕Earl Grey v7.0.0 brewed fresh☕
Nested TEs finally get the treatment they deserve: iterative detection of deep nesting, cleaner GFF annotations, and coverage stats that don’t double-count genomic space + a RepeatCraft edge-case fix.
Happy new year to the TE folks! 🧬
github.com/TobyBaril/Ea...
Nested TEs finally get the treatment they deserve: iterative detection of deep nesting, cleaner GFF annotations, and coverage stats that don’t double-count genomic space + a RepeatCraft edge-case fix.
Happy new year to the TE folks! 🧬
github.com/TobyBaril/Ea...
GitHub - TobyBaril/EarlGrey: Earl Grey: A fully automated TE curation and annotation pipeline
Earl Grey: A fully automated TE curation and annotation pipeline - TobyBaril/EarlGrey
github.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ok, it's time to spill some tea🫖
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It’s out! Using cryo-ET in Dicty cells, we take a fresh in situ look at vaults. Surprisingly, we uncover vaults associated with ER and NE membranes, and find that many vaults enclose ribosomes in defined orientations, opening new avenues to their cellular function! www.biorxiv.org/lookup/conte...
December 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It’s out! Using cryo-ET in Dicty cells, we take a fresh in situ look at vaults. Surprisingly, we uncover vaults associated with ER and NE membranes, and find that many vaults enclose ribosomes in defined orientations, opening new avenues to their cellular function! www.biorxiv.org/lookup/conte...
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The World Is Not Enough: Increased frequency of microplastic clusters detection among Low Earth Orbit debris
The World Is Not Enough: Increased frequency of microplastic clusters detection among Low Earth Orbit debris
Make a Bond movie academic
Diamonds Are Forever: challenges in long-term sustainability for aspirational open access financial models
Diamonds Are Forever: challenges in long-term sustainability for aspirational open access financial models
Make a Bond movie academic
Goldfinger: Bitcoin & the Semiotics of Digital Goldbugs
Goldfinger: Bitcoin & the Semiotics of Digital Goldbugs
December 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Make a Bond movie academic
The World Is Not Enough: Increased frequency of microplastic clusters detection among Low Earth Orbit debris
The World Is Not Enough: Increased frequency of microplastic clusters detection among Low Earth Orbit debris
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Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.695989v1
December 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies an ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.695989v1
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RepeatMasker 4.2.3 released!
Fixes a sensitivity issue affecting staged searches in Rodentia species and adds support for BGZIP input files without in-place decompression. More details www.repeatmasker.org
Fixes a sensitivity issue affecting staged searches in Rodentia species and adds support for BGZIP input files without in-place decompression. More details www.repeatmasker.org
RepeatMasker Home Page
www.repeatmasker.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
RepeatMasker 4.2.3 released!
Fixes a sensitivity issue affecting staged searches in Rodentia species and adds support for BGZIP input files without in-place decompression. More details www.repeatmasker.org
Fixes a sensitivity issue affecting staged searches in Rodentia species and adds support for BGZIP input files without in-place decompression. More details www.repeatmasker.org
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RNA decay via the nuclear exosome is essential for piwi-mediated transposon silencing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694471v1
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
RNA decay via the nuclear exosome is essential for piwi-mediated transposon silencing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694471v1
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Can one map the genome-wide binding (1) and its protein partners (2) simultaneously from the same sample?
Yes, one can. with CUT&ID ✂️🪪
Spearheaded — singlehandedly — by @annanordin.bsky.social
No need of transgenesis, cloning and overexpression.
Check it out, it's fast and its works.
Yes, one can. with CUT&ID ✂️🪪
Spearheaded — singlehandedly — by @annanordin.bsky.social
No need of transgenesis, cloning and overexpression.
Check it out, it's fast and its works.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Can one map the genome-wide binding (1) and its protein partners (2) simultaneously from the same sample?
Yes, one can. with CUT&ID ✂️🪪
Spearheaded — singlehandedly — by @annanordin.bsky.social
No need of transgenesis, cloning and overexpression.
Check it out, it's fast and its works.
Yes, one can. with CUT&ID ✂️🪪
Spearheaded — singlehandedly — by @annanordin.bsky.social
No need of transgenesis, cloning and overexpression.
Check it out, it's fast and its works.
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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.
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.
www.biorxiv.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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.
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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The story of how multiple RBPs cooperate to repress translation is now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social by @marcopayr.bsky.social and in a great collaboration with @hennig-lab.bsky.social!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The story of how multiple RBPs cooperate to repress translation is now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social by @marcopayr.bsky.social and in a great collaboration with @hennig-lab.bsky.social!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
It's great to see Radiohead live for the first time after listening to them since middle school. Too bad we didn't hear Everything in its Right Place and Karma Police today, but the setlist was still very good😊
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's great to see Radiohead live for the first time after listening to them since middle school. Too bad we didn't hear Everything in its Right Place and Karma Police today, but the setlist was still very good😊
Not a huge fan of gtf and gff, because I had to deal with these formats and face the repercussions, but still a very nice thread!
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Not a huge fan of gtf and gff, because I had to deal with these formats and face the repercussions, but still a very nice thread!
It's insane that my hobby drives me up the freaking wall.
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's insane that my hobby drives me up the freaking wall.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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R: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat?
G: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no, no--what you've been is...not on boats
G: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no, no--what you've been is...not on boats
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
R: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat?
G: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no, no--what you've been is...not on boats
G: No, no, no... Death is...not. Death isn't. You take my meaning. Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can't not-be on a boat.
R: I've frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no, no--what you've been is...not on boats
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Coexistence of piRNA and KZFP Defense Systems: Evolutionary Dynamics of Layered Defense against Transposable Elements https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.27.690821v1
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Coexistence of piRNA and KZFP Defense Systems: Evolutionary Dynamics of Layered Defense against Transposable Elements https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.27.690821v1
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Entire creation of new data that has no bearing upon any histological relevance. Remember LLM models are not open and we have no understanding of what NeuN, GFAP, or DAPI means in biological space within the LLM.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
Gemini 3 created this figure in under 30 seconds from a couple reference images and a one sentence prompt
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
So I’m at a loss for words, honestly #MicroscopyMonday
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Entire creation of new data that has no bearing upon any histological relevance. Remember LLM models are not open and we have no understanding of what NeuN, GFAP, or DAPI means in biological space within the LLM.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
This is nonsense. But it looks at first blush as "real" to the uninformed.
Scary.
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Another AI cover art. Sigh
The second November issue is online.
-> www.embopress.org/toc/14693178...
The cover features work by Tina Mukherjee and co-workers showing that #macrophage metabolic #reprogramming during dietary stress influences adult body size in #Drosophila.
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
-> www.embopress.org/toc/14693178...
The cover features work by Tina Mukherjee and co-workers showing that #macrophage metabolic #reprogramming during dietary stress influences adult body size in #Drosophila.
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Another AI cover art. Sigh
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🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Posnien - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
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Why are some reviewers so confidently nasty? Is it necessary to be like that?! Don’t they understand how much work goes into each manuscript and how damaging it can be for some people to read the vitriol? Or even consider that they might be wrong?!
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Why are some reviewers so confidently nasty? Is it necessary to be like that?! Don’t they understand how much work goes into each manuscript and how damaging it can be for some people to read the vitriol? Or even consider that they might be wrong?!
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A bittersweet acceptance: Between a manuscript and grief
Stefanie Williams @sillysciencelady.bsky.social shares the story behind her paper on the synaptonemal complex, including a tribute to her supervisor Scott Hawley, who passed away while Stefanie was completing the research.
Stefanie Williams @sillysciencelady.bsky.social shares the story behind her paper on the synaptonemal complex, including a tribute to her supervisor Scott Hawley, who passed away while Stefanie was completing the research.
A bittersweet acceptance: Between a manuscript and grief - the Node
I was so excited when I received notification that my first first-author research paper was accepted. My excitement quickly turned into sadness with the realization that my co-PI was not seeing our vi...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A bittersweet acceptance: Between a manuscript and grief
Stefanie Williams @sillysciencelady.bsky.social shares the story behind her paper on the synaptonemal complex, including a tribute to her supervisor Scott Hawley, who passed away while Stefanie was completing the research.
Stefanie Williams @sillysciencelady.bsky.social shares the story behind her paper on the synaptonemal complex, including a tribute to her supervisor Scott Hawley, who passed away while Stefanie was completing the research.
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Feed for posts about drosophila. Tag #Drosophila or #FruitFly to be included.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Feed for posts about drosophila. Tag #Drosophila or #FruitFly to be included.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
WE ARE RECRUITING PHD STUDENTS!!!
We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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We have three(!) funded PhD studentships advertising presently. If any of these are of interest, please reach out! Thread below with links to more information on each project.
#Drosophila #Evolution #Immunity #SelfishGene #Aphids
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