Áki Jarl Láruson
@akijarl.bsky.social
Passionate about marine evolutionary biology and molecular ecology 🇮🇸
Population geneticist at the Icelandic Marine & Freshwater Research Institute. Instructor at the University of Iceland. Ph.D. from University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
akijarl.wordpress.com
Population geneticist at the Icelandic Marine & Freshwater Research Institute. Instructor at the University of Iceland. Ph.D. from University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
akijarl.wordpress.com
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Themes and sessions of @wcmb2026.bsky.social - Part 6
Session 1.6: "From Local to Global: scaling national marine biodiversity best practices"
www.wcmb2026.org/1-challenges...
Stay tuned for more!
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be
#WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity
Session 1.6: "From Local to Global: scaling national marine biodiversity best practices"
www.wcmb2026.org/1-challenges...
Stay tuned for more!
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be
#WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity
October 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Themes and sessions of @wcmb2026.bsky.social - Part 6
Session 1.6: "From Local to Global: scaling national marine biodiversity best practices"
www.wcmb2026.org/1-challenges...
Stay tuned for more!
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be
#WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity
Session 1.6: "From Local to Global: scaling national marine biodiversity best practices"
www.wcmb2026.org/1-challenges...
Stay tuned for more!
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be
#WCMB2026 #marinebiodiversity
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🎙️ We're excited to welcome Dr. Christina Hvilsom as a keynote speaker at the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference!
Don’t miss her talk “Genomes in Action for Conservation” 🌍
💻 Online & free | 29–31 Oct
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
Don’t miss her talk “Genomes in Action for Conservation” 🌍
💻 Online & free | 29–31 Oct
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎙️ We're excited to welcome Dr. Christina Hvilsom as a keynote speaker at the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference!
Don’t miss her talk “Genomes in Action for Conservation” 🌍
💻 Online & free | 29–31 Oct
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
Don’t miss her talk “Genomes in Action for Conservation” 🌍
💻 Online & free | 29–31 Oct
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
The first article from last year's expedition on the famous Polarstern that I participated in has been published.
The amphipod species Amathillopsis spinigera was found for the first time during this expedition in the 25 year sampling history of the Fram Strait.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The amphipod species Amathillopsis spinigera was found for the first time during this expedition in the 25 year sampling history of the Fram Strait.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The first article from last year's expedition on the famous Polarstern that I participated in has been published.
The amphipod species Amathillopsis spinigera was found for the first time during this expedition in the 25 year sampling history of the Fram Strait.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The amphipod species Amathillopsis spinigera was found for the first time during this expedition in the 25 year sampling history of the Fram Strait.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fyrsta grein frá leiðangrinum í fyrra á Þýska ísbrjótnum Polarstern sem ég tók þátt í er komin út.
Marflóategundin Amathillopsis spinigera fannst í fyrsta sinn í þessum leiðangri á 25 ára sýnistökuferli um Fram sundið.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Marflóategundin Amathillopsis spinigera fannst í fyrsta sinn í þessum leiðangri á 25 ára sýnistökuferli um Fram sundið.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fyrsta grein frá leiðangrinum í fyrra á Þýska ísbrjótnum Polarstern sem ég tók þátt í er komin út.
Marflóategundin Amathillopsis spinigera fannst í fyrsta sinn í þessum leiðangri á 25 ára sýnistökuferli um Fram sundið.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Marflóategundin Amathillopsis spinigera fannst í fyrsta sinn í þessum leiðangri á 25 ára sýnistökuferli um Fram sundið.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A new paper ‘Key drivers and spatio-temporal variation in the reproductive potential of Icelandic cod’ was published recently in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.
More here: hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #codresearch #marinebiology #codjuviniles #icelandiccod
More here: hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #codresearch #marinebiology #codjuviniles #icelandiccod
New article on egg production and survival of cod juveniles
A new paper titled ‘Key drivers and spatio-temporal variation in the reproductive potential of Icelandic cod’ was published recently in the ICES Journal of
hafogvatn.is
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A new paper ‘Key drivers and spatio-temporal variation in the reproductive potential of Icelandic cod’ was published recently in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.
More here: hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #codresearch #marinebiology #codjuviniles #icelandiccod
More here: hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #codresearch #marinebiology #codjuviniles #icelandiccod
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Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland. The mosquito species Culiseta annulata has been confirmed in Iceland. It might survive the cold weather in Iceland, at least in Reykjavík.
www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
Moskítóflugur komnar til Íslands - RÚV.is
Þrjár moskítóflugur fundust í Kjós á dögunum. Þetta staðfestir Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands. Það er í fyrsta sinn sem flugurnar finnast á íslenskri grundu.
www.ruv.is
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland. The mosquito species Culiseta annulata has been confirmed in Iceland. It might survive the cold weather in Iceland, at least in Reykjavík.
www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
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Hot of the press #mitochondria paper!! 🎉 @jevbio.bsky.social
New evidence that #mitonuclear discordance and early-life #diet jointly shape development and adult behaviour in #Drosophila. 🪰🦠🧬🍝
@fcamus.bsky.social @dk-dowling.bsky.social et al.,
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
New evidence that #mitonuclear discordance and early-life #diet jointly shape development and adult behaviour in #Drosophila. 🪰🦠🧬🍝
@fcamus.bsky.social @dk-dowling.bsky.social et al.,
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
Mitonuclear interactions and early-life diet shape adult nutritional behaviour
Abstract. Mitochondrial function relies on close coordination between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Disruption to this coordination—via mitonuclea
academic.oup.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Hot of the press #mitochondria paper!! 🎉 @jevbio.bsky.social
New evidence that #mitonuclear discordance and early-life #diet jointly shape development and adult behaviour in #Drosophila. 🪰🦠🧬🍝
@fcamus.bsky.social @dk-dowling.bsky.social et al.,
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
New evidence that #mitonuclear discordance and early-life #diet jointly shape development and adult behaviour in #Drosophila. 🪰🦠🧬🍝
@fcamus.bsky.social @dk-dowling.bsky.social et al.,
academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...
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Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!
Reposted by Áki Jarl Láruson
Nú er Líffræðiráðstefnan að fara að skella á! Opnunarerindi er á fimmtudaginn, 9. okt. kl. 13 í aðalsal Íslenskrar Erfðagreiningar. Nálgast má dagskránna hér:
biologia.is/liffraedirad...
biologia.is/liffraedirad...
Dagskrá / Program
Listi yfir öll málstofuerindi með ágripum / List of all seminar talks w/ abstracts Listi yfir öll veggspjöld með ágripum / List of all posters and abstracts Yfirlit yfir dagskrá / Schedule overvi…
biologia.is
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nú er Líffræðiráðstefnan að fara að skella á! Opnunarerindi er á fimmtudaginn, 9. okt. kl. 13 í aðalsal Íslenskrar Erfðagreiningar. Nálgast má dagskránna hér:
biologia.is/liffraedirad...
biologia.is/liffraedirad...
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First 10 @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #genome reports now online at the ORE collection open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/collections/...
open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
October 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
First 10 @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #genome reports now online at the ORE collection open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/collections/...
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MFRI´s research vessel Thorunn Thordardottir is on a charter from for a research project focused on the oceanography and current measurements in the East Greenland Coastal Current. The measurements of this project aim to assess its possible impact on AMOC stability. www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
Expedition measuring East Greenland Current
MFRI´s new research vessel Þórunn Þórðardóttir HF300 is on a charter from 29 August to 12 September for an international research project focused on the oc
www.hafogvatn.is
September 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
MFRI´s research vessel Thorunn Thordardottir is on a charter from for a research project focused on the oceanography and current measurements in the East Greenland Coastal Current. The measurements of this project aim to assess its possible impact on AMOC stability. www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
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We're running a virtual genome assembly workshop next week. Online, but live instruction on a real HPC. Code and session recordings distributed to participants.
Join us Sept. 16–18 for a Virtual Genome Assembly Workshop! 🧬 Learn sequencing, assembly & QC—all from your laptop.
📅 10 AM - 2 PM EST
💻 Live on MS Teams + recordings
💰 $500 ($400 UConn affiliates)
Register: bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/
#GenomeAssembly #Bioinformatics #Workshop
📅 10 AM - 2 PM EST
💻 Live on MS Teams + recordings
💰 $500 ($400 UConn affiliates)
Register: bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/
#GenomeAssembly #Bioinformatics #Workshop
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're running a virtual genome assembly workshop next week. Online, but live instruction on a real HPC. Code and session recordings distributed to participants.
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MFRI is looking for an individual for a position which involves diverse research on the effects of ocean acidification and climate change on marine life and its ecosystems. See more in a news item on www.hafogvatn.is, also there a link to more information on ResearchGate. #oceanadification
August 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
MFRI is looking for an individual for a position which involves diverse research on the effects of ocean acidification and climate change on marine life and its ecosystems. See more in a news item on www.hafogvatn.is, also there a link to more information on ResearchGate. #oceanadification
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Here is a press release/ summary blog post about our new paper.
Key conclusion: For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is.
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
Key conclusion: For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is.
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
“Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky:” Our new survey shows that scientists no longer find Twitter professionally useful or pleasant
My colleague Dr. Julia Wester and I have a new paper out in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology reporting on the results of a survey distributed to over 800 scientists, science educator…
www.southernfriedscience.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here is a press release/ summary blog post about our new paper.
Key conclusion: For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is.
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
Key conclusion: For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is.
www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...
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Over the weekend, I finally published a piece I’ve been sitting with for several months now, trying to do it justice. It's about the state of climate change journalism (mainly in the U.S.)
What climate journalism means heading into a 1.5 C world
Five charts and fifty-five opinions about the state of the field, and where it is going.
reportearth.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Over the weekend, I finally published a piece I’ve been sitting with for several months now, trying to do it justice. It's about the state of climate change journalism (mainly in the U.S.)
Reposted by Áki Jarl Láruson
Our paper showing that variation in transcription factor binding sites underlies the majority of additive genetic variance for phenotypic variation in maize is finally out!
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our paper showing that variation in transcription factor binding sites underlies the majority of additive genetic variance for phenotypic variation in maize is finally out!
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sadly they didn't use our suggested cover image below (made by the inimitable Andi Kur).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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My paper "Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should" is formally published in an issue.
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should
ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook
academic.oup.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My paper "Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should" is formally published in an issue.
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...
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A new webpage on sea temperature has been launched on the MFRI's website. It contains a new presentation of data from sea temperature gauges in various parts of the country.
www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
New webpage on sea temperature
A new webpage on sea temperature has been launched on the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute's website. The page contains a new presentation of data
www.hafogvatn.is
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A new webpage on sea temperature has been launched on the MFRI's website. It contains a new presentation of data from sea temperature gauges in various parts of the country.
www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new...
I was fortunate enough to get to attend the Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics Gordon Research Conference in Italy this month. Amazing to meet, reconnect, and hear from so many amazing researchers from just about all over the world working on the dynamics of ecological and evolutionary change.
July 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I was fortunate enough to get to attend the Ecological & Evolutionary Genomics Gordon Research Conference in Italy this month. Amazing to meet, reconnect, and hear from so many amazing researchers from just about all over the world working on the dynamics of ecological and evolutionary change.
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We are super proud of this paper led by @jcuofficial.bsky.social PhD student @joelgaylard.bsky.social - so cool that #sharks follow these centuries-old mathematical scaling 'rules' almost perfectly!!
The geometry of life: testing the scaling of whole-organism surface area and volume using #sharks. Read the full #RSOS paper: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @physiologyfish.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
We are super proud of this paper led by @jcuofficial.bsky.social PhD student @joelgaylard.bsky.social - so cool that #sharks follow these centuries-old mathematical scaling 'rules' almost perfectly!!
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We are the European Reference Genome Atlas #ERGA community! 🌍🧬
🔹 An open community of 1000+ members and the European node of @ebpgenome.bsky.social
🔹 ERGA connects people and institutions to advance #biodiversity #genomics across Europe
🔗 Learn more & join us: www.erga-biodiversity.eu
🔹 An open community of 1000+ members and the European node of @ebpgenome.bsky.social
🔹 ERGA connects people and institutions to advance #biodiversity #genomics across Europe
🔗 Learn more & join us: www.erga-biodiversity.eu
July 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We are the European Reference Genome Atlas #ERGA community! 🌍🧬
🔹 An open community of 1000+ members and the European node of @ebpgenome.bsky.social
🔹 ERGA connects people and institutions to advance #biodiversity #genomics across Europe
🔗 Learn more & join us: www.erga-biodiversity.eu
🔹 An open community of 1000+ members and the European node of @ebpgenome.bsky.social
🔹 ERGA connects people and institutions to advance #biodiversity #genomics across Europe
🔗 Learn more & join us: www.erga-biodiversity.eu
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🚀 We've launched an Integrated Release on Ensembl Beta!
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4
July 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚀 We've launched an Integrated Release on Ensembl Beta!
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4
Two exciting research projects were just awarded the first ever Explorer's Grant by the Icelandic Biological Society, in cooperation with jbcharcot.fr and en.fin.is!
The projects focus on Arctic Charr spawning and nursing grounds, and Redwing and Common Blackbird habitat partitioning.
The projects focus on Arctic Charr spawning and nursing grounds, and Redwing and Common Blackbird habitat partitioning.
Kynning á verðlaunahöfum Könnuðarstyrksins! biologia.is/2025/05/15/k...
Kynning á verðlaunahöfum Könnuðarstyrksins!
Eins og áður var tilkynnt bárust níu umsóknir um Könnuðarstyrk til félagsins. Þetta er í fyrsta sinn sem styrknum er úthlutað, en framtakið er samstarfsverkefni Líffræðifélags Íslands og Les Amis d…
biologia.is
May 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Two exciting research projects were just awarded the first ever Explorer's Grant by the Icelandic Biological Society, in cooperation with jbcharcot.fr and en.fin.is!
The projects focus on Arctic Charr spawning and nursing grounds, and Redwing and Common Blackbird habitat partitioning.
The projects focus on Arctic Charr spawning and nursing grounds, and Redwing and Common Blackbird habitat partitioning.
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I’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chromatin loops are an ancestral hallmark of the animal regulatory genome - Nature
The physical organization of the genome in non-bilaterian animals and their closest unicellular relatives is characterized; comparative analysis shows chromatin looping is a conserved feature of ...
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🧬 Want to learn more about #genome sequencing, assembly, curation and analysis? Why not head to Florence this autumn?
⏳ There's still time to apply and attend #EMBOgenomeSeq — deadline is the end of May! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...
@embo.org @ebpgenome.bsky.social
⏳ There's still time to apply and attend #EMBOgenomeSeq — deadline is the end of May! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...
@embo.org @ebpgenome.bsky.social
Hands-on @EMBO course in #genome sequencing, assembly, curation, and downstream analyses: 08 –12 Sep 2025 in #Florence Italy 🇮🇹☀️
DEADLINE: 31/05! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...
#EMBOgenomeSeq @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #assembly #bioinformatics
DEADLINE: 31/05! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...
#EMBOgenomeSeq @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #assembly #bioinformatics
Genome sequencing, assembly, curation, and downstream analyses
Advances in long-read sequencing methods such as Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and scaffolding approaches using chromosome conformation capture have significantl…
meetings.embo.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🧬 Want to learn more about #genome sequencing, assembly, curation and analysis? Why not head to Florence this autumn?
⏳ There's still time to apply and attend #EMBOgenomeSeq — deadline is the end of May! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...
@embo.org @ebpgenome.bsky.social
⏳ There's still time to apply and attend #EMBOgenomeSeq — deadline is the end of May! meetings.embo.org/event/25-gen...
@embo.org @ebpgenome.bsky.social