Aleix Palahí i Torres
@aleixpalahi.bsky.social
PhD student at Uppsala University 🇸🇪, working on phenotypic plasticity evolution in insects.
In love with conducting experiments yet permanently frustrated with them. It's kind of a toxic relationship.
In love with conducting experiments yet permanently frustrated with them. It's kind of a toxic relationship.
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To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society.
This was a joy to write together as a community!
This was a joy to write together as a community!
(6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Project Psyche: Generating and utilising reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
ecoevorxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society.
This was a joy to write together as a community!
This was a joy to write together as a community!
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
Nature research paper: Global phenology maps reveal the drivers and effects of seasonal asynchrony
go.nature.com/41mYj5q
go.nature.com/41mYj5q
Global phenology maps reveal the drivers and effects of seasonal asynchrony - Nature
A global land surface phenology map predicts complex geographical discontinuities in flowering phenology, genetic divergence and harvest seasonality across a range of taxa.
go.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nature research paper: Global phenology maps reveal the drivers and effects of seasonal asynchrony
go.nature.com/41mYj5q
go.nature.com/41mYj5q
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
Ripple bugs use a special fan-like structure on their middle legs to speed and steer through turbulent waters. In a new Science study, researchers report a water-walking robot inspired by this feature.
Learn more in our latest issue: https://scim.ag/3V8FjDU
Learn more in our latest issue: https://scim.ag/3V8FjDU
August 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ripple bugs use a special fan-like structure on their middle legs to speed and steer through turbulent waters. In a new Science study, researchers report a water-walking robot inspired by this feature.
Learn more in our latest issue: https://scim.ag/3V8FjDU
Learn more in our latest issue: https://scim.ag/3V8FjDU
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
Want to make recombination maps from sperm/pollen/gametes? There is an easy way, based on Hi-C sequencing.
Full details in the Hi-reComb paper now in Genetics:
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green and a great group of co-authors for contributions.
Full details in the Hi-reComb paper now in Genetics:
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green and a great group of co-authors for contributions.
Hi-reComb: constructing recombination maps from bulk gamete Hi-C sequencing
Abstract. Recombination is central to genetics and to evolution of sexually reproducing organisms. However, obtaining accurate estimates of recombination r
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Want to make recombination maps from sperm/pollen/gametes? There is an easy way, based on Hi-C sequencing.
Full details in the Hi-reComb paper now in Genetics:
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green and a great group of co-authors for contributions.
Full details in the Hi-reComb paper now in Genetics:
doi.org/10.1093/gene...
Thanks to Richard Durbin and Ed Green and a great group of co-authors for contributions.
No visit to Barcelona is complete without dinner at Rasoterra
August 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
No visit to Barcelona is complete without dinner at Rasoterra
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
Some 4.3 million observations of butterflies show that 59 of 136 species have declined in abundance over the past three decades, while no species has increased in abundance. Butterfly declines undoubtedly have large ecological consequences. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Some 4.3 million observations of butterflies show that 59 of 136 species have declined in abundance over the past three decades, while no species has increased in abundance. Butterfly declines undoubtedly have large ecological consequences. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
The original circos plot? From the 1947-1948 Carnegie Yearbook, the page prior to McClintock's Mutable Loci in Maize paper.
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The original circos plot? From the 1947-1948 Carnegie Yearbook, the page prior to McClintock's Mutable Loci in Maize paper.
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
Alternative Splicing in TRPA1 Drives Sensory Adaptation to Electrophiles in Drosophilids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.09.653172v1
May 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Alternative Splicing in TRPA1 Drives Sensory Adaptation to Electrophiles in Drosophilids https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.09.653172v1
Reposted by Aleix Palahí i Torres
Large numbers of migrating red admiral at the belgian coast this evening, 864 flying north counted in 5 minutes! waarnemingen.be/observation/... @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
Atalanta - Vanessa atalanta
1064 imago, langstrekkend noord 2025-05-12 Knokke - Het Zwin - Zwinuitbreiding (WV)
waarnemingen.be
May 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Large numbers of migrating red admiral at the belgian coast this evening, 864 flying north counted in 5 minutes! waarnemingen.be/observation/... @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
1/6) New paper out in Molecular Ecology! We uncover the intriguing biogeographic history behind the Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies. @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
#biogeography #insectmigration #butterflymigration #butterflies #evolution
shorturl.at/UFrrU
#biogeography #insectmigration #butterflymigration #butterflies #evolution
shorturl.at/UFrrU
May 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1/6) New paper out in Molecular Ecology! We uncover the intriguing biogeographic history behind the Holarctic disjunct distributions in Vanessa butterflies. @phylomigrationlab.bsky.social
#biogeography #insectmigration #butterflymigration #butterflies #evolution
shorturl.at/UFrrU
#biogeography #insectmigration #butterflymigration #butterflies #evolution
shorturl.at/UFrrU