ERR_Moody
@emoody.bsky.social
Computational Evolutionary Biologist. Focusing on deep nodes in the tree of life. University of Barcelona
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Last day to apply to come work with me on developing AI approaches to understanding pangenome evolution www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU184/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Last day to apply to come work with me on developing AI approaches to understanding pangenome evolution www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU184/p...
Excited to announce I have officially joined the University of Barcelona for my Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowship! I'll be working with Jesus Lozano Fernandez in the DeepEvo lab at the @geneticsub.bsky.social, on various deep nodes in the tree of life!
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Excited to announce I have officially joined the University of Barcelona for my Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowship! I'll be working with Jesus Lozano Fernandez in the DeepEvo lab at the @geneticsub.bsky.social, on various deep nodes in the tree of life!
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🧵In collaboration with Caroline Puente-Lelievre, Ed Moody, Rosie Cater, and Tom Williams we just submitted a new paper describing the prokaryotic origins of the COMMD protein family. @cpuentelelievre.bsky.social, @rosemaryjcater.bsky.social. @kmichie.bsky.social. 1/n
The prokaryotic origins of the COMMD protein family involved in eukaryotic membrane trafficking
The ten eukaryotic COMMD proteins are core components of the Commander complex, with central roles in endosomal membrane trafficking and signalling. Each protein has an α-helical N-terminal (HN) domai...
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September 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🧵In collaboration with Caroline Puente-Lelievre, Ed Moody, Rosie Cater, and Tom Williams we just submitted a new paper describing the prokaryotic origins of the COMMD protein family. @cpuentelelievre.bsky.social, @rosemaryjcater.bsky.social. @kmichie.bsky.social. 1/n
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This first-author publication is my… first! Archaea kill bacteria by targeting their Achilles’ heel: peptidoglycan. Big shoutout to @ahocher.bsky.social, @valeriesoo.bsky.social, Pauline Misson, @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social and MRC LMS Proteomics. A thread 🔽
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria
Archaea regularly interact with bacteria but reports of archaea killing bacteria are very rare. This study shows that many archaea encode peptidoglycan hydrolases, which specifically target bacterial ...
journals.plos.org
August 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This first-author publication is my… first! Archaea kill bacteria by targeting their Achilles’ heel: peptidoglycan. Big shoutout to @ahocher.bsky.social, @valeriesoo.bsky.social, Pauline Misson, @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social and MRC LMS Proteomics. A thread 🔽
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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The proceedings volume from our Nov24 meeting on the evolution of biospheres is just in PhilTransB @royalsocietypublishing.org delivering insights into how our biosphere evolved - and how other biospheres may evolve
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1931
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August 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The proceedings volume from our Nov24 meeting on the evolution of biospheres is just in PhilTransB @royalsocietypublishing.org delivering insights into how our biosphere evolved - and how other biospheres may evolve
Very happy to announce our new paper on the evolution of metabolism is out now! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
With @tweethinking.bsky.social @sabifo4.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social Davide Pisani, Tim Lenton and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
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With @tweethinking.bsky.social @sabifo4.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social Davide Pisani, Tim Lenton and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
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The emergence of metabolisms through Earth history and implications for biospheric evolution | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
We investigate the evolution of microbial metabolisms from the last universal common
ancestor to the extant biota through comparative phylogenomics, reconciling the evolution
of the genes that underpi...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Very happy to announce our new paper on the evolution of metabolism is out now! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
With @tweethinking.bsky.social @sabifo4.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social Davide Pisani, Tim Lenton and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
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With @tweethinking.bsky.social @sabifo4.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social Davide Pisani, Tim Lenton and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
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Great to see some nice news articles out about the new display we've been working on @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social ! 🦓🐢🐇🦥🦇
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
New lease of life: Dead Zoo Lab brings back beloved Natural History Museum collection
Collins Barracks is displaying about 1,300 objects while original Merrion Street location undergoes refurbishment
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August 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Great to see some nice news articles out about the new display we've been working on @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social ! 🦓🐢🐇🦥🦇
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
Our paper on VPS29 is out now! Pleased to have been part of the team: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Identification of a VPS29 isoform with restricted association to Retriever and Retromer accessory proteins through autoinhibition | PNAS
The endosomal–lysosomal network is a hub of organelles that orchestrate the dynamic
sorting of hundreds of integral membrane proteins to maintain c...
www.pnas.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Our paper on VPS29 is out now! Pleased to have been part of the team: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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(1/14) ¿Has probado alguna vez a trazar tu árbol genealógico? Es un ejercicio interesante para entender tus raíces, a pesar de que se complica cuantas más generaciones atrás intentas llegar…
Imagínate un árbol así, pero a escala de toda la vida en la Tierra. #HiloDivulgación
Imagínate un árbol así, pero a escala de toda la vida en la Tierra. #HiloDivulgación
June 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
(1/14) ¿Has probado alguna vez a trazar tu árbol genealógico? Es un ejercicio interesante para entender tus raíces, a pesar de que se complica cuantas más generaciones atrás intentas llegar…
Imagínate un árbol así, pero a escala de toda la vida en la Tierra. #HiloDivulgación
Imagínate un árbol así, pero a escala de toda la vida en la Tierra. #HiloDivulgación
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Really happy to share our new preprint on the central complex of Heliconiini butterflies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Check it out!
@neuroethology.org @brainevolutionnews.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #brainevolution #heliconius #centralcomplex
@neuroethology.org @brainevolutionnews.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #brainevolution #heliconius #centralcomplex
Distinct evolutionary trajectories of two integration centres, the central complex and mushroom bodies, across Heliconiini butterflies
Neural circuits have evolved to produce cognitive processes that facilitate a species variable behavioural repertoire. Underlying this variation are evolutionary forces, such as selection, that operat...
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May 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Really happy to share our new preprint on the central complex of Heliconiini butterflies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... Check it out!
@neuroethology.org @brainevolutionnews.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #brainevolution #heliconius #centralcomplex
@neuroethology.org @brainevolutionnews.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social @tibbe-evolneuro.bsky.social #brainevolution #heliconius #centralcomplex
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☕🌊 Coffee too weak? Pour more slowly
A new study found that even a gentle water jet creates avalanches in coffee grounds, boosting mixing and extraction.
Slower pours = stronger brews with less coffee.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#Coffee #SciComm 🧪
A new study found that even a gentle water jet creates avalanches in coffee grounds, boosting mixing and extraction.
Slower pours = stronger brews with less coffee.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#Coffee #SciComm 🧪
Pour-over coffee: Mixing by a water jet impinging on a granular bed with avalanche dynamics
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world. However, issues such as climate change threaten the growth of the temperature-sensitive Coffea arabic
doi.org
April 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
☕🌊 Coffee too weak? Pour more slowly
A new study found that even a gentle water jet creates avalanches in coffee grounds, boosting mixing and extraction.
Slower pours = stronger brews with less coffee.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#Coffee #SciComm 🧪
A new study found that even a gentle water jet creates avalanches in coffee grounds, boosting mixing and extraction.
Slower pours = stronger brews with less coffee.
🔗 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
#Coffee #SciComm 🧪
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Not really my announcement to make--I am but a lesser co-author--but IQ-TREE 3 has just been released!
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models
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April 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not really my announcement to make--I am but a lesser co-author--but IQ-TREE 3 has just been released!
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
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Featured image with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
April 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Featured image with Allan Carrillo-Baltodano
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
This is an image of a larva of a phoronid worm. To swim, the larva propels itself using cilia 💃
Find out about @allancarbal.bsky.social and his #EvoDevo research on marine annelids:
thenode.biologists.com/featured-ima...
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
Ecstatic to have played a small part in this, we find that the first aerobes predate the GOE by almost a billion years! Photosynthesis implications
Lead by Adrián Davín, @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @xrefugee13.bsky.social @tweethinking.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lead by Adrián Davín, @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @xrefugee13.bsky.social @tweethinking.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation
Microbial life has dominated Earth’s history but left a sparse fossil record, greatly hindering our understanding of evolution in deep time. However, bacterial metabolism has left signatures in the ge...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ecstatic to have played a small part in this, we find that the first aerobes predate the GOE by almost a billion years! Photosynthesis implications
Lead by Adrián Davín, @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @xrefugee13.bsky.social @tweethinking.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lead by Adrián Davín, @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @xrefugee13.bsky.social @tweethinking.bsky.social @ssolo.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New isolates from eukaryote's closest archaeal relative: ‘Hodarchaeales’!! Syntrophic microaerotolerant peptide-degrading anaerobic archaea w/ simple cell structure & protrusions. Features conserved across the phylum provide new insight into our ancestor’s biology!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Eukaryotes' closest relatives are internally simple syntrophic archaea
Eukaryotes are theorized to have originated from an archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota (formerly 'Asgard' archaea)1,2. The first cultured representatives revealed valuable insight3,4 but are distantly ...
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February 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
New isolates from eukaryote's closest archaeal relative: ‘Hodarchaeales’!! Syntrophic microaerotolerant peptide-degrading anaerobic archaea w/ simple cell structure & protrusions. Features conserved across the phylum provide new insight into our ancestor’s biology!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Three-year postdoc in computational evolutionary biology at the University of Glasgow. Ideal for PhD holders in bioinformatics. Applications close on March 18, 2025. More info: https://vibelab.co.uk/ #postdoc
VIBE Research Lab
Viral Informatics, Biostatistics, and Evolution Research Lab at the CVR, University of Glasgow
vibelab.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Three-year postdoc in computational evolutionary biology at the University of Glasgow. Ideal for PhD holders in bioinformatics. Applications close on March 18, 2025. More info: https://vibelab.co.uk/ #postdoc
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Job Alert: Senior Research Associate in Phylogenomics @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication - comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with @jameswclark.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Job Alert: Senior Research Associate in Phylogenomics @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication - comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with @jameswclark.bsky.social
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Job announcement: a four-year postdoc position in phylogenomics at the Milner Centre for Evolution, Bath, with James Clark and me (I'm moving to Bath later in the year...). www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
ED12442 Research Associate in Phylogenomics (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath
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February 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Job announcement: a four-year postdoc position in phylogenomics at the Milner Centre for Evolution, Bath, with James Clark and me (I'm moving to Bath later in the year...). www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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PDRA opportunity at Kew - chance to work on an exciting new project with a wonderful boss! (speaking from first hand experience ☺️)
Post-doc alert: Evolutionary genomics of diploidization of polyploids, with a terrific team
careers.kew.org/vacancy/post...
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Post-doctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genomics of Polyploids - Careers | Kew GardensMenuClose menu
We are seeking a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher to play a key role in helping to deliver an exciting new 4-year multi-partner BBSRC research project focused on understanding genome evolutio...
careers.kew.org
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
PDRA opportunity at Kew - chance to work on an exciting new project with a wonderful boss! (speaking from first hand experience ☺️)
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How may evolutionary rates vary on different planets? See our preprint where we think how temperature impacts the timings of the origins of major groups
Prospects for biological evolution on Hycean worlds
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.07872
Emily G. Mitchell, Nikku Madhusudhan
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.07872
Emily G. Mitchell, Nikku Madhusudhan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.07872
arXiv abstract link
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February 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How may evolutionary rates vary on different planets? See our preprint where we think how temperature impacts the timings of the origins of major groups
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Now hanging prominently in lab so we always remember why we’re here and that what we do matters
February 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Now hanging prominently in lab so we always remember why we’re here and that what we do matters
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Are you interested in studying archaea with their diverse symbionts? We look forward hearing from you: workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
NIOZ - Postdoc position: “to elucidate the role of archaeal symbionts in cellular evolution and ecology”
The EvoSym Team within the Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB) located at the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), is looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a bac
workingat.nioz.nl
February 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Are you interested in studying archaea with their diverse symbionts? We look forward hearing from you: workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
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Mark your calendars! Archaea power hour is back!
Archaea Power Hour is back next week on WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12th at 10 AM EST / 4 PM CET! Make sure to attend and show your love for archaea this coming Valentine's week 😍🥰♥️!!! Join our mailing list to receive the Zoom link: t.co/b17JFAaZQ6.
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Mark your calendars! Archaea power hour is back!
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New research on ancient Asgard archaeal ESCRT-III proteins reveals evolutionary secrets of membrane remodelling.
Diorge Souza, Javier Espadas and Sami Chaaban, investigated the ESCRT-III proteins with Buzz Baum and Aurelien Roux.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/asgard-archa...
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Diorge Souza, Javier Espadas and Sami Chaaban, investigated the ESCRT-III proteins with Buzz Baum and Aurelien Roux.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/asgard-archa...
#LMBResearch (1/2)
February 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
New research on ancient Asgard archaeal ESCRT-III proteins reveals evolutionary secrets of membrane remodelling.
Diorge Souza, Javier Espadas and Sami Chaaban, investigated the ESCRT-III proteins with Buzz Baum and Aurelien Roux.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/asgard-archa...
#LMBResearch (1/2)
Diorge Souza, Javier Espadas and Sami Chaaban, investigated the ESCRT-III proteins with Buzz Baum and Aurelien Roux.
Read more: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/asgard-archa...
#LMBResearch (1/2)