Filippo Nicolini 🧬
@filonico.bsky.social
🧬🦪🦗🧽 Dealing/struggling with invertebrate evolutionary genomics
🎓 he/him postodoc in @robertofeuda.bsky.social lab at Uni of Leicester (UK), former PhD student at Uni of Bologna (IT)
🎨💭 Also drawing & communicating science
https://filonico.github.io/
🎓 he/him postodoc in @robertofeuda.bsky.social lab at Uni of Leicester (UK), former PhD student at Uni of Bologna (IT)
🎨💭 Also drawing & communicating science
https://filonico.github.io/
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Filippo Nicolini 🧬
@filonico.bsky.social
· Sep 22
2nd paper outta my PhD is NOW PUBLISHED😭
🧬🖥️ 🦑Here we show how comparative #genomics 🧬 is a powerful tool to detect putative #SexDetermination genes: Dmrt1L & SoxH from #bivalves 🦪 share evolutionary patterns with Sry from #mammals 🐗 but not with genes from
#drosophila 🪰
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
🧬🖥️ 🦑Here we show how comparative #genomics 🧬 is a powerful tool to detect putative #SexDetermination genes: Dmrt1L & SoxH from #bivalves 🦪 share evolutionary patterns with Sry from #mammals 🐗 but not with genes from
#drosophila 🪰
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
An impressive review on classification and study of #ants, taken from an historical perspective 🖥️🧬🐜 includes also loads of insightful sections 👀
#bugsky #phylogenetics
academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
#bugsky #phylogenetics
academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
Ant systematics: past, present, and future
Abstract. The classification of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) has progressed in waves since the first 17 species were described by Linnaeus in the 1758 ed
academic.oup.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
An impressive review on classification and study of #ants, taken from an historical perspective 🖥️🧬🐜 includes also loads of insightful sections 👀
#bugsky #phylogenetics
academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
#bugsky #phylogenetics
academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
Dias et al. used genetic data from 27 Drosophilidae species and 6 outgroups to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships of fruit flies, recovering Drosophilidae as nonmonophyletic, underscoring the need for taxonomic revision.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf269
#evobio #molbio #drosophila
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf269
#evobio #molbio #drosophila
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Dias et al. used genetic data from 27 Drosophilidae species and 6 outgroups to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships of fruit flies, recovering Drosophilidae as nonmonophyletic, underscoring the need for taxonomic revision.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf269
#evobio #molbio #drosophila
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf269
#evobio #molbio #drosophila
BEHOLD y'all the hecking bloody bobbit worm, who finally decided to get out from their sand burrow for the begone Day 14 of #invertober2025 #MarineLife
This took way longer than I expected (3 sessions of 2+ hours each). The problem was not the body structure itself, but the freaking segments 💀
This took way longer than I expected (3 sessions of 2+ hours each). The problem was not the body structure itself, but the freaking segments 💀
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
BEHOLD y'all the hecking bloody bobbit worm, who finally decided to get out from their sand burrow for the begone Day 14 of #invertober2025 #MarineLife
This took way longer than I expected (3 sessions of 2+ hours each). The problem was not the body structure itself, but the freaking segments 💀
This took way longer than I expected (3 sessions of 2+ hours each). The problem was not the body structure itself, but the freaking segments 💀
1/3 🧵 Im entering my 2nd year as a postdoc, & since Ive started my journey in academia I can't help but asking myself:
is this work culture sustainable? is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?
Stimulating editorial with a stimulating book👇
doi.org/10.1177/1570...
[Continues below]
is this work culture sustainable? is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?
Stimulating editorial with a stimulating book👇
doi.org/10.1177/1570...
[Continues below]
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
1/3 🧵 Im entering my 2nd year as a postdoc, & since Ive started my journey in academia I can't help but asking myself:
is this work culture sustainable? is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?
Stimulating editorial with a stimulating book👇
doi.org/10.1177/1570...
[Continues below]
is this work culture sustainable? is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?
Stimulating editorial with a stimulating book👇
doi.org/10.1177/1570...
[Continues below]
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Art train time🚆🎨
Next stops:
@dinoserious.bsky.social
@whistberry.bsky.social
@fossilforager.bsky.social
@hexerite.bsky.social
Ive always been keen on drawing nature-related stuff, but recently I found a very pleasant comfort zone in sculptures too.
Jump to comments for details of the drawings
Next stops:
@dinoserious.bsky.social
@whistberry.bsky.social
@fossilforager.bsky.social
@hexerite.bsky.social
Ive always been keen on drawing nature-related stuff, but recently I found a very pleasant comfort zone in sculptures too.
Jump to comments for details of the drawings
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Art train time🚆🎨
Next stops:
@dinoserious.bsky.social
@whistberry.bsky.social
@fossilforager.bsky.social
@hexerite.bsky.social
Ive always been keen on drawing nature-related stuff, but recently I found a very pleasant comfort zone in sculptures too.
Jump to comments for details of the drawings
Next stops:
@dinoserious.bsky.social
@whistberry.bsky.social
@fossilforager.bsky.social
@hexerite.bsky.social
Ive always been keen on drawing nature-related stuff, but recently I found a very pleasant comfort zone in sculptures too.
Jump to comments for details of the drawings
🖥️🧬 imo AI is extremely helpful for coding & learning, or getting inspired on how to nicely style your code.
But AI can also be dangerous if ppl don't know first the right questions to ask or how to read the language: the times I got codes with silent errors and bugs are countless!
But AI can also be dangerous if ppl don't know first the right questions to ask or how to read the language: the times I got codes with silent errors and bugs are countless!
1/ Everyone’s chasing AI.
But in bioinformatics, solid foundations still win.
Here’s why mastering the basics matters more than ever. 🧵
But in bioinformatics, solid foundations still win.
Here’s why mastering the basics matters more than ever. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🖥️🧬 imo AI is extremely helpful for coding & learning, or getting inspired on how to nicely style your code.
But AI can also be dangerous if ppl don't know first the right questions to ask or how to read the language: the times I got codes with silent errors and bugs are countless!
But AI can also be dangerous if ppl don't know first the right questions to ask or how to read the language: the times I got codes with silent errors and bugs are countless!
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
Pleased to share our latest paper led by @tomlewin.bsky.social, now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We present the first chromosome-level genome of a phoronid and show that shared chromosomal fusions unite phoronids and bryozoans as sister groups.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Pleased to share our latest paper led by @tomlewin.bsky.social, now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We present the first chromosome-level genome of a phoronid and show that shared chromosomal fusions unite phoronids and bryozoans as sister groups.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
Good morning everyone 🌞
There is only 1 seat left for the #Phylogenomics course in December!
If interested, check it out before it is too late!
There is only 1 seat left for the #Phylogenomics course in December!
If interested, check it out before it is too late!
Join us for our course on #Phylogenomics!
Learn how to build time-calibrated phylogenies from genome-scale datasets, tackle gene-tree discordance & choose the right evolutionary models.
Theory + hands-on exercises, led by an amazing team of experts: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Learn how to build time-calibrated phylogenies from genome-scale datasets, tackle gene-tree discordance & choose the right evolutionary models.
Theory + hands-on exercises, led by an amazing team of experts: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Phylogenomics
1-5 December 2025
www.physalia-courses.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Good morning everyone 🌞
There is only 1 seat left for the #Phylogenomics course in December!
If interested, check it out before it is too late!
There is only 1 seat left for the #Phylogenomics course in December!
If interested, check it out before it is too late!
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
Day 30 #Invertober2025 - Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus pallidicollis) 🎄
just one more, and a whole day giving a talk and chatting science, and need to finish my Hornet costume for Saturday and cook for the Halloween party and make my usual Halloween greeting cards, and
#SciArt #invertebrates
just one more, and a whole day giving a talk and chatting science, and need to finish my Hornet costume for Saturday and cook for the Halloween party and make my usual Halloween greeting cards, and
#SciArt #invertebrates
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Day 30 #Invertober2025 - Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus pallidicollis) 🎄
just one more, and a whole day giving a talk and chatting science, and need to finish my Hornet costume for Saturday and cook for the Halloween party and make my usual Halloween greeting cards, and
#SciArt #invertebrates
just one more, and a whole day giving a talk and chatting science, and need to finish my Hornet costume for Saturday and cook for the Halloween party and make my usual Halloween greeting cards, and
#SciArt #invertebrates
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This was pretty smooth, I don't have much to say about this chunky buddy 🥹
Day 30 of #invertober2025 is the Christmas beetle! #bugsky
Day 30 of #invertober2025 is the Christmas beetle! #bugsky
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This was pretty smooth, I don't have much to say about this chunky buddy 🥹
Day 30 of #invertober2025 is the Christmas beetle! #bugsky
Day 30 of #invertober2025 is the Christmas beetle! #bugsky
What the heck was this?! I suspected sea urchins were difficult to draw, but this was just random spikes here & there 😵💫 I knew from skeletons that there should be a precise arrangement, but I gave up in few minutes #marineLife
Almost done with #invertober2025, Day29 is with the red sea urchin
Almost done with #invertober2025, Day29 is with the red sea urchin
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What the heck was this?! I suspected sea urchins were difficult to draw, but this was just random spikes here & there 😵💫 I knew from skeletons that there should be a precise arrangement, but I gave up in few minutes #marineLife
Almost done with #invertober2025, Day29 is with the red sea urchin
Almost done with #invertober2025, Day29 is with the red sea urchin
This is peak programming, period 🖥️🧬
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is peak programming, period 🖥️🧬
Dude has loooooong wings, I had to reduce its size a lot 💀 at least this time I wasn't defeated by venations (see below), so I also managed to put legs 🥳
In #invertober2025 Day 28 we caught a pearly green lacewing
In #invertober2025 Day 28 we caught a pearly green lacewing
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Dude has loooooong wings, I had to reduce its size a lot 💀 at least this time I wasn't defeated by venations (see below), so I also managed to put legs 🥳
In #invertober2025 Day 28 we caught a pearly green lacewing
In #invertober2025 Day 28 we caught a pearly green lacewing
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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October 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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October 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Day 27 of #invertober
American Dog Tick
... so I don't like ticks. at all. and drawing it didn't change that.
#invertober2025
American Dog Tick
... so I don't like ticks. at all. and drawing it didn't change that.
#invertober2025
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Day 27 of #invertober
American Dog Tick
... so I don't like ticks. at all. and drawing it didn't change that.
#invertober2025
American Dog Tick
... so I don't like ticks. at all. and drawing it didn't change that.
#invertober2025
FUN FACT. Ticks are #arachnids, so they usually have 8 legs. But not always! When they hatch, they have only 6—the additional pair grows after the first molt 🕵 don't be fooled by mistaking them for insects! #bugsky
Day 27 of #invertober2025 features the American dog tick and its sexual dimorphism
Day 27 of #invertober2025 features the American dog tick and its sexual dimorphism
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
FUN FACT. Ticks are #arachnids, so they usually have 8 legs. But not always! When they hatch, they have only 6—the additional pair grows after the first molt 🕵 don't be fooled by mistaking them for insects! #bugsky
Day 27 of #invertober2025 features the American dog tick and its sexual dimorphism
Day 27 of #invertober2025 features the American dog tick and its sexual dimorphism
This is an outstanding work from the @arnonelab.bsky.social!
Not only for the science behind (they literally blew..sea urchins' head off!), but also because of the extreme attention they put on the M&Ms section.
This is what you call REPRODUCIBLE SCIENCE. Each of us should aim for this! Well done🥳
Not only for the science behind (they literally blew..sea urchins' head off!), but also because of the extreme attention they put on the M&Ms section.
This is what you call REPRODUCIBLE SCIENCE. Each of us should aim for this! Well done🥳
Our study, just published in #ScienceAdvances and funded by @hfspo.bsky.social, explores the post metamorphic cell composition of the sea urchin juvenile, revealing that its body is head-like. Long considered brainless creatures, they’re all brain instead!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Single-nucleus profiling highlights the all-brain echinoderm nervous system
A sea urchin is a head with a brain-like organization and a vertebrate-type retinal signature.
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is an outstanding work from the @arnonelab.bsky.social!
Not only for the science behind (they literally blew..sea urchins' head off!), but also because of the extreme attention they put on the M&Ms section.
This is what you call REPRODUCIBLE SCIENCE. Each of us should aim for this! Well done🥳
Not only for the science behind (they literally blew..sea urchins' head off!), but also because of the extreme attention they put on the M&Ms section.
This is what you call REPRODUCIBLE SCIENCE. Each of us should aim for this! Well done🥳
Reposted by Filippo Nicolini 🧬
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM