Francesca Raffini Lab
@francescaraffini.bsky.social
Evolutionary biology, genetics, conservation & beyond
@szndohrn.bsky.social 🧜♀️ 🌊 @cemeb.bsky.social
Bio-diverse & inclusive community 🌈
raffinifrancescalab.weebly.com
littorina.at.biopolis.pt
gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology
@szndohrn.bsky.social 🧜♀️ 🌊 @cemeb.bsky.social
Bio-diverse & inclusive community 🌈
raffinifrancescalab.weebly.com
littorina.at.biopolis.pt
gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology
Happy Lunar new year! 🧧
Happy (sea)horse year! 🌊🐴
Happy (sea)horse year! 🌊🐴
February 17, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Happy Lunar new year! 🧧
Happy (sea)horse year! 🌊🐴
Happy (sea)horse year! 🌊🐴
🧦💙 Oggi è la Giornata dei Calzini Spaiati! 🧦💚
Una giornata speciale che ci ricorda che la diversità è un valore 🆒
Celebriamo le differenze, l'inclusione e l'accettazione❤️
Perché a volte sono proprio gli abbinamenti più inaspettati a creare i risultati più belli 🧦🌈🧦
Una giornata speciale che ci ricorda che la diversità è un valore 🆒
Celebriamo le differenze, l'inclusione e l'accettazione❤️
Perché a volte sono proprio gli abbinamenti più inaspettati a creare i risultati più belli 🧦🌈🧦
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🧦💙 Oggi è la Giornata dei Calzini Spaiati! 🧦💚
Una giornata speciale che ci ricorda che la diversità è un valore 🆒
Celebriamo le differenze, l'inclusione e l'accettazione❤️
Perché a volte sono proprio gli abbinamenti più inaspettati a creare i risultati più belli 🧦🌈🧦
Una giornata speciale che ci ricorda che la diversità è un valore 🆒
Celebriamo le differenze, l'inclusione e l'accettazione❤️
Perché a volte sono proprio gli abbinamenti più inaspettati a creare i risultati più belli 🧦🌈🧦
Great Littorina Research Community meeting this week! 🐌🌊🐚
The Fiasco team crushed the presentations 🎯 and the feedback was amazing 💗
So many valuable inputs — we can't wait for the next steps! ! 💪✨
The Fiasco team crushed the presentations 🎯 and the feedback was amazing 💗
So many valuable inputs — we can't wait for the next steps! ! 💪✨
January 30, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Great Littorina Research Community meeting this week! 🐌🌊🐚
The Fiasco team crushed the presentations 🎯 and the feedback was amazing 💗
So many valuable inputs — we can't wait for the next steps! ! 💪✨
The Fiasco team crushed the presentations 🎯 and the feedback was amazing 💗
So many valuable inputs — we can't wait for the next steps! ! 💪✨
Happy holidays from the FIASCO team! 🎄🐌
Sending waves of festive cheers & shell-loads of joy your way 🌊🐚✨
Thanks for cruising with us this year ⛵️ — see you in the next tide! 🥂
Sending waves of festive cheers & shell-loads of joy your way 🌊🐚✨
Thanks for cruising with us this year ⛵️ — see you in the next tide! 🥂
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Happy holidays from the FIASCO team! 🎄🐌
Sending waves of festive cheers & shell-loads of joy your way 🌊🐚✨
Thanks for cruising with us this year ⛵️ — see you in the next tide! 🥂
Sending waves of festive cheers & shell-loads of joy your way 🌊🐚✨
Thanks for cruising with us this year ⛵️ — see you in the next tide! 🥂
✨ A powerful thought for the International #DisabilityDay ♿✨
The narrative isn't about being "different." It's about the difference we make 💪
A great thank you to Laila ©Vorrei prendere il Treno Onlus for this awesome graphic!
#IDPWD #DisabilityInclusion #disabledinstem #disability
The narrative isn't about being "different." It's about the difference we make 💪
A great thank you to Laila ©Vorrei prendere il Treno Onlus for this awesome graphic!
#IDPWD #DisabilityInclusion #disabledinstem #disability
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
✨ A powerful thought for the International #DisabilityDay ♿✨
The narrative isn't about being "different." It's about the difference we make 💪
A great thank you to Laila ©Vorrei prendere il Treno Onlus for this awesome graphic!
#IDPWD #DisabilityInclusion #disabledinstem #disability
The narrative isn't about being "different." It's about the difference we make 💪
A great thank you to Laila ©Vorrei prendere il Treno Onlus for this awesome graphic!
#IDPWD #DisabilityInclusion #disabledinstem #disability
Bringing together incredible historical snails 🐚📜 from researchers, museums, and private collectors 🔬🏛️🔍 for the #FiascoProject. Overwhelmed by the generosity—thank you for trusting us with these precious #Mollusk specimens 💖
#Malacology #NaturalHistory #CitizenScience #ScienceTwitter #MolluskMonday
#Malacology #NaturalHistory #CitizenScience #ScienceTwitter #MolluskMonday
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Bringing together incredible historical snails 🐚📜 from researchers, museums, and private collectors 🔬🏛️🔍 for the #FiascoProject. Overwhelmed by the generosity—thank you for trusting us with these precious #Mollusk specimens 💖
#Malacology #NaturalHistory #CitizenScience #ScienceTwitter #MolluskMonday
#Malacology #NaturalHistory #CitizenScience #ScienceTwitter #MolluskMonday
🤿 Dive into Sea Defenders: Operation FIASCO!
This roll-and-write game lets you be a 🧑🔬🦸 battling 👾👾👾 to save the 🌊:
🎲📝 Grab dice & a pen!
🧠🤝 Solo or co-op fun!
📥 FREE Download: fiascoproject.odoo.com/game
#BoardGames #Conservation #ScienceOutreach #FIASCOproject #SeaDefenders
This roll-and-write game lets you be a 🧑🔬🦸 battling 👾👾👾 to save the 🌊:
🎲📝 Grab dice & a pen!
🧠🤝 Solo or co-op fun!
📥 FREE Download: fiascoproject.odoo.com/game
#BoardGames #Conservation #ScienceOutreach #FIASCOproject #SeaDefenders
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🤿 Dive into Sea Defenders: Operation FIASCO!
This roll-and-write game lets you be a 🧑🔬🦸 battling 👾👾👾 to save the 🌊:
🎲📝 Grab dice & a pen!
🧠🤝 Solo or co-op fun!
📥 FREE Download: fiascoproject.odoo.com/game
#BoardGames #Conservation #ScienceOutreach #FIASCOproject #SeaDefenders
This roll-and-write game lets you be a 🧑🔬🦸 battling 👾👾👾 to save the 🌊:
🎲📝 Grab dice & a pen!
🧠🤝 Solo or co-op fun!
📥 FREE Download: fiascoproject.odoo.com/game
#BoardGames #Conservation #ScienceOutreach #FIASCOproject #SeaDefenders
Reposted by Francesca Raffini Lab
Our Q&A article on inbreeding for conservation is out in BMC Biology!
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Q&A: inbreeding and its implications for conservation - BMC Biology
Inbreeding depression plays a role in the decline, endangerment, and extinction of small populations, and thus inbreeding has received much attention in conservation biology. The term inbreeding is us...
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Our Q&A article on inbreeding for conservation is out in BMC Biology!
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Reposted by Francesca Raffini Lab
Here are all the interviews about Disability in E & E we have published so far - if you would like to say your piece in the November or December issues, please get in touch, tree@cell.com
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Disability in Ecology and Evolution collection: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
www.cell.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here are all the interviews about Disability in E & E we have published so far - if you would like to say your piece in the November or December issues, please get in touch, tree@cell.com
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
🙏 Thank you, Museum of Natural History of Ferrara!
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🙏 Thank you, Museum of Natural History of Ferrara!
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
🎉 Welcome, @axelita.bsky.social!
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🎉 Welcome, @axelita.bsky.social!
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
So excited to be at our first @cemeb.bsky.social Autumn Assembly! 🤩
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
So excited to be at our first @cemeb.bsky.social Autumn Assembly! 🤩
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
Reposted by Francesca Raffini Lab
🧬The annual Center for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB) Assembly 2025 has officially started, for the 1st time in Uppsala!🧬
After a welcome by steering committee member Andreas Wallberg, we are kicking things off with the first keynote lecture by Leif Andersson, Atlantic herring in the Baltic!🐟
After a welcome by steering committee member Andreas Wallberg, we are kicking things off with the first keynote lecture by Leif Andersson, Atlantic herring in the Baltic!🐟
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🧬The annual Center for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB) Assembly 2025 has officially started, for the 1st time in Uppsala!🧬
After a welcome by steering committee member Andreas Wallberg, we are kicking things off with the first keynote lecture by Leif Andersson, Atlantic herring in the Baltic!🐟
After a welcome by steering committee member Andreas Wallberg, we are kicking things off with the first keynote lecture by Leif Andersson, Atlantic herring in the Baltic!🐟
🪸🌲 From coral reefs to old-growth forests, ancient ecosystems hold profound wisdom.
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🪸🌲 From coral reefs to old-growth forests, ancient ecosystems hold profound wisdom.
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
Just back from the inaugural meeting of the 🇮🇹 #conservationgenomic Group!
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
September 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Just back from the inaugural meeting of the 🇮🇹 #conservationgenomic Group!
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
The FIASCO🐌🐌 team's formula at @sibe_iseb's #SIBESummerSchool2025?
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
September 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The FIASCO🐌🐌 team's formula at @sibe_iseb's #SIBESummerSchool2025?
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
How is the #omics revolution 🌊💻reshaping our understanding of evolution & conservation?🌍🧬🔍
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
September 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How is the #omics revolution 🌊💻reshaping our understanding of evolution & conservation?🌍🧬🔍
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
Reposted by Francesca Raffini Lab
Huge thank you @aeastephens.bsky.social for initiating the TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in T.R.E.E. providing visibility for disabled researchers in #Ecology & #Evolution to make our field more #inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Disability in ecology and evolution
In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology
and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled
in ecology and evolution. We a...
www.cell.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Huge thank you @aeastephens.bsky.social for initiating the TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in T.R.E.E. providing visibility for disabled researchers in #Ecology & #Evolution to make our field more #inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
⛵️GENOA COST Action finally IRL! 💛
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
August 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
⛵️GENOA COST Action finally IRL! 💛
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
We came, we saw, we evolved! 🔝
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
August 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We came, we saw, we evolved! 🔝
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
Reposted by Francesca Raffini Lab
The SZN delegation at #ESEB2025
@xodroont.bsky.social @svepalla.bsky.social @francescaraffini.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
@xodroont.bsky.social @svepalla.bsky.social @francescaraffini.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The SZN delegation at #ESEB2025
@xodroont.bsky.social @svepalla.bsky.social @francescaraffini.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
@xodroont.bsky.social @svepalla.bsky.social @francescaraffini.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology 🇮🇹 at @eseb2025.bsky.social spreading smart evolutionary posters 📜 and cool 👕
#ESEB2025
#ESEB2025
August 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology 🇮🇹 at @eseb2025.bsky.social spreading smart evolutionary posters 📜 and cool 👕
#ESEB2025
#ESEB2025
Come to meet @jevbio.bsky.social board & have fun at the ESEB booth @eseb2025.bsky.social! 😎🤓
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Come to meet @jevbio.bsky.social board & have fun at the ESEB booth @eseb2025.bsky.social! 😎🤓
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
🆕 from the @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025
August 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🆕 from the @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025