SPP 2349 Gevol
@gevol.bsky.social
Bluesky account of the DFG-funded SPP 2349 "Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations" (coordinator: E. Bornberg-Bauer, University Münster)
http://g-evol.com
http://g-evol.com
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Check out our new review in Nature Reviews Genetics on de novo emerged genes and proteins. How they emerge, are lost and persist - and how de novo emerged proteins relate to randomized proteins! @bornberglab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 28, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Check out our new review in Nature Reviews Genetics on de novo emerged genes and proteins. How they emerge, are lost and persist - and how de novo emerged proteins relate to randomized proteins! @bornberglab.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Heads up: Two of the PhD positions in our Germany-wide priority program "Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)" have application deadlines in a few days, see
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
GEvol – DFG SPP 2349 – Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Heads up: Two of the PhD positions in our Germany-wide priority program "Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations (GEvol)" have application deadlines in a few days, see
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
Gevol Job alert: 2 New PhD positions. You want to do Bioinformatics 💻, please check the job Mario Stankes lab in Greifswald, or maybe work on ant venoms 🐜, please check the job in Simon Tragust lab in Halle. These and more open jobs can be found g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio...
Open Positions – GEvol – DFG SPP 2349
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
January 7, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Gevol Job alert: 2 New PhD positions. You want to do Bioinformatics 💻, please check the job Mario Stankes lab in Greifswald, or maybe work on ant venoms 🐜, please check the job in Simon Tragust lab in Halle. These and more open jobs can be found g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio...
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🦋 i5k Annual Meeting: February 4th, 2026! Anyone with an interest in arthropod #genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...
#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects #biodiversity
#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects #biodiversity
2025 i5k Annual Meeting Announcement
Website for the i5k 5,000 insect genome initiative.
i5k.github.io
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🦋 i5k Annual Meeting: February 4th, 2026! Anyone with an interest in arthropod #genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...
#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects #biodiversity
#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects #biodiversity
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📢🪳 New paper alert!
Former group members Alina and Mark contributed to a new study just published in Nature Communications. The team generated 47 new high-quality genomes from termites and cockroaches, filling a major gap in available data.
Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Former group members Alina and Mark contributed to a new study just published in Nature Communications. The team generated 47 new high-quality genomes from termites and cockroaches, filling a major gap in available data.
Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unravelling the evolution of wood-feeding in termites with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies - Nature Communications
Termites, the largest lineage of non-hymenopteran social insects, are important decomposers of plant organic matter in the tropics. Here, the authors sequence the genomes of 45 termites and two cockro...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📢🪳 New paper alert!
Former group members Alina and Mark contributed to a new study just published in Nature Communications. The team generated 47 new high-quality genomes from termites and cockroaches, filling a major gap in available data.
Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Former group members Alina and Mark contributed to a new study just published in Nature Communications. The team generated 47 new high-quality genomes from termites and cockroaches, filling a major gap in available data.
Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GEvol Job Alert: PhD position in Robert Paxtons lab in Halle This research project focuses on the extent to which the origin of eusociality in the socially variable halictid bees is ascribable
to changes in gene regulatory mechanisms. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de
to changes in gene regulatory mechanisms. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
GEvol Job Alert: PhD position in Robert Paxtons lab in Halle This research project focuses on the extent to which the origin of eusociality in the socially variable halictid bees is ascribable
to changes in gene regulatory mechanisms. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de
to changes in gene regulatory mechanisms. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de
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Postdoctoral Research Associates are sought for the GEvol project on evolutionary genomics. Candidates should have programming and data analysis skills. More info: https://g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positions/ #postdoc
Open Positions – GEvol – DFG SPP 2349
Open Positions – GEvol – DFG SPP 2349
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Postdoctoral Research Associates are sought for the GEvol project on evolutionary genomics. Candidates should have programming and data analysis skills. More info: https://g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positions/ #postdoc
📢 GEvol Job Alert: PhD position in Joachim Kurtzs lab in Münster in the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity. This research project focuses on the evolutionary flexibility of epigenetic regulation in insects. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio... 🧬
Open Positions – GEvol – DFG SPP 2349
g-evol.uni-muenster.de
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📢 GEvol Job Alert: PhD position in Joachim Kurtzs lab in Münster in the Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity. This research project focuses on the evolutionary flexibility of epigenetic regulation in insects. Find this and more open positions @ g-evol.uni-muenster.de/open-positio... 🧬
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PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
PhD candidate in biology — theoretical and statistical modeling (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
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***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
PhD candidate in biology — theoretical and statistical modeling (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
📢 Job alert: Post-Doc Position in the project "Functional annotation of genomic🧬 innovations in a densely populated clade🪰 with deep learning 💻" Join the GEvol community in a collaborative project between @bornberglab.bsky.social and @katharinahoff.bsky.social lab.
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
Post-Doc – bornberglab.org
bornberglab.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📢 Job alert: Post-Doc Position in the project "Functional annotation of genomic🧬 innovations in a densely populated clade🪰 with deep learning 💻" Join the GEvol community in a collaborative project between @bornberglab.bsky.social and @katharinahoff.bsky.social lab.
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
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#Climate and parasite pressure jointly shape traits mediating the #coevolution between an #ant social parasite and its #host:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Erwann et al. 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Erwann et al. 2025
Climate and parasite pressure jointly shape traits mediating the coevolution between an ant social parasite and its host
Abstract. Host–parasite relationships are often shaped by coevolutionary arms races. While abiotic influences on these dynamics are well documented, a comb
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#Climate and parasite pressure jointly shape traits mediating the #coevolution between an #ant social parasite and its #host:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Erwann et al. 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Erwann et al. 2025
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💻 The Project: We will integrate multi-omics (bulk/scRNAseq, long-reads, ATAC-seq) to explore how duplicated genes diverge in regulation and function.
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
💻 The Project: We will integrate multi-omics (bulk/scRNAseq, long-reads, ATAC-seq) to explore how duplicated genes diverge in regulation and function.
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
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🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Posnien - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
s.gwdg.de
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
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🧩 Thrilled to share our new paper in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social !
We present a comprehensive review of de novo gene emergence — providing a classification of current detection methods and a roadmap for addressing major challenges in the field of gene birth from non-genic sequences.
We present a comprehensive review of de novo gene emergence — providing a classification of current detection methods and a roadmap for addressing major challenges in the field of gene birth from non-genic sequences.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🧩 Thrilled to share our new paper in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social !
We present a comprehensive review of de novo gene emergence — providing a classification of current detection methods and a roadmap for addressing major challenges in the field of gene birth from non-genic sequences.
We present a comprehensive review of de novo gene emergence — providing a classification of current detection methods and a roadmap for addressing major challenges in the field of gene birth from non-genic sequences.
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PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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check out the accompanying paper doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... as well!
Validate User
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
check out the accompanying paper doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... as well!
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🚀We’re excited to share our new paper in Bioinformatics!
We introduce a user-friendly toolkit that implements our novel DeNoFo file-format for standardised annotation of de novo gene detection workflows — enabling reproducible methodology descriptions and easier dataset comparison across studies.
We introduce a user-friendly toolkit that implements our novel DeNoFo file-format for standardised annotation of de novo gene detection workflows — enabling reproducible methodology descriptions and easier dataset comparison across studies.
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🚀We’re excited to share our new paper in Bioinformatics!
We introduce a user-friendly toolkit that implements our novel DeNoFo file-format for standardised annotation of de novo gene detection workflows — enabling reproducible methodology descriptions and easier dataset comparison across studies.
We introduce a user-friendly toolkit that implements our novel DeNoFo file-format for standardised annotation of de novo gene detection workflows — enabling reproducible methodology descriptions and easier dataset comparison across studies.
🎉We are happy to announce that our wonderful GEvol SPP will be funded by @dfg.de for another 3 years. Included are 17 great projects all over Germany with amazing people. You want to be part of this fantastic community? Soon you can find new PhD/Post-Doc positions here & on our website. Stay tuned🎉
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🎉We are happy to announce that our wonderful GEvol SPP will be funded by @dfg.de for another 3 years. Included are 17 great projects all over Germany with amazing people. You want to be part of this fantastic community? Soon you can find new PhD/Post-Doc positions here & on our website. Stay tuned🎉
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The DeNoFo format & toolkit for annotating, assessing and comparing the tools and tresholds used in studies of de novo evolved genes is out now in Bioinformatics! Great effort led by @drdomain.bsky.social and Anna Grandchamp!
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The DeNoFo format & toolkit for annotating, assessing and comparing the tools and tresholds used in studies of de novo evolved genes is out now in Bioinformatics! Great effort led by @drdomain.bsky.social and Anna Grandchamp!
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
📢 Check out our GEvol inspired Special Issue in JEZ-B:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15525015... 🚨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15525015... 🚨
Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations in Insects: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution: Vol 344, No 7
The Journal of Experimental Zoology – B (JEZ-B): Molecular and Developmental Evolution covers the structure & evolution of animal & non-animal organisms.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
📢 Check out our GEvol inspired Special Issue in JEZ-B:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15525015... 🚨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15525015... 🚨
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We have put together a comprehensive eQTL map for D. melanogaster using thousands of genetically diverse flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 We hope this helps -as similar resources have done in yeast and humans- to understand how genetic variation 🧬 regulates complex traits variation 🪰 via transcriptional regulation ⬆️⬇️
Saturating the eQTL map in Drosophila: Genome-wide patterns of cis and trans regulation of transcriptional variation in outbred populations
Pallares et al. collect over a thousand RNA-seq and DNA samples from Drosophila melanogaster
flies to investigate the genetic basis of gene expression variation. They find eQTLs
for 98% of the genes a...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We have put together a comprehensive eQTL map for D. melanogaster using thousands of genetically diverse flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 We hope this helps -as similar resources have done in yeast and humans- to understand how genetic variation 🧬 regulates complex traits variation 🪰 via transcriptional regulation ⬆️⬇️
Many thanks to all GEvol members for a truly wonderful annual meeting. It was really great to catch up with you all again.
September 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Many thanks to all GEvol members for a truly wonderful annual meeting. It was really great to catch up with you all again.
Many thanks to Barbara Feldmeyer, Eckart @eckartstolle.bsky.social and Erich @bornberglab.bsky.social for organising and hosting our GEvol-inspired symposium @eseb2025.bsky.social 👏
August 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Many thanks to Barbara Feldmeyer, Eckart @eckartstolle.bsky.social and Erich @bornberglab.bsky.social for organising and hosting our GEvol-inspired symposium @eseb2025.bsky.social 👏
Lots of inspiring talks & posters at our GEvol symposium at #ESEB2025 yesterday!
Thanks to everyone who presented, especially our invited speakers @ahuylmans.bsky.social & @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social. From GEvol, Marie Lebherz, Elisa Israel and Barbara Feldmeyer gave talks about their work. (1/2)
Thanks to everyone who presented, especially our invited speakers @ahuylmans.bsky.social & @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social. From GEvol, Marie Lebherz, Elisa Israel and Barbara Feldmeyer gave talks about their work. (1/2)
August 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Lots of inspiring talks & posters at our GEvol symposium at #ESEB2025 yesterday!
Thanks to everyone who presented, especially our invited speakers @ahuylmans.bsky.social & @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social. From GEvol, Marie Lebherz, Elisa Israel and Barbara Feldmeyer gave talks about their work. (1/2)
Thanks to everyone who presented, especially our invited speakers @ahuylmans.bsky.social & @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social. From GEvol, Marie Lebherz, Elisa Israel and Barbara Feldmeyer gave talks about their work. (1/2)