Hayley Beth Free
@hayleybethfree.bsky.social
Oxford BBSRC DPhil cadidate researching transposable elements in frogs & toads 🧬🐸 | Oxford Brookes University | ZSL London Zoo | UK | 🌈
Member of SMBE IDEA Task Force @smbe-idea.bsky.social 💡
find me on linkedin
www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-beth-free
Member of SMBE IDEA Task Force @smbe-idea.bsky.social 💡
find me on linkedin
www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-beth-free
I am so grateful to have been awarded the bursary to the Understanding Life biodiversity genomics conferece! It was a great oppitunity to hear about and discuss amazing research in the field, as well as present findings from my PhD 🧬
🎉 Congratulations to our Understanding Life conference bursary winners! We’re proud to support this talented cohort of researchers.
🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our conferences through bursary support? Explore more: https://bit.ly/3JpQNQR
#Biodiversity25 #ScientificConference
🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our conferences through bursary support? Explore more: https://bit.ly/3JpQNQR
#Biodiversity25 #ScientificConference
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I am so grateful to have been awarded the bursary to the Understanding Life biodiversity genomics conferece! It was a great oppitunity to hear about and discuss amazing research in the field, as well as present findings from my PhD 🧬
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🤝 In 2024, the 𝗦𝗠𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Boris Armel Olou, Jean Legeay, Jean Evans Israel Codjia & Roël Dire Houdanon for their project strengthening African researchers in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics.
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
October 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🤝 In 2024, the 𝗦𝗠𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Boris Armel Olou, Jean Legeay, Jean Evans Israel Codjia & Roël Dire Houdanon for their project strengthening African researchers in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics.
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
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🤝 In 2024, the 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Rori Rohlfs and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez for their podcast ScienceWise!
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🤝 In 2024, the 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Rori Rohlfs and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez for their podcast ScienceWise!
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
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⏳ Don't miss out! Submit your proposals by 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬 and help shape a more inclusive science community!
@official-smbe.bsky.social #AcademicSky
@official-smbe.bsky.social #AcademicSky
October 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
⏳ Don't miss out! Submit your proposals by 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬 and help shape a more inclusive science community!
@official-smbe.bsky.social #AcademicSky
@official-smbe.bsky.social #AcademicSky
I really enjoy making fun ways to present my research, and with the controversial use of AI for image generation, I decided to get creative and draw my own images...
Meet my new team of anurans - ready to help me present my research on endogenous viral elements in their genomes!
Meet my new team of anurans - ready to help me present my research on endogenous viral elements in their genomes!
October 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I really enjoy making fun ways to present my research, and with the controversial use of AI for image generation, I decided to get creative and draw my own images...
Meet my new team of anurans - ready to help me present my research on endogenous viral elements in their genomes!
Meet my new team of anurans - ready to help me present my research on endogenous viral elements in their genomes!
Reposted by Hayley Beth Free
LAST CHANCE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION!
SMBE IDEA 2026
Supporting intiatives tackling inequities in evolutionary biology
We have funding in:
💡 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SMBE IDEA 2026
Supporting intiatives tackling inequities in evolutionary biology
We have funding in:
💡 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SMBE IDEA 2026 call for proposals
SMBE, through the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access) task force, aims to address systemic racism, sexism, colonialism and other exclusion in our SMBE society. With this in mind, SMBE has m...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
LAST CHANCE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION!
SMBE IDEA 2026
Supporting intiatives tackling inequities in evolutionary biology
We have funding in:
💡 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
SMBE IDEA 2026
Supporting intiatives tackling inequities in evolutionary biology
We have funding in:
💡 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Population Genetics group 59
populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Reposted by Hayley Beth Free
📢 Call for proposals - SMBE IDEA 2026
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
September 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📢 Call for proposals - SMBE IDEA 2026
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
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Loved the sticker. It’s totally fridge-level. @hayleybethfree.bsky.social #ESEB2025 #ESEB25 #TransposableElements
August 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Loved the sticker. It’s totally fridge-level. @hayleybethfree.bsky.social #ESEB2025 #ESEB25 #TransposableElements
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Great talk by @ravinderkanda.bsky.social, presenting a method to identify new exogenous & endogenous retroviruses, as well as their characterisation in anaurans 🐸 Highlights our view on these retroviruses is very mammalian-centric and there are still lots of unknown unknowns to be filled
#SMBE2025
#SMBE2025
July 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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So exciting that our work is at #SMBE2025 in Beijing!
Interested in endogenous retroviruses? Check out @hayleybethfree.bsky.social poster on novel ERVs in Anurans! #smbe2025
July 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So exciting that our work is at #SMBE2025 in Beijing!
If you're at #SMBE2025 in Beijing this year, check out Symposium 35: Open symposium session E where my supervisor @ravinderkanda.bsky.social will be talking about some of our research on #transposableelement diversity in frogs and toads 🐸🧬
July 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
If you're at #SMBE2025 in Beijing this year, check out Symposium 35: Open symposium session E where my supervisor @ravinderkanda.bsky.social will be talking about some of our research on #transposableelement diversity in frogs and toads 🐸🧬
I attended my last BBSRC DTP symposium at @ox.ac.uk - four years has passed so quickly! I presented some of my PhD research to my collegues across the cohorts and got to hear about some of their amazing research as well
July 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I attended my last BBSRC DTP symposium at @ox.ac.uk - four years has passed so quickly! I presented some of my PhD research to my collegues across the cohorts and got to hear about some of their amazing research as well
I spent an afternoon at @geneticscam.bsky.social, University of Cambridge, for the Anniversary Day of @gensocuk.bsky.social - there were some great talks ranging from quantitative traits in natural populations to an eye-opening discussion on the history and philosophy of genetics. Happy anniversary!
June 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I spent an afternoon at @geneticscam.bsky.social, University of Cambridge, for the Anniversary Day of @gensocuk.bsky.social - there were some great talks ranging from quantitative traits in natural populations to an eye-opening discussion on the history and philosophy of genetics. Happy anniversary!
Endogenous retroviruses are cool (congrats @charlesmichie.bsky.social)
First paper of my PhD just got published! We identified a full length endogenous retrovirus in slow lorises; with a twist ending regarding the current labelling of reference genomes 🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A novel endogenous retrovirus in slow lorises (Nycticebus) and its role in species identification
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are the result of an exogenous infectious retrovirus becoming integrated within the host genome through infection of ge…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Endogenous retroviruses are cool (congrats @charlesmichie.bsky.social)
I attended the K-mers in Biodiversity Genomics workshop last week with @eventswcs.bsky.social. It was very useful learning all about k-mers and their uses with the latest software, giving us hands on experience. Also a great way to meet people from across the world and enjoy the beautiful campus!
June 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I attended the K-mers in Biodiversity Genomics workshop last week with @eventswcs.bsky.social. It was very useful learning all about k-mers and their uses with the latest software, giving us hands on experience. Also a great way to meet people from across the world and enjoy the beautiful campus!
It's been a busy start to the new year - presenting at #PopGroup58 at the University of Sheffield (and having a great time as always) and then again the #BrookesPGSymposium - the latter of which I won first prize! 🧬🐸
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's been a busy start to the new year - presenting at #PopGroup58 at the University of Sheffield (and having a great time as always) and then again the #BrookesPGSymposium - the latter of which I won first prize! 🧬🐸