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Sebastian Höhna

Sebastian Höhna

@hoehna.bsky.social

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Computational Biologist at LMU München. RevBayes, phylogenetics, Bayes & Macroevolution. Former Miller fellow (UC Berkeley), Emmy Noether group leader & ERC StG

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Sebastian Höhna @hoehna.bsky.social · 12h

The position is part of the @gevol.bsky.social sky.social priority program. Please spread and get in contact.

Sebastian Höhna @hoehna.bsky.social · 12h

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

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SPP 2349 Gevol @gevol.bsky.social · 1d

🎉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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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 21d

#BiologyLetters How many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny?
Find out more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #evolution #palaeontology #taxonomyandsystematics

Reposted by Simon J. Greenhill, Sebastian Höhna

Alessio Capobianco @acapomorphic.bsky.social · 27d

Out now in Biology Letters, my latest paper tackles an apparently simple question: how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny? TL;DR: in most cases between 100 and 500, more than a substantial portion of morphological datasets, but the story is more complex... doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

Reposted by Sebastian Höhna, Orlando Schwery

Alessio Capobianco @acapomorphic.bsky.social · Sep 25

I am extremely happy to see that our review on fossil tip-dating is out in early view in Systematic Biology! A huge thanks to all the authors of this massive project (@heckeberg.bsky.social, @basantakhakurel.bsky.social, Gustavo Darlim, and @hoehna.bsky.social)! academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...

Reposted by Wolfgang Kiessling, Sebastian Höhna

IPC7 @ipc7.bsky.social · Sep 19

Symposia 🔍

Among our 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium, we are pleased to feature:

✨ Life in the Phanerozoic Oceans: Evolution, diversity and ecology in deep time marine ecosystems✨

📩 To participate in this symposium or get more information, contact the conveners: 👇

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Thijs Janzen @thijsjanzen.bsky.social · Aug 28

This study by @hoehna.bsky.social and coauthors seems very reassuring: where we often pick partition specific models rather ad-hoc, it appears these do not influence divergence time estimations.
(I would still love to see a densitree plot though!)

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Impact of Partition Models on Phylogenetic Inference and Divergence Times of Lampyridae from Mitochondrial Genomes

Mitochondrial genomes are frequently used for phylogenetic inference due to their availability and cost-efficient sequencing. In most mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses, only the two ribosomal RNA and ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Proud supervisor moment! 🥹🤩
So incredible to watch our undergrad students from the lab shine in front of such a knowledgeable audience at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social. They absolutely crushed it and I couldn’t be prouder!
@fernandalandim.bsky.social, Anna Clara Annes, Jorge Silva and Gabriela Karam.

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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Excited to share that I will be a co-director for the upcoming Workshop on Phylogenomics @evomics.bsky.social, alongside the amazing main team lead @rosafernandez.bsky.social and Erin K. Molloy

We are putting together an amazing workshop with details to come - can't wait to share it with everyone!🥳

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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · Jul 11

The study finding phylogenetically informative proteomic data in a 20+ Myr rhino from Arctic Canada--and mind blowingly including this Miocene sequence in a tip-dated analysis--counts 2021 PhD Alessio Capobianco (now postdoc, LMU Munich) among the authors: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Phylogenetically informative proteins from an Early Miocene rhinocerotid - Nature

Protein sequences from fossil tooth enamel of a rhinocerotid from Canada’s High Arctic are used to develop phylogenetic frameworks from a specimen too old to preserve ancient DNA.

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Sebastian Höhna

Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · Jul 11

This week, two papers in @nature.com reported informative ancient proteins from Early Miocene (!) mammals. What I've realized now that I've had a chance to actually look at them: *both* studies include UMMP alums and/or current researchers as authors. Neat. 🦏🦷🧬
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ancient proteins rewrite the rhino family tree — are dinosaurs next?

Molecules from 20-million-year-old teeth are among the oldest ever sequenced.

Reposted by Sebastian Höhna

Alessio Capobianco @acapomorphic.bsky.social · Jul 10

We now have protein sequences from rhino enamel that are >20 million years old! I am extremely excited and grateful to have been part of this project. The incredible thing: these sequences are informative enough to place this ancient species in the rhino tree! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Phylogenetically informative proteins from an Early Miocene rhinocerotid - Nature

Protein sequences from fossil tooth enamel of a rhinocerotid from Canada’s High Arctic are used to develop phylogenetic frameworks from a specimen too old to preserve ancient DNA.

Reposted by Christian Hof, Sebastian Höhna

Dr. Mathilde Cordellier @mcordellier.bsky.social · Jul 10

Job alert! I am looking for someone who would like to join my lab as a senior researcher, permanent, with teaching included. My lab is new, I still have startup money, just sayin. DM or email me with questions. Deadline Aug. 11th, interviews in september.
Ad here: jobs.uni-rostock.de/jobposting/c...

Research Assistant (m/f/d) - Population Genomics/Evolutionary Genomics

jobs.uni-rostock.de

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 9

Molecules from 20-million-year-old rhino-relative teeth are among the oldest ever sequenced

go.nature.com/4lFx4KN

Ancient proteins rewrite the rhino family tree — are dinosaurs next?

Molecules from 20-million-year-old teeth are among the oldest ever sequenced.

Reposted by Sebastian Höhna

𝙱𝙰𝚂𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙰 𝙺𝙷𝙰𝙺𝚄𝚁𝙴𝙻 @basantakhakurel.bsky.social · Jun 27

🆕 Preprint now on bioRxiv!
We introduce a covarion model for phylogenetic inference using discrete morphological data, addressing lineage- and character-specific rate heterogeneity.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#phylogenetics #morphology #covarion #evolution

A covarion model for phylogenetic estimation using discrete morphological datasets

The rate of evolution of a single morphological character is not homogeneous across the phylogeny and this rate heterogeneity varies between morphological characters. However, traditional models of mo...

www.biorxiv.org

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Ana Catalán @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social · Jun 24

This work shows the first overview on the population genetics and demographic history of the big European firefly, **Lampyris noctiluca**. Feeling very happy this work is out :) academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Sex-biased Migration and Demographic History of the Big European Firefly Lampyris noctiluca

Abstract. Differential dispersion between the sexes can impact the colonization process and demographic history of a species. Here, we explored the demogra

academic.oup.com

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · Jun 24

@anaevolcatalan.bsky.social @hoehna.bsky.social @stusso.bsky.social @ulrikacandolin.bsky.social et al. analyse genomes of the European firefly, revealing a complex demographic history shaped by glaciation and sex-biased dispersal.

🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42/6/msaf123/8170119

#evobio #molbio

Sex-biased Migration and Demographic History of the Big European Firefly Lampyris noctiluca

Abstract. Differential dispersion between the sexes can impact the colonization process and demographic history of a species. Here, we explored the demogra

academic.oup.com

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April Wright @wrightam.bsky.social · Jun 23

@basantakhakurel.bsky.social Doing such a great talk, clearly explaining his convarion model for morphological characters and its performance relative to Mk
Model. Preprint coming soon!

A man giving a talk in front of the screen

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Stephane Guindon @stephaneguindon.bsky.social · May 23

Thanks a lot Granada for hosting us in 2025! It was a real blast. Fantastic venue, marvellous city. Many thanks to the local organizers: A. Jesús Muñoz-Pajares and Mohamed Abdelaziz Mohamed. #MCEB2025

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Mozes Blom @moosblom.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 Wanted: PhD student excited about population genomics, Natural History Collections and birds!
📍 Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
🕒 3 Years, fully funded by the Leibniz Junior Researchgroup program

Details and Application portal 👇

jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/8...

14/2025 PhD student (f/m/d)

jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin

Sebastian Höhna @hoehna.bsky.social · May 9

New call for the MSCA postdoctoral fellowships. This is a really great opportunity.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-op...

MSCA opens €404.3 million call for Postdoctoral Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships offer researchers holding a PhD the opportunity to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility.

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

Reposted by David Pyle, Marten Winter, Kelly R. Zamudio , and 7 more David Pyle, Marten Winter, Kelly R. Zamudio, José R. Penadés, Luke Moffett, Alberto Acerbi, J. Ignacio Criado, Andrew Thacker, Sebastian Höhna, Sergey Rosbakh

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Richard Merrill @dickmerrill.bsky.social · Apr 22

Really excited that our DFG grant on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size variation in *Heliconius* has been funded :) In the next weeks, I will post an advert for a PhD, but if you know of good students, please suggest they get in touch. Please repost.

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Katharina Hoff @katharinahoff.bsky.social · Apr 21

Annotation of 200 insect genomes. Work driven by @stepbystepsolution.bsky.social and Mario Stanke within @gevol.bsky.social : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Annotation of 200 Insect Genomes with BRAKER for Consistent Comparisons across Species

The annotation of genomes lags behind their sequencing and assembly. For example, of 5,092 insect species in GenBank, as one of the most widely used databases, only 375 currently have annotated genome...

www.biorxiv.org

Reposted by Sebastian Höhna, Juliano Sarmento Cabral, Susanne Lachmuth

Ricardo J Pereira @biodiversitysmns.bsky.social · Apr 8

🦤🧬🧑‍🔬 Junior Group Leader in Conservation Genomics Wanted! 🪲🌿🔬
Help bridge gaps between evolutionary genetics & conservation with museum and monitoring collections.

🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/biodivgen
⏰ Deadline: June 15th
📩 Contact me!

🚀 Excited to explore new horizons!
Please share 🕊️

Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Feb 28

I think this is the closest many of us have ever got to seeing the real Trump. The only consistent thread in his entire unhinged rant was the love & praise for Vladimir Putin. Zelensky has more courage & dignity in his little finger than every member of Trump's regime & fan club combined.

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Eli Amson @eliamson.bsky.social · Feb 19

If you are creative and want to become a Content Creator in an amazing museum, this 🚨job🚨 is for you @smnstuttgart.bsky.social
www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stellen/deta...

Jobs | Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · Feb 18

We are organising an in-person Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop, in partnership with SRUK/CERU.

When: April 29-30, 2025

Where: University College London

There are limited places, so please pre-register by March 14th!!!

Find more details here: systass.org/workshop-bay...

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Stephane Guindon @stephaneguindon.bsky.social · Feb 12

MCEB 2025 in Granada, Spain, 12-16 May 2025: mceb2025.sciencesconf.org

Deadline for pre-registration : 21 February 2025

Looking forward to seeing you there!

MCEB 2025 - Granada, Spain - Sciencesconf.org

mceb2025.sciencesconf.org