Iker Irisarri
@ikeririsarri.bsky.social
Digging genomes🔬to travel back in time 🦖 #Evolution #Phylogenomics #MajorTransitions Ramón y Cajal Researcher at MNCN-CSIC, Madrid
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All Recommenders are invited to the PCI Genomics Recommenders’ Meeting! We will present our goals and discuss possible ways to improve user experience and engagement. Two online meetings: Feb 9th, 18h CET OR Feb 11th, 15h CET. If not a Recommender yet, send us an email!
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
All Recommenders are invited to the PCI Genomics Recommenders’ Meeting! We will present our goals and discuss possible ways to improve user experience and engagement. Two online meetings: Feb 9th, 18h CET OR Feb 11th, 15h CET. If not a Recommender yet, send us an email!
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Proponen descodificar el ADN de los especímenes tipo, los ejemplares que definen cada especie, para potenciar la investigación de la biodiversidad. Un equipo internacional con participación del MNCN publica la iniciativa en Systematic Biology. @leibnizlib.bsky.social www.mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
January 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Proponen descodificar el ADN de los especímenes tipo, los ejemplares que definen cada especie, para potenciar la investigación de la biodiversidad. Un equipo internacional con participación del MNCN publica la iniciativa en Systematic Biology. @leibnizlib.bsky.social www.mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
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¡Impulsamos la digitalización de la #biodiversidad! En diciembre el MNCN-@csic.es organizó un workshop europeo avanzado de #Specify, el sistema de gestión líder para colecciones científicas. mncn.csic.es
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 PM
¡Impulsamos la digitalización de la #biodiversidad! En diciembre el MNCN-@csic.es organizó un workshop europeo avanzado de #Specify, el sistema de gestión líder para colecciones científicas. mncn.csic.es
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Kulikov, @ikeririsarri.bsky.social @fonamental.bsky.social et al present a 529.6 Mb chromosome-scale genome for the redlip blenny (scaffold N50 = 23.7 Mb; BUSCO = 97.06%). Annotation identified 18,927 protein-coding genes.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf242
📸 Evan D’Alessandro
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf242
📸 Evan D’Alessandro
#genome #evolution
January 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Kulikov, @ikeririsarri.bsky.social @fonamental.bsky.social et al present a 529.6 Mb chromosome-scale genome for the redlip blenny (scaffold N50 = 23.7 Mb; BUSCO = 97.06%). Annotation identified 18,927 protein-coding genes.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf242
📸 Evan D’Alessandro
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf242
📸 Evan D’Alessandro
#genome #evolution
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Microbial eukaryotes keep challenging assumptions about eukaryotic cell and genome biology.
Our upcoming workshop explores the frontier of protist genomics and how it shapes cell biology, ecology and evolution.
Please save the date! Talks, posters and ECR events
Websites and details coming soon
Our upcoming workshop explores the frontier of protist genomics and how it shapes cell biology, ecology and evolution.
Please save the date! Talks, posters and ECR events
Websites and details coming soon
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Microbial eukaryotes keep challenging assumptions about eukaryotic cell and genome biology.
Our upcoming workshop explores the frontier of protist genomics and how it shapes cell biology, ecology and evolution.
Please save the date! Talks, posters and ECR events
Websites and details coming soon
Our upcoming workshop explores the frontier of protist genomics and how it shapes cell biology, ecology and evolution.
Please save the date! Talks, posters and ECR events
Websites and details coming soon
A new combtooth blenny genome just dropped! Assembled from recycled ONT data + HiC + RNAseq.
Thanks, Nikita Kulikov, Kim Joffroy, @ambonacolta.bsky.social @delcampolab.bsky.social for your hard work
Thanks, Nikita Kulikov, Kim Joffroy, @ambonacolta.bsky.social @delcampolab.bsky.social for your hard work
The chromosome-scale genome assembly of the redlip blenny, Ophioblennius macclurei (Blenniidae)
Abstract. Here, we present a high-quality, chromosome-scale genome assembly for the redlip blenny Ophioblennius macclurei (family Blennidae). The assembly
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December 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A new combtooth blenny genome just dropped! Assembled from recycled ONT data + HiC + RNAseq.
Thanks, Nikita Kulikov, Kim Joffroy, @ambonacolta.bsky.social @delcampolab.bsky.social for your hard work
Thanks, Nikita Kulikov, Kim Joffroy, @ambonacolta.bsky.social @delcampolab.bsky.social for your hard work
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Wow! Remarkably complete story on the logic of phenotypic plasticity in a predatory protist - congrats @cellraiser.bsky.social et al!
How do cells adapt morphology to function? In a 🔥 preprint by @zjmaggiexu.bsky.social , with @dudinlab.bsky.social and @amyweeks.bsky.social , we identify a self-organizing single-cell morphology circuit that optimizes the feeding trap structure of the suctorian P. collini. 🧵 tinyurl.com/4k8nv926
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wow! Remarkably complete story on the logic of phenotypic plasticity in a predatory protist - congrats @cellraiser.bsky.social et al!
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Del 4 al 16 de noviembre se celebra la semana de la ciencia (si, son dos semanas aunque por el nombre parezca una)
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
El MNCN presenta su propuesta de actividades para la Semana de la Ciencia | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Habrá un homenaje a Jane Goodall en el que Rebeca Atencia, considerada su sucesora, hablará de su experiencia con la primatóloga
mncn.csic.es
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Del 4 al 16 de noviembre se celebra la semana de la ciencia (si, son dos semanas aunque por el nombre parezca una)
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
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This has been great: #Phylogenomics unveil a recent origin of morphological complexity in Coleochaetophyceae. With @ikeririsarri.bsky.social @maaikebier.bsky.social Chuck, + more @uni-goettingen.de @watertoland.bsky.social #streptophytes #charophytes #evolution
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This has been great: #Phylogenomics unveil a recent origin of morphological complexity in Coleochaetophyceae. With @ikeririsarri.bsky.social @maaikebier.bsky.social Chuck, + more @uni-goettingen.de @watertoland.bsky.social #streptophytes #charophytes #evolution
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Complex thalli in streptophyte algae of the class Coleochaetophyceae are evolutionarily younger than expected :-D 🌱
Phylogenomics unveil a recent origin of morphological complexity in Coleochaetophyceae
Land plants (embryophytes) are the morphologically most elaborate photosynthetic eukaryotes. The evolutionary origin of many of their key morphogeneti…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Complex thalli in streptophyte algae of the class Coleochaetophyceae are evolutionarily younger than expected :-D 🌱
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PhD opportunity in Bodø! You’ll sequence genomes from invasive and non-invasive slug (A. vulgaris) populations to uncover the molecular basis of invasion dynamics. Supervised by Prof. Les Noble & co-supervisor by me. Fully funded, cutting-edge science, great team. Apply by Sept 21: shorturl.at/zJT06
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September 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
PhD opportunity in Bodø! You’ll sequence genomes from invasive and non-invasive slug (A. vulgaris) populations to uncover the molecular basis of invasion dynamics. Supervised by Prof. Les Noble & co-supervisor by me. Fully funded, cutting-edge science, great team. Apply by Sept 21: shorturl.at/zJT06
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What you're looking at is a brand new protist species! 🤯🔬
Isn't it beautiful?
This image is just a glimpse of what's to come. We can't wait to share our full findings soon, in partnership with Guifré @beaplab.bsky.social @luisjagago.bsky.social. Stay tuned! #NewSpecies #protistsonSky #diversity
Isn't it beautiful?
This image is just a glimpse of what's to come. We can't wait to share our full findings soon, in partnership with Guifré @beaplab.bsky.social @luisjagago.bsky.social. Stay tuned! #NewSpecies #protistsonSky #diversity
September 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What you're looking at is a brand new protist species! 🤯🔬
Isn't it beautiful?
This image is just a glimpse of what's to come. We can't wait to share our full findings soon, in partnership with Guifré @beaplab.bsky.social @luisjagago.bsky.social. Stay tuned! #NewSpecies #protistsonSky #diversity
Isn't it beautiful?
This image is just a glimpse of what's to come. We can't wait to share our full findings soon, in partnership with Guifré @beaplab.bsky.social @luisjagago.bsky.social. Stay tuned! #NewSpecies #protistsonSky #diversity
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The Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Change is hiring a tenure-track Scientist in molecular biodiversity research in Hamburg. Apply by Sept 30, 2025. More info: https://8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-14-Scientist-in-molecular-biodiversity-research-(m_f_d) #job
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Karriereportal
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September 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Change is hiring a tenure-track Scientist in molecular biodiversity research in Hamburg. Apply by Sept 30, 2025. More info: https://8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-14-Scientist-in-molecular-biodiversity-research-(m_f_d) #job
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We reviewed the use of long-read sequencing with both @nanoporetech.com and @pacbio.bsky.social data for analyses of eukaryote #biodiversity for environmental samples #eDNA and #barcoding, providing a complete guide for future applications #BiodiversityGenomics @sgn.one
doi.org/10.32942/X2J...
doi.org/10.32942/X2J...
Long-read sequencing for biodiversity analyses - a comprehensive guide
doi.org/10.32942/X2J...
doi.org/10.32942/X2J...
August 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We reviewed the use of long-read sequencing with both @nanoporetech.com and @pacbio.bsky.social data for analyses of eukaryote #biodiversity for environmental samples #eDNA and #barcoding, providing a complete guide for future applications #BiodiversityGenomics @sgn.one
doi.org/10.32942/X2J...
doi.org/10.32942/X2J...
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The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Bioinformatician - Uppsala University
Bioinformatician, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
August 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The @scilifelab.se ancient DNA unit is looking for an bioinformatician placed at Uppsala University. This is a great way to be part of diverse #aDNA research projects as a staff scientist with permanent (!!) employment:
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Join us 15/09/2025 @mncn-csic.bsky.social for a symposium on various applications of #genomics to #biodiversity research
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
July 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join us 15/09/2025 @mncn-csic.bsky.social for a symposium on various applications of #genomics to #biodiversity research
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
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🌡️ A new Science paper reports 2023 saw record‐breaking #ΜarineΗeatwaves — 96% of the oceans were affected, heatwaves lasted 4× longer than average, and some regions stayed hot for over 500 days. It may mark a climate #TippingPoint.
#MarineEcology #Conservation 🌍🌐🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
#MarineEcology #Conservation 🌍🌐🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
July 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🌡️ A new Science paper reports 2023 saw record‐breaking #ΜarineΗeatwaves — 96% of the oceans were affected, heatwaves lasted 4× longer than average, and some regions stayed hot for over 500 days. It may mark a climate #TippingPoint.
#MarineEcology #Conservation 🌍🌐🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
#MarineEcology #Conservation 🌍🌐🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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📑 New @genomics.peercommunityin.org recommendation, by @sishuowang.bsky.social
genomics.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
On the work of David Robelin et al. (2025) localScore: an R package to highlight optimal and suboptimal segment in a sequence with associated p-values computation
#OpenAccess
genomics.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
On the work of David Robelin et al. (2025) localScore: an R package to highlight optimal and suboptimal segment in a sequence with associated p-values computation
#OpenAccess
July 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📑 New @genomics.peercommunityin.org recommendation, by @sishuowang.bsky.social
genomics.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
On the work of David Robelin et al. (2025) localScore: an R package to highlight optimal and suboptimal segment in a sequence with associated p-values computation
#OpenAccess
genomics.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
On the work of David Robelin et al. (2025) localScore: an R package to highlight optimal and suboptimal segment in a sequence with associated p-values computation
#OpenAccess
Join us 15/09/2025 @mncn-csic.bsky.social for a symposium on various applications of #genomics to #biodiversity research
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
July 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join us 15/09/2025 @mncn-csic.bsky.social for a symposium on various applications of #genomics to #biodiversity research
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
Registration required for in-person participation (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/museum-bio...); streamed through YouTube.
Thanks to generous support by Conexión Genoma @csic.es
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Fresh off the presses in @currentbiology.bsky.social : Is the deuterostome clade an artefact? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We (yours truly, Paschalis Natsidis, Laura Piovani and co-leads Paschalia Kapli and @maxjtelford.bsky.social) set out to try to answer this question.
Why? (1/12)
We (yours truly, Paschalis Natsidis, Laura Piovani and co-leads Paschalia Kapli and @maxjtelford.bsky.social) set out to try to answer this question.
Why? (1/12)
Is the deuterostome clade an artifact?
There is a long-standing consensus that the animal phyla closest to our own phylum of Chordata are the Echinodermata and Hemichordata. These three phy…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Fresh off the presses in @currentbiology.bsky.social : Is the deuterostome clade an artefact? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We (yours truly, Paschalis Natsidis, Laura Piovani and co-leads Paschalia Kapli and @maxjtelford.bsky.social) set out to try to answer this question.
Why? (1/12)
We (yours truly, Paschalis Natsidis, Laura Piovani and co-leads Paschalia Kapli and @maxjtelford.bsky.social) set out to try to answer this question.
Why? (1/12)
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This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature a talk by speaker Pío Sierra about a new tool, pantera, which allows faster identification of Transposable Elements in genome assemblies. www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/faster-...
Faster identification of Transposable Elements in full genome assemblies
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature a talk by speaker Pío Sierra about a new tool, pantera, which allows faster identification of Transposable Elements in genome a...
www.erga-biodiversity.eu
July 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature a talk by speaker Pío Sierra about a new tool, pantera, which allows faster identification of Transposable Elements in genome assemblies. www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/faster-...
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Happy pride🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!!!!
@mncn-csic.bsky.social
@mncn-csic.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy pride🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️!!!!
@mncn-csic.bsky.social
@mncn-csic.bsky.social
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🔔 Last days to apply! Don't miss the opportunity to join the first Winter School organized by @atlasea.bsky.social - From Sampling to #ReferenceGenome Acquisition 🐚🪸🌊🧬
@ebpgenome.bsky.social #training #genomics #workshop #genomes
@ebpgenome.bsky.social #training #genomics #workshop #genomes
🎓 Only 6 days left to apply for the ATLASea Winter School 2025!
Join us in December for training in marine genomics & biodiversity: From Sampling to Reference Genome Acquisition at Banyuls-sur-Mer Marine Station 🌊🧬
📍 Info & apply: www.atlasea.fr/atlasea-wint...
#Training #WinterSchool #Genomics
Join us in December for training in marine genomics & biodiversity: From Sampling to Reference Genome Acquisition at Banyuls-sur-Mer Marine Station 🌊🧬
📍 Info & apply: www.atlasea.fr/atlasea-wint...
#Training #WinterSchool #Genomics
ATLASea Winter School 2025: From Sampling to Reference Genome Acquisition – ATLASea
www.atlasea.fr
June 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🔔 Last days to apply! Don't miss the opportunity to join the first Winter School organized by @atlasea.bsky.social - From Sampling to #ReferenceGenome Acquisition 🐚🪸🌊🧬
@ebpgenome.bsky.social #training #genomics #workshop #genomes
@ebpgenome.bsky.social #training #genomics #workshop #genomes
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RT. Fully funded PhD position in my lab to investigate the origin, composition and function of Ambulacrarian ossicles.
June 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
RT. Fully funded PhD position in my lab to investigate the origin, composition and function of Ambulacrarian ossicles.
Join us on this interesting @ergabiodiv.bsky.social BioGenomes Analysis & Applications seminar. Today at 12h CEST!
🔔 This Monday, June 23rd at 12:00 CEST:
🌱 Target Capture Sequencing Approaches to the Study of Plant Evolution
Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/0wfzw_N...
#TargetCapture #Genomics #PlantEvolution #Hyb-Seq #evolutionarygenomics #biodiversity #research #researchseminar @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
🌱 Target Capture Sequencing Approaches to the Study of Plant Evolution
Join us live: www.youtube.com/live/0wfzw_N...
#TargetCapture #Genomics #PlantEvolution #Hyb-Seq #evolutionarygenomics #biodiversity #research #researchseminar @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Join us on this interesting @ergabiodiv.bsky.social BioGenomes Analysis & Applications seminar. Today at 12h CEST!