Joana L. Rocha
@joanocha.bsky.social
Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator at NYU Biology | Ecology & Evolution | proud Sudmant lab alumnus | typos and views are my own & I can be wrong :)
https://joanocha.github.io/
https://joanocha.github.io/
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Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics!
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
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If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
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The Church Evolution Lab (CEL@NYU) is hiring a postdoc! We have several new projects to study the genomic basis of biodiversity in model clades – especially Hawaiian Drosophila. apply.interfolio.com/179354
Come join our new group, you can study bugs and live in NYC! Feel free to share widely!
Come join our new group, you can study bugs and live in NYC! Feel free to share widely!
December 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Church Evolution Lab (CEL@NYU) is hiring a postdoc! We have several new projects to study the genomic basis of biodiversity in model clades – especially Hawaiian Drosophila. apply.interfolio.com/179354
Come join our new group, you can study bugs and live in NYC! Feel free to share widely!
Come join our new group, you can study bugs and live in NYC! Feel free to share widely!
Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics!
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
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January 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics!
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
If you are curious and passionate about ecology, evolution and the natural world come work with me in the Department of Biology at NYU!
More details here!
apply.interfolio.com/180051
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📖Latest from the lab:
Evo. characterization #antiviral #SAMD9/9L across #kingdoms🚶♀️🦍🦠🧫🖥️: ancient #convergence + #adaptations @natecoevo.nature.com
Led by amazing Alexandre Legrand +major contributions by Rémi Demeure & Amandine Chantharath @ciri-lyon.bsky.social 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evo. characterization #antiviral #SAMD9/9L across #kingdoms🚶♀️🦍🦠🧫🖥️: ancient #convergence + #adaptations @natecoevo.nature.com
Led by amazing Alexandre Legrand +major contributions by Rémi Demeure & Amandine Chantharath @ciri-lyon.bsky.social 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evolutionary characterization of antiviral SAMD9/9L across kingdoms supports ancient convergence and lineage-specific adaptations - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A search for analogues of the human SAMD9/9L antiviral genes identifies convergent evolution of this gene family in the bacterial and animal kingdoms, with species-specific and recent genomic signatur...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
📖Latest from the lab:
Evo. characterization #antiviral #SAMD9/9L across #kingdoms🚶♀️🦍🦠🧫🖥️: ancient #convergence + #adaptations @natecoevo.nature.com
Led by amazing Alexandre Legrand +major contributions by Rémi Demeure & Amandine Chantharath @ciri-lyon.bsky.social 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evo. characterization #antiviral #SAMD9/9L across #kingdoms🚶♀️🦍🦠🧫🖥️: ancient #convergence + #adaptations @natecoevo.nature.com
Led by amazing Alexandre Legrand +major contributions by Rémi Demeure & Amandine Chantharath @ciri-lyon.bsky.social 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
As an immigrant scientist in the U.S., travel bans and visa uncertainty are taking a toll | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
As an immigrant scientist in the U.S., travel bans and visa uncertainty are taking a toll
“I began to question whether I truly belonged,” this postdoc writes
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October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
As an immigrant scientist in the U.S., travel bans and visa uncertainty are taking a toll | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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PEQG website live! genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/
Homepage - 2026 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
genetics-gsa.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
PEQG website live! genetics-gsa.org/peqg-2026/
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We are excited to share GPN-Star, a cost-effective, biologically grounded genomic language modeling framework that achieves state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of variant effect prediction tasks relevant to human genetics.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We are excited to share GPN-Star, a cost-effective, biologically grounded genomic language modeling framework that achieves state-of-the-art performance across a wide range of variant effect prediction tasks relevant to human genetics.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Very much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.
Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Very much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.
I am thrilled to announce that in January 2026 I will be starting my own lab at NYU Biology! Soon enough I will be recruiting postdocs and students! Please reach out if you are interested with a CV and description of your research interests, or if you know of people who could be interested! 🧬🗽 🦊
June 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am thrilled to announce that in January 2026 I will be starting my own lab at NYU Biology! Soon enough I will be recruiting postdocs and students! Please reach out if you are interested with a CV and description of your research interests, or if you know of people who could be interested! 🧬🗽 🦊
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So happy to share this paper! It's been so much fun working on this project with these amazing collaborators.
🧬 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: "TRACKing tandem repeats: A customizable pipeline for identification and cross-species comparison"
Find the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf066
Authors include: @adamcarol.bsky.social, @joanocha.bsky.social, @psudmant.bsky.social
Find the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf066
Authors include: @adamcarol.bsky.social, @joanocha.bsky.social, @psudmant.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
So happy to share this paper! It's been so much fun working on this project with these amazing collaborators.
On my way #PAG32! Excited to reunite with so many friends and colleagues working on plant and animal genomics, and to be giving a talk at the Wildlife symposium!
January 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
On my way #PAG32! Excited to reunite with so many friends and colleagues working on plant and animal genomics, and to be giving a talk at the Wildlife symposium!
