Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu

Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants

Our last work is out! led by @mjavad1991.bsky.social as first author and another smooth collaboration with @rosischmickl.bsky.social! We explore the evolution of male (pollen) and female (ovule) investment in Brassicaceae, if you're curious on the answers, it's 👇
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ℹ️ ESEB 2025 Satellite Symposium: "𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯"🧬
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM

This exciting half-day symposium will bring researchers exploring the genomic basis & ecological impact of coevolution across systems and taxa.

🔗 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: lnkd.in/d2-FN8PB

Running a test on the DAFNEE database will only take a few minutes of your time. It's a must-do. 👇

In #GENETICS, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social‬, @jrossibarra.bsky.social‬, & colleagues identified sites under positive selection, estimated the timing of gene & locus divergence, and discovered a siRNA-mediated mechanism of silencing the reproductive barrier in #maize.🌽

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Interested in the evolution of molecular interactions ? We are recruiting a new PhD student with a background in proteomics to study the diversification of the receptor-ligand interaction controlling plant self-incompatibility.
--> details here : initiative-excellence.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...

Did you know plants can change sex expression within a single generation, and reversibly at that?🌱 What else but #epigenetics might play a role in this? 🧬 Read more in the new study published at @camphilsoc.bsky.social's Biological Reviews ⬇️

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Just wrapped up an amazing time at #EMPSEB30. A truly unique event by PhD students, for PhD students packed with insightful talks and outstanding networking with future colleagues. If you’re a PhD student in evo-bio, this is the meeting you don’t want to miss! #EMPSEB30 #EvolutionaryBiology

If bottom-up approaches still needed evidence they work, #EMPSEB30 gave it. A warm atmosphere, sustainability prize, engaging DEI session, emotional workshops, alternative presentations, so many out-of-the-box things. Altogether with a really high scientific quality. Thank you @empseb30.bsky.social!

And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social

EMPSEB30 officially kicked off at 3 p.m. today 📯, and it's already going great! We had three incredible workshops/ excursion, led by some fantastic instructors. A huge thank you to Filip Kolář, Libor Štěpánek and @plantreproevo.bsky.social !

#empseb30 #conference #workshop

#EMPSEB30 efforts towards more sustainable conferences in action!

Giving embodiment woskhops for #EMPSEB30! We're quite well treated and the program is quite exciting!

Happy this is out! A fun (for me) topic to reflect on: the sexual continuum in plants, the roles of epigenetics in that, and evolutionary consequences. A collaboration with Marek Slovak, Eliska Krtilova and @irissammarco.bsky.social !

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A new paper led by Susnata Salony about triploid block variation, congratulations Susnata!

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Join the Jaques Monod conference on speciation from Oct 20-24, 2025, addressing species diversification, biogeography, hybridization, and reproductive isolation. Info: https://cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conference/multidimensional-view-speciation-bridging-micro-and-macro-evolution #conference

Hello BlueSky! Super excited that this work is out thanks to a great team work with Nélida Padilla-Garcia as lead author!
We looked at what shaped the purging and fixation of TEs in populations across Arabidopsis lyrata species range. Short answer: the usual suspects, but also genomic imprinting!