Nico Posnien
@posnienlab.bsky.social
genotype-phenotype, evo-devo, genetics, transcriptomics, gene regulatory networks, flies, beetles, spiders.
https://www.posnien-lab.net/
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Nico Posnien
@posnienlab.bsky.social
· Nov 18
📢 PhD Position Alert! 🪲
Fully funded PhD position (65% TV-L E13) at @uni-goettingen.de to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle.
You will join the interdisciplinary "GönomiX" graduate school: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/home/6242...
Fully funded PhD position (65% TV-L E13) at @uni-goettingen.de to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle.
You will join the interdisciplinary "GönomiX" graduate school: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/home/6242...
Reposted by Nico Posnien
Coming back from a very cool visit to @uni-goettingen.de
We visited the @forumwissen.bsky.social and the @mpi-nat.bsky.social
Amazing people, amazing science!
Thank you @cblei.bsky.social @mtaguado.bsky.social @helmlab.bsky.social @posnienlab.bsky.social for hosting us
#EvoDevo
#DevBio
We visited the @forumwissen.bsky.social and the @mpi-nat.bsky.social
Amazing people, amazing science!
Thank you @cblei.bsky.social @mtaguado.bsky.social @helmlab.bsky.social @posnienlab.bsky.social for hosting us
#EvoDevo
#DevBio
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Coming back from a very cool visit to @uni-goettingen.de
We visited the @forumwissen.bsky.social and the @mpi-nat.bsky.social
Amazing people, amazing science!
Thank you @cblei.bsky.social @mtaguado.bsky.social @helmlab.bsky.social @posnienlab.bsky.social for hosting us
#EvoDevo
#DevBio
We visited the @forumwissen.bsky.social and the @mpi-nat.bsky.social
Amazing people, amazing science!
Thank you @cblei.bsky.social @mtaguado.bsky.social @helmlab.bsky.social @posnienlab.bsky.social for hosting us
#EvoDevo
#DevBio
⏰ Time is ticking! 7 Days left to apply for a PhD position to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle. You will apply an interdisciplinary approach including single-cell RNAseq/ATACseq, RNAi and imaging. Apply here until Jan 14: uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
Application - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
uni-goettingen.de
January 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
⏰ Time is ticking! 7 Days left to apply for a PhD position to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle. You will apply an interdisciplinary approach including single-cell RNAseq/ATACseq, RNAi and imaging. Apply here until Jan 14: uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
⏰ Time is ticking! 7 Days Left to apply for a 3-year PhD position to study the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes. Apply until Jan 14 here: uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
Application - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
uni-goettingen.de
January 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
⏰ Time is ticking! 7 Days Left to apply for a 3-year PhD position to study the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes. Apply until Jan 14 here: uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
Want this vid as live background on my phone. Amazing critters!
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Want this vid as live background on my phone. Amazing critters!
Reposted by Nico Posnien
Excited to share the latest work from the lab:
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
Evolution of taste processing shifts dietary preference
Nature - Calcium imaging of taste neurons and the ventral brain provides insight into evolutionary divergence of food choice in Drosophila species, supporting a role of sensorimotor processing in...
rdcu.be
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Excited to share the latest work from the lab:
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
rdcu.be/eRWuD
Great team effort, led by @enriberti.bsky.social first at @unil.bsky.social and now @unifr.bsky.social; with fantastic collaborators @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social and @dahaniel.muench.bio.
Reposted by Nico Posnien
📢 Job alert: Post-Doc Position in the project "Functional annotation of genomic🧬 innovations in a densely populated clade🪰 with deep learning 💻" Join the GEvol community in a collaborative project between @bornberglab.bsky.social and @katharinahoff.bsky.social lab.
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
Post-Doc – bornberglab.org
bornberglab.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📢 Job alert: Post-Doc Position in the project "Functional annotation of genomic🧬 innovations in a densely populated clade🪰 with deep learning 💻" Join the GEvol community in a collaborative project between @bornberglab.bsky.social and @katharinahoff.bsky.social lab.
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
👉 bornberglab.org/post-doc-pos...
Reposted by Nico Posnien
PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
PhD candidate in biology — theoretical and statistical modeling (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
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***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
PhD position available for theoretical and statistical modeling in my joint @gevol.bsky.social project with @luisapallares.bsky.social on the evolution of transcriptional variability and its role in adaptation and evolutionary innovation.
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
See
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6...
PhD candidate in biology — theoretical and statistical modeling (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
Reposted by Nico Posnien
Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
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These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation 🌿
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buff.ly/TnOfYWt
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation 🌿
buff.ly/TnOfYWt
buff.ly/TnOfYWt
Thanks for the suggestion! Will do!
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thanks for the suggestion! Will do!
🏫Comprehensive training program: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/training/...
📍 Location: Göttingen, Germany
📆Deadline: January 14, 2026
❓Inquiries: pm me.
Ready to dive into an exciting #EvoDevo project? Apply via the link below! 👇
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
📍 Location: Göttingen, Germany
📆Deadline: January 14, 2026
❓Inquiries: pm me.
Ready to dive into an exciting #EvoDevo project? Apply via the link below! 👇
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
Application - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🏫Comprehensive training program: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/training/...
📍 Location: Göttingen, Germany
📆Deadline: January 14, 2026
❓Inquiries: pm me.
Ready to dive into an exciting #EvoDevo project? Apply via the link below! 👇
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
📍 Location: Göttingen, Germany
📆Deadline: January 14, 2026
❓Inquiries: pm me.
Ready to dive into an exciting #EvoDevo project? Apply via the link below! 👇
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
🧬 The Project: You will identify the Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) driving head horn development by comparing "horn" vs. "no-horn" phenotypes.
🛠️ Methods:
developmental single-cell omics, RNAi & HCR imaging
🎓 You: MSc in DevBio, Genetics, or EvoBio. Experience with sc-sequencing is a ➕!
🛠️ Methods:
developmental single-cell omics, RNAi & HCR imaging
🎓 You: MSc in DevBio, Genetics, or EvoBio. Experience with sc-sequencing is a ➕!
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🧬 The Project: You will identify the Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) driving head horn development by comparing "horn" vs. "no-horn" phenotypes.
🛠️ Methods:
developmental single-cell omics, RNAi & HCR imaging
🎓 You: MSc in DevBio, Genetics, or EvoBio. Experience with sc-sequencing is a ➕!
🛠️ Methods:
developmental single-cell omics, RNAi & HCR imaging
🎓 You: MSc in DevBio, Genetics, or EvoBio. Experience with sc-sequencing is a ➕!
📢 PhD Position Alert! 🪲
Fully funded PhD position (65% TV-L E13) at @uni-goettingen.de to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle.
You will join the interdisciplinary "GönomiX" graduate school: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/home/6242...
Fully funded PhD position (65% TV-L E13) at @uni-goettingen.de to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle.
You will join the interdisciplinary "GönomiX" graduate school: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/home/6242...
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📢 PhD Position Alert! 🪲
Fully funded PhD position (65% TV-L E13) at @uni-goettingen.de to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle.
You will join the interdisciplinary "GönomiX" graduate school: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/home/6242...
Fully funded PhD position (65% TV-L E13) at @uni-goettingen.de to study the evolution of morphological novelties in a darkling beetle.
You will join the interdisciplinary "GönomiX" graduate school: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/home/6242...
Individual projects are available in the following groups: @bucherlab.bsky.social, @mtaguado.bsky.social, @mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social, Jochen Rink, Tim Beissbarth, Anne-Christin Hauschild, @posnienlab.bsky.social, Daniel Jackson, @plenart.bsky.social.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Individual projects are available in the following groups: @bucherlab.bsky.social, @mtaguado.bsky.social, @mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social, Jochen Rink, Tim Beissbarth, Anne-Christin Hauschild, @posnienlab.bsky.social, Daniel Jackson, @plenart.bsky.social.
🎓Includes a structured training program, retreats, and workshops: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/training/...
Interested? 🗣️ Online Q&A: Dec 17th, 2pm CET (Zoom) 📅 Application deadline: Jan 14th, 2026
📝Apply via the joint portal with @imprsgs.bsky.social: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/applicati...
Interested? 🗣️ Online Q&A: Dec 17th, 2pm CET (Zoom) 📅 Application deadline: Jan 14th, 2026
📝Apply via the joint portal with @imprsgs.bsky.social: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/applicati...
Application - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🎓Includes a structured training program, retreats, and workshops: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/training/...
Interested? 🗣️ Online Q&A: Dec 17th, 2pm CET (Zoom) 📅 Application deadline: Jan 14th, 2026
📝Apply via the joint portal with @imprsgs.bsky.social: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/applicati...
Interested? 🗣️ Online Q&A: Dec 17th, 2pm CET (Zoom) 📅 Application deadline: Jan 14th, 2026
📝Apply via the joint portal with @imprsgs.bsky.social: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/applicati...
🤝 Join a collaborative team of 9 PIs from @uni-goettingen.de & @mpi-nat.bsky.social
You will either: 💻 Pioneer novel bioinformatics tools, or 🧪 develop tools to study gene function (Genome editing, single-molecule imaging)
Project details: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/research/...
You will either: 💻 Pioneer novel bioinformatics tools, or 🧪 develop tools to study gene function (Genome editing, single-molecule imaging)
Project details: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/research/...
Research - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🤝 Join a collaborative team of 9 PIs from @uni-goettingen.de & @mpi-nat.bsky.social
You will either: 💻 Pioneer novel bioinformatics tools, or 🧪 develop tools to study gene function (Genome editing, single-molecule imaging)
Project details: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/research/...
You will either: 💻 Pioneer novel bioinformatics tools, or 🧪 develop tools to study gene function (Genome editing, single-molecule imaging)
Project details: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/research/...
🧬 10 @dfg.de-funded PhD positions at @goettingen-campus.de 🧬
❗Focus: Evolution of gene regulatory networks & Wnt signaling in emerging models (insects, snails, flatworms, cnidarians).
💻 Methods: 'Omics, Bioinformatics, CRISPR/RNAi & Imaging.
📌Start: June 2026.
#EvoDevo #Genomics #Bioinformatics
❗Focus: Evolution of gene regulatory networks & Wnt signaling in emerging models (insects, snails, flatworms, cnidarians).
💻 Methods: 'Omics, Bioinformatics, CRISPR/RNAi & Imaging.
📌Start: June 2026.
#EvoDevo #Genomics #Bioinformatics
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🧬 10 @dfg.de-funded PhD positions at @goettingen-campus.de 🧬
❗Focus: Evolution of gene regulatory networks & Wnt signaling in emerging models (insects, snails, flatworms, cnidarians).
💻 Methods: 'Omics, Bioinformatics, CRISPR/RNAi & Imaging.
📌Start: June 2026.
#EvoDevo #Genomics #Bioinformatics
❗Focus: Evolution of gene regulatory networks & Wnt signaling in emerging models (insects, snails, flatworms, cnidarians).
💻 Methods: 'Omics, Bioinformatics, CRISPR/RNAi & Imaging.
📌Start: June 2026.
#EvoDevo #Genomics #Bioinformatics
This entire project is a multi-lab collaboration with @nturetz.bsky.social y.social, @mcordellier.bsky.social dellier.bsky.social, @pechmannm.bsky.social mannm.bsky.social & Niko Prpic-Schäper
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This entire project is a multi-lab collaboration with @nturetz.bsky.social y.social, @mcordellier.bsky.social dellier.bsky.social, @pechmannm.bsky.social mannm.bsky.social & Niko Prpic-Schäper
🛠️ Ideally, you bring: Bioinformatic skills in comparative genomics, orthology, RNAseq, phylogenomics, or genome assembly.
📅 Deadline: January 14, 2026 📧 Inquiries: pm me.
Apply here & please repost! 🔄 www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
📅 Deadline: January 14, 2026 📧 Inquiries: pm me.
Apply here & please repost! 🔄 www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
Application - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🛠️ Ideally, you bring: Bioinformatic skills in comparative genomics, orthology, RNAseq, phylogenomics, or genome assembly.
📅 Deadline: January 14, 2026 📧 Inquiries: pm me.
Apply here & please repost! 🔄 www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
📅 Deadline: January 14, 2026 📧 Inquiries: pm me.
Apply here & please repost! 🔄 www.uni-goettingen.de/de/556704.html
💻 The Project: We will integrate multi-omics (bulk/scRNAseq, long-reads, ATAC-seq) to explore how duplicated genes diverge in regulation and function.
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
💻 The Project: We will integrate multi-omics (bulk/scRNAseq, long-reads, ATAC-seq) to explore how duplicated genes diverge in regulation and function.
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
🤝 You will be part of the DFG SPP 2349 @gevol.bsky.social consortium & the @imprsgs.bsky.social, with research visits to collaboration partners (👇).
🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Posnien - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
s.gwdg.de
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Guns n Roses: Knocking on heavens door
Limp Bizkit: Faith
Marilyn Manson: Sweet dreams
(the latter despite dropping support for this guy for obvious reasons, but the interpretation of this horrible 80's song is soooo good)
Limp Bizkit: Faith
Marilyn Manson: Sweet dreams
(the latter despite dropping support for this guy for obvious reasons, but the interpretation of this horrible 80's song is soooo good)
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Guns n Roses: Knocking on heavens door
Limp Bizkit: Faith
Marilyn Manson: Sweet dreams
(the latter despite dropping support for this guy for obvious reasons, but the interpretation of this horrible 80's song is soooo good)
Limp Bizkit: Faith
Marilyn Manson: Sweet dreams
(the latter despite dropping support for this guy for obvious reasons, but the interpretation of this horrible 80's song is soooo good)
Reposted by Nico Posnien
Big news last week, our project within @gevol.bsky.social got funded! 🤩 @nturetz.bsky.social @pechmannm.bsky.social @posnienlab.bsky.social, Niko Prpic-Schäper and myself will look into molecular mechanisms and phenotypic consequences of paralog divergence in insects and chelicerates. Stay tuned!
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Big news last week, our project within @gevol.bsky.social got funded! 🤩 @nturetz.bsky.social @pechmannm.bsky.social @posnienlab.bsky.social, Niko Prpic-Schäper and myself will look into molecular mechanisms and phenotypic consequences of paralog divergence in insects and chelicerates. Stay tuned!
Whoop! Congrats! Have a great start over there!
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Whoop! Congrats! Have a great start over there!