Rosa Fernández
@rosafernandez.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist, Inst. Evol. Biol. (CSIC, Barcelona). Invertebrate genomics, trying to understand how animals colonised land (and also caves). www.metazomics.com
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🔦Shedding light on “dark biology”: a true FANTAS-IA?
📕A team led by Rosa Fernández from the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social, and Ana Rojas from the @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social, has developed an AI-based tool capable of predicting the unknown functions of animal proteins.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/S9WjN
📕A team led by Rosa Fernández from the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social, and Ana Rojas from the @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social, has developed an AI-based tool capable of predicting the unknown functions of animal proteins.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/S9WjN
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🔦Shedding light on “dark biology”: a true FANTAS-IA?
📕A team led by Rosa Fernández from the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social, and Ana Rojas from the @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social, has developed an AI-based tool capable of predicting the unknown functions of animal proteins.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/S9WjN
📕A team led by Rosa Fernández from the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social, and Ana Rojas from the @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social, has developed an AI-based tool capable of predicting the unknown functions of animal proteins.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/S9WjN
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Innovation isn’t random — it follows geometric laws.
Our new Behind the Paper post in @springernature.com Communities explores how innovation forms a fractal geometry — self-organizing like a living system.
communities.springernature.com/posts/the-fr...
Our new Behind the Paper post in @springernature.com Communities explores how innovation forms a fractal geometry — self-organizing like a living system.
communities.springernature.com/posts/the-fr...
The Fractal Geometry of Innovation
Why are some cities more innovative than others? Mapping more than a century of U.S. patents, our npj Complexity study reveals fractal and scaling patterns in innovation—showing how the distribution o...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Innovation isn’t random — it follows geometric laws.
Our new Behind the Paper post in @springernature.com Communities explores how innovation forms a fractal geometry — self-organizing like a living system.
communities.springernature.com/posts/the-fr...
Our new Behind the Paper post in @springernature.com Communities explores how innovation forms a fractal geometry — self-organizing like a living system.
communities.springernature.com/posts/the-fr...
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9 days till registration closes!
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The full list of workshop instructors is available here.
Registration closes November 15 🥳🥳
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Registration closes November 15 🥳🥳
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November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
9 days till registration closes!
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Los equipos de @rosafernandez.bsky.social del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y de @amrojasm.bsky.social del #CABD han desarrollado #FANTASIA, una herramienta basada en #IA que es capaz de predecir funciones desconocidas de cualquier proteína.
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Los equipos de @rosafernandez.bsky.social del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y de @amrojasm.bsky.social del #CABD han desarrollado #FANTASIA, una herramienta basada en #IA que es capaz de predecir funciones desconocidas de cualquier proteína.
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📣Una herramienta basada en IA es capaz de predecir funciones desconocidas de cualquier proteína
📕 Un estudio del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y el @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social ha revelado la función de 24 millones de genes codificantes para proteínas en animales.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/O1x3m
📕 Un estudio del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y el @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social ha revelado la función de 24 millones de genes codificantes para proteínas en animales.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/O1x3m
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📣Una herramienta basada en IA es capaz de predecir funciones desconocidas de cualquier proteína
📕 Un estudio del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y el @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social ha revelado la función de 24 millones de genes codificantes para proteínas en animales.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/O1x3m
📕 Un estudio del @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social y el @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social ha revelado la función de 24 millones de genes codificantes para proteínas en animales.🧵
👉https://shorturl.at/O1x3m
Join us in Cesky Krumlov for this amazing workshop! Applications close in two weeks! 👇👇👇
🎉 A flyer for the 2026 workshop on #phylogenomics and #genome evolution
We have #instructors and #organizers from top-tier universities around the globe who will share their experiences in a two-week intensive course.
Register here while there are still seats available! evomics.org/apply-worksh...
We have #instructors and #organizers from top-tier universities around the globe who will share their experiences in a two-week intensive course.
Register here while there are still seats available! evomics.org/apply-worksh...
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Join us in Cesky Krumlov for this amazing workshop! Applications close in two weeks! 👇👇👇
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CC @tonigabaldon.bsky.social, @rokaslab.bsky.social, @rosafernandez.bsky.social, @trayc7.bsky.social, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Bastien Boussau, @nclark.bsky.social, Kay Lucek, Tap Pupko, Ana Rojas, Frederik Ronquist & Ania Karnkowska
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
CC @tonigabaldon.bsky.social, @rokaslab.bsky.social, @rosafernandez.bsky.social, @trayc7.bsky.social, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Bastien Boussau, @nclark.bsky.social, Kay Lucek, Tap Pupko, Ana Rojas, Frederik Ronquist & Ania Karnkowska
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So many AMAZING instructors/organizers will be participating, including @tonigabaldon.bsky.social, @rokaslab.bsky.social, @rosafernandez.bsky.social, @trayc7.bsky.social, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Bastien Boussau, @nclark.bsky.social, Kay Lucek, Tap Pupko, Ana Rojas, Frederik Ronquist & Ania Karnkowska
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
So many AMAZING instructors/organizers will be participating, including @tonigabaldon.bsky.social, @rokaslab.bsky.social, @rosafernandez.bsky.social, @trayc7.bsky.social, Claudia Solis-Lemus, Bastien Boussau, @nclark.bsky.social, Kay Lucek, Tap Pupko, Ana Rojas, Frederik Ronquist & Ania Karnkowska
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Our lab has published a couple of major papers in the past few months, which I would like to highlight in this thread! 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Our lab has published a couple of major papers in the past few months, which I would like to highlight in this thread! 🧵
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We are hiring a ✨ bioinformatics PhD student ✨ for fall 2026 as part of the @evomg-dn.bsky.social MSCA doctoral network!
Our project in a nutshell: can the evolution of gene expression in the uterus point us towards which genes are important for human uterine diseases?
To apply 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
Our project in a nutshell: can the evolution of gene expression in the uterus point us towards which genes are important for human uterine diseases?
To apply 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
The #EvoMG Doctoral Network brings together leading research institutions from Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal and Sweden to train 15 #PhD researchers in #evolutionarymedicine.
To find out more about the secondments for each position, visit👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
To find out more about the secondments for each position, visit👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are hiring a ✨ bioinformatics PhD student ✨ for fall 2026 as part of the @evomg-dn.bsky.social MSCA doctoral network!
Our project in a nutshell: can the evolution of gene expression in the uterus point us towards which genes are important for human uterine diseases?
To apply 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
Our project in a nutshell: can the evolution of gene expression in the uterus point us towards which genes are important for human uterine diseases?
To apply 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
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October 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Interested in phylogenomics and genome evolution? Join us in Cesky Krumlov next January! The list of topics and faculty is simply spectacular! 🧬🧬🪲🦞🦐🌿🌾🦠🧫
The 2026 Workshop on Phylogenomics will take place between the 25th of January and 7th of February, in Cesky Krumlov, Czechia. 🧬🌳 Applications are now open! Deadline: 15th of November, 2025. Do not miss the chance to attend! Spread the word among colleagues! 🤗 evomics.org/apply-worksh...
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Interested in phylogenomics and genome evolution? Join us in Cesky Krumlov next January! The list of topics and faculty is simply spectacular! 🧬🧬🪲🦞🦐🌿🌾🦠🧫
How did animals repeatedly conquer land? 🌊➡️⛰️ We analysed ~1,000 gene repertoires (24M genes!) from all animal phyla to uncover how this happened. Work led by @gemmaeling.bsky.social & Klara Eleftheriadi, both first coauthors of this titanic effort!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Independent genomic trajectories shape adaptation to life on land across animal lineages
How animals repeatedly adapted to life on land is a central question in evolutionary biology. While terrestrialisation occurred independently across animal phyla, it remains unclear whether shared gen...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
How did animals repeatedly conquer land? 🌊➡️⛰️ We analysed ~1,000 gene repertoires (24M genes!) from all animal phyla to uncover how this happened. Work led by @gemmaeling.bsky.social & Klara Eleftheriadi, both first coauthors of this titanic effort!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#ERGAReads | Clitellates - terrestrial & freshwater annelids - underwent dramatic #genome reshuffling, losing synteny with their marine relatives. This rare burst of genomic change reshaped chromosome structure in the group
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#genomics #evolution #Annelida @rosafernandez.bsky.social
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#genomics #evolution #Annelida @rosafernandez.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#ERGAReads | Clitellates - terrestrial & freshwater annelids - underwent dramatic #genome reshuffling, losing synteny with their marine relatives. This rare burst of genomic change reshaped chromosome structure in the group
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#genomics #evolution #Annelida @rosafernandez.bsky.social
🔗 rdcu.be/euNbT
#genomics #evolution #Annelida @rosafernandez.bsky.social
FANTASIA's paper is finally out! Check it out if you're interested in alternative methods to homology for functional annotation in nonmodel organisms 🦐🐙🪱🧬🐝🪲
@gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social
@csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social
@csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...
FANTASIA leverages language models to decode the functional dark proteome across the animal tree of life
Communications Biology - FANTASIA, a protein language model-based tool, enables large-scale functional annotation across ~1000 animal proteomes, revealing novel gene functions in both model and...
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August 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
FANTASIA's paper is finally out! Check it out if you're interested in alternative methods to homology for functional annotation in nonmodel organisms 🦐🐙🪱🧬🐝🪲
@gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social
@csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...
@gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social
@csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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"Breaking bad: when clitellate genomes go rogue"
by Rosa Fernández (@rosafernandez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"Clitellate genomes are the result of a profound genome reshaping...What triggered such extreme rearrangements...?"
FREE till Aug. 24th at this link:
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by Rosa Fernández (@rosafernandez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"Clitellate genomes are the result of a profound genome reshaping...What triggered such extreme rearrangements...?"
FREE till Aug. 24th at this link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNmQcQbJF...
July 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Breaking bad: when clitellate genomes go rogue"
by Rosa Fernández (@rosafernandez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"Clitellate genomes are the result of a profound genome reshaping...What triggered such extreme rearrangements...?"
FREE till Aug. 24th at this link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNmQcQbJF...
by Rosa Fernández (@rosafernandez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"Clitellate genomes are the result of a profound genome reshaping...What triggered such extreme rearrangements...?"
FREE till Aug. 24th at this link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNmQcQbJF...
If you enjoyed our recent paper on massive genomic rearrangements in clitellates, don't miss our recent review on the topic, where we discuss some hypothesis and implications of our findings 👇🪱🧬💥👇 @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNmQcQbJF...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If you enjoyed our recent paper on massive genomic rearrangements in clitellates, don't miss our recent review on the topic, where we discuss some hypothesis and implications of our findings 👇🪱🧬💥👇 @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/a/1lNmQcQbJF...
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Hoy es la entrega de los #PNI y desde la
@academiajoven.bsky.social
queremos felicitar a toda la gente premiada, en especial a las #AcadémicasJóvenes:
Cristina Blanco
Víctor Vilarrasa
@veronicabolon.bsky.social
@mariaescesc.bsky.social
@bpelaz1.bsky.social
@rosafernandez.bsky.social
@academiajoven.bsky.social
queremos felicitar a toda la gente premiada, en especial a las #AcadémicasJóvenes:
Cristina Blanco
Víctor Vilarrasa
@veronicabolon.bsky.social
@mariaescesc.bsky.social
@bpelaz1.bsky.social
@rosafernandez.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hoy es la entrega de los #PNI y desde la
@academiajoven.bsky.social
queremos felicitar a toda la gente premiada, en especial a las #AcadémicasJóvenes:
Cristina Blanco
Víctor Vilarrasa
@veronicabolon.bsky.social
@mariaescesc.bsky.social
@bpelaz1.bsky.social
@rosafernandez.bsky.social
@academiajoven.bsky.social
queremos felicitar a toda la gente premiada, en especial a las #AcadémicasJóvenes:
Cristina Blanco
Víctor Vilarrasa
@veronicabolon.bsky.social
@mariaescesc.bsky.social
@bpelaz1.bsky.social
@rosafernandez.bsky.social
Glad to see this paper finally out! An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids - Nature Ecology & Evolution
An analysis of annelid genomes reveals massive reshuffling of chromosomes in the ancestral lineage leading to clitellates, a clade composed of non-marine annelids, with potential implications for the ...
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June 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Glad to see this paper finally out! An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🐛Las lombrices de tierra revelan un mecanismo evolutivo que desafiaría a #Darwin
🧬El @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social muestra cómo los gusanos de mar rompieron su genoma para reconstruirlo de forma radicalmente distinta cuando pisaron la tierra hace 200 millones de años
👉 https://shorturl.at/Q0nTc
🧬El @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social muestra cómo los gusanos de mar rompieron su genoma para reconstruirlo de forma radicalmente distinta cuando pisaron la tierra hace 200 millones de años
👉 https://shorturl.at/Q0nTc
June 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🐛Las lombrices de tierra revelan un mecanismo evolutivo que desafiaría a #Darwin
🧬El @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social muestra cómo los gusanos de mar rompieron su genoma para reconstruirlo de forma radicalmente distinta cuando pisaron la tierra hace 200 millones de años
👉 https://shorturl.at/Q0nTc
🧬El @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social muestra cómo los gusanos de mar rompieron su genoma para reconstruirlo de forma radicalmente distinta cuando pisaron la tierra hace 200 millones de años
👉 https://shorturl.at/Q0nTc
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A new paper in Nature Ecol & Evol by
@rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.
@rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.
June 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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A new paper in Nature Ecol & Evol by
@rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.
@rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.
June 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A new paper in Nature Ecol & Evol by
@rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.
@rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.
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Can the structure of knowledge evolve like life itself?
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Can the structure of knowledge evolve like life itself?
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
In our new MBE paper, we show that the Gene Ontology evolves through mechanisms shared with cultural and technological systems—reuse, modularity, and curator-driven restructuring.
Here’s what we found: 🧵
Happy #BiodiversityDay! What a pleasure to enjoy a symposium in Mallorca on this topic jointly organised by the Balear Center of Biodiversity and @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social. Cheers to all living forms!! 🧬🪱🐙🌽☘️🌵🐦🦠
May 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Happy #BiodiversityDay! What a pleasure to enjoy a symposium in Mallorca on this topic jointly organised by the Balear Center of Biodiversity and @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social. Cheers to all living forms!! 🧬🪱🐙🌽☘️🌵🐦🦠
The afternoon session of today is dedicated to TE annotation & deep learning-based genome annotation, again with the amazing
@bombarelya.bsky.social
@bombarelya.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The afternoon session of today is dedicated to TE annotation & deep learning-based genome annotation, again with the amazing
@bombarelya.bsky.social
@bombarelya.bsky.social