Riccardo Pianezza
@rpianezza.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna. Transposable elements, bioinformatics, genome evolution
First day at #EMBOMobileGenome
So many great talks! Toby’s on fungal genome evolution was a highlight: exciting results and inspiring questions ahead
So many great talks! Toby’s on fungal genome evolution was a highlight: exciting results and inspiring questions ahead
Time to kick off #EMBOMobileGenome for 2025! A great selection of speakers and posters on the agenda!
#TEWorldwide #TESky
#TEWorldwide #TESky
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
First day at #EMBOMobileGenome
So many great talks! Toby’s on fungal genome evolution was a highlight: exciting results and inspiring questions ahead
So many great talks! Toby’s on fungal genome evolution was a highlight: exciting results and inspiring questions ahead
We discovered an endogenous retrovirus that's still spreading in natural D. melanogaster populations! It was horizontally transferred from D. erecta in Central Africa, so we named it "Kuruka", which means "jump" in Swahili. Read its cool story here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
We discovered an endogenous retrovirus that's still spreading in natural D. melanogaster populations! It was horizontally transferred from D. erecta in Central Africa, so we named it "Kuruka", which means "jump" in Swahili. Read its cool story here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Riccardo Pianezza
Germline defence from TEs largely relies on piRNAs. Yet, @divyaselvaraju.bsky.social and I monitored a P-element invasion in Drosophila that was stopped by an internally deleted copy, no host intervention required!
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Many thanks to @rpianezza.bsky.social & @rokofler.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Many thanks to @rpianezza.bsky.social & @rokofler.bsky.social
Rapid emergence of non-autonomous elements may stop P-element invasions in the absence of a piRNA-based host defence
Author summary Transposable elements (TEs) are short, self-replicating DNA sequences found in nearly all genomes. While they can be harmful to their hosts, many organisms have evolved defence systems,...
journals.plos.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Germline defence from TEs largely relies on piRNAs. Yet, @divyaselvaraju.bsky.social and I monitored a P-element invasion in Drosophila that was stopped by an internally deleted copy, no host intervention required!
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Many thanks to @rpianezza.bsky.social & @rokofler.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Many thanks to @rpianezza.bsky.social & @rokofler.bsky.social
Reposted by Riccardo Pianezza
The work on TE invasions in D. melanogaster continues! We found three more recent invasions, one of which occurred in ~3 years worldwide. Another great collaboration with @rpianezza.bsky.social @rokofler.bsky.social and others
academic.oup.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The work on TE invasions in D. melanogaster continues! We found three more recent invasions, one of which occurred in ~3 years worldwide. Another great collaboration with @rpianezza.bsky.social @rokofler.bsky.social and others
Reposted by Riccardo Pianezza
super-happy, three TE invasions in Dmel during the last 30 years; the crazy thing - Transib1 spread in just 2-3years in global populations academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... great work everyone @rpianezza.bsky.social @almoroscarpa.bsky.social @signor-molevol.bsky.social Anna Haider
Spatio-temporal tracking of three novel transposable element invasions in Drosophila melanogaster over the last 30 years
Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive sequences capable of mobilizing within genomes, exerting a sigfinificant influence on evolution throug
academic.oup.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
super-happy, three TE invasions in Dmel during the last 30 years; the crazy thing - Transib1 spread in just 2-3years in global populations academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... great work everyone @rpianezza.bsky.social @almoroscarpa.bsky.social @signor-molevol.bsky.social Anna Haider
Our new preprint is out! We explored the biogeographic origins of TEs in the D. melanogaster genome.
Most TEs were recently acquired via horizontal transfer, mainly from Afrotropical Drosophila species. Surprisingly, all African drosophilids share some of these TEs!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Most TEs were recently acquired via horizontal transfer, mainly from Afrotropical Drosophila species. Surprisingly, all African drosophilids share some of these TEs!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Biogeography shapes the TE landscape of Drosophila melanogaster
The abundance and composition of transposable elements (TEs) varies widely across species, yet the evolutionary forces shaping this diversity remain poorly understood. Using 285 recently published gen...
www.biorxiv.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Our new preprint is out! We explored the biogeographic origins of TEs in the D. melanogaster genome.
Most TEs were recently acquired via horizontal transfer, mainly from Afrotropical Drosophila species. Surprisingly, all African drosophilids share some of these TEs!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Most TEs were recently acquired via horizontal transfer, mainly from Afrotropical Drosophila species. Surprisingly, all African drosophilids share some of these TEs!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...