Sebastian Alvarez-Costes
@sebasalco.bsky.social
🇲🇽 PhD Candidate at University of Otago 🇳🇿
Evolutionary genomics of marine mammals 🐬🦭🧬
Evolutionary genomics of marine mammals 🐬🦭🧬
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🧬🌊 Hola! I'm Sebastian Alvarez-Costes, a Mexican PhD Candidate in Aotearoa, New Zealand. My research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of Hector's and Māui dolphins 🐬. Always happy to connect with fellow researchers in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, and conservation genomics!
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Sebastian Alvarez-Costes spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about endangered Hector and Maui dolphins! Must listen!
#conservation #animals #genomics
Sebastian Alvarez-Costes spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about endangered Hector and Maui dolphins! Must listen!
#conservation #animals #genomics
Scientists make breakthrough in tracking health of endangered dolphins
Scientists working to help track the health of endangered Hector and Maui dolphins have made a breakthrough which they compare to solving a 3 billion piece puzzle. Using that analogy, the puzzle piece...
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July 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Sebastian Alvarez-Costes spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about endangered Hector and Maui dolphins! Must listen!
#conservation #animals #genomics
Sebastian Alvarez-Costes spoke to Melissa Chan-Green about endangered Hector and Maui dolphins! Must listen!
#conservation #animals #genomics
Reposted by Sebastian Alvarez-Costes
@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Maui’s #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separate…
@laninsky.bsky.social
@laninsky.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Maui’s #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separate…
@laninsky.bsky.social
@laninsky.bsky.social
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The recap of the study by Sebastian Alvarez-Costes on his new study! Super fascinating and inspiring work 🐬✨
April 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The recap of the study by Sebastian Alvarez-Costes on his new study! Super fascinating and inspiring work 🐬✨
Reposted by Sebastian Alvarez-Costes
Scientists have assembled the first high-quality genomes of New Zealand’s Hector’s + critically endangered Māui dolphins using degraded DNA—an unprecedented breakthrough that offers insights for conservation and a new path forward for endangered species worldwide.
whalescientists.com/new-zealand-...
whalescientists.com/new-zealand-...
New Genome Assembly Approach Unlocks Secrets of Critically Endangered Dolphins in New Zealand
Despite working with degraded DNA, scientists assembled high-quality genomes of New Zealand's dolphins, with insights for conservation.
whalescientists.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Scientists have assembled the first high-quality genomes of New Zealand’s Hector’s + critically endangered Māui dolphins using degraded DNA—an unprecedented breakthrough that offers insights for conservation and a new path forward for endangered species worldwide.
whalescientists.com/new-zealand-...
whalescientists.com/new-zealand-...
The first paper from my PhD is out 🧬🐬
Thanks to all the co-authors of this project and my amazing supervisor @laninsky.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to all the co-authors of this project and my amazing supervisor @laninsky.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Leveraging Synteny to Generate Reference Genomes for Conservation: Assembling the Genomes of Hector's and Māui Dolphins
Escalating concern regarding the impacts of reduced genetic diversity on the conservation of endangered species has spurred efforts to obtain chromosome-level genomes through consortia such as the Ve...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The first paper from my PhD is out 🧬🐬
Thanks to all the co-authors of this project and my amazing supervisor @laninsky.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to all the co-authors of this project and my amazing supervisor @laninsky.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧬🌊 Hola! I'm Sebastian Alvarez-Costes, a Mexican PhD Candidate in Aotearoa, New Zealand. My research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of Hector's and Māui dolphins 🐬. Always happy to connect with fellow researchers in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, and conservation genomics!
March 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🧬🌊 Hola! I'm Sebastian Alvarez-Costes, a Mexican PhD Candidate in Aotearoa, New Zealand. My research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of Hector's and Māui dolphins 🐬. Always happy to connect with fellow researchers in evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, and conservation genomics!