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Sònia Garcia
@sphaeromeria.bsky.social
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CSIC Associate Professor, Botanical Institute of Barcelona. Plant evolutionary biology, genomics, cytogenetics, cytogenomics, repetitive DNA, ribosomal DNA, (sex) chromosome lover... And now adding biological invasions!
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Sònia Garcia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social · Sep 16
Interested in repetitive DNA? We are organising a free workshop on Oct 2nd at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona! All organisms included - not only plants ;-) Last chance for registration, don’t miss it!
bit.ly/repetitiveDN...
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physaliacourses.bsky.social
This week we're running the Transposable Elements course with @valentinapeona.bsky.social and @ritarebollo.bsky.social

www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

#TE25 #Bioinformatics #Genomics
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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eldiario.es
‼️ À Punt emite un programa de corridas de toros “históricas” mientras miles de personas se manifiestan contra Mazón un año después de la dana.

La televisión valenciana ha emitido la feria de toros de Alicante de 1997 en lugar de las masivas protestas que tienen lugar en la capital
À Punt emite un programa de corridas de toros "históricas" mientras miles de personas se manifiestan contra Mazón un año después de la dana
La televisión valenciana ha emitido la feria de toros de Alicante de 1997 en lugar de las masivas protestas que tienen lugar en la capital por el aniversario de la dana
www.eldiario.es
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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sebot.bsky.social
"ADN repetitivo, intersección entre la citogenética y la genómica", con Sònia Garcia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social, Institut Botànic de Barcelona @ibb-botanic.bsky.social.

📺 youtu.be/FNP6dfxMhkA?...
October 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social
Nuestro instituto @ibb-botanic.bsky.social ha propuesto una tematica, contactame si estas interesada/o
csic.es CSIC @csic.es · Oct 9
🔬La IV edición de #ComFuturo busca atraer talento internacional para abordar retos como la digitalización y el envejecimiento

👩‍🔬El programa del #CSIC y la Fundación general CSIC permitirá a 10 investigadores internacionales desarrollar sus proyectos en la institución

👉 https://f.mtr.cool/mynxsqiewc
October 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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davidperis.bsky.social
#LabPaleoecology from the @ibb-botanic.bsky.social visited ALBA synchrotron for the first time to scan fossil insects embedded in amber. Results are very promising!
October 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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aruizherrera.bsky.social
Organizing the National Course of Genetics 🧬 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es alongside @dariloops.bsky.social has been a blast!

A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
sphaeromeria.bsky.social
Interested in repetitive DNA? We are organising a free workshop on Oct 2nd at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona! All organisms included - not only plants ;-) Last chance for registration, don’t miss it!
bit.ly/repetitiveDN...
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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ibb-uab.bsky.social
🧐 El grup de recerca de la Integritat i la Inestabilitat del Genoma, liderat per la investigadora Aurora Ruiz-Herrera, demostra que els canvis en la temperatura ambiental poden alterar els processos genètics per a la reproducció i l’evolució de les espècies.

@aruizherrera.bsky.social
#IBBpapers
September 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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luciacamdom.bsky.social
Interested in repetitive DNA?
We are organising a free repetitive DNA workshop this Oct 2nd at the Botanical Institute in Barcelona! Registration is open until September 7th :)
bit.ly/repetitiveDN...
September 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
sphaeromeria.bsky.social
Family photo of the 2025 Workshop of the @treeofsex.bsky.social ! Thanks everyone for attending and see you soon!
August 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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treeofsex.bsky.social
Tree of Sex annual workshop started today. It will be two days packed with reproductive biology.
August 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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ricardo172b.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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biologueando.com
Esta es Pepita, la salamanquesa🦎

Como todas las salamanquesas,Pepita:
❌NO es venenosa💀
❌NO te muerde👹
❌NO se come tu ropa👕
❌NO entra por ningún orificio de tu cuerpo para comerte desde dentro👃

😍Es preciosa
🦟Come bichos

Sé responsable. No la mates y repostea para proteger a Pepita.✌️
May 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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annbot.bsky.social
🌱🌎 Join us to learn about the newly published paper ‘The winner takes it all: a single genotype of Kalanchoe ×houghtonii is a global invader’ in @annbot.bsky.social by @joanperepd.bsky.social and co-authors. 🧵(1/7)

👉 doi.org/pjvs

@sphaeromeria.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social
#AoBpapers
The winner takes it all: a single genotype of Kalanchoe ×houghtonii is a global invader
April 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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calyptrochaeta.bsky.social
¿Te interesan las áreas megadiversas? En ellas el paisaje puede estar dominado por muy pocas especies (hiperdominancia). Te proponemos un TFM en el RJB @csic.es para explorar este fenómeno en el género de leguminosas 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 DC. (JAEINT25_EX_0917) @sebot.bsky.social @jovenesbotanica.bsky.social
Fruiting 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 by the Tormes in Barco de Ávila, Spain. With minor modifications from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarpus_hispanicus.jpg Author: Xemenendura (2018/07/18). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Flowering 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 in Valverde del Camino, Spain. Image downloaded from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarpus_telonensis_en_flor.jpg Author: FRANCISCOR (2014/04/15). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴 leaves, Roque de los Muchachos, Canary Islands, Spain. With minor modifications from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adenocarpus_viscosus_02.jpg Author: Syrio (2023/10/18). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. 𝘈𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 DC. in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-03.
April 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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theserfstv.bsky.social
Massive canary in the coalmine moment
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada. Jason Stanley who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939 says US may become a 'fascist dictatorship'
March 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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mayavoichek.bsky.social
1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬
But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯
Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A short thread 🧵👇
Drosophila follicle showing retrotransposons (pink & yellow) expressed in somatic cells infecting the oocyte
March 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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mbeisen.bsky.social
A paywalled article from @nature.com bemoaning the exploitation of scientists' unpaid labour. Chef's kiss. Perfection. No notes.
March 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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tuuliel.bsky.social
This is so destructive and idiotic. mRNA vaccines are one of the most exciting opportunities to tackle diseases - from infectious disease to cancer and beyond - and these morons want to shut it down.
March 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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binomicalabs.org
The letter contains some fascinating insight into workings of a society operated paper vs a for-profit one, and mentions figures specific to operation of MBE. Well worth a read if you're interested in academic publications landscape.
March 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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tsakraklides.bsky.social
The world’s richest man cries because his stocks fell and uses the White House for a Tesla advert. Meanwhile thousands of Americans he made jobless have no food.

Power only cares about itself. Which why the only real power is PEOPLE POWER. Time to bring the oligarchs down
March 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
One of these things is not like the others
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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michaelharriot.bsky.social
Can we stop talking throwing around words like "autocracy" and "oligarchy" when talking about America's uncertain future?

According to history, political experts, and a little-known book called "a dictionary," America is ALREADY in the throes of fascism.
The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over
It's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here.
dlvr.it
March 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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hsauquet.bsky.social
Excited to see this out!! In this thought-provoking review led by @davidperis.bsky.social and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente we further demonstrate that insect #pollination was once widespread among #gymnosperms and existed long before the origin of #angiosperms

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM