Tuomas Hämälä
@thamala.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist studying plant genomics and crop improvement. Senior scientist at Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). https://thamala.github.io
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The Functional and Evolutionary Genomics group (me!) at Nord is recruiting a PhD student on an exciting project on dwarf Atlantic salmon - please share widely!
Applications and more information:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Applications and more information:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
June 26, 2024 at 1:39 PM
The Functional and Evolutionary Genomics group (me!) at Nord is recruiting a PhD student on an exciting project on dwarf Atlantic salmon - please share widely!
Applications and more information:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Applications and more information:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Our paper looking at the impact of whole-genome duplications (or polyploidy) on the evolution of genomic structural variants is now published! With @leviyant.bsky.social and others.
Impact of whole-genome duplications on structural variant evolution in Cochlearia - Nature Communications
Cochlearia is an evolutionarily dynamic genus with different base chromosome numbers and ploidal levels. Here, the authors construct a graph-based pangenome for Cochlearia and reveal that whole-g...
www.nature.com
June 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Our paper looking at the impact of whole-genome duplications (or polyploidy) on the evolution of genomic structural variants is now published! With @leviyant.bsky.social and others.
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Our groups' goal is to produce genomes that are useful; this does not always mean 'telomere-to-telomere' assemblies. The hybrid sugarcane genome is a nice example of this. The article is out this week in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Our groups' goal is to produce genomes that are useful; this does not always mean 'telomere-to-telomere' assemblies. The hybrid sugarcane genome is a nice example of this. The article is out this week in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I can now share some of the illustrations I’ve been working on last summer. These are from an upcoming book about the links between aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity. Thanks @florianaltermatt.bsky.social for the opportunity to design the figures. The book link: www.haupt.ch/buecher/natu... 🧪🐡
February 6, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I can now share some of the illustrations I’ve been working on last summer. These are from an upcoming book about the links between aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity. Thanks @florianaltermatt.bsky.social for the opportunity to design the figures. The book link: www.haupt.ch/buecher/natu... 🧪🐡
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PhD opportunity in my group at UiO on adaptation to shifting temperatures in house sparrows. Looking for candidates interested in combining evolutionary genomics and ecological approaches! Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
January 30, 2024 at 6:20 PM
PhD opportunity in my group at UiO on adaptation to shifting temperatures in house sparrows. Looking for candidates interested in combining evolutionary genomics and ecological approaches! Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Happy to say that I have started a permanent research job at the Natural Resources Institute Finland! I will continue studying plant genetics and genomics, but now directly in crops.
January 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Happy to say that I have started a permanent research job at the Natural Resources Institute Finland! I will continue studying plant genetics and genomics, but now directly in crops.
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Just in time for the holidays, Jeff Groh cracks the story of an ancient, balanced polymorphism for heterodichogamy (male vs female flower order) in walnuts & pecans
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Distinct ancient structural polymorphisms control heterodichogamy in walnuts and hickories
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December 24, 2023 at 2:39 AM
Just in time for the holidays, Jeff Groh cracks the story of an ancient, balanced polymorphism for heterodichogamy (male vs female flower order) in walnuts & pecans
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A large effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A large effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting col...
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December 8, 2023 at 2:02 AM
A large effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Current starting point for postdoc salaries at Oxford University is just over £36k - £2.7K under threshold. According to The Royal Society 62% of postdocs are non-UK nationals (5/6 in my lab). Two things: (i) postdocs are underpaid; (ii) UK science is screwed
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
December 4, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Current starting point for postdoc salaries at Oxford University is just over £36k - £2.7K under threshold. According to The Royal Society 62% of postdocs are non-UK nationals (5/6 in my lab). Two things: (i) postdocs are underpaid; (ii) UK science is screwed
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
royalsociety.org/-/media/poli...
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The origins of maize were the subject of controversy for well over a century. Even in the 1950's botanists like Edgar Anderson weren't totally sure what continent it came from!
We published today a new model for maize origins (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Let me tell you how we got here. 1/
We published today a new model for maize origins (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Let me tell you how we got here. 1/
November 30, 2023 at 10:23 PM
The origins of maize were the subject of controversy for well over a century. Even in the 1950's botanists like Edgar Anderson weren't totally sure what continent it came from!
We published today a new model for maize origins (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Let me tell you how we got here. 1/
We published today a new model for maize origins (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). Let me tell you how we got here. 1/
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New preprint out on the genetic causes and genomic consequences of breakdown of distyly in Linum. We present a new high-quality genome of the homostylous self-compatible species L. trigynum and compare it to its close distylous relative L. tenue. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 18, 2023 at 11:08 AM
New preprint out on the genetic causes and genomic consequences of breakdown of distyly in Linum. We present a new high-quality genome of the homostylous self-compatible species L. trigynum and compare it to its close distylous relative L. tenue. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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As jobs are coming out and folks are applying, here's your regular reminder of lots of examples of successful job apps (mostly research academia but also industry, PUI, gov). And if you've gotten a job recently, please consider contributing! github.com/RILAB/statem...
November 14, 2023 at 5:01 PM
As jobs are coming out and folks are applying, here's your regular reminder of lots of examples of successful job apps (mostly research academia but also industry, PUI, gov). And if you've gotten a job recently, please consider contributing! github.com/RILAB/statem...
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How much homoeologous gene conversion actually happens in allopolyploids? See our new work using Gossypium led by Justin Conover (conjustover.bsky.social):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Little Evidence for Homoeologous Gene Conversion and Homoeologous Exchange Events in Gossypium Allop...
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November 13, 2023 at 6:19 PM
How much homoeologous gene conversion actually happens in allopolyploids? See our new work using Gossypium led by Justin Conover (conjustover.bsky.social):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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First author Josh Schraiber posted this new preprint of ours on the other place, but he's not on here yet, so I guess it's up to me
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
And here's Josh's thread: twitter.com/jgschraiber/...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
And here's Josh's thread: twitter.com/jgschraiber/...
November 11, 2023 at 12:27 AM
First author Josh Schraiber posted this new preprint of ours on the other place, but he's not on here yet, so I guess it's up to me
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
And here's Josh's thread: twitter.com/jgschraiber/...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
And here's Josh's thread: twitter.com/jgschraiber/...
Check out our new preprint on adaptation to whole-genome duplication. Great work by @sianbray.bsky.social and @leviyant.bsky.social
Sharing work close to my heart, long in gestation: we introduce Cochlearia, in its many polyploidy events. Here we discover signal of adaptation of the kinetochore to the challenging new polyploid state. With @sianbray.bsky.social @thamala.bsky.social and others. #evobio #polyploid
Kinetochore and ionomic adaptation to whole genome duplication
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October 27, 2023 at 2:34 PM
Check out our new preprint on adaptation to whole-genome duplication. Great work by @sianbray.bsky.social and @leviyant.bsky.social
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So excited to announce our search for an Assistant Professor focused on understanding plant response to climate change! Come join us at UC Riverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01827
October 24, 2023 at 5:10 PM
So excited to announce our search for an Assistant Professor focused on understanding plant response to climate change! Come join us at UC Riverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01827
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Super cool stuff: "The genetic consequences of range expansion and its influence on diploidization in polyploids"
The genetic consequences of range expansion and its influence on diploidization in polyploids
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October 22, 2023 at 6:21 AM
Super cool stuff: "The genetic consequences of range expansion and its influence on diploidization in polyploids"
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Hi BlueSky - I’m a biologist and scientific illustrator open to commissions of scientific figures, illustrations, infographics, etc.
I’ve designed infographics about forest tree breeding, love drawing plants and silly characters for fun,
and also made a logo for @pyhatanja.bsky.social
🧪🐡 #SciComm
I’ve designed infographics about forest tree breeding, love drawing plants and silly characters for fun,
and also made a logo for @pyhatanja.bsky.social
🧪🐡 #SciComm
October 8, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Hi BlueSky - I’m a biologist and scientific illustrator open to commissions of scientific figures, illustrations, infographics, etc.
I’ve designed infographics about forest tree breeding, love drawing plants and silly characters for fun,
and also made a logo for @pyhatanja.bsky.social
🧪🐡 #SciComm
I’ve designed infographics about forest tree breeding, love drawing plants and silly characters for fun,
and also made a logo for @pyhatanja.bsky.social
🧪🐡 #SciComm
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Can any evolutionary biologist please explain this paper to me? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution - Nature
Assembly theory conceptualizes objects as entities defined by their possible formation histories, allowing a unified language for describing selection, evolution and the generation of novelty.
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October 7, 2023 at 7:53 PM
Can any evolutionary biologist please explain this paper to me? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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We are hiring! TWO ERC and ERC-CZ postdoc positions in the population and structural genomics of polyploidy. Join us in stunning Prague to study the evolutionary consequences of whole genome duplication! Apply by 30 Oct. static1.squarespace.com/static/5e39c... and tinyurl.com/4e43wcy7
October 5, 2023 at 6:03 PM
We are hiring! TWO ERC and ERC-CZ postdoc positions in the population and structural genomics of polyploidy. Join us in stunning Prague to study the evolutionary consequences of whole genome duplication! Apply by 30 Oct. static1.squarespace.com/static/5e39c... and tinyurl.com/4e43wcy7
Our new paper is up on bioRxiv! We study how whole-genome duplications influence structural variant evolution in a natural diploid—autopolyploid system. With @leviyant.bsky.social and others.
Check it out if you like polyploidy, SVs, long-read sequencing, or pangenomes. #evobio
Check it out if you like polyploidy, SVs, long-read sequencing, or pangenomes. #evobio
Impact of whole-genome duplications on structural variant evolution in the plant genus Cochlearia
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
October 2, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Our new paper is up on bioRxiv! We study how whole-genome duplications influence structural variant evolution in a natural diploid—autopolyploid system. With @leviyant.bsky.social and others.
Check it out if you like polyploidy, SVs, long-read sequencing, or pangenomes. #evobio
Check it out if you like polyploidy, SVs, long-read sequencing, or pangenomes. #evobio