Audald Lloret-Villas
@audald.bsky.social
Postdoc - computational, evolutionary and conservation genomics @ the Globe Institute (University of Copenhagen) - 🦜👨🏻💻🧬
One lives only to make blunders.
One lives only to make blunders.
"it was not a case of them stealing the King’s group’s data and then, voila, those data gave them the structure of DNA. Instead, they solved the structure through their own iterative approach and then used the King’s data — without permission — to confirm it."
On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"it was not a case of them stealing the King’s group’s data and then, voila, those data gave them the structure of DNA. Instead, they solved the structure through their own iterative approach and then used the King’s data — without permission — to confirm it."
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What a course!🧬🦣
Thanks to this amazing team of instructors @claudiafontsere.bsky.social @jazminrm.bsky.social & @hernmoral.bsky.social for delivering such a great first edition of the #Museomics course.
Thanks to everyone who has joined us this week and good luck with your data!💯
Thanks to this amazing team of instructors @claudiafontsere.bsky.social @jazminrm.bsky.social & @hernmoral.bsky.social for delivering such a great first edition of the #Museomics course.
Thanks to everyone who has joined us this week and good luck with your data!💯
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What a course!🧬🦣
Thanks to this amazing team of instructors @claudiafontsere.bsky.social @jazminrm.bsky.social & @hernmoral.bsky.social for delivering such a great first edition of the #Museomics course.
Thanks to everyone who has joined us this week and good luck with your data!💯
Thanks to this amazing team of instructors @claudiafontsere.bsky.social @jazminrm.bsky.social & @hernmoral.bsky.social for delivering such a great first edition of the #Museomics course.
Thanks to everyone who has joined us this week and good luck with your data!💯
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New Zealand’s invasive starlings on the cover of Molecular Ecology! 🐦🧬
This collaborative project unpacks the invasion history of starlings in Aotearoa New Zealand, combining population genomics with historical records of human-mediated translocations.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This collaborative project unpacks the invasion history of starlings in Aotearoa New Zealand, combining population genomics with historical records of human-mediated translocations.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New Zealand’s invasive starlings on the cover of Molecular Ecology! 🐦🧬
This collaborative project unpacks the invasion history of starlings in Aotearoa New Zealand, combining population genomics with historical records of human-mediated translocations.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This collaborative project unpacks the invasion history of starlings in Aotearoa New Zealand, combining population genomics with historical records of human-mediated translocations.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our monthly #EPIC seminars are back! 🎉
This month, Thomas Bøggild kicked things off with a fascinating talk on stopped recombination in new sex chromosomes, and @audald.bsky.social followed with great insights into recombination maps and imputation in #PopGen studies.
See you next month!
This month, Thomas Bøggild kicked things off with a fascinating talk on stopped recombination in new sex chromosomes, and @audald.bsky.social followed with great insights into recombination maps and imputation in #PopGen studies.
See you next month!
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our monthly #EPIC seminars are back! 🎉
This month, Thomas Bøggild kicked things off with a fascinating talk on stopped recombination in new sex chromosomes, and @audald.bsky.social followed with great insights into recombination maps and imputation in #PopGen studies.
See you next month!
This month, Thomas Bøggild kicked things off with a fascinating talk on stopped recombination in new sex chromosomes, and @audald.bsky.social followed with great insights into recombination maps and imputation in #PopGen studies.
See you next month!
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Our Q&A article on inbreeding for conservation is out in BMC Biology!
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Q&A: inbreeding and its implications for conservation - BMC Biology
Inbreeding depression plays a role in the decline, endangerment, and extinction of small populations, and thus inbreeding has received much attention in conservation biology. The term inbreeding is us...
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Our Q&A article on inbreeding for conservation is out in BMC Biology!
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
We discuss some important key concepts related to inbreeding in the light of new genomic tools and what it means for conservation when we want to improve species survival.
#consgen
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Este verano visitamos Cambridge, con su universidad y centros de investigación referentes en biología molecular. Donde trabajó Fred Sanger, ganador de 2 premios Nobel de Química. Un investigador singular e irrepetible. Te lo explico en mi blog @naukas.bsky.social
montoliu.naukas.com/2025/08/24/u...
montoliu.naukas.com/2025/08/24/u...
Un tipo llamado Fred Sanger - Gen-Ética
Este verano hemos pasado unos días en Cambridge (Reino Unido), ciudad universitaria por excelencia y sede de prestigiosos e históricos centros de investigación. Estos centros convierten a Cambridge en...
montoliu.naukas.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Este verano visitamos Cambridge, con su universidad y centros de investigación referentes en biología molecular. Donde trabajó Fred Sanger, ganador de 2 premios Nobel de Química. Un investigador singular e irrepetible. Te lo explico en mi blog @naukas.bsky.social
montoliu.naukas.com/2025/08/24/u...
montoliu.naukas.com/2025/08/24/u...
Low-coverage sequencing (LCS) + genotype imputation is a cost-effective approach to genotype hundreds of samples at a full-genome level. But how do different imputation tools perform across populations with varying relatedness and inbreeding?
October 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Low-coverage sequencing (LCS) + genotype imputation is a cost-effective approach to genotype hundreds of samples at a full-genome level. But how do different imputation tools perform across populations with varying relatedness and inbreeding?
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Aotearoa, meet your 2025 Bird of the Year 👑🦅
The kārearea or New Zealand falcon is our only species of falcon, and has reclaimed the top spot once again after its last victory in 2012 🏆
Learn more about this endemic bird of prey ⬇️
w.wiki/FUGN
📷: Tony Wills, CC BY-SA 3.0 #BirdOfTheYear
The kārearea or New Zealand falcon is our only species of falcon, and has reclaimed the top spot once again after its last victory in 2012 🏆
Learn more about this endemic bird of prey ⬇️
w.wiki/FUGN
📷: Tony Wills, CC BY-SA 3.0 #BirdOfTheYear
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Aotearoa, meet your 2025 Bird of the Year 👑🦅
The kārearea or New Zealand falcon is our only species of falcon, and has reclaimed the top spot once again after its last victory in 2012 🏆
Learn more about this endemic bird of prey ⬇️
w.wiki/FUGN
📷: Tony Wills, CC BY-SA 3.0 #BirdOfTheYear
The kārearea or New Zealand falcon is our only species of falcon, and has reclaimed the top spot once again after its last victory in 2012 🏆
Learn more about this endemic bird of prey ⬇️
w.wiki/FUGN
📷: Tony Wills, CC BY-SA 3.0 #BirdOfTheYear
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UCPH seeks a postdoc in Water Buffalo Population Genomics, starting Jan 2026. Applicants need a PhD in related fields, programming skills, & experience with… https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentId=18965&ProjectId=164930&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=false #postdoc
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Water Buffalo Population Genomics
The Department of Biology, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a post doc position to work on population genomic analyses in water buffal
candidate.hr-manager.net
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
UCPH seeks a postdoc in Water Buffalo Population Genomics, starting Jan 2026. Applicants need a PhD in related fields, programming skills, & experience with… https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx/?cid=1307&departmentId=18965&ProjectId=164930&MediaId=5&SkipAdvertisement=false #postdoc
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Scientists, DON'T USE LaTeX UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON'T GIVE LaTeX TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE .tex DOC INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE DOCS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE [Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) has occurred]
September 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Scientists, DON'T USE LaTeX UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON'T GIVE LaTeX TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE .tex DOC INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE DOCS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE [Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) has occurred]
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Nice SciShow-video with many examples of studies using "fake birds" (i.e. decoys or dummies). #ornithology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzC...
These Birds Aren’t Real
YouTube video by SciShow
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Nice SciShow-video with many examples of studies using "fake birds" (i.e. decoys or dummies). #ornithology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSzC...
☀️ My Mediterranean summer has come to an end, and today I’m kicking off a new postdoctoral adventure in @hernmoral.bsky.social’s group at the Globe Institute! Lots to learn, lots to contribute, and hopefully lots more posting here about Evolutionary & Conservation Genomics 🚀
September 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
☀️ My Mediterranean summer has come to an end, and today I’m kicking off a new postdoctoral adventure in @hernmoral.bsky.social’s group at the Globe Institute! Lots to learn, lots to contribute, and hopefully lots more posting here about Evolutionary & Conservation Genomics 🚀
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🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025
For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD
Reposts appreciated 😁
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1/10 We are thrilled to announce that our new paper on conservation genomics of the Balearic shearwater has just been published online at @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
1/10 We are thrilled to announce that our new paper on conservation genomics of the Balearic shearwater has just been published online at @pnas.org! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Genomic imputation can boost dataset quality and benefit research on wild populations. In hihi, we found high #imputation accuracies despite a small reference panel of high-fecundity individuals. Imputation improves downstream #ConservationGenomics analyses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High Imputation Accuracy Can Be Achieved Using a Small Reference Panel in a Natural Population With Low Genetic Diversity
Genotype imputation, the inference of missing genotypes using a reference set of population haplotypes, is a cost-effective tool for improving the quality and quantity of genetic datasets. Imputation...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Genomic imputation can boost dataset quality and benefit research on wild populations. In hihi, we found high #imputation accuracies despite a small reference panel of high-fecundity individuals. Imputation improves downstream #ConservationGenomics analyses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Will be presenting our work on imputation of lcWGS in populations with a range of relatedness and inbreeding. Find me throughout the day at #ESEB2025 (board 337)
Dr. Tram Vi, @annasanture.bsky.social and colleagues (@aucklanduni.bsky.social)
Dr. Tram Vi, @annasanture.bsky.social and colleagues (@aucklanduni.bsky.social)
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Will be presenting our work on imputation of lcWGS in populations with a range of relatedness and inbreeding. Find me throughout the day at #ESEB2025 (board 337)
Dr. Tram Vi, @annasanture.bsky.social and colleagues (@aucklanduni.bsky.social)
Dr. Tram Vi, @annasanture.bsky.social and colleagues (@aucklanduni.bsky.social)
Dr. Tram Vi presented yesterday her fantastic work on imputation of lcWGS in population analyses, in which I had the chance to participate (w/ @annasanture.bsky.social and colleagues). #GSA2025
July 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Dr. Tram Vi presented yesterday her fantastic work on imputation of lcWGS in population analyses, in which I had the chance to participate (w/ @annasanture.bsky.social and colleagues). #GSA2025
First chilly jog in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland and ready for the #GSA2025 - @geneticsaus.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
First chilly jog in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland and ready for the #GSA2025 - @geneticsaus.bsky.social
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Just three more sleeps until #GSA2025 kicks off in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland!
Bring your love of science, your curiosity, and maybe a rain jacket - just in case 🌧️🧬
We can't wait to see you there!
Bring your love of science, your curiosity, and maybe a rain jacket - just in case 🌧️🧬
We can't wait to see you there!
July 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Just three more sleeps until #GSA2025 kicks off in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland!
Bring your love of science, your curiosity, and maybe a rain jacket - just in case 🌧️🧬
We can't wait to see you there!
Bring your love of science, your curiosity, and maybe a rain jacket - just in case 🌧️🧬
We can't wait to see you there!
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✍ New blog post: The World Is Falling Apart, But You Don't Have To Follow
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/t...
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/t...
May 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✍ New blog post: The World Is Falling Apart, But You Don't Have To Follow
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/t...
jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/t...
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I'll be teaching in the SIBE Summer School in Ferrara, from the 7th to 11th of September.
Great place to learn about PopGen, comparative genomics and ✨Conservation Genomics✨
🚨Deadline to apply: 11th of May🚨
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
See you there!
Great place to learn about PopGen, comparative genomics and ✨Conservation Genomics✨
🚨Deadline to apply: 11th of May🚨
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
See you there!
SIBE summer school
SIBE SUMMER SCHOOL 2025
7th − 11th September 2025
FERRARA (ITALY)
Overview
The analysis of genomic data has become increasingly feasible, even in non-model organisms, thanks to the “omics” revolution...
sites.google.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I'll be teaching in the SIBE Summer School in Ferrara, from the 7th to 11th of September.
Great place to learn about PopGen, comparative genomics and ✨Conservation Genomics✨
🚨Deadline to apply: 11th of May🚨
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
See you there!
Great place to learn about PopGen, comparative genomics and ✨Conservation Genomics✨
🚨Deadline to apply: 11th of May🚨
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
See you there!
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CJ Versoza @susanneppfeifer.bsky.social @audald.bsky.social & JD Jensen use WGS of pedigrees of aye-ayes to map crossover and noncrossover recombination events.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf072
#genome #primate #recombination #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf072
#genome #primate #recombination #evolution
May 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
CJ Versoza @susanneppfeifer.bsky.social @audald.bsky.social & JD Jensen use WGS of pedigrees of aye-ayes to map crossover and noncrossover recombination events.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf072
#genome #primate #recombination #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf072
#genome #primate #recombination #evolution