Darren Obbard
@darrenobbard.bsky.social
Flies, Viruses, Genomes
Not yet 40 (purchased in 1993), but this beast still sits on my desk!
September 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Not yet 40 (purchased in 1993), but this beast still sits on my desk!
Great Kenneth Mather Memorial prize talk at #PGG58 from @noemielefrancq.bsky.social !
January 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Great Kenneth Mather Memorial prize talk at #PGG58 from @noemielefrancq.bsky.social !
And again at PGG19 in Dec 1985 in Exeter:
January 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
And again at PGG19 in Dec 1985 in Exeter:
The very first mentions of TEs at PopGroup were way back in 1983 (PGG16, Birmingham), by Brian Charlesworth and John Brookfield - in very quick succession!
January 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The very first mentions of TEs at PopGroup were way back in 1983 (PGG16, Birmingham), by Brian Charlesworth and John Brookfield - in very quick succession!
It included such luminaries as Brian and Deborah Charlesworth and Nick Barton - who I think will also be attending this one!
January 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It included such luminaries as Brian and Deborah Charlesworth and Nick Barton - who I think will also be attending this one!
Registration for #PGG58 today in Sheffield mlindner0.github.io/PopulationGe... ... The first PGG in Sheffield was PGG12, in December 1978:
January 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Registration for #PGG58 today in Sheffield mlindner0.github.io/PopulationGe... ... The first PGG in Sheffield was PGG12, in December 1978:
And these are the topics that the interested parties thought they might like to discuss. Which ones feel current, and which ones dated?
January 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And these are the topics that the interested parties thought they might like to discuss. Which ones feel current, and which ones dated?
This is the letter that started it all (arising from conversations at Cepea meetings in 1962 and 1967)
January 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is the letter that started it all (arising from conversations at Cepea meetings in 1962 and 1967)
Getting mentally prepared for the next UK "Population Genetics Group Meeting" #PopGroup58 or #PGG58 in Sheffield. ... I thought people might be interested so see the very first #PGG programme, from Birmingham in January 1968:
January 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Getting mentally prepared for the next UK "Population Genetics Group Meeting" #PopGroup58 or #PGG58 in Sheffield. ... I thought people might be interested so see the very first #PGG programme, from Birmingham in January 1968:
#PhD Advert: Please share! Are you looking for a PhD studentship in comparative- or population-genomics, using 300+ species of #Drosophila and 1000+ genomes of #melanogaster? #Entomology #Genomics #PopGen #Phylogenetics
November 27, 2024 at 4:23 PM
#PhD Advert: Please share! Are you looking for a PhD studentship in comparative- or population-genomics, using 300+ species of #Drosophila and 1000+ genomes of #melanogaster? #Entomology #Genomics #PopGen #Phylogenetics
Cool! Thank you! Here're some nice drosophilas:
November 14, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Cool! Thank you! Here're some nice drosophilas:
#PGG57 ending on a #Drosophila #Evolution high point, with Heloise Bastide showing that Braula is a steganine drosophilid! Which do we rename? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 10, 2024 at 11:53 AM
#PGG57 ending on a #Drosophila #Evolution high point, with Heloise Bastide showing that Braula is a steganine drosophilid! Which do we rename? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Nick Barton back at #PGG57 after a bit of a break ... #Evolution #Hybridisation and #Selection in #Antirrhinum
January 10, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Nick Barton back at #PGG57 after a bit of a break ... #Evolution #Hybridisation and #Selection in #Antirrhinum
#PGG57 Sasha Bradshaw and some #FunnyLookingFlies
January 9, 2024 at 4:16 PM
#PGG57 Sasha Bradshaw and some #FunnyLookingFlies