Dominik Kusy
@dominik-kusy.bsky.social
Evolution | beetles | venom | extreme sexual dimorphism | bioluminescence | phylogenetics | genomics.
Researcher at UP Olomouc.
Researcher at UP Olomouc.
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PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
hoehnalab.github.io
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Open position for PostDoc with background in (insect) genomics for our Insect Symbiosis Lab in České Budějovice! bucek-lab.org/join_us/
October 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Open position for PostDoc with background in (insect) genomics for our Insect Symbiosis Lab in České Budějovice! bucek-lab.org/join_us/
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This work shows the first overview on the population genetics and demographic history of the big European firefly, **Lampyris noctiluca**. Feeling very happy this work is out :) academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Sex-biased Migration and Demographic History of the Big European Firefly Lampyris noctiluca
Abstract. Differential dispersion between the sexes can impact the colonization process and demographic history of a species. Here, we explored the demogra
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June 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This work shows the first overview on the population genetics and demographic history of the big European firefly, **Lampyris noctiluca**. Feeling very happy this work is out :) academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Phosphaenus hemipterus - one of only 3 firefly species in Czech Republic with both sexes flightless! Was lucky enough to find pupae a while back and now they're already mating in my setup. Fingers crossed for eggs!
June 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Phosphaenus hemipterus - one of only 3 firefly species in Czech Republic with both sexes flightless! Was lucky enough to find pupae a while back and now they're already mating in my setup. Fingers crossed for eggs!
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Urgent need for improving the statistical properties of summary methods and the computational efficiency of likelihood methods for inferring #gene flow using #genomic sequence data academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
Inference of Cross-Species Gene Flow Using Genomic Data Depends on the Methods: Case Study of Gene Flow in Drosophila
Abstract. Analysis of genomic data in the past two decades has highlighted the prevalence of introgression as an important evolutionary force in both plant
academic.oup.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Urgent need for improving the statistical properties of summary methods and the computational efficiency of likelihood methods for inferring #gene flow using #genomic sequence data academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
Friends from department of Entomology at National museum in Prague are again organising "Immature Beetles Meeting". I highly recomend this meeting to all the researchers and lovers of Coleoptera larvae. #Coleoptera docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Friends from department of Entomology at National museum in Prague are again organising "Immature Beetles Meeting". I highly recomend this meeting to all the researchers and lovers of Coleoptera larvae. #Coleoptera docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Possible game-changer.
Check out our new preprint describing CiFi - a method that couples 3C and PacBio HiFi sequencing with low input requirements. We apply it to human GM12878 to better characterize chromatin across repetitive regions, as well as single insect samples (a mosquito and a Mediterranean fruit fly).
CiFi: Accurate long-read chromatin conformation capture with low-input requirements https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635566v1
February 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Possible game-changer.
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Our review on caddisfly silk genetics is out in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social. We’re excited about new developments in the field and we were stoked to have the chance to cover them in a review. We hope it is useful resource for people interested! www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Unraveling the genetics of underwater caddisfly silk
Hundreds of thousands of arthropod species use silk to capture prey, build protective
structures, or anchor eggs. While most silk-producers are terrestrial, caddisflies
construct silken capture nets a...
www.cell.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our review on caddisfly silk genetics is out in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social. We’re excited about new developments in the field and we were stoked to have the chance to cover them in a review. We hope it is useful resource for people interested! www.cell.com/trends/genet...
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New paper out 📝✨
"k-mer approaches for biodiversity genomics"
We discuss k-mer spectra, sex determination, allopolyploid subgenome separation, among other topics - and offer a large tutorial list
Link to paper:
genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Link to all tutorials:
github.com/KamilSJaron/...
"k-mer approaches for biodiversity genomics"
We discuss k-mer spectra, sex determination, allopolyploid subgenome separation, among other topics - and offer a large tutorial list
Link to paper:
genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Link to all tutorials:
github.com/KamilSJaron/...
February 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New paper out 📝✨
"k-mer approaches for biodiversity genomics"
We discuss k-mer spectra, sex determination, allopolyploid subgenome separation, among other topics - and offer a large tutorial list
Link to paper:
genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Link to all tutorials:
github.com/KamilSJaron/...
"k-mer approaches for biodiversity genomics"
We discuss k-mer spectra, sex determination, allopolyploid subgenome separation, among other topics - and offer a large tutorial list
Link to paper:
genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Link to all tutorials:
github.com/KamilSJaron/...
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WASTER’s ability to accurately estimate trees from low-coverage sequencing data without relying on assembly and alignment will lead to substantially reduced sequencing and computational costs in phylogenomic projects. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #genomics #evolution #phylogeny
WASTER: Practical de novo phylogenomics from low-coverage short reads
The advent of affordable whole-genome sequencing has spurred numerous large-scale projects aimed at inferring the tree of life, yet achieving a complete species-level phylogeny remains a distant goal ...
www.biorxiv.org
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
WASTER’s ability to accurately estimate trees from low-coverage sequencing data without relying on assembly and alignment will lead to substantially reduced sequencing and computational costs in phylogenomic projects. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #genomics #evolution #phylogeny
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1/7 Very happy to share our latest paper on the joint evolution of separate sexes and sexual dimorphism in @jevbio.bsky.social, led by @thomaslesaffre.bsky.social and in collaboration with John Pannell at @dee-unil.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae136
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae136
The joint evolution of separate sexes and sexual dimorphism
Abstract. Dioecious plants are frequently sexually dimorphic. Such dimorphism, which reflects responses to selection acting in opposite directions for male
doi.org
January 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
1/7 Very happy to share our latest paper on the joint evolution of separate sexes and sexual dimorphism in @jevbio.bsky.social, led by @thomaslesaffre.bsky.social and in collaboration with John Pannell at @dee-unil.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae136
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae136
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The strain on scientific publishing direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... #academia #research #science #publishing #peerreview
The strain on scientific publishing
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...
direct.mit.edu
January 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The strain on scientific publishing direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... #academia #research #science #publishing #peerreview
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Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
January 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
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🚨New paper out🚨 Very excited about this one as it showcases the evolution of the extraordinary morphological diversity of stick insects 🌿➡️ @pnas.org
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
December 26, 2024 at 8:37 AM
🚨New paper out🚨 Very excited about this one as it showcases the evolution of the extraordinary morphological diversity of stick insects 🌿➡️ @pnas.org
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Unicore enables scalable and accurate phylogenetic reconstruction with structural core genes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.22.629535v1 🧬🖥️🧪 https://github.com/steineggerlab/unicore
December 24, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Unicore enables scalable and accurate phylogenetic reconstruction with structural core genes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.22.629535v1 🧬🖥️🧪 https://github.com/steineggerlab/unicore
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Many academics point to bioRxiv as “the one thing improving science publishing”.
If so, the one thing you all can do is persuade colleagues to submit and make this a norm. 1/2
If so, the one thing you all can do is persuade colleagues to submit and make this a norm. 1/2
December 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Many academics point to bioRxiv as “the one thing improving science publishing”.
If so, the one thing you all can do is persuade colleagues to submit and make this a norm. 1/2
If so, the one thing you all can do is persuade colleagues to submit and make this a norm. 1/2
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New preprint by butterfly wizard
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We mapped optix (again?!) as the switch gene of a natural polymorphism, this time controlling silver patches of a mountain butterfly. Gorgeous RNAi validation, evidence of selective sweeps, introgression
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We mapped optix (again?!) as the switch gene of a natural polymorphism, this time controlling silver patches of a mountain butterfly. Gorgeous RNAi validation, evidence of selective sweeps, introgression
December 17, 2024 at 3:18 PM
New preprint by butterfly wizard
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We mapped optix (again?!) as the switch gene of a natural polymorphism, this time controlling silver patches of a mountain butterfly. Gorgeous RNAi validation, evidence of selective sweeps, introgression
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We mapped optix (again?!) as the switch gene of a natural polymorphism, this time controlling silver patches of a mountain butterfly. Gorgeous RNAi validation, evidence of selective sweeps, introgression
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New paper with @snaildit.bsky.social❗
You can use paralogs to reduce long-branch attraction!
This will be especially helpful when there are no extant taxa that can be sampled to break up these branches.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
You can use paralogs to reduce long-branch attraction!
This will be especially helpful when there are no extant taxa that can be sampled to break up these branches.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 13, 2024 at 2:35 PM
New paper with @snaildit.bsky.social❗
You can use paralogs to reduce long-branch attraction!
This will be especially helpful when there are no extant taxa that can be sampled to break up these branches.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
You can use paralogs to reduce long-branch attraction!
This will be especially helpful when there are no extant taxa that can be sampled to break up these branches.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our Lampyris sardiniae colony celebrates 20 years in 2024, and slowly approaching generation 27! 🎄 Best early Christmas gift ever - just received the original founder pair and F1 generation specimens preserved in alcohol from 20 years ago! 🧬✨
December 9, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Our Lampyris sardiniae colony celebrates 20 years in 2024, and slowly approaching generation 27! 🎄 Best early Christmas gift ever - just received the original founder pair and F1 generation specimens preserved in alcohol from 20 years ago! 🧬✨
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For #FossilFriday have you ever considered the scorpion fossil record? This is surprisingly rich, but how we categorize these animals transcends being a hot mess. It's a spicy disaster. My colleague Jason and I wrote a paper on it which came out today:
peerj.com/articles/185...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
peerj.com/articles/185...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
December 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
For #FossilFriday have you ever considered the scorpion fossil record? This is surprisingly rich, but how we categorize these animals transcends being a hot mess. It's a spicy disaster. My colleague Jason and I wrote a paper on it which came out today:
peerj.com/articles/185...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
peerj.com/articles/185...
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
I highly recomend.
2 New #PhD positions in my institution to study #biodiversity and interactions #ants and #beetles in the tropics!
December 4, 2024 at 1:48 PM
I highly recomend.
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OrthoDB and BUSCO update: annotation of orthologs with wider sampling of genomes academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs
OrthoDB and BUSCO update: annotation of orthologs with wider sampling of genomes
Abstract. OrthoDB (https://www.orthodb.org) offers evolutionary and functional annotations of orthologous genes in the widest sampling of eukaryotes, proka
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November 13, 2024 at 1:55 PM
OrthoDB and BUSCO update: annotation of orthologs with wider sampling of genomes academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs