Ella Preger 🎗️
@ella-pbn.bsky.social
Developmental Biology, Transcriptional Regulation, Evolution.
Check out our new preprint on the evolution of enhancer loss. Turns out there are 50 ways to lose a function. We found four of them.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Distinct mechanisms decommission redundant enhancers to facilitate phenotypic evolution
The evolutionary loss of morphological traits is often driven by changes in gene regulation. Many developmental genes are controlled by multiple, redundant enhancers, raising the question of how robus...
www.biorxiv.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Check out our new preprint on the evolution of enhancer loss. Turns out there are 50 ways to lose a function. We found four of them.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@poppi62.bsky.social opens the #EMBO Drosophila Genetics & Genomics course at #EMBL - off to a fantastic start! Looking forward to an exciting and inspiring week!
August 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@poppi62.bsky.social opens the #EMBO Drosophila Genetics & Genomics course at #EMBL - off to a fantastic start! Looking forward to an exciting and inspiring week!
Just one more week left to apply for the EMBO Drosophila Genetics and Genomics Course! Don't miss the chance to join an exciting program of cutting-edge research and hands-on training!
🚨 The application deadline for the #EMBODrosophila practical course is fast approaching 🚨
⏰ Apply by 4 May and join us for a week of immersive learning with lectures from world-renowned experts and hands-on practical sessions 👉 https://s.embl.org/drg25-01-bl
🗓️ 3 – 8 August
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
⏰ Apply by 4 May and join us for a week of immersive learning with lectures from world-renowned experts and hands-on practical sessions 👉 https://s.embl.org/drg25-01-bl
🗓️ 3 – 8 August
📍 EMBL Heidelberg
April 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just one more week left to apply for the EMBO Drosophila Genetics and Genomics Course! Don't miss the chance to join an exciting program of cutting-edge research and hands-on training!
It was a pleasure to host the awesome @yehumoran.bsky.social in our Developmental Genetics Club and learn about toxins and their role in modulating complex predation interactions!
January 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It was a pleasure to host the awesome @yehumoran.bsky.social in our Developmental Genetics Club and learn about toxins and their role in modulating complex predation interactions!
Fun day visiting old friends at the Weizmann Institute
Fascinating talk by @ella-pbn.bsky.social today a Weizmann’s dev club, on the evolution and regulation of complex morphologies in #drosophila
January 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Fun day visiting old friends at the Weizmann Institute
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
We are excited to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming #EDRC2025 conference (25th-28th September 2025) in Alicante to showcase the latest advances in #Drosophila biology and technology edrc2025alicante.com
EDRC 2025 Alicante
edrc2025alicante.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We are excited to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming #EDRC2025 conference (25th-28th September 2025) in Alicante to showcase the latest advances in #Drosophila biology and technology edrc2025alicante.com
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Apply to "Drosophila genetics and genomics": experienced experts will teach you hands-on in classical strategies and cutting-edge experimental techniques to enhance your use of this powerful model organism for research, whilst connecting to scientists in your field.
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
Drosophila genetics and genomics
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December 20, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Apply to "Drosophila genetics and genomics": experienced experts will teach you hands-on in classical strategies and cutting-edge experimental techniques to enhance your use of this powerful model organism for research, whilst connecting to scientists in your field.
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
Join us this summer at EMBL for the Drosophila Genetics and Genomics Practical Course! Applications are now open—don’t miss this chance to expand your Drosophila toolkit. #Drosophila #Genetics #Genomics
Apply to "Drosophila genetics and genomics": experienced experts will teach you hands-on in classical strategies and cutting-edge experimental techniques to enhance your use of this powerful model organism for research, whilst connecting to scientists in your field.
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
Drosophila genetics and genomics
www.embl.org
December 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Join us this summer at EMBL for the Drosophila Genetics and Genomics Practical Course! Applications are now open—don’t miss this chance to expand your Drosophila toolkit. #Drosophila #Genetics #Genomics
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Are you interested in studying enhancer biology/3D genome organization in my lab at the University of Tokyo? This Biohub Network program would be a great opportunity for you! Feel free to reach out if you're interested!!
www.czbiohub.org/program-ssfc...
December 19, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Are you interested in studying enhancer biology/3D genome organization in my lab at the University of Tokyo? This Biohub Network program would be a great opportunity for you! Feel free to reach out if you're interested!!
www.czbiohub.org/program-ssfc...
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
Now official: our next
@embl.org
course on #Drosophila
Genetics & Genomics will be held 3-8 Aug '25. Send in your applications!
@bsdb.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social
@flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @virtualflybrain.bsky.social
@embl.org
course on #Drosophila
Genetics & Genomics will be held 3-8 Aug '25. Send in your applications!
@bsdb.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social
@flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @virtualflybrain.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky community! 👋
Are you looking forward to 2025 as much as we are? 👀
We just updated our 2025 Annual Poster to include even more events for you to join, so go and have a look!
➡️ s.embl.org/poster-bl
#EMBLEvents #molecularbiology #lifesciencetraining
Are you looking forward to 2025 as much as we are? 👀
We just updated our 2025 Annual Poster to include even more events for you to join, so go and have a look!
➡️ s.embl.org/poster-bl
#EMBLEvents #molecularbiology #lifesciencetraining
December 13, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Now official: our next
@embl.org
course on #Drosophila
Genetics & Genomics will be held 3-8 Aug '25. Send in your applications!
@bsdb.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social
@flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @virtualflybrain.bsky.social
@embl.org
course on #Drosophila
Genetics & Genomics will be held 3-8 Aug '25. Send in your applications!
@bsdb.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social
@flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @virtualflybrain.bsky.social
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
My colleague Dani Nunes and I are advertising a PhD position at Oxford Brookes. If you're interested in the molecular basis of evolution, gene regulation, sc-seq, CRISPR, and (yes) genital morphology (in flies), check it out: tinyurl.com/2zutha8c #STEMjobs 🧪
Nigel Groome Studentship: Gene Regulatory Networks Driving Male-Female Genital Co-evolution at Oxford Brookes University
Discover a PhD Studentship: Nigel Groome Studentship: Gene Regulatory Networks Driving Male-Female Genital Co-evolution Explore more PhD opportunities and apply today!
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December 5, 2024 at 5:26 PM
My colleague Dani Nunes and I are advertising a PhD position at Oxford Brookes. If you're interested in the molecular basis of evolution, gene regulation, sc-seq, CRISPR, and (yes) genital morphology (in flies), check it out: tinyurl.com/2zutha8c #STEMjobs 🧪
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
We are seeking a motivated postdoc to join our lab! Our research focuses on live-cell imaging/analysis to reveal how chromatin behaves in living cells and how its behavior contributes to cellular functions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
November 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM
We are seeking a motivated postdoc to join our lab! Our research focuses on live-cell imaging/analysis to reveal how chromatin behaves in living cells and how its behavior contributes to cellular functions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Interested? Please DM me!
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
Fellow Genetics professors - rejoice! This is pedagogy heaven: the paradigmatic epiallele in calico cats … is built on a cis-regulatory deletion, not a coding mutation!
We can teach it all off 1 paper!
1. Woo
2. Hoooo!!!
H/t @lianafaye.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We can teach it all off 1 paper!
1. Woo
2. Hoooo!!!
H/t @lianafaye.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Molecular and genetic characterization of sex-linked orange coat color in the domestic cat
The Sex-linked orange mutation in domestic cats causes variegated patches of reddish/yellow hair and is a defining signature of random X-inactivation in female tortoiseshell and calico cats. Unlike th...
www.biorxiv.org
November 29, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Fellow Genetics professors - rejoice! This is pedagogy heaven: the paradigmatic epiallele in calico cats … is built on a cis-regulatory deletion, not a coding mutation!
We can teach it all off 1 paper!
1. Woo
2. Hoooo!!!
H/t @lianafaye.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We can teach it all off 1 paper!
1. Woo
2. Hoooo!!!
H/t @lianafaye.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
New review on the evolution of insect male terminalia I wrote with Daniela Nunes: www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Developmental evolution in fast-forward: insect male genital diversification
Insect male genitalia are among the fastest evolving structures of animals. Studying
these changes among closely related species represents a powerful approach to dissect
developmental processes and g...
www.cell.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:56 AM
New review on the evolution of insect male terminalia I wrote with Daniela Nunes: www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
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November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
Only close to 10 months to go until #EDRC2025 ! Here are the plenary speakers who look forward to welcoming you! #Drosophila #EDRC
November 20, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Only close to 10 months to go until #EDRC2025 ! Here are the plenary speakers who look forward to welcoming you! #Drosophila #EDRC
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
It's my great pleasure to present the next big preprint from SheqLab! An exciting application of our O-MAP platform that I hope will transform the study of nuclear architecture.
If you've ever wanted to dissect the subnuclear "neighborhood" around an individual locus, read on! (1/30)
If you've ever wanted to dissect the subnuclear "neighborhood" around an individual locus, read on! (1/30)
November 21, 2024 at 1:27 AM
It's my great pleasure to present the next big preprint from SheqLab! An exciting application of our O-MAP platform that I hope will transform the study of nuclear architecture.
If you've ever wanted to dissect the subnuclear "neighborhood" around an individual locus, read on! (1/30)
If you've ever wanted to dissect the subnuclear "neighborhood" around an individual locus, read on! (1/30)
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
Would love to know who I'm missing here. Only have 42/150 filled. For insect molecular folks, and I know there are lots of us, here's a Starter Pack!
Also see my Insect Genetics and Mol Bio #Feed. I think I've found a nice set of hashtags now :)
#SymbioSky #Drosophiila #Insect
go.bsky.app/4EuqSbc
Also see my Insect Genetics and Mol Bio #Feed. I think I've found a nice set of hashtags now :)
#SymbioSky #Drosophiila #Insect
go.bsky.app/4EuqSbc
October 25, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Would love to know who I'm missing here. Only have 42/150 filled. For insect molecular folks, and I know there are lots of us, here's a Starter Pack!
Also see my Insect Genetics and Mol Bio #Feed. I think I've found a nice set of hashtags now :)
#SymbioSky #Drosophiila #Insect
go.bsky.app/4EuqSbc
Also see my Insect Genetics and Mol Bio #Feed. I think I've found a nice set of hashtags now :)
#SymbioSky #Drosophiila #Insect
go.bsky.app/4EuqSbc
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
Recommendations for who to include in this starter pack (including yourself!) are welcome!
go.bsky.app/31tXVEC
go.bsky.app/31tXVEC
November 13, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Recommendations for who to include in this starter pack (including yourself!) are welcome!
go.bsky.app/31tXVEC
go.bsky.app/31tXVEC
I've been away from science twitter for so long, I forgot how fun it is, and now with science bluesky it's even better!
November 20, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I've been away from science twitter for so long, I forgot how fun it is, and now with science bluesky it's even better!
Reposted by Ella Preger 🎗️
@devdynamics.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky Developmental Dynamics, added to the Developmental Biology starter pack II.
You can also patch in to more #DevBio folks by checking out the first Developmental Biology start pack here:
go.bsky.app/M5AgJhn
You can also patch in to more #DevBio folks by checking out the first Developmental Biology start pack here:
go.bsky.app/M5AgJhn
November 16, 2024 at 11:20 PM
@devdynamics.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky Developmental Dynamics, added to the Developmental Biology starter pack II.
You can also patch in to more #DevBio folks by checking out the first Developmental Biology start pack here:
go.bsky.app/M5AgJhn
You can also patch in to more #DevBio folks by checking out the first Developmental Biology start pack here:
go.bsky.app/M5AgJhn