Erik Sandertun Røed
@eriksroeed.bsky.social
I'm a biologist researching the evolutionary history and adaptation of Passer sparrows. Recently converted Nextflow enthusiast.
🧬 Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolution
🎓 PhD Candidate / Doctoral Research Fellow
📍 CEES @ University of Oslo
🧬 Genomics, Bioinformatics, Evolution
🎓 PhD Candidate / Doctoral Research Fellow
📍 CEES @ University of Oslo
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Super happy to see our paper out! Reference choice matters, especially if you work with species that has lots of chromosomal rearrangements 🧬🐟
New paper out where we demonstrate how pop gen parameters and scoring of structural variants (inversions) could be affected by the choice of reference genome (both in terms of both quality and relatedness).
@unioslo-cees.bsky.social
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@unioslo-cees.bsky.social
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reference genome bias in light of species-specific chromosomal reorganization and translocations - Genome Biology
Background Whole-genome sequencing efforts, have during the past decade, unveiled the central role of genomic rearrangements—such as chromosomal inversions—in evolutionary processes, including local a...
link.springer.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Super happy to see our paper out! Reference choice matters, especially if you work with species that has lots of chromosomal rearrangements 🧬🐟
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A while back (maybe 3-4 years?) there was a paper on common misconceptions of the genetics of various traits. One of them was eye colour in humans. I have lost this reference and can't find it anywhere. Does anyone recognise what I mean?
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A while back (maybe 3-4 years?) there was a paper on common misconceptions of the genetics of various traits. One of them was eye colour in humans. I have lost this reference and can't find it anywhere. Does anyone recognise what I mean?
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Our paper is now published in GBE!
We find that transposable elements (likely) facilitated several large chromosomal inversions in Atlantic cod.
So proud of the work by our team!
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
We find that transposable elements (likely) facilitated several large chromosomal inversions in Atlantic cod.
So proud of the work by our team!
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
Chromosomal Inversions Mediated by Tandem Insertions of Transposable Elements
Abstract. Chromosomal inversions play a crucial role in evolution by influencing phenotypes through the linkage of coadapted alleles. While inversions have
doi.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Our paper is now published in GBE!
We find that transposable elements (likely) facilitated several large chromosomal inversions in Atlantic cod.
So proud of the work by our team!
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
We find that transposable elements (likely) facilitated several large chromosomal inversions in Atlantic cod.
So proud of the work by our team!
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
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Nice to see this preprint on the factors shaping Macaronesian chaffinch microbiomes out. A fantastic collaboration with @andalgalornis.bsky.social and his team. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Host filtering and biogeography structure island bird gut microbiomes
Gut microbiomes are central to host ecology and evolution, yet the mechanisms driving their diversification remain elusive, partly because host evolution and biogeography are often confounded. The rec...
www.biorxiv.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nice to see this preprint on the factors shaping Macaronesian chaffinch microbiomes out. A fantastic collaboration with @andalgalornis.bsky.social and his team. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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#eseb2025 talks were great so far. Subjective ranking of the most common quotes:
- theory and modeling: "with this very simple approach"
- genomics: "using methodology you all know"
- plenaries: "Nature/Science" in the bottom right of a slide
- posters: "una cerveza por favor"
- theory and modeling: "with this very simple approach"
- genomics: "using methodology you all know"
- plenaries: "Nature/Science" in the bottom right of a slide
- posters: "una cerveza por favor"
August 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#eseb2025 talks were great so far. Subjective ranking of the most common quotes:
- theory and modeling: "with this very simple approach"
- genomics: "using methodology you all know"
- plenaries: "Nature/Science" in the bottom right of a slide
- posters: "una cerveza por favor"
- theory and modeling: "with this very simple approach"
- genomics: "using methodology you all know"
- plenaries: "Nature/Science" in the bottom right of a slide
- posters: "una cerveza por favor"
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Surely one of the all-time best conference outreach activities: an evolution-inspired decorated street for Les Festes de Gràcia #ESEB2025
August 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Surely one of the all-time best conference outreach activities: an evolution-inspired decorated street for Les Festes de Gràcia #ESEB2025
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Jana Nickel: little evidence of deleterious variants hitchhiking on freshwater adaptation in stickleback.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#eseb2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#eseb2025
Complex patterns of hitchhiking mutation load among stickleback populations
Positive selection causes beneficial alleles to rapidly rise to high frequency in a population. This can cause linked genetic variation to " hitchhike " , and thereby also rise in frequency. This link...
www.biorxiv.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Jana Nickel: little evidence of deleterious variants hitchhiking on freshwater adaptation in stickleback.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#eseb2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#eseb2025
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Also, I'm talking at #eseb2025 on the evolutionary history of a commensal species at 2 pm on Monday in S51-02. Come along to hear about how cool house sparrows are and all the exciting work from the sparrow team @melissahrowe.bsky.social @eriksroeed.bsky.social @ruthfawthrop.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Also, I'm talking at #eseb2025 on the evolutionary history of a commensal species at 2 pm on Monday in S51-02. Come along to hear about how cool house sparrows are and all the exciting work from the sparrow team @melissahrowe.bsky.social @eriksroeed.bsky.social @ruthfawthrop.bsky.social
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New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
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Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies...
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies...
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551
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PhD position alert! Fully-funded PhD in my group to work on avian reproductive microbiomes and immunity. Please RT! Deadline June 29th, reach out for more information. #microbiomes #sparrows #spermbiology
April 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
PhD position alert! Fully-funded PhD in my group to work on avian reproductive microbiomes and immunity. Please RT! Deadline June 29th, reach out for more information. #microbiomes #sparrows #spermbiology
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Thrilled to share new work from @stochasnick examining how gene regulatory networks influence quantitative trait evolution! His forward-time simulations reveal fascinating dynamics in the genetic architecture of adaptation. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The genetic architecture of polygenic adaptation under a network-derived trait
The genetic architecture of adaptation varies across species, populations, and traits. While existing models capture aspects like the number of loci, effect sizes, and allele frequencies, they often o...
doi.org
February 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Thrilled to share new work from @stochasnick examining how gene regulatory networks influence quantitative trait evolution! His forward-time simulations reveal fascinating dynamics in the genetic architecture of adaptation. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Some years ago I wrote a simple R app to explore colors in HCL space. While it's clunky, it still is my preferred way of selecting colors, because it offers features other color selectors don't normally have. Today, thanks to shinylive, the app is available standalone. 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Some years ago I wrote a simple R app to explore colors in HCL space. While it's clunky, it still is my preferred way of selecting colors, because it offers features other color selectors don't normally have. Today, thanks to shinylive, the app is available standalone. 🧵
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Looking for someone to review a manuscript? Is it on avian urban-rural ecology/evolution, dietary adaptation, or dietary analysis using metabarcoding or stable isotope analysis? Then please send me a request. I am looking for an opportunity to review a manuscript with a PhD for training purposes.
January 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Looking for someone to review a manuscript? Is it on avian urban-rural ecology/evolution, dietary adaptation, or dietary analysis using metabarcoding or stable isotope analysis? Then please send me a request. I am looking for an opportunity to review a manuscript with a PhD for training purposes.
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At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!
Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.
Please spread the word!
www.su.se/english/sear...
Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.
Please spread the word!
www.su.se/english/sear...
January 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
At Stockholm University, we are now starting a 2-year Master’s programme in Evolutionary Genomics!
Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.
Please spread the word!
www.su.se/english/sear...
Topics include population genetics, phylogenetics, molecular & genome evolution, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, and palaeogenetics.
Please spread the word!
www.su.se/english/sear...
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My very first publication here and for a great reason 🎉
It was lovely to interact with @homerej.bsky.social during my time at the Technical University of Denmark. It is even better to see his article now out 🦪 🧬 📄
It was lovely to interact with @homerej.bsky.social during my time at the Technical University of Denmark. It is even better to see his article now out 🦪 🧬 📄
🦪 Out yesterday some genome-wide work on the native European flat oyster , Ostrea edulis. Once widespread along European coasts but is now functionally extinct due to overfishing and disease. Threads 1/n 🦪
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 13, 2024 at 8:56 PM
My very first publication here and for a great reason 🎉
It was lovely to interact with @homerej.bsky.social during my time at the Technical University of Denmark. It is even better to see his article now out 🦪 🧬 📄
It was lovely to interact with @homerej.bsky.social during my time at the Technical University of Denmark. It is even better to see his article now out 🦪 🧬 📄
Hot off the press! Useful read in TREE on how we can meaningfully and consistently define human-commensalism in other species. Congrats to Ruth Fawthrop, @melissahrowe.bsky.social, @naturalselection.bsky.social, @markravinet.bsky.social, @pachecoevolbio.bsky.social et al!
Congratulations to Ruth Fawthrop - brilliant to see the first paper from her PhD out today in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution. A great opinion piece with collaborators @markravinet.bsky.social, @naturalselection.bsky.social, and others.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Understanding human-commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework
Human-commensalism has been intuitively characterised as an interspecific interaction whereby non-human individuals benefit from tight associations wi…
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November 14, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Hot off the press! Useful read in TREE on how we can meaningfully and consistently define human-commensalism in other species. Congrats to Ruth Fawthrop, @melissahrowe.bsky.social, @naturalselection.bsky.social, @markravinet.bsky.social, @pachecoevolbio.bsky.social et al!