Francesca Raffini Lab
@francescaraffini.bsky.social
Evolutionary biology, genetics, conservation & beyond
@szndohrn.bsky.social 🧜♀️ 🌊 @cemeb.bsky.social
Bio-diverse & inclusive community 🌈
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littorina.at.biopolis.pt
gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology
@szndohrn.bsky.social 🧜♀️ 🌊 @cemeb.bsky.social
Bio-diverse & inclusive community 🌈
raffinifrancescalab.weebly.com
littorina.at.biopolis.pt
gu.se/en/cemeb-marine-evolutionary-biology
🙏 Thank you, Museum of Natural History of Ferrara!
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🙏 Thank you, Museum of Natural History of Ferrara!
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
Your historical 🐚 specimens are key for #consgen the #FiascoProject 🔑🐌🌊
Museums are not just archives of the past, but active libraries for future discovery 📚🔬💡. This is the power of these remarkable collections! 💪🦸
ℹ️ storianaturale.comune.fe.it
🎉 Welcome, @axelita.bsky.social!
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🎉 Welcome, @axelita.bsky.social!
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
As a PhD 🧑🎓 @szndohrn.bsky.social & @openuniversity.bsky.social, she studies #evolution in the Anthropocene, using #genetics & #macroecology to design powerful #conservation initiatives that stand the test of time 🔬💪🌱🪸
Incredibly excited to have her on board! ⛵️
So excited to be at our first @cemeb.bsky.social Autumn Assembly! 🤩
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
So excited to be at our first @cemeb.bsky.social Autumn Assembly! 🤩
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
Can't wait to connect with the community, dive deep into marine evolutionary biology, and get inspired! 🧠🌊🤝 #CeMEB2025 #evolution #adaptation #MarineScience
🪸🌲 From coral reefs to old-growth forests, ancient ecosystems hold profound wisdom.
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🪸🌲 From coral reefs to old-growth forests, ancient ecosystems hold profound wisdom.
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
Learning from these living libraries of life, culture, and resilience📜
In our search for a sustainable future, perhaps the answers were here all along🌍🌀🧭
#consgen #ClimateSolution #Biodiversity
ℹ️ shorturl.at/DqJ78
Just back from the inaugural meeting of the 🇮🇹 #conservationgenomic Group!
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
September 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Just back from the inaugural meeting of the 🇮🇹 #conservationgenomic Group!
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
The 🐚🌊🐌 team was thrilled to present how #Fiasco is leveraging the power of #PopGen 🧬 #evolution to protect #Biodiversity 🌱🪸
Inspired by the community and ready to drive action together!
#Conservation #Genomics
The FIASCO🐌🐌 team's formula at @sibe_iseb's #SIBESummerSchool2025?
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
September 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The FIASCO🐌🐌 team's formula at @sibe_iseb's #SIBESummerSchool2025?
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
Inspiring sessions on #genomics #bioinformatics #conservation 🖥️🧬 + Playtesting our #science game 🧑🔬🎲 = Ideas evolving through fun! 💡🧠🚀🃏
sites.google.com/view/sibesum...
How is the #omics revolution 🌊💻reshaping our understanding of evolution & conservation?🌍🧬🔍
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
September 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How is the #omics revolution 🌊💻reshaping our understanding of evolution & conservation?🌍🧬🔍
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
✨ Find out with us as the #SIBESummerSchool begins TODAY!
Ready for a week of forging new connections and exploring the frontiers of #science 🎓🤝💡
Let's go!
⛵️GENOA COST Action finally IRL! 💛
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
August 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
⛵️GENOA COST Action finally IRL! 💛
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
Met some of our brilliant young researchers & innovators @lperezsorribes.bsky.social & 🤿🔍 together into groundbreaking evolutionary conservation at #ESEB2025🇪🇸
Inspired + energized for science's future! ✨
#consgen #PopGen #evolution #NatureConservation
A special thanks 💗 to @jevbio.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for supporting our attendance and in-person gatherings 🤝, and the Equal Opportunity Initiative @annecharmantier.bsky.social for all their efforts to disseminate and increase #diversity, #inclusivity and #equity in science 🌈
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A special thanks 💗 to @jevbio.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for supporting our attendance and in-person gatherings 🤝, and the Equal Opportunity Initiative @annecharmantier.bsky.social for all their efforts to disseminate and increase #diversity, #inclusivity and #equity in science 🌈
We came, we saw, we evolved! 🔝
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
August 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We came, we saw, we evolved! 🔝
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
#ESEB2025 🐚🧑🔬 colonization: SUCCESS✅
With two 📜, a symposium, many brilliant 💬🧠⚡️ with old & new colleagues 🫂, and 🍷🥘🍻, our mission in 🇪🇸 was not a fiasco!
Huge thanks to everyone ❤️
#Evolution #PopGen #consgen #MarineBiology #InvasionScience
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology 🇮🇹 at @eseb2025.bsky.social spreading smart evolutionary posters 📜 and cool 👕
#ESEB2025
#ESEB2025
August 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology 🇮🇹 at @eseb2025.bsky.social spreading smart evolutionary posters 📜 and cool 👕
#ESEB2025
#ESEB2025
Come to meet @jevbio.bsky.social board & have fun at the ESEB booth @eseb2025.bsky.social! 😎🤓
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Come to meet @jevbio.bsky.social board & have fun at the ESEB booth @eseb2025.bsky.social! 😎🤓
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
🔎📰Check all the evolving opportunities offered by JEB: academic.oup.com/jeb
@maxreuter.bsky.social
#ESEB2025
🆕 from the @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025
August 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🆕 from the @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025
The most important part of the symposium: dinner & local specialities & LD thoughts! 🍷🥘
May all your LD-based dreams become true ⛓️🔬🥰💭🤩
#ESEB2025
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Kathryn Elmer is presenting genomic incompatibilities in hybridising 🥚laying and viviparous 🦎🦎
Kathryn Elmer is presenting genomic incompatibilities in hybridising 🥚laying and viviparous 🦎🦎
August 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Kathryn Elmer is presenting genomic incompatibilities in hybridising 🥚laying and viviparous 🦎🦎
Kathryn Elmer is presenting genomic incompatibilities in hybridising 🥚laying and viviparous 🦎🦎
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Chenxi Wang is talking about LD effects ⛓️ on demographic inferences in self-fertilising 🪱
Chenxi Wang is talking about LD effects ⛓️ on demographic inferences in self-fertilising 🪱
August 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Chenxi Wang is talking about LD effects ⛓️ on demographic inferences in self-fertilising 🪱
Chenxi Wang is talking about LD effects ⛓️ on demographic inferences in self-fertilising 🪱
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Our invited speaker Aaron P Ragsdale is presenting LD-based methods to infer evolutionary history also in ancient 🧬 and insights into early🧍evolution 🔎
Our invited speaker Aaron P Ragsdale is presenting LD-based methods to infer evolutionary history also in ancient 🧬 and insights into early🧍evolution 🔎
August 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Our invited speaker Aaron P Ragsdale is presenting LD-based methods to infer evolutionary history also in ancient 🧬 and insights into early🧍evolution 🔎
Our invited speaker Aaron P Ragsdale is presenting LD-based methods to infer evolutionary history also in ancient 🧬 and insights into early🧍evolution 🔎
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
A really motivated Petri Kemppainen is illustrating how to use linkage disequilibrium to improve signal to noise ratio in outlier analyses📈🧑💻
A really motivated Petri Kemppainen is illustrating how to use linkage disequilibrium to improve signal to noise ratio in outlier analyses📈🧑💻
August 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
A really motivated Petri Kemppainen is illustrating how to use linkage disequilibrium to improve signal to noise ratio in outlier analyses📈🧑💻
A really motivated Petri Kemppainen is illustrating how to use linkage disequilibrium to improve signal to noise ratio in outlier analyses📈🧑💻
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Patric Heidbreder is showing us the evolution of genomic incompatibilities and barriers during divergence with gene flow in 🐜🪵🐜
Patric Heidbreder is showing us the evolution of genomic incompatibilities and barriers during divergence with gene flow in 🐜🪵🐜
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🆕 from @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD ⛓️💥🧬
Patric Heidbreder is showing us the evolution of genomic incompatibilities and barriers during divergence with gene flow in 🐜🪵🐜
Patric Heidbreder is showing us the evolution of genomic incompatibilities and barriers during divergence with gene flow in 🐜🪵🐜
🚀 Happy faces and a full room at our @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥 😁😍
August 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚀 Happy faces and a full room at our @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥 😁😍
Our invited speaker Claudia Bank opens our @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥 by diving into genomic signatures of intra-chromosomal epistasis in hybrid populations 🐟🧬🤿
August 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Our invited speaker Claudia Bank opens our @eseb2025.bsky.social symposium on LD 🧬⛓️💥 by diving into genomic signatures of intra-chromosomal epistasis in hybrid populations 🐟🧬🤿
Our 🌊 🐚 & FIASCO 👩🔬👨🔬👩🔬👨🔬 are heading to @eseb2025.bsky.social in Barcelona! 🇪🇸💃
Curious about how colonizations evolve in success or failure 🟢🧳🔴? Join us @ 📃 Session 1, Aug 18th, 5:00-7:00PM with two groundbreaking studies 🔍🔍!
💬 Let’s chat about science, survival, and snail tales! 🔬💪🐌
See you there? 👋
Curious about how colonizations evolve in success or failure 🟢🧳🔴? Join us @ 📃 Session 1, Aug 18th, 5:00-7:00PM with two groundbreaking studies 🔍🔍!
💬 Let’s chat about science, survival, and snail tales! 🔬💪🐌
See you there? 👋
August 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Our 🌊 🐚 & FIASCO 👩🔬👨🔬👩🔬👨🔬 are heading to @eseb2025.bsky.social in Barcelona! 🇪🇸💃
Curious about how colonizations evolve in success or failure 🟢🧳🔴? Join us @ 📃 Session 1, Aug 18th, 5:00-7:00PM with two groundbreaking studies 🔍🔍!
💬 Let’s chat about science, survival, and snail tales! 🔬💪🐌
See you there? 👋
Curious about how colonizations evolve in success or failure 🟢🧳🔴? Join us @ 📃 Session 1, Aug 18th, 5:00-7:00PM with two groundbreaking studies 🔍🔍!
💬 Let’s chat about science, survival, and snail tales! 🔬💪🐌
See you there? 👋
🤫Spoiler:
❤️🩹 Sweden: Gradual gene flow = "It's complicated but still in love"
💔 Spain: Sharp genetic splits = "We’re almost done here"
Turns out, chromosomal inversions🌀, habitat layout🏝️, and time⏳ can rewrite the rules of #speciation!
#EvolutionInAction #Genomics #MarineBiology #ParallelEvolution
❤️🩹 Sweden: Gradual gene flow = "It's complicated but still in love"
💔 Spain: Sharp genetic splits = "We’re almost done here"
Turns out, chromosomal inversions🌀, habitat layout🏝️, and time⏳ can rewrite the rules of #speciation!
#EvolutionInAction #Genomics #MarineBiology #ParallelEvolution
July 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🤫Spoiler:
❤️🩹 Sweden: Gradual gene flow = "It's complicated but still in love"
💔 Spain: Sharp genetic splits = "We’re almost done here"
Turns out, chromosomal inversions🌀, habitat layout🏝️, and time⏳ can rewrite the rules of #speciation!
#EvolutionInAction #Genomics #MarineBiology #ParallelEvolution
❤️🩹 Sweden: Gradual gene flow = "It's complicated but still in love"
💔 Spain: Sharp genetic splits = "We’re almost done here"
Turns out, chromosomal inversions🌀, habitat layout🏝️, and time⏳ can rewrite the rules of #speciation!
#EvolutionInAction #Genomics #MarineBiology #ParallelEvolution
🚀 Breaking news in #evolution #speciation!
Why are some populations almost separate species - while others aren’t?
Our new Molecular Ecology study dives into 🐌🌊🐚 in 🇸🇪 & 🇪🇸. Same species, same selection pressures...but wildly different reproductive barriers!
🧵👇
📖 Full story: tinyurl.com/2w8dhbnn
Why are some populations almost separate species - while others aren’t?
Our new Molecular Ecology study dives into 🐌🌊🐚 in 🇸🇪 & 🇪🇸. Same species, same selection pressures...but wildly different reproductive barriers!
🧵👇
📖 Full story: tinyurl.com/2w8dhbnn
July 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🚀 Breaking news in #evolution #speciation!
Why are some populations almost separate species - while others aren’t?
Our new Molecular Ecology study dives into 🐌🌊🐚 in 🇸🇪 & 🇪🇸. Same species, same selection pressures...but wildly different reproductive barriers!
🧵👇
📖 Full story: tinyurl.com/2w8dhbnn
Why are some populations almost separate species - while others aren’t?
Our new Molecular Ecology study dives into 🐌🌊🐚 in 🇸🇪 & 🇪🇸. Same species, same selection pressures...but wildly different reproductive barriers!
🧵👇
📖 Full story: tinyurl.com/2w8dhbnn
📍Closest to home yet!
Our last #FIASCO field expedition brought us to Venice’s lagoon🇮🇹
Collected 🐚 tucked among rocks, mud & Salicornia roots 🌿
Now, we're decoding the secrets of the first confirmed 👽 species in the Mediterranean🛸 🌊🔬🔍
#MarineBiology #InvasionScience
Our last #FIASCO field expedition brought us to Venice’s lagoon🇮🇹
Collected 🐚 tucked among rocks, mud & Salicornia roots 🌿
Now, we're decoding the secrets of the first confirmed 👽 species in the Mediterranean🛸 🌊🔬🔍
#MarineBiology #InvasionScience
July 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📍Closest to home yet!
Our last #FIASCO field expedition brought us to Venice’s lagoon🇮🇹
Collected 🐚 tucked among rocks, mud & Salicornia roots 🌿
Now, we're decoding the secrets of the first confirmed 👽 species in the Mediterranean🛸 🌊🔬🔍
#MarineBiology #InvasionScience
Our last #FIASCO field expedition brought us to Venice’s lagoon🇮🇹
Collected 🐚 tucked among rocks, mud & Salicornia roots 🌿
Now, we're decoding the secrets of the first confirmed 👽 species in the Mediterranean🛸 🌊🔬🔍
#MarineBiology #InvasionScience