Lily Peck
@lilypeck.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist in climate change and natural populations of 🌱 🌳 🍄 | Postdoc at UCLA 🌞 | formerly Imperial College London Grantham Institute & Life Sciences ☔️ | she/ her
genomes | transcriptomes | methylomes are my cuppa ☕️
genomes | transcriptomes | methylomes are my cuppa ☕️
Great article about Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of DNA's structure - "She deserves to be remembered not as the victim of the double helix, but as an equal contributor to the solution of the structure."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Great article about Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of DNA's structure - "She deserves to be remembered not as the victim of the double helix, but as an equal contributor to the solution of the structure."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Thrilled to have our recent review on giant #fungal #transposons, called Starships, featured on the cover of Trends in Genetics! Accompanied by some fantastic artwork! With @mycomile.bsky.social. www.cell.com/trends/genet...
December 3, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Thrilled to have our recent review on giant #fungal #transposons, called Starships, featured on the cover of Trends in Genetics! Accompanied by some fantastic artwork! With @mycomile.bsky.social. www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Reposted by Lily Peck
🚨THIS IS A THREE-LINE WHIP 🚨
The Government is trying to pass a law that could force the public to bailout failing water companies. We need to act now, before it's too late.
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE!
#BanTheBailouts
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The Government is trying to pass a law that could force the public to bailout failing water companies. We need to act now, before it's too late.
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE!
#BanTheBailouts
www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...
November 28, 2024 at 5:23 PM
🚨THIS IS A THREE-LINE WHIP 🚨
The Government is trying to pass a law that could force the public to bailout failing water companies. We need to act now, before it's too late.
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE!
#BanTheBailouts
www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...
The Government is trying to pass a law that could force the public to bailout failing water companies. We need to act now, before it's too late.
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE!
#BanTheBailouts
www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...
Reposted by Lily Peck
Amazing primer by Brenda and Michael Wingfield on the new tour de force research paper from @lilypeck.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks
Two outbreaks of coffee wilt disease have devastated African coffee production. A PLOS Biology study suggests that horizontal gene transfer via Starships between two fungal strains played a key role i...
journals.plos.org
December 11, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Amazing primer by Brenda and Michael Wingfield on the new tour de force research paper from @lilypeck.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Excited to share a new paper in @plosbiology.org suggesting that horizontal gene transfer between 2 fungal species played a key role in the repeated emergence of coffee wilt disease 🧵
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
December 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Excited to share a new paper in @plosbiology.org suggesting that horizontal gene transfer between 2 fungal species played a key role in the repeated emergence of coffee wilt disease 🧵
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
New paper alert!
Study of 60 years' worth of historic strains of #coffee wilt disease pathogen #Fusarium xylarioides by Lily Peck, Tim Barraclough &co reveals that host specificity & disease were driven by serial HGT events from F. oxysporum @plosbiology.bsky.social plos.io/4gnYTVk
December 10, 2024 at 12:54 AM
New paper alert!