Luisa F. Pallares
luisapallares.bsky.social
Luisa F. Pallares
@luisapallares.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist. Max Planck Research Group Leader at MPI Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. #CienciaCriolla

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Thanks to all who came to Tübingen to discuss about Biological Noise, where does it come from, how does it evolve, and what role it plays in phenotypic diversity. We had great discussions despite the not so great weather! Special thanks to @official-smbe.bsky.social for funding it! #BioNoise
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🧬 PhD Position: Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics 🕷️
Join us at @uni-goettingen.de for a 3-year PhD (65% TV-L E13).
We will investigate the genomic & phenotypic impact of gene duplication across 233 arthropod genomes!
More infos 👇 and s.gwdg.de/eDrAAY
#Evolution #Genomics #Bioinformatics
Posnien - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Looking for a cool image to represent the complexity of within-species genomic diversity? Look no further! Beautiful artwork by Binia De Cahsan!
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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First publication during my PhD is now accepted! Thanks SMBE24 'Hidden Dimensions' team for making it happen.
Brasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204

#genome #evolution
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Brasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204

#genome #evolution
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Are you looking for a brief and clear perspective on the factors associated with between-individual variation that go beyond SNPs? Check out the thread below 👇 It was a pleasure to particpate in this, and shout-out to James @jphippstan.bsky.social who led our contribution to this perspective🧬
🔊New perspective piece out @genomebiolevol.bsky.social.

"The Genomic Kaleidoscope: On the Hidden Dimensions of Within-Species Genomic Diversity" 💡🌀🌈
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Co-led with @mbrasovives.bsky.social and @diegoharta.bsky.social

Check out our thread! 🧵👇 (1/n)
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November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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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
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🧩 Thrilled to share our new paper in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social !

We present a comprehensive review of de novo gene emergence — providing a classification of current detection methods and a roadmap for addressing major challenges in the field of gene birth from non-genic sequences.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I am also super happy and excited about our joint project with @luisapallares.bsky.social as part of DFP SPP GEvol @gevol.bsky.social !
So happy to be part of the @dfg.de GEvol SPP! Looking forward to the next 3 years of collaborations with all the labs, and in particular with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social with whom we have a very exciting project on the evolution of transcriptional noise in the Drosophila clade! 🪰🧬🪰
🎉We are happy to announce that our wonderful GEvol SPP will be funded by @dfg.de for another 3 years. Included are 17 great projects all over Germany with amazing people. You want to be part of this fantastic community? Soon you can find new PhD/Post-Doc positions here & on our website. Stay tuned🎉
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
So happy to be part of the @dfg.de GEvol SPP! Looking forward to the next 3 years of collaborations with all the labs, and in particular with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social with whom we have a very exciting project on the evolution of transcriptional noise in the Drosophila clade! 🪰🧬🪰
🎉We are happy to announce that our wonderful GEvol SPP will be funded by @dfg.de for another 3 years. Included are 17 great projects all over Germany with amazing people. You want to be part of this fantastic community? Soon you can find new PhD/Post-Doc positions here & on our website. Stay tuned🎉
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Preparations for the next JEDI meeting are underway! The upcoming Junior European #Drosophila Investigator / #NewPI meeting is planned for Portugal in June. Final dates and additional details will be announced soon - stay tuned for updates!​
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Registration is now open for SMBE 2026!

Head over to the registration page to find all the details and secure your spot 🏃‍♀️

📝 smbe2026.org/registration
🐦 Early-bird deadline: March 31, 2026

If you are an active member of the SMBE you can register for the meeting with discounts.

#SMBE2026
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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🪰 🧬16th #DrosEU2026 Workshop & Satellite #DrosophilaSuzukii Meeting Conference will take place 13–17 April 2026 in #Montpellier, France 🇫🇷.

We look forward to connecting with colleagues across Europe to discuss new research in #Drosophila #genomics #evolution & #CitizenScience +info 👉 droseu.net
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This month is my turn to bust science myths in our institute's mini-videos series. This month's topic: fruit flies and evolution! 🪰🧬

@mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Fruit flies are more than pests! Humans share 60% of their genome with them. @luisapallares.bsky.social busts myths about how these tiny creatures can tell us about human diseases. Watch Luisa's full video here: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths #Drosophila #Genomics
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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We are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)
October 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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We welcome @fbrauns.bsky.social as a new group leader @mpipks.bsky.social and @mpi-cbg.de!
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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The next deadline for ECRs, within 5 years of their first faculty position, to apply for JEB's next round of Kickstart Travel Grants and ECR Visiting Fellowships is 28 November, so don't miss the chance to apply for helpful funding

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October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We have put together a comprehensive eQTL map for D. melanogaster using thousands of genetically diverse flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 We hope this helps -as similar resources have done in yeast and humans- to understand how genetic variation 🧬 regulates complex traits variation 🪰 via transcriptional regulation ⬆️⬇️
Saturating the eQTL map in Drosophila: Genome-wide patterns of cis and trans regulation of transcriptional variation in outbred populations
Pallares et al. collect over a thousand RNA-seq and DNA samples from Drosophila melanogaster flies to investigate the genetic basis of gene expression variation. They find eQTLs for 98% of the genes a...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is a really cool innitiative! If you live in North Germany, please take a look. Also, nice flashback to my time as a PhD student working with this hybrid zone 🐀🐁
Join Our Citizen Science Project!

We are mapping the house mouse hybrid zone in Schleswig-Holstein, DE, and you can help. Visit our House Mouse Hybrid Zone Project website to learn more jwinternitz.github.io/mouse-hybrid.... Funded by @dfg.de at @uni-hamburg.de

#DFG #musmusculus #wildmice
October 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#PEQG26 might be my favorite conference, and I have been attending since 2020, even after I moved to Germany. It's really sad (and infuriating) that I won't make it next year due to the political situation in the US that makes many of us feel unsafe to travel there.
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Our new study modeling selection for (behavioral) variability has been covered in a lovely @genetics-gsa.bsky.social podcast featuring first author Shraddha Lall and @ecoevogal.bsky.social

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Family-based selection: an efficient method for increasing phenotypic variability
This article introduces a model comparing various selection regimes for increasing phenotypic variability. Individuals with the same genotype, reared in id
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October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
En el marco de la Catedra Europa organizada por la Universidad del Norte que celebra este año a Dinamarca y Suecia, estaré participando hoy en el conversatorio "Somos las especies como Linneo las pensó?" Nos vemos (virtualmente) a las 10:30 (Col) / 17:30(CET) #CienciaCriolla
Cátedra Europa - Cátedra Europa - Uninorte
El evento que acerca Europa al Caribe colombiano con una nutrida programación de charlas, conciertos y talleres virtuales para disfrutar lo mejor del intelecto y la cultura.
www.uninorte.edu.co
October 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM