Alex Papadopulos
@metallophyte.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist in Wales
Pinned
Our new paper shows that plasticity that has evolved to deal with one stressful situation, can help plants to adapt rapidly to new stressful situations. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @meebangor.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @ukri.org @pnas.org
During covid my nephew metamorphosed into a phenomenal guitarist and songwriter. Here's the first single from the band he fronts (guitar/vocals: Evyn Smith, drums: Rhidd Smith, bass: Croc Smith, yes they're a talented family). Best consumed LOUD.
open.spotify.com/track/7nrj2C...
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HOLLOW - Single Version
Zana Billionara · HOLLOW · Song · 2025
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March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
During covid my nephew metamorphosed into a phenomenal guitarist and songwriter. Here's the first single from the band he fronts (guitar/vocals: Evyn Smith, drums: Rhidd Smith, bass: Croc Smith, yes they're a talented family). Best consumed LOUD.
open.spotify.com/track/7nrj2C...
open.spotify.com/track/7nrj2C...
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🗞️📜Fresh from the press! Our new paper shows that the Cape Verde date palm actually evolved from the date palm crop🧬 with interesting implications for conservation and breeding of drought resistant varieties 🌴🏝️
Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Genomics and morphometry of herbarium specimens elucidate the origin of the Cape Verde date palm (Phoenix atlantica A.Chev.) and highlight its agronomic potential
As climate change accelerates, breeding resilient crops is urgent. The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.), a crucial 18 billion USD fruit crop, underpins North African and West Asian oasis agroecosys...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🗞️📜Fresh from the press! Our new paper shows that the Cape Verde date palm actually evolved from the date palm crop🧬 with interesting implications for conservation and breeding of drought resistant varieties 🌴🏝️
Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders.
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
February 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We’re recruiting for a #PhD opportunity funded by NERC Envision DTP, investigating the impact of climate change on chytrid disease dynamics in Appalachian salamanders.
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
Full details here: findaphd.com?pj=182328
Photographic evidence that it has also colonised a galaxy far, far away...Silene uniflora growing on Luke Skywalker's island retreat (aka Skellig Michael)!
Organisms can adapt to environmental change through individual plasticity. Past experience of coping with salt water has conferred on the coastal flower Silene uniflora enhanced plasticity to cope with zinc pollution from mines. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Photographic evidence that it has also colonised a galaxy far, far away...Silene uniflora growing on Luke Skywalker's island retreat (aka Skellig Michael)!
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Years of work by a tremendous group, lead by Gabriel Marais.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Years of work by a tremendous group, lead by Gabriel Marais.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Gabriele's paper is out in PNAS! He found a large number of genes with repeated sweeps in multiple plant species. Most interestingly: they tend to be peripheral in co-expression networks (low pleiotropy), consistent with mig-sel theory!! @gabnocgenomics.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Gabriele's paper is out in PNAS! He found a large number of genes with repeated sweeps in multiple plant species. Most interestingly: they tend to be peripheral in co-expression networks (low pleiotropy), consistent with mig-sel theory!! @gabnocgenomics.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Our new paper shows that plasticity that has evolved to deal with one stressful situation, can help plants to adapt rapidly to new stressful situations. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @meebangor.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @ukri.org @pnas.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Our new paper shows that plasticity that has evolved to deal with one stressful situation, can help plants to adapt rapidly to new stressful situations. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @meebangor.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @ukri.org @pnas.org
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Senior Editor position!!! Please feel free to get in touch with me via DM or email if this is of potential interest to you, even if you don't think you're 'ready' (I didn't!). Serving on a
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
journal is for me a joy and a privilege.
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
journal is for me a joy and a privilege.
🚨 we're looking for a Senior Editor to join our editorial board!
📝 details can be found here: buff.ly/3PxptAb
⌚ closing date is 13th February 2025, 23:59 GMT
📝 details can be found here: buff.ly/3PxptAb
⌚ closing date is 13th February 2025, 23:59 GMT
Senior Editor - British Ecological Society
Journal of Animal Ecology, a British Ecological Society journal. Apply by 13 Feb 2025.
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Senior Editor position!!! Please feel free to get in touch with me via DM or email if this is of potential interest to you, even if you don't think you're 'ready' (I didn't!). Serving on a
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
journal is for me a joy and a privilege.
@britishecolsoc.bsky.social
journal is for me a joy and a privilege.
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Looking to build your CV by doing a Masters project? Lots available at Bangor University in zoology-related fields and more:
Today we are releasing 64 (!) adverts for Masters by Research projects at the College of Science & Engineering. All are self-funded. Spanning 18 themes/disciplines this is the richest offering we’ve had in years. Check out the projects now and get in touch: tinyurl.com/4bw29ucv
January 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Looking to build your CV by doing a Masters project? Lots available at Bangor University in zoology-related fields and more:
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Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Are you interested in evolution in the Anthropocene?... in evolved resistance to pollution?... in the genetic architecture of rapidly evolving traits?... You are in luck! I have something for you to read...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 1, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Are you interested in evolution in the Anthropocene?... in evolved resistance to pollution?... in the genetic architecture of rapidly evolving traits?... You are in luck! I have something for you to read...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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PhD opportunity in my group at UiO on adaptation to shifting temperatures in house sparrows. Looking for candidates interested in combining evolutionary genomics and ecological approaches! Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
January 30, 2024 at 6:20 PM
PhD opportunity in my group at UiO on adaptation to shifting temperatures in house sparrows. Looking for candidates interested in combining evolutionary genomics and ecological approaches! Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Thrilled to finally see this out. Work led by former postdocs in the lab, @leegwonjin.bsky.social and Brian Sanderson. A large-effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation | PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 30, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Thrilled to finally see this out. Work led by former postdocs in the lab, @leegwonjin.bsky.social and Brian Sanderson. A large-effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation | PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...