Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB)
@mexpositoalonso.bsky.social
Researching from mutations to climate change • Scientist and Asst. Professor at University of California Berkeley and Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at Howard Hughes Medical Institute • In 💚 with California flora
🚨🧬Next Generation Sequencing scientist position!
Shorter link for easier access!
tinyurl.com/SRA-81640
🙏Appreciate the sharing!
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
Shorter link for easier access!
tinyurl.com/SRA-81640
🙏Appreciate the sharing!
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🚨🧬Next Generation Sequencing scientist position!
Shorter link for easier access!
tinyurl.com/SRA-81640
🙏Appreciate the sharing!
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
Shorter link for easier access!
tinyurl.com/SRA-81640
🙏Appreciate the sharing!
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
Apply for our PhD program on Evolution Ecology Organismal Biology (Integrative! Biology)
Dec 1 2025 deadline
Check out the Flyer below for more information on our #MOILAB!
Link to Flyer
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
Dec 1 2025 deadline
Check out the Flyer below for more information on our #MOILAB!
Link to Flyer
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Apply for our PhD program on Evolution Ecology Organismal Biology (Integrative! Biology)
Dec 1 2025 deadline
Check out the Flyer below for more information on our #MOILAB!
Link to Flyer
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
Dec 1 2025 deadline
Check out the Flyer below for more information on our #MOILAB!
Link to Flyer
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
@Blueskyverse!
if you are interested in **plants and how they may live without water** join this fantastic virtual symposium organized by our NSF WATER AND LIFE INTERFACE INSTITUTE BII
- is free, and fun ;)
REGISTER HERE 👇
www.walii.science/virtual-symp...
if you are interested in **plants and how they may live without water** join this fantastic virtual symposium organized by our NSF WATER AND LIFE INTERFACE INSTITUTE BII
- is free, and fun ;)
REGISTER HERE 👇
www.walii.science/virtual-symp...
September 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@Blueskyverse!
if you are interested in **plants and how they may live without water** join this fantastic virtual symposium organized by our NSF WATER AND LIFE INTERFACE INSTITUTE BII
- is free, and fun ;)
REGISTER HERE 👇
www.walii.science/virtual-symp...
if you are interested in **plants and how they may live without water** join this fantastic virtual symposium organized by our NSF WATER AND LIFE INTERFACE INSTITUTE BII
- is free, and fun ;)
REGISTER HERE 👇
www.walii.science/virtual-symp...
Genetic diversity is likely declining globally, but evolutionary models predict small percentage losses are expected at short timescales, unless a species has truly plummeted in population size (reviewed datasets published in the last decades generally cover short timescales, median ~7 years).
August 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Genetic diversity is likely declining globally, but evolutionary models predict small percentage losses are expected at short timescales, unless a species has truly plummeted in population size (reviewed datasets published in the last decades generally cover short timescales, median ~7 years).
*ALERT! GLOBAL GENETIC DIVERSITY TREND RE-ANALYSIS*
"Signals of consistent genetic diversity decline are not yet measurable in global meta-analysis" doi.org/10.1101/2025...
"Signals of consistent genetic diversity decline are not yet measurable in global meta-analysis" doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
*ALERT! GLOBAL GENETIC DIVERSITY TREND RE-ANALYSIS*
"Signals of consistent genetic diversity decline are not yet measurable in global meta-analysis" doi.org/10.1101/2025...
"Signals of consistent genetic diversity decline are not yet measurable in global meta-analysis" doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Our big dataset let us to test whether evolution in a novel environments was predictable from the rest of the data
We found early warning signals to anticipate if populations will adapt and persist or not – important lessons to incorporate evolution to biodiversity forecasts!
We found early warning signals to anticipate if populations will adapt and persist or not – important lessons to incorporate evolution to biodiversity forecasts!
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our big dataset let us to test whether evolution in a novel environments was predictable from the rest of the data
We found early warning signals to anticipate if populations will adapt and persist or not – important lessons to incorporate evolution to biodiversity forecasts!
We found early warning signals to anticipate if populations will adapt and persist or not – important lessons to incorporate evolution to biodiversity forecasts!
We tested whether such gene trajectories could have been predicted – we found genetic variants from warm regions of the species, increased in frequency in experimental evolution plots in warm outdoor locations, allowing us to build models
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We tested whether such gene trajectories could have been predicted – we found genetic variants from warm regions of the species, increased in frequency in experimental evolution plots in warm outdoor locations, allowing us to build models
We search along the A. thaliana genome the trajectories of genetic variants that correlated with climate, identifying genes likely involved in climate adaptation
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We search along the A. thaliana genome the trajectories of genetic variants that correlated with climate, identifying genes likely involved in climate adaptation
Remarkably, we found that those genotypes that showed high specialization, may have lagged behind adaptation in the last decades of climate change, because they often performed better when transplanted to cooler environments than where they were collected from
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Remarkably, we found that those genotypes that showed high specialization, may have lagged behind adaptation in the last decades of climate change, because they often performed better when transplanted to cooler environments than where they were collected from
We could explain some of the patterns of which genotypes increased or decreased in frequency over time based on signals of local adaptation, where genotypes that had evolved in similar environments performed the best when transplanted - and modeled their climatic niches!
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We could explain some of the patterns of which genotypes increased or decreased in frequency over time based on signals of local adaptation, where genotypes that had evolved in similar environments performed the best when transplanted - and modeled their climatic niches!
But we evolution occurred differently in different outdoor evolution experiments, with some locations having erratic trajectories and others being highly repeatable
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
But we evolution occurred differently in different outdoor evolution experiments, with some locations having erratic trajectories and others being highly repeatable
We find clear evidence of rapid evolution, where populations diverged at the genomic level from the start pool over years!
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We find clear evidence of rapid evolution, where populations diverged at the genomic level from the start pool over years!
Summary: In just a few years of planting genetically diverse Arabidopsis in the field, we found signs of rapid evolution across different climates, identified novel genes connected with climate adaptation, and tested the predictability of evolution!
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Summary: In just a few years of planting genetically diverse Arabidopsis in the field, we found signs of rapid evolution across different climates, identified novel genes connected with climate adaptation, and tested the predictability of evolution!
Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years:
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years:
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
Spring is coming at Berkeley!
February 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Spring is coming at Berkeley!
Dramatic sunset
February 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Dramatic sunset
This Science cover is nuts! (sorry someone had to say it)
Wonderful discovery and thoughtful paper Jeff Groh & @gcbias.bsky.social - loved to see the live talk last quarter!
Wonderful discovery and thoughtful paper Jeff Groh & @gcbias.bsky.social - loved to see the live talk last quarter!
January 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This Science cover is nuts! (sorry someone had to say it)
Wonderful discovery and thoughtful paper Jeff Groh & @gcbias.bsky.social - loved to see the live talk last quarter!
Wonderful discovery and thoughtful paper Jeff Groh & @gcbias.bsky.social - loved to see the live talk last quarter!
Magical Berkeley…happy solstice and winter holidays!
December 25, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Magical Berkeley…happy solstice and winter holidays!
November 30, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Another fall-y day in Berkeley in front of our building
@Berkeley 🧡!
@Berkeley 🧡!
November 26, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Another fall-y day in Berkeley in front of our building
@Berkeley 🧡!
@Berkeley 🧡!
Berkeley dramatic hike landscape
November 25, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Berkeley dramatic hike landscape
Gracias Felipe Zapata for being a fantastic department seminar host @UCLA EEB! loved visiting our sister department and beautiful campus!
November 22, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Gracias Felipe Zapata for being a fantastic department seminar host @UCLA EEB! loved visiting our sister department and beautiful campus!
Berkeley looking all fall-y
November 19, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Berkeley looking all fall-y
Excited to get started with Arabidopsis field experiments in our new site at Berkeley ... reminds me of the start of my PhD with @plantevolution.bsky.social exactly 10 years ago!
November 16, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Excited to get started with Arabidopsis field experiments in our new site at Berkeley ... reminds me of the start of my PhD with @plantevolution.bsky.social exactly 10 years ago!