Patrícia Beldade
@pbeldade.bsky.social
Mom, humanist, feminist, anti-racist, anti-fascist.
Biologist and scientist.
#genetics #evolution #development #physiology #pigmentation #plasticity.
Views are my own.
Biologist and scientist.
#genetics #evolution #development #physiology #pigmentation #plasticity.
Views are my own.
A personal favorite, long time in the making. Adelina and David (@dduneau.bsky.social) were instrumental in getting this done.
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doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Wound-induced eyespots on butterfly wings at the intersection of immune response and pigmentation development - BMC Biology
Background Butterfly eyespots are striking examples of evolutionary novelty arising through the repurposing of ancestral genetic pathways, including pathways involved in wound healing. Given the activ...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A personal favorite, long time in the making. Adelina and David (@dduneau.bsky.social) were instrumental in getting this done.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
The very hungry caterpillar became a fluttering butterfly
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Scientists crack the genetic code behind nature’s greatest transformation
Researchers at the University of Brighton have identified the dynamic changes in the way the genome of a caterpillar is used, revealing the secrets behind its astonishing transformation into a butterf...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The very hungry caterpillar became a fluttering butterfly
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The annual meeting of the Portuguese Society for Evolutionary Biology will be in beautiful Bragança, on December 18 - 19. Save the date and "vinde" !!
enbe2025.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt
enbe2025.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt
XXI ENBE – The International Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology – 18th-19th December, 2025
XXI ENBE – The International Meeting of the Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology
enbe2025.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt
October 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The annual meeting of the Portuguese Society for Evolutionary Biology will be in beautiful Bragança, on December 18 - 19. Save the date and "vinde" !!
enbe2025.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt
enbe2025.rd.ciencias.ulisboa.pt
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Nada é por acaso, o objectivo deste governo é arrasar com o SNS até que tudo esteja nas mãos dos privados que financiam campanhas, "spinumvivas" e lhes arranjam tachos.
Nem que morram velhos ou novos à porta dos centros de saúde.
E nos OCS o "caos" do tempo do Costa passou a "constrangimentos".
Nem que morram velhos ou novos à porta dos centros de saúde.
E nos OCS o "caos" do tempo do Costa passou a "constrangimentos".
September 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Nada é por acaso, o objectivo deste governo é arrasar com o SNS até que tudo esteja nas mãos dos privados que financiam campanhas, "spinumvivas" e lhes arranjam tachos.
Nem que morram velhos ou novos à porta dos centros de saúde.
E nos OCS o "caos" do tempo do Costa passou a "constrangimentos".
Nem que morram velhos ou novos à porta dos centros de saúde.
E nos OCS o "caos" do tempo do Costa passou a "constrangimentos".
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E depois digam lá que não vivemos MESMO no Absurdistão...
September 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
E depois digam lá que não vivemos MESMO no Absurdistão...
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Sarota acantus! 😍
Extremely cute butterfly we spotted one afternoon in Costa Rica - a male (note reduced front legs) metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae) - one of several fluttering about a plant at chest height - a pleasure to photograph!
Extremely cute butterfly we spotted one afternoon in Costa Rica - a male (note reduced front legs) metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae) - one of several fluttering about a plant at chest height - a pleasure to photograph!
July 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sarota acantus! 😍
Extremely cute butterfly we spotted one afternoon in Costa Rica - a male (note reduced front legs) metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae) - one of several fluttering about a plant at chest height - a pleasure to photograph!
Extremely cute butterfly we spotted one afternoon in Costa Rica - a male (note reduced front legs) metalmark butterfly (family Riodinidae) - one of several fluttering about a plant at chest height - a pleasure to photograph!
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Interested in pursuing a PhD to study the epigenetic functions of the meiotic synaptonemal complex? This research position offers an excellent entry point! The application deadline is 15 September.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/365827
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/365827
1 (one) Research Grant in the scope of R&D project EPic-Oocyte, COMPETE2030-FEDER-00849800
Reference: Edital 10/2025/BI/iBiMED/EPic-Oocyte NOTICE FOR THE AWARD OF GRANTS IN THE SCOPE OF R&D PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
August 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Interested in pursuing a PhD to study the epigenetic functions of the meiotic synaptonemal complex? This research position offers an excellent entry point! The application deadline is 15 September.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/365827
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/365827
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Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
ki.se
July 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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We are looking for a new @thembauk.bsky.social Anne Warner Research Fellow (5 year post) to develop an independent research group in the area of cell and molecular biology of marine organisms here in #Plymouth 🔬🦠🧫🧬 mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....
July 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are looking for a new @thembauk.bsky.social Anne Warner Research Fellow (5 year post) to develop an independent research group in the area of cell and molecular biology of marine organisms here in #Plymouth 🔬🦠🧫🧬 mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....
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(can one be simultaneously established and anti-establishment? asking for a friend.)
(can one be simultaneously established and anti-establishment? asking for a friend.)
In the Spotlight—Established Researcher
Click on the article title to read more.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
😮
(can one be simultaneously established and anti-establishment? asking for a friend.)
(can one be simultaneously established and anti-establishment? asking for a friend.)
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expliquem-me como se eu tivesse 6 anos qual a razão legítima para um político não querer ser transparente na sua declaração de rendimentos e interesses.
Políticos fizeram 31 pedidos para impedir acesso a declarações de rendimentos e interesses: Montenegro foi um deles
Políticos fizeram 31 pedidos para impedir acesso a declarações de rendimentos e interesses: Montenegro foi um deles
expresso.pt
July 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
expliquem-me como se eu tivesse 6 anos qual a razão legítima para um político não querer ser transparente na sua declaração de rendimentos e interesses.
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(2/2) 🦋 Read more to see why the authors suggest that a high number of short chromosomes = more recombination per base ➡️ faster sequence evolution.
👉deep dive: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
This could supercharge adaptation and accelerate population divergence.
#Genomics #Evolution #Butterfly #Chromosomes #Atlas
👉deep dive: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
This could supercharge adaptation and accelerate population divergence.
#Genomics #Evolution #Butterfly #Chromosomes #Atlas
June 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
(2/2) 🦋 Read more to see why the authors suggest that a high number of short chromosomes = more recombination per base ➡️ faster sequence evolution.
👉deep dive: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
This could supercharge adaptation and accelerate population divergence.
#Genomics #Evolution #Butterfly #Chromosomes #Atlas
👉deep dive: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
This could supercharge adaptation and accelerate population divergence.
#Genomics #Evolution #Butterfly #Chromosomes #Atlas
Small butterfly, many chromosomes
(1/2) 🦋 The Atlas Blue butterfly has a staggering 229 chromosomes—far beyond the usual 31–32 in most moths and butterflies! 🧬
Join EBP trailblazer Mark Blaxter and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social team as they tackle the challenge of assembling them all.
👉learn more: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
📸 M. Harzallah
Join EBP trailblazer Mark Blaxter and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social team as they tackle the challenge of assembling them all.
👉learn more: bit.ly/3TIXLSU
📸 M. Harzallah
June 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Small butterfly, many chromosomes
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What every initiative like this says is "we underinvest in science or suck in some other fundamental way so have to bribe people to come here." A+ formula for developing a research ecosystem.
June 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What every initiative like this says is "we underinvest in science or suck in some other fundamental way so have to bribe people to come here." A+ formula for developing a research ecosystem.
This !
When can we stop taking these programs seriously.
- there is no global capacity to absorb US funding cuts
- nowhere with good funding and scientific environment has a hard time recruiting scientists ever
- nowhere is short of scientists, they are short of resources to do research
- there is no global capacity to absorb US funding cuts
- nowhere with good funding and scientific environment has a hard time recruiting scientists ever
- nowhere is short of scientists, they are short of resources to do research
In the French city of Marseille, a university's ambitions to poach American scientists could mask broader tensions over funding in Europe.
www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/f...
June 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This !
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2025, records de temperatura para junho atingidos em portugal e na europa.
curiosamente tb é o ano do alargamento para 8-oito-8 faixas da auto-estrada para a costa de caparica.
#éstrumpistaenãosabias
curiosamente tb é o ano do alargamento para 8-oito-8 faixas da auto-estrada para a costa de caparica.
#éstrumpistaenãosabias
June 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
2025, records de temperatura para junho atingidos em portugal e na europa.
curiosamente tb é o ano do alargamento para 8-oito-8 faixas da auto-estrada para a costa de caparica.
#éstrumpistaenãosabias
curiosamente tb é o ano do alargamento para 8-oito-8 faixas da auto-estrada para a costa de caparica.
#éstrumpistaenãosabias
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Ongoing academic jobs lecturer in ecology or genomics level b and c at Monash University, Australia
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Deadline 7th August
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Deadline 7th August
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June 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Ongoing academic jobs lecturer in ecology or genomics level b and c at Monash University, Australia
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Deadline 7th August
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careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Deadline 7th August
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Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.
June 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Job alert! We have a postdoc position available in the Stelkens Lab at Stockholm University. Join us and apply experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system yeast to test for parallel climate adaptation. Apply through this link: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline 15 August.
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Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲
For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website:
➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783
#Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs
For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website:
➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783
#Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Very excited to say that we are seeking an Assistant Curator to join our entomology team! 😁🪲
For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website:
➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783
#Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs
For full details on this 2 year fixed-term post, head to our website:
➡️ careers.nms.ac.uk/job/727783
#Entomology #InsectCollection #EntoJobs #MuseumJobs
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I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC
UK-Remote
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs
1yr FTC, remote in the UK
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
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Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
ki.se
June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Biodiversity Research Using Genetics - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Center for Kvantitativ Genetik og Genomforskning, Aarhus, Aarhus Universitet
www.au.dk
June 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Aarhus University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in population genetics, comparative genomics, or bioinformatics for biodiversity research. More info: https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-biodiversity-research-using-genetics #job
New lab's pre-print on immunity & pigmentation pattern formation. 🦠🦋
Wound-induced eyespots on butterfly wings at the intersection of immune response and pigmentation development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.22.660915v1
June 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
New lab's pre-print on immunity & pigmentation pattern formation. 🦠🦋