Huge thanks to @epifaniaarango.bsky.social and @cegamorim.bsky.social for organising the @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium at #smbe2025, and all the participants for their thought provoking talks and discussion. Many interesting points raised! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Mehmet Somel up next in the @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium at #smbe2025 talking about the brain drain in science and helicopter research- the use of a helicopter index is genious!

Miren Iraeta-Orbegozo speaking on Human Ancient DNA, Ancestry, & Mobility next in the @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium #smbe2025

Next up in the @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium is Matteo Fumagalli #smbe2025

The @smbe-idea.bsky.social symposium at #smbe2025 has kicked off! Join us in room 1!
Nussaibah Raja-Schoob shares her experiences of DEI in research…

Impressive set of talks in the TE session at #smbe2025 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks to all the speakers for an informative session!

@rokofler.bsky.social talks about the spread of TEs in drosophila over time - are humans responsible?? #smbe2025

Lungfish sound fascinating! Axel Meyers talk on lungfish genome expansion, courtesy of 3Gb of TEs! #smbe2025

Great talk by @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social kicking of the TE session at #smbe2025!

@charlesmichie.bsky.social poster shows how endogenous retroviruses can aid in species identification- check out his poster! #smbe2025

Interested in endogenous retroviruses? Check out @hayleybethfree.bsky.social poster on novel ERVs in Anurans! #smbe2025