🎓 Congratulations to @sianalarue.bsky.social who successfully defended her PhD on the role of #transposable elements 🧬 in driving phenotypic plasticity in flies last Friday. We also thank the jury members for an exciting discussion! 👏

Hi! Florence Hommais, @nicolasparisot.bsky.social , and I are looking for a postdoctoral candidate to investigate the molecular dialogue between three weevil species and their endosymbiotic bacteria #symbiosis! Please see the #post-doc offer for more information. #SymbioSky #Bioinformatics

Yesterday @ritarebollo.bsky.social brilliantly obtained her Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches in front of a jury composed of L. Teysset, C. Vitte, F. Hommais, N. Nègre, Z. Haichar & N. Kremer. A summary of 20 years of research in 3 labs & 2 countries with a common theme: interactions! 👏

Rapid emergence of non-autonomous elements may stop P-element invasions in the absence of a piRNA-based host defence journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Fly labs — Now is the time to show some solidarity and chip in support for this vital resource!

For those interested: 🚀 BayPass v3.1 released!
🔹 Improved MCMC adaptive phase
🔹 Computation reduced >6X with default (recommended) options, while keeping similar accuracy
🔹 Plus other minor edits

📖 Details in the manual / changelog
🔗 Repo: forge.inrae.fr/mathieu.gaut...

@mirimerenciano.bsky.social @sianalarue.bsky.social et al. review recent discoveries showing that TE activation can be both a cause and a consequence of ageing, emphasizing the importance of studying these genomic elements.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf088

#genome #evolution #TEsky

The June cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of @mirimerenciano.bsky.social @sianalarue.bsky.social et al., who explore the relationships between transposable elements and aging in a new Review article.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf088

🖌️ Merenciano et al.

#genome #TEsky

🧬 A nice review on transposable elements, including historical context of their study and roles in disease + aging... great primer on this exciting area of research!