Sibelle Vilaça
@sibellevilaca.bsky.social
Population genetics of endangered species 🇧🇷 I like #seaturtle hybrids.
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This inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can achieve astonishing feats of long-distance navigation
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go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
Has birds’ mysterious ‘compass’ organ been found at last?
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that pigeons sense magnetic fields by detecting electric currents in their inner ears.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This inner compass could help to explain how certain animals can achieve astonishing feats of long-distance navigation
go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
go.nature.com/4pn3KL9
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Thrilled to share that the final piece of my PhD work is now on bioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.1... With support from @nvidia and the @NSF, we used AlphaFold to screen 1.6M+ protein pairs, revealing thousands of potential novel PPIs. All data can be viewed at predictomes.org/hp
Proteome-wide in silico screening for human protein-protein interactions
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) drive virtually all biological processes, yet most PPIs have not been identified and even more remain structurally unresolved. We developed a two-step computational...
biorxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thrilled to share that the final piece of my PhD work is now on bioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.1... With support from @nvidia and the @NSF, we used AlphaFold to screen 1.6M+ protein pairs, revealing thousands of potential novel PPIs. All data can be viewed at predictomes.org/hp
This just out from @mortonarboretum.bsky.social Rebekah Mohn: reference genome and read mapping method both affect phylogenetic inference & heterozygosity estimates across species.
Punchline? Use a closely related but not conspecific reference.
Open-access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Punchline? Use a closely related but not conspecific reference.
Open-access!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Variant Calling in the Goldilocks Zone: How Reference Genome Choice and Read Mapping Stringency Impact Heterozygosity Estimates and Phylogenetic Analyses
The increasing numbers of published reference genomes and affordability of whole genome resequencing have enabled multispecies population genomic and phylogenomic studies on non-model organisms, but ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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We have just published a landmark article on genetic diversity and global biodiversity policy, focusing on the CBD. We aim to help researchers, practitioners, & other interested parties understand the KMGBF and achieve its commitments. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework
Adopted in December 2022, the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity outlines a visionary road map guiding humanity's relationship wit...
www.annualreviews.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We have just published a landmark article on genetic diversity and global biodiversity policy, focusing on the CBD. We aim to help researchers, practitioners, & other interested parties understand the KMGBF and achieve its commitments. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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"Croa Croa" In French.
This map is funny too 😉
This map is funny too 😉
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Croa Croa" In French.
This map is funny too 😉
This map is funny too 😉
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🧬 GINAMO is...
🟩 an international research initiative
🟩 developing tools for monitoring genetic #biodiversity
🟩 co-creating with stakeholders
🟩 funded by @biodiversa.eu
🟩 now on Bluesky!
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GARevjuLDhs
🏞️ #ConsGen #Conservation #Genetics #KMGBF #Science
🟩 an international research initiative
🟩 developing tools for monitoring genetic #biodiversity
🟩 co-creating with stakeholders
🟩 funded by @biodiversa.eu
🟩 now on Bluesky!
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GARevjuLDhs
🏞️ #ConsGen #Conservation #Genetics #KMGBF #Science
Team
GINAMO is a collaborative international project of eleven universities and research institutes. Find all GINAMO members below! Some of us meeting in France in summer 2024 Work Package 1, Coordinati…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🧬 GINAMO is...
🟩 an international research initiative
🟩 developing tools for monitoring genetic #biodiversity
🟩 co-creating with stakeholders
🟩 funded by @biodiversa.eu
🟩 now on Bluesky!
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GARevjuLDhs
🏞️ #ConsGen #Conservation #Genetics #KMGBF #Science
🟩 an international research initiative
🟩 developing tools for monitoring genetic #biodiversity
🟩 co-creating with stakeholders
🟩 funded by @biodiversa.eu
🟩 now on Bluesky!
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=GARevjuLDhs
🏞️ #ConsGen #Conservation #Genetics #KMGBF #Science
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Connecting the dots between the three Rio Conventions addressing #climatechange, #biodiversity loss, and #land degradation, stakeholders at #COP30 launched a collaborative platform to drive synergistic solutions to these linked threats
Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/accelerating...
Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/accelerating...
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Connecting the dots between the three Rio Conventions addressing #climatechange, #biodiversity loss, and #land degradation, stakeholders at #COP30 launched a collaborative platform to drive synergistic solutions to these linked threats
Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/accelerating...
Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/accelerating...
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The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Climate crisis or a warning from God? Iranians desperate for answers as water dries up
As rainy season fails to bring relief, authorities try cloud seeding – while others across the country pray for a miracle
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November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hybrids Along a Natural‐Anthropogenic Gradient: Improving Policy and Management Across All Levels of Biodiversity
Hybridization has long been a central topic in evolution and conservation. Recent developments in genomics have increased the ability to detect hybridization, defined here as breeding between species....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I'm excited to read this paper: "Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles" doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles
Abstract. Genetic offset models have become a popular component of the landscape genetics toolbox, with over 600 peer-reviewed publications applying these
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November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This was a fun paper to write! A big thank you to leads @jess-dasilva.bsky.social and @seanmhoban.bsky.social, and to all co-authors Andrew DeWoody, @testeeves.bsky.social, Paul Sunnucks and @sibellevilaca.bsky.social!
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This was a fun paper to write! A big thank you to leads @jess-dasilva.bsky.social and @seanmhoban.bsky.social, and to all co-authors Andrew DeWoody, @testeeves.bsky.social, Paul Sunnucks and @sibellevilaca.bsky.social!
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A better understanding of the KMGBF will help scientists engage and fulfill global, national, and local commitments to the conservation of our planet’s biodiversity. We hope that with this paper, the policy landscape becomes more accessible for those working in this field.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A better understanding of the KMGBF will help scientists engage and fulfill global, national, and local commitments to the conservation of our planet’s biodiversity. We hope that with this paper, the policy landscape becomes more accessible for those working in this field.
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To help practitioners contribute to meeting the goals and targets of the KMGBF related to GD, we highlight guidance and decision-support tools for management based on several conservation genetic paradigms that have emerged from decades of research and applied conservation.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
To help practitioners contribute to meeting the goals and targets of the KMGBF related to GD, we highlight guidance and decision-support tools for management based on several conservation genetic paradigms that have emerged from decades of research and applied conservation.
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Next, we explain how two approaches can be used effectively by nations in measuring and monitoring GD to achieve the KMGBF: direct assessment of DNA sequences with genetic methods, and indirect assessment based on measuring the processes that produce GD change.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Next, we explain how two approaches can be used effectively by nations in measuring and monitoring GD to achieve the KMGBF: direct assessment of DNA sequences with genetic methods, and indirect assessment based on measuring the processes that produce GD change.
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Then we discuss where and how GD is explicitly mentioned in, or relevant to, KMGBF targets, including where GD conservation or knowledge of GD are not mentioned but could help achieve a target. The most explicit mention of GD in the KMGBF is in Goal A | Target 4.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Then we discuss where and how GD is explicitly mentioned in, or relevant to, KMGBF targets, including where GD conservation or knowledge of GD are not mentioned but could help achieve a target. The most explicit mention of GD in the KMGBF is in Goal A | Target 4.
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Typically, the term “genetic resources” has been associated with physical specimens; however, policy discussions have examined how Digital Sequence Information (DSI) might be incorporated into access and benefit-sharing (ABS) mechanisms.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Typically, the term “genetic resources” has been associated with physical specimens; however, policy discussions have examined how Digital Sequence Information (DSI) might be incorporated into access and benefit-sharing (ABS) mechanisms.
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We first cover the history of the CBD, the major components of the KMGBF and similar multinational environmental agreements, and relevant terminology.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We first cover the history of the CBD, the major components of the KMGBF and similar multinational environmental agreements, and relevant terminology.
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Adopted in 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) outlines a visionary roadmap guiding humanity’s relationship with nature. Genetic diversity, underlying adaptation and fitness, is a core tenet.
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Adopted in 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) outlines a visionary roadmap guiding humanity’s relationship with nature. Genetic diversity, underlying adaptation and fitness, is a core tenet.
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Some of the policy landscape may sound confusing (it is!), but we try to disentangle it and explain it in a way that will help anybody working towards integrating genetics in conservation programs. Important for making an impact!
a woman is looking at a chalkboard with mathematical equations on it .
ALT: a woman is looking at a chalkboard with mathematical equations on it .
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November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Some of the policy landscape may sound confusing (it is!), but we try to disentangle it and explain it in a way that will help anybody working towards integrating genetics in conservation programs. Important for making an impact!
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New publication out, highlighting the link between genetic diversity (GD) and policy! 🧬📜
"Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework"
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵
"Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework"
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵
Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework
Adopted in December 2022, the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity outlines a visionary road map guiding humanity's relationship wit...
www.annualreviews.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New publication out, highlighting the link between genetic diversity (GD) and policy! 🧬📜
"Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework"
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵
"Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework"
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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🧬 The Vertebrate Genome Lab is hiring for a Project Coordinator to join the Sample Management team at the Rockefeller University campus! Apply here: careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs/1943?la...
Project Coordinator | Vertebrate Genome Laboratory in New York, New York | Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is hiring a Project Coordinator | Vertebrate Genome Laboratory in New York, New York. Review all of the job details and apply today!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🧬 The Vertebrate Genome Lab is hiring for a Project Coordinator to join the Sample Management team at the Rockefeller University campus! Apply here: careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs/1943?la...
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The collapse of talks about a UN plastics treaty is the wake-up call we didn’t need
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go.nature.com/4oftybY
Environmental treaties are paralysed — here’s how we can do better
The collapse of talks about a UN plastics treaty is the wake-up call we didn’t need. It’s time to study what is going wrong and why.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The collapse of talks about a UN plastics treaty is the wake-up call we didn’t need
go.nature.com/4oftybY
go.nature.com/4oftybY