We already have more than 💯 participants for #ExE2026, but there are still places available.
Once you have registered, you have until April 1 to submit an abstract, so don’t miss out and register now at sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/registra...
Everything you need to know is 👇 and at evoxeco.uk!
For folks in #Ecology and #Evolution, we are hosting a conference here in Cornwall UK! Great chance for a summer staycation June 29-July 3.
Plus, we've managed to make it affordable: £250 + £49/night for accommodation.
#EvolBiol #EcoEvo
sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/
And why not stay a bit longer and attend one of many #ExE2026 pre- and post-conference workshops, including a publishing workshop by our sponsor @royalsocietypublishing.org sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/post-con...
In addition to great science 🧪🧬🌳🪰, this is your chance to explore some of the best places in #Cornwall, such as Kynance Cove and the Lizard, Glendurgan Gardens, the Helford River by boat! 🥾⛴️ 🔭 sites.exeter.ac.uk/exe/excursio...
Our stellar 🤩 list of invited speakers #ExE2026: @danielbolnick.bsky.social Trine Bilde, Dan Nussey, @sevans.bsky.social @andrewfoote.bsky.social @cleliagasparini.bsky.social Sarah Knowles, @liamlachs.bsky.social, Lizy Mittell, @keesvanoers.bsky.social, Alex Popadopolous & Katja Räsänen. evoxeco.uk
ExE 2026
Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Then you cannot miss #ExE2026! Hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall, this #conference has a stellar line-up of speakers and lots of pre-and post-conference workshops. Space is limited, so register now at evoxeco.uk!
Fresh buffer won't have the residual EtBr mixed in with it, so can sometimes cause a front (where EtBr migrates out of gel) that can look something like this - but this seems quite extreme! Mix a little EtBr into negative end of gel tank and see if it resolves?
Are you adding EtBr to the gel or post-staining? And is it fresh buffer?
And so the dominoes in UK higher education begin to fall.
This closure will have a devastating impact on the city - on students, jobs, the wider economy (worth £100m a year), and social mobility for local youngsters.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat can make #fruitfly males sterile at temperatures below their lethal limits. We explore if tissue-specific heat shock protein expression can explain why using 6 #Drosophila species:
@chsmithson.bsky.social et al.
@ejduncan.bsky.social @amandabretman.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
BBSRC and EPSRC join MRC "pausing" funding grant apps www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u...
Probably not relevant to most folk following me here, but we have artist residencies with
@thentrythis.social.thentrythis.org.ap.brid.gy
on moths and their viruses as an outreach project on our NERC grant. Info here thentrythis.org/projects/coc... pls share with anyone who might be interested!
Badly! Is this just MRC still, had heard rumours BBSRC might be doing same too?
Uppsala in late autumn
Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
A new preprint from the lab, with postdoc @deboraycb.bsky.social and collaborators @aidaandres.bsky.social and Tim Connallon:
“Characterising the detectable and invisible fractions of genomic loci under balancing selection”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Insect Infection, Immunity & Microbionts @royentsoc.bsky.social meeting at Milner Centre in Bath 16-17th April www.royensoc.co.uk/event/infect... with @annttate.bsky.social as keynote speaker. Should be fun!
Quite a GxE, host-parasite interactions - IN SPACE 🚀 🛰️ 🌌 !
Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version?
I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/
It all started a few years ago... 🧵
Looks neat! Persistent viral infection in the Drosophila fat body is associated with immune activation at the single cell
level www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
![dsRNA injection to N. vectensis zygotes triggers mild and transient gene knockdown. Top: Schematic representation of the dsRNA carrying eGFP sequence used in this study and of the transgene of the actin::eGFP line [40]. Bottom left: Heterozygous actin::eGFP embryos showing dimmer eGFP fluorescence 24 hpi of dsRNA carrying eGFP sequence (left) compared to scrambled eGFP sequence (right). Scale bars represent 500 µm. Bottom right: No difference in eGFP fluorescence of heterozygous actin::eGFP embryos is exhibited 72 hpi of dsRNA carrying eGFP sequence (left) compared to scrambled eGFP sequence (right). Scale bars represent 500 µm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5522ztebtekoor5efelihqhb/bafkreibcytm7tkd5lfkqqb3opea5ptwopbn3yzlw633irru3v6eq2azxtq)
dsRNA injection to N. vectensis zygotes triggers mild and transient gene knockdown. Top: Schematic representation of the dsRNA carrying eGFP sequence used in this study and of the transgene of the actin::eGFP line [40]. Bottom left: Heterozygous actin::eGFP embryos showing dimmer eGFP fluorescence 24 hpi of dsRNA carrying eGFP sequence (left) compared to scrambled eGFP sequence (right). Scale bars represent 500 µm. Bottom right: No difference in eGFP fluorescence of heterozygous actin::eGFP embryos is exhibited 72 hpi of dsRNA carrying eGFP sequence (left) compared to scrambled eGFP sequence (right). Scale bars represent 500 µm.
#RNAi is an ancestral #antiviral system that degrades viral RNA, but what about in #cnidarians? @yehumoran.bsky.social &co show that #Nematostella has an siRNA-mediated antiviral response that lacks 2ary amplification & functions as a short-term antiviral mechanism @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3N192OD
@xavh.bsky.social @stubearhop.bsky.social @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social
Regular reminder that keynote nominations are open for our conference on avian disease ecology. Pls repost or forward to anyone researching avian disease! We are keen to get nominations from underrepresented groups or regions - if you know someone like that please nominate them! #ornithology
Some good news to start the year - the UK is finally offering routine childhood vaccination against VZV, the cause of chickenpox and shingles and (it is becoming increasingly clear) a risk factor for dementia. I've written a bit about what this might mean for parents for @uk.theconversation.com
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And so it begins... I expect to see many cool studies like this one, showing that the AI methos we use for predictiom are as biased as the datasets we already new were biased.
The scary part is the dataset biases we are not aware of
#MicroSky #Microbiome #Bacteria #AMR #antimicrobial
We are continuously reviewing our AI policy as tools and capabilities evolve. This editorial outlines broad guidelines: accountability for content, preserving author voice, and maintaining trust in peer review. We welcome questions from authors, reviewers and readers academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
have you come across Pluronic F-127 - people use for bacterial plates - liquid at 4C but jelly like solid at room temp! pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
do preprints count on annual evaulation?
What a cool way to get people engaged with #population #genomics!
But why is there no episode on parentage analysis ... ?
#Conservation #EvoBio #R
#MayTheForceBeWithYou #StarWars #LukeSkywalker
@lauradbertola.bsky.social @drobledoruiz.bsky.social @seaprof.bsky.social @robynshaw.bsky.social
