Celso Martins
@celsomics.bsky.social
Researcher @UNIL, SNSF SPARK grantee. From molecules to sex evolution #bioinformatics, #fungi, #meiosis, #asymmetry
How did gametes evolve to become different? Our new study shows that genetically identical gametes already differ in reproductive investment and costs, revealing hidden sexual asymmetries.
@vjesticalab.bsky.social
@zenahadjivasiliou.bsky.social
@pnas.org
#Harry_Booth
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@vjesticalab.bsky.social
@zenahadjivasiliou.bsky.social
@pnas.org
#Harry_Booth
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Meiotic cohesin Rec8 imposes fitness costs on fission yeast gametes favoring the evolution of parental bias in gene expression | PNAS
Differences between partner gametes, which evolved repeatedly in eukaryotes, can contribute
to the evolution of the sexes, sexual selection, and no...
www.pnas.org
July 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
How did gametes evolve to become different? Our new study shows that genetically identical gametes already differ in reproductive investment and costs, revealing hidden sexual asymmetries.
@vjesticalab.bsky.social
@zenahadjivasiliou.bsky.social
@pnas.org
#Harry_Booth
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@vjesticalab.bsky.social
@zenahadjivasiliou.bsky.social
@pnas.org
#Harry_Booth
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Very happy to share our latest work! We have used a bioinformatics approach to pinpoint targets from public RNAseq datasets and identified a negative regulator of oxidative stress in Aspergilla!
@C_Silva_Pereira
@FungalSao
@itqbnova
@FrontMicrobiol
@C_Silva_Pereira
@FungalSao
@itqbnova
@FrontMicrobiol
www.frontiersin.org
www.frontiersin.org
www.frontiersin.org
July 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Very happy to share our latest work! We have used a bioinformatics approach to pinpoint targets from public RNAseq datasets and identified a negative regulator of oxidative stress in Aspergilla!
@C_Silva_Pereira
@FungalSao
@itqbnova
@FrontMicrobiol
@C_Silva_Pereira
@FungalSao
@itqbnova
@FrontMicrobiol
Happy to share our last work demonstrating, in vivo, that the exposure to pollutants leads to the increased production of pathogenic airborne fungal spores!
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbnova
@FungalSao
@paraguedes
@JournalSpectrum
@ASMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00667-23
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbnova
@FungalSao
@paraguedes
@JournalSpectrum
@ASMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00667-23
journals.asm.org
journals.asm.org
journals.asm.org
July 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Happy to share our last work demonstrating, in vivo, that the exposure to pollutants leads to the increased production of pathogenic airborne fungal spores!
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbnova
@FungalSao
@paraguedes
@JournalSpectrum
@ASMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00667-23
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbnova
@FungalSao
@paraguedes
@JournalSpectrum
@ASMicrobiology
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00667-23
On the International Day of Women & Girls in Science I have to pay my tribute to my former PhD supervisor and mentor @SilvaPereiraLab for her guidance and support since 2012!
May the world allow all amazing and talented women to flourish and become inspiration and leaders!
May the world allow all amazing and talented women to flourish and become inspiration and leaders!
July 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM
On the International Day of Women & Girls in Science I have to pay my tribute to my former PhD supervisor and mentor @SilvaPereiraLab for her guidance and support since 2012!
May the world allow all amazing and talented women to flourish and become inspiration and leaders!
May the world allow all amazing and talented women to flourish and become inspiration and leaders!
Recharging batteries for the second half of the day @cig_unil
#postdoclife
#swisspostdoc
@PostdocVoice
@unil
#postdoclife
#swisspostdoc
@PostdocVoice
@unil
July 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Recharging batteries for the second half of the day @cig_unil
#postdoclife
#swisspostdoc
@PostdocVoice
@unil
#postdoclife
#swisspostdoc
@PostdocVoice
@unil
An elegant study that started with one of my favorites: laboratory adaptive experiments!
Great design to pursue questions related with any type of adaptive response!
@DIB_UNIL
Androgen Receptor is a Determinant of Melanoma targeted drug resistance
Great design to pursue questions related with any type of adaptive response!
@DIB_UNIL
Androgen Receptor is a Determinant of Melanoma targeted drug resistance
www.biorxiv.org
www.biorxiv.org
www.biorxiv.org
July 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM
An elegant study that started with one of my favorites: laboratory adaptive experiments!
Great design to pursue questions related with any type of adaptive response!
@DIB_UNIL
Androgen Receptor is a Determinant of Melanoma targeted drug resistance
Great design to pursue questions related with any type of adaptive response!
@DIB_UNIL
Androgen Receptor is a Determinant of Melanoma targeted drug resistance
When nature reminds you that Christmas is coming regardless of grant proposal writing marathons! ☺️
#postdoc
#switzerland
#swisspostdoc
#Vortex
#unil
#letitsnow
#postdoc
#switzerland
#swisspostdoc
#Vortex
#unil
#letitsnow
July 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
When nature reminds you that Christmas is coming regardless of grant proposal writing marathons! ☺️
#postdoc
#switzerland
#swisspostdoc
#Vortex
#unil
#letitsnow
#postdoc
#switzerland
#swisspostdoc
#Vortex
#unil
#letitsnow
July 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
July 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Really happy for our latest publication "Irrigation of soil with reclaimed wastewater acts as a buffer of microbial taxonomic and functional biodiversity"
Great team work!
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@CENSEFCTNOVA
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972104746X
Great team work!
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@CENSEFCTNOVA
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972104746X
www.sciencedirect.com
www.sciencedirect.com
www.sciencedirect.com
July 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Really happy for our latest publication "Irrigation of soil with reclaimed wastewater acts as a buffer of microbial taxonomic and functional biodiversity"
Great team work!
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@CENSEFCTNOVA
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972104746X
Great team work!
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@CENSEFCTNOVA
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972104746X
First #vjesticalab group hike! A day to remember!
Big props to all of us who bravely made it to the top of Grammont! 😅
#switzerland
#postdoc
#funscience
Big props to all of us who bravely made it to the top of Grammont! 😅
#switzerland
#postdoc
#funscience
July 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
First #vjesticalab group hike! A day to remember!
Big props to all of us who bravely made it to the top of Grammont! 😅
#switzerland
#postdoc
#funscience
Big props to all of us who bravely made it to the top of Grammont! 😅
#switzerland
#postdoc
#funscience
Check out our latest research paper!
An incredibly twisted story that turned out pretty cool! 😊
Twists and Turns in the Salicylate Catabolism of Aspergillus terreus, Revealing New Roles of the 3-Hydroxyanthranilate Pathway https://msystems.asm.org/content/6/1/e00230-20
An incredibly twisted story that turned out pretty cool! 😊
Twists and Turns in the Salicylate Catabolism of Aspergillus terreus, Revealing New Roles of the 3-Hydroxyanthranilate Pathway https://msystems.asm.org/content/6/1/e00230-20
msystems.asm.org
msystems.asm.org
msystems.asm.org
July 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Check out our latest research paper!
An incredibly twisted story that turned out pretty cool! 😊
Twists and Turns in the Salicylate Catabolism of Aspergillus terreus, Revealing New Roles of the 3-Hydroxyanthranilate Pathway https://msystems.asm.org/content/6/1/e00230-20
An incredibly twisted story that turned out pretty cool! 😊
Twists and Turns in the Salicylate Catabolism of Aspergillus terreus, Revealing New Roles of the 3-Hydroxyanthranilate Pathway https://msystems.asm.org/content/6/1/e00230-20
Check out our latest research!
Here we demonstrate that fungi can be valuable tools for the establishment of a furan-based biorefinery!
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@SfAMtweets
#fungi
#furans
#biotech
#orthofinder
Here we demonstrate that fungi can be valuable tools for the establishment of a furan-based biorefinery!
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@SfAMtweets
#fungi
#furans
#biotech
#orthofinder
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July 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Check out our latest research!
Here we demonstrate that fungi can be valuable tools for the establishment of a furan-based biorefinery!
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@SfAMtweets
#fungi
#furans
#biotech
#orthofinder
Here we demonstrate that fungi can be valuable tools for the establishment of a furan-based biorefinery!
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@SfAMtweets
#fungi
#furans
#biotech
#orthofinder
Twists and turns of the salicylate catabolism in Aspergillus terreus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.217166v1
Just a moment...
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www.biorxiv.org
July 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Twists and turns of the salicylate catabolism in Aspergillus terreus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.217166v1
July 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Don't you just love when things work?
#bioinformatics
#comparativegenomics
#orthofinder
#sciencefromhome
@itqbunl
@SilvaPereiraLab
#bioinformatics
#comparativegenomics
#orthofinder
#sciencefromhome
@itqbunl
@SilvaPereiraLab
July 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Don't you just love when things work?
#bioinformatics
#comparativegenomics
#orthofinder
#sciencefromhome
@itqbunl
@SilvaPereiraLab
#bioinformatics
#comparativegenomics
#orthofinder
#sciencefromhome
@itqbunl
@SilvaPereiraLab
Check out this amazing paper digging the molecular structure of the plant polymer suberin!
Suberin is key during host-microbe interactions, so it is quite important for phytopathologists!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590006419300651
Awesome work
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
Suberin is key during host-microbe interactions, so it is quite important for phytopathologists!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590006419300651
Awesome work
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
www.sciencedirect.com
www.sciencedirect.com
www.sciencedirect.com
July 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Check out this amazing paper digging the molecular structure of the plant polymer suberin!
Suberin is key during host-microbe interactions, so it is quite important for phytopathologists!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590006419300651
Awesome work
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
Suberin is key during host-microbe interactions, so it is quite important for phytopathologists!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590006419300651
Awesome work
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
When you find out a 5-year old experiments inside a lost cabinet in the lab, and you just admire the robustness of your useless construction 🤣🤣
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
#soilmicrobiology
#crazyexperiments
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
#soilmicrobiology
#crazyexperiments
July 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
When you find out a 5-year old experiments inside a lost cabinet in the lab, and you just admire the robustness of your useless construction 🤣🤣
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
#soilmicrobiology
#crazyexperiments
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
#soilmicrobiology
#crazyexperiments
Does the exposure to pollutants increase the virulence of fungal communities towards animal models? We are about to find out! ☺️
#microbiology
#microbiome
#fungi
#pollution
#GalleriaMellonella
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
#microbiology
#microbiome
#fungi
#pollution
#GalleriaMellonella
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
July 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Does the exposure to pollutants increase the virulence of fungal communities towards animal models? We are about to find out! ☺️
#microbiology
#microbiome
#fungi
#pollution
#GalleriaMellonella
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
#microbiology
#microbiome
#fungi
#pollution
#GalleriaMellonella
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
Sinead Collins provides insightful (and fun) talk about adaptive evolution combined with Hulk, X-men and the Prodigal Son, at #FEMS2019! Epic!
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@itqbunl
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@itqbunl
July 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Sinead Collins provides insightful (and fun) talk about adaptive evolution combined with Hulk, X-men and the Prodigal Son, at #FEMS2019! Epic!
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@itqbunl
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@itqbunl
July 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Check out our Posters (PW118 & PW471) and talk at the Mycology Poster Discussion session at #FEMS2019!
https://biteable.com/watch/fems2019-2313400
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
https://biteable.com/watch/fems2019-2313400
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
biteable.com
biteable.com
biteable.com
July 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Check out our Posters (PW118 & PW471) and talk at the Mycology Poster Discussion session at #FEMS2019!
https://biteable.com/watch/fems2019-2313400
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
https://biteable.com/watch/fems2019-2313400
@FEMSTweets
@SfAMtweets
@paraguedes
@SilvaPereiraLab
@itqbunl
July 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM