Gökberk Alagöz
@gokberkalagoz.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at MPI-PL, interested in molecular brain evolution and complex trait genetics.
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Somatic mutations and single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal uniquely human properties of neuronal aging https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.22.753624v1
September 24, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Somatic mutations and single-nucleus transcriptomics reveal uniquely human properties of neuronal aging https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.22.753624v1
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We're hiring! PNI is recruiting an assistant professor of neuroscience working with non-human primates in any area.
Review begins Oct 19: apply.interfolio.com/192521
#NeuroJobs #Neuroskyence
Review begins Oct 19: apply.interfolio.com/192521
#NeuroJobs #Neuroskyence
September 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
We're hiring! PNI is recruiting an assistant professor of neuroscience working with non-human primates in any area.
Review begins Oct 19: apply.interfolio.com/192521
#NeuroJobs #Neuroskyence
Review begins Oct 19: apply.interfolio.com/192521
#NeuroJobs #Neuroskyence
Really honoured to join @martinowk.bsky.social and @kr-maynard.bsky.social at the LIBD for the next few months! Looking forward to working on this exciting project and learning from such a great group of scientists! And a special thanks to @profsimonfisher.bsky.social for making this all possible!
Super excited to have @gokberkalagoz.bsky.social joining our teams @lieberinstitute.bsky.social as a Visiting Scientist for a few months to work on a collaborative project with @profsimonfisher.bsky.social lab on a cross species spatial transcriptomics project related to language processing.
August 19, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Really honoured to join @martinowk.bsky.social and @kr-maynard.bsky.social at the LIBD for the next few months! Looking forward to working on this exciting project and learning from such a great group of scientists! And a special thanks to @profsimonfisher.bsky.social for making this all possible!
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If you are interested in learning computational population genetics and ancient genomics, I have curated my list of workshops and online tutorials (and will continue to do so) indicating suitability for self-learners and status. You find the list [here](www.stephanschiffels.de/resources.html).
August 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
If you are interested in learning computational population genetics and ancient genomics, I have curated my list of workshops and online tutorials (and will continue to do so) indicating suitability for self-learners and status. You find the list [here](www.stephanschiffels.de/resources.html).
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For the past 30 years, “whole-genome sequencing” has been a misnomer. Today the T2T Consortium publishes a dozen papers heralding a future of truly complete genomes for humans and nearly any vertebrate 👨🔬🐒🐦🐀🦒🐎🫏🐹🐟 (sorry, no salamanders): www.cell.com/consortium/t... 🧵[1/15]
August 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
For the past 30 years, “whole-genome sequencing” has been a misnomer. Today the T2T Consortium publishes a dozen papers heralding a future of truly complete genomes for humans and nearly any vertebrate 👨🔬🐒🐦🐀🦒🐎🫏🐹🐟 (sorry, no salamanders): www.cell.com/consortium/t... 🧵[1/15]
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Come join the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab in Cambridge to study the evolution of Socially Transferred Materials! Fun new HFSP project btwn UK, NL and Costa Rica!
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
Research Associate (Fixed Term)
A Research Associate position is available in the Social Fluids Lab, led by Dr. Adria LeBoeuf, in the Department of Zoology. The post is funded by a new 3-year international Human Frontier Science Pro...
www.cam.ac.uk
August 5, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Come join the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab in Cambridge to study the evolution of Socially Transferred Materials! Fun new HFSP project btwn UK, NL and Costa Rica!
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
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New opportunity: fully funded PhD position within the Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS
Investigate experimentally the evolutionary significance of transformative Stone Age techniques in this project on cognitive demands, and explore the probability of their success.
Deadline: 15 September 2026.
Investigate experimentally the evolutionary significance of transformative Stone Age techniques in this project on cognitive demands, and explore the probability of their success.
Deadline: 15 September 2026.
August 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
New opportunity: fully funded PhD position within the Cluster of Excellence HUMAN ORIGINS
Investigate experimentally the evolutionary significance of transformative Stone Age techniques in this project on cognitive demands, and explore the probability of their success.
Deadline: 15 September 2026.
Investigate experimentally the evolutionary significance of transformative Stone Age techniques in this project on cognitive demands, and explore the probability of their success.
Deadline: 15 September 2026.
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What transforms a novice into an expert?
Research shows expertise relies on domain-specific knowledge, but a neural account of this transformation has remained fragmentary.
Low-dimensional and optimised representations of high-level information in the expert brain🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research shows expertise relies on domain-specific knowledge, but a neural account of this transformation has remained fragmentary.
Low-dimensional and optimised representations of high-level information in the expert brain🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
What transforms a novice into an expert?
Research shows expertise relies on domain-specific knowledge, but a neural account of this transformation has remained fragmentary.
Low-dimensional and optimised representations of high-level information in the expert brain🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research shows expertise relies on domain-specific knowledge, but a neural account of this transformation has remained fragmentary.
Low-dimensional and optimised representations of high-level information in the expert brain🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing
I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #efp2026
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing
I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #efp2026
July 6, 2026 at 11:02 AM
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing
I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #efp2026
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M_tQgoqV4ivpfEClh9qs9f2KQN2O1G3Jpda2aoHfQ/edit?usp=sharing
I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #efp2026
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Looking for a postdoc opportunity in evolutionary genetics? Join the Wolf Lab at LMU Munich.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genetics (m/f/x)
job-portal.lmu.de
June 17, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Looking for a postdoc opportunity in evolutionary genetics? Join the Wolf Lab at LMU Munich.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
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🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 Join @palevoprim.bsky.social as part of the #ReVol project (@cnrs.fr & Wits Joint PhD Programme)! Spend 3 years investigating the southern African fossil cercopithecoids to reconstruct past ecology and behavior through skeletal morphology and dental microwear.
July 2, 2026 at 9:21 AM
🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 Join @palevoprim.bsky.social as part of the #ReVol project (@cnrs.fr & Wits Joint PhD Programme)! Spend 3 years investigating the southern African fossil cercopithecoids to reconstruct past ecology and behavior through skeletal morphology and dental microwear.
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📢 Our July issue features a Focus issue on Evolutionary Innovation go.nature.com/4evCAhg
Read about it in our Editorial "Genetic origins and constraints of evolutionary innovation": go.nature.com/4eDfHbL
Read about it in our Editorial "Genetic origins and constraints of evolutionary innovation": go.nature.com/4eDfHbL
June 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📢 Our July issue features a Focus issue on Evolutionary Innovation go.nature.com/4evCAhg
Read about it in our Editorial "Genetic origins and constraints of evolutionary innovation": go.nature.com/4eDfHbL
Read about it in our Editorial "Genetic origins and constraints of evolutionary innovation": go.nature.com/4eDfHbL
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#Opportunity for #MA and #PhDstudents: University of Turku organises an #Erasmus+ #BIP course: Finding a Common Ground: Reducing the Gap between #Linguistics and #Genetics. More info in the flyer. @haam-community.bsky.social
June 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM
#Opportunity for #MA and #PhDstudents: University of Turku organises an #Erasmus+ #BIP course: Finding a Common Ground: Reducing the Gap between #Linguistics and #Genetics. More info in the flyer. @haam-community.bsky.social
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New paper! How do RNAs "know" where to go inside a cell? We dug into the sequence elements that route RNAs to the right place. It turns out that, in mammals, they're surprisingly massive (>200 nt), multipartite, and wonderfully complicated. 🧵
June 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
New paper! How do RNAs "know" where to go inside a cell? We dug into the sequence elements that route RNAs to the right place. It turns out that, in mammals, they're surprisingly massive (>200 nt), multipartite, and wonderfully complicated. 🧵
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What matters most for childhood brain organization?
We analyzed 649 variables.
The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers.
Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES.
In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We analyzed 649 variables.
The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers.
Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES.
In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
What matters most for childhood brain organization?
We analyzed 649 variables.
The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers.
Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES.
In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We analyzed 649 variables.
The answer: Socioeconomics (SES); with brain patterns pointing at sleep & stress as drivers.
Even brain-IQ associations were better explained by SES.
In Science today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"While the number of biallelic SNVs alone dwarfs SVs by ~380-450-fold, SVs were 170-260-fold more likely to exhibit high impact effects across species..."
A Pan-pangenome illuminates complex structural variation and selection in humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.06.730619v1
June 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"While the number of biallelic SNVs alone dwarfs SVs by ~380-450-fold, SVs were 170-260-fold more likely to exhibit high impact effects across species..."
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Outstanding new study tracking the changes in Purkinje neuron dendritic architecture during primate evolution, documenting an increase in dendritic compartmentalization in the human
lineage
Study by @auroraferrell.bsky.social @neurosilas.bsky.social & colleagues 🧪🧠
#cerebellum
lineage
Study by @auroraferrell.bsky.social @neurosilas.bsky.social & colleagues 🧪🧠
#cerebellum
Cerebellar Purkinje cells change dendritic architecture during primate evolution
Vertebrate evolution has driven adaptive remodeling of brain regions impacted by changing sensorimotor demands. The cerebellum--a hindbrain area mediating associative learning and predictive coding--i...
www.biorxiv.org
June 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Outstanding new study tracking the changes in Purkinje neuron dendritic architecture during primate evolution, documenting an increase in dendritic compartmentalization in the human
lineage
Study by @auroraferrell.bsky.social @neurosilas.bsky.social & colleagues 🧪🧠
#cerebellum
lineage
Study by @auroraferrell.bsky.social @neurosilas.bsky.social & colleagues 🧪🧠
#cerebellum
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Great postdoc opportunity for folk into morphology, biomechanics and human/primate evolution: pliodis.github.io/opportunitie...
PDRA Opportunity: Modelling the functional adaptations of the primate masticatory apparatus at VUB
2-year renewable Post-doctoral Fellowship at Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo-Chemistry Research Group, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium to study the functional adaptations of the prima...
pliodis.github.io
June 8, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Great postdoc opportunity for folk into morphology, biomechanics and human/primate evolution: pliodis.github.io/opportunitie...
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The meritocracy strikes again:
'Overseas students starting at the University of Cambridge this autumn will pay at least £450,000 for a medicine degree as England’s top-ranking universities plan a 29 per cent rise in international undergraduate fees over four years.'
www.ft.com/content/36e2...
'Overseas students starting at the University of Cambridge this autumn will pay at least £450,000 for a medicine degree as England’s top-ranking universities plan a 29 per cent rise in international undergraduate fees over four years.'
www.ft.com/content/36e2...
The £450,000 degree: how English university fees for overseas students are surging
Top-ranking universities plan a 29% rise in international undergraduate fees
www.ft.com
June 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The meritocracy strikes again:
'Overseas students starting at the University of Cambridge this autumn will pay at least £450,000 for a medicine degree as England’s top-ranking universities plan a 29 per cent rise in international undergraduate fees over four years.'
www.ft.com/content/36e2...
'Overseas students starting at the University of Cambridge this autumn will pay at least £450,000 for a medicine degree as England’s top-ranking universities plan a 29 per cent rise in international undergraduate fees over four years.'
www.ft.com/content/36e2...
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Excellent opportunity here: a 5 year senior research fellowship in Life Sciences (broadly defined) at All Souls College Oxford. Many opportunities to work with the diverse & inclusive community here in @biology.ox.ac.uk here in the brand new Life & Mind Buiilding
www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships | All Souls College
www.asc.ox.ac.uk
June 5, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Excellent opportunity here: a 5 year senior research fellowship in Life Sciences (broadly defined) at All Souls College Oxford. Many opportunities to work with the diverse & inclusive community here in @biology.ox.ac.uk here in the brand new Life & Mind Buiilding
www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
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Happy to share a short article I wrote for @theconversation.com , where I highlight our recently published EVApeCognition Dataset (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and discuss how it can help advance research into great ape cognition and behaviour
theconversation.com/great-apes-w...
theconversation.com/great-apes-w...
Great apes: what we know about their cognition, cooperation and curiosity after two decades of research
A database of great ape research promises to unlock deeper understanding of their cognition, intelligence and social behaviour.
theconversation.com
June 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Happy to share a short article I wrote for @theconversation.com , where I highlight our recently published EVApeCognition Dataset (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) and discuss how it can help advance research into great ape cognition and behaviour
theconversation.com/great-apes-w...
theconversation.com/great-apes-w...
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TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data.
@sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social
reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
@sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social
reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
How much of Thermo Fisher’s antibody data has been manipulated?
We’ve documented more than 100 instances of apparent data manipulation in Thermo’s catalog
reeserichardson.blog
May 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
TL;DR: We've identified more than 100 cases of apparent manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific's antibody verification data.
@sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social
reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
@sholtodavid.bsky.social @johanduchene.bsky.social
reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/h...
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Postdoctoral job announcement: come to Cambridge and work on population genetic modelling with environmental and ancient DNA, jointly with @gamzeandgursoy.bsky.social and me. Details at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55580/ - applications by June 16th.
Research Associate in Population Genetics Modelling and Environmental DNA (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate in Population Genetics Modelling and Environmental DNA (Fixed Term) in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
May 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Postdoctoral job announcement: come to Cambridge and work on population genetic modelling with environmental and ancient DNA, jointly with @gamzeandgursoy.bsky.social and me. Details at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55580/ - applications by June 16th.
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🚨One week left! Applications for our Postdoctoral Fellows Program will close on 20. May!
We offer numerous benefits:
✅ 3-year funded position
✅ Core research funding to cover travel, publishing, and project costs
✅Mentorship from 2+ PoL PIs
..and much more!
Apply now: tud.link/y3djda
We offer numerous benefits:
✅ 3-year funded position
✅ Core research funding to cover travel, publishing, and project costs
✅Mentorship from 2+ PoL PIs
..and much more!
Apply now: tud.link/y3djda
May 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
🚨One week left! Applications for our Postdoctoral Fellows Program will close on 20. May!
We offer numerous benefits:
✅ 3-year funded position
✅ Core research funding to cover travel, publishing, and project costs
✅Mentorship from 2+ PoL PIs
..and much more!
Apply now: tud.link/y3djda
We offer numerous benefits:
✅ 3-year funded position
✅ Core research funding to cover travel, publishing, and project costs
✅Mentorship from 2+ PoL PIs
..and much more!
Apply now: tud.link/y3djda
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🚨Job claxon🚨
4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies.
Come join us, we are nice. 🧪
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies.
Come join us, we are nice. 🧪
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
May 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM
🚨Job claxon🚨
4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies.
Come join us, we are nice. 🧪
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
4-year #Postdoc available in our lab in @camzoology.bsky.social developing molecular and anatomical approaches to mapping evolutionary changes in the brain, using #Heliconiini butterflies.
Come join us, we are nice. 🧪
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...