New research published! I wanted to write about this, because I think the DE-Score *might* be the thing I'm proudest of so far!
All my career I have dreamt of finding something so clean. The DE-Score is a way to tell when amino acid data stops being informative. 1/7
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All my career I have dreamt of finding something so clean. The DE-Score is a way to tell when amino acid data stops being informative. 1/7
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The Dayhoff Exchange Score: A new metric to quantify entropic site saturation in amino acid datasets prior to phylogenetic analysis
Abstract. Entropic site saturation is a persistent problem in phylogenetic analyses, where it can hinder the accuracy of topology reconstruction. It is fun
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February 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Thrilled to have my first PhD paper with @mmdesai.bsky.social out! @science.org
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thread below:
#mevosky #evosky #evobio #popgen #evolsky #ecoevo #molevol
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thread below:
#mevosky #evosky #evobio #popgen #evolsky #ecoevo #molevol
April 24, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Thrilled to have my first PhD paper with @mmdesai.bsky.social out! @science.org
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thread below:
#mevosky #evosky #evobio #popgen #evolsky #ecoevo #molevol
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thread below:
#mevosky #evosky #evobio #popgen #evolsky #ecoevo #molevol
The chance of the broccoli-headed fascists reaching NIH and destroying online NCBI tools and datasets we rely on isn't 0%, so it's worth making a list of the mirrors/alts offered by EMBL-EBI, etc that many of us (including me) are unaware of.
#bioinformatics #genomics #biology #evosky #molevol
#bioinformatics #genomics #biology #evosky #molevol
They kicked all the experts out. No way these 20-something chuds know anything about COBOL or Assembly. Grok is writing their code.
February 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The chance of the broccoli-headed fascists reaching NIH and destroying online NCBI tools and datasets we rely on isn't 0%, so it's worth making a list of the mirrors/alts offered by EMBL-EBI, etc that many of us (including me) are unaware of.
#bioinformatics #genomics #biology #evosky #molevol
#bioinformatics #genomics #biology #evosky #molevol
Happy to share that this paper led by @caberger.bsky.social with @stoilovamarina.bsky.social @rebeccavarney.bsky.social @pcart.bsky.social Sam Abrams and Maria Pia is published -- Unexpectedly predictable molecular evolution with diverse ecologies
🧪 🧬 🌊 #Molevol #EvoBio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🧪 🧬 🌊 #Molevol #EvoBio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Happy to share that this paper led by @caberger.bsky.social with @stoilovamarina.bsky.social @rebeccavarney.bsky.social @pcart.bsky.social Sam Abrams and Maria Pia is published -- Unexpectedly predictable molecular evolution with diverse ecologies
🧪 🧬 🌊 #Molevol #EvoBio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🧪 🧬 🌊 #Molevol #EvoBio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Hello to all the evolutionary biologists that just joined in the past 2-3 weeks!
Connect with your people through the Evolutionary Biology feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
It tracks posts with #evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics
Connect with your people through the Evolutionary Biology feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
It tracks posts with #evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics
September 21, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Hello to all the evolutionary biologists that just joined in the past 2-3 weeks!
Connect with your people through the Evolutionary Biology feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
It tracks posts with #evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics
Connect with your people through the Evolutionary Biology feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
It tracks posts with #evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics
For any newcomers, the Evolutionary Biology feed collects new posts containing any of these tags: #evosky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics
Also a good way to introduce yourself to others in our field :-)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Also a good way to introduce yourself to others in our field :-)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
August 28, 2023 at 6:44 PM
For any newcomers, the Evolutionary Biology feed collects new posts containing any of these tags: #evosky #evolution #evobio #phylo #popgen #ecoevo #evodevo #molevol #paleobio #systematics
Also a good way to introduce yourself to others in our field :-)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Also a good way to introduce yourself to others in our field :-)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 6th January 2025 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomics technologies are opening up the possib...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
November 23, 2024 at 11:28 AM
New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 6th January 2025 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...
Hello! I'm Saismit, a Cornell EEB PhD student exploring rapid eco-evolutionary feedbacks through theory. Excited to connect with fellow researchers!
🌍🧪 🦠 #WomenInSTEM #evosky, #evolution, #evobio, #phylo, #popgen, #ecoevo #molevol, #popgen #complexity #PhDSky #pydata #rstats
🌍🧪 🦠 #WomenInSTEM #evosky, #evolution, #evobio, #phylo, #popgen, #ecoevo #molevol, #popgen #complexity #PhDSky #pydata #rstats
January 9, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Hello! I'm Saismit, a Cornell EEB PhD student exploring rapid eco-evolutionary feedbacks through theory. Excited to connect with fellow researchers!
🌍🧪 🦠 #WomenInSTEM #evosky, #evolution, #evobio, #phylo, #popgen, #ecoevo #molevol, #popgen #complexity #PhDSky #pydata #rstats
🌍🧪 🦠 #WomenInSTEM #evosky, #evolution, #evobio, #phylo, #popgen, #ecoevo #molevol, #popgen #complexity #PhDSky #pydata #rstats
New study with @petrollromy.bsky.social @borglab.bsky.social traces the evolution of epigenetic silencing in plants. Deep conservation of PRC2-mediated H3K27me3 marks across green algae suggest ancient, conserved networks of gene repression.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#evobio #molevol #plants
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#evobio #molevol #plants
The Expansion and Diversification of Epigenetic Regulatory Networks Underpins Major Transitions in the Evolution of Land Plants
Abstract. Epigenetic silencing is essential for regulating gene expression and cellular diversity in eukaryotes. While DNA and H3K9 methylation silence tra
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April 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New study with @petrollromy.bsky.social @borglab.bsky.social traces the evolution of epigenetic silencing in plants. Deep conservation of PRC2-mediated H3K27me3 marks across green algae suggest ancient, conserved networks of gene repression.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#evobio #molevol #plants
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#evobio #molevol #plants
2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó & Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
🧪 #medsky 🔬🧬🖥️ #molevol #philsci #academicsky
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🧪 #medsky 🔬🧬🖥️ #molevol #philsci #academicsky
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 was awarded jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of ...
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October 2, 2023 at 11:16 AM
2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó & Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
🧪 #medsky 🔬🧬🖥️ #molevol #philsci #academicsky
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🧪 #medsky 🔬🧬🖥️ #molevol #philsci #academicsky
Boosting the latest issue of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science to some additional Bskyfeeds on related topics. 🧪 #metasci #Neuroskyence #molevol #cogsci
Issue contains papers by @cameronbuckner.bsky.social & @coreyjmaley.bsky.social
Give @thebjps.bsky.social a follow 👇
Issue contains papers by @cameronbuckner.bsky.social & @coreyjmaley.bsky.social
Give @thebjps.bsky.social a follow 👇
New issue out now, full to the brim of crunchy and nutritious* philosophy of science
www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/bjps/cur...
*Contains science communication & superdeterminism, machine behaviour & monothematic delusions, neural oscillations & analogue computation, & much more...
#philsky #philsci
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*Contains science communication & superdeterminism, machine behaviour & monothematic delusions, neural oscillations & analogue computation, & much more...
#philsky #philsci
September 26, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Boosting the latest issue of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science to some additional Bskyfeeds on related topics. 🧪 #metasci #Neuroskyence #molevol #cogsci
Issue contains papers by @cameronbuckner.bsky.social & @coreyjmaley.bsky.social
Give @thebjps.bsky.social a follow 👇
Issue contains papers by @cameronbuckner.bsky.social & @coreyjmaley.bsky.social
Give @thebjps.bsky.social a follow 👇
Hello, this is my first post on Bluesky. I am a PhD student at the University of Potsdam and the Natural History Museum Berlin working currently on ancient DNA of blue antelope, addax and the four oryx species.
#FirstPost #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #PhDSky #molevol #paleobio #popgen #Evosky 🧬🖥️🧪
#FirstPost #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #PhDSky #molevol #paleobio #popgen #Evosky 🧬🖥️🧪
September 12, 2023 at 6:54 PM
Hello, this is my first post on Bluesky. I am a PhD student at the University of Potsdam and the Natural History Museum Berlin working currently on ancient DNA of blue antelope, addax and the four oryx species.
#FirstPost #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #PhDSky #molevol #paleobio #popgen #Evosky 🧬🖥️🧪
#FirstPost #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #PhDSky #molevol #paleobio #popgen #Evosky 🧬🖥️🧪
Scientists from the Netherlands and @bluemarblespace.bsky.social discovered a new way that molecules copy themselves with fewer errors, using “selective binding.”
#SciComm #SciNews #ALife #evosky #molevol
sciworthy.com/how-molecule...
#SciComm #SciNews #ALife #evosky #molevol
sciworthy.com/how-molecule...
How molecules copy themselves with fewer errors – Sciworthy
Researchers found that molecules can self-replicate with fewer errors by selecting similar ingredients.
sciworthy.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Scientists from the Netherlands and @bluemarblespace.bsky.social discovered a new way that molecules copy themselves with fewer errors, using “selective binding.”
#SciComm #SciNews #ALife #evosky #molevol
sciworthy.com/how-molecule...
#SciComm #SciNews #ALife #evosky #molevol
sciworthy.com/how-molecule...
Our new #OpenAccess paper analysing the first high-coverage #genome 🧬 of the extinct blue #antelope is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social
🧪🦊 #PaleoSky #paleobio #molevol #ancientDNA 🧬🖥️ #wildlife
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪🦊 #PaleoSky #paleobio #molevol #ancientDNA 🧬🖥️ #wildlife
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Colonial-driven extinction of the blue antelope despite genomic adaptation to low population size
Hempel et al. show that prior to its extinction, the blue antelope had a low population
size and diversity over millennia, unaffected by glacial cycles. However, no signs
of inbreeding and extensive p...
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April 13, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Our new #OpenAccess paper analysing the first high-coverage #genome 🧬 of the extinct blue #antelope is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social
🧪🦊 #PaleoSky #paleobio #molevol #ancientDNA 🧬🖥️ #wildlife
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪🦊 #PaleoSky #paleobio #molevol #ancientDNA 🧬🖥️ #wildlife
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Molecular Evolution #MolEvol identified adaptive evolution of #ba286 lineage in August 2023 (reminder: 32 non-synonymous substitutions, including 22 in Spike, and only 11 synonyms) while still at very low frequency. #ba286 has now come to dominate globally 👇
Quite impressive to see how quickly 23I (BA.2.86 including JN.1 - shown here in light blue) has come to dominate globally, even across areas that had slightly different previous mixes of variants. 🌎
(Charts from #CoVariants covariants.org/per-country)
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(Charts from #CoVariants covariants.org/per-country)
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February 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
We show that the blue #antelope likely was adapted to long-term low population size that was not influenced by glacial cycles or habitat size. This demonstrates the impact of European colonisation on #wildlife in southern Africa. 🧪🦊🧬🖥️ #ancientDNA #molevol #PaleoSky
April 13, 2024 at 11:39 AM
We show that the blue #antelope likely was adapted to long-term low population size that was not influenced by glacial cycles or habitat size. This demonstrates the impact of European colonisation on #wildlife in southern Africa. 🧪🦊🧬🖥️ #ancientDNA #molevol #PaleoSky
#smbe2025 if miss caregiver award application in the online system can still visit the following and apply by email www.smbe.org/smbe/AWARDS/... #molevol #molevo
Caregiver Award
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February 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#smbe2025 if miss caregiver award application in the online system can still visit the following and apply by email www.smbe.org/smbe/AWARDS/... #molevol #molevo
my great honor to host a successful symposium "efficient methods in #molevol" co-organized by xiyun and yuttapong, #asiaevo in kunming: 8 speakers from 4 continents, incl. 3 female scientists and researchers at diff. career stages with diverse backgrounds sishuowang2022.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/s...
Symposium “Efficient Computational Methods for Molecular Evolution in the Genomic Era” at AsiaEvo in Kunming
With the great help of xiyun and yuttapong (co-organizers), it’s my great honor to host a very successful symposium “Efficient Computational Methods for Molecular Evolution in the Genom…
sishuowang2022.wordpress.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
my great honor to host a successful symposium "efficient methods in #molevol" co-organized by xiyun and yuttapong, #asiaevo in kunming: 8 speakers from 4 continents, incl. 3 female scientists and researchers at diff. career stages with diverse backgrounds sishuowang2022.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/s...
Check out our group's latest population genetics paper exploring how a tough little minnow has evolved to survive in a soup of pollution at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site.
doi.org/10.1093/jue/...
#evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #evolbiol #popgen #ecoevo #molevol
doi.org/10.1093/jue/...
#evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #evolbiol #popgen #ecoevo #molevol
September 3, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Check out our group's latest population genetics paper exploring how a tough little minnow has evolved to survive in a soup of pollution at the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site.
doi.org/10.1093/jue/...
#evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #evolbiol #popgen #ecoevo #molevol
doi.org/10.1093/jue/...
#evosky #evolsky #evolution #evobio #evolbiol #popgen #ecoevo #molevol
Study by Li & Zhang on adaptive walks in E. coli DHFR gene shows this model has a high chance of reaching top peaks in a multipeak fitness landscape, but this is likely an exception among simulated and empirical fitness landscapes.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
#evobio #molevol #adaptation
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#evobio #molevol #adaptation
On the Probability of Reaching High Peaks in Fitness Landscapes by Adaptive Walks
Abstract. Adaptive evolution can be described by an uphill walk in a fitness landscape. However, climbing the global peak in a multipeak landscape is impro
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April 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Study by Li & Zhang on adaptive walks in E. coli DHFR gene shows this model has a high chance of reaching top peaks in a multipeak fitness landscape, but this is likely an exception among simulated and empirical fitness landscapes.
🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
#evobio #molevol #adaptation
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#evobio #molevol #adaptation
Two related things that always irks me in evolutionary biology is the assertion that there's no direction to evolution and that abiogenesis and evolution are two separate processes. They're not. Thermodynamics and complexity drive and unite them.
#evosky #evolution #evobio #molevol #systematics
#evosky #evolution #evobio #molevol #systematics
(PDF) The Progression of Life: Before, Now, and In the Future; Here and Elsewhere
PDF | Evolution and abiogenesis are usually considered two different topics in biology. However, recent work on the relationship between thermodynamics... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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September 25, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Two related things that always irks me in evolutionary biology is the assertion that there's no direction to evolution and that abiogenesis and evolution are two separate processes. They're not. Thermodynamics and complexity drive and unite them.
#evosky #evolution #evobio #molevol #systematics
#evosky #evolution #evobio #molevol #systematics
Recombination is disrupted in Brassica allotriploids, which may have helped form rapeseed. New study by Pelé et al. shows extra C chromosomes reshape crossover patterns, with effects differing between B. oleracea and B. napus.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#evobio #molevol #plants
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#evobio #molevol #plants
Genomic Divergence Shaped the Genetic Regulation of Meiotic Homologous Recombination in Brassica Allopolyploids
Abstract. The tight regulation of meiotic recombination between homologs is disrupted in Brassica AAC allotriploids, a genomic configuration that may have
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April 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Recombination is disrupted in Brassica allotriploids, which may have helped form rapeseed. New study by Pelé et al. shows extra C chromosomes reshape crossover patterns, with effects differing between B. oleracea and B. napus.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#evobio #molevol #plants
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molb...
#evobio #molevol #plants
