Rosa Bonifacii
@rbonifacii.bsky.social
Evolutionary Ecologist, Insect Enthusiast 🪲🦋🐝🐞 Postdoc @OxfordBiology, former PhD student @UniExeCEC. Mama of two 👩👧👦 She/Her/Hers
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📢 The #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary is entering a bold new chapter – and we need your help! Today we release our official Call for Support. We’re seeking new hosts for BHL’s staff, infrastructure, and services. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📢 The #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary is entering a bold new chapter – and we need your help! Today we release our official Call for Support. We’re seeking new hosts for BHL’s staff, infrastructure, and services. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL
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The University of Exeter has just announced £5m in scholarships for international students jonling Masters courses in 2025/26, payable as a reduction of the international tuition fees.
Deadline of 27 Feb. Spread the word!
Deadline of 27 Feb. Spread the word!
Exeter Excellence | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The University of Exeter has just announced £5m in scholarships for international students jonling Masters courses in 2025/26, payable as a reduction of the international tuition fees.
Deadline of 27 Feb. Spread the word!
Deadline of 27 Feb. Spread the word!
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This is a brilliant scheme - I’ve had brilliant students over the years, many of whom wouldn’t even have applied without the UNIQ experience @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
Applications are currently open for UNIQ 2025.
UNIQ helps support UK state-school students from underrepresented backgrounds prepare for university, with support through the application process to help take those first steps to university life.
www.uniq.ox.ac.uk
UNIQ helps support UK state-school students from underrepresented backgrounds prepare for university, with support through the application process to help take those first steps to university life.
www.uniq.ox.ac.uk
UNIQ
University of Oxford
www.uniq.ox.ac.uk
January 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This is a brilliant scheme - I’ve had brilliant students over the years, many of whom wouldn’t even have applied without the UNIQ experience @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
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Hopefully this will be useful for anyone doing comparative genomics! In Box 1 we show some case studies where controlling for phylogenetic non-independance can reverse a result
Our review is out in Nature Reviews Genetics! rdcu.be/d5AY2
We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets.
These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit.
@lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social
We show how phylogeny-based methods can resolve the problem of non-independence in genomic datasets.
These methods must be considered an essential part of the comparative genomics toolkit.
@lauriebelch.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social
A phylogenetic approach to comparative genomics
Nature Reviews Genetics - Controlling for phylogeny is essential in comparative genomics studies, because species, genomes and genes are not independent data points within statistical tests. The...
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January 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hopefully this will be useful for anyone doing comparative genomics! In Box 1 we show some case studies where controlling for phylogenetic non-independance can reverse a result
Want to know why tiny silk wasps lay male eggs first? Turns out it's to provide mates for their daughters! Shocking family secrets revealed in our latest paper on M. rosae
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 8, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Want to know why tiny silk wasps lay male eggs first? Turns out it's to provide mates for their daughters! Shocking family secrets revealed in our latest paper on M. rosae
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨 Postdoc alert! 🚨
Come and work with Alastair Wilson, @bfraser.bsky.social and myself @exetercec.bsky.social on a NERC-
funded project that combines behavioural ecology, quantitative genetics and genomics in guppies. And all that in beautiful Cornwall🏖️🏄♂️⛵️! More info t.co/xFh8RNpoO6
Come and work with Alastair Wilson, @bfraser.bsky.social and myself @exetercec.bsky.social on a NERC-
funded project that combines behavioural ecology, quantitative genetics and genomics in guppies. And all that in beautiful Cornwall🏖️🏄♂️⛵️! More info t.co/xFh8RNpoO6
August 7, 2024 at 11:13 AM
🚨 Postdoc alert! 🚨
Come and work with Alastair Wilson, @bfraser.bsky.social and myself @exetercec.bsky.social on a NERC-
funded project that combines behavioural ecology, quantitative genetics and genomics in guppies. And all that in beautiful Cornwall🏖️🏄♂️⛵️! More info t.co/xFh8RNpoO6
Come and work with Alastair Wilson, @bfraser.bsky.social and myself @exetercec.bsky.social on a NERC-
funded project that combines behavioural ecology, quantitative genetics and genomics in guppies. And all that in beautiful Cornwall🏖️🏄♂️⛵️! More info t.co/xFh8RNpoO6
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And for a quick summary, have a read of this fab news piece by Monica & the Comms team at @oxfordbiology.bsky.social: bit.ly/3wC8M0w
Lifestyle plays a key role in shaping bacterial pangenomes
bit.ly
May 15, 2024 at 5:52 PM
And for a quick summary, have a read of this fab news piece by Monica & the Comms team at @oxfordbiology.bsky.social: bit.ly/3wC8M0w
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Want to do a PhD in Biology, but not thinking about applying to Oxford? Come to this 2 day all expenses paid workshop to have your mind changed. envres.web.ox.ac.uk/2-day-applic...
March 11, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Want to do a PhD in Biology, but not thinking about applying to Oxford? Come to this 2 day all expenses paid workshop to have your mind changed. envres.web.ox.ac.uk/2-day-applic...
Just published! Our new paper questions the hypothesised link between progressive provisioning and social evolution by demonstrating potential insurance advantages to group living in a mass-provisioning wasp 🐝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 18, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Just published! Our new paper questions the hypothesised link between progressive provisioning and social evolution by demonstrating potential insurance advantages to group living in a mass-provisioning wasp 🐝
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Important so please help spread the word...
Interested in postgrad research? Maybe do a PhD?
Oxford runs a summer internship scheme for UK students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds
Stipend, free accommodation, mentoring...
Deadline 21 Feb
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
Interested in postgrad research? Maybe do a PhD?
Oxford runs a summer internship scheme for UK students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds
Stipend, free accommodation, mentoring...
Deadline 21 Feb
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
January 15, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Important so please help spread the word...
Interested in postgrad research? Maybe do a PhD?
Oxford runs a summer internship scheme for UK students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds
Stipend, free accommodation, mentoring...
Deadline 21 Feb
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
Interested in postgrad research? Maybe do a PhD?
Oxford runs a summer internship scheme for UK students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds
Stipend, free accommodation, mentoring...
Deadline 21 Feb
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
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Our new tool 'SOCfinder' to find social genes in bacteria is out now, in Microbial Genomics 🦠
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
SOCfinder: a genomic tool for identifying social genes in bacteria
Bacteria cooperate by working collaboratively to defend their colonies, share nutrients, and resist antibiotics. Nevertheless, our understanding of these remarkable behaviours primarily comes from stu...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
December 29, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Our new tool 'SOCfinder' to find social genes in bacteria is out now, in Microbial Genomics 🦠
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...