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Mathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud @chercheurjuteux.com · 1d

Phylogeny-aware simulations suggest a low impact of unsampled lineages in the inference of gene flow during eukaryogenesis

Excellent paper from @tonigabaldon.bsky.social and @microbiobits.bsky.social and Moisès Bernabeu.

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Phylogeny-aware simulations suggest a low impact of unsampled lineages in the inference of gene flow during eukaryogenesis

Abstract. The topologies of gene trees are broadly used to infer horizontal gene transfer events and characterize the potential donor and acceptor partners

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EvoMG Program @evomg-bcn.bsky.social · 14h

And closing this intense session and the main day of talks, Toni Gabaldón ( @gabaldonlab.bsky.social and @tonigabaldon.bsky.social ), from BSC and IRB ( @irbbarcelona.org ), told us about their work on the evolution and pathogenicity of Candida.

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 2d

Including a position in my group to work on Evolutionary Genomics of Fungal pathogens

EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 5d

📢 EvoMG-DN PhD applications are now open!
Join our EU-funded MSCA network and explore evolution, ageing, and disease.
👉 www.evomg-dn.eu

📅 Apply by 30 November 2025

#PhD #DoctoralTraining #MSCA #HorizonEurope #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #BiomedicalResearch#EarlyCareerResearchers

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EVOMG-Doctoral Network @evomg-dn.bsky.social · 5d

📢 EvoMG-DN PhD applications are now open!
Join our EU-funded MSCA network and explore evolution, ageing, and disease.
👉 www.evomg-dn.eu

📅 Apply by 30 November 2025

#PhD #DoctoralTraining #MSCA #HorizonEurope #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #BiomedicalResearch#EarlyCareerResearchers

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 7d

Only two weeks to apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch prize for the "best thesis in evolutionary biology", don't miss the chance!
@sesbe-org.bsky.social

Isabel Almudi @isabelalmudi.bsky.social · Jun 27

📢 Did you defend your thesis in the last 2 years at a Spanish institution? Are you a member of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social? Apply to the 3rd Pere Alberch Prize for the best thesis in Evolutionary Biology!

Deadline: 15th Oct

More details at sesbe.org/premio-pere-...

Premio Pere Alberch - SESBE

Convocatorias Premiados en ediciones anteriores Convocatoria del III Premio Pere Alberch 2026 a la Mejor Tesis sobre Biología Evolutiva El III premio Pere Alberch a la mejor tesis doctoral sobre...

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 7d

La #evolución también se puede cantar!

Enhorabuena a los ganadores del concurso #RAPconCIENCIA organizado por el @csic.es y con la participación de la @sesbe-org.bsky.social

Podéis ver el vídeo aquí: youtu.be/Fimt7xrUoro

y la noticia aquí: www.csic.es/es/actualida...

9 RAP conCIENCIA - La Evolución

YouTube video by Instituto de Química Física Blas Cabrera IQF-CSIC

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 9d

Looking forward to read it!

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Juli Peretó @julipereto.bsky.social · 11d

@multicellgenome.bsky.social @philipcball.bsky.social @ucciuv.bsky.social @sfelena.bsky.social @pablocarb.bsky.social @ccbiologiquesuv.bsky.social @sesbe-org.bsky.social @tonigabaldon.bsky.social @paucarazo.bsky.social
Thanks @pacoalanaranja.es for the pic that captures the mood of the discussions

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BSC-CNS @bsc-cns.bsky.social · 11d

🍄New study reconstructs the evolutionary tree of fungi and dates key evolutionary transitions in this group using a large amount of fossil evidence.

🟢Published in @natecoevo.nature.com

➡ nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 15d

Genomic divergence across the tree of life 🧪🌐https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319389122

Genomic divergence across the tree of life | PNAS

Nucleotide sequence data are being harnessed to identify species, even in cases in which organisms themselves are neither in hand nor witnessed. Bu...

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 15d

In this meeting I have briefly explained #eurodoc origins and how our participation on the drafting of the European Charter for Researchers by @ec.europa.eu was instrumental to help fighting for the basic working rights of early career researchers in Spain and elsewhere.

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 15d

In this meeting I have briefly explained #eurodoc origins and how our participation on the drafting of the European Charter for Researchers by @ec.europa.eu was instrumental to help fighting for the basic working rights of early career researchers in Spain and elsewhere.

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 15d

Ha sido emotivo participar en estas jornadas conmemorativas de los 25 años de la @fjiprecarios.bsky.social y recordar su fundación y los primeros pasos, así como re-encontrarme con compañer@s de esas luchas y conocer a los que las siguen, avanzando en la dignificación del trabajo en investigación. 💪

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Arnau Sebé-Pedrós @arnausebe.bsky.social · 18d

Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Hervé Rogissart @herverogissart.bsky.social · Aug 29

One week after #ESEB2025, still inspired by great talks, posters and discussions✨. Great time in Barcelona, wonderfully organized, and now back to the PhD with plenty of new ideas! Thanks🙏

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here are all the talks I attended and sketched at #ESEB2025 ! Only a fraction of the 642 speakers at the conference 😮

I had an absolutely amazing week chatting about lots of fascinating science

#sciart #eseb #esebcongress @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Dr Diana Robledo-Ruiz 🍉 @drobledoruiz.bsky.social · Sep 5

What a great conference #ESEB2025 was! Catching up with, and making new friends 🤓 I also presented our latest results on genetic load. And Barcelona was 👌🏼

Grateful to @monashuniversity.bsky.social & @monashbiol.bsky.social for the FoSc Advancing Diversity in Science Grant

@eseb2025.bsky.social

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Zachary M. Bailey @zacharybailey.bsky.social · Sep 5

I had a really great time at ESEB 2025. I think the organizers did a great job 👍, and it was a truly gargantuan effort. I am excited that the next ESEB is a hub conference. I hope that future ESEBs also decide to go plant based and plastic free to become even more sustainable. #ESEB2025 #ESEB2027

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Sep 7

Moltes gràcies Dani!

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Sinead English @englishse.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you #ESEB2025 for a wonderful week of science interactions, symposia, posters, chats with friends old and new. It's such a fantastic conference, the main challenge being choosing among so many wonderful parallel sessions! I loved being in Barcelona and seeing the energy of the organisers.

View of the 'three chimneys' power station next to the sea, near the Forum in Barcelona

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Zorimar Vilella-Pacheco 🇵🇷🧬🎨🌿 @biologaboricua.bsky.social · Aug 25

Had a great time in Barcelona for #ESEB2025! 🌍🧬 Huge thanks to the organizers and my group for making it such a wonderful experience. #evolution

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Dr. Wen-Juan Ma | 马文娟 @wenjuanma84.bsky.social · Aug 24

✨ Huge thanks to @eseb2025.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social for an inspiring week of science in #Barcelona!

Grateful for the chance to connect with old friends and new colleagues: what a community 🌍

Already looking forward to the next #ESEB in 2027! 🙌

#ESEB2025 @academic-chatter.bsky.social

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Daohan "Rex" Jiang @rexjiang.bsky.social · Aug 24

With my #ESEB2025 tour concluded and myself on the way back, I’m arranging photos taken in #Barcelona. First of all, the Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona, which is sweetly located near the conference venue.

Skeleton of a fin whale near the entrance. The whale beached in 1862 and was kept in Catalonia because of local people’s wish.

Some animal specimens in the museum. This set has a theme of “predators”, with animals included here all have some unique/interesting means of hunting.

Fossilized skull of a Ophthalmosaurus incenicus. It’s one of the best known ichthyosaurs thanks to it appearance in the documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs.

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Daohan "Rex" Jiang @rexjiang.bsky.social · Aug 24

Also quite close to the conference venue of #ESEB2025 is Parc de Diagonal Mar. There are a lot of birds (and bugs) here. Very enjoyable to walk around here.

Gulls at Parc de Diagonal Mar, including at least yellow-legged gulls (Larus michaheis) and black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus).

Greylag geese (Anser anser) in the park. Some are sleeping.

Birds in the park. At the center is a gray heron (Ardea cinerea).

A black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum).

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you!