Vincent CASTRIC
@vincentcastric.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist @CNRS - European citizen 🇪🇺.
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In this latest piece, part of a trans-Atlantic enriching collaboration, we investigate sex-specific differences in gametogenesis in fish hybrids underlying clonal reproduction: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sex-specific modifications of gametogenesis in natural and lab-bred Fundulus spp. hybrids
Successful hybridization between species can be limited by a variety of reproductive barriers; the emergence of asexual lineages is an example of a strong post zygotic barrier that is relatively rare ...
www.biorxiv.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
In this latest piece, part of a trans-Atlantic enriching collaboration, we investigate sex-specific differences in gametogenesis in fish hybrids underlying clonal reproduction: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Rapid compensatory evolution within a multiprotein complex preserves telomere integrity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @levine-lab.bsky.social very cool work
Rapid compensatory evolution within a multiprotein complex preserves telomere integrity
Intragenomic conflict with selfish genetic elements spurs adaptive changes in subunits of essential multiprotein complexes. Whether and how these adaptive changes disrupt interactions within such comp...
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Rapid compensatory evolution within a multiprotein complex preserves telomere integrity www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @levine-lab.bsky.social very cool work
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Parent-offspring conflict over sex determination in non-Mendelian systems https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.26.690632v1
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Parent-offspring conflict over sex determination in non-Mendelian systems https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.26.690632v1
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🎉 The PGRP2026 website is live & registration is OPEN!
👉 malaga-en.congresoseci.com/pgrp2026/index
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers
Don’t miss out: we´ll also select speakers from submitted abstracts ❗️
Hurry up! we have limited seats!
Join us in Málaga, Oct 5–7, 2026 🌞
👉 malaga-en.congresoseci.com/pgrp2026/index
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers
Don’t miss out: we´ll also select speakers from submitted abstracts ❗️
Hurry up! we have limited seats!
Join us in Málaga, Oct 5–7, 2026 🌞
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🎉 The PGRP2026 website is live & registration is OPEN!
👉 malaga-en.congresoseci.com/pgrp2026/index
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers
Don’t miss out: we´ll also select speakers from submitted abstracts ❗️
Hurry up! we have limited seats!
Join us in Málaga, Oct 5–7, 2026 🌞
👉 malaga-en.congresoseci.com/pgrp2026/index
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers
Don’t miss out: we´ll also select speakers from submitted abstracts ❗️
Hurry up! we have limited seats!
Join us in Málaga, Oct 5–7, 2026 🌞
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🌷 Petite parenthèse printanière en cette fin d’année : saviez-vous que les motifs marbrés des tulipes sont dûs à la présence de virus ?
C’est connu depuis un siècle, mais le mécanisme exact reste mystérieux !
C’est connu depuis un siècle, mais le mécanisme exact reste mystérieux !
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🌷 Petite parenthèse printanière en cette fin d’année : saviez-vous que les motifs marbrés des tulipes sont dûs à la présence de virus ?
C’est connu depuis un siècle, mais le mécanisme exact reste mystérieux !
C’est connu depuis un siècle, mais le mécanisme exact reste mystérieux !
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#Podcast Odeurs : les fleurs se mettent au parfum, à (ré)écouter via @franceculture.fr ! #ScienceCQFD
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Odeurs : les fleurs se mettent au parfum
Les fleurs constituent l’un des “cartons” de l’histoire évolutive, représentant plus de 90% de la diversité végétale. Les composés volatiles qu'elles produisent sont mis à contribution par la parfumer...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#Podcast Odeurs : les fleurs se mettent au parfum, à (ré)écouter via @franceculture.fr ! #ScienceCQFD
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Looks like it is becoming a trend 😅!
@newphyt.bsky.social you may also want to edit that title 🔽
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social you may also want to edit that title 🔽
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Looks like it is becoming a trend 😅!
@newphyt.bsky.social you may also want to edit that title 🔽
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social you may also want to edit that title 🔽
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Pour connaître les études faites sur les #champignons @univparissaclay.bsky.social
#fungi
www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/actualites/c...
#fungi
www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/actualites/c...
Champignons : lumière sur un règne encore trop méconnu et aux fascinants pouvoirs
Longtemps rapprochés, à tort, des végétaux, les champignons forment un règne extrêmement diversifié dont la majeure partie demeure insoupçonnée. Ces organismes représentent pourtant des modèles passio...
www.universite-paris-saclay.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Pour connaître les études faites sur les #champignons @univparissaclay.bsky.social
#fungi
www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/actualites/c...
#fungi
www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/actualites/c...
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🪱 Selfish genes are everywhere and drive some of biology’s biggest innovations (CRISPR, antibody recombination, epigenetics). Yet almost no one asks the obvious question: how does a selfish gene begin? Our new manuscript uncovers how selfishness can emerge directly from the host genome.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🪱 Selfish genes are everywhere and drive some of biology’s biggest innovations (CRISPR, antibody recombination, epigenetics). Yet almost no one asks the obvious question: how does a selfish gene begin? Our new manuscript uncovers how selfishness can emerge directly from the host genome.
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Our new collaborative work led by @taliamycota.bsky.social
Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social
and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al.
tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5
(1/n)
Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social
and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al.
tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5
(1/n)
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our new collaborative work led by @taliamycota.bsky.social
Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social
and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al.
tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5
(1/n)
Jiajun Cui & Emma Caullireau between my lab @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @cloeucl.bsky.social & the Karasov Lab (tkarasovlab.org) @uofubiology.bsky.social
and collaborators: @plantricia.bsky.social et al.
tinyurl.com/5yx2wmz5
(1/n)
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We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download
Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
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Seeking a postdoc position?
Balancing selection is a fascinating process: malaria resistance, self-incompatibility,etc. Yet, countless examples remain hidden in genomes!
If this question intrigues you, the project led by Laure Segurel and Violaine Llaurens (Paris + Lyon) is perfect! urlr.me/Huj2De
Balancing selection is a fascinating process: malaria resistance, self-incompatibility,etc. Yet, countless examples remain hidden in genomes!
If this question intrigues you, the project led by Laure Segurel and Violaine Llaurens (Paris + Lyon) is perfect! urlr.me/Huj2De
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Post-doctoral fellow (M/F): Assessing the power of current methods to detect balancing selection in population genomic datasets
urlr.me
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Seeking a postdoc position?
Balancing selection is a fascinating process: malaria resistance, self-incompatibility,etc. Yet, countless examples remain hidden in genomes!
If this question intrigues you, the project led by Laure Segurel and Violaine Llaurens (Paris + Lyon) is perfect! urlr.me/Huj2De
Balancing selection is a fascinating process: malaria resistance, self-incompatibility,etc. Yet, countless examples remain hidden in genomes!
If this question intrigues you, the project led by Laure Segurel and Violaine Llaurens (Paris + Lyon) is perfect! urlr.me/Huj2De
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#OpenCloning is a an Open Source alternative to SnapGene/Benchling that supports automation and integration with other software
✅ Free
🔓 Open Source
🧬 More cloning methods than SnapGene
🤖 Can be automated with python
👨🔬 Built by a researcher — for researchers!
👉 Check it out at opencloning.org
✅ Free
🔓 Open Source
🧬 More cloning methods than SnapGene
🤖 Can be automated with python
👨🔬 Built by a researcher — for researchers!
👉 Check it out at opencloning.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
#OpenCloning is a an Open Source alternative to SnapGene/Benchling that supports automation and integration with other software
✅ Free
🔓 Open Source
🧬 More cloning methods than SnapGene
🤖 Can be automated with python
👨🔬 Built by a researcher — for researchers!
👉 Check it out at opencloning.org
✅ Free
🔓 Open Source
🧬 More cloning methods than SnapGene
🤖 Can be automated with python
👨🔬 Built by a researcher — for researchers!
👉 Check it out at opencloning.org
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With the 50-year rise of Arabidopsis as the most studied plant, is it time for its downfall?
Let’s investigate it’s history and outlook 🧵
Let’s investigate it’s history and outlook 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
With the 50-year rise of Arabidopsis as the most studied plant, is it time for its downfall?
Let’s investigate it’s history and outlook 🧵
Let’s investigate it’s history and outlook 🧵
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Can anyone help:
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Can anyone help:
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
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Registration for #APSPM2026 closes soon.
Everyone’s welcome! whether you study evolution, structure, or computational methods, join us in Brisbane (and online) Feb 16–18, 2026 to learn how protein structure meets phylogenetics.
biosig.lab.uq.edu.au/strphy26
@official-smbe.bsky.social
Everyone’s welcome! whether you study evolution, structure, or computational methods, join us in Brisbane (and online) Feb 16–18, 2026 to learn how protein structure meets phylogenetics.
biosig.lab.uq.edu.au/strphy26
@official-smbe.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Registration for #APSPM2026 closes soon.
Everyone’s welcome! whether you study evolution, structure, or computational methods, join us in Brisbane (and online) Feb 16–18, 2026 to learn how protein structure meets phylogenetics.
biosig.lab.uq.edu.au/strphy26
@official-smbe.bsky.social
Everyone’s welcome! whether you study evolution, structure, or computational methods, join us in Brisbane (and online) Feb 16–18, 2026 to learn how protein structure meets phylogenetics.
biosig.lab.uq.edu.au/strphy26
@official-smbe.bsky.social
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It's Friday. This means it is time for a new post on #Autism : The Evidence. If you missed last week, I discussed what is TRULY behind the rise in prevalence. Today I am going to talk about what it is not: #VACCINES . They are SAFE and EFFECTIVE, but where did this idea come from?
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
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I was quite impressed and humbled yesterday to give a talk at the @linneansociety.bsky.social, in front of this very portrait and plate!
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I was quite impressed and humbled yesterday to give a talk at the @linneansociety.bsky.social, in front of this very portrait and plate!
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📌 Appel à propositions pour les mini-#symposia à #JOBIM2026
📅 #JOBIM aura lieu à Strasbourg du 30/06 au 3/07/26
ℹ️ Sessions thématiques afin de favoriser les échanges autour de sujets émergents, interdisciplinaires ou particulièrement dynamiques en #bioinformatique et #biologie #computationnelle
📅 #JOBIM aura lieu à Strasbourg du 30/06 au 3/07/26
ℹ️ Sessions thématiques afin de favoriser les échanges autour de sujets émergents, interdisciplinaires ou particulièrement dynamiques en #bioinformatique et #biologie #computationnelle
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
📌 Appel à propositions pour les mini-#symposia à #JOBIM2026
📅 #JOBIM aura lieu à Strasbourg du 30/06 au 3/07/26
ℹ️ Sessions thématiques afin de favoriser les échanges autour de sujets émergents, interdisciplinaires ou particulièrement dynamiques en #bioinformatique et #biologie #computationnelle
📅 #JOBIM aura lieu à Strasbourg du 30/06 au 3/07/26
ℹ️ Sessions thématiques afin de favoriser les échanges autour de sujets émergents, interdisciplinaires ou particulièrement dynamiques en #bioinformatique et #biologie #computationnelle
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Fun week for DNA methylation research! Here is a thread of three cool papers that came out, all with an evolution angle. And a bonus 4th that examines DNAme/PcG interplay (certainly an interest for our lab!) #Epigenetics
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Fun week for DNA methylation research! Here is a thread of three cool papers that came out, all with an evolution angle. And a bonus 4th that examines DNAme/PcG interplay (certainly an interest for our lab!) #Epigenetics
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I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
PhyloWeaver – Interactive phylogenetic tree editor
Edit and visualize phylogenetic trees directly in your browser. PhyloWeaver lets you interactively rearrange tree topologies and export high-quality figures for publications and presentations.
yawak.jp
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’ve released a tool to sketch and edit phylogenetic trees!
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
yawak.jp/PhyloWeaver/
Load a Newick file and intuitively add/remove/resize branches.
Useful for quick conceptual trees, extracting subtrees, or turning ideas into Newick.
Reposted by Vincent CASTRIC
gggenomes: A Grammar of Graphics for Comparative Genomics thackl.github.io/gggenomes/ #Rstats
A Grammar of Graphics for Comparative Genomics
An extension of ggplot2 for creating complex genomic maps. It builds on the power of ggplot2 and tidyverse adding new ggplot2-style geoms & positions and dplyr-style verbs to manipulate the…
thackl.github.io
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
gggenomes: A Grammar of Graphics for Comparative Genomics thackl.github.io/gggenomes/ #Rstats
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We are growing our first #Arabidopsis accessions!! Thanks to Nacho and colleagues at CRAG @uab.cat and Sònia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social!!
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We are growing our first #Arabidopsis accessions!! Thanks to Nacho and colleagues at CRAG @uab.cat and Sònia @sphaeromeria.bsky.social @ibb-botanic.bsky.social!!