Irene Gallego Romero
@ee-reh-neh.bsky.social
Same content, different website! Human evolutionary genomics, functional genomics and archaic hominins. Group leader in Human Genomics at SVI in Melbourne/Naarm, Australia. Durian evangelist. Sometimes I go to Estonia.
Ducks at Carlton Gardens this afternoon. Looks longitudinal but it's cross sectional 😅
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ducks at Carlton Gardens this afternoon. Looks longitudinal but it's cross sectional 😅
After two talks today, a well earned treat!
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
After two talks today, a well earned treat!
Mountains of Java; tea in Jakarta
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Mountains of Java; tea in Jakarta
It's a shameful situation but at least the memes are entertaining
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's a shameful situation but at least the memes are entertaining
You can see in the pics that they're different colours and shapes, this one is maoshan wang/musang king. But also don't drink while actually eating the durian!
October 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
You can see in the pics that they're different colours and shapes, this one is maoshan wang/musang king. But also don't drink while actually eating the durian!
Hm, the inside appearance will tell you a bit - the colour and shape of the flesh. Do you know if it's Thai or Malay? If Thai, possibly monthong? I'm a big fan of black thorn and red prawn but those are hard to find!
Either way, make sure it's room temp and just go one bit of flesh at a time.
Either way, make sure it's room temp and just go one bit of flesh at a time.
October 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hm, the inside appearance will tell you a bit - the colour and shape of the flesh. Do you know if it's Thai or Malay? If Thai, possibly monthong? I'm a big fan of black thorn and red prawn but those are hard to find!
Either way, make sure it's room temp and just go one bit of flesh at a time.
Either way, make sure it's room temp and just go one bit of flesh at a time.
Ikea sending me this portable induction burner as an apology when my stovetop repairs took too long has brought me so much delicious joy.
October 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Ikea sending me this portable induction burner as an apology when my stovetop repairs took too long has brought me so much delicious joy.
Move to Australia they said, marsupials are cute and fluffy they said.
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Move to Australia they said, marsupials are cute and fluffy they said.
Once again stranded in Doha but at least I've made a friend
September 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Once again stranded in Doha but at least I've made a friend
Anyhow I saw the best garden hedge in London today A+++ no regrets
September 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Anyhow I saw the best garden hedge in London today A+++ no regrets
Heading to Greenwich the right way this beautiful morning
September 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Heading to Greenwich the right way this beautiful morning
Dear editor sorry my review is late I am finding typing it up somewhat challenging at this moment
August 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Dear editor sorry my review is late I am finding typing it up somewhat challenging at this moment
Now that I've given my talk at today's excellent #ourdna symposium I can share this slide I put together for it. I knew these numbers, because I was the one paying for things, but still:
August 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Now that I've given my talk at today's excellent #ourdna symposium I can share this slide I put together for it. I knew these numbers, because I was the one paying for things, but still:
These are trying times so may I offer you a photo of my cat, Pinot Noir, looking like a renaissance masterpiece to ease them, even if just a tiny bit?
I know (too?) many of you are familiar with his butt from zoom meetings, but this is his *actual* good side.
I know (too?) many of you are familiar with his butt from zoom meetings, but this is his *actual* good side.
August 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
These are trying times so may I offer you a photo of my cat, Pinot Noir, looking like a renaissance masterpiece to ease them, even if just a tiny bit?
I know (too?) many of you are familiar with his butt from zoom meetings, but this is his *actual* good side.
I know (too?) many of you are familiar with his butt from zoom meetings, but this is his *actual* good side.
Hard at work here in Singapore with @gthibault.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hard at work here in Singapore with @gthibault.bsky.social
I just called the wildlife hotline and it was a great IVR system. Press 1 for birds and raptors. Press 2 for possums and gliders. You will hear possum facts while you are in the queue.
(I was calling about this little fella, who shouldn't be out at this hour, but has since gone back home)
(I was calling about this little fella, who shouldn't be out at this hour, but has since gone back home)
July 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I just called the wildlife hotline and it was a great IVR system. Press 1 for birds and raptors. Press 2 for possums and gliders. You will hear possum facts while you are in the queue.
(I was calling about this little fella, who shouldn't be out at this hour, but has since gone back home)
(I was calling about this little fella, who shouldn't be out at this hour, but has since gone back home)
Disappointed to see that @natureportfolio.nature.com journals only extend OA fee waivers to authors in low income and lower-middle income countries, and leave out upper-middle income countries, where the max per-capita income is 14,005 USD as per the 2025 cut-offs.
July 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Disappointed to see that @natureportfolio.nature.com journals only extend OA fee waivers to authors in low income and lower-middle income countries, and leave out upper-middle income countries, where the max per-capita income is 14,005 USD as per the 2025 cut-offs.
Lunch while working from home: I may be stuck on Aim 2 of this grant but at least I'm very well fed... Not to mention the luxury of my very own self-proclaimed poison taster, or whatever he thinks he is 😹
July 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Lunch while working from home: I may be stuck on Aim 2 of this grant but at least I'm very well fed... Not to mention the luxury of my very own self-proclaimed poison taster, or whatever he thinks he is 😹
We tile through ~300 ultra conserved elements 10bp at a time in 6 taxa (some alive, some extinct), to ask, are they the reason the two skulls below- separated by 160 million years of evolution - are so similar?
(image from former PhD student Laura Cook)
(image from former PhD student Laura Cook)
July 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We tile through ~300 ultra conserved elements 10bp at a time in 6 taxa (some alive, some extinct), to ask, are they the reason the two skulls below- separated by 160 million years of evolution - are so similar?
(image from former PhD student Laura Cook)
(image from former PhD student Laura Cook)
It's so good to see that my cat is finally getting the respect he deserves.
June 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It's so good to see that my cat is finally getting the respect he deserves.
So the language is a bit complicated, but that's activity for either the AMH or the introgressed allele, aggregated. The specific numbers are broken down a bit more in the text, but honestly, figures 1E and F have you covered (and are one of my faves in the paper):
May 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
So the language is a bit complicated, but that's activity for either the AMH or the introgressed allele, aggregated. The specific numbers are broken down a bit more in the text, but honestly, figures 1E and F have you covered (and are one of my faves in the paper):
We've finally reached the end stage of this paper...
April 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
We've finally reached the end stage of this paper...
I have waited 21 years for this
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I have waited 21 years for this
Happy to report I'm crushing @davisjmcc.bsky.social after one round of #2025MMM. Our labs get really into it!
March 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Happy to report I'm crushing @davisjmcc.bsky.social after one round of #2025MMM. Our labs get really into it!
"Finnair operado por Iberia" tripulación 100% iberia avión de Iberia, vamos que lo llamen como quieran
February 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"Finnair operado por Iberia" tripulación 100% iberia avión de Iberia, vamos que lo llamen como quieran