Marcus Hicks
@marcushicks.bsky.social
PhD student at QMUL and UCL CBER working on seasonality in Amazonian butterflies
Oostra group
Oostra group
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Are you excited about pangenomics? If so, join us in Edinburgh on 8-9th June to discuss the latest methods & insights from using these approaches across biodiversity! More details here:
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!
Pangenomics transforms evolutionary biology | Royal Society
This Theo Murphy meeting organised by Dr Joana Meier, Dr Henry North and Dr Charlotte Wright, will showcase cutting-edge pangenome tools, applied uses of pangenomes which are transforming health and a...
royalsociety.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Are you excited about pangenomics? If so, join us in Edinburgh on 8-9th June to discuss the latest methods & insights from using these approaches across biodiversity! More details here:
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!
It continues to be a pleasure to be involved in this project and I am eager to see what breakthroughs will follow from our work!
I'm very excited that our paper on Project Psyche is now published! 🦋🧬
Over the last two years we've built an incredible community & already made huge progress. Read about this & how @projectpsyche.bsky.social will drive exciting and collaborative science here:
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Over the last two years we've built an incredible community & already made huge progress. Read about this & how @projectpsyche.bsky.social will drive exciting and collaborative science here:
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level
reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found
in Europe. Here, we describe t...
www.cell.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It continues to be a pleasure to be involved in this project and I am eager to see what breakthroughs will follow from our work!
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Out today, our take on 6-methyladenine #6mA evolution in Eukaryotes @natgenet.nature.com. We asked a simple question, is really DNA 6mA common across the eukaryotes? The answer is "yes" if you're a unicellular eukaryote 🦠, not so if you're multicellular 🐝🌱🍄. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/9
Adenine DNA methylation associated with transcriptionally permissive chromatin is widespread across eukaryotes - Nature Genetics
Long-read sequencing in 18 unicellular eukaryotes reveals that 6mA is widespread across eukaryotes and is enriched at transcriptionally permissive regions, which are also marked by H3K4me3.
www.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Out today, our take on 6-methyladenine #6mA evolution in Eukaryotes @natgenet.nature.com. We asked a simple question, is really DNA 6mA common across the eukaryotes? The answer is "yes" if you're a unicellular eukaryote 🦠, not so if you're multicellular 🐝🌱🍄. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/9
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In July, our reporter traveled to the Italian Alps and to Barcelona, Spain, to observe researchers capturing moths and butterflies and then sequencing their genomes. It was all part of the most ambitious biology project ever: to sequence every species on Earth.
The Genome Revolution Takes Flight: Mapping the DNA of Europe’s Lepidoptera
An expedition in the Italian Alps unleashes advanced genome sequencing
spectrum.ieee.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In July, our reporter traveled to the Italian Alps and to Barcelona, Spain, to observe researchers capturing moths and butterflies and then sequencing their genomes. It was all part of the most ambitious biology project ever: to sequence every species on Earth.
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PhD position for Chinese nationals! London-based, funded by China Scholarship Council & @qmul.bsky.social
"Ecology & genomics of climate adaptation: mapping functional genetic variation in wild insect populations"
shorturl.at/Vfi8W
DM for more info!
#conservation #genomics #ecology #biodiversity
"Ecology & genomics of climate adaptation: mapping functional genetic variation in wild insect populations"
shorturl.at/Vfi8W
DM for more info!
#conservation #genomics #ecology #biodiversity
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
PhD position for Chinese nationals! London-based, funded by China Scholarship Council & @qmul.bsky.social
"Ecology & genomics of climate adaptation: mapping functional genetic variation in wild insect populations"
shorturl.at/Vfi8W
DM for more info!
#conservation #genomics #ecology #biodiversity
"Ecology & genomics of climate adaptation: mapping functional genetic variation in wild insect populations"
shorturl.at/Vfi8W
DM for more info!
#conservation #genomics #ecology #biodiversity
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Whole Genome Sequencing Will Transform Our Understanding of Life. The Earth BioGenome Project is using cutting-edge tech like long-read sequencing to map the DNA of 1.8 million organisms. Researchers anticipate major discoveries in evolution and medicine.
Mass-Scale Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Understanding of Life
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence 1.8 million species. It's one of the most ambitious science projects ever, and it will revolutionize biology
spectrum.ieee.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Whole Genome Sequencing Will Transform Our Understanding of Life. The Earth BioGenome Project is using cutting-edge tech like long-read sequencing to map the DNA of 1.8 million organisms. Researchers anticipate major discoveries in evolution and medicine.
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I'm looking for a postdoc to join the lab as part of @leverhulme.ac.uk funded interdisciplinary team working on butterfly scale structure development jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
September 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'm looking for a postdoc to join the lab as part of @leverhulme.ac.uk funded interdisciplinary team working on butterfly scale structure development jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Great to be involved in this exciting endeavour !! @projectpsyche.bsky.social
(6/6)📄 In our new whitepaper (EcoEvoRxiv) we discuss our aims to coordinate this collaborative analysis of Lepidoptera genomes, turning data into impact for science, conservation and society.
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Now available at 👉 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
#ProjectPsyche #Genomics
Project Psyche: Generating and utilising reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
ecoevorxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Great to be involved in this exciting endeavour !! @projectpsyche.bsky.social
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Very happy to present my research at @eseb2025.bsky.social yesterday! It was an incredibly engaging experience, with great discussions during the poster session and thoughtful conversations afterwards. Grateful for the interest and feedback! @eseb.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Very happy to present my research at @eseb2025.bsky.social yesterday! It was an incredibly engaging experience, with great discussions during the poster session and thoughtful conversations afterwards. Grateful for the interest and feedback! @eseb.bsky.social
Very happy to have had the opportunity to share my research @eseb2025.bsky.social yesterday - a great turnout and some great discussion afterwards! #eseb2025
August 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Very happy to have had the opportunity to share my research @eseb2025.bsky.social yesterday - a great turnout and some great discussion afterwards! #eseb2025
Just touched down in Barcelona for @eseb2025.bsky.social ! Excited to present about reproduction (or a lack thereof) in Neotropical butterflies!
Come and see my talk here: Tuesday 4pm in Room 131: S51-09 😎
Come and see my talk here: Tuesday 4pm in Room 131: S51-09 😎
August 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Just touched down in Barcelona for @eseb2025.bsky.social ! Excited to present about reproduction (or a lack thereof) in Neotropical butterflies!
Come and see my talk here: Tuesday 4pm in Room 131: S51-09 😎
Come and see my talk here: Tuesday 4pm in Room 131: S51-09 😎
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Another week another poster! Pleasure to present at the QMUL Postgraduate Research Symposium
June 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Another week another poster! Pleasure to present at the QMUL Postgraduate Research Symposium
Great to take my first foray into Pedagogy at the Festival of Education yesterday - lots of very inspiring scholars and teachers !!
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great to take my first foray into Pedagogy at the Festival of Education yesterday - lots of very inspiring scholars and teachers !!
Looking forward to giving a presentation about the evolution and mechanisms of reproductive plasticity in tropical butterflies at the ESEB congress this summer! Excited to hear about other implications of climate change on reproduction in the same symposium
@eseb2025.bsky.social
@eseb2025.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Looking forward to giving a presentation about the evolution and mechanisms of reproductive plasticity in tropical butterflies at the ESEB congress this summer! Excited to hear about other implications of climate change on reproduction in the same symposium
@eseb2025.bsky.social
@eseb2025.bsky.social
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👩🏾💻 It’s finally here! 👩🏾💻
We’re excited to announce the launch of our official website for Cost Action 10kLepGenomes: www.10klepgenomes.eu 🦋
We invite you to explore and stay updated with our progress in Lepidoptera genomics! 🧬
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
We’re excited to announce the launch of our official website for Cost Action 10kLepGenomes: www.10klepgenomes.eu 🦋
We invite you to explore and stay updated with our progress in Lepidoptera genomics! 🧬
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
w10klepgenomes.eu
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
👩🏾💻 It’s finally here! 👩🏾💻
We’re excited to announce the launch of our official website for Cost Action 10kLepGenomes: www.10klepgenomes.eu 🦋
We invite you to explore and stay updated with our progress in Lepidoptera genomics! 🧬
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
We’re excited to announce the launch of our official website for Cost Action 10kLepGenomes: www.10klepgenomes.eu 🦋
We invite you to explore and stay updated with our progress in Lepidoptera genomics! 🧬
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
Brilliant time at the @projectpsyche.bsky.social spring meeting in Lund this week - lovely conversations and an even lovelier library
March 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Brilliant time at the @projectpsyche.bsky.social spring meeting in Lund this week - lovely conversations and an even lovelier library
I had the privilege of sharing my work with some of the world's leading lepidopterists today - many thanks to @gmkov.bsky.social and co for hosting Lepinars year round!
January 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I had the privilege of sharing my work with some of the world's leading lepidopterists today - many thanks to @gmkov.bsky.social and co for hosting Lepinars year round!
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Tempo and mode of winter diapause evolution in butterflies
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @EvolLetters by Sridhar Halali, Etka Yapar, Christopher W Wheat, Niklas Wahlberg, Karl Gotthard, Nicolas Chazot, Sören Nylin, and Philipp Lehmann
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @EvolLetters by Sridhar Halali, Etka Yapar, Christopher W Wheat, Niklas Wahlberg, Karl Gotthard, Nicolas Chazot, Sören Nylin, and Philipp Lehmann
Tempo and mode of winter diapause evolution in butterflies
Abstract. Quantifying the tempo and mode via modern phylogenetic comparative methods can provide key insights into how selection and constraints shape trai
doi.org
December 9, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Tempo and mode of winter diapause evolution in butterflies
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @EvolLetters by Sridhar Halali, Etka Yapar, Christopher W Wheat, Niklas Wahlberg, Karl Gotthard, Nicolas Chazot, Sören Nylin, and Philipp Lehmann
doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Now in @EvolLetters by Sridhar Halali, Etka Yapar, Christopher W Wheat, Niklas Wahlberg, Karl Gotthard, Nicolas Chazot, Sören Nylin, and Philipp Lehmann
Another busy edition of our departmental EED (EcoEvoDevo) meetings, with special thanks to @katieemelianova.bsky.social for a great talk about TEs and radiations!
December 10, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Another busy edition of our departmental EED (EcoEvoDevo) meetings, with special thanks to @katieemelianova.bsky.social for a great talk about TEs and radiations!
PhD Opportunity in the wonderful Oostra lab at QMUL!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you know anyone interested, or know anyone working in China (PRC), please send this forward!
Deadline is 29 Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you know anyone interested, or know anyone working in China (PRC), please send this forward!
Deadline is 29 Jan
December 9, 2024 at 1:43 PM
PhD Opportunity in the wonderful Oostra lab at QMUL!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you know anyone interested, or know anyone working in China (PRC), please send this forward!
Deadline is 29 Jan
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you know anyone interested, or know anyone working in China (PRC), please send this forward!
Deadline is 29 Jan