Melisa Olave
@melisaolave.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist 🧬 Associate Researcher (CONICET 🇦🇷) & International Fellow at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 🇬🇧, studying genomics of Patagonia’s biodiversity. Trying to replace X 😊. She/her.
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Melisa Olave
@melisaolave.bsky.social
· Jan 1
Today I’m officially starting as an International Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. I’ll be working with @joanameier.bsky.social on genomics of the spectacular rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards 🦎
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Looking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Looking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.
Reposted by Melisa Olave
Felicitamos a docentes y estudiantes del curso Genómica de la Biodiversidad @ibiogen-latam.bsky.social! 🧬🤓
En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.
En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Felicitamos a docentes y estudiantes del curso Genómica de la Biodiversidad @ibiogen-latam.bsky.social! 🧬🤓
En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.
En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.
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(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research.
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
#Genomics #Biodiversity
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 1:22 PM
(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research.
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
@nature.com is starting an AI assistant to read, summarize, and comment on papers, and (I think) it’s free 👀
👉 natureresearchassistant.com?lid=nmw8nz2v...
👉 natureresearchassistant.com?lid=nmw8nz2v...
Nature Research Assistant: Your new AI-powered research assistant
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October 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
@nature.com is starting an AI assistant to read, summarize, and comment on papers, and (I think) it’s free 👀
👉 natureresearchassistant.com?lid=nmw8nz2v...
👉 natureresearchassistant.com?lid=nmw8nz2v...
Mutation in a splicing enhancer of the DNA repair gene Aplf & an intronic deletion in Dna2 drive chromosomal fission and accelerate speciation in zokor mammals www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Aplf/Dna2 variants drive chromosomal fission and accelerate speciation in zokors
Aplf splicing defect and Dna2 deletion drove chromosomal fission, potentially exacerbating speciation divergence in zokors.
www.science.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Mutation in a splicing enhancer of the DNA repair gene Aplf & an intronic deletion in Dna2 drive chromosomal fission and accelerate speciation in zokor mammals www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Review: A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation | Annual Reviews
Genomic species delimitation is transforming how we understand and define species by enabling a process-oriented and efficient approach to identifying species boundaries. This review outlines the two ...
www.annualreviews.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Review: A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
-Me: OK, I'm ready to accept a single unified species concept.
[email protected]: Two ants, two species, one mother: Iberian harvester ants can produce males that are genetically different species
🤯
Article:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
[email protected]: Two ants, two species, one mother: Iberian harvester ants can produce males that are genetically different species
🤯
Article:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
-Me: OK, I'm ready to accept a single unified species concept.
[email protected]: Two ants, two species, one mother: Iberian harvester ants can produce males that are genetically different species
🤯
Article:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
[email protected]: Two ants, two species, one mother: Iberian harvester ants can produce males that are genetically different species
🤯
Article:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Last days to apply! and remember that @evoargentina.bsky.social is offering 2 scholarships of up to ARS 150,000 each to cover travel costs for the Biodiversity Genomics course 🧬 (Nov 24–28, 2025, Mendoza, Argentina).
Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Last days to apply! and remember that @evoargentina.bsky.social is offering 2 scholarships of up to ARS 150,000 each to cover travel costs for the Biodiversity Genomics course 🧬 (Nov 24–28, 2025, Mendoza, Argentina).
📢 La @evoargentina.bsky.social ofrece 2 becas de hasta ARS 150.000 cada una para cubrir traslado al curso Biodiversity Genomics 🧬 (24-28 nov 2025, Mendoza).
⏳ Postulá hasta el 3/9/25
📄 Formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NWC...
ℹ️ Info del curso: biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
⏳ Postulá hasta el 3/9/25
📄 Formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NWC...
ℹ️ Info del curso: biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
📢 La @evoargentina.bsky.social ofrece 2 becas de hasta ARS 150.000 cada una para cubrir traslado al curso Biodiversity Genomics 🧬 (24-28 nov 2025, Mendoza).
⏳ Postulá hasta el 3/9/25
📄 Formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NWC...
ℹ️ Info del curso: biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
⏳ Postulá hasta el 3/9/25
📄 Formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NWC...
ℹ️ Info del curso: biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
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Very much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.
Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Very much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.
Reposted by Melisa Olave
Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina
In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis.
📝 Pre-registration open
🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
@joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
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Happy to share that the second edition of our course will take place in Argentina from November 24th to 28th. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Happy to share that the second edition of our course will take place in Argentina from November 24th to 28th. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
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Join us on the Wellcome Genome Campus of the Sanger Institute and EBI for a symposium on biodiversity genomics from 27th-29th October! Abstract deadline on 14 July. There is also an option to join via Zoom, but in-person is much nicer if you can make it.
Present your insights from studies into #eukaryotic genomes at our #Biodiversity25 conference! 📈
🗓️ 27-29 October 2025
Submit by 14 July 📩
We encourage submissions showcasing best practices for applying new methods and resources to analyse #biodiversity genomes at scale 🌳🧬
📎 bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
🗓️ 27-29 October 2025
Submit by 14 July 📩
We encourage submissions showcasing best practices for applying new methods and resources to analyse #biodiversity genomes at scale 🌳🧬
📎 bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
June 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join us on the Wellcome Genome Campus of the Sanger Institute and EBI for a symposium on biodiversity genomics from 27th-29th October! Abstract deadline on 14 July. There is also an option to join via Zoom, but in-person is much nicer if you can make it.
Reposted by Melisa Olave
The average American has three friends.
May 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The average American has three friends.
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📢 ¡Atención! Novedades sobre inscripciones, resúmenes, becas y conferencias 🤓
¡Ya está disponible la Tercera Circular del Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución!
➡️ iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
¡Ya está disponible la Tercera Circular del Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución!
➡️ iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
March 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📢 ¡Atención! Novedades sobre inscripciones, resúmenes, becas y conferencias 🤓
¡Ya está disponible la Tercera Circular del Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución!
➡️ iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
¡Ya está disponible la Tercera Circular del Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución!
➡️ iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
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Our newest manuscript has just been released as preprint on bioRxiv: Genomes reveal the age and demographic history of ultrafast adaptive radiation.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Genomes reveal age and demographic consequence of ultrafast adaptive radiation
New species typically evolve over several million years. However, rates of speciation and ecological diversification vary by orders of magnitude across the tree of life, with the fastest shown by some...
www.biorxiv.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our newest manuscript has just been released as preprint on bioRxiv: Genomes reveal the age and demographic history of ultrafast adaptive radiation.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Excited to be at the Speciation Conference GRC this week! On Wednesday, I'll be presenting on the mechanisms driving the fastest speciating lizards on Earth: the rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards. See you there! 🙂
March 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Excited to be at the Speciation Conference GRC this week! On Wednesday, I'll be presenting on the mechanisms driving the fastest speciating lizards on Earth: the rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards. See you there! 🙂
Reposted by Melisa Olave
Dean Adams llega al Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025!
¿Cómo estudiar la evolución de rasgos complejos? 📊🧬 Dean nos trae herramientas innovadoras en su conferencia: "New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Multivariate Phenotypes" 🔍
¿Cómo estudiar la evolución de rasgos complejos? 📊🧬 Dean nos trae herramientas innovadoras en su conferencia: "New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Multivariate Phenotypes" 🔍
February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dean Adams llega al Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025!
¿Cómo estudiar la evolución de rasgos complejos? 📊🧬 Dean nos trae herramientas innovadoras en su conferencia: "New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Multivariate Phenotypes" 🔍
¿Cómo estudiar la evolución de rasgos complejos? 📊🧬 Dean nos trae herramientas innovadoras en su conferencia: "New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Multivariate Phenotypes" 🔍
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This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
www.wired.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...
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Applications open!
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Applications open!
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below!
www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
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I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
February 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
Reposted by Melisa Olave
¡El Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025 te espera! 🧬
📢 Abrimos convocatorias para:
✨ Simposios
✨ Mesas Redondas
✨ Cursos post-congreso
⏳ Fecha límite: 30 de marzo
📝info: iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
📢 Abrimos convocatorias para:
✨ Simposios
✨ Mesas Redondas
✨ Cursos post-congreso
⏳ Fecha límite: 30 de marzo
📝info: iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
February 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
¡El Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025 te espera! 🧬
📢 Abrimos convocatorias para:
✨ Simposios
✨ Mesas Redondas
✨ Cursos post-congreso
⏳ Fecha límite: 30 de marzo
📝info: iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
📢 Abrimos convocatorias para:
✨ Simposios
✨ Mesas Redondas
✨ Cursos post-congreso
⏳ Fecha límite: 30 de marzo
📝info: iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
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😍Por primera vez desde que empezó a otorgarse (en los años 70), dos latinoamericanos recibirán el Premio Tyler considerado el "Nobel del Ambiente": la argentina Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio. Chapeau! 🎩 ¡Dos gigantes! 💝
www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...
www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...
Otorgan el “Nobel del Ambiente” a la cordobesa Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio
Otorgan el “Nobel del Ambiente” a la cordobesa Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio. Es la primera vez que se confiere a voces del sur global.
www.eldestapeweb.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
😍Por primera vez desde que empezó a otorgarse (en los años 70), dos latinoamericanos recibirán el Premio Tyler considerado el "Nobel del Ambiente": la argentina Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio. Chapeau! 🎩 ¡Dos gigantes! 💝
www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...
www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...
Reposted by Melisa Olave
Si sos Latinoamericano/a puede interesarte este llamado a postular a beca de CONICET🇦🇷 en Biología Evolutiva (especiación, filogeografía, filogenias, hibridación, adaptaciones). Se trabajará en un proyecto en colaboración con el Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK).
Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇
Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇
January 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Si sos Latinoamericano/a puede interesarte este llamado a postular a beca de CONICET🇦🇷 en Biología Evolutiva (especiación, filogeografía, filogenias, hibridación, adaptaciones). Se trabajará en un proyecto en colaboración con el Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK).
Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇
Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇