Tom Williams
@tweethinking.bsky.social
Computational evolutionary biologist - phylogenetics, molecular and microbial evolution
Reposted by Tom Williams
Our analyses converge on a narrow archaeal root region at/near the base of the Euryarchaeota, supporting hypotheses in which the Last Archaeal Common Ancestor was a complex, free-living (hyper-)thermophilic methanogen.
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Our analyses converge on a narrow archaeal root region at/near the base of the Euryarchaeota, supporting hypotheses in which the Last Archaeal Common Ancestor was a complex, free-living (hyper-)thermophilic methanogen.
John Archibald also wrote an accessible summary of the work here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mosaic evolution of eukaryotic carbon metabolism - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A comparative genomic investigation of metabolism across the tree of life supports the hypothesis that syntrophy — metabolic exchange between symbiotic partners — had a key role in the evolution of eu...
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
John Archibald also wrote an accessible summary of the work here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The position will involve developing pipelines and collaborating with other postdocs working on specific case studies of WGD across these different locations. See project website here www.rediploidisation.org. Feel free to contact James ([email protected]) or me for inquiries, or see the ad.
Project summary | rediploidisation.org
www.rediploidisation.org
February 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The position will involve developing pipelines and collaborating with other postdocs working on specific case studies of WGD across these different locations. See project website here www.rediploidisation.org. Feel free to contact James ([email protected]) or me for inquiries, or see the ad.
The position will focus on phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of whole genome duplication and asynchronous rediploidization in eukaryotes. It's part of a wider large-scale grant (BBSRC sLOLA), with partners across the UK and further afield (e.g. Edinburgh, Oxford, Kew, Bristol, TCD, UCD).
February 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The position will focus on phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of whole genome duplication and asynchronous rediploidization in eukaryotes. It's part of a wider large-scale grant (BBSRC sLOLA), with partners across the UK and further afield (e.g. Edinburgh, Oxford, Kew, Bristol, TCD, UCD).
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February 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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These are Asgard archaea that have evolved by genome reduction from a more complex ancestor, perhaps due to evolving a symbiotic lifestyle … not the only Asgards that have trodden that path…
February 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
These are Asgard archaea that have evolved by genome reduction from a more complex ancestor, perhaps due to evolving a symbiotic lifestyle … not the only Asgards that have trodden that path…