Fantastic feedback from our first in person event in a couple of years! Thanks so much to all our amazing speakers and volunteers. We can't wait to do it all again next year😁Applications for 2023 open in December...#justsaying

New work from Samer Al-Saffar's master's thesis! We test which methods are best for estimating the amount of positive selection from MK-type data. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you want to know more about codon usage bias and protein evolution in bacteria and are at #ESEB2022 come by my talk at 14.30 :)

Mutation bias (in Arabidopsis thaliana) – is it real? [0/24|

In 1859, Thomas Austin imported 24 rabbits from England to Australia. Little did he know that these rabbits would trigger one of the most devastating biological invasions in recorded history. Our paper at PNASNews, tells this story: pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.107…

Strong evidence that mol #evolution follows #AdaptiveWalk model across large timescales: Pop genomic datasets show that young genes adapt faster & are subject to mutations of larger fitness effects Ana Filipa Moutinho Adam Eyre-Walker Julien Y. Dutheil #PLOSBiology plos.io/3S3Uv1A

#1001Genomes — the gift that keeps on giving Magnus Nordborg Ana Filipa Moutinho et al: Relationship between evolutionary age of genes and their molecular rate of adaptation in Arabidopsis journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

Our paper "Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene" is out in Science Magazine! We study how genetic diversity is lost by habitat loss to help define UN Biodiversity #Sustainable targets science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @CarnegieScience Carnegie Plants Carnegie Ecology Stanford University

Say hi to Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE)! the pan-European project bringing together @BIOSCANEurope & European Reference Genome Atlas in an unprecedented effort to reverse the #biodiversity crisis through large-scale application of #genomics research: biodiversitygenomics.eu #DNA #GenomeSequencing #Barcoding 🧬🐝🌿

Did you ever wonder whether/how the genetic architecture of a trait gets remodeled by the environment? Well, here is a treat! GxE interactions, dietary stress, cryptic genetic variation, outbred #Drosophila and more in our new paper! 🪰🧬 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Soapbox science today in Brighton! Even in a rainy day our speakers manage to draw some attention 🥼👩‍🔬Soapbox Science University of Sussex #WomenInSTEM

We recently welcomed Colgar, Selma and Ezequiel from the University of Namibia to the Oxford School of Archaeology for an #ivory DNA workshop. This visit was supported by AfOx and is the stepping stone of international collaboration for elephant #conservation. Exciting times ahead!

A few years ago, we embarked on a journey to rethink science communication. Today, we are thrilled to launch #TheDiaryOfAScientist—a project that unites scientists, journalists, and artists to celebrate the curiosity driving research. Explore it here: publico.pt/interactivos/d…

At OxfordSparks, we love sci com! The Diary of a Scientist project aims to unite scientists, journalists and artists to celebrate curiosity driving research. Check out the project by Joel Alves (Oxford School of Archaeology) and colleagues here 👉publico.pt/interactivos/d…