Do you think that doing science costs the same anywhere around the world? The answer is NO! and as illogical as it may sound, it costs more to do science in low-resourced countries than in high income countries. A couple of examples from my own experience as a PI in Mexico (1/🧵)

Excited to share our new paper in PNASNews! 🚀 Halofilins shape archaeal cells during cell-type shifting. For details, check out Alex's threads! Huge thanks to Pohlschroder Lab, Amy Schmid, and great team at @BissonLab. Read more: shorturl.at/tzNqn @MPI_Bio

🌊✨ Excited to share our new review in Development on the molecular bases of multicellular development in brown algae! 🌿🔬 #BrownAlgae #EvoDevo #Multicellularity #DevelopmentalBiology Link: doi.org/10.1242/dev.20…

Job alert 📢 We are looking for a new Independent Junior Group Leader in plant molecular biology ZMBP! Submit your application by December 8th as a single pdf Please RT #plantscijob #JuniorPI

I am super happy my first first-author paper is out (nature.com/articles/s4158…)! There’s even a thoughtful “news and views” along with it (nature.com/articles/d4158…). Here is my summary of our work in 20 tweets:

Our latest: Orphan genes are not a distinct biological entity. Orphan genes, aka loci with no homologous genes outside a focal taxon, are widely used as proxies of lineage-specific genes that are important for adaptation and innovation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bi…

A new 3D chromatin 🧬map in brown algae is out Nature Communications ! New insights on UV chromosome structure and an acient endogenous viral element (EVE) interacts with telomeres! Congratulations Pengfei Liu, Susana Coelho, Chang Liu and all team @MPI_Bio rdcu.be/dZAqH

Also UNCW is hiring an Assistant Professor in Marine Biology Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to marine botany, phycology, mycology, and research programs that integrate marine genomics and quantitative approaches. jobs.uncw.edu/postings/34004

Recruiting Junior Scientists and Postdocs | Maize Genome Breeding Team @ Yazhouwan National Laboratory, Sanya, China. If you have any further question, contact the email in the post

The PhaeoExplorer paper is finally out! A collaboration of 50 research groups worldwide, generating genomic data for all major brown algal groups and conducting extensive analyses to unravel brown algal evolution. Props to everyone involved! 🎉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Grateful to see our work on the evolution of new (proto-)genes in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment highlighted in Nature Ecology and Evolution's Year in Review! Link to original article: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

🚨Preprint 🚨 I'm really happy to finally share our exploits in red algae and introduce the wider community to Bostrychia, the new model system we have been developing to tackle the molecular biology of red algae. Isn't she a beauty? Thread below 🧵 1/8 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I am very excited to see my first PhD paper out as a preprint. "The expanded Bostrychia moritziana genome unveils evolution in the most diverse and complex order of red algae". Huge thanks to Michael Borg for the great supervision and guidance through this exciting project!🎉

🧬 MSc & PhD opportunities in evolutionary genomics! Join my lab at Cinvestav Irapuato to develop projects around: - Taxonomically-restricted genes - De novo gene birth dynamics - Pseudogene co-option 📍 More info: josuebarrera.owlstown.net/projects 📩 Apply: [email protected]

Please spread the word🙏: [PhD Position in Computational Evolutionary Transcriptomics] If you are interested in doing a PhD in gorgeous Scotland on 'Why embryo development goes wrong sometimes?', please consider applying to our wonderful team in Dundee! dundee.ac.uk/phds/opportuni…

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New online! An evolutionary continuum between non-coding and coding DNA bit.ly/4m6Kz6F