⏰ 🧬 My first first-author paper is now out in Molecular Ecology! We conducted the first review and meta-analysis of DNA methylation markers of ageing, evaluating effects of experimental protocol on the performance of epigenetic clocks in non-model animals. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Most of our talks and posters are today! #SMBE2023 #SMBE23

Happy to share our paper on Indian wolves (Indian peninsular and Himalayan wolves). Indian wolves are unique and ancient with no gene flow between the wolves. SpringerLink link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Excited to share our new pre-print, in which John Welch and I think about introgression line data and the genetic architecture of heterosis. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The first chapter of Pedro Morell 's PhD thesis is now out in G3 Genetics Society of America 🐑🎉 Demographic Reconstruction of the Western Sheep Expansion from Whole-Genome sequences w Elias André doi.org/10.1093/g3jour…

We finally published the first paper of my thesis at Genetics Society of America G3 with Torsten Günther and Elias André If you are interested on sheep evolution and/or demographic history, give it a look: academic.oup.com/g3journal/adva…

"The root of the problem may lie in the nomination process." Not A Scientist reports on #SSBPrize 's shameful gender diversity record. theprint.in/opinion/pov/12…

India's SME IPOs, which have suddenly seen increased retail interest over the past few months, has finally caught SEBI's attention. Resharing a story I did with Ashutoshasj on the booming market for these tiny listings bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

🕯️💡Our new study illuminates the mystery of why insects swarm around lights! Turns out, it's not attraction, but disorientation - insects mistake artificial lights for the sky and spiral around them. FIU Nat Geo Explorers Imperial Dragonfly Lab Florida Museum nature.com/articles/s4146…

Excited to share our latest publication on #vocalbehaviour of #Microhyla’s from #IndianSubcontinent published today in PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment peerj.com/articles/16903 #AnimalBehavior #Biodiversity #Zoology #frogs #amphibians #bioacoustics

One of the papers from my PhD is out now in Current Biology with my supervisor Carolin Wendling  and in collaboration with @c_igler. What selects against prophages ? What allows them to stay? ⬇️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #bacteriophages #phages #lysogeny #evolution #science

Here is a shameless plug for my first postdoc paper, a big collaboration with lots of cool people at UCSC, particularly co-first author Chloe Orland. Read it to learn about abalone, population bottlenecks, IBD (or lack thereof), and chrom. inversions! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Why data is meaningful only if you know the context.....

Thank you everyone! #smbeBeyond

One of the best things about attending conferences is that you get a chance to see what your former students are up to. It's great to see what Erkin Alaçamlı Megha Srigyan Pedro Morell have turned into #SMBEbeyond

What I don't get about academia is the chronic lack of celebration. It is hard to get & maintain grant funding, hard to get papers accepted without Faustian bargains, hard to be a great mentor, & hard to maximize trainee success. All of it is hard. We should celebrate everything.

I have a new story in the Washington Post on how Burning Man die-hards hope this year's lackluster ticket sales will mean a throwback to the old days, before "sparkleponies" and Silicon Valley ruined it washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/08…

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Check out our review on the Evolution of Sensory Receptors, the incredible molecular machines that decode the outside sensory world! 🪲🐭🦎🐙🐓🦠🦗🐌💃

Our study on ancient Anatolian sheep 🐑 genomes 🧬 is finally out!!! Tons of insights into the early domestication processes in Anatolia and some interesting bits to look into with further research across Eurasia. Check the paper by Damla Kaptan et al: doi.org/10.1093/molbev…