3 days ago I posted a job ad for a PhD position we have available in the lab. I'm always curious to see who applies.

DIAMOND2GO: A rapid Gene Ontology assignment and enrichment tool for functional genomics biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_bioinfo

Happy to announce our paper about the GTRpmix model and exchangeability matrices designed for use with profile mixture models for eukaryote and eukaryote+archaea data sets is published: academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

"The macroecology of knowledge: Spatio-temporal patterns of name-bearing types in biodiversity science" doi.org/10.32942/X28D1M

Largest animal genome ever sequenced: 91 Gb. 18 of 19 chromosomes are each individually larger than the entire 3 Gb human genome. The genomes of all lungfish inform on genome expansion and tetrapod evolution nature.com/articles/s4158… (free: rdcu.be/dRE64)

Indels: computational methods, evolutionary dynamics, and biological applications | Molecular Biology and Evolution academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

JOB OPPORTUNITIES for BOTANISTS: Two *permanent* research positions at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian NMNH). Smithsonian staff scientist positions are highly desirable! Collaboration with ForestGEO would be welcome. Please apply to join us!

🚨The ECSO Lab at Purdue is looking for *two* PhD students and *one* postdoctoral researcher for the projects *“The energetic costs of new genes and cellular complexity”* and *“The physiology and metabolism of common and rare photosymbiotic associations.”* Please share 🙏

Uni Oldenburg is starting a genomics facility, and we are looking for a bioinformatician. uol.de/stellen?stelle… The position is initially for 3 years, but there are chances of permanency after the 3 years. Please share!

I'm seeking a POSTDOC in color evolution, local adaptation, or maintenance and change of intraspecific variation. My website details my work fcsalgado.github.io. If you know of professors with open positions or willing to write proposals, please share their contacts. Thanks!

Find me if you consider applying for your own grant and look for a supervisor in Germany #Staphylinidae #phylogenomics #biodiversity #biogeography

🚨 Job Opening! 🚨 The Natural History Museum is hiring a Head of Molecular Labs to lead and advance our labs and sequencing facility, aligning with the Museum’s evolving and dynamic research needs. Learn more and apply: jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job/J…

Foldmason, our fast and accurate protein structure-base multiple sequence alignment method, has a logo thanks to HBKgenomics. Also, we updated the preprint, including a multi-domain protein benchmark. 📄biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 💾foldmason.steineggerlab.com 🌐search.foldseek.com/foldmason

🧑‍🏫 Un equipo de investigación liderado por Helena Matute - @HelenaMatute.bsky.social ha desarrollado un taller de metodología y pensamiento científico que, si se aplica en centros educativos, disminuye un 78 % las falsas creencias a corto y largo plazo FECYT 🖊️ Eva Rodriguez Nieto agenciasinc.es/Noticias/Ensen…

***Fish can recognize themselves!*** The cleaner #wrasse, a #smallfish known for removing parasites from larger fish, has passed the mirror test—a key indicator of self-awareness in animals.  Researchers placed a mark on the fish's throat that resembled a parasite. #FishCare

🌱 Check the newly published paper ‘Phylogeny and evolution of streptophyte algae’ in Annals of Botany by Maaike Bierenbroodspot Maaike J. Bierenbroodspot and co-authors. 🧵(1/8) 👉 botany.fyi/2k7azi #Botany #Evolution #AoBpapers #Phylogeny #Algae

First publication from the minnow project at LIB by Phd students Oriowo Temitope & Yanis Chrysostomakis. The reference genome is just the beginning for many more research on #Phoxinus. Stay tuned 😉

Looking for a weekend read? 📚 Check out our latest review on the evolution of plant signaling! 🌱 Co-authored with Jan de Vries, Iker Irisarri, and Sophie de Vries, we dive into model-based homology searches and protein kinases. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/13…

The great David Penny's obituary: nature.com/articles/s4155…