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Great to finally get this out. Last paper from postdoc looking at Transcription factor evolution in cockroaches and termites. Some interesting questions to address with all the new genomes that since come out. link.springer.com/article/10…
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Please contact me in case you are looking for a postdoc lab and your are interested in the experimental ecology and evolution of metabolic interactions within microbial comunities.
I would be happy to support your application at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 👇
Humboldt Research Fellowship 2027 in Germany | Fully Funded
Applications are now open for the Humboldt Research Fellowship 2027. This is a great opportunity for international researchers to conduct research in Germany with full financial support and access to top institutions.
Benefits include: Monthly stipend (€3,000–€3,600), travel allowance, health insurance support, free German language course, family allowances, and strong academic support.
📍 Duration: 6–24 months
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This fellowship allows you to work with leading researchers and gain international experience in your field.
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Don’t really use this anymore but thought this interesting . This paper in 2020 estimated bees contribute 235 - 577 billion dollars to global food production mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/9/1413. Which today would be max 724 billion dollars. Musk is thought to be worth 676 to 850 billion.
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Work we are doing in @Leicester_Phage
Also to avoid confusion. That is not a picture of me 😁
Check out Dr Andrew Millard discussing the latest collection of phages from Dudley Zoo animals on Midlands Today. It's not to be sniffed at! Clip at 04:53
👉bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
ALT Giraffe at Dudley Zoo
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Super excited to share our new study from the @JD_Buenrostro Lab in @Nature! We developed a computational method for tracking transcription factor and nucleosome binding using single-cell ATAC-seq and deep learning.
Paper: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Excited to share my PhD findings! We discovered that air #pollution alters the biofilm formation of #bee gut commensal Snodgrassella and disrupts the bumblebee gut #microbiome - highlighting new environmental impacts on pollinators and microbial ecology.
nature.com/articles/s41522-0…
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After 4y in the making, I am super excited that my main PhD project is published 🎉🥳🎉🎉🥳
nature.com/articles/s41588-0…
LEMUR is a tool to analyze multi-condition single-cell data and model differential expression as a continuous function of the cell-state space.
Some highlights⬇️
ALT Overview of the LEMUR steps: (1) subspace alignment, (2) differential expression, (3) DE neighborhoods, (4) pseudobulking.
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Two stages of evolution... @GrantKinsler @gsherloc @PetrovADmitri use #ExperimentalEvolution in yeast to show that while 1st-step mutants appear pleiotropic in nature, 2nd-step mutations show a shift towards modular adaptation #PLOSBiology plos.io/4glXoXJ
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AIDO.Cell: Scaling Dense Representations for Single Cell with Transcriptome-Scale Context biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Thank you @ERC_Research, feeling truly challenged by this project and can't wait to see it unfold 🪁 The list of people to thank for the support is way too long, but I'm super grateful for everyone there ❤️
All known living cells produce proteins from the same 20 coded amino acids.
Now new research from Klára Hlouchová @science_charles aims to construct a bacterial strain relying on only 19!
Discover 👉 europa.eu/!Q7nR77
🇪🇺#FrontierResearch #ERCCoG
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Online Now: Long-range regulation of transcription scales with genomic distance in a gene-specific manner dlvr.it/TGXV8Y
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If you have ever wondered whether the PAML documentation could be more interactive... We have good news for you! The PAML GitHub repository has been updated and a fresh PAML Wiki is now available for you to navigate the PAML documentation! 📄💻 (1/n)
github.com/abacus-gene/paml/…
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What gets erased when you integrate single cell data, and can you recover it? Finally, we know what happens and how to recover the lost signals. So excited to share CellANOVA, published online today in NBT! go.nature.com/4hZnzW5
Recovery of biological signals lost in single-cell batch integration with CellANOVA go.nature.com/4hZnzW5
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We’re offering 3 fully funded PhD positions to explore:
1) Neuron diversity in ctenophores
2) Vision in mosquitos
3) paediatric brain tumour
💡 Projects combine experimental & computational approaches.
⏳ Deadline: Early January.
🌟 Apply now: findaphd.com/phds/?Keywords=…
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Recent studies have revealed unexpected Y chromosome diversity and suggest that the Y may play an outsized role in evolution. @_Axeman_and I wrote this perspective for @EvolLetterswith a few suggestions and requests. academic.oup.com/evlett/adva… Images by
@jacejostles
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easySCF: A Tool for Enhancing Interoperability Between R and Python for Efficient Single-Cell Data Analysis academic.oup.com/bioinformat… 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/xleizi/easySCF
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Stronger promoters not only transcribe more RNA but also show higher effective translation rates.
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Reduced regulatory complexity associated with the evolutionary transition to sociality from cockroaches to termites despite ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_evobio
My first Preprint from my postdoc @bornberglab
Looking at Transcription factors in cockroaches and termites and the regulatory changes that are associated with Eusociality
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
