Champi
Evo-devo researcher at the University of Málaga, Spain. Barça fanatic. Sparrows lover. Beer drinker. Cheese and salmon eater. Warhammer gamer and painter. 🇪🇸🇯🇵
- Reposted by ChampiCome to Alacant!! #Drosophila @droseu.bsky.social
- We are happy to announce that registration for #DrosoSpain2026 is now open! Please register and submit your abstracts until the 20th of February at: drosospain.umh.es Looking forward to seeing you all in Alicante soon!
- Reposted by ChampiI've started my own lab 🎉 PhD/postdoc positions available - reach out if curious about cerebellum evo-devo and autism spectrum disorders. We’re based at Uni Tartu, Institute of Genomics (home to Estonian Biobank), and funded by @simonsfoundation.org @embo.org, and the Estonian Research Council.
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- Reposted by ChampiWe are thrilled that our study on the evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development – led by @ioansarr.bsky.social, @marisepp.bsky.social and @tyamadat.bsky.social, in collaboration with @steinaerts.bsky.social – is now out in @ScienceMagazine! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- How does gene regulation shape brain evolution? Our new preprint dives into this question in the context of mammalian cerebellum development! rb.gy/dbcxjz Led by @ioansarr.bsky.social, @marisepp.bsky.social and @tyamadat.bsky.social, in collaboration with @steinaerts.bsky.social
- Reposted by ChampiOur latest: Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history, led by @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social with help from friends @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social including @anariesgo.bsky.social @evopalaeo.bsky.social Davide Pisani and many others
- Reposted by ChampiBack from the amazing #sesbe2026 meeting, congrats to @paucarazo.bsky.social & the other organizers! Excellent science, meeting colleagues & sharing our work with a great talk by @biomanu1998.bsky.social SESBE is the place to be! @irbio-ub.bsky.social @sesbe-org.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social
- Reposted by ChampiThousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money 1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI @manuelansede.bsky.social english.elpais.com/science-tech...
- Thrilled to be part of the Spanish #EvoDevOmics network. The amazing talent within it shows how strong evo-devo is in Spain. Exciting and fruitful collaborations ahead!
- Back in BCN after an great week in Valencia, 1st meeting of #EvoDevOmics network with @mirimiam.bsky.social @anariesgo.bsky.social @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social @patrialvarezcam.bsky.social @jpascualanaya.bsky.social @phylobrain.bsky.social @fany-real.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social & Nuria Flames
- Reposted by ChampiThen #sesbe2026 meeting, with great time discussing the latest on EvoBiol in Spain, presenting our work on mayflies by María Morán, who won best poster prize @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social
- Reposted by ChampiBack in BCN after an great week in Valencia, 1st meeting of #EvoDevOmics network with @mirimiam.bsky.social @anariesgo.bsky.social @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social @patrialvarezcam.bsky.social @jpascualanaya.bsky.social @phylobrain.bsky.social @fany-real.bsky.social @imaeso.bsky.social & Nuria Flames
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- Reposted by ChampiSpanish EvoDevo at its best. Congrats to the team on this cool work 🥂🍾 Turns out that “deep conservation of CREs across hundreds of millions of years is far more widespread than previously recognized” Check it out👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
- Our work on the evolution of the regulatory genome of echinoderms is now out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Led by my former PhD Marta Magri, Danila Voronov & Saoirse Foley. Great collaboration of Arnone, Hinman & Maeso labs, started long time ago with our missed José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta: rdcu.be/eXX8l
- Reposted by ChampiWe are pleased to announce our next #SEBD2026 meeting! The meeting will take place in El Rompido, Huelva, from the 28th to the 30th of October 2026 #savethedate @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social @ijdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @devdynamics.bsky.social
- Reposted by ChampiOur work on the evolution of the regulatory genome of echinoderms is now out in @natecoevo.nature.com. Led by my former PhD Marta Magri, Danila Voronov & Saoirse Foley. Great collaboration of Arnone, Hinman & Maeso labs, started long time ago with our missed José Luis Gomez-Skarmeta: rdcu.be/eXX8l
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- Reposted by ChampiCongratulations to @paucarazo.bsky.social and the other organizers of the #sesbe2026 meeting of the @sesbe-org.bsky.social . It has been a wonderful conference with nice talks, posters and networking, I the wonderful city of Valencia, my home town.
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- Reposted by Champi#ERCCogG granted!!! Immensely grateful for this opportunity. Thanks @erc.europa.eu . Many news coming soon. New lab opening and will be posting positions. 🦈🧠🤍 Go sharkies!
- The results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 buff.ly/uu62uFV #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
- I'm very happy to become a member of #SEBD Board. Thanks a lot to my colleagues for their support. Looking forward to contributing to our community!
- 🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch! 📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility. 🙏Please, RT!
- Reposted by ChampiWe are thrilled to share our new preprint entitled “The origin and molecular evolution of the mammalian liver cell architecture” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by ChampiDid transposable elements shape brain evolution — and if so, which ones, and in which cell states and lineages? Led by @tyamadat.bsky.social, we explored this question in cerebellum development using sequence-based deep learning models! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by ChampiOur study on a male-essential microRNA and the evolution of other dosage compensation mechanisms in birds is now out in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Zapatero: "El PP de Andalucía tendría que hablar menos de Puigdemont y dedicarse más a la sanidad pública" www.eldiario.es/1_c121ca?utm...
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- In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/w...
- Reposted by ChampiNo new genes needed to fly - just rewire what you have! 🦇🧬 Great new paper from the labs of @fany-real.bsky.social @stemundi.bsky.social @dariloops.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415... #EvoDevo #SingleCell #BatWings
- Reposted by ChampiShark embryos of four different developmental stages, growing outside of their eggcases 🦈 🧪
- Yesterday my student Anita and I visited Tatsuya Hirasawa’s lab @utokyoofficial.bsky.social together with Wataru Takagi (AORI, Uni Tokyo). We had an afternoon full of fruitful discussions w/ everyone in his lab. Very excited by the new collaborative projects on the #hagfish we just started
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- Reposted by ChampiGetting the message across from a distance: 🧬REX🧬 is a “Range EXtender” element that can turn short-range into looooooooooooong-range enhancers Great collaboration led by @gracebower.bsky.social and @evgenykvon.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... @biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
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- Always impressive to work on evo-devo questions using this wonderful animal. One more year visiting my colleagues and friends in Japan during the spawning season of the Arctic lamprey, Lethenteron camtschaticum. Thank you, Takagi-san and Sugahara-san!
- Reposted by ChampiI’m very excited to share our work on the early evolution of animal regulatory genome architecture - the main project of my postdoc, carried out across two wonderful and inspirational labs of @arnausebe.bsky.social and @mamartirenom.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- This year I'll be teaching early vertebrate evolution and basic phylogenetics analysis at the II International Summer School on Systems Biology, organized by Valeria Di Dato, @szndohrn.bsky.social Check what's all about, and share the info with your students! isssb2022.wixsite.com/isssystemsbi...
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- Los docentes de la Universidad de Málaga claman contra los recortes en pleno desembarco de universidades privadas www.eldiario.es/1_bb7484?utm...
- Reposted by ChampiWatch our new video (in Spanish!) to learn why we are focused on searching the #Magnificent8 – eight lineages that remain unknown and that may be key to understand the origin of animals. 🧬🦠 #multicellularity @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @prbb.org youtu.be/RMJ_5xtZvmI?...
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- Reposted by ChampiVery glad of having been part of this fantastic collaboration now available at Nature Communications! congrats especially to @hrhorkan.bsky.social and @drsalamander.bsky.social !! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by Champi🐦 Calling all Early Birds! Hurry up and seize the opportunity to participate in the upcoming ESEB Congress, set in the vibrant city of Barcelona 🌟 🎟️ Secure now your place at the best possible price 👉🏻 eseb2025.com/registration... #ESEB2025 #Biology #Evolution #Genomics
- Reposted by ChampiHappy to share our Slow cooked work together with @mcgregorlab.bsky.social, @posnienlab.bsky.social , @nuneslab.bsky.social sky.social and Saad Arif and the collaboration of @maikekittelmann.bsky.social, Fernando Casares & @laurensr.bsky.social and many other friends rdcu.be/d8whP
- Reposted by ChampiJob alert! We are seeking a research technician and lab manager to join our lab and an ERC funded project. If you'd like to work with beautiful insects in beautiful Barcelona, don't hesitate and contact us: www.mayflyecoevodevo.com/joinus
- Reposted by ChampiNew paper about molting in nematodes. 🙂https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.27.634690v1
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- Reposted by ChampiMonod Conference "Origin of metazoans": fossils, genomes, cell biology, gene regulation, development, and more. Join us in Roscoff for an exceptional speaker line-up and stunning venue! 🗓️Abstract deadline: March 4. Register and share! www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/origin-me...
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