Melisa Olave
Evolutionary Biologist 🧬 Associate Researcher (CONICET 🇦🇷) & International Fellow at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 🇬🇧, studying genomics of Patagonia’s biodiversity. Trying to replace X 😊. She/her.
- The Tree of Life @sangerinstitute.bsky.social is recruiting at the Group Leader 2 (equivalent to associate professor) or Group Leader 3 (equivalent to full professor) level. More info: sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
- 📢 SNPs2CF v1.7 just released! R functions used to compute concordance factors from SNP data for phylogenetic network inference using PhyloNetworks. Version 1.7 now considers multiple SNPs in a window, boosting informative sites. 🔗 github.com/melisaolave/...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveLooking back to a wonderful week of teaching biodiversity genomics in Mendoza, Argentina. The participants from 8 South and Central American countries learned the basics of biodiversity genomics from assessing data quality to performing population and comparative genomics analysis.
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveFelicitamos a docentes y estudiantes del curso Genómica de la Biodiversidad @ibiogen-latam.bsky.social! 🧬🤓 En especial a nuestros socios Ivan de Magalhaes @6eyes8legs.bsky.social y Pía Pacheco, ganadores de una beca de traslado de nuestra Sociedad.
- Reposted by Melisa Olave(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research. #Genomics #Biodiversity www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
- @nature.com is starting an AI assistant to read, summarize, and comment on papers, and (I think) it’s free 👀 👉 natureresearchassistant.com?lid=nmw8nz2v...
- Mutation in a splicing enhancer of the DNA repair gene Aplf & an intronic deletion in Dna2 drive chromosomal fission and accelerate speciation in zokor mammals www.science.org/doi/full/10....
- Review: A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- -Me: OK, I'm ready to accept a single unified species concept. -@nature.com: Two ants, two species, one mother: Iberian harvester ants can produce males that are genetically different species 🤯 Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Last days to apply! and remember that @evoargentina.bsky.social is offering 2 scholarships of up to ARS 150,000 each to cover travel costs for the Biodiversity Genomics course 🧬 (Nov 24–28, 2025, Mendoza, Argentina).
- Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course 📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis. 📝 Pre-registration open 🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com @joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
- 📢 La @evoargentina.bsky.social ofrece 2 becas de hasta ARS 150.000 cada una para cubrir traslado al curso Biodiversity Genomics 🧬 (24-28 nov 2025, Mendoza). ⏳ Postulá hasta el 3/9/25 📄 Formulario: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NWC... ℹ️ Info del curso: biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveVery much looking forward to teaching our second edition of the Latin American biodiversity genomics course, this time in Argentina.
- Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course 📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis. 📝 Pre-registration open 🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com @joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
- Introduction to Biodiversity Genomics Course 📅 Nov 24–28, 2025 | 📍 Mendoza, Argentina In-person course for Latin Americans starting with genomic data analysis. 📝 Pre-registration open 🔗 biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com @joanameier.bsky.social @evoargentina.bsky.social
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveHappy to share that the second edition of our course will take place in Argentina from November 24th to 28th. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveJoin us on the Wellcome Genome Campus of the Sanger Institute and EBI for a symposium on biodiversity genomics from 27th-29th October! Abstract deadline on 14 July. There is also an option to join via Zoom, but in-person is much nicer if you can make it.
- Present your insights from studies into #eukaryotic genomes at our #Biodiversity25 conference! 📈 🗓️ 27-29 October 2025 Submit by 14 July 📩 We encourage submissions showcasing best practices for applying new methods and resources to analyse #biodiversity genomes at scale 🌳🧬 📎 bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveThe average American has three friends.
- Reposted by Melisa Olave📢 ¡Atención! Novedades sobre inscripciones, resúmenes, becas y conferencias 🤓 ¡Ya está disponible la Tercera Circular del Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución! ➡️ iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveOur newest manuscript has just been released as preprint on bioRxiv: Genomes reveal the age and demographic history of ultrafast adaptive radiation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Excited to be at the Speciation Conference GRC this week! On Wednesday, I'll be presenting on the mechanisms driving the fastest speciating lizards on Earth: the rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards. See you there! 🙂
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveDean Adams llega al Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025! ¿Cómo estudiar la evolución de rasgos complejos? 📊🧬 Dean nos trae herramientas innovadoras en su conferencia: "New Methods for Understanding the Evolution of Multivariate Phenotypes" 🔍
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveThis is absolutely devastating www.wired.com/story/nation...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveApplications open! The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below! www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveI lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
- Reposted by Melisa Olave¡El Congreso Latinoamericano de Evolución 2025 te espera! 🧬 📢 Abrimos convocatorias para: ✨ Simposios ✨ Mesas Redondas ✨ Cursos post-congreso ⏳ Fecha límite: 30 de marzo 📝info: iiclevol-tuc-2025.wixsite.com/iiclevol
- Reposted by Melisa Olave😍Por primera vez desde que empezó a otorgarse (en los años 70), dos latinoamericanos recibirán el Premio Tyler considerado el "Nobel del Ambiente": la argentina Sandra Díaz y el brasileño Eduardo Brondizio. Chapeau! 🎩 ¡Dos gigantes! 💝 www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveEn la pasada V Reunión Argentina de Biología Evolutiva tuvimos un Simposio Extendido de Evo-Devo 🤓 Pasen a conocer el reporte que nos traen @marinastrelin.bsky.social y Eduardo Zattara!
- We aimed to foster evo-devo research and networking in Argentina and the region in 2023. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveDifundimos convocatoria! 🤓 Llamado a candidatos/as a solicitar Becas del CONICET en el Grupo de Genómica Evolutiva de Plantas (IBAM, UNCuyo, Mendoza) Más detalles en el cartel 👇🏾
- Excellent PhD fellowship opportunity! PhD fellowship Marie Curie in Evolutionary Hologenomics: understanding the role of gut microorganisms in evolutionary dietary shifts. Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen More info: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
- Si sos Latinoamericano/a puede interesarte este llamado a postular a beca de CONICET🇦🇷 en Biología Evolutiva (especiación, filogeografía, filogenias, hibridación, adaptaciones). Se trabajará en un proyecto en colaboración con el Wellcome Sanger Institute (UK). Comienza Agosto 2025. Más info debajo👇
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveApply now for the ASN Student Research Awards by March 14! Ten awards of $2k each will be given to research that advances the the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, or behavior. More info here: bit.ly/asn_grant_25
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveWe are hiring a new entomological curator in Hamburg at the Leibniz institute for the analysis of biodiversity change… Please share and apply!!! 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2024-20-...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveSigo mirando lo que actualizó la Oficina Nacional de Presupuesto. ¿Hay mucha diferencia entre prorrogado y presentado para 2025? Depende del organismo, poco en CONICET, mucho en SICyT, Agencia, UUNN, ...
- Reposted by Melisa Olave“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveThere is one week to apply for the 2025 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (MOLE) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA! More info here: molevolworkshop.github.io Apply here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad... Application deadline: Jan. 29th Workshop dates: May 22nd - June 1st
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveJust a few days left to apply for the Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program! Participants receive funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025 in Athens, GA. Apply by Monday! buff.ly/4eExoFL @evolmtg.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Melisa OlaveAre you or do you know an undergrad interested in evolution? The SSE Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program provides funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025. Applications due Monday! buff.ly/4eExoFL
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveBluesky now has 27 million users. That's the population of Australia. Welcome to Australia.
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveThe first chapter of my dissertation is finally out. Thanks to all my co-authors and mentors. Gustavo Londoño, Martha Muñoz (@marthamunoz.bsky.social ), Don Miles (@lizardprof.bsky.social) and Rosario Castañeda doi.org/10.1093/evol... (1/5).
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveParallel and convergent evolution in genes underlying seasonal migration doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Luz E Zamudio-Beltrán et al.
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveFor students interested in evolution & DNA sequence variation: At Stockholm University we are offering a Masters programme in Evolutionary Genomics from fall 2025. Application deadline soon - Jan 15, 2025! www.su.se/english/sear... #evolution #genomics #masters #HigherEd
- Today I’m officially starting as an International Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. I’ll be working with @joanameier.bsky.social on genomics of the spectacular rapid radiation of Liolaemus lizards 🦎 chin chin 🥂
- I guess I would write something similar about BEAST I ❤️ BEAST (even though ASTRAL is awsome 😅) #2ndGenerationOfPhylogeneticist
- I made this over the break. Why would I do such a thing? Am I some sort of #phylogenetics dork? Well... yes, but that's not why. To fully explain I'll have to do one of those sewing-strings-wrapped-around-a-spool dealies. 1/ 🧪
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveNew study by @tribblelab.bsky.social @jimarcor.bsky.social @marcialescudero.bsky.social Michael May, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson and myself just out: Introduces a novel HiSSE chromosome model and demonstrates the importance of chrom. evol. in #sedge diversity. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Excelente documental de la UBA que habla de diferentes líneas de investigación que se llevan adelante en Argentina. Cómo funciona, para qué sirve, por qué es importante financiar ciencia y el daño que desfinanciamiento del 2024 está causando 👇🏽 youtu.be/-ZsFMFLASSU?...
- Mientras tanto www.science.org/content/arti...
- Told you.
- Breaking news: A 2020 paper that sparked widespread enthusiasm for hydroxychloroquine as a #COVID19 treatment has been retracted, following campaigning by scientists who alleged the research contained major scientific flaws and may have breached ethics regulations. scim.ag/4iR9bQ6
- A cute mom 🕷️ and her little ones. From Mendoza 🇦🇷
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveA new genomic study in Science encompassing more than 300 genomes spanning the last 50,000 years has revealed how a single wave of Neanderthal gene flow into early modern humans left an indelible mark on human evolution. scim.ag/4gkMvpz
- A new lizard species from Argentina and discussions about complex scenarios for species delimitation by Juan Vrdoljak et al., including @kisanchez.bsky.social @mmorando.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveIT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveSo true. One health needs Ecology.
- Important piece by Gittleman - “It’s impossible to separate human health from health of the natural world. Ecology is the unifying science that integrates knowledge..[the] One Health approach is unlimited, exciting, & necessary for the health of life on our planet” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪🌎🌐🌾
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveLooking for reviewers before Christmas
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveMerecidísimo premio "Científicas que cuentan" a @ValeArvejita 👇por su gran tarea 👏👏👏👏 Chapeau! Aquí, su agradecimiento. Vale la pena escucharla (extracto)
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveTwo years ago, we initiated a special issue, Eco-evolutionary dynamics in changing environment for @jevbio.bsky.social. It has now been published - the authors contributed a great set of papers: ow.ly/8bXr50Ssp0T; editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/.... Tereza Nekovářová drew the cover art for us. 💙
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveI made a starter pack of speciation researchers. Please let me know if you or someone you know would like to be added. I am particularly sad that so far there are not many speciation researchers from the Global South represented. go.bsky.app/J7qDY56at://did:plc:dpwndus4rqkqtl56ixvern33/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lcnshzxwq62u
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveMy entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...
- Hoy con @kisanchez.bsky.social dimos el que creemos es el primer curso de redes filogenéticas en Argentina 👏🏼👏🏼 #networkthinking
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveNos siguen en otras redes sociales? Pueden encontrar todas acá: linktr.ee/evoargentina
- Reposted by Melisa Olave🚨 Con @claudiocormick.bsky.social les traemos una primicia en exclusiva 🚨 Prepárense porque a partir del 1 de diciembre se viene el calendario de adviento más ateo del mundo. Llegan... ⭐️⭐️⭐️ LOS LOGROS DE LA CIENCIA ARGENTINA EN UN AÑO DE MIERDA 💩💩💩
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveEn las últimas décadas, el número de personas paralizadas por la polio se redujo en un 99% 👇 Gracias a la vacunación
- In the last four decades, the number of people who were paralyzed by polio was reduced by over 99%. This chart is from my article on why we can be the generation that ends polio forever everywhere: ourworldindata.org/global-fight...
- -vemos una peli hoy? Y vos tipo…
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- Somos la Sociedad Argentina de Biología Evolutiva e inauguramos esta cuenta el #diadelaevolucion 🤓 Hace 165 años #Darwin publicaba El Origen de las Especies. Con esta foto del Urugua-í, recordamos la metáfora final de su libro "Es interesante contemplar una ribera enmarañada..."
- Se agrava la fuga de cerebros de la UNCuyo: más científicos y profesores renuncian por los bajos salarios www.mdzol.com/sociedad/202...
- El peligroso menosprecio por la ciencia en Argentina El desfinanciamiento del sistema científico implementado por el Gobierno nacional está generando el cierre de numerosas líneas de investigación y una nueva fuga de cerebros. www.losandes.com.ar/editorial/el...
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- Reposted by Melisa Olave📣📣PhD alert📣📣 Come work with me and @orlyrazgour.bsky.social at the Uni of Exeter. Using genomics to understand bat population declines. 🦇🧬🦇 Message us for more details. Link here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by Melisa OlavePlease share our new Erasmus-funded MSc programme GLOBE (Global Change Ecology & Biodiversity Management). Scholarships include 1400 E/month stipend. Spend time in Bangor (beautiful N. Wales), Madrid, Lisbon & Mexico! globe-master.eu
- Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveActualizaciones sobre dengue, mañana jueves 21 a las 19 hs
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveThe struggle is real. #WritersCommunity #WriteLife
- Reposted by Melisa OlaveNew faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
