Luisa F. Pallares
Evolutionary biologist. Max Planck Research Group Leader at MPI Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. #CienciaCriolla
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresPlease share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026. Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresJust discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful! here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresA new paper on the genetics of fluctuating asymmetry... An old collaborative work finally published!! Thanks to Fred Peronnet and co and reviewer Ian Dworkin academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
- Contanto los días para el VIII Simposio Colombiano de Biología Evolutiva en Bogotá! Nos vemos allá! #CienciaCriolla
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- One of my fav conferences! Haven't been there in a while, but this year I'm for sure attending. Who else is coming to Copenhagen? Looking forward to catching up with the SMBE crowd again 🧬🤓🧬
- Abstract submission & Award applications for SMBE 2026 are now open! Submit your research and apply for SMBE awards via the submission portal. 📝 Read more & submit here: smbe2026.org/abstracts And symposium selection is now finalized! 👉 See all accepted symposia: smbe2026.org/programme #SMBE2026
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresJoin us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
- A todos los biólogos evolutivos en Bogotá - @jorgeapenas.bsky.social, no solo un muy buen amigo, sino un fantástico científico, estará hablando sobre evolución de la cooperación mañana en los Andes a las 12:30pm. Pa' que vayan! #CienciaCriolla
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresOur journals @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @jexpbiol.bsky.social offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3,000 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Apply by 6 February 2026. biologists.com/grants/trave...
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresGenome editing in brown algae! 🧬🪸🌿 Now out in Cell Reports Methods! Excited to share this highly efficient, transgene-free CRISPR–Cas genome editing protocol for brown algae, requiring no cloning and no specialized equipment. doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... #CRISPR #BrownAlgae @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresExpressions of interest: Director at MPI EvolBio (f/m/d) — We invite expressions of interest from distinguished scientists in evolutionary biology with a bold, long-term research vision that complements our Institute. More information: www.evolbio.mpg.de/3856225/Dire...
- Welcome @miyapan.bsky.social !
- A warm welcome goes to @miyapan.bsky.social who has joined the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen as a new Max Planck Research Group Leader! Read more about her "Insect Sex Determination and Development" group here: tinyurl.com/9sbj5b3u We wish you a great start Miya! #MaxPlanck #Biology
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- Thanks to @eseb.bsky.social for funding our proposal for a Special Topic Network on Polygenic Adaptation. Watch out for workshops/seminars and more activities. The STN runs for several years, so we hope this innitiative can sustain the network of oldies and new members of the polygenic community!
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- Cool paper @fredguillaume.bsky.social!
- Can we predict gene expression evolution? In flour beetles, transcriptome-wide selection predicts expression change, with indirect selection acting strongest on pleiotropic, network-central genes—linking co-expression architecture to adaptation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic... Photo: Udo Schmidt
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- Inspired in this iconic Guarda course, a group of four Latin American researchers organized the South American version: #EvoSur. The masterminds behind this amazing idea: Paco Majic (Uruguay) @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, Santi Herrera (Colombia), Caua Westmann (Brasil) and Ana Maria Agapito (Perú).
- The 2026 Guarda Summer Course in Evolutionary Biology is now accepting applications. Amazing place, amazing course, amazing opportunity for early grad students. tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
- #EvoSur brought together 24 students (from undergrad to PhD) and 5 PIs from *ALL* South American countries to discuss Evolutionary Biology in general, and EvoBio in Latin America, in particular.
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- Go Uni Tübingen! 💪
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresKudos to @pdevillemereuil.bsky.social for writing a blog post about our paper published earlier this years in the one and only @peercomjournal.bsky.social ! You want to know how genetically variable plasticity is in your fav system, and what components of reaction norm shape vary the most? Try this!
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- Next in our institute's busting myths series: Can @canaztekin.bsky.social talking regeneration!
- Is human limb regeneration science fiction? 🤯 What if the oxygen we breathe suppresses our ability to regenerate? @canaztekin.bsky.social busts myths and reveals the potential of regeneration. Watch the video: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths
- ***Super cool-project alert***⚠️ Come work with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social and me in trying to understand how transcriptional noise evolves in a phylogenetic context 🧬 Deadline 15th Dec 2025 (Project funded by @dfg.de @gevol.bsky.social)
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresBrasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204 #genome #evolution
- Are you looking for a brief and clear perspective on the factors associated with between-individual variation that go beyond SNPs? Check out the thread below 👇 It was a pleasure to particpate in this, and shout-out to James @jphippstan.bsky.social who led our contribution to this perspective🧬
- 🔊New perspective piece out @genomebiolevol.bsky.social. "The Genomic Kaleidoscope: On the Hidden Dimensions of Within-Species Genomic Diversity" 💡🌀🌈 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... Co-led with @mbrasovives.bsky.social and @diegoharta.bsky.social Check out our thread! 🧵👇 (1/n)
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresPhD position available in evolutionary genomics/bioinformatics (hoehnalab.github.io/job_adverts/...). Topic: analyzing gene expression evolution across several firefly species and linking expression changes to genomic architecture. The position is jointly supervised with @anaevolcatalan.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresJob Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresAre you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on. (Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
- So happy to be part of the @dfg.de GEvol SPP! Looking forward to the next 3 years of collaborations with all the labs, and in particular with @dirkmetzler.bsky.social with whom we have a very exciting project on the evolution of transcriptional noise in the Drosophila clade! 🪰🧬🪰
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresPreparations for the next JEDI meeting are underway! The upcoming Junior European #Drosophila Investigator / #NewPI meeting is planned for Portugal in June. Final dates and additional details will be announced soon - stay tuned for updates!
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresRegistration is now open for SMBE 2026! Head over to the registration page to find all the details and secure your spot 🏃♀️ 📝 smbe2026.org/registration 🐦 Early-bird deadline: March 31, 2026 If you are an active member of the SMBE you can register for the meeting with discounts. #SMBE2026
- Reposted by Luisa F. Pallares🪰 🧬16th #DrosEU2026 Workshop & Satellite #DrosophilaSuzukii Meeting Conference will take place 13–17 April 2026 in #Montpellier, France 🇫🇷. We look forward to connecting with colleagues across Europe to discuss new research in #Drosophila #genomics #evolution & #CitizenScience +info 👉 droseu.net
- This month is my turn to bust science myths in our institute's mini-videos series. This month's topic: fruit flies and evolution! 🪰🧬 @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
- Fruit flies are more than pests! Humans share 60% of their genome with them. @luisapallares.bsky.social busts myths about how these tiny creatures can tell us about human diseases. Watch Luisa's full video here: www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/71433/videos #BiologyMyths #Drosophila #Genomics
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresWe are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresThe next deadline for ECRs, within 5 years of their first faculty position, to apply for JEB's next round of Kickstart Travel Grants and ECR Visiting Fellowships is 28 November, so don't miss the chance to apply for helpful funding biologists.com/grants/#jeb
- We have put together a comprehensive eQTL map for D. melanogaster using thousands of genetically diverse flies 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 We hope this helps -as similar resources have done in yeast and humans- to understand how genetic variation 🧬 regulates complex traits variation 🪰 via transcriptional regulation ⬆️⬇️
- This is a really cool innitiative! If you live in North Germany, please take a look. Also, nice flashback to my time as a PhD student working with this hybrid zone 🐀🐁
- #PEQG26 might be my favorite conference, and I have been attending since 2020, even after I moved to Germany. It's really sad (and infuriating) that I won't make it next year due to the political situation in the US that makes many of us feel unsafe to travel there.
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- En el marco de la Catedra Europa organizada por la Universidad del Norte que celebra este año a Dinamarca y Suecia, estaré participando hoy en el conversatorio "Somos las especies como Linneo las pensó?" Nos vemos (virtualmente) a las 10:30 (Col) / 17:30(CET) #CienciaCriolla
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- Reposted by Luisa F. Pallares🔁 Please share - we remind the SMBE community that the Call for Symposia for SMBE2026 in Copenhagen is open. We invite you to submit a symposium proposal to help shape the scientific content of our annual meeting. 🗓️ Deadline: October 15th More information: smbe2026.org/symposia #SMBE2026
- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresSo happy to see my first first-author paper published! 🎈 A short thread on how Ectocarpus and its TE secrets have kept me busy lately: rdcu.be/eITQH
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresExciting news! The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris. This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics. More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk See you there !
- And, that's a wrap! The #PopGen and #Evolution session at #EDRC2025 just ended. Great talks from Divyansh Mittal from @bentonlab.bsky.social, Virginie Curtier-Orgogozo, Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, and Alexandra Ozerova. A pleasure to co-chair the session with Thomas Flatt!
- The European Drosophila Research Conference will go to Hungary in 2029! #EDRC2025
- Discussing the current state of publishing at #EDRC2025, and hearing about how @elife.bsky.social is going about it.
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- Reposted by Luisa F. PallaresC. elegans is a real animal and we set out to understand how it comes to have its distinctive biogeography. Its ancestral center of diversity is in the higher elevation forests of Hawaii. Its closest relatives are spread across east Asia. Did they travel from Asia? [Preprint 🧵]
