Sandra Álvarez
Researcher at UCL (CLOE) | Evol Biol & Comp Methods | Co-Founder of the Evolution Committee at SRUK/CERU | Ashtangi & pianist | She/Her
Website: sabifo4.github.io
GitHub: github.com/sabifo4
Linktree: linktr.ee/sabifo4
- Applications to join the Computational Approaches to Early Evolution workshop are still accepted! Do not miss your chance to attend this event full of discussions on the computational methods for studying early life! 🦠💻🧬 forms.oist.jp/form/computa...
- Join us for interesting discussions at the Computational Approaches to Early Evolution workshop next year in April at OIST in Onna, Okinawa! 🦠💻🧬 Registrations open until January 2nd '26, do not miss it! More info & registration details in the link below! 🔽 www.oist.jp/conference/c...
- Join us for interesting discussions at the Computational Approaches to Early Evolution workshop next year in April at OIST in Onna, Okinawa! 🦠💻🧬 Registrations open until January 2nd '26, do not miss it! More info & registration details in the link below! 🔽 www.oist.jp/conference/c...
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezPre-Christmas moleclular-clock shenanigans with @sabifo4.bsky.social @mariodosreis.bsky.social @zihengyang.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezNew paper! Here we look at shape evolution of the mandible in Pelagiaria, a group of open-ocean fishes that includes tuna and mackerel. We find that shape disparity accumulated rapidly at the origin of the clade at around the K/Pg boundary... academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
- So grateful to be back for another year! 💫 Big thanks to all the participants who joined us on this phylogenomics journey. We hope you find these resources helpful for your analyses, best of luck! 💻🧬
- Huge shoutout to the amazing instructor squad @kaplipa.bsky.social , @sabifo4.bsky.social , Tomas Flouri & @zihengyang.bsky.social for smashing another epic #Phylogenomics course! 🚀 Massive thanks to everyone who joined us this week — go crush your data and rock those projects! 💥🔥
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezVery happy to kick off the 5th edition of the #Phylogenomics course with @kaplipa.bsky.social , Tomas Flouri, @sabifo4.bsky.social , @zihengyang.bsky.social , and a wonderfully diverse cohort of attendees from all around the globe!
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezWrapping up our annual joint lab meeting with a visit to the Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL was such a highlight! Always inspiring to reconnect with longtime colleagues, new team members, and collaborators💫
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezHappy to share Jialin's first publication. She did a great job exploring the transition to land in animals. Co-supervised by the great Jordi Paps and me and in collaboration with Davide Pisani and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social
- Nature research paper: Convergent genome evolution shaped the emergence of terrestrial animals go.nature.com/4i0i61w
- Back from this great workshop at Beijing Normal University! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to bring this event to life, it has been a great success!💫 Special thanks to Cai-jin Chen for climbing the Great Wall with me, truly unforgettable! 谢谢🌹
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- More than grateful to the CoME25 organisers for inviting me one more year, it is always so much fun!! Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ και τα λέμε σύντομα! 💙
- What a busy (but sunny) May in Crete!🔆 Ziheng & @sabifo4.bsky.social enjoyed teaching and meeting the participants at the Computational Molecular Evolution course! Ziheng then joined the satellite workshop on Biodiversity Genomics 🌍🧬 Thanks to everyone who made these fantastic meetings possible!!
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezCongratulations Dr Jiayi Ji!! 🥳Thanks to examiners @hernanaburbano.bsky.social and Simon Martin, now time to enjoy the long weekend! 🎉
- Had so much fun at the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! 💫 Hope that everyone who attended this event enjoyed the two-day journey on theory, methods, and applications of Bayesian Phylogenetics and... Hopefully see you all again soon in future events! 💻🧬
- And that's a wrap on the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! Thank you to all the attendees, instructors (@anaserrasilva.bsky.social, @sabifo4.bsky.social, Tomas Flouri and Yuttapong Thawornwattana) and to our wonderful TA @lauramulvey.bsky.social!
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- The Physalia Phylogenomics course is back this December! Join us for a computational journey on phylogeny and timetree inference with genomic datasets 🧬 💻 More information about the course and how you can register on the post below ⬇️
- The clock is ticking 🕔! Pre-registration will close today March 14th (17:00h GMT+0), do not miss your chance to join us at the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop! 💻🧬
- The deadline to apply for student travel bursaries to attend the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop 💻🧬 is approaching: March 3rd! Pre-registration will be open until March 14th. Do not miss the deadlines, submit your application before it is too late! sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/...
- Thanks to all organisers that have made the Workshop of Computational Genomics possible and all the participants that have joined us both in person and online -- we have had such a great time in Hong Kong! 🌹 Hope to see you all again in future meetings 🤗 Next stop: 🚗 Shenzhen!
- The deadline to apply for student travel bursaries to attend the SystAssn-SRUK/CERU Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop 💻🧬 is approaching: March 3rd! Pre-registration will be open until March 14th. Do not miss the deadlines, submit your application before it is too late! sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/...
- Introduction to Bayesian inference; practical sessions focused on the usage of MCMCtree, BPP, and PhyloBayes; discussion sessions... Does this sound like something you would like to delve into over a two-day workshop? 💻🧬 Then pre-register your interest to join before March 14th! More details below 🔽
- Applications for student travel bursaries will only be considered if you are part of at least one of the Societies funding the event: The Systematics Association or the Society of Spanish Researchers in the UK. More details on their websites: sruk.org.uk/ceru-events/... systass.org/workshop-bay...
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezLooking for funds for a small systematics-focused project? You have until 23:59 GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 10TH to apply to the LinneSys scheme! You can apply for up to 1500GBP, you just need to be a member of @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social! Details here: systass.org/linnesys/
- Introduction to Bayesian inference; practical sessions focused on the usage of MCMCtree, BPP, and PhyloBayes; discussion sessions... Does this sound like something you would like to delve into over a two-day workshop? 💻🧬 Then pre-register your interest to join before March 14th! More details below 🔽
- We are organising an in-person Bayesian Phylogenetics Workshop, in partnership with SRUK/CERU. When: April 29-30, 2025 Where: University College London There are limited places, so please pre-register by March 14th!!! Find more details here: systass.org/workshop-bay...
- This activity co-organised with @systassn.bsky.social is the one with which @pablomurod.bsky.social , @martapina.bsky.social, and I are launching the SRUK/CERU Evolution committee! We are looking for volunteers to join us, check our site and get in touch if interested! 🍏🧬 sruk.org.uk/initiatives/...
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- Would you like to learn more about the evolutionary history of sea spiders? You may want to read our latest study led by Morena @morena99.bsky.social, who has nicely summarised the key findings of our research in the quoted thread below 🔽 (1/2)
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- Such a great PhD opportunity with fantastic advisors!! 💫🎓TREES will soon be open for applications but, in the meantime, they have announced the closing date on their website: January 20th 2025 at 5pm (UK time). More info about the project in the post below ⬇️
- Thinking of starting a PhD on Bayesian phylogenetics next October 2025 in London? 🎓 You may want to check the TREES project led by the dos Reis Lab on integrating morphology and genomes for timetree inference! 🦴🧬💻Project supervisors: @mariodosreis.bsky.social & Ziheng Yang. More info in link 🔽
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- What a wonderful and friendly group of participants, had lots of fun! 💫 If you have joined Paschalia, Tomas, @zihengyang.bsky.social , @mariodosreis.bsky.social & I this week, we hope that you have liked the course and learnt more about phylogenomics analyses! Now, time to enjoy the weekend! 🙌
- Here’s the amazing Phylogenomics Group 2024 📸 Thank you to our incredible instructors for sharing their knowledge and making complex topics approachable and engaging! 🙌 And a big shoutout to all participants—Thanks for joining us this week🎉 @sabifo4.bsky.social @zihengyang.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezWrapping up an incredible 5-day course on #Phylogenomics with a fascinating lecture on Molecular-Clock dating of species divergence by @mariodosreis.bsky.social, followed by a hands-on session with @sabifo4.bsky.social 🧬🕰️ Huge thanks to all participants for an inspiring week!@zihengyang.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezFor anyone looking for PhDs in the UK starting October 2025 in ecology, evolution, environment etc. The new Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLAs) recently got announced so lots of people will be adverting PhDs with January deadlines. Check out findaphd.com to search for ones that interest you!
- Reposted by Sandra Álvarez✨ Day 2 highlight! ✨ Tomas Flouri and @sabifo4.bsky.social delivered masterful lectures and an exceptional hands-on session on Bayesian inference in Phylogenomics. 🎓💡 Their expertise truly shone through! Excited for the insights Day 3 will bring—stay tuned! 🚀
- An interactive PAML Wiki is now available! Please read the thread published by Ziheng Yang Lab to learn more about the PAML discussion group & the PAML GitHub repo. Hope you enjoy the Wiki as much as I enjoyed working on it 💫 P.S: The Wiki is still a work in progress, there is still more to come! 😄
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- There is a new opportunity to join the dos Reis and Nichols Labs as a CSC PhD student! 🎓Do not miss the chance to learn from two wonderful researchers in evolutionary biology and apply before the deadline. More information below in Mario's post 🔽
- Reposted by Sandra ÁlvarezHere's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio go.bsky.app/MzND7nXat://did:plc:lqntypahtulzsssbj3slomy7/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb5nxrqajy2n
- This is a fantastic opportunity for students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work on phylogenetics, taxonomy and/or systematics 🧬🌐🦴 Do not miss the deadline, last two days to register! More info below 🔽
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- Registrations are open to attend the Computational Molecular Evolution course next year (May 11th - 22nd) -- and in wonderful Crete! ☀️ Do not miss the deadline, follow the link below for more info and registration details! 🔽 meetings.embo.org/event/25-com...
- I am excited to announce that I am back to UCL (CLOE) to work with Ziheng Yang, Mario dos Reis, and Phil Donoghue on Bayesian techniques for inferring timetrees with large genomic datasets and ancient genomes! 💻🧬🤩
- Bacterial evolution, GOE, clock dating, machine learning... What is not to like!! Go and talk to Lénárd today at 17.45h (poster L9) and join him tomorrow at 11.45h (room 520E) to learn more about how compositionally constrained sites can drive LBA! #Evol2024
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- If you are at #Evol24 & would like to learn more about the cross-bracing approach we used to date LUCA in our latest paper, come join the Computational Biology II session tomorrow July 28th at 10.15h (room 519AB) 💻🧬Hope to see some of you there! 🤗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Our work on the Last Universal Common Ancestor is out!! 🧬💻 To improve data reproducibility and accessibility, I have created a GitHub repository that documents the steps you need to follow to reproduce all our timetree inference analyses. (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Keen on delving into phylogenomics this December? 🧬💻Join us for a theoretical+practical journey from phylogeny to timetree inference with genomic data! More info about how to register below🔽
