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We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] πŸ™‚
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#meiosis4eva #genomics #recombination #postdoc
Postdoctoral Research Associate

We are looking for a skilled and motivated postdoctoral researcher to investigate the causes and consequences of sex-differences in recombination rates and landscapes. The award holder will integrate whole-genome, single-cell, and gamete-sequencing approaches from house sparrows in Helgeland in Norway, to understand fine-scale individual variation in recombination, the sex-specific genetic architectures associated with functional variation, and impacts of recombination on individual fertility.

University of Edinburgh
πŸ“° "Two Genomes, One Metabolome: Mitonuclear Incompatibility Remodels Developmental Metabolism and Fitness in Drosophila"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.29.728848v1?rss=1
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Mitochondria #Metabolism #Evolution
#Drosophila #Genomics #Larva
πŸ“° "Genetic control of mitotic-to-meiotic transition regulates germline cell survival"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.28.728457v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Genomics

New #ISEPpapers! CSI-SSU: phylogenetic contamination screening of genomic datasets, demonstrated on The #Protist 10,000 #Genomes (P10K) Project https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-026-12977-4

#Protists #Genomics #Evolution #Microbes

Ancient animal remains hold clues to past #zoonotic diseases. 🐾🧬 Across 6,000 years of Eurasian #zooarchaeological material, researchers detected 29 opportunistic #pathogens, highlighting the value of lesion-guided sampling.
#MetagenomicsMonday #SPAAM #aDNA #ancientDNA #zooarchaeology #pathogengenomics #infection #bioarchaeology #genomics #metagenomics
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71543-4
Probing the zooarchaeological record across time and space for ancient pathogen DNA - Nature Communications

Authors investigate ancient DNA from animal remains and identify multiple signatures of ancient zoonotic pathogens. They find ancient pathogen genomics from archaeological animal remains may inform zoonotic disease emergence.

Nature
πŸ“° "Shared binding sites for the chromosomal architectural protein Su(Hw) mediate physical interactions between Drosophila TAD boundaries"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.28.727987v1?rss=1
#Evenskipped #Drosophila #Genomics
πŸ“° "A Toxic Tau-PFKFB3 Circuit Reduces F2,6BP Levels and Drives Neurodegeneration"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.28.728580v1?rss=1
#Drosophila #Metabolism #Genomics
πŸ“° "Modes of natural selection on maternal and zygotic gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster embryos"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.29.728885v1?rss=1
#DrosophilaMelanogaster
#Evolution
#Drosophila #Genomics #Embryo
πŸ“° "Satellite DNA dynamics across phylogenetic scales in ground beetles and other insects"
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.27.728298v1?rss=1
#Evolution
#Drosophila #Genomics