Jukka-Pekka Verta

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Postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary genomics. The genotype-phenotype map from molecules to species. A fan of salmon, won’t lie.
Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=LEQBUoAAAAAJ
Githubhttps://jpverta.github.io
Jukka-Pekka VertaJan 11, 2023
Folks in Helsinki! Come hear about the great science done at the Viikki campus tomorrow at CoolHead brewery (and why not grab a cold one at the same time). Please share! #NightOfScience
Jukka-Pekka VertaJan 9, 2023
PLOS BiologyJan 9, 2023
RT @ResourceToday
New research provides insight into genome evolution of hybrid populations of #ant species from #Finland. The study is published in the journal @PLOSBiology
(@helsinkiuni @EdinburghUni)
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/evolution/ants-shed-light-predicting-evolution-after-hybridisation
Ants shed light to predicting evolution after hybridisation | University of Helsinki

Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that after multiple hybridisation events between two wood ant species distinct hybrid populations evolved independently towards the same direction, suggesting hybridisation is predictable.

University of Helsinki
Jukka-Pekka VertaJan 9, 2023
Carmelo FrucianoJan 9, 2023
Delighted to organise - with Paolo Franchini and Francesca Raffini - a symposium on "Regulatory evolution and the emergence of diversity" at next #SMBE2023 @officialSMBE . Meeting pages http://www.smbe.org/smbe/MEETINGS/SMBE2023.aspx news on my website https://www.fruciano.org/events/organising-symposium-on-regulatory-evolution-and-the-emergence-of-diversity-at-next-smbe/ #evolution #transcriptomics
Jukka-Pekka VertaJan 9, 2023
Gene RegulationJan 8, 2023

1st weekly digest of #GeneRegulation papers:

🧬#TranscriptionFactor atlas of differentiation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867422014702

🧬 #TFbinding directed heterochromatin (#ZFP462) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-022-01051-2

🧬#3Dgenome organisation of nuclear speckles & splicing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.04.522632v1

🧬 Nuclear partitioning by charge blocks (#MED1, #PolII) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867422015264

🧬 Transient loss of #Polycomb induces an #epigenetic cancer fate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.04.522799v1

🧬 RGT: a toolbox for NGS analysis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.31.522372v1

Jukka-Pekka VertaJan 5, 2023
Michael LoveJan 5, 2023

For writing #tootorial, I’ve used the trick where the first toot is Public but the rest are Unlisted. The top post will be the one that shows up in followers timelines, rather than all of them in reverse order.

I think the Unlisted ones can be boosted by others, but they aren’t searchable though, which is a downside.

Jukka-Pekka VertaDec 22, 2022

First time in my career I recommend publication of a research paper "as is". And it's not because it's almost Christmas, the paper really is *perfect*.

My sincere greetings to the authors! May the editor write to you before Christmas 😄

Jukka-Pekka VertaDec 20, 2022
Ridge SligerDec 20, 2022
Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.
Teach a man to be a fish biologist, and he’ll have an increasingly difficult relationship with eating fish, as he navigates the difficulties of a complex conservation landscape, attempting to avoid, not only starvation, but the over-exploitation of sensitive populations and the harmful health effects of the likes of PCB, PFAs, and mercury pollution.
Jukka-Pekka VertaDec 16, 2022
Marc Robinson-RechaviDec 16, 2022
Interesting for relation between #evodevo and #NaturalSelection:
"These results demonstrate that natural selection can rapidly reshape developmental gene expression on a broad scale when selective regimes abruptly change. More broadly, even highly conserved dGRNs and patterning mechanisms in the early embryo remain evolvable under appropriate ecological circumstances."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01906-9
#SeaUrchin
Recent reconfiguration of an ancient developmental gene regulatory network in Heliocidaris sea urchins - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Analysis of genomes, epigenomes and transcriptomes of developing sea urchins with divergent life histories shows how natural selection can reshape developmental gene regulatory networks.

Nature
Jukka-Pekka VertaDec 16, 2022
Juliette de MeauxDec 16, 2022
@jobecoevo Looking for a fully funded postdoc for 3+4 years? I look for an independent and inspired freshly baked doctor, eager to develop new ideas in the field of #Plant #EvolutionaryBiology & #Genomics Theory, experiments, omics, ecology, whatever you want. You will have your own budget. So, join our buoyant group, integrate our collaborative research environment #TRR341 and build your own career. #job #postdoc #plants #Genomics #Evolution #ecology #realjob. Be so kind to boost! Apply asap!
Jukka-Pekka VertaDec 12, 2022
Laurent DuretDec 12, 2022

Happy to share our last preprint:

Random genetic drift sets an upper limit on mRNA splicing accuracy in metazoans

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.09.519597v1

All comments are welcome!