@ariadnamorales.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist –> biodiversity genomics, convergent evolution, phylogenomics, bats 🦇 🧬 🖥️. ✨ (she/her) https://ariadnamorales.info/
@paperpile.comReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialIn case you’ve missed it, we’ve launched a YouTube channel 🎉 We’re starting with short tutorials on finding research papers, organizing your library, and best practices for reading and annotating. We’ll also publish tutorials showing you how to use new Paperpile features as they’re released.
@science.orgReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialExclusive: A new analysis refutes James Watson’s claim that he was the first to recognize the significance of the famed photograph 51. https://scim.ag/4rTKck8
@ariadnamorales.bsky.socialThanks, Mike! Very much looking forward to it!
@ecoevodom.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialOur new study has made it to the cover of Nature - check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... - this will be an invaluable resource for more exciting science about bats and mammal evolution more broadly
@labdavalos.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.social🦇🧬Congratulations to E & E alum Bill R. Thomas, whose collaborative work upended bat biogeography in a major new Nature study from the @ bat1kgenomes.bsky.social !
👉 Check it out!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@profsimonfisher.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialThe fab new paper by the Bat1K consortium graces the cover of this week's issue of @nature.com. Congrats to @ariadnamorales.bsky.social @sonjavernes.bsky.social @labdavalos.bsky.social @hillermich.bsky.social @emmateeling.bsky.social @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social & all involved in this landmark work.🦇🧬
@ariadnamorales.bsky.socialThanks, Tiago!
@trsimoes.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialAmazing study integrating whole genomes and morphology for a revised bat time-tree and biogeographic origins by @ariadnamorales.bsky.social et al.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ariadnamorales.bsky.socialThank you, Brian! It was quite a logistical journey!
@ariadnamorales.bsky.socialGracias, Eugenia!
@ariadnamorales.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialGreat to see our study featured in The New York Times, among other pieces covering the work! 🦇
A thoughtful look at what our new genomic and fossil analyses reveal about the evolutionary history of bats.
@nature.comReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialA landmark collection of bat genomes reveals fresh clues about the evolution of one of the world’s most unusual groups of mammals
@amnh.orgReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.social🚨Research alert! A new study based on the largest bat genome and fossil study ever conducted has found that bats most likely arose in Europe around 65 million years ago, overturning previous assumptions. Read more.👇
@ariadnamorales.bsky.socialGreat to see our study featured in The New York Times, among other pieces covering the work! 🦇
A thoughtful look at what our new genomic and fossil analyses reveal about the evolutionary history of bats.
@ariadnamorales.bsky.socialVery happy to see our paper out in Nature! 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
A huge collaborative effort to revisit the evolutionary history of bats using 103 reference-quality genomes and an extensive fossil dataset, and to build a genomic resource for many questions still to come.
@bat1kgenomes.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialWhere did bats come from?🦇🌍
After decades of debate, the biggest bat genome + fossil study ever done has an answer - and it’s not where anyone expected!
🤩OUR PHASE 1 FLAGSHIP is out today in nature! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A thread 🧵
@gloriadickie.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialThe ancestor of modern bats likely came from Europe — not Africa, North America or Asia, as scientists previously thought.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@mikepeeljourno.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialBats' extraordinary adaptations to promote long life and stave off disease have long fascinated researchers who are attempting to harness those attributes for human health.
Now a genetic trove promises new clues to bat biology - and to the creatures' mysterious origins.
@sergeilkp.bsky.socialReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialI've spent ~30 years writing HyPhy to study selection & evolution. That era is coming to a close. HyPhy is passing the torch to HyphAeon: a ~2M parameter geometric transformer running in the browser that does things we never built it to do. @nclark.bsky.social @brcanalytics.bsky.social 🧵👇
@nature.comReposted by @ariadnamorales.bsky.socialThe UN General Assembly has voted to phase out use of the Mercator map, a 16th century projection that is widely used but has been criticized for not representing countries’ sizes accurately.
Here's what that means for education, navigation and public perception.