Aoife McLysaght
@aoifemcl
Scientist, human being, etc. Banner photo by @PWilkinsonPhoto during #XmasLectures 2018. She/her @[email protected] on Mastodon
Analysing genomes under typical, simple assumptions, gives answers that are simple but wrong. Protracted rediploidisation following genome duplication uncouples gene and genome duplication dates. Great work by @ak_redmond & @DearbhaileCasey @tcdgenmicro rdcu.be/dcxoR
I'm really excited to share this great paper on the sturgeon-paddlefish whole genome duplications. Kudos to @ak_redmond who did the lion's share of the work, with input from @manukg91 and Daniel J Macqueen. Here follows a 🧵on the main points ... @tcddublin @TCDFacultySTEM
📢 SMBE 2025 Call for Symposia - Deadline November 5th, 2024 Details on smbe.org and smbe2025.org #SMBE25 @SMBEmeetings
My word, I am so absolutely over the moon about this.
🔬🏆 The award for the Children’s Book of the Year: STEM, supported by @TWJSciNat, goes to Where Are You Really From? by @AdamRutherford with Emma Norry, published by @HachetteKids. A scientific trip through human history! #TWJBookAwards #STEM
I prefer to think of it as a true crime podcast, but about graphs..
11yo and me are loving Series 2 of Uncharted with @FryRSquared bedtime stories for #STEM people the kid calls it. Favourite episode so far Whispers from the Cosmos about Jocelyn Bell Burnell's discovery of pulsars👇bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
The UC Davis Center for Population Biology postdoctoral fellowship is now being advertised. This is a great opportunity to come join our wonderful community of Evolution & Ecology here at Davis. Please RT cpb.ucdavis.edu/cpb-postdoc-fe…
We’re celebrating women in STEM with @FindingAda on Ada Lovelace Day! Featuring a fantastic line-up of speakers, it's not one to miss. Here's what some of last year looked like to help whet your appetite 📅: 08/10/24 ⏰: 7.30 - 9.30pm rigb.org/whats-on/ada-l…
Delighted to share that the first paper from my lab at @ucddublin @UCDMedicine , where I take special pains to avoid phylogenetic errors in proposing a novel set of relationships for Xenacoelomorpha, is out now: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
My latest collaboration with the one and only Anne-Ruxandra @carvunis is out in @GenomeBiolEvol ! Can we determine if/when a gene was born de novo by reconstructing its evolutionary past? We tried 👇
11yo and me are loving Series 2 of Uncharted with @FryRSquared bedtime stories for #STEM people the kid calls it. Favourite episode so far Whispers from the Cosmos about Jocelyn Bell Burnell's discovery of pulsars👇bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Nice article in @NewsfromScience today about our preprint on massive genomic rearrangements in clitellates and their potential role in the colonization of land (thanks to @NerdyChristie for the fun chat about our work!) science.org/content/articl…
If ISIS did this we would all be appropriately outraged. This building was far older than Notre Dame. Why are we enabling this?
BREAKING: The Israeli army destroyed the historic Grand Mosque in Khan Younis, Gaza.
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Registration for our EMBO course in gorgeous Nafplion, Greece is open! With an excellent lineup of speakers and really affordable fees, this is a great deal for PhDs and postdocs. Please help spread the word! #EMBOEvoCompGenomics
Historians will point to these headlines as proof that signs of genocide were available for all to see AS IT HAPPENED, yet most chose to either ignore the slaughter- or even worse, actively support it This differs from the Holocaust, where most evidence emerged AFTER the war...
Y'know how I weigh my initial take on a book on its opening line?
So my legend of a cousin Lorcan just realised he was kind of important to the creation of @foofighters @FooFightersUK He saw a video by Dave Grohl talking about why he got back to work after a visit to Ireland. Lorcan was out hitchhiking wearing his nirvana top when Dave stopped
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This isnt going where you think it is. 🧵 One of the most annoying things about children is that they want you to stop what you're doing every 0.7 seconds to watch them attempt what I think is supposed to be a cartwheel, or show you how good they are at standing on one leg.