Jeffrey Vedanayagam

Assistant Professor @UTSA. Study evolution of selfish genes. Manage two labs. Research lab🔬🧪🧬🖥️ with some ease but the other lab 🐶🐾 is un-manageable!

[Jeffrey Vedanayagam @Anti_Sense]

🔬 Now hiring a Postdoc in Evolutionary & Developmental Genomics at UTSA!
Study meiotic drive, fertility & genetic conflict in Drosophila 🧬
Expertise in Genetics, genomics/bioinformatics
Apply by Aug 15. Informal queries: @Anti_Sense Please RT
https://t.co/dhtoawYGYK

[Portland Press @PPPublishing]

The molecular mechanisms by which suppressors emerge and counteract meiotic drive genes remain unclear. This review from Jeffrey Vedanayagam highlights how small RNA pathways control the selfish activities of meiotic drive genes during male gametogenesis.
https://t.co/7a2xdal6dX

[Trends in Genetics @TrendsGenetics]

Transposon–host arms race: a saga of genome evolution https://t.co/8UJoYzOnf9

[Jeffrey Vedanayagam @Anti_Sense]

@seungjaylee Congrats Seungjae, great work!

[Jeffrey Vedanayagam @Anti_Sense]

If you know any undergrads interested in data science, AI in biomedicine, genomics & bioinformatics, please spread the word to apply for the UTSA's Data Science & AI community innovation scholars program. Interested students, please DM or get in touch. Please RT

[UTSA NDRB @UTSANeuroDevRe1]

Looking for a course that combines Data Science and Biomedicine? NDRB 6973 is now open for Spring 2025 registration

[Mahul Chakraborty @mahulchak]

Exciting news, fellow #Drosophila researchers! Ever wondered about the genome sequence of your lab strain or the balancers? Check out our Drosophila Laboratory Pangenome Database, featuring a growing collection of reference genome assemblies for popular D. melanogaster strains!

[Diogo C. Cabral-de-Mello @D_CabraldeMello]

"The burst of satellite DNA in Leptidea wood white butterflies and their putative role in karyotype evolution" is published in DNA Res. If you're interested in insects, repeats, chrom evol, and sex chromosomes, check it out!😀😀😀 @lab_icg @MilaniDiogo
https://t.co/8GrHMqjE2R

[The Royal Society @royalsociety]

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (Born #OnThisDay in 1632) was a pioneer of microscopy and the first to describe red blood cells and bacteria. Take a look at how some of Leeuwenhoek's original specimens have been photographed for our #ScienceInTheMaking platform: https://t.co/vF4y6qkmsz

[Jenny Hsieh @jennyhsieh5]

UTSA is hiring mid-to-senior-level faculty to expand our brain health and trauma research initiative!

Please share this opportunity with others or reach out if you would like to learn more!

Apply here: https://t.co/pkA8sFLceW

[Soojin Yi @soojin_yi]

I wanted to share my perspective/review article regarding epigenetics research in evolutionary biology. I had a lot of fun thinking about where the field is and where we are going. I hope you enjoy!

https://t.co/J3ra2qOasu

[Paulo Navarro-Costa @germcells]

They said it, not us...😇 Our "fundamental" and "convincing" study on what evolution can teach us about #infertility is finally out. TL;DR? Check out this primer by @eLife to get the lowdown on what we have discovered by looking at the past of human sperm. https://t.co/XjBIuTUAGI

[Jenny Hsieh @jennyhsieh5]

We are excited to announce a major cluster hire in neuroscience, clinical psychology, public health, biomedical engineering, & educational psychology. We’re seeking mid to senior faculty who can help us grow research. Join us as we merge with UT Health San Antonio! 👇👇👇

[UTSA NDRB @UTSANeuroDevRe1]

Hey Runners! Would you be interested in our DRS PhD Program? Look no further! To apply go to the link below, for more questions about the program, please email Ms. Marina Gonzalez at [email protected]
#NDRB #DRS #UTSA #UTSADRS #phdroute

[Ian Henderson @hendersi]

Retrotransposon addiction promotes centromere function via epigenetically activated small RNAs
https://t.co/Omo6Wrq3j4
@NaturePlants

[Alex Cagan @ATJCagan]

At a recent conference @AthenaAktipis invited me to give a talk on the role of creativity in science. For those interested here are the illustrated slides in tweetorial format. The take home message: Creativity and science go hand in hand. (Thread 1 of 2)

[PLOS Biology @PLOSBiology]

Ancestral immunity: @EnzoZ_P @AudeBer &co explore the concept of ancestral #immunity - the set of immune modules (domains & proteins) conserved between #prokaryotes & #eukaryotes - including a putative evolutionary scenario for its existence #PLOSBiology https://t.co/nmZgOAN4pl

[Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten]

"Here, we report a broad survey of plasmids from hundreds of academic and industrial labs worldwide. We show that nearly half of them contained design and/or sequence errors."

Trust nothing; validate everything.

https://t.co/B1wn3GLte5

[Jeffrey Vedanayagam @Anti_Sense]

@Bernard_Y_Kim @Princeton Congrats Bernard!

[Nature Reviews Genetics @NatureRevGenet]

Long-range enhancer–promoter contacts in gene expression control https://t.co/BwYVr4VDhj #Review by Stefan Schoenfelder & @Peter_Fraser1 @BabrahamInst