Jens Bast

Trying to understand evolution of sex and consequences of its absence. Evolution, Ecology & Genetics. Mites.

[Jens Bast @JensBast]

Also, this will be my last post here. I do not support fa$c1st maniacs and regimes.
Bye and see you at Bluesky!
https://t.co/La1sCG7oem

[Jens Bast @JensBast]

After lots of blood, sweat and tears... one of the most challenging and most important work of my scientific career in many aspects.
Mites are super old asexuals that do weird stuff with their chromosome copies... enjoy reading.
https://t.co/Wb8Ks6vGSi

[Alexander Suh 서상재 @alexander_suh]

Please RT!

Come join my research group in Bonn @Leibniz_LIB & @UniBonn on an @ERC_Research-funded PhD position to study population dynamics of the fascinating germline-restricted chromosome of songbirds. You can DM @yfpei and me for questions.

https://t.co/p1uLFxcDKd

[Mountain @GaoShan94]

Excited to be a part of the #The 3rd AsiaEvoConference in Singapore! 🌏
⁦@JensBast⁩ ,⁦@HuesnaOe⁩ and me organize a symposia “Why sex? insights from asexual genomes”. Join & hang out with us. The abstract submission deadline is 1st Oct 2023. https://t.co/ARUwL94C0N

[Hüsna @HuesnaOe]

Functionally different chromosome sets in a parthenogenetic animal showcase a survival strategy spanning millions of years. Where did we find this? In asexual #oribatid mites! With @JensBast @GaoShan94 @Nguiglielmoni & more https://t.co/kU9JpK0L76
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[Jens Bast @JensBast]

We laughed together, we cried together. And here it is out in the wild; @HuesnaOe's Final PhD chapter and a true Magnum opus: Ancient asexual mites use independent haplotypes for novel purposes, which might help them to persist over time! Thanks all involved. The whole thread:

[Hüsna @HuesnaOe]

Functionally different chromosome sets in a parthenogenetic animal showcase a survival strategy spanning millions of years. Where did we find this? In asexual #oribatid mites! With @JensBast @GaoShan94 @Nguiglielmoni & more https://t.co/kU9JpK0L76
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[Casper van der Kooi @CaspervdKooi]

Biologists/physicists/engineers who want to work on colour, light and insect vision @univgroningen please get in touch. I can host applicants for this @HFSP initiative. @Sci_for_Ukraine

[Nadège Guiglielmoni @NGuiglielmoni]

Then talk to @HuesnaOe at poster 267 about speciation of the oribatid mite Platynothrus peltifer with populations from 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇷🇺🇨🇦 #SMBE2023

[Jens Bast @JensBast]

#SMBE2023 If you want to know about genome evolution under long-term absence of sex, conflict, speciation and sex determination drop by and talk to us. Today at posters 212, 239, 244, 267 and tomorrow 794, 866 at the San Paolo Cloisters
@HuesnaOe @GaoShan94 @NGuiglielmoni

[Alexander Suh 서상재 @alexander_suh]

Please RT! Only 6 days until the application deadline.

[Alexander Suh 서상재 @alexander_suh]

Just under 3 weeks until the application deadline!

[Ravinder Kanda @ravinderkanda]

An inspiring few days of excellent science #TreeOfSex. Many thanks to @KamilSJaron, @Dan_Jeffries, and team for organising - exciting times ahead! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Alexander Suh 서상재 @alexander_suh]

Please RT: Come join us on a tenure-track PI position @Leibniz_LIB in vibrant Hamburg!

We are looking for a Head of the Molecular Laboratory to develop omics methods & conduct own + collaborative biodiversity research.

Application deadline is July 23. https://t.co/ZCYVkflWmX

[Nadège Guiglielmoni @NGuiglielmoni]

Getting ready for tomorrow to talk about nematode genome assemblies in general and chromosome-level phased assemblies in particular 🪱

[Casper van der Kooi @CaspervdKooi]

Calling (potential) postdocs: interested in joining my group to study the colours and evolution of flowers (and animals)? I'm happy to discuss options for a MarieCurie or NWO Veni proposal https://t.co/SA5QeNkeTn & https://t.co/qsiiqk6bXO

[Michael Heethoff 📯 @[email protected] @Heethoff]

I'd be grateful if you could retweet this #PhDposition once more...

[Thomas Lenormand @Th_Lenormand]

Please RT. Registration now OPEN for #SexUnfolded: sex, asex, sexes.
Jacques Monod Conference.
Third Edition in beautiful Roscoff
Sept. 11-15 2023
Registration and details here:
https://t.co/dWW3LJMELq

[Thomas Lenormand @Th_Lenormand]

Update on the upcoming Jacques Monod Conference:
SEX UNFOLDED : SEX, ASEX, SEXES
September 11-15, 2023 in Roscoff, France.

The list of invited speakers and details are here:
https://t.co/h9KzXKGiZn
The application website is not yet open but will be soon.
Stay tuned!

[Darren J. Parker @DarrenJParker]

Are parthenogenetic species avoiding the costs of parthenogenesis by having cryptic sex?

In our new paper (https://t.co/GrFHcTF0xB), we screen for genetic signatures of cryptic sex in 8 populations of parthenogenetic Timema stick insects and found evidence for sex in 2 of them!

[Casper van der Kooi @CaspervdKooi]

PhD position on intraspecific floral trait variation, with @BeePlantChem, in collab w/ me. @SCAPE_Poll_Ecol @ReadingUrbPolls @JPE12328968 @ICPPR_XI