Sarah Lemer

#Seminar
Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Dec 9, 3PM CET and listen to:
Mandë Holford from Harvard OEB @harvardoeb.bsky.social talk about connecting nature and humanity through venom!
Email meegene@leibniz-lib.de for login details.
@leibnizlib.bsky.social

PhD position available at the Czech Academy of Sciences for researching butterfly evolution at high elevations. Apply by Jan 11, 2026. More info: https://www.prf.jcu.cz/en. Email: pavel.matos@entu.cas.cz. #phd

#Seminar
Join our #MEEGene seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on Zoom next Tuesday, Nov 11, 3PM CET. Listen to
Kevin Kocot @kmkocot.bsky.social from Alabama Museum of Natural History, talking about #Biodiversity & Systematics of Marine Invertebrates
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#Seminar
Join our #MEEGene seminar at
@leibnizlib.bsky.social
on zoom next Tuesday, Oct 14, 3pm CEST and listen to
Laura Tensen @lauratensen.bsky.social from @unigreifswald.bsky.social talking about comparative #genomics in red #leopards.
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Our paper on Nautilus sex determination made the cover of @currentbiology.bsky.social !
With @reef-combo.bsky.social @anariesgo.bsky.social and Hector Torrado!
@leibnizlib.bsky.social
Check it out now!

Copyright: unsplash, Svitlana Kolycheva

#LIBresearch finds African cichlids often lack fixed sex chromosomes—many use homomorphic, sometimes polygenic systems. Linkage group 3 (LG3), a chromosome, often carries sex-linked genes, but new sex-linked regions also arise across lineages.

👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

#evolution #genetics

Beach picture from the Canary Islands. Copyright: Yves Bernardi auf Pixabay

#LIBresearch finds high mercury & arsenic in the critically endangered sawback angel shark (*Squatina aculeata*) near the Canary Islands. Contamination in liver & muscle exceeds safety limits, stressing urgent need for conservation monitoring.

👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

#MarineScience

Community-collected data and genetics research helped prove what scientists suspected for centuries: bluebottles aren't one species, they're four! Learn more: tr.ee/tZsAXV

#InverteFest

Genome sequence analysis provides evidence that a boreal crustacean colonised Svalbard well before the ongoing Atlantification of the Arctic - Heredity Heredity - Genome sequence analysis provides evidence that a boreal crustacean colonised Svalbard well before the ongoing Atlantification of the Arctic

A new article of the team published in @heredityjournal.bsky.social #PopGen #MarEvol
Congratulations to Hedvig for her brilliant work on this project.

Atlantification is dead, long live genetic atlantification!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Check our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social about the unique sex determination system in Nautilus ➡️ XX/XY chromosomes unlike other cephalopods (ZZ/Z0).
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...

The staghorn coral (Acropora cf. pulchra), subject of the genetic diversity study. Copyright: © David Combosch

New studies from @Leibniz_LIB reveal how genetic diversity and microbiomes can boost reef resilience and support targeted restoration. Science is paving the way – now action must follow. Our contribution to today's #InternationalConservationDay.
➡️ Read more: leibniz-lib.de/en/news/2807...

Join our #MEEGene #seminar at @leibnizlib.bsky.social on zoom next Tuesday, June 17, 3PM CEST (Berlin) and listen to Andreia Miraldo from the Swedish Natural History Museum talking about the #insect #diversity of Sweden & Madagascar.
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Check out our new paper led by @colinjanthony.bsky.social in @cp-oneearth.bsky.social ! 🪸 conservation!

I've been mostly off social media for almost a year now. And honestly, it felt gooooood! But my curiosity got the best of me, so here I am!
Hi Bluesky 🦋