I've complained on here a few times about synteny plots that are harder to read than they need to be. I decided it was time to actaully do something about it: introducing SynTangle, a tool for untangling whole-genome synteny plots github.com/Hanliconius/... 1/

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Dear @dfg.de in light of these rates, I really think it’s worth starting a scheme like @fwf-at.bsky.social www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/p... many grants that are positively evaluated by ~10 reviewers won’t get funded 😔

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Some of my thoughts about the surge in AI-generated papers, why this feels like a completely new kind of problem, and what this means for how we evaluate science in biology. Out now in PLOS Biology: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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We are proud to announce that the 2026 Molecular Ecology Prize has been awarded to Dr. Sally Aitken, professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia. Congrats to Dr. Aitken! Read More: buff.ly/TAMIcsF 1/4

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Killer meiotic driver prevents chromosome loss and enhances fitness in a fungal pathogen https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.04.756499v1

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