Qvarnström Lab

qvarnstromlab.bsky.social

14 October 2026 09:57

Huge congratulations to Yishu Zhu on successfully defending her PhD thesis, entitled “Divergence in mitochondrial aerobic metabolism and ecological speciation” @animecol-uu.bsky.social! 🎉 Exciting work on metabolism, mitochondria & evolution! 🪶🧪🌍 Very well done, Dr Yishu Zhu! 🎉🎉

Katerina Guschanski

kguschan.bsky.social

01 October 2026 09:17

Crazy monkeys have crazy genomes! New preprint by @axeljensen.bsky.social investigates karyotypic evolution in African guenons www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... These primates are infamous for high genetic, phenotypic, ecological & karyotypic variation, they diversified 12mya and still they hybridise!

Elin Videvall

elinvidevall.bsky.social

04 June 2026 18:46

Thanks to Kasun Bodawatta @kbodawatta.bsky.social for visiting us at @animecol-uu.bsky.social Uppsala University! Kasun gave a very interesting talk about eDNA methods, such as using mosses, to survey the local flora and fauna. 🧬

Elin Videvall

elinvidevall.bsky.social

04 June 2026 15:19

Congratulations Qianrui Yang, who successfully defended her MSc thesis today! Well done! Her thesis investigated both gut microbiomes and mitochondrial metabolic rate in hybrid Ficedula flycatchers. 🐦🦠🧬🩸 @animecol-uu.bsky.social

David Simons

davidsimons.bsky.social

04 June 2026 07:23

After a couple of failed applications, I am very excited that one panned out. I will be starting my first independently funded fellowship in September! My project will be hosted at the @animecol-uu.bsky.social Uppsala University #DiseaseEcology #Microbiome #SpatialEpidemiology #Hantavirus