: Coral reef off the island of Curaçao (Caribbean Sea) with brain corals (Pseudodiploria strigosa). Credit to Brad Weiler and Javier del Campo.
Corals sleep like us, but their symbiosis does not rest🪸
📕 A research team from the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social has discovered that corals rest at night despite not having a nervous system, while their microbes remain active.🧵
#UnravellingEvolution
👉https://shorturl.at/qx9K6
📕Research led by Ricard Solé, researcher at @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social and ICREA professor and researcher at @melisupf.bsky.social , reveals how cooperation between species could sustain more diverse and resilient ecosystems. 🌍🧵
#UnravellingEvolution
👉https://shorturl.at/TyWTe
🔈 The @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social Community celebrates a great year for #EvolutionaryBiology at today's gathering🧬🔬 🤩
#DiscoveringLife
#UnravellingEvolution
#ConservingBiodiversity
🗨️ We speak with #IBE_Barcelona researchers Vanessa Villalva and Sergi Valverde to explore the evolutionary threads that connect our history with this ancestral craft.
🎨 Laura Fraile, creator of the IBE clay jug, shares why the art of pottery remains deeply relevant today.
#UnravellingEvolution
🗨️ We speak with @IBE_Barcelona researchers @VanessaVMouco and @svalver to explore the evolutionary threads that connect our history with this ancestral craft.
🎨 Laura Fraile, creator of the IBE clay jug, shares why the art of pottery remains deeply relevant today.
#UnravellingEvolution
✅ A big thanks to the SIO Unit and all the volunteers who made it possible 🌱✨ #IBECommunity
#UnravellingEvolution #ConservingBiodiversity
#JoinOurTeam
📣Check out the open call for #JuanDeLaCierva2025 before December 10th and become part of our team at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social .🧬🦋🦴🦠
We specially encourage female researchers to submit their applications to the call. #UnravellingEvolution
✍ https://shorturl.at/nbHDN
📣The #EMBOWorkshop hosted by @multicellgenome.bsky.social Lab has begun!
🔬Three days filled with talks from international experts exploring the #evolution and origins of #multicellularity🦠🧬
#Multicellverse #UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife
#Evolution is your passion? 🧬🦠
📣 The Evolutionary Microbiology Lab at the @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social is seeking a #PhD student.
⏳ Apply before October 7th and #JoinOurTeam!
#UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife
✍ https://ibe.upf-csic.es/work-with-us/job-offers
#WeAreHiring
📣 The #IBE_Barcelona is seeking a #PhD Student for the Evolutionary #Microbiology Lab.🔬🧫
⏳ Apply before September 30th and #JoinOurTeam!
#UnravellingEvolution #ConservingBiodiversity
✍ https://www.ibe.upf-csic.es/work-with-us/job-offers
#Evolution is your passion? 🧬🪳
📣 The Insect Reproduction and Nutritional Signals in Insects Labs at the #IBE_Barcelona are seeking a #PhD student.
⏳ Apply before October 10th and #JoinOurTeam!
#UnravellingEvolution #ConservingBiodiversity
✍ https://www.ibe.upf-csic.es/work-with-us/job-offers
📣The #EMBOWorkshop is almost here!
🔬 Learn all about the evolution and origins of multicellularity 🦠🧬 from October 9–11, ONLINE🤩
🗓️ Register by September 5 ➡️ https://meetings.embo.org/event/25-multicellularity
#UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife
Passionate about evolution?🧬
🔬 Join the #EMBOWorkshop “Evolution and Origins of Multicellularity Across the Tree of Life” 🦠🧬 live online from October 9–11.
🗓️ Sign up before September 5: 👉https://meetings.embo.org/event/25-multicellularity
#UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife
🗨️“The tool we’ve developed will make it possible to precisely identify the areas where poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking networks operate,” says Tomàs Marquès-Bonet.
#ConservingBiodiversity #DiscoveringLife #UnravellingEvolution
📣 Don’t miss out — attend online! 📣
The #EMBOWorkshop "Evolution and Origins of Multicellularity Across the Tree of Life" 🦠🧬 will be streamed online from October 9–11.
🗓️ Register here by September 5: https://meetings.embo.org/event/25-multicellularity
#UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife
#JoinOurTeam
📣The #IBE_Barcelona seeks a #PhD Student in Human Population Genomics🧬🔬 for a 4-year project focused on human isolated populations!
#UnravellingEvolution #DiscoveringLife
📆 Deadline: 31st of August
Apply here👉https://www.ibe.upf-csic.es/work-with-us/job-offers
Picture of the giant earthworm Norana najaformis, whose genome was newly sequenced for this study. Credit to Pau Balart-García.
Earthworms reveal an evolutionary mechanism which could defy Darwin🪱🧬
📕A new #IBE-led comparative genomics study of earthworms and their marine relatives shows that worms colonised land through evolutionary jumps.🧵 #UnravellingEvolution
👉https://shorturl.at/IyWqH
📣Today the #IBE_Barcelona Students Committee organizes the #IBEWorkshop, a new initiative aimed at fostering knowledge exchange, skill development, and community building across all levels of the institute.🤩
#UnravellingEvolution
#DiscoveringLife
#ConservingBiodiversity
Arabian Horned Viper (Cerastes gasperettii). Credit: Salvador Carranza.
🔬 The study reveals this species' demographic history and evolution, providing new insights into its conservation and ecology of these animals essential for the ecosystems.
#UnravellingEvolution #ConservingBiodiversity
🔎 Learn more about the study here👉https://shorturl.at/nQImu
Estructura genètica de la població dels grups gitanos europeus (Imatge: Human Genetics)
📕 A new study from #IBE_Barcelona reveals that the Roma people of the Iberian Peninsula exhibit genetic differences compared to those from the rest of Europe, despite their common origin 🧬🌎 #UnravellingEvolution
👉https://shorturl.at/Svt11
📣 This fall, #IBE_Barcelona hosts the @embo.org #Workshop "Evolution and origins of multicellularity across the tree of life"🧬🦠✨#UnravellingEvolution
📆 9-11 October 2025
📍 @prbb.org
⌛ Abstract submission: 1st June
👉https://meetings.embo.org/event/25-multicellularity
📣 Congratulations to Alba Nieto, PhD student at @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social, also on winning the @official-smbe.bsky.social Graduate Student Excellence Award! 🏆🎉
Another fantastic recognition of outstanding work in #UnravellingEvolution 🌍🧬
📣 Congratulations to Gemma Martínez, PhD student at @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social, on winning the @official-smbe.bsky.social Graduate Student Excellence Award! 🏆🎉
A fantastic recognition of her work in #UnravellingEvolution 🌍🧬
