A lover of chromosome biology 🧬🔬🔎 Studying (not only) meiosis, centromeres & genome evolution in plants! Group leader at MPI for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany Lab website: https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/5028512/marqueshttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mibzjskz4k2vI am building a new website for my group. Any suggestions of good lab websites? It would be nice to get some good ideas 😀30 Mar 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibzjskz4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mhv6jyqe7s27Super excited to share some great news 😊 Our team has been awarded a @hfspo.bsky.social grant! We’ll be working on genetic conflict over sex ratio in vertebrates, together with @takashiakeralab.bsky.social and Jiri Hejnar. Really looking forward to this new adventure! Science is a team sport!25 Mar 2026 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhv6jyqe7s27https://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mh3jfggbks2wBeautiful work from @piotraz.bsky.social and team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2026 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3jfggbks2whttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mfu27jkjuk2bNothing like a delicacy from Brazil with GMO corn and soy bean 😅27 Feb 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfu27jkjuk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3melirjuvok2xI was glad to host Kirsten Bomblies for our annual Barbara McClintock talk at the @mpipz.bsky.social to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!11 Feb 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3melirjuvok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3me7biouozs2jGreat lab! Great PI! Great opportunity! Apply now! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7biouozs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mdrxxm7b6s2hHave you ever been asked from a journal to remove all your preprint citations from any type of article (review, mini-review, normal article) and remove all the content referring to them? I found that so nonsense 😐 #asking4friend01 Feb 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdrxxm7b6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mdkq7icgrc26So proud to share that @meng-zhang.bsky.social has successfully defended her PhD with summa cum laude 🎉🎓 A fantastic achievement that reflects years of hard work, rigor, and creativity. Congratulations, Dr. Zhang! Very well deserved, and excited to see what comes next! 👏✨29 Jan 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkq7icgrc26https://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mdflyuhf7k2fA new extreme of meiotic evolution: ✔️ 𝗻𝗼 crossovers ✔️ 𝗻𝗼 gene conversion ✔️ 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 meiosis & fertility Sex mimics clonality without becoming asexual, in the holocentric multicellular eukaryote 𝘙𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘴. more about it: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.17.700054v227 Jan 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdflyuhf7k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3mdajgec6os2vAnother beauty from our recent study! 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 thousands of holocentromeres' synteny across 40 MY of evolution Turns out holocentromeres can be stable in identity but wildly dynamic in structure. 🧬 If you want to read more about it, here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.17.700053v1 #Centromeres #Pangenome25 Jan 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdajgec6os2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amarques.bsky.social/post/3md3oqcpg3c2jThe beauty that DEEPSPACE can do! Thanks to @jotlovell.bsky.social If you want to read more about it, here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.17.700048v2.full23 Jan 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:2wgziobyeaserfm6we5shnnd/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3oqcpg3c2j