Studying the evolution of complexity through modelling and phylogenomicshttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.social/post/3mj2dhma4q22iVery excited with the online publication of our modeling work on the evolution of sexual reproduction during obligate endosymbiosis: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2025.0077. The first publication of Alkmini Zania 🎉; together with Paulien Hogeweg.09 Apr 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:5irilm6bvb3n7hhxz2oco4vj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2dhma4q22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.social/post/3lxrfrqmlfc2vExcited with two new preprints on evolution of molecular structure, in RNA (https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.18.670923, @n-martin.bsky.social) and proteins (https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.27.672565). Both RNA and protein structures are often conserved across evolution, but the underlying reasons are very different.01 Sep 2025 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:5irilm6bvb3n7hhxz2oco4vj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxrfrqmlfc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.social/post/3lwwe2w6cls2nGreat to see so many people at our symposium om the origin of eukaryotes. Thanks to all the speakers! #ESEB25 @julianvosseberg.bsky.social21 Aug 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:5irilm6bvb3n7hhxz2oco4vj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwe2w6cls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.social/post/3lwrxfezqdc2eInteractive symbiosis in silico (back) and in vivo (front). #ESEB2519 Aug 2025 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:5irilm6bvb3n7hhxz2oco4vj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwrxfezqdc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.social/post/3lvnfsykpsk2bThe exciting project of Alkmini Zania on the impact of sex on endosymbiosis reveals complex evolutionary dynamics. What could this mean for early eukaryotes? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.30.667627v1.full.pdf+html05 Aug 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:5irilm6bvb3n7hhxz2oco4vj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnfsykpsk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.social/post/3lklqrulqxc2b#ESEB2025 Exciting symposium alert: (S50) Unravelling the origin of eukaryotes. 🦑🌴 With speakers Purificación López-García and Mark Field. We are looking forward to your abstract submissions! https://eseb2025.com/list-of-symposia/#S50 @julianvosseberg.bsky.social17 Mar 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:5irilm6bvb3n7hhxz2oco4vj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklqrulqxc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/derdunk.bsky.social/post/3lkl6n5alds25Here's a cool article https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06974-w, which supports my evolutionary model of a prokaryotic cell cycle (https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac056), in which we allow evolution to exploit the changes in gene dosage induced by replication to improve cell-cycle regulation.17 Mar 2025 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:5irilm6bvb3n7hhxz2oco4vj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkl6n5alds25