Director and Professor of the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich🇨🇭, https://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/staff/member/shimizu_kentaro.html plant polyploidy, fieldwork, language evolution 英語と日本語で主に研究についてhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3mddmoewpv226Our new publication from the 10+ Wheat Genome Project in Cell Reports! The combined effect of #polyploidy and expression on selection will inform the target of future #wheat breeding to mitigate the effect of deleterious variants. By a former PhD Gwyn and a postdoc Moeko https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247%2825%2901557-826 Jan 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddmoewpv226https://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3m4bodno7j22xOur new publication on HOBIT, a software tool for polyploid gene expression analysis. Compared with our previous method HomeoRoq (2014), HOBIT enables direct and higher-quality analysis of complex allohexaploid species such as bread wheat. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bodno7j22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3m2jjoqlfvs2ePress release in English about the new paper in Nature Communications thanks to the Earlham Institute https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64046-1 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2jjoqlfvs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lxw2haqzqc2tInterviewed by Nikkei Science (Japanese edition of Scientific American). The photo shows a Swiss Alps village where a new species, Cardamine insueta, formed in the past 150 years via hybridization and genome duplication. The article also covers wheat and Arabidopsis kamchatica. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2025 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxw2haqzqc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lxrgnhwmrc2yExcited to be featured in Nature Digest’s “Japanese Author” series! They wrote about some of my work in Nature and sister journals. #genome #evolution #wheat #linguistics #polyploidy #biodiversity #Darwin Article (Japanese): https://doi.org/10.1038/ndigest.2025.25094101 Sep 2025 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxrgnhwmrc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lxkrpjvi5c2vNew paper out in Science Advances! We studied language & genetic evolution using the GeLaTo database—focusing on burrowing and schismogenesis. Link: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adv7521 Special thanks to @chiarabarbieri.bsky.social @annagraff.bsky.social @balthasarbickel.bsky.social @nccrlanguage.bsky.social https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv752129 Aug 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkrpjvi5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3ltmyld7wi22vOur new preprint introduces HOBIT, a bioinformatics tool for allopolyploid RNA-seq. It’s directly applicable to allohexaploid species like bread wheat and outperforms our previous method, HomeoRoq, in 2014. Software: https://github.com/bitdessin/hespresso by Jianqiang Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.01.660977v110 Jul 2025 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmyld7wi22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lqtnwfaf222dPress release: Preserving #biodiversity within the crop species wheat is valuable for food security. Thanks to collaborators, particularly the partnership with Kyoto University, my alma mater. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-04886-z @kajung.bsky.social‬ https://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2025/yellow-rust_wheat.html in English and in German05 Jun 2025 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtnwfaf222dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lqtnqye6rc2dNew publication on #wheat disease resistance by my group member Kathi Jung (PhD in Science and Policy)! Using the genome assembly of the Japanese cultivar Norin 61, she identified yellow rust resistance loci in landraces from the Himalayan region. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-04886-z @kajung.bsky.social05 Jun 2025 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtnqye6rc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3llj2mtixw22aA fundamental and groundbreaking study by Jordi Bascompte, a colleague from our department: The emergence of eukaryotes as an evolutionary algorithmic phase transition | PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.242296812229 Mar 2025 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llj2mtixw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lleewm7sbk2tA major milestone on global biodiversity by our colleague, the Florian Altermatt group — just published in Nature. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lleewm7sbk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lj6o6cltoc2vCongratulations to Kathi on successfully defending her PhD! 🎉🎓 As the tradition, her PhD hat made by the lab members showcases her fascinating research on Asian wheat cultivars. Well done, Kathi! 🌾👏27 Feb 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6o6cltoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3liahgdpinc2wA new review, published on Valentine's Day! We explore the future of the study of contemporary polyploid speciation such as Cardamine insueta in Switzerland, building on discussions from the Polyploidy 2023 conference led by Doug & Pam Soltis, Patrick @nicrodemo.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph.20437 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.2043715 Feb 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3liahgdpinc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lgob64bk6s2sA new paper online! Improved GO annotation of the bread wheat genome will be useful, thanks to the first author Yasuyuki and the last author Atsushi. The homeolog expression was studied using 25 Asian cultivars including Norin 61. @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf01126 Jan 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgob64bk6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3lfdgshuoa22bExcited to be an invited speaker at the CSH Asia 'Plant Reproductive Development and Genomics' conference on Awaji Island, Japan, May 18-22, 2025! 🌸 Awaji Island is home to beautiful botanical gardens, a legacy of the Flower Expo 2000. More details: www.csh-asia.org?content/265309 Jan 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdgshuoa22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kkshimizu1.bsky.social/post/3leoztxrtt22sA new open postdoc position in population genomics! Reposting appreciated. Demography of human beings and crop plants. Attached is a group picture during a lab retreat in Lichtenstein. Job description: https://jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancies/postdoc-in-population-genomics/40227b73-2360-4e79-8924-844e5f5ed4c0 @nccrlanguage.bsky.social01 Jan 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:5mzijr4rf67z2ikytlecsfe2/app.bsky.feed.post/3leoztxrtt22s