Researcher @Senckenberg. Evolutionary genomics, global change, novelties, climate, reptiles & fishes! He/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonhilgers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonhilgers.bsky.social/post/3mldbi4kbis26Check out this fantastic #new #genome #ressource for >1000 mammals 🦊 and >850 birds 🐦 🧬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:f56o7wrgqf6jgtvnugxrylqg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldbi4kbis26https://bsky.app/profile/leonhilgers.bsky.social/post/3mlb35u7nbk2wWhen these #eels 🐟were caught, the world still ran on sail and steam. #Darwin was years away from "Origin of Species🐦". #Mendel had not even planted a pea🪴. Today, the same specimens may tell us whether/how eels can adapt to the #Anthropocene🐟🏢.07 May 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:f56o7wrgqf6jgtvnugxrylqg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb35u7nbk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/leonhilgers.bsky.social/post/3ml72626jak2qWhat a #collection @nhmwien.bsky.social 🤩 #flexibEEL #museomics #eels #evolution #Wien06 May 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:f56o7wrgqf6jgtvnugxrylqg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml72626jak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonhilgers.bsky.social/post/3ml3mn7kajc22Good morning from Vienna☀️! Sampling #historical 100+ year old #eels for the #flexibEEL project in the fantastic #collection of the NHM Wien @nhmwien.bsky.social 🙂🐟 #eels #evolution #museomics05 May 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:f56o7wrgqf6jgtvnugxrylqg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3mn7kajc22https://bsky.app/profile/leonhilgers.bsky.social/post/3mgprojwlas2lI hear you want novelty🦎->🐢, chromosome evolution 🧬, sex determination🩷, link population history📈 & climate🌏🌡️? Or you share my love for wonderfully weird animals? Side-necked turtle genomes reveal chromosomal dynamics, skeletal innovation and cancer resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.05.709825v1 A 🧵10 Mar 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:f56o7wrgqf6jgtvnugxrylqg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgprojwlas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonhilgers.bsky.social/post/3mcz35aub4c2d From Permits 📜 to Samples🧪🧬 Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe🧬🇪🇺 Now published in Mol Ecol Res! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.70100?af=R Thanks to the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social team!!!🙂22 Jan 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:f56o7wrgqf6jgtvnugxrylqg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcz35aub4c2d