Joseph Orkin

Lots of fun talking lemur genomics at @Concordia University for the Montreal Genomics series last night! nature.com/articles/s4155…

4. There is also another great paper on mouse lemur diversification in the new edition of @natureecoevo from van Elst et al., so be sure to check it out! That's their amazing mouse lemur photo on the cover! nature.com/natecolevol/vo… nature.com/articles/s4155…

3. Many lemurs have really high genomic diversity when compared to most other primates. We found a pervasive pattern of interspecific gene flow among those species that likely occurred during Pleistocene forest fragmentation and reconnection #RetreatDispersal

2. Species in the same ecogeographic regions have similar patterns of demographic history. The ecological demands of Madagascar’s wet and dry forest ecosystems have shaped the population size and genomic diversity of many species of lemurs throughout the Pleistocene

1. Dramatic recent population declines are consistent with the timing of human population expansion across Madagascar during the last 2000 years & a shift toward the consumption of smaller lemurs following the extinction of other larger bodied species #SubsistenceShiftHypothesis

Neglected primates no more! 162 lemur genomes from 50 species in our new paper: Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar! 1 of 2 lemur evolution papers in @NatureEcoEvo 3 big takeaways below! rdcu.be/d4XWV @tmarquesbonet

We wrote the piece in The Conversation as a follow-up to our 2021 article "On pickles", which will forever be my peak performance in academic article titling ethnobiomed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Ever wonder how biology and culture interact when we make fermented foods? @DrFlachsophone and I made a lot of kimchi with Sandor Katz to find out. tinyurl.com/4p3amk6t

Happy 13th birthday to the world's finest gibbon poop sniffing dog! Enjoy a day filled with snarfles and romps in Québec, Pinkerton!

Hey! Take a look at our cool, new, long-read ring-tailed lemur genome assembly! @PalmadaMarc @MarquesBonetLab academic.oup.com/gigascience/ar…

Great opportunities with a great PI in Vienna!

@MKuhlwilm Go for it! Highly recommended!

The genomics of capuchin monkeys-big brains, long lives, and local adaptation-is published! Read all about our Cebus assembly and fecalFACS population genomics (#flowscatometry) in @PNASnews with @AMelinLab @tmarquesbonet pnas.org/content/118/7/…

Our new preprint led by @AMelinLab @Knomascus @mareikecora uses data from dozens of unpublished genomes from the consortium of @tmarquesbonet & Jeff Rogers to assess the risk to lemurs & lorises from SARS-CoV-2, based on variation in ACE2 sequences. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/7

Predicted SARS-CoV-2 risk in 51 species of lemurs and lorises: New AA variants and some clades at greater risk than others. Our latest preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2021.0… @AMelinLab @nyuprimatology @mareikecora @locus_lukas @tmarquesbonet #COVID19

Looking for a postdoc? Come join the Marques-Bonet lab in Barcelona!

Want to join us? @MarquesBonetLab is offering a fully funded postdoc position in population genetics to study whole genomes in apes and other primates. Previous experience with theory, popgen or ancient DNA is required. Funded by @ERC_Research DM if interested. please RT

Check it out! 🙌🏽 My first first-authored paper (ah!) — couldn’t be more excited ☺️ Thank you to my fantastic advisor @bergeycm for being such a strong and motivating mentor!!!

Cheap sequencing will be a game changer for primate conservation genomics. Our review of primate genomics and diversity has just been published! @locus_lukas & @tmarquesbonet tinyurl.com/y4yojo3d

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