Jensen 2025 "From nature to nurture – How genes and environment interact to shape behaviour”

Chen et al. 2024 "Comparative transcriptome and methylome of polar bears, giant and red pandas reveal diet-driven adaptive evolution"

Webster & Phillips 2025 "Epigenetics and individuality: from concepts to causality across timescales"

Yen et al. 2024 "DNA Methylation Carries Signatures of Sublethal Effects Under Thermal Stress in Loggerhead Sea Turtles"

Lindner et al. 2024 "Genetic and epigenetic differentiation in response to genomic selection for avian lay date"

Special roundtable discussion on multiomics approaches and their applications hosted by Audrey Putman. While integrating omics data across different scales remains a challenge, it can offer valuable insights into the dynamics of regulatory networks that cannot be captured by a single layer alone. We believe these approaches hold great potential in ecological and conservation epigenetics, particularly in the interpretation of molecular changes within the broader context of phenotypic and environmental variation. To supplement our discussion, Audrey will give a brief presentation beforehand outlining current multiomics methodologies and considerations in their application.

"Patterns of methylation and transcriptional plasticity during thermal acclimation in a reef-building coral" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.13757"

"An epigenetic toolbox for conservation biologists"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eva.13699

"Epigenetic signatures of social status in wild female spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta)"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10978994/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=15_2068&utm_term=intro_link

“Spatial covariation between genetic and epigenetic diversity in wild plant and animal populations: a meta-analysis”https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/227/Suppl_1/jeb246009/344028

Article discussed: "DNA methylation differences between stick insect ecotypes"
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.17165

Article discussed: "DNA methylation in the wild: epigenetic transgenerational inheritance can mediate adaptation in clones of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca) " https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19464

Article discussed: “Third-Generation Sequencing Reveals the Adaptive Role of the Epigenome in Three Deep-Sea Polychaetes”
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/40/8/msad172/7231443

Article discussed: “Learning functional conservation between human and pig to decipher evolutionary mechanisms underlying gene expression and complex traits” https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/pdf/S2666-979X(23)00187-8.pdf

Article discussed: “Taming transposable elements in vertebrates: from epigenetic silencing to domestication”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168952522000361

Article discussed: "Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain"

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adf5357

Article discussed: “The Evolutionary Complexities of DNA Methylation in Animals: From Plasticity to Genetic Evolution”

https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/15/12/evad216/7453352

Talk from Caroline Bacquet, Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Ecuador.

Science across the abyss: weaving bridges with butterflies
Western society is experiencing a period of rapid scientific and technological advancement due to globalization. However, it is evident that this growth is not evenly distributed across all countries. There is an imbalance in terms of access to resources, infrastructure, and scientific education, which significantly influences the progress that can be achieved in each region. Additionally, countries with rich biodiversity often have limited investment in science and technology, which poses challenges for the conservation and improvement of these areas. Academic mobility serves as a means to connect these disparate sides and foster collaboration. The academic mobility between both sides of this asymmetry is what makes it possible to reduce the gap in education, on the one hand, and basic biodiversity research, on the other. In this sense, neotropical butterflies are an excellent example of model species that have made it possible to build bridges between scientists from very different countries and cultures, enhancing undergraduate and graduate education, basic and applied research, and the creation of innovative ventures with high economic impact. As a concrete example, the research on butterflies of the genus Heliconius, the network of researchers who study them, and their importance for the development of science in Latin America are presented.

Article discussed: “DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits”
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq5693

Article discussed: “Chromatin accessibility, not 5mC methylation covaries with partial dosage compensation in crows”
https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010901

Article discussed: "Epigenetics and seasonal timing in animals: a concise review”
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-023-01673-3

Article discussed: “DNA methylation markers of age(ing) in non-model animals”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17065

Article discussed: “Nuclear compartmentalization as a mechanism of quantitative control of gene expression”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41580-021-00387-1