The Laboratory of Antonis Rokas at Vanderbilt University. Tweets should be interpreted as bookmarks, not as endorsements. All opinions are Antonis'.

Nashville, TN
Joined November 2011
Did you miss the conversation on evolution with @RichardDawkins & @DavidAFrench? The @VanderbiltU has got you covered! youtube.com/watch?v=BF7-d4ap… Also, check our website for Scopes events, including one featuring a Star Trek: The Next Generation star! vanderbilt.edu/dialogue-vand…
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A primer on subfunctionalization. A commentary article by James Birchler in #G3journal helps make an informed decision about subfunctionalization occurring with a duplicate gene pair and what caution should be exercised in concluding when they occur. buff.ly/4jkKaNf
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We kicked off our public Scopes Centennial programming at @VanderbiltU with a thought-provoking conversation between @RichardDawkins and @DavidAFrench! You can find more great events here: bit.ly/4hByX9h
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In opening remarks at @DialogueVU's Darwin Day Lecture, Chancellor Diermeier welcomed renowned evolutionary biologist @RichardDawkins and Open Dialogue Visiting Fellow David French of the @NYTimes for a thought-provoking discussion at the crossroads of science and philosophy.
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We've just hit a Project Steve milestone on this fine Darwin Day! Steven A. Wernke, Professor of Anthropology at @VanderbiltU makes Steve #1500! ncse.ngo/project-steve-n-150… #projectsteve #darwinday2025
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In honor of #SuperBowl Sunday, we bring you ""Coach Scopes"" - about John T. Scopes's little-known life as a football coach. ncse.ngo/coach-scopes #ScopesSunday #ScopesTrial #History
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I’ll share a positive. We had a great lab lunch this week. I am super proud of my team for their scholarship, dedication, collaborative spirit, and coming together to form a family. I’m very fortunate to lead this team! ⁦@VanderbiltU⁩ ⁦@vuartsci⁩ ⁦@EvolutionVU⁩
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This sounds like a neat conference! isemph.org/ISEMPH-2025/ #evolution #medicine @ISEMPH
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RokasLab retweeted
Will this be the best ISEMPH ever? Nashville, Tennessee is calling for #EvMed! The tenth anniversary of the best conference for researchers and clinicians to meet and find the cutting edge. Abstract deadline Feb 3! buff.ly/40zGJLx @EvolutionVU
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Had a wonderful time at the first Scopes Festival event - American Religious Landscape During the Scopes Trial! Drs. @JamesPByrd & Hudnut-Beumler gave great recaps of prevailing religious thoughts of the early 1900s. @DialogueVU. #Evolution #Fundamentalism
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The Evolutionary Studies Initiative of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, will be hosting ISEMPH 2025! We are very excited to see you all in such a unique location! Details here: buff.ly/40zGJLx @EvolutionVU
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Looking for fun in a nice place for next summer? Then, join us at the Yeast 2025 meeting! Save the date: 21-24 July 2025 Registration and abstract submission are now open!
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I have no words. My sister lost her house to the SoCal fire, leaving her family of four with a handful of suitcases and no home. If you are feeling particularly generous, please consider this gofundme gofund.me/3752eb40
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We had a great ESI retreat last week Thursday at @FatBottomBrews! #TBT We heard talks from Martha Munoz, @AmyAGoldberg, and @caitismuheil and had lightning talks from many folks in our group! Ended with trivia from @NerdyTalkTrivia
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NEW preprint!🥳 Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves orthogroup inference, which may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life 🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6
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Come be our colleague! @UMassfoodsci and @UMassIALS are co-hiring an Assistant professor for Foods for Precision Nutrition. 🍲 🥘 Questions? Ask away! Please share widely and retweet. careers.umass.edu/en-us/job/…
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We are excited about next summer! Along with #ScopesSymposium, we're hosting #ISEMPH2025. We are so grateful for folks like @PaulTurnerLab, Nicole Bender & Michelle Blythe. We hope you'll join us in Nashville. Registration sites will be live soon! @ISEMPH
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We're looking for a predoc in molecular evolution. Basic computational skills desired. Minimum 1 year. Send me DM. Wanna know what a predoc is? Check👇
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Pleiotropy has long been assumed to hinder adaptation. @EvolSys explores a #PLOSBiology study that instead suggests that regulatory networks may evolve to ensure mutations are beneficial in correlated environments. Primer: plos.io/4fby0D8 Paper: plos.io/4glXoXJ
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