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danielcroll.bsky.social
We want to understand how pathogens adapt and cause diseases. Also passionate about TEs, pangenomes & population genomics, bioinformatics and conservation genomics. Professor of Evolutionary Genetics @ University of Neuchatel 🇨🇭 Hobbies: 👧🏻👧🏼🏔️🏕️
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Big congrats, Amelia!! So well deserved!

submitted 3 hours ago • 1 comment

Such elegant work by @teresaomeara.bsky.social 's lab!

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

To the MPMI community: Cast your vote for Wenbo Ma for President! 🗳️ A vote for leadership grounded in excellence, inclusion, and integrity. The change we need, the voice we deserve! 👏 Check full statement here: www.ismpmi.org/members/Page...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Teratorn. 180-kb transposon. Freakin scary.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Wait, ... what? This is insane. :🤯

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Very happy to see our paper online: "Population genomics and molecular epidemiology of wheat powdery mildew in Europe". Congrats to @jigisha1.bsky.social and all coauthors! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

The ERC is an amazing institution and the crown jewel of European research. Increased funding is excellent news. Let's hope though that individual governments across the 🇪🇺recognize the importance of research too and keep funding their research institutions. Ultimately, much more important.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Extremely proud of @anouk-vw.bsky.social successfully defending her PhD thesis yesterday at @w-u-r.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Hey! That's me! Check out my latest where I develop a method for pinpointing where mutation spectra change along phylogenies. Striking, nodes with large changes are significantly enriched for protein changes in the RdRp (catalytic domain of the polymerase) suggesting a causal role.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

💥🥳 At long last, our latest paper is out! Gag proteins of endogenous retroviruses are required for zebrafish development www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Led heroically by Sylvia Chang & @jonowells.bsky.social A study which has changed the way I think of #transposons! No less! 🧵 1/n

submitted 22 days ago • 14 comments

Exciting day travelling to Wageningen to examine the very impressive work of Anouk C. van Westerhoven, co-supervised by Gert H. J. Kema and @mfseidl.bsky.social! Also, looking forward to get again dressed fancy in some borrowed gown 🎓😉

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

This is just an amazing discovery! TE co-option as centromeres in yeast.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Switzerland has been kind to me. Having come from the US and living there now, I’m happy to talk to people thinking about leaving (I’m not in this lab, but hear good things!)

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

If I had my postdoc time again I would be giving this serious thought.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Could not imagine a better place for a post-doc! Exciting projects with a fantastic PI! Check it out 👇

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭? We have several postdoc positions open at the moment! Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

New Paper out! apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/epdf/10.... We wanted to know how much genetic variation exists for Zymoseptoria in a single wheat field.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

I will join this great Summer School on Plant Pathogenomics for a Sustainable Future of Food. End of June in beautiful Bologna! 🇮🇹 Share with your interested colleagues and don't miss the application deadline 😉 www.2p4s2f.com

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

This is absolutely fascinating! Impressive analysis (3.2M TEs in 1.9K samples) and super interesting examples of locally adaptive TE insertions. Congrats to @tobybarilbio.bsky.social and all the authors.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Does anyone know if the penguins got their tariffs lifted as well? I am concerned. 🐧

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Very excited with @tobybarilbio.bsky.social to share this preprint about his latest work on TEs! We knew that TEs were very pretty active in this global fungal pathogen of wheat. Now with nearly 2000 Illumina genomes available, we could finally ask questions about historic TE activation waves.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA) Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics? Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵ Get in touch and please share! pathogen-genomics.org

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Excited to share our latest preprint 🥳 Historic transposon mobilisation waves create distinct pools of adaptive variants in a major crop pathogen @danielcroll.bsky.social #TESky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

We just had an amazing group of BSc block course students hosted in our lab. University of Neuchatel #UNINE has the best students! 😊💪🧑‍🎓

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

So happy - our lab just had two PhD students graduating within the span of a week! Biggest congrats to @guidopuccetti.bsky.social and Sarai Reyes-Avila!! 🎉🧑‍🎓🧑‍🎓🎉 Best wishes from all of us for your future paths!

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Summer time is here and I get to see the last sunrays again on my cycle home! 🚲🗻

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

For those interested in repeat-induced point mutations (RIP) in fungi: Thomas Badet set up an amazing meeting in beautiful Neuchâtel #TEsworldwide #Transposon

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

🔥 Exciting news! The first Symposium on Repeat-Induced Point mutations is happening June 30 – July 1 at the University of Neuchâtel🇨🇭! 🔹 Want to join? Register here > forms.gle/XWTd4gJAXZSx... 🚨 Limited spots available! So first come, first served! 🔹 More info > crolllab.github.io/ripm2025/

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments