First chapter of my PhD thesis is out in the Dunn lab Casey Dunn. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!! Darrin Schultz Natasha Picciani, PhD stevehaddock.bsky and others!!

The latest paper by Emily Lau, PhD et al in Biology Letters shows how ostracods, Renilla, and fireflies all use the same gene family (sulfotransferases) to modify chemically different bioluminescent substrates. Parallel evolution is fun! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

🐌 I guess National Snail Day is a good time to share the overwhelming diversity of pelagic gastropods we saw in the Gulf of California, Mexico, last month. We used scuba and trawls on the R/V Sally Ride, supported by NSF grants and expertise of Brad Seibel and Amy Maas.

Today in Science Magazine we report how lipids specialize for life under the crushing pressures of the deep sea and what this means more broadly for the composition of cell membranes (1/n) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I think there are so many “announcement” tweets because they are among the only content safe from criticism. This platform rewards conflict and I think a lot of early career scientists won’t share here otherwise because they are worried about negative career impacts.

Penn State Biology is looking for a Tenure Track Evolutionary Genomicist. We are a welcoming and supportive community - come work with us! Penn State Eberly College of Science Read more here: tinyurl.com/599td3nj #blackinstem #latinxinstem #indigenousinstem #diversityinstem #lgbtSTEM #womeninstem

Sebastian Cocioba (Sebastian S. Cocioba🪄🌷) built a laboratory in his home using machines bought off eBay. His dream is to design flowers. He's already engineered air-purifying houseplants and helped make the world’s first genetically modified Olympic mascot. His story, in photos...

Masked for most of the meeting in Montreal, but got COVID anyway. I would say 90% of people were not masking. Evolution Meetings #Evol2024 SSE Evolution Students ESEB