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Just out BMC Biology! Gene gain and loss from the Asian corn borer moth W chromosome. I'm amazed by the W assemblies possible from the new PacBio/Omni-C data. A really fun collaboration with Wenting Dai and Liping Ban. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New babies in the lab!

Our latest monthly #preprint list is out! Have a look at the #DevBio and stem cell biology preprints that came out in May. Congrats to all authors 🎉 📃thenode.biologists.com/may-in-preprin…

"Here, we report a broad survey of plasmids from hundreds of academic and industrial labs worldwide. We show that nearly half of them contained design and/or sequence errors." Trust nothing; validate everything. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I’m very excited to be presenting my poster “Elucidating drivers of angiogenesis during zebrafish caudal fin regeneration using a novel ‘AngioTag’ transgenic line” at #2024SDB! Come by on Tuesday and check it out!

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Come join us at Duke University as a Lab Manager and work alongside Sara Lipshutz and myself. Apply now to be part of our teams! #JobSearch #LabManager #Research #Biology academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27895

Dear botanical friends. I am pleased to share our mss aiming to understand floral fusion. If you want to learn more about the gynostemium (stamens + stigmatic tips) check our paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Being a #NewPI is a 🎢 Lab is half-built 🏗️💆🏽‍♀️😮‍💨... But today, I got my first caterpillars in the lab 🐛 thx to Donya Shodja & @evolvwing. Also, got new toys 🔬 🎉. Today, I dream about the exciting science my team will dive into soon. Very excited 💃🏽

Someone is really into fresh orange juice! #Papilio

I bought a parsley plant in the store and came with babies 🐛🐛. we have new caterpillars in the lab 😅

Happy Friday!

#HispanicHeritageMonth starts today! ✨ Join us in celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of individuals whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America: hispanicheritagemonth.gov

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we present The Atlas of Inspiring Hispanic/Latinx Scientists. This resource showcases the scientific excellence of nearly 400 outstanding scientists. #LatinxAtlas #HispanicHeritageMonth fredhutch.org/en/about/about…

🚨Job alert 🚨 Come and join us Duke Biology. Cohort hiring of3⃣assistant Professors in Ecology, Evolution or Organismal Biology, with focus on plant 🌴and/or fungal 🍄 biology biology.duke.edu/about-us/jobs

📢 TT faculty/curator position 📢 The University of Kansas KU Ecology & Evolutionary Biology has just announced the Charles Michener assistant professor/curator in bee biodiversity and evolution! 🐝 Be sure to share it widely and apply if you work on bees! 🐝 employment.ku.edu/academic/29083…

Thanks to John West for the photo and Marie Claire Chelini from Trinity Communications Trinity College at Duke for the spotlight. biology.duke.edu/news/anyi-mazo…

For this new professor Duke University, butterflies aren’t just a pretty sight: They are key to understanding how nature's huge diversity of creature colors and shapes came to be: Dr. Anyi Mazo-Vargas Duke Biology biology.duke.edu/news/anyi-mazo… Trinity College at Duke

Dear botanical friends, in our new paper we show that Rafflesiaceae and Apodanthaceae come back together! using >1000 single copy nuclear genes and rDNA. Check it out for historical facts and potential synapomorphies. #cienciacriolla #madeincolombia shorturl.at/6HdwU

A good day for vote 🗳️ #EarlyVoting