
Joe Martinez, Ph.D.
@jose_imartinez
@FDACS Bio. Sci. | @FloridaMuseum Res. Ass. | @NatGeo Expl. | Syst., Behav. Evol. Bio., Ecol., IPM, and Cons. | Neotropics | 🎸& 📷 | 🇲🇽🇺🇸 🦋
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Today’s is the first day of talks for the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera /SLS meeting in Gainesville FL with many interesting research works, but also I’m very happy to see one of my academic heroes Dr. Richard Brown talking about “sex scales” in male moths.



We're hiring! Florida Museum #McGuireCenter is hiring a new #collections #manager, salary up to $70K. Soon we’ll also be posting a job opening for a #tenuretrack Assistant Curator/Prof; keep an eye out! Please share/repost! #butterflies #moths #museum | 👉explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5294…


Did you know? There are night-flying butterflies! We assembled the #genome of a nocturnal butterfly, and the DNA shares many similarities with nocturnal moths, such as color vision/#opsins. This is so cool! Rachit Pratap Singh and YiMing Weng lead this study. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…


We're hiring again! #TenureTrack Curator/Professor Butterflies & moths. Special interest in those studying global change, popbio, ecology/evolution, invasives, development. Starting salary to $105,000. Due Jan 5. Please share! tinyurl.com/2p7u5fy3 Florida Museum #McGuireCenter


Come work with us! We are hiring a TT Assistant Professor in Insect Biodiversity and Conservation in Department of Entomology@Cornell University! Applications are due Jan 26th. Cornell CALS is a great place to work! Apply here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26806



When we think about pollinators, bees and butterflies often come to mind. But there are many other types of insects, and even some vertebrates, that can act as pollinators and also deserve appreciation. Why should bees and butterflies get all the love? floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/celebr… 🪰

Entomologists! Are you going to #ICE2024 in #Kyoto #Japan this August? Excited to be giving a talk on what to expect in Kyoto, insect stores, local food, inside tips on traveling, things to avoid, etc.! 5/20 1:30 pm EST. Register here! entsoc.org/events/webinar…. International Congress of Entomology 2024 Kyoto JP




Nature’s aquatic architects: Caddisfly larvae use specially adapted silk to construct portable cases and underwater shelters that provide protection and facilitate feeding. New #ProcB paper explores the evolutionary origins of this trait: ow.ly/srZE50SusUJ paul frandsen


new luna moth genome just dropped!! happy to share that the second chapter of my masters thesis is now published in GBE (Genome Biology and Evolution). thank you to my Florida Museum collaborators and silk community for helping me get this manuscript to the finish line! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/16…

Students+postdocs at #ICE2024 ! If you're interested in evolution, genetics, behavior, etc -I'm looking for a new grad student+PD to join my lab FLORIDA Florida Museum. Its a great dept working on many areas of biodiversity science! Please DM + schedule to chat International Congress of Entomology 2024 Kyoto JP


