RNAseq is commonly performed. We compared N=30 wild-type Bl6 mice to an N=30 heterozygotic knockout with a phenotype, and then downsized. We found you need at least an N= 8-12 to avoid a >50% false positive rate. A 2nd line confirmed the finding. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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Published today: we made controlled comparisons of social network structures of 5 ant species from 5 subfamilies with diverse life-histories. Some aspects of network structure deeply conserved; others variable. We speculate on links to life-history & ecology 1/

We are still considering applicants for this position. Please contact Dr. Pan directly.

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Great news to share: The University Council has appointed Claudia Claudia 🕊 Keller Valsecchi as the new Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology Biozentrum, University of Basel. She will join our community in August 2025. We are looking forward to welcoming our new colleague. ow.ly/wOY850T7i9L

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Our new paper by Hiroshi Arai et al. has been published! Cell-based assays and comparative genomics revealed the conserved and hidden effects of Wolbachia on insect sex determination academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

Excited to see our (Claudia 🕊 Keller Valsecchi and my) review on sex chromosome dosage compensation across (non-model) insects out today! 🦟🪰🦋🪳🦗🪲🐞 authors.elsevier.com/a/1jq%7EJcQbJB…

After several years in the making, I am very excited to see this paper finally out. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… More on this later.

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Happy to share this publication with Camille Roux in PCI Evolutionary Biology We showed that termites have reduced efficiency of natural selection compared to non-social relatives. Interestingly, this effect increases with the level of social complexity. peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24…

We (Maximilian Bolder and I) are offering a funded research internship on social insects🐜🐝 through DAAD RISE Germany for a BSc student from USA🇺🇸, Canada🇨🇦, UK🇬🇧, or Ireland🇮🇪, to undertake research Universität Mainz🇩🇪 Summer 2025. Please RT - deadline Nov 30th: tinyurl.com/47xm6jj9

We are excited to publish an modENCODE level epigenome data analyses for Dobzhansky's favourite Drosophila species D. pseudoobscura on Nature Communications and the paper link is here rdcu.be/dYQId My very talented and hard-working former Ph.D student Mujahid Ali almost single

Excited to see this out. Many thanks to all collaborators. Juvenile hormone as a key regulator for asymmetric caste differentiation in ants | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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Last week Science Magazine Continuous evolution of user-defined genes at 1 million times the genomic mutation rate Chang Liu Gordon Rix science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Hey y'all... Come over to Bluesky! You don't need an invite code anymore and all the folks you used to follow here and reasons you joined this platform are now over there ➡️

Would you prefer to lead a lab alone or together with a science buddy? How interesting would be a research institute where joint labs are the standard?!

Really honored to participate in this project. Congratulations to all co-authors! Arjuna Rajakumar, PhD onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/je…