Blue-spotted salamanders! Coming out of hibernation and climbing across SNOW HILLS on Presque Île (MI) to make it to breeding habitat. Incredible! Might have swabbed some with some new friends at the NMU bio dept. to see if there's any chytrid lying around ...
I can't wait to be presenting @bionmu.bsky.social and spending time with the brilliant @sgiroud.bsky.social --thank you for the invite! Get ready for WORMS! 🪱
An incredible week at Friday Harbour Labs in WA for an NSF-funded organismal modelling workshop (OSyM). So much learning, so many wonderful humans; amazing science in an amazing setting -- I can't recommend it enough. They have more down the pipeline, apply!
the polish figure skating team in the kiss and cry holding a plush pierogi
IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
New round of NSF GRFP declines without review. If you were affected:
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
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In our new paper, we explore the new frontier of active learning: student-designed games. Learn course concepts, link them to game mechanics, create an artifact to reinforce learning. Instill class community and play some wildly creative submissions! (2/2) journals.asm.org/eprint/JVPHV...
CAF designed logo for student submission called "Ecology Monopoly"
How can we encourage deep learning by students? It turns out that standardized testing leads to x1.5 higher likelihood of students failing a class compared to active learning methods, does not promote long-term information retention, and is seeded with stress and competition. (1/2)
Voici la projection que les Chinois ont adoptée depuis quelques années. Centrée sur l'Himalaya, la Chine à mi chemin entre les deux pôles. La Chine centre du monde, pays du 3ème pôle. Les États-Unis loin de ce centre. Une carte de Hao Xiaoguang. A lire : geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/informations...
You all know how precious and fascinating Phytotelmata are, right?
Right?
by @biobiiana.bsky.social & team
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phytotelmata are the best! Little naturally occurring mesocosms full of wonder and life. 🌱🐸🪲🦟 SHOUTOUT TO TINY POOLS OF WATER! THEY CONTAIN MULTITUDES!
Disease Triangle Logo
Critters Logo
Pathogens Logo
I got to try my hand at the @esajournals.bsky.social #DiseaseEcologySection logo design for 2026. I've designed 3 logos that will be at #ESA2026 -- public vote will decide the banner holder for the next calendar year. Read more about inspo and design process here: chloefouilloux.com/2025/11/24/e...
Last night's Leonid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stonehenge. The meteor shower was the best one of 2025 and this photograph proves it.
Last night's Leonid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stonehenge. The meteor shower was the best one of 2025 and this photograph proves it.
This week I've has a re-occurring fever dream where I am doing stand-up comedy to an audience (who are all horses) and open with: "Why the long faces?"; which is followed by dream-me hysterically laughing while the horses watch silently. I just need to know what my subconscious is trying to tell me.
Spookiest horseshoe crab in the Midwest 🐎👠🦀 Happy Halloween !
🐸Poison frog chemical defences are influenced by environmental availability and dietary selectivity for ants ➡️ buff.ly/NyBIPVP
Rodriguez et al., link spatial variation in leaf litter ant communities to frog chemical defences.
Last full moon paddle of the season in Monona Bay. Complete with live music on the water and roasting marshmallows from a kayak. Gotta love Madison. 🍫🌕
A year-long project where I painted a watercolour cat every month. A reason to keep painting, a reason to keep creating. Inspired by travel, friendships, learning, and death.
September cat, the last cat, emerges from a time of grief and reflection. 🐈⬛ ❤️
chloefouilloux.com/portfolio/tw...
Interested in #virulence? Not sure what it is - or how to explain it? Just curious? 🧐🦠🧬🦋
@kayla-king.bsky.social and I just wrote a Primer for @currentbiology.bsky.social on the ecology and evolution of virulence!
Check it below and share :)
#MicroSky #EvoSky #pathogens
AWESOME!!! SO WELL DESERVED 😄💕🐦🔥🌞
If you've ever been curious about #ddPCR then my latest YouTube video is just for you! From calculating reagents to interpreting live output, we have got you covered. youtu.be/R0MlmPoF0u4
Local adaptation? Coevolution? There are some really interesting dynamics at play here that I can't wait to sink my teeth into. I am currently waiting on some funding decisions, but if this sounds fun or cool or anything in between please reach out! (3/3) Thank you so much to the organizers!
At the Hite Lab (UW Madison, USA) we find that hosts are castrated by parasitic tapeworms and the exposed females maximise their terminal investment. These effects are both sex and strain specific giving rise to super cool implications for infection and population dynamics (2/n)
@eseb2025.bsky.social has been such a blast! I presented during the "Evolution of biotic interactions across biotic scales" about host fitness consequences in response to parasitic interactions (1/n)
Also per my personal tradition, I got away with yet another fun Acknowledgements section. Which is really what it's all about. If reading a methods paper isn't exciting you, I'm always pumped to give a lay summary on my website: chloefouilloux.com/2025/06/13/w... (3/3) 👨🎤🎸
So if you work with helminths and wild populations 🪱, this is the cool beans for you! We are so excited to share this OA work with you just published at Molecular Ecology Resources 🪳🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... (2/3)
Graphical abstract demonstrating trophically-transmitted parasite
🚨New paper alert!🚨
Tapeworms don’t just appear inside fish or birds. They travel there. Our latest paper tracks the first step of that journey: detecting parasites in first-intermediate hosts when they are rare + microscopic. We also developed primers/probes to detect parasites across taxa! (1/3)