You have to divide by two the US salary because of taxes, health care, and retirement but it is still roughly between 55k$ and 110k$ for this job position … after 10 years at the CNRS I was at 38k$ 😭
Ever wondered how the #cuticle, a hallmark of land plants, was established?
In our latest study, we show that the CUTIN SYNTHASE enzyme family was a key driver of this evolutionary innovation. #plantscience
▶️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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For anyone wondering where modern #chemicalecology stands, here is an instant classic example 🤩
Small changes in the olfactory receptors of Drosophila suzukii agricultural pest explain its preference for laying eggs in ripe fruit instead of overripe fruit bc of detection of ester fruit volatiles 🤯
Here is the Cornell Chronicle article about our PNAS paper on the evolution of milkweed toxins (N,S-cardenolides), to which the monarch butterfly is sensitive, despite being co-evolved with milkweeds!
@cornellentomology.bsky.social
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My first podcast 😅 on how decoding the smell of organisms could help us to find solutions to protect crops in agriculture, and improve plant, animal, and human health by detecting diseases before symptoms appear!
@Cornell @CornellEnto @CornellAgriTech
youtu.be/szTAWwYC5bc
Thanks Emmanuel and see at ISCE in Ithaca in June! Big fan of your work and will be very pleased to meet you!
The International Society of Chemical Ecology Conference will be hosted by Cornell (Ithaca, NY) this June 21-26! 🐛🧪🥀🦠🦇
Early Bird registration until April 7! Please spread the word!
Lots of great talks and sessions! Post-conference Metabolomics Workshop!
events.ces.scl.cornell.edu/event/ISCE20...
Thanks Megan!
Our most accomplished work on chemical evolution 🥳
These N,S-cardeneolides have unique structures and bioactivities, and they also have divergent macroevolutionary histories 🤩
Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here is Petra testing her bee 🐝 cage experiment to assess biomiticide peptide against varroa mites as an alternative to chemical pesticides 🤩 Thanks to Project Apis m. for the support!
@CornellAgriTech @CornellCALS @CornellEnto
Our paper on using #eDNA from rainwater to study hidden biodiversity in #tropical #forest #canopies is now out in Science Advances! This method is a major step forward for the study and #conservation of this inaccessible compartiment. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Photo: J. Raynaud
With a few chemical tweaks to a known metal-organic framework (MOF), researchers have developed a material that quickly detects and removes a common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) from contaminated water. cen.acs.org/environment/... #chemsky 🧪
Very excited about this paper led by Erika Castro. She has shown that Heliconius were ancestrally plastic in how they acquired their cyanogens, but some species have lost the ability to biosynthesise toxins, and have lost genes involved www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Researchers have mapped the chemical pathway for 4-vinylanisole that causes locusts to swarm and figured out how to inhibit it: cen.acs.org/biological-c... #chemsky 🧪
Excited to head to #Evol2025 next week! It will be my last year in a presidential role for The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social and as such I will be giving the SSB Presidential Address. www.evolutionmeetings.org/plenaries.html
A coalition of 36 chemistry department chairs from US universities has published an open letter in Science highlighting their concern over recent federal policy decisions impacting science. cen.acs.org/policy/resea... #chemsky 🧪
Apologies for missing the last few weeks for themes! In light of our new article www.nature.com/articles/s41..., the #Sundayfishsketch #Fishytheme is biofluorescent fishes! #sciart 🦑
An inforgrafic showing the relationship between animal size and the shape of the fluid waste that these animals can expel from their bodies.
Sharing this fluidic excretion alignment chart you did not know you needed. #TheMoreYouKNow
www.usatoday.com/story/graphi...
🎉 We’re hiring! Two ERC-funded #PostdocJobs on insect–phytopathogen mutualisms are available in my lab. Explore the chemical and molecular evolution of symbioses!
🧪Chemical ecology: tinyurl.com/chem-ecol-symb
🦠Phytopathology & mutualisms: tinyurl.com/symb-plantpath
#SymbioSky #PlantPathology
Travel 400M years in a flip. FERNS explores the evolution, survival, and modern ties of Earth’s most adaptable plants. By @fernway.bsky.social & Jacob Suissa, illustrated by Laura Silburn. Out May 6: go.btiscience.org/ferns #FernsBook #PlantScience
Out today, we report how small chemical modifications in the metabolism of ergosterol are needed for yeast membranes to phase seperate into ordered yet fluid domains www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (1/n)
Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:
Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.
I did a podcast interview for Voyage to the Wild with Charlie Young about Ants in the Amazon! You can listen to it here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Four images to illustrate some prominent single-gene myths. Top left shows a photograph of a person deftly rolling their tongue into a U-shape. Top right shows a photograph of a person’s ear, highlighting the shape and features of the earlobe and cartilage. Bottom left shows a close-up photograph of a person’s eye, with a vivid blue colouration. Bottom right shows a photograph of a person poised to write with their left hand on the blank white page of a spiral-bound notebook.
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
I am so excited about this upcoming publication about the Bees of Pennsylvania! 🐝 Stay tuned; we will have a page online where you can purchase this book in July! @nashturley.bsky.social @napoleonicento.bsky.social @stephanidae.bsky.social
a diagram showing a cross-section of human skin, showing that sebaceous compounds are broken down under UV radiation
Kicking off my Bluesky account by sharing a new review I wrote with @lindymcbr.bsky.social for @currentbiology.bsky.social! If you’ve ever wondered about the source of your stank or just want to learn why humans smell weird (it's true!), then this review is for you! 👃🧪🤔 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Complex signals, complex defences: there’s more to defences than meets the eye. New from @amatageorgeii.bsky.social &
@liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social @mpic.de
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#aposematism #chemecol
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
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