Our new paper on a tiny Wealden 🐊 is now out, with @tetzoo.bsky.social, @neilgostling.bsky.social and co. As a critical taxon close to the origins of the living croc lineage, we used microCT to build a comprehensive morpholgical atlas to reassess its evolutionary relationships. tinyurl.com/4t592crr
Our paper is out m in BioEssays! We explore how a process-based view of biology, focusing on dynamic interactions rather than individual molecules, can reshape how we think about cell polarity, opening up new questions and ways of doing cell biology.
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Early evolution of the prokaryotic transcription factor repertoire www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...
GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secre...
Whoops, that Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is not in the family Centrarchidae of freshwater sunfishes. Common names can cause confusion.
RFK Jr.’s lies are costing lives. The longer he stays in charge of HHS, the more Americans will be put in danger. He must be removed. Tell your Rep to co-sponsor the articles of impeachment: tr.ee/removeRFKJr
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Interesting. Modulation of microphysical environments by the plant biodiversity.
At least at smaller scales, environment&biodiversity relations are bidirectional.
🧪 ⚒️ #Ecology #Geology #Botany
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.
DHS deported a US citizen to Mexico. Brian Morales is 25 years old who was born in Denver. Pulled over in Texas with his construction crew. Didn’t have his ID on him and told officers he could get his birth certificate, Social Security card, and medical records from home.
Amia ocellicauda inhabits the Mississippi and St. Lawrence River basins, while Amia calva lives in smaller rivers of the Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts.
The Emerald bowfin Amia ocellicauda.
"Amazon molly has accumulated mutations much faster than it's parent species, but these mutations haven’t resulted in genetic decay. Instead, the fish has purged some harmful mutations thanks to a DNA repair process known as gene conversion, in which one version of a gene overwrites the other."
Researchers, led by Dr. Bali Pulendran at Stanford, plan Phase I human safety trials, with potential availability within 5 to 7 years. The goal is to provide a single, seasonal nasal spray that could protect against multiple respiratory threats.
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Male ligers and tigons are typically sterile, while female ligers and tigons are often, though not always, fertile. Haldane's Rule states that in hybrids, the sex with two different sex chromosomes (male XY in mammals) is more likely to be sterile.
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There is no link at all between Tylenol and autism or these other disorders. The supposed link is a transparent fabrication for cynical political purposes, with innocent kids caught in the cross hairs. Shame on anyone who propagates this lie.
Some fishes have a pretty big brain, like the manta ray Mobula thurstoni, about the size of a dog of a similar body size, but with different parts enlarged.
www.mantamissions.org/manta-brain-...
Looks like we're going back to in-class oral exams.
This is bad.
"Einstein is an AI with a computer. He logs into Canvas every day, watches lectures, reads essays, writes papers, participates in discussions, and submits your homework — automatically."
The lines are parallel without my glasses on, and when the screen is strongly angled. It's got to do with the fine details of those little black and white dots on the corners. Fantastic illusion.
Want to learn the ins and outs of diversification, trait and biogeographic evolution models? I will be giving another edition of "Dive Deep into Probabilistic Phylogenetic Comparative Methods" in Oct! @tscourses.bsky.social www.transmittingscience.com/courses/evol...
Thanks @universityofotago.bsky.social and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for supporting my sabbatical visit to UCB-Integrative Biology in 2024!
- this new synthesis paper is one of the key outputs:
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Becoming a part of the @systbiol.bsky.social community is one of my greatest scientific achievements. I am happy to celebrate this today with a journal cover and a nomination to the editorial team
Phylogenomics of Cypriniformes, the most diverse order of freshwater fishes: consensus, challenges and limitations www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01...
The Genomic Basis of Electric Signal Diversity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01...
They're talking about the new Directorate TIP: www.nsf.gov/tip/latest
Very happy to share that I just published a new paper from my thesis! 🎉
We analysed 546 species of ant to understand how extreme specialisation into reproductive and non-reproductive roles evolved.
Key discoveries in thread🧵 👇
Full paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
My story on the Borax Lake chub & how @nature.org protected the single lake it is found.
#25DaysofFishmas
Doing the tardigrade shuffle.
My new paper on Amazonian biogeography and genomics is out in early view in Biological Reviews!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our paper on tinamou evolution is finally out in @systbiol.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...