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X Biology of Butterflies + IX Encontro de Lepidoptera Neotropicais
📅 30 Mar–3 Apr 2027
📍 Unicamp, Campinas, BR
#bobelen2027 #lepidoptera #science #unicamp #butterflies
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Huge congrats to Mar, who led this study published in @ecography.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...
Nymphalidae butterfly diversity in the Atlantic Forest was shaped by repeated dispersal, over millions of years, from Amazonia and the Andes, rather than by high in situ diversification
Brooke Zanco and co-authors found flies fed low cholesterol diets have greater levels of gut permeability and epithelial cell disorganisation than those fed high cholesterol diets. Lifespan was maximised on a high cholesterol diet www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Female Catonephele acontius perched on my hand in the Peruvian forest
I'm looking forward to sharing how this project has matured into genomic and transcriptomic work in the next few months, with exciting results to come!
and (2) that maximum temperature was the principal driver of distinct seasonal responses in two Catonephele species, suggesting diapause evolution combines cue conservation with species-specific divergence of trait plasticity
We combined phenotypic and climatic data, with two key findings:
(1) that some species diapause while others don’t, indicating that diapause has evolved many times during butterfly diversification
We tested seasonal reproductive dynamics across the Nymphalids in the seasonally dry tropical forests of Peru using long-term collections to perform *lots* of dissections across nine species
Very excited to share that my first first-author pre-print is out today! Many thanks go out to all of our collaborators, especially those who helped with the fieldwork in Peru - it really wouldn't have been possible without you! 🦋
🚨 New preprint alert 🚨 I’m excited to share our study presenting a non-invasive method for sexing sea turtle hatchlings via DNA methylation - the culmination of many years of work! Huge thanks to our fantastic co-authors, whose dedication made this possible
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Excited to visit Lille France for @popgroup2026.bsky.social ! Looking forward to present about butterfly wing colour polymorphism on Thursday at 11.30am in Salle D 🦋
Are you excited about pangenomics? If so, join us in Edinburgh on 8-9th June to discuss the latest methods & insights from using these approaches across biodiversity! More details here:
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!
It continues to be a pleasure to be involved in this project and I am eager to see what breakthroughs will follow from our work!
Out today, our take on 6-methyladenine #6mA evolution in Eukaryotes @natgenet.nature.com. We asked a simple question, is really DNA 6mA common across the eukaryotes? The answer is "yes" if you're a unicellular eukaryote 🦠, not so if you're multicellular 🐝🌱🍄. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/9
In July, our reporter traveled to the Italian Alps and to Barcelona, Spain, to observe researchers capturing moths and butterflies and then sequencing their genomes. It was all part of the most ambitious biology project ever: to sequence every species on Earth.
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PhD position for Chinese nationals! London-based, funded by China Scholarship Council & @qmul.bsky.social
"Ecology & genomics of climate adaptation: mapping functional genetic variation in wild insect populations"
shorturl.at/Vfi8W
DM for more info!
#conservation #genomics #ecology #biodiversity
Whole Genome Sequencing Will Transform Our Understanding of Life. The Earth BioGenome Project is using cutting-edge tech like long-read sequencing to map the DNA of 1.8 million organisms. Researchers anticipate major discoveries in evolution and medicine.
A fluorescent microscopy image of a developing scale
I'm looking for a postdoc to join the lab as part of @leverhulme.ac.uk funded interdisciplinary team working on butterfly scale structure development jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
Great to be involved in this exciting endeavour !! @projectpsyche.bsky.social
Very happy to present my research at @eseb2025.bsky.social yesterday! It was an incredibly engaging experience, with great discussions during the poster session and thoughtful conversations afterwards. Grateful for the interest and feedback! @eseb.bsky.social
Me presenting at European conference
Me presenting at European conference
Very happy to have had the opportunity to share my research @eseb2025.bsky.social yesterday - a great turnout and some great discussion afterwards! #eseb2025
Just touched down in Barcelona for @eseb2025.bsky.social ! Excited to present about reproduction (or a lack thereof) in Neotropical butterflies!
Come and see my talk here: Tuesday 4pm in Room 131: S51-09 😎
First field trip of the #WG2 has come to an end! We will share some of the most relevant moments of this fantastic week! Stay tuned 🦋🧬
Academic poster alongside academic presenter
Another week another poster! Pleasure to present at the QMUL Postgraduate Research Symposium
Poster presentation about drop in coding sessions
Great to take my first foray into Pedagogy at the Festival of Education yesterday - lots of very inspiring scholars and teachers !!
Looking forward to giving a presentation about the evolution and mechanisms of reproductive plasticity in tropical butterflies at the ESEB congress this summer! Excited to hear about other implications of climate change on reproduction in the same symposium
@eseb2025.bsky.social
👩🏾💻 It’s finally here! 👩🏾💻
We’re excited to announce the launch of our official website for Cost Action 10kLepGenomes: www.10klepgenomes.eu 🦋
We invite you to explore and stay updated with our progress in Lepidoptera genomics! 🧬
#10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
Lund University Library amongst a clear blue sky
Brilliant time at the @projectpsyche.bsky.social spring meeting in Lund this week - lovely conversations and an even lovelier library
Would be great to be on there! Cheers
I had the privilege of sharing my work with some of the world's leading lepidopterists today - many thanks to @gmkov.bsky.social and co for hosting Lepinars year round!
