Apply for a Paleosynthesis workshop with a Co-PI! Deadline 26 June 2026. Gather up to 14 participants for a workshop for a burning palaeontology question! I have participated in a couple in the past and they are really fun! www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/info-callws/

So sorry to see it go. It was a great teaching tool and I used it in my phylogenetics courses!

I’m jealous of everyone who got to be there! I met Dr. Moreau at the Evolution conference, and her SSB presidential talk was inspiring. Definitely don’t miss her talk if you get the chance!

I am SO excited for this!!! New Haven-ers, run to this event!!!!

If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm!

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plz repost 🙏 we are looking for a technician to start this summer/fall for 1-2 years to work with me at Cornell in the labs of @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social and Andy Clark, in collaboration with @corriemoreau.bsky.social on flies & termites 🪰🐜🧬🔬 Ithaca is gorges!

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If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm!

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Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS Chemical defenses are fundamental in organismal biology and widely used in medicine and agriculture. Plant defense chemistry evolves in response to...

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/...

Nutritional Symbiosis Between Ants and Their Symbiotic Microbes Nutritional symbioses with microorganisms have profoundly shaped the evolutionary success of ants, enabling them to overcome dietary limitations and thrive across diverse ecological niches and trophic...

Also we just published this review on Nutritional Symbiosis Between Ants and Their Symbiotic Microbes!

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Symbioses among ants and microbes - PubMed Ants have been shown to engage in symbiosis across the tree of life, although our knowledge is far from complete. These interactions range from mutualistic to parasitic with several instances of manipulation of host behavior. Nutrient contributions in these symbioses include both farming for food an …

If only ants had symbionts .. oh wait pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32078984/ cc: @corriemoreau.bsky.social

Hummingbird: "Dude! Since when did you decide to hitch ride?"

Ant: "If hippos can have symbiotic avians, then avians should have symbiotic insects."

Hummingbird: "OK then"

Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci Abstract. Phenotypic plasticity is widespread and evolutionarily important, but genomic consequences of new plastic traits remain unclear. Here, we explore

🏅 This month's Editor's Choice article by Megan Barkdull and Corrie Moreau: "Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci"
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Tatsuya seminar

Social insect themed snacks

Social insect themed spread

Grape termites with almond sliver legs and edible eyes!

Great day for the #MoreauLab! Postdoc Tatsuya Inagaki @tatsuyainagaki.bsky.social gave the EEB seminar and we hosted a pre-seminar social insect themed coffee!

Life is amazing.

Eating a plant-based diet, these ants have a gut microbiome which extracts the nutrients used to build their armour....

Florida turtle ant (Cephalotes varians) Nature Ecology & Evolution - Corrie S. Moreau studies the evolution of extreme armour and gut microbiomes in turtle ants.

How fun! I was invited to write a "Species Spotlight" for Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com and I chose my favorite species the Florida turtle ant Cephalotes varians! rdcu.be/e5EZK Including a stunning photo of ants I collected by @alexwild.bsky.social

One of my highlights at #ssb2026 meeting last weekend was reconnecting with my amazing friend Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social of #BrainScoop and seeing her outstanding keynote presentation on her career path and the importance of museum collections @systbiol.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential

Postdoc job: Insecticide resistance genomics, Australia.

I learned so much about other types of collections from this panel. Thanks for organizing, @corriemoreau.bsky.social !! I hope we can continue these discussions going forward.

Seminar announcement

If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!

Super thanks again!
@prosanta.bsky.social
@tropicalbotany.bsky.social
@jeclight.bsky.social
@sternarchella.bsky.social
@ixchelgr.bsky.social
#CollectionsAreEssential

Panelists for the Future of Natural History Collections at the SSB breakout meeting: Brian Smith, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Kory Evans, Corrie Moreau, Ixchel Gonzalez Ramirez, Alison Davis-Rabosky, Jessica Light, Laura Lagomarsino, and Vicens Vila-Coury

Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!

Check out the schedule for the upcoming #ssb2026 meetings for later this week

Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social

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For ants, you know I was going with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. And for the particular kind of ants, I went with the genus many of us know as pests -- Camponotus. Aka, the carpenter ants.

Did you know that odds are pretty much every ant you've ever seen was a female? 🧪

Image of Cephalotes varians workers and a soldier nestled in their twig nest. Image via https://stevenwang.smugmug.com/Ants/List-of-Genera/Cephalotes/i-CjXZ3b9

Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants!

Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...

Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh

Specimens and models of fungi

Open House at the Mushroom Museum!

Bob Dirig showing his lichen collection

Lichen specimens

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP) for their Open House at the Mushroom Museum! @cornellcals.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential

Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion) Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.

I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.

I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
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What can we learn from Natural History Museums? @corriemoreau.bsky.social gives some examples! #evolution #scicomm #museums @ncse.bsky.social

It was great to host you Corrie and we had a full house in the audience for your fascinating talk

What a day of turtle/tortoise insects!! 🐜🪲 So good to catch up! Next time with @chemistophe.bsky.social?