Jhelam N. Deshpande
djhelam1.bsky.social
Jhelam N. Deshpande
@djhelam1.bsky.social
I am interested in modelling biological system complexity relevant to ecology and evolution. Post doc at UC San Diego.

Website: djhelam.github.io

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RRxVJ6YAAAAJ&hl=en
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One of the most unique aspects of ICTP is our Diploma Programme. Pre-PhD students from the Global South spend 1 year in Trieste to gain knowledge and skills necessary to pursue PhDs worldwide.

The 2026-2027 call is now open w/ a February 28 deadline. Please circulate.

www.ictp.it/news/2025/11...
Call for Applications, Postgraduate Diploma Programme | ICTP
Are you a student who dreams of earning a PhD in physics or mathematics, but who lives in a country lacking such opportunities? ICTP could be your first step on the path to attaining a PhD.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Nice looking Jacques Monod conferences next year #1: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world (chaired by Oliver Kaltz and @bkoskella.bsky.social) cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I like this piece a lot about Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving the structure of DNA. It really respects her as a full scientist - what she saw, what she didn’t appreciate, what could have been if she’d had true peers to support her, or had not died so young.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I was recently invited by a cool student initiative from IISER in India @fishersfishes.bsky.social (fishersfishes.github.io) to talk about networks. I conveyed to undergraduates my ideas for how ecology, evolution and their interplay should be understood in light of biological system properties.
Jhelam Deshpande - Ecology, Evolution and Networks
YouTube video by Fishers Fishes
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Excited to share our new preprint!
Molecular processes of thermal adaptation shape how fast species expand their ranges:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.09.675142
#ecology #evolution #climatechange #preprint #Theory #Modeling
From proteins to species ranges: a framework for understanding thermal adaptation during range expansions
Species distributions are governed by both ecological and evolutionary processes. Traditionally, ecological factors have been the primary focus of species distribution studies, but recent work emphasi...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Read our study to learn more about spatial networks and evo-evolutionary feedbacks in host-parasite systems.
@efronhofer.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by J.N. Deshpande et al.
Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems
Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras
doi.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Glad that the first thing that I share on here is our (@efronhofer.bsky.social , Vasilis Dakos and Oliver Kaltz) work from my PhD thesis at @isemevol.bsky.social on host parasite eco-evolution in spatial networks out now in Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Landscape structure as a driver of eco-evolution in host–parasite systems
Abstract. Spatial network structure of biological systems drives ecology and evolution by distributing organisms and their genes. The ubiquitous host–paras
doi.org
April 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM