Janay A. Fox, PhD
@janayf.bsky.social
Guppy gal turned cancer researcher. Applied Postdoctoral Fellow at Moffitt Cancer Center. (she/her)
https://janayafox.wixsite.com/my-site
https://janayafox.wixsite.com/my-site
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Hope @read-theroom.bsky.social gets there someday. Love Wikipedia 💜
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hope @read-theroom.bsky.social gets there someday. Love Wikipedia 💜
The full app is finally out! Please check it out if you're interested and rate and review if you like it 😊
After months of testing, the chameleons are loose 🦎🎉
Read the Room is fully released on iOS + Android!
Now’s the most important step: download, rate & review. It’s the #1 way we can grow this community together!
Read the Room is fully released on iOS + Android!
Now’s the most important step: download, rate & review. It’s the #1 way we can grow this community together!
September 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The full app is finally out! Please check it out if you're interested and rate and review if you like it 😊
Check out this new project I'm working on! Pre-register now if you are interested in either being a Workin' Grad or hiring one.
Why did we build Workin' Grad?
Because we were once broke Workin’ Grads too. We believe grad students deserve better.
This platform is our way of fighting back, with flexible, paid work designed for your weird schedule. 📚💸
Because we were once broke Workin’ Grads too. We believe grad students deserve better.
This platform is our way of fighting back, with flexible, paid work designed for your weird schedule. 📚💸
July 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Check out this new project I'm working on! Pre-register now if you are interested in either being a Workin' Grad or hiring one.
Be a part of the chameleon crew! Join our alpha testing: readtheroom.site
July 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Be a part of the chameleon crew! Join our alpha testing: readtheroom.site
I am excited to announce that the last paper from my PhD is now out!
In this paper, we tested how early-life predation stress shapes adult behaviour in Trinidadian guppies and whether DNA methylation in the brain plays a role.
Read all about it here: doi.org/10.1111/mec....
In this paper, we tested how early-life predation stress shapes adult behaviour in Trinidadian guppies and whether DNA methylation in the brain plays a role.
Read all about it here: doi.org/10.1111/mec....
doi.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I am excited to announce that the last paper from my PhD is now out!
In this paper, we tested how early-life predation stress shapes adult behaviour in Trinidadian guppies and whether DNA methylation in the brain plays a role.
Read all about it here: doi.org/10.1111/mec....
In this paper, we tested how early-life predation stress shapes adult behaviour in Trinidadian guppies and whether DNA methylation in the brain plays a role.
Read all about it here: doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Exciting things coming on RTR!
It’s me, Karma the chameleon🦎, aka the only member of the team who’s been working on this app (besides Soud, who may be doing all the real work). The other team members are very busy providing moral support.
Anyways, we’re building something cool. Stay tuned!
#newapp #appdev #mobileapp #appdesign
Anyways, we’re building something cool. Stay tuned!
#newapp #appdev #mobileapp #appdesign
May 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Exciting things coming on RTR!
How fast can brains epigenetically respond to predation stress?
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Rapid Neural DNA Methylation Responses to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies
DNA methylation (DNAm) is a well-studied epigenetic mechanism implicated in environmentally induced phenotypes and phenotypic plasticity. However, few studies investigate the timescale of DNAm shifts...
doi.org
April 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
How fast can brains epigenetically respond to predation stress?
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females.
New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Congratulations to @janayf.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize from @gensocuk.bsky.social and for delivering an amazing talk.
April 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Congratulations to @janayf.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize from @gensocuk.bsky.social and for delivering an amazing talk.
I was incredibly grateful to receive recognition for my work and for the opportunity to present at this very exciting conference! Thank you!
🎉 Congratulations @janayf.bsky.social on winning our 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize!
Janay's talk is on the epigenetic plasticity in response to environmental stress: insights from an evolutionary fish model #Epigenetics2025
Janay's talk is on the epigenetic plasticity in response to environmental stress: insights from an evolutionary fish model #Epigenetics2025
April 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I was incredibly grateful to receive recognition for my work and for the opportunity to present at this very exciting conference! Thank you!
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Check out this awesome work that just came out!
Check out our new review, 'Pathogens and Planetary Change', in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social! The paper is nicely summarized in this thread by @ctrlalttim.bsky.social (and another thread I've also re-posted by @colincarlson.bsky.social). Very excited to have been part of this fantastic collaboration!
Pandemics, global change, and biodiversity loss? In a new paper published in the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, we argue that these are three facets of an ongoing polycrisis, with common roots, and hopefully common solution.
A short thread.
🧪😷
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A short thread.
🧪😷
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out this awesome work that just came out!
Working on this cool project with some friends @soudk.bsky.social @chrispyross.bsky.social. Give our account a follow to watch our journey!
Hello Bluesky! We’re Read the Room, a new website that lets you ask questions anonymously and see how answers vary globally. Dive in and explore diverse opinions with us!
January 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Working on this cool project with some friends @soudk.bsky.social @chrispyross.bsky.social. Give our account a follow to watch our journey!
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How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social
Does Motility‐Restricting Fibrosis Influence Dispersal? An Experiment in Nature With Threespine Stickleback
Factors that affect dispersal can have important eco-evolutionary implications. Here, we show that an inflammation and tissue repair response—peritoneal fibrosis—does not influence threespine stickle...
dx.doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:09 PM
How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social
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Congrats to @allegralove.bsky.social & @alexisheckley.bsky.social on their co-first authored paper on the eco and evo basis for the landscape of disgust! Excitingly, this is the first first authored paper from my new(ish) lab! Congrats Allegra and Alexis!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Taking cues from ecological and evolutionary theories to expand the landscape of disgust | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Behavioural avoidance of parasites in the environment generates what is known as the
‘landscape of disgust’ (analogous to the predator-induced ‘landscape of fear’). Despite
the potential for improving...
royalsocietypublishing.org
December 5, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Congrats to @allegralove.bsky.social & @alexisheckley.bsky.social on their co-first authored paper on the eco and evo basis for the landscape of disgust! Excitingly, this is the first first authored paper from my new(ish) lab! Congrats Allegra and Alexis!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Please join our discord so we can make it a vibrant community! Dm me if you want to join 😊
Are you interested in evolutionary epigenetics?
After Evolution 2024 in Montréal, we created an Evolutionary Epigenetics Discord server for all things epigenetics - data analysis, events, job opportunities, etc.
Interested? Message me for the link! 😄
After Evolution 2024 in Montréal, we created an Evolutionary Epigenetics Discord server for all things epigenetics - data analysis, events, job opportunities, etc.
Interested? Message me for the link! 😄
December 5, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Please join our discord so we can make it a vibrant community! Dm me if you want to join 😊
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🦠🦟Please check out our review on the landscape of disgust (with @qwebber.bsky.social @allegralove.bsky.social ): ow.ly/ZRKm50UlsiO. There is a formatting issue on the website version that we are trying to fix - so, please download the PDF version if you want to give it a read! @royalsociety.org
Taking cues from ecological and evolutionary theories to expand the landscape of disgust | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Behavioural avoidance of parasites in the environment generates what is known as the
‘landscape of disgust’ (analogous to the predator-induced ‘landscape of fear’). Despite
the potential for improving...
ow.ly
December 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
🦠🦟Please check out our review on the landscape of disgust (with @qwebber.bsky.social @allegralove.bsky.social ): ow.ly/ZRKm50UlsiO. There is a formatting issue on the website version that we are trying to fix - so, please download the PDF version if you want to give it a read! @royalsociety.org
Reposted by Janay A. Fox, PhD
Time for the @bsky.app community to see one of my favorite visualizations of climate change...
"Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪
"Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪
November 14, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Time for the @bsky.app community to see one of my favorite visualizations of climate change...
"Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪
"Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪
Reposted by Janay A. Fox, PhD
Retro is in, even in the ocean. The orcas are once again wearing salmon hats
www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back
www.newscientist.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Retro is in, even in the ocean. The orcas are once again wearing salmon hats
www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
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I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution
Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Janay A. Fox, PhD
🦇🌳Please check out our new meta-analysis (with
@danjbecker.bsky.social and Lauren Lock)! Our paper investigates associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence.
@ecography.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
@danjbecker.bsky.social and Lauren Lock)! Our paper investigates associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence.
@ecography.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
A meta‐analysis exploring associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus preva...
Habitat degradation can increase zoonotic disease risks by altering infection dynamics in wildlife and increasing wildlife–human interactions. Bats are an important taxonomic group to consider these...
doi.org
December 20, 2023 at 2:21 PM
🦇🌳Please check out our new meta-analysis (with
@danjbecker.bsky.social and Lauren Lock)! Our paper investigates associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence.
@ecography.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
@danjbecker.bsky.social and Lauren Lock)! Our paper investigates associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence.
@ecography.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
Hello Bluesky! I have exciting things to announce for my first post. I successfully defended my thesis last week and have won the Bruce Cattanach Prize for my thesis work on molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity! genetics.org.uk/medals-and-p...
Bruce Cattanach Prize 2025 Dr Janay Fox | Genetics Society
The Genetics Society is delighted to announce Dr Janay Fox as the winner of the 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize. I am honoured and excited to receive the Bruce
genetics.org.uk
November 25, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Hello Bluesky! I have exciting things to announce for my first post. I successfully defended my thesis last week and have won the Bruce Cattanach Prize for my thesis work on molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity! genetics.org.uk/medals-and-p...