Kathy Darragh
@kdarragh.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Indiana University Bloomington. Evolution, chemical ecology, insect pheromones.
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💡Online now - the Spotlight "Ancient enzyme diversification underpins octocoral chemical diversity" from @kdarragh.bsky.social.
#TerpeneSynthase #Diterpenes #BiosyntheticPathway #Octocorals #Evolution
Read it here 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
#TerpeneSynthase #Diterpenes #BiosyntheticPathway #Octocorals #Evolution
Read it here 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
💡Online now - the Spotlight "Ancient enzyme diversification underpins octocoral chemical diversity" from @kdarragh.bsky.social.
#TerpeneSynthase #Diterpenes #BiosyntheticPathway #Octocorals #Evolution
Read it here 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
#TerpeneSynthase #Diterpenes #BiosyntheticPathway #Octocorals #Evolution
Read it here 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
I had a lot of fun writing this spotlight on a recent PNAS paper by @immo-burkhardt.bsky.social showing the diversification of terpene synthesis early in octocoral evolution - very cool study!!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I had a lot of fun writing this spotlight on a recent PNAS paper by @immo-burkhardt.bsky.social showing the diversification of terpene synthesis early in octocoral evolution - very cool study!!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
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What a way to start the year!! Really enjoyed the usual friendly atmosphere at PopGroup and all the research shared. Many thanks to the organisers @popgroup2026.bsky.social
If anyone is interested in joining my group or coming to Sweden please get in touch 🧬❄️
If anyone is interested in joining my group or coming to Sweden please get in touch 🧬❄️
January 12, 2026 at 7:11 AM
What a way to start the year!! Really enjoyed the usual friendly atmosphere at PopGroup and all the research shared. Many thanks to the organisers @popgroup2026.bsky.social
If anyone is interested in joining my group or coming to Sweden please get in touch 🧬❄️
If anyone is interested in joining my group or coming to Sweden please get in touch 🧬❄️
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Always inspiring to start the year at @popgroup2026.bsky.social !
If you were there and want to learn more about pangenomes, there’s still time to register for our meeting in Edinburgh in June, co-organised with @charlottewright.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social royalsociety.org/science-even...
If you were there and want to learn more about pangenomes, there’s still time to register for our meeting in Edinburgh in June, co-organised with @charlottewright.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Always inspiring to start the year at @popgroup2026.bsky.social !
If you were there and want to learn more about pangenomes, there’s still time to register for our meeting in Edinburgh in June, co-organised with @charlottewright.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social royalsociety.org/science-even...
If you were there and want to learn more about pangenomes, there’s still time to register for our meeting in Edinburgh in June, co-organised with @charlottewright.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social royalsociety.org/science-even...
So excited to read this!!
Wendy Valencia-Montoya and team uncover thermal infrared as one of the most ancient pollination signals uniting plants and animals. From the field to single proteins.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So excited to read this!!
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#NSF funding is crucial for uncovering and developing new engineered solutions to our probleme based on plant and animal biology. #saveNSF www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution
Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#NSF funding is crucial for uncovering and developing new engineered solutions to our probleme based on plant and animal biology. #saveNSF www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Hi Folks !
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Hi Folks !
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
Just a few more days to register for the POPGROUP meeting (deadline = this Monday 10/11/2025).
Join us in the beautiful city of #Lille just across the Channel for three exciting days of science and more !
www.hautsdefrancetourism.com/destinations...
--> populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
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My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My lab at Indiana University is searching for a *postdoc* and *technician* to contribute to our work studying the evolution of social behavior using fruit flies as a model system. Details below, feel free to email me with any questions! More info on our research: saltzlab.com
Darragh lab ready for Halloween! @zar-rebholz.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Darragh lab ready for Halloween! @zar-rebholz.bsky.social
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Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just a few days left to apply to our TT position in Plant Physiology in the Dept. of Biology @UMassAmherst! Join a great group of plant scientists (and physiologists 😉) AND fall in love with small town New England! Please repost. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
If you are a plant biologist interested in collaborating on an evolutionary floral scent/plant volatile project please reach out!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you are a plant biologist interested in collaborating on an evolutionary floral scent/plant volatile project please reach out!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Very happy to announce that the next POPGROUP meeting will take place in Lille on 7-9 January !
Follow @popgroup2026.bsky.social for all updates.
📢 Please share widely ! 📢
Follow @popgroup2026.bsky.social for all updates.
📢 Please share widely ! 📢
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Population Genetics group 59
populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Very happy to announce that the next POPGROUP meeting will take place in Lille on 7-9 January !
Follow @popgroup2026.bsky.social for all updates.
📢 Please share widely ! 📢
Follow @popgroup2026.bsky.social for all updates.
📢 Please share widely ! 📢
Reposted by Kathy Darragh
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
Population Genetics group 59
populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Exciting news!
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
The next #PopGroup meeting will take place in Lille 🍟, France, 7–9 January 2026 – just 1 hour by train from London, Brussels, and Paris.
This year, PopGroup will also host ALPHY, the annual meeting of Evolutionary Genomics.
More info: populationgeneticsgroup.org.uk
See you there !
I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm looking for PhD students to join the lab starting August 2026. We study the evolution of insect chemical signals so if you're interested in evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, molecular biology, behavior, or genetics, this could be a good fit for you! More info here: tinyurl.com/mrxchwfm
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Considering submitting to Evolution? The EELS program offers free, light-touch English language editing for prospective authors. Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/publications...
September 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Considering submitting to Evolution? The EELS program offers free, light-touch English language editing for prospective authors. Learn more: www.evolutionsociety.org/publications...
Come here me talk at #Evol2025 about butterfly chemical evolution today (Saturday) at 3pm in room Athens AB (Parallel Evolution I).
Stay for Zarley Rebholz on chemical convergence between plants and ladybirds!
Stay for Zarley Rebholz on chemical convergence between plants and ladybirds!
June 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Come here me talk at #Evol2025 about butterfly chemical evolution today (Saturday) at 3pm in room Athens AB (Parallel Evolution I).
Stay for Zarley Rebholz on chemical convergence between plants and ladybirds!
Stay for Zarley Rebholz on chemical convergence between plants and ladybirds!
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I am delighted to be starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026. The lab is broadly interested in the functional, developmental, and evolutionary genetics of cell types and organs across flies and beyond 🪰🧬
June 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I am delighted to be starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026. The lab is broadly interested in the functional, developmental, and evolutionary genetics of cell types and organs across flies and beyond 🪰🧬
The @labschulz.bsky.social worked out how to make HNDB, a species-specific perfume compound of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma - and here they are collecting their freshly synthesized compound of choice!!
Now published in Synlett:
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
#natprod
Now published in Synlett:
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
#natprod
Orchid bees love HNDB! We developed a short g-scale synthesis of this compound, 2-hydroxy-6-nona-1,3-dienylbenzaldehyde, published in Synlett:
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo... 🧪
#secmet #natprod
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo... 🧪
#secmet #natprod
April 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The @labschulz.bsky.social worked out how to make HNDB, a species-specific perfume compound of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma - and here they are collecting their freshly synthesized compound of choice!!
Now published in Synlett:
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
#natprod
Now published in Synlett:
www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
#natprod
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“This grant means freedom… I can take more risks.”
Join us in congratulating the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award recipients, @aiinglim.bsky.social, Pavitra Muralidhar & Kavita Rangan 👏
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Join us in congratulating the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award recipients, @aiinglim.bsky.social, Pavitra Muralidhar & Kavita Rangan 👏
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March 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“This grant means freedom… I can take more risks.”
Join us in congratulating the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award recipients, @aiinglim.bsky.social, Pavitra Muralidhar & Kavita Rangan 👏
1/2🧵
Join us in congratulating the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award recipients, @aiinglim.bsky.social, Pavitra Muralidhar & Kavita Rangan 👏
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What happens to floral scent when it is no longer needed? At the genetic level, are genes lost or down-regulated? Fun new open access paper in MBE! #evosky #PlantScience
Convergent floral scent loss following transition to hummingbird pollination in spiral gingers (Costus).
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
February 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What happens to floral scent when it is no longer needed? At the genetic level, are genes lost or down-regulated? Fun new open access paper in MBE! #evosky #PlantScience
Convergent floral scent loss following transition to hummingbird pollination in spiral gingers (Costus).
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
February 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Convergent floral scent loss following transition to hummingbird pollination in spiral gingers (Costus).
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)
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The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving.
osf.io
Contact [email protected] if you need assistance
osf.io
Contact [email protected] if you need assistance
January 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving.
osf.io
Contact [email protected] if you need assistance
osf.io
Contact [email protected] if you need assistance
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🚨🚨🚨Jobs at IU!🚨🚨🚨
Multiple positions in computational biology, broadly interpreted. Positions can be in multiple depts, including Biology, Informatics, and CS.
Please apply--we want new colleagues!
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664327/m...
Multiple positions in computational biology, broadly interpreted. Positions can be in multiple depts, including Biology, Informatics, and CS.
Please apply--we want new colleagues!
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664327/m...
Multiple, Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Computing in Biology, Health, and Wellness - Bloomington, Indiana job with Indiana University Bloomington | 664327
Invite applications for multiple tenure /tenure-track positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor ranks
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October 18, 2024 at 6:39 PM
🚨🚨🚨Jobs at IU!🚨🚨🚨
Multiple positions in computational biology, broadly interpreted. Positions can be in multiple depts, including Biology, Informatics, and CS.
Please apply--we want new colleagues!
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664327/m...
Multiple positions in computational biology, broadly interpreted. Positions can be in multiple depts, including Biology, Informatics, and CS.
Please apply--we want new colleagues!
jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/664327/m...