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Kyle A DeMarr

@kdmr.bsky.social

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Evolutionary developmental cell biologist 🏳️‍🌈 Postdoc @ UCSF Mullins Lab

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Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yes, these were imaged live!

Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Jul 26

Very lucky to be at UCSF with such great microscopy facilities. These instruments are definitely pushing the limits of what we thought feasible in live imaging! Excited to keep exploring how these single cells organize and secrete such precise morphologies.

Tanner Fadero @tanner-fadero.bsky.social · Jul 26

If you've ever wanted to know what the actin filaments on the scales in a developing moth wing look like in 3D, here you go!

Kyle DeMarr from @mullinslab.bsky.social acquired these beautiful data on the single objective light sheet at the UCSF Center for Advanced Light Microscopy.

#snouty

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Arthur Charles-Orszag @acharlesorszag.bsky.social · Apr 16

Preprint alert! I’m publishing my last paper from my postdoc work on archaeal cell biology, with @mullinslab.bsky.social, @archaellum.bsky.social, @samjlord.bsky.social, @marleenvw.bsky.social, @arghya93.bsky.social, and more great folks (thread below with more details)

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Sam Lord @samjlord.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Mar 7

Great to work with this wonderful team and see this published! Stay tuned for more fun insights live imaging can tell us about scale growth!

Joe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thrilled to share that this paper is out now in Development! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 20

Could you add me too, please?

Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 20

This is the plate that made me fall in love with the genus. Just going crazy exploring morphospace. Working my way through collecting them.

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Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 20

These are becoming more common in the trade. They grow pretty quickly, so easy to propagate/disperse to friends/HEBs. Very charismatic guys! Philodendron are an addiction.

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Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 19

My current project is to understand the evolution and cell biology of the structural coloration within this group. Would be great to chat if you know of good spots to collect Eumaeini/rearing tips.

Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 19

And here is a Callophrys augustinus probing an inflorescence to lay an egg.

Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 19

Of course.
Callophrys gryneus chalcosiva from Utah.

Small hairstreak butterfly on cotton wick in a pop-up mesh cage with green/blue iridescent wings and black-and-white striped antennae/legs.

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Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 18

Could you add me, as well. Thank you!

Kyle A DeMarr @kdmr.bsky.social · Nov 18

My top two favorite games growing up, down to the versions.

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Rachel C Thayer @rcthayer.bsky.social · Nov 9

Some highlights from my paper with Nipam Patel, out now in Journal of Experimental Biology:
doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245940 #evolution #ecoevo #evodevo #photonics #BiomechSky 1/11

A meta-analysis of butterfly structural colors: their color range, distribution and biological produ...

Summary: A meta-analysis of 300 butterfly structural colors reviews their production mechanisms and determines the color range and phylogenetic distribution for each type of structure, uncovering evol...

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