Kyle T David
@kylethedavid.bsky.social
NSF postdoc in the Rokas lab at Vanderbilt university, interested in macro(ecology x evolution) 🧬 ➡️ 🦎 ➡️ 🌐
Top right is particularly arresting, and was probably designed by a really cool handsome genius
Some of my favorite Chuck D shirts #DarwinDay #evolution
February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Top right is particularly arresting, and was probably designed by a really cool handsome genius
Happy Darwin Day to all and to all a happy Darwin Day
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Happy Darwin Day to all and to all a happy Darwin Day
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Have a happy Valentine’s Day with your soul mate, soil mate, or both!! 🌱💚
Those litter critters can be easily overlooked, and may even treated as nuisances or pests in some scenarios, but together they maintain the soil rich and healthy! Which is your favorite soil mate?
Those litter critters can be easily overlooked, and may even treated as nuisances or pests in some scenarios, but together they maintain the soil rich and healthy! Which is your favorite soil mate?
February 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Have a happy Valentine’s Day with your soul mate, soil mate, or both!! 🌱💚
Those litter critters can be easily overlooked, and may even treated as nuisances or pests in some scenarios, but together they maintain the soil rich and healthy! Which is your favorite soil mate?
Those litter critters can be easily overlooked, and may even treated as nuisances or pests in some scenarios, but together they maintain the soil rich and healthy! Which is your favorite soil mate?
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I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
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Who The Hell Was This? | Defector
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
defector.com/who-the-hell...
defector.com/who-the-hell...
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What can we discover by analyzing new yeast genomes?
Well, @kylethedavid.bsky.social noticed a suspiciously high number of duplicated genes in some species suggesting that there were additional whole genome duplications in the yeast subphylum!
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Well, @kylethedavid.bsky.social noticed a suspiciously high number of duplicated genes in some species suggesting that there were additional whole genome duplications in the yeast subphylum!
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January 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM
What can we discover by analyzing new yeast genomes?
Well, @kylethedavid.bsky.social noticed a suspiciously high number of duplicated genes in some species suggesting that there were additional whole genome duplications in the yeast subphylum!
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mWb33QW8S...
Well, @kylethedavid.bsky.social noticed a suspiciously high number of duplicated genes in some species suggesting that there were additional whole genome duplications in the yeast subphylum!
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mWb33QW8S...
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Researchers found three previously unknown whole-genome duplications in yeast, challenging the long-held view that such events are rare in fungi. The work reveals these ancient duplications occurred 100-200 million years ago.
January 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Researchers found three previously unknown whole-genome duplications in yeast, challenging the long-held view that such events are rare in fungi. The work reveals these ancient duplications occurred 100-200 million years ago.
Excited to announce our latest publication in reporting evidence for three (3!) new whole genome duplications (WGDs) in yeasts. Scientists have often wondered why WGD is so rare in fungi, it turns out we may just not have been looking hard enough! 🧪 🍄 🧬
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Discovery of additional ancient genome duplications in yeasts
Whole-genome duplication (WGD) has had profound macroevolutionary impacts on diverse lineages,1,2 preceding adaptive radiations in vertebrates,3,4,5 t…
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January 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Excited to announce our latest publication in reporting evidence for three (3!) new whole genome duplications (WGDs) in yeasts. Scientists have often wondered why WGD is so rare in fungi, it turns out we may just not have been looking hard enough! 🧪 🍄 🧬
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May I offer you a mushroom in these trying times?
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
May I offer you a mushroom in these trying times?
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
Some days you’re the top raccoon, but brother, some days you’re the bottom
January 20, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Some days you’re the top raccoon, but brother, some days you’re the bottom
But they’re also not afraid to bring back a tried and true classic every now and then
January 18, 2026 at 11:47 PM
But they’re also not afraid to bring back a tried and true classic every now and then
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it's crazy that there's isopod species spanning from the deep ocean to arid deserts while still looking basically the same. this is a message against fast fashion trend chasing. find a look that is truly timeless and for all locations, like the isopod body plan
January 18, 2026 at 4:31 PM
it's crazy that there's isopod species spanning from the deep ocean to arid deserts while still looking basically the same. this is a message against fast fashion trend chasing. find a look that is truly timeless and for all locations, like the isopod body plan
And not to be that guy but I've been warning about the dangers of the Mercator Projection for years
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
And not to be that guy but I've been warning about the dangers of the Mercator Projection for years
There is something poetic about the Mercator projection indirectly bringing about the end of the neoliberal hegemony of the Global North
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
There is something poetic about the Mercator projection indirectly bringing about the end of the neoliberal hegemony of the Global North
happy Circle Back day to all who celebrate
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
happy Circle Back day to all who celebrate
Waking up to four NYT breaking news emails always bodes well
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Waking up to four NYT breaking news emails always bodes well
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🚨 Surprise podcast episode alert! 🚨
This week on Tiny Living Beings, I interviewed @oliverio.bsky.social and @hbrappap.bsky.social who led the discovery of the ‘fire amoeba’, that can reproduce at the highest temperature ever recorded for a eukaryote! 🌋 #protistsonsky
This week on Tiny Living Beings, I interviewed @oliverio.bsky.social and @hbrappap.bsky.social who led the discovery of the ‘fire amoeba’, that can reproduce at the highest temperature ever recorded for a eukaryote! 🌋 #protistsonsky
Introducing the Fire Amoeba
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December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 Surprise podcast episode alert! 🚨
This week on Tiny Living Beings, I interviewed @oliverio.bsky.social and @hbrappap.bsky.social who led the discovery of the ‘fire amoeba’, that can reproduce at the highest temperature ever recorded for a eukaryote! 🌋 #protistsonsky
This week on Tiny Living Beings, I interviewed @oliverio.bsky.social and @hbrappap.bsky.social who led the discovery of the ‘fire amoeba’, that can reproduce at the highest temperature ever recorded for a eukaryote! 🌋 #protistsonsky
We need a @fossilforager.bsky.social but for the east coast
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We need a @fossilforager.bsky.social but for the east coast
My dog contains multitudes
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My dog contains multitudes
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Really had to scramble to replace all my juvenile T. rex with Nanotyrannus
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Really had to scramble to replace all my juvenile T. rex with Nanotyrannus
Grendel loves his Halloween costume!
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Grendel loves his Halloween costume!
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If the hardcore band's bassist looks like this, you're gonna die in that pit
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
If the hardcore band's bassist looks like this, you're gonna die in that pit
when @haleybiont.bsky.social spots a barred owl she's gonna make sure the whole trail knows it
October 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
when @haleybiont.bsky.social spots a barred owl she's gonna make sure the whole trail knows it