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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology @sicb.bsky.social · 6h

#SICB's October zoom is coming up!

Oct 21st at 6:30 pm est

email [email protected] to join

@kmkocot.bsky.social will talk about Icy #Inverts: #Biodiversity & #Systematics of #Polar #MarineInvertebrates

www.kocotlab.com

www.icyinverts.com

& connect on Insta & Threads (@)kmkocot

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 6h

ICB's Friday free read:
How Signaling Geometry Shapes the Efficacy & #Evolution of #Animal #Communication Systems

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Echeverri,et al
www.spiderdaynightlive.com
& see what Sebastian is now being host of
www.bbcearth.com/podcast
connect (@)spiderdaynightlive (@) insta

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 6h

IOB

"The time allocated in parental behaviors differed between the sexes and across the pre-laying, #incubation, and post-hatching stages..."
from

Y-M Kuo, et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#avian #ornithology #eggs #birds #reproduction #science #biology #Jacanas

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 1d

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 2d

IOB's W-C Lee,
co author on the paper below,

is associated with the #Jacana #Ecological #education center of

www.siraya-nsa.gov.tw/en/attractio...

read Lee et al's

Sexually Different Parental Inputs in Pheasant-tailed Jacanas and the Correlates with Brood Success

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

Jacana Ecological Education Park

The jacana sanctuary is at Guantian Dist.,obligated by Taiwan High Speed Rail,been taken over by Department of Agriculture of Tainan City Government.Then it changes its name into"the Pheasant-tai...

www.siraya-nsa.gov.tw

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 3d

IOB
"This #study assessed sexual differences in parental efforts, including territoriality, time allocation of parental #behaviors , and egg-laying including territoriality, time allocation of #parental #behaviors, and egg-laying..."

Y-M Kuo, Y-F Lee et al
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#science #birds

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 3d

ICB
#Book Review: Lost #Animals: Disappearing Worlds by Barbara Allen
by Julia Sigwart
Senckenberg #Research Institute and Natural History #Museum Frankfurt
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/b...

#nonfiction #biologist #writer #science

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for the reshare of this great issue!

SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 4d

ICB
Host– #Microbiome Interactions as Moderators of Host Quality and #Biodiversity–Disease Relationships
by
Kristen Rosamond et al
see what she's up to
parkerlab-umsl.com/people/grads...
& read
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#ecology #disease #vertebrates #science #biologists

A shift in community competence may arise via various mechanisms, including changes in community composition or changes in microbiome composition. (A) This simple hypothetical community includes four vertebrate host species. One or more drivers (here, land use change, depicted as the loss of trees) change the ecosystem structure, resulting in the loss of two host species (lizard and bird). This shift in community composition can alter community competence without changes in the remaining species’ (rodent and deer) host quality. This scenario illustrates the conventional view of biodiversity–disease relationships in which changes in community composition can change community competence. However, via the pathway proposed in this paper, changes in community competence can also arise via changes in microbiome composition (B and C). (B) The initial community (from A) is depicted with host microbiome composition taken into consideration. Instead of a change in community composition, the community experiences a change in the microbiome composition (represented by dashed circles) of two host species (rodent and deer). This change in microbiome composition alters the host quality of the rodent and deer, resulting in a shift in community competence. In this simplified scenario, the microbiome is treated as a species- or population-level trait. (C) Focusing on a single member of a larger ecological community (i.e., a bird) is useful for capturing variation in microbiome composition among individuals within a species or population, offering a more accurate representation of community-level dynamics. Here, some individuals undergo a change in microbiome composition (represented by dashed circles), which can lead to either increased or decreased host quality in the affected individuals and thus altered community competence.

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 4d

IOB's latest!
Sexually Different Parental Inputs in Pheasant-tailed #Jacanas & the Correlates with Brood Success
Y-M Kuo, Y-F Lee, B-Y Chuang, Y-J Kuo, H-C Hsu, Y-Y Chiang, Y-L Tai, S-L Chang, C-Y Lin, Y-J Huang,
W-C Lee
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#avian #ornithology #reproduction #birds #science

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Aide Macias-Muñoz @aidemm.bsky.social · 7d

What is the role of non-ocular opsins? In this article, @stoilovamarina.bsky.social investigates the expression of opsins in Hydra to localize their expression at the single cell level

SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 7d

ICB Issue 3
Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin #Genes in Hydra vulgaris
Marina Stoilova, Natasha Picciani, @aidemm.bsky.social , Todd Oakley
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#cnidarians #jellyfish #anemones #cell #hydroid #science

Hydra body plan and cell types. Here is a diagram of the Hydra body plan to show the location of the basal disc, body column, hypostome, and tentacle and denote the ectodermal and endodermal cell layers in Hydra. In the endodermal layer, there are gland cells (gl), ganglion neurons (gn), and epithelial cells (ep). In the ectoderm there are sensory neurons (sn), interstitial stem cells (i), epithelial cells (ep), and nematocytes (n). The two cell layers are separated by an extracellular matrix known as mesoglea (me). Adapted from Technau and Steele (2011) and Siebert et al. (2019).

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 7d

IOB
"In shallow #aquatic #environments, such as tidal creeks, the motion of the water's surface can create dynamic #spatiotemporal fluctuations in illumination referred to as “caustic flicker..."
@maddy-janakis.bsky.social et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#crustacean #biology #science

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 7d

ICB Issue 3
Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin #Genes in Hydra vulgaris
Marina Stoilova, Natasha Picciani, @aidemm.bsky.social , Todd Oakley
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#cnidarians #jellyfish #anemones #cell #hydroid #science

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 8d

ICB
A Systems Approach to #Homeostasis: What #Euryhaline #Fish Teach Us About #Organismal #Stress Responses
Alexander A Mauro et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& get to know a bit about Alex's past research
sustainability.colostate.edu/people/mauro...

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 8d

IOB
"Using #optomotor behavioral assays, we found that both porcelain & mud #crabs use #achromatic cues for gaze stabilization..."

@maddy-janakis.bsky.social et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

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New England Primate Conservancy @neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 8d

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 9d

ICB
A Systems Approach to #Homeostasis:
What Euryhaline #Fish #Teach Us About #Organismal #Stress Responses
Mauro, Velotta @cam-g.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#biology #physiology #osmoregulation #ecology #endocrinology #evolutionary #science

When external salinity increases, euryhaline fish try to maintain constant internal osmotic pressures (homeostasis) by altering their osmoregulatory sub-PRN to intake more water and excrete excess ions. Above is a schematic highlighting some (not all) of this homeostatic response. Osmosensors in the gut, gills, and brain detect internal changes in osmotic pressure, which leads to a endocrine response. Highlighted here are two hormonal responses stemming from the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Interrenal axis: (1) ACTH released from the pituitary stimulates the release of cortisol (CORT) from the interrenal into the bloodstream, and (2) GH is released into the bloodstream from the pituitary. CORT and GH then bind to receptors in the gill, which triggers the hypo-osmoregulatory function of the gills: the proliferation of saltwater type ionocytes. These ionocytes then sense osmotic changes and excrete excess ions via ion transporters (see text for specifics). Hence, although the gill, brain, and gut form their own trans-organ sub-PRN, each organ itself also contains a smaller sub-PRN, and communication between the tissues is facilitated by the neuroendocrine system (connection between the brain and gill). Depending on the severity of the (salinity) stress and the makeup of the individual’s sub-PRNs, which is determined by the individual’s genotype to phenotype map, the fish will enter one of 4 zones of stress: Optimal, Pejus, Pessium, Lethal. These zones are described in detail in Fig. 2, and the behavioral consequences are highlighted here. Depending on the zone, an individual will either engage in: fitness increasing tasks like reproduction (baby fish), behavioral regulation to reduce stress (circular arrows), or fleeing the environment (left pointing fish). Artwork by Emily Tarnawa..."

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 9d

Meet IOB co-author @maddy-janakis.bsky.social

www.slocum-lunz.org/current-fund...

co author on
Two Decapod #Crustaceans, Panopeus herbstii & Petrolisthes armatus, Stabilize Their Gaze Using Achromatic Visual Cues, but Not the Angle of Linearly Polarized Light

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#science

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for publishing your first paper with IOB ,
@maddy-janakis.bsky.social 🙌 fantastic work!

a pink thank you sign is surrounded by colorful paint splashes

ALT: a pink thank you sign is surrounded by colorful paint splashes

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Maddy Janakis @maddy-janakis.bsky.social · 9d

THATS ME! That's my first paper!! everyone read it!! 🎉🎉🎉🦀🦀🦀👀👀👀

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 10d

IOB
from the www.speiserlab.com
-Two #Decapod #Crustaceans, Panopeus herbstii and Petrolisthes armatus, Stabilize Their Gaze Using Achromatic #Visual Cues, but Not the Angle of Linearly Polarized Light
by
M Janakis et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#biology #science #organisms

Fig. 1
The green porcelain crab Petrolisthes armatus and the Atlantic mud #crab Panopeus herbstii. (A) Dorsal view of P. armatus. (B) Ventral view of an eye from P. armatus. (C) Dorsal view of P. herbstii. (D) Ventral view of an eye from P. herbstii. The scale bars in (A) and (C) represent 1 cm.

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 10d

For the last day of
@lizlagomorph.bsky.social 's #SciArtSeptember
ICB Issue 3's author
Aide Macias-Muñoz shares the #creativity & #science coming from the Cnido lab
macias.sites.ucsc.edu?fbclid=PAZXh...
read the blog
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/a...

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 11d

IOB- out now!
Two Decapod #Crustaceans, Panopeus herbstii and Petrolisthes armatus, Stabilize Their Gaze Using #Achromatic #Visual Cues, but Not the Angle of Linearly Polarized Light

M Janakis, S Guirges, A C Grant, I Paris, E F LoPresti, D I Speiser
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#science #biology

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 11d

Issue 3 of ICB is out now!
with papers on #Organismal Systems #Biology,
#Cnidarian sensory systems as comparative models for the #evolution of complexity,
& #Microbes matter: #Phenotypic effects of #microbiota on wild #animal hosts & more
academic.oup.com/icb/issue/65/3

#science

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SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social · 12d

This paper by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social , continues to garner more interest

www.psypost.org/scientists-s...

Congratulations David!🙌

@oxfordacademic.bsky.social

#scicomm #communication #socialmedia #science

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