Antoine Dujon
@amdujon.bsky.social
Scientist studying how cancer shapes the evolution of species.
Deakin University and French CNRS.
Deakin University and French CNRS.
🚨 📰 Evolutionary Applications is launching a special issue on the theme of Evolutionary Medicine for which I am honoured to be an editor. 📰🚨 LINK BELOW 👇 👇👇
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🚨 📰 Evolutionary Applications is launching a special issue on the theme of Evolutionary Medicine for which I am honoured to be an editor. 📰🚨 LINK BELOW 👇 👇👇
New IScience paper (link to the article bellow):
Invasive species that are really good with dealing with DNA damages and repairing them are a problem for our ecosystems and we tested this using freshwater planaria. (1/4)
Invasive species that are really good with dealing with DNA damages and repairing them are a problem for our ecosystems and we tested this using freshwater planaria. (1/4)
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New IScience paper (link to the article bellow):
Invasive species that are really good with dealing with DNA damages and repairing them are a problem for our ecosystems and we tested this using freshwater planaria. (1/4)
Invasive species that are really good with dealing with DNA damages and repairing them are a problem for our ecosystems and we tested this using freshwater planaria. (1/4)
Species named after celebrities receive more attention than others. Big effect for invertebrates!
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Species named after celebrities receive more attention than others. Big effect for invertebrates!
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🚨In our latest preprint 🚨 we discovered that tumour prevalence is higher among captive species that enjoy greater public and scientific popularity and this is creating serious bias in comparative oncology studies (link to the paper bellow).
Here is what we found 👇👇👇
Here is what we found 👇👇👇
September 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨In our latest preprint 🚨 we discovered that tumour prevalence is higher among captive species that enjoy greater public and scientific popularity and this is creating serious bias in comparative oncology studies (link to the paper bellow).
Here is what we found 👇👇👇
Here is what we found 👇👇👇
A tumoural hydra from my laboratory with a lot of supernumerary tentacles (only tumoural individuals develop that many tentacles), and a little bud growing on top of it. We nickname those hydras "pumpkin" because the tumour grow so big it turns hydras into a pumpkin shape.
September 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A tumoural hydra from my laboratory with a lot of supernumerary tentacles (only tumoural individuals develop that many tentacles), and a little bud growing on top of it. We nickname those hydras "pumpkin" because the tumour grow so big it turns hydras into a pumpkin shape.
A freshwater Hydra from my lab with a tumour so big it looks like more a pumpkin with tentacles rather than an hydra. It's more a tumour than anything else yet it can still eat.
July 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A freshwater Hydra from my lab with a tumour so big it looks like more a pumpkin with tentacles rather than an hydra. It's more a tumour than anything else yet it can still eat.
Are small trends observed between body mass and longevity enough to refute Peto's paradox? I don't think so, and in my new paper I show that those trends are so uncertain that we cannot conclude much from them. We need better stats in those studies.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
July 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Are small trends observed between body mass and longevity enough to refute Peto's paradox? I don't think so, and in my new paper I show that those trends are so uncertain that we cannot conclude much from them. We need better stats in those studies.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
I would be shame if funding to study tumoral processes in hydra gets discontinued. I am really keen to know why so far only one species of hydra develop tumours and not the others!
May 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I would be shame if funding to study tumoral processes in hydra gets discontinued. I am really keen to know why so far only one species of hydra develop tumours and not the others!
📰 ❤️ 🦠 New paper out!
In this study, we found that transmissible tumours, much like some parasites, can change the way their host looks and behaves to benefit themselves.
Link to the paper:
elifesciences.org/articles/97271
In this study, we found that transmissible tumours, much like some parasites, can change the way their host looks and behaves to benefit themselves.
Link to the paper:
elifesciences.org/articles/97271
March 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
📰 ❤️ 🦠 New paper out!
In this study, we found that transmissible tumours, much like some parasites, can change the way their host looks and behaves to benefit themselves.
Link to the paper:
elifesciences.org/articles/97271
In this study, we found that transmissible tumours, much like some parasites, can change the way their host looks and behaves to benefit themselves.
Link to the paper:
elifesciences.org/articles/97271
If you're an Australian student interested in exploring the impact of human activities on wildlife and considering an honours project in 2025, I have a couple of exciting opportunities you might want to check out! Send me an email! #scisky #cancer #evolution #Australia
November 28, 2024 at 11:35 PM
If you're an Australian student interested in exploring the impact of human activities on wildlife and considering an honours project in 2025, I have a couple of exciting opportunities you might want to check out! Send me an email! #scisky #cancer #evolution #Australia
They are Cura pinguis. I have had issues taking good pictures because they move too fast under my dissecting microscope (nearly all of them are blurry). Any advice on prevent them to move too much without killing them? I need better pics for my talks and would be happy to send them to you.
November 20, 2024 at 9:22 AM
They are Cura pinguis. I have had issues taking good pictures because they move too fast under my dissecting microscope (nearly all of them are blurry). Any advice on prevent them to move too much without killing them? I need better pics for my talks and would be happy to send them to you.
Science can sometimes reward you with really pretty pictures!
November 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Science can sometimes reward you with really pretty pictures!
Little freshwater planarian sampled in an urban pond in Australia. This one is an invasive species from North America.
November 12, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Little freshwater planarian sampled in an urban pond in Australia. This one is an invasive species from North America.
Our new opinion paper on evolutionary mismatches in #aquaculture systems and how to address them to maintain good production is now published in Reviews in Aquaculture. A collaboration between the CANECEV and NuSea.Lab at Deakin University
Link to the paper:
doi.org/10.1111/raq....
Link to the paper:
doi.org/10.1111/raq....
November 11, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Our new opinion paper on evolutionary mismatches in #aquaculture systems and how to address them to maintain good production is now published in Reviews in Aquaculture. A collaboration between the CANECEV and NuSea.Lab at Deakin University
Link to the paper:
doi.org/10.1111/raq....
Link to the paper:
doi.org/10.1111/raq....
The development is abnormal, as this species typically has only one head (unless it is producing a bud). An abnormal tree-like hydra can appear as shown in the picture below. Bottom right is a healthy normal hydra.
September 18, 2024 at 3:41 AM
The development is abnormal, as this species typically has only one head (unless it is producing a bud). An abnormal tree-like hydra can appear as shown in the picture below. Bottom right is a healthy normal hydra.
Check out our new publication in STOTEN !
Hydra oligactis show widespread vulnerability to tumours! In our lab, we use them as a model to understand how tumour progression affects the ecology of species and ecosystem functioning.
Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Hydra oligactis show widespread vulnerability to tumours! In our lab, we use them as a model to understand how tumour progression affects the ecology of species and ecosystem functioning.
Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
September 3, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Check out our new publication in STOTEN !
Hydra oligactis show widespread vulnerability to tumours! In our lab, we use them as a model to understand how tumour progression affects the ecology of species and ecosystem functioning.
Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Hydra oligactis show widespread vulnerability to tumours! In our lab, we use them as a model to understand how tumour progression affects the ecology of species and ecosystem functioning.
Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Turns out you can create XKCD style plots with R. Here I used the data of a very serious competition. The farthest distance for periwinkle spitting is 10.4 m and is held by Alain Jourden (France).
November 23, 2023 at 10:37 AM
Turns out you can create XKCD style plots with R. Here I used the data of a very serious competition. The farthest distance for periwinkle spitting is 10.4 m and is held by Alain Jourden (France).
New study on how placentation is linked to #cancer risk in mammals. Placentation can be an invasive process with foetal cells invading maternal tissues, and we think that cancer cells may be able to use pathways responsible for that invasiveness to become more malignant (1/5) #SciSky
October 18, 2023 at 10:43 PM
I am looking for one or two Australian Honours students for 2024. If you have interests in cancer, behavioural ecology, statistical modelling… come study with me to understand how cancer affects the ecology of species at Deakin University, Waurn Ponds campus in Victoria. #SciSky
October 15, 2023 at 11:37 PM
I am looking for one or two Australian Honours students for 2024. If you have interests in cancer, behavioural ecology, statistical modelling… come study with me to understand how cancer affects the ecology of species at Deakin University, Waurn Ponds campus in Victoria. #SciSky
Cool paper! Authors compared reviews from humans to reviews generated by ChatGPT. They observed that 57.4% of the users found GPT-4 generated feedback helpful/very helpful and 82.4% found it more beneficial than feedback from at least some human reviewers. #SciSky
arxiv.org/pdf/2310.017...
arxiv.org/pdf/2310.017...
October 5, 2023 at 11:06 PM
Cool paper! Authors compared reviews from humans to reviews generated by ChatGPT. They observed that 57.4% of the users found GPT-4 generated feedback helpful/very helpful and 82.4% found it more beneficial than feedback from at least some human reviewers. #SciSky
arxiv.org/pdf/2310.017...
arxiv.org/pdf/2310.017...
Sneak peak into an Australian freshwater hydra culture. We use those little jellyfish creatures to study the effect of cancer on ecosystems #SciSky
October 4, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sneak peak into an Australian freshwater hydra culture. We use those little jellyfish creatures to study the effect of cancer on ecosystems #SciSky
On the right is a hydra with a tumour. It's a jellyfish like creature that lives in streams and ponds on the vegetation and rocks. The tumour alters their biology, changing their reproduction and they vulnerability to predation. Bellow on the left a healthy hydra and on the right one with a tumour.
October 4, 2023 at 12:58 AM
On the right is a hydra with a tumour. It's a jellyfish like creature that lives in streams and ponds on the vegetation and rocks. The tumour alters their biology, changing their reproduction and they vulnerability to predation. Bellow on the left a healthy hydra and on the right one with a tumour.