Which fungal 🍄 molecules cause zombie 🧟‍♀️ ant 🐜 behaviors? @williamycete.bsky.social has begun to answer this question! He found a peptide that binds to scramblase and affects important odor-dependent behaviors in ants. Spoiler: worms 🪱 played a key role in this research 🧐 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

PhD life = scientist, writer, teacher, organizer, science communicator… all in one.🤯
It’s a lot sometimes, but also a pretty special chance to grow. 🌱

🚨 PhD position in behavioural evolution 🚨

Come do your PhD with me in Linköping, Sweden, using the domestic dog (and some wolves) to answer fun questions on how complex behaviours develop and evolve.

Application deadline September 24 2025 🧪 🌍 🦊 #AcademicSky #ScienceJobs

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I had a great time visiting the @museuciencies.cat in Barcelona this summer! Beautiful collections and informative displays are essential bridges between science and the public ✨️🌱

Had a great time in Barcelona for #ESEB2025! 🌍🧬 Huge thanks to the organizers and my group for making it such a wonderful experience. #evolution

Shoutout to the few allies who came to the underrepresented groups mixer this week 💙 Your presence meant a lot. Imagine the impact if more PIs and leaders joined too — sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is simply show up. 🌱

Science + snacks + chats = happy PhD student 🧬📊✨️

Had a great time sharing my poster at #ESEB2025 and walking away with new ideas I wouldn’t have thought of alone. 🤝✨️

Starter packs? Sounds exciting 🤩

Earlier this summer, I stepped into a classroom to teach high shool students about gene regulation and evolution 🧬✨️
It was inspiring to see concepts click for students 🦋
Thank you to the Summer of Science team! 📊

Had a great time at EMPSEB30 sharing science with a ton of fantastic people @empseb30.bsky.social

#phd #evolution #development

Thank you to the organizers! Amazing job 🐠🦐🦋🪲

Hello Everyone!

We are back for the 2025 edition of the #EvoBioCC 🥳💚✨

Register to our free online course on Evolutionary Biology, focused on supporting the dreams of Global South students hoping to build their careers in the field! Here is the link:

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Is there a better way to present your research than an alternative approach? At EMPSEB30, we had butterfly development 🦋(Ana Carolina Varela Pereira), a sonnet 🐦(Lea Huber), a live demonstration with participants 🐁(Gokul Bhaskaran) and a drawing/poster 🐟(Ayla Linnéa Kesim).

EMPSEB30 first plenary talk just started.😍 Filip Kolář talks about repeated adaptation to extreme environments in wild Arabidopsis.🌱

#empseb30 #conference #biology #arabidopsis

#Throwback (i.e., forgot to post) I had a great time at the genomics workshop in Český Krumlov 🧬
#evomics

Excited to share that I won the prize for Best Scientific Poster at the #Zoology2024 conference in Belgium! 🐟🦋🐦🦓