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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ksenia Juravel (almost my student - long story) talking about Paleogenomics of the fauna of the Hula valley. Looking at animals found in a site from the earliest human habitation. DNA from ancient cats and gazelles!

Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Aug 11

Keynote by Federico Brown. Cave planarians have a very long eversible pharynx. If it dissected out, it continues to search for food and even ingest food autonomously. 😱
#ICIM6

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Aug 11

That should be #ICIM6, of course.

Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Aug 11

Opening keynote of #ICIM5 by Graham Budd, giving an excellent overview of early animal evolution and the overlooked fossil record of trace fossils and small shellies. He also gave tribute to Claus Nielsen’s influence on the field. Great start to what will hopefully be a superb meeting.

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Aug 10

I have published a post on the Oxford University Press blog that outlines my teaching philosophy, and the philosophy behind my Textbook "Organismic Animal Biology - An Evolutionary Approach". Have a look, and if you agree with my philosophy, buy the book and use it.
blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...

Knowledge and teaching in the age of information

The advent of the World Wide Web in the turn of the last century completely transformed the way most people find and absorb information. Rather than a world in which information is stored in books or ...

blog.oup.com

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Nico Posnien @posnienlab.bsky.social · Aug 8

If you want to discuss #networks in #evo-devo, you should join this year's satellite symposium of the @dzg2025berlin.bsky.social organized by the developmental biology section (@marketa-kau.bsky.social, Benjamin Naumann, Alexander Klimovich). I will talk about gene regulatory networks.

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Aug 6

On my way to a 2-conference, 2-continent trip. #ICIM6 in Concepcion, Chile, followed by #ESEB2025 in Barcelona. My first time in South America. Very excited!

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Aug 3

I agree, but in the last two years “our” problems have gotten significantly bloodier than the NI conflict ever was. The path to peace is much longer and more difficult than it was.

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EntomoNews @collemyria.bsky.social · Aug 3

Moulting citizen science : Le site web d'un projet de science citoyenne visant à recueillir des informations sur la mue des arthropodes.
via @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social‬

Moulting.org, un site de science citoyenne consacré à l'étude de la mue des arthropodes

Web site of citizen science project to gather information on arthropod moulting. Moulting citizen science ------ NDÉ Traduction Contribuez à la science ! Ce site est consacré à la science citoyenne et se concentre sur l'étude de la mue des arthropodes dans le cadre de notre projet iNaturalist. Rejoignez-nous en apportant des photos ou des observations de ce processus fascinant. Vos contributions seront partagées en ligne, et vous en serez pleinement remercié. Explorez la collection diversifiée d'images et de données directement à partir d'iNaturalist et contribuez à faire progresser notre compréhension de la biologie des arthropodes.

sco.lt

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · Aug 3

Unfortunately it’s clear that the Israeli people can’t topple the government or change its ways. Seems like the attorney general, the last gate keeper, will be fired soon. As long as we’re stuck with this government, the war won’t stop. Only international intervention (=the U.S) might do it.

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · Jun 25

#Biodiversity #bioinformatics: from large-scale phylogenomics to #gene families and functions --- a 3-day hands-on course in #Lausanne Switzerland 25 - 27 August 2025 www.sib.swiss/training/cou...

Biodiversity bioinformatics: from large-scale phylogenomics to gene families and functions

Overview The aims of this biodiversity bioinformatics course are to (i) explore key evolutionary concepts, (ii) examine different methodological appro

www.sib.swiss

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 22

This is presumably a result of Ind1 misexpression in Ventral Europe.

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

A couple of years ago, I published a paper in @sicbjournals.bsky.social . The guidelines stated that you could include an abstract in as many languages as you want. I took this as a challenge, and together with friends and colleagues put together translations of the abstract into 8 languages.
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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 19

Nice update of the @moultdb database, with iNaturalist observations integrated with genomic data and scientific observations from extant and fossil species!
https://moultdb.org/species/ncbi/7130 #Arthropods #moulting #molting #evodevo #citizenscience

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · Jun 19

a missile just hit Saroka hospital where Arab and Jewish doctors and staff work side by side treating everyone.
"our department is standing by our colleagues in Soroka hospital. we carry on doing science for the benefit of hunan kind in Israel and abroad" - Raz Zarivach, Department Chair

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Oh, and here's a link to the paper. It's a cool paper that i am very proud of, beyond the multilingual abstracts.
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academic.oup.com/iob/article/...

Serial Homology and Segment Identity in the Arthropod Head

Synopsis. The anterior-most unit of the crown-group arthropod body plan includes three segments, the pre-gnathal segments, that contain three neuromeres th

academic.oup.com

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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

We can no longer pretend that Science is immune to real-world conflicts.
I don't have a solution beyond the (once again naive) call to end all conflicts and find peaceful solutions, and hope for a better future.
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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Small and petty by comparison, this morning I had to ask for a deadline extension for a manuscript revision, since the first author's apartment was damaged in a missile attack. This option does not appear on the list of form letters on the journal website.
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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

Not to mention Israel's systematic attacks on Palestinian universities.
There are more and more cases of Israeli scientists being uninvited from international conferences, and international collaborations with Israeli universities discouraged or even terminated.
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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

The last couple of years have shown this naive sentiment to be wrong.
In the past week Iran and Israel have specifically targeted each-others research infrastructure, with The Weizmann Institute suffering devastating damage, and Ben Gurion University taking some damage this morning.
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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

The somewhat naive point I was quietly making is that science should know no boundaries. Science is an international endeavor that goes beyond the petty squabbles of governments. We can and should collaborate across conflict lines.
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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

These languages were not chosen arbitrarily. The first language was of course Hebrew, and this was followed by Arabic and Persian. After this came Russian and Ukrainian. At the end were three "boring" European languages.
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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · Jun 19

A couple of years ago, I published a paper in @sicbjournals.bsky.social . The guidelines stated that you could include an abstract in as many languages as you want. I took this as a challenge, and together with friends and colleagues put together translations of the abstract into 8 languages.
1/8.

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