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Natalia Pérez-Amaya @nataliaperez-a.bsky.social · 9d

💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.

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Adria LeBoeuf @adriatica.bsky.social · 18d

If you are from the US and interested in applying for a PhD with me (or anyone else @camzoology.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social), your deadline for the gates scholarship is October 15!
(You’ll need to write a research proposal, so contact PIs now) www.gatescambridge.org/programme/th...

Postgraduate Cambridge University Scholarship | Gates Cambridge

A fully funded graduate education for future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.

www.gatescambridge.org

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Cuestión Pública @cuestionpublica.com · 21d

Coca-Cola bajo la lupa 🚨: en La Calera la empresa habría cubierto con cemento siete manantiales de los que capta agua desde 1983. La representante María del Mar Pizarro denunció que la CAR permitió a la multinacional explotar el recurso por más de 40 años, a pesar de las irregularidades. 🤯

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 26d

Abstract submissions are now open for the 20th IUSSI Congress in Freiburg, Germany, from 16-20 August 2026. Submit by 31 Dec 2025. More info: https://iussi2026.org/ #conference

International Union for the Study of Social Insects – International Congress of the Insternational Union for the Study of Social Insects

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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · Sep 3

Look at this crazy thing!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature

In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...

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Central European section of IUSSI @ceiussi.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Central European IUSSI meeting is on its way - first plenary by Eva Schultner
#ceiussi25

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Giulia Scarparo @giuliascarparo.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thanks to Sofia and May Sheday for the courageous and inspiring talks! The scientific world cannot remain silent @eseb2025.bsky.social #ESEB2025 #inclusivity 🏳️‍🌈 #transrights 🏳️‍⚧️ #freepalestine 🇵🇸

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Social Insects Lab - JGU Mainz @socialinsectlab.bsky.social · Aug 21

Last round of posters for our group today at @eseb2025.bsky.social ! Go and check for Clarita (@clariona.bsky.social) a the poster 047, you will found out more about cool ant brains! She will be there from 5 pm onwards! Bring a glass of sangria and your questions! 🐜🧠🍷 #ESEB #ESEB2025

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper!

We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media.

Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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IQCB Mainz @iqcb-mainz.bsky.social · Jul 14

Join the GUTENBERG WORKSHOP on the Evolution of Ageing!

Organizers: Margaux Bieuville, @kokkonut.bsky.social and Victor Ronget @unimainz.bsky.social, and eivimeycook.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Info at gutenberg-workshops.uni-mainz.de/evolution-ag...

#ageing #evolution #lifesciences

The Gutenberg Workshop on the Evolution of Ageing is organized by Margaux Bieuville, Hanna Kokko and Victor Ronget from the University of Mainz together with Edward Ivimey-Cook from the University of Glasgow. The Workshop will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 at Wasem's Monastery Engelthal Ingelheim.

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Social Insects Lab - JGU Mainz @socialinsectlab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our fellow PhD students Clarita Mendes (@clariona.bsky.social), Giulia Blasi and Amirhossein Karimizadeh, and Dr. Tom Sistermans will be there at the poster session in the Expo area at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Go and check their posters! #ESEB #ESEB2025 More details below👇

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Social Insects Lab - JGU Mainz @socialinsectlab.bsky.social · Aug 18

@jaimesnino.bsky.social, @giuliascarparo.bsky.social and Susanne Foitzik from our group @unimainz.bsky.social will give a talk at @eseb2025.bsky.social. Check the calendar below for more details! #ESEB2025 #ESEB 🐜🐜🐜

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Luisa Jaimes @jaimesnino.bsky.social · Aug 15

Come and see my talk at the #ESEB2025 next Tuesday 3:15 PM (ROOM 129+130), on our efforts to understand reproduction and aging in ant colonies!

a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing on the floor .

ALT: a little girl wearing sunglasses and a blue dress is dancing on the floor .

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 29

Breaking news: Álvaro Uribe, one of the most influential leaders in Colombian history, was found guilty of bribery in criminal proceedings, becoming the country’s first former president to be convicted in a criminal trial.

Álvaro Uribe, Colombia’s former president, found guilty in bribery trial

The influential and controversial Uribe was found guilty in a witness tampering case and is the country’s first former president to be convicted in a criminal trial.

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Luisa Jaimes @jaimesnino.bsky.social · Jul 1

Great!! :)

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Social Insects Lab - JGU Mainz @socialinsectlab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Do you know that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) viscosity in ants is bi-phasic? It might help to maintain both communication and waterproofing function when temperature changes! Check out a new paper from our group @unimainz.bsky.social ❄️🐜🐜☀️ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The importance of being heterogeneous: the complex phase behaviour of insect cuticular hydrocarbons | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Global warming dramatically increases desiccation risk for insects. To avoid water loss, terrestrial insects are covered with a thin, chemically complex layer of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), which a...

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Lukas Schrader @shaggyschrader.bsky.social · Jun 16

Over 50 researchers from over 25 countries have made this possible. Almost 10 years of work. I have 23,062 emails on this project.
It is wonderful to see this published and I hope you enjoy it.
There’s a lot on genome evolution in ants and much much more.

Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · Jun 16

Now online! Adaptive radiation and social evolution of the ants

Adaptive radiation and social evolution of the ants

Comparative analyses of 163 ant genomes reveal extensive genome rearrangements, context-specific gene family expansion patterns, and selection on conserved pathways that together underpin the evolution and diversification of social traits and caste differentiation in ants.

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Erin Macartney @erinmacartney.bsky.social · Jun 14

Spontaneous field trip to Leiden, Netherlands to collect Cardiocondyla obscurior 🐜. We hit the jackpot with >20 colonies in the botanic gardens 😍. Also this cool frog! @jaimesnino.bsky.social @mlitto.bsky.social

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Gal Haimovich ☣ 🧪🔬🎗 @grnfluoresceblg.bsky.social · Jun 11

How C. elegans feels in @odedrechavi.bsky.social 's lab:

Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · Jun 11

@odedrechavi.bsky.social says he wants to change science for the better.

How? I’m still not quite sure. But 1.5 days into #TCTeAC, the plan seems to involve, among other things, walk-up songs, jumping, dancing, and a hefty serving of joy.

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Esther van den Bos @esthervandenbos.bsky.social · Jun 7

Always a pleasure hanging out with ant enthusiasts 🐜
@jaimesnino.bsky.social @jannelrinke.bsky.social @haplodiploid.bsky.social @mlitto.bsky.social @clariona.bsky.social @bchitadze.bsky.social #cologneinternationalforum

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Luisa Jaimes @jaimesnino.bsky.social · May 28

More info here!

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Insectes Sociaux @insectessociaux.bsky.social · May 13

New research article! 📰

@jaimesnino.bsky.social & Oettler discovered that ant queens show no heritability in fertility/lifespan, but reveal surprising anti-aging mechanisms ⏳
🔗https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01032-2

#InsectesSociaux #SocialInsects #Genetics #EvolutionaryBiology #Heritability

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Luisa Jaimes @jaimesnino.bsky.social · May 15

Join us in #Köln! @Simo and @jaimesnino.bsky.social will be discussing what makes #ants such an interesting taxa! And insights on our own research on #socialevolution, #genome #evolution, #aging, and #developmental processes! 6 June 2025 - 6 p.m - International House cif.uni-koeln.de/events

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Luisa Jaimes @jaimesnino.bsky.social · May 9

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"If he saw and stayed silent—he’s not a good priest;" Activist says inaction over Providence H.S. sex abuse disqualifies Pope hopeful Prevost | Will County Gazette

Could-be Pope and south suburbanite Rev. Robert Prevost bears responsibility for allowing former Providence Catholic H.S. President and Priest Richard McGrath to stay at the high school amidst sex abu...

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