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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here are all the talks I attended and sketched at #ESEB2025 ! Only a fraction of the 642 speakers at the conference 😮

I had an absolutely amazing week chatting about lots of fascinating science

#sciart #eseb #esebcongress @eseb2025.bsky.social

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 23

Case and point that simple drawings are the best drawings!

KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @kikidoodle.bsky.social · Aug 23

I made a How to Draw Horse guide in 2017, and I still think its accurate.

A silly how to guide on drawing a horse. It is probably not best to take it seriously.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂

#SciArt poster with 6 white boxes on a purple/grey background.
the test above in white says IN THIS LAB WE BELIEVE
boxes upper left to bottom right:
- text SCIENCE is real, a scientist in a blue labcoar holds a flask with teal liquid with an orange microbe above their head, while a round earth circles around them
- text LOVE is love, two stickfigures are happily write in a pride flag with hearts above them
- text BLACK LIVES matter, three stickfigures hold their fists proudly in the air
- text FEMINISM is for everyone, a stickfigure holds a purple female symbol sign and is wrapped in a purple schal with a trans colors pin
text EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY is cool, a mosquito stands by a series going from single atoms, to blue RNA, to red DNA, to a blue virus, to a red malaria parasite and orange bacteria, to a yellow worm, to a green amoeba, i drew this in a way where the amoeba looks like the mosquito's fart, I'm so sorry amoeba
- text IMMIGRANTS are welcome, a little stickfigure statue of liberty stands tall and proud in between clouds and birds

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 22

I attended three great talks from the cancer in an evolutionary framework symposium this morning. Cancer therapies from nature, population genomics of Tasmanian devil cancer, and the tug of war of cancer resistance

#eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 21

TIR elements in the centromere of brown algae, chromosome breakage and repair in bdelloid rotifers, chromosome number in beetles, chromosome restructuring in nematodes, and finally chromosome interactions in non-marine annelids
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#eseb2025 #conferenceart #sketchnotes #eseb

Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 21

We started today with a wonderful talk on how cordyceps fungus generates zombie ants. Then on to modelling, egg laying timing & brood number, white clover in rural and urban environments, young active SINEs in Italian sparrow, TE content in ferns
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#eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 21

We started today with a wonderful talk on how cordyceps fungus generates zombie ants. Then on to modelling, egg laying timing & brood number, white clover in rural and urban environments, young active SINEs in Italian sparrow, TE content in ferns
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#eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 20

ESEB Day 3! Molecular clocks & identifying ghost lineages; marrying micro & macro evolution; female polymorphism; balancing selection in round-nose grenadier; the genetics of guppy colour polymorphisms; modelling genetic interactions; antagonist selection in flying ants

#eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

That would be the result of speed posting so that I could go and eat lunch! 😂

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

There's going to be a lot of sketches by the end of this week! We're not even halfway though #eseb2025 and I've filled up my usual template of boxes! Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the week's talks include

#eseb #sciart #sketchnotes

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

The day finished off strong with loads of great talks in the Genomics of Evolutionary Innovations symposium!

I'm pleased to report that my talk went well ☺️ 🎨🖌️

#eseb2025 #eseb #esebconference
@eseb2025.bsky.social @jfenn.bsky.social @timothyfuqua.bsky.social

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

A bunch of inspiring talks this morning! Chromatin loops (identified with Micro-C) in cephalopods; odorant receptors in slave ants; chromosome inversions in a beetle, the genetics of critically endangered bellinger river turtle +the importance of MHC; genetic load in the helmet honeyeater

#eseb2025

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

#eseb2025 #eseb #sciart

Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 18

I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm excited for my @eseb2025.bsky.social presentation later today. I'm part of the symposium on the Genomic Basis of Evolutionary Innovations! I will have stickers to give out too (if bribery is required for attendance) 😁

#eseb2025 #sciart #eseb

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Aug 18

I've had a wonderful 1st day at @eseb2025.bsky.social Here are the sketches from some of the talks I attended today. My highlights include Tristan on the adaptive genomics of colour spots on owls, Vicky on pearl mussel's response to climate change & Rebekah on firefly TEs & TE-induced mutations

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Molly Gale (Gale-Hammell Lab) @mollygale.bsky.social · Jun 16

🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Feb 6

Today's seminar featured amphipods! David has been researching the tidal clock cycle in intertidal marine animals.

Parhyale (the #amphipod) has a 12.4 hour tidal cycle in the lab, tidal clock genes that play a role have been found - these genes are expressed in dorsal-lateral brain cells #sciart

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Sebastian R.vH @sebastianrvh.bsky.social · Feb 10

Queer Animals of the World! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

For LGBTQ+ History Month, our PhD Society, Zoo&Roots, wanted to highlight how nature is filled with queer animals.

For sources & reading material, go to linktr.ee/gayanimals

Remember, spread your wings and F • L • Y!

#gayanimals #lgbt #citypop

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Feb 6

Today's seminar featured amphipods! David has been researching the tidal clock cycle in intertidal marine animals.

Parhyale (the #amphipod) has a 12.4 hour tidal cycle in the lab, tidal clock genes that play a role have been found - these genes are expressed in dorsal-lateral brain cells #sciart

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Jan 27

Two new drawings of my mascot Allie the Amphipod!
Hirondellea gigas, my main study species & the most abundant animal at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, withstands 1000x the pressure that we and shallow-water amphipods experience. It also has enzymes that show cellulase activity,... 🧵1/2

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Jan 27

For more cool facts about Hirondellea gigas check out this wonderful thread from Jon.

At some point I'll have to draw Allie is an aluminium suit of armour, but I think that'll be a tad more time consuming than making her munch on wood!

#SciArt

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Jan 27

🧵2/2 ... meaning it can digest sunken wood! This species is a scavenger so it relies food falls.

Check out the cellulase paper here: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042727

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Jan 27

Two new drawings of my mascot Allie the Amphipod!
Hirondellea gigas, my main study species & the most abundant animal at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, withstands 1000x the pressure that we and shallow-water amphipods experience. It also has enzymes that show cellulase activity,... 🧵1/2

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Jan 23

A great start to the 2025 seminar series with a talk from @hasikadam.bsky.social (thanks for organising @gretabocedi.bsky.social)
We heard about the importance of considering eco-evolution whilst looking at parasitology - with examples from odenates, deer and soay sheep

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Tilly S Scott @tillysscott.bsky.social · Jan 23

A great start to the 2025 seminar series with a talk from @hasikadam.bsky.social (thanks for organising @gretabocedi.bsky.social)
We heard about the importance of considering eco-evolution whilst looking at parasitology - with examples from odenates, deer and soay sheep

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