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Corrie Moreau

@corriemoreau.bsky.social
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Scientist, Evolutionary Biologist & Entomologist / Ants / Genomes to Microbiomes / Dean of Collections, Professor, & Curator at @AMNH / She/Her

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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well #Ento26 thank you Excellent @royentsoc.bsky.social in Cardiff. @corriemoreau.bsky.social gave an excellent plenary - excellent scientist & communicator 200 years of the Entomology club - entomology then, now & in the future Then banquet with a Welsh choir! (There may have been pubs after)
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Steve @stevetypesstuff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A plenary from @corriemoreau.bsky.social on day 2 of #ento26. Outstanding research and a dozen papers to go and read in detail. @royentsoc.bsky.social
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Scored these beautiful pieces of art by the very talented and fun Lizzie Harper @lizzie-harper.bsky.social at #Ento26! Be sure to visit her booth for lots of other insect art! 🐜🐝🦋🐞🪲🪰🪳🦗🦟
Ant art by Lizzie Harper
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Guess where I am! On my way to #Ento26 @royentsoc.bsky.social
Outside London metro
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please sign these two positions and if you are in Philly join the rally on Tuesday! This is devastating news for the local community and all lovers of natural history museums.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NSF just posted the call for the annual Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB). You must propose a project to apply AI to biological research. Deadline is Sep 29, 2026 www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Natural History Museum of LA is hiring a Curator of Marine Invertebrates! Come join an amazing team and contribute to stewarding the largest marine invert collection in the Western US. 🐙🪼🦐 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
An image of several sea anemones under water.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📣 📣 📣 UPDATE: The 2026-2027 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resource! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Super fun #MoreauLab dinner last night!
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I am thrilled to share that I will join the American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org as the Dean of Collections, Curator, and Professor in September!
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When you write a book that promises to recalibrate a person's relationship w/wildlife, they're okay w/that idea for bears, deer, & maybe even spiders. But NO ONE wants to talk about yellowjackets. cc @humanbyweight.bsky.social @corriemoreau.bsky.social 🧪 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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What yellowjacket stings reveal about how scientists measure pain
By documenting the unique pain caused by dozens of insect stings, entomologist Justin O. Schmidt created a one-of-a-kind guide to the world's most painful stings.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I am thrilled to share that I will join the American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org as the Dean of Collections, Curator, and Professor in September!
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Jessica Budke 🌱🥼🔬 @mossplants.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Are you passionate about #naturalhistory #collections? Apply for our open position for the Herbarium Collections Manager @utkherbarium.bsky.social. We will start evaluating applications on Aug 17, so get your application in now. #Botany2026 #herbarium #jobs
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Paige Jarreau @fromthelabbench.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Meet not-so-scary needle ants, kidnapper ants, acorn ants, and more in Dr Jane Waters' Ant Lab! youtu.be/XILvi8Vx_zk?... #ants #scicomm #sciart @lovetheants.bsky.social
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Meet not-so-scary needle ants, kidnapper ants, and more in Waters' Ant Lab
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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Only the real ones know where I'm at based on this ant! #bugsky
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I was interviewed for Cornell's Research Matters video series. Fun to talk about the importance of insects and biodiversity, what is biogeography, and how herbivore ants use gut bacteria to gain nutrients! @cornellcals.bsky.social @cornellentomology.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br9...
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What can insects teach us about life on Earth?
YouTube video by Cornell University
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Want to learn about ant biology, systematics, taxonomy, field ecology, and so much more? Join us for #AntCourse Oct 12-22 at the Colorado State University Todos Santos Center in Baja California Sur, Mexico! Applications due July 1 www.antcourse.org
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Ant Course
2026 Dates: October 12–22 Deadline to apply: 1 July 2026 Location: Colorado State University Todos Santos Center, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Abigail Kabaker @akabaker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is hiring for a Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea) trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12
Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
So honored to be invited back as an instructor for the Workshop on Molecular Ecolution (MOLE)! I was a student in this course during graduate school and it was a very impactful experience. I am happy to am able to give back and meet all the amazing students here this year!
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leland c. graber @bug4bug.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
my paper on pogonomyrmex harvester ant biogeography with bob johnson and @corriemoreau.bsky.social came out today! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MEB3T9...
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Phylogenomics Reveal the Historical Biogeography and Multiple Transcontinental Dispersals of the Amphitropical Harvester Ant Genus Pogonomyrmex
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I was interviewed for Cornell's Research Matters video series. Fun to talk about the importance of insects and biodiversity, what is biogeography, and how herbivore ants use gut bacteria to gain nutrients! @cornellcals.bsky.social @cornellentomology.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=4br9...
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What can insects teach us about life on Earth?
YouTube video by Cornell University
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Lee Hsiang Liow (廖珕庠) @lhliow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Apply for a Paleosynthesis workshop with a Co-PI! Deadline 26 June 2026. Gather up to 14 participants for a workshop for a burning palaeontology question! I have participated in a couple in the past and they are really fun! www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/info-callws/
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Workshop Application Information – Welcome to PaleoSynthesis
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Sean Chien @seanchien.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I’m jealous of everyone who got to be there! I met Dr. Moreau at the Evolution conference, and her SSB presidential talk was inspiring. Definitely don’t miss her talk if you get the chance!
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Jenn Coughlan @jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I am SO excited for this!!! New Haven-ers, run to this event!!!!
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...
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Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: “Ants, Microbiomes, and How I Became a Rainforest Explorer.” | Yale Peabody Museum
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Peiwei Chen @peiwei-chen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
plz repost 🙏 we are looking for a technician to start this summer/fall for 1-2 years to work with me at Cornell in the labs of @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social and Andy Clark, in collaboration with @corriemoreau.bsky.social on flies & termites 🪰🐜🧬🔬 Ithaca is gorges! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
Apply for CALS- Technician I- Molecular Biology and Genetics job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Research & Instructional Support at Cornell University
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If you are around New Haven on Wed, April 22 come see my public Yale University Peabody Museum talk in O.C. Marsh Hall at 5pm! peabody.yale.edu/news/bass_le...
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Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: “Ants, Microbiomes, and How I Became a Rainforest Explorer.” | Yale Peabody Museum
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Christophe Duplais 🧪🐛⚗️🦋🪴🪲🌾⌬ @chemistophe.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Our most accomplished work on chemical evolution 🥳 These N,S-cardeneolides have unique structures and bioactivities, and they also have divergent macroevolutionary histories 🤩 Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Structural innovation in the evolution of plant chemical defense | PNAS
Chemical defenses are fundamental in organismal biology and widely used in medicine and agriculture. Plant defense chemistry evolves in response to...
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
If only ants had symbionts .. oh wait pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32078984/ cc: @corriemoreau.bsky.social
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Symbioses among ants and microbes - PubMed
Ants have been shown to engage in symbiosis across the tree of life, although our knowledge is far from complete. These interactions range from mutualistic to parasitic with several instances of manipulation of host behavior. Nutrient contributions in these symbioses include both farming for food an …
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Hippomancer10 @hippomancer10.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Hummingbird: "Dude! Since when did you decide to hitch ride?" Ant: "If hippos can have symbiotic avians, then avians should have symbiotic insects." Hummingbird: "OK then"
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Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🏅 This month's Editor's Choice article by Megan Barkdull and Corrie Moreau: "Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci" academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... @corriemoreau.bsky.social @meganbarkdull.bsky.social
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Phenotypic plasticity in turtle ants has opposing evolutionary consequences for genes and regulatory loci
Abstract. Phenotypic plasticity is widespread and evolutionarily important, but genomic consequences of new plastic traits remain unclear. Here, we explore
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Great day for the #MoreauLab! Postdoc Tatsuya Inagaki @tatsuyainagaki.bsky.social gave the EEB seminar and we hosted a pre-seminar social insect themed coffee!
Tatsuya seminar Social insect themed snacksSocial insect themed spreadGrape termites with almond sliver legs and edible eyes!
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 25/02/2026
Life is amazing. Eating a plant-based diet, these ants have a gut microbiome which extracts the nutrients used to build their armour....
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
How fun! I was invited to write a "Species Spotlight" for Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com and I chose my favorite species the Florida turtle ant Cephalotes varians! rdcu.be/e5EZK Including a stunning photo of ants I collected by @alexwild.bsky.social
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Florida turtle ant (Cephalotes varians)
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Corrie S. Moreau studies the evolution of extreme armour and gut microbiomes in turtle ants.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
One of my highlights at #ssb2026 meeting last weekend was reconnecting with my amazing friend Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social of #BrainScoop and seeing her outstanding keynote presentation on her career path and the importance of museum collections @systbiol.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Postdoc job: Insecticide resistance genomics, Australia.
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CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Insecticide Resistance Genomics
CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Insecticide Resistance Genomics
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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I learned so much about other types of collections from this panel. Thanks for organizing, @corriemoreau.bsky.social !! I hope we can continue these discussions going forward.
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!
Seminar announcement
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!
Panelists for the Future of Natural History Collections at the SSB breakout meeting: Brian Smith, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Kory Evans, Corrie Moreau, Ixchel Gonzalez Ramirez, Alison Davis-Rabosky, Jessica Light, Laura Lagomarsino, and Vicens Vila-Coury
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Check out the schedule for the upcoming #ssb2026 meetings for later this week Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social ssb2026.github.io
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2026 SSB Breakout Meeting
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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
For ants, you know I was going with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. And for the particular kind of ants, I went with the genus many of us know as pests -- Camponotus. Aka, the carpenter ants. Did you know that odds are pretty much every ant you've ever seen was a female? 🧪
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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants! Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol... Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
Image of Cephalotes varians workers and a soldier nestled in their twig nest. Image via https://stevenwang.smugmug.com/Ants/List-of-Genera/Cephalotes/i-CjXZ3b9
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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP) for their Open House at the Mushroom Museum! @cornellcals.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential
Specimens and models of fungiOpen House at the Mushroom Museum!Bob Dirig showing his lichen collectionLichen specimens
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest. I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion)
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.
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Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt @evolutionvu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
What can we learn from Natural History Museums? @corriemoreau.bsky.social gives some examples! #evolution #scicomm #museums @ncse.bsky.social
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MPI for Biology Tübingen & Friedrich Miescher Laboratory @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
It was great to host you Corrie and we had a full house in the audience for your fascinating talk
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Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
What a day of turtle/tortoise insects!! 🐜🪲 So good to catch up! Next time with @chemistophe.bsky.social?
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Hassan Salem @hassansalem.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
It was such a treat to see you again @CorrieMoreau.bsky.social!! We’re still buzzing after a stellar seminar 🌟 turtle ants are amazing!
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