Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's fall, but here in Nashville it hasn't felt like it (thanks El Niño?). Nevertheless, I've been indulging in my favorite fall-associated poems, and wanted to share them: 1. Bavarian Gentians by D.H. Lawrence 2. Burnt Norton by T.S. Eliot 3. Spring and Fall (Gerard Manley Hopkins) (1/?)... 121
Reposted by Ann T. TateRich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026My great technician is leaving the lab, and I'm trying to replace her. Are you or someone you know interested in evolutionary genomics research that combines animals experiments (with flies!) and molecular biology? Come work with me! Application info at the link evoldir.net/brian/evoldi...evoldir.net 1827
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I think about this constantly, considering that neither my baby nor I have been healthy for more than two days at a time since mid November. It takes a toll, for sure, and we can only hope there is some payoff later. 011
Reposted by Ann T. TateBen Longdon @blongdon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Insect Infection, Immunity & Microbionts @royentsoc.bsky.social meeting at Milner Centre in Bath 16-17th April www.royensoc.co.uk/event/infect... with @annttate.bsky.social as keynote speaker. Should be fun! 051
Reposted by Ann T. TateEvolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Pleiotropy increases with gene age in six model multicellular eukaryotes doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Reese Martin and Ann T Tatedoi.orgPleiotropy increases with gene age in six model multicellular eukaryotesAbstract. Fundamental traits of genes, including function, length, and Guanine-Cytosine (GC) content, all vary with gene age. Pleiotropy, where a single ge 0135
Reposted by Ann T. TateMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Now published as version of record at @elife.bsky.social ! Layers of Immunity: Deconstructing the Drosophila effector response. The tools are now deposited in the VDRC (link ⬇️) elifesciences.org/articles/107... shop.vbc.ac.at/vdrc_store/d... #Drosophila #IDsky #SymbioSky #Infection #Immunology 02914
Reposted by Ann T. TateMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 15/11/2025We have a funded NERC PhD studentship! Selfish X chromosomes are these bizarre things where males carrying the selfish X suffer from imploding testes. Lots to do in this space, especially in evolutionary, stress, and infection biology. Please share! #PhDchat #AcademicSky @uniexecec.bsky.social 21114
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Pls RT: We are recruiting a postdoc (and potentially an RA or staff scientist) to work on the evolution of stage-structured immune systems! Experimental evolution, natural variation in immunity, and/or evo genomics in flour beetles (Tribolium). See ad here: my.vanderbilt.edu/tatelab/join... 059
Reposted by Ann T. TateWill Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code. 19349128
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Ever wonder whether older genes contribute to more processes than younger ones, or whether gene duplication might break up pleiotropy over evolutionary time? Does it matter if we're talking about dev. vs. immune genes? Check out our new paper, headed by postdoc Reese Martin: doi.org/10.1093/evle...doi.orgPleiotropy increases with gene age in six model multicellular eukaryotesAbstract. Fundamental traits of genes, including function, length, and Guanine-Cytosine (GC) content, all vary with gene age. Pleiotropy, where a single ge 062
Reposted by Ann T. TateJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24/07/2025A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book 362343562
Reposted by Ann T. TateRita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Sometimes authors summarize their responses to 3-6 major points raised by the reviewers in their resub cover letters or at the top of their rebuttal letters. This is so super helpful to editors, because it brings us right up to speed after not having read the paper/reviews for months. THANKS!! 818935
Reposted by Ann T. TateJoshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space. 2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...simonsfoundation.orgSimons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and EvolutionThe purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo... 25076
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 11/06/2025If you use AI to write/assist your manuscript reviews, please know that whatever time it saves on your end may well be spent manifold by the authors trying to sort legitimate human criticism from AI nonsense, emailing the journal office about their AI policy and asking for guidance, etc. 093
Reposted by Ann T. TateMolecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Asgari & @annttate.bsky.social uncover the evolutionary forces shaping the multilayered regulation of signaling pathways by negative feedback loops. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf104 #evobio #molbio #regulation 094
Reposted by Ann T. TateChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16/05/2025THIS IS HUGE! TWO Phase I HIV vaccine clinical trials have demonstrated that a stepwise mRNA-based vaccination strategy can SUCCESSFULLY activate AND advance immune responses toward producing broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), a CRITICAL milestone in HIV prevention. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️ 3238991139
Reposted by Ann T. TateAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...time.comWhy I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of CongressI cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging. 471171195921
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Ever wondered why your favorite immune signaling pathway is regulated by a simple (or complex) set of feedback loops, and how they might have gotten there? Check out our new paper on the evolution of signaling network topology in MBE, headed by postdoc Danial Asgari: doi.org/10.1093/molb... 031
Reposted by Ann T. TateNational Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Teachers, we've partnered with Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt (@evolutionvu.bsky.social) to offer a workshop on evolution in celebration of the Scopes Trial 100th Anniversary. Please join us in Nashville on July 11! forms.gle/wECR4X2q5KCQ... #ScopesSymposium #iteachbio #EduSky #edchat 1138
Reposted by Ann T. TateLeslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 18/04/2025This is bad. Read the updates. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...nsf.govUpdates on NSF Priorities 45341
Reposted by Ann T. Tatehi, no thanks @hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social · 02/04/2025james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country "...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us." 444124045291
Reposted by Ann T. TateTuuli Lappalainen @tuuliel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025This is excellent; a very clear explanation of what’s at stake at Columbia. 076
Reposted by Ann T. TateKalev Freeman @uvmtraumalab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Attention scientists! Wondering what else can you can do to advocate for research funding? Let's all submit Programmatic Requests to Members of Congress next month, and flood the zone in a show of public support for #NIH and #NSF! ! #SciComm #Science #Medicine #MedSky 🧬🔬🧪 Details below⤵️ 🧵 1/n 12116
Reposted by Ann T. TateProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9 47999515726
Reposted by Ann T. TateRick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost RatesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD 69562
Reposted by Ann T. TateDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 06/02/2025I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council 34789313
Reposted by Ann T. TateKelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Hello All, plz share. Last call for applications for a post-doc position in our lab to study immune function in frogs infected with the fungal pathogen Bd. Deadline is Feb 1, reviews will begin soon after. zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...zamudiolab.orgPost-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogsWe are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie… 01631
Reposted by Ann T. TateRandolph Nesse @randynesse.bsky.social · 25/01/2025The Abstract deadline is Feb 3 for the 10th annual meeting of the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health in Nashville. All welcome, esp. students and clinicians. Full info at iemph.org Please repost #EvMed 🧪 @evmed.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social 0209
Reposted by Ann T. TateGiacomo Bartolucci (he) @gbart.bsky.social · 04/01/20251/n Some time ago my colleague, excellent cook, and friend Ivan told me: "Cacio e pepe is the recipe that I screw up more often. Let's make a project studying systematically the physics of that sauce". Prepare to get cheesy, I'm glad to share the Cacio e paper preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536 24496166
Reposted by Ann T. TateKelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Hey All, plz repost, and share with grads, post-docs and disease folks! We are hiring a post-doc to work on mechanisms of immune responses of frog hosts to Bd infections. Deadline is February 1, 2025. Details for the position can be found at the link below. 🐸🐸🐸 zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...zamudiolab.orgPost-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogsWe are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie… 25181
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I love these #PlantsGiving resources, and think that a cool extension for my current EEID course would be to ID the pathogens that most threaten their cultivation or trip to your table; chime in with your faves! 150
Reposted by Ann T. TateDr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Ecoimmunologists/Disease Ecologists of Bluesky please help spread the word that SICB DEDE is accepting applications for our Lochmiller Early Career Award, awarded to exceptional scientists in the field within 10 years of their PhD award date. Apply here by 12/1: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 097
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Congratulations to Dr. Reese Martin on an amazing Ph.D. defense! 🎉 Reese's dissertation explored the impact of genetic pleiotropy on immune system evolution... (🧵 1/4) 171
Reposted by Ann T. TateJaap de Roode @jaapderoode.bsky.social · 17/10/2024I am so excited to share the cover of my forthcoming @PrincetonUPress book on how animals use medicine and what we can learn from them! The book will come out on 4 March 2025, and can be pre-ordered here: hubs.ly/Q02SZyF-0 3157
Reposted by Ann T. TateRich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 15/08/2024Danial graduated last year and has continued on to a postdoc with @annttate.bsky.social where he's continuing to work on the evolution of immunity. And he's already got a preprint from work he's done in the Tate lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgPositioning of negative feedback loops within immune signaling pathways influences host fitness through noise in AMP expressionbioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution 021
Reposted by Ann T. TateLynda Delph @ldelph.bsky.social · 09/08/2024We are looking for a new colleague to join our EEB group at IU. 12241
Reposted by Ann T. TateDaniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · 05/08/2024I am looking for students (postdocs welcome too) interested in serving on American Society of Naturalists committees (eg student research grants, DEI, etc). Please contact me if you are interested or have a student who might be!! 12739
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 21/05/2024Tenured! Thankful for my amazing lab members past and present, supportive colleagues, and patient family for helping me get this far! 460
Reposted by Ann T. TateRich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 25/04/2024📄 New publication from the lab! Are you interested in subfunctionalization of gene duplications? Immune gene evolution? Blood sucking insects? Then check this out! academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...academic.oup.comDefensins of the Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) have Developmental-Specific Regulation and Evolve at Different RatesSynopsis. Organisms produce antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) either in response to infection (induced) or continuously (constitutively) to combat microbes enc 174
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 06/03/2024🧪 Our new paper on estimating the shape of the trade-off between investment in immunity and other fitness-related traits! Justin Critchlow, Arun Prakash, and K. Zhong used dose-dependent RNAi to dysregulate the brakes on beetle immune signaling. Check it out: journals.plos.org/plospathogen... 001
Reposted by Ann T. TateRich Meisel @richmeisel.bsky.social · 13/02/2024Please share with the soon to be and recent college grads in your life! We're taking applications for our PAID postbacc research program in evolutionary genetics! uh.edu/nsm/stegg-in...uh.edu 0522
Reposted by Ann T. TateVolker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 13/02/2024AmNat fact 2: I learned that some of you think you need math in your paper to be published in The American Naturalist. That is incorrect. We love purely empirical papers just as much as pure theory & those that combine both. No bias here! (4/5) 2104
Reposted by Ann T. TateLeslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 17/01/2024LIFE - Leveraging Innovations From Evolution Yay! The DCL is finally out! NSF BIO seeks to catalyze research around convergent evolution to speed discoveries of nature-based solutions. Proposals to IntBIO (& more) are welcome. www.nsf.gov/pubs/2024/ns... 13932
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 05/01/2024If you want to keep that lovely buzz after finishing a good book, don't go and look at its reviews on goodreads. 020
Ann T. Tate @annttate.bsky.social · 25/10/2023Congratulations to the new Dr. Justin Critchlow! It was a great defense, we are proud of you, and we'll miss you! 050
Reposted by Ann T. TateVolker Rudolf @volkerrudolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2023We are looking for a new Data Editor AmNat @asn-amnat.bsky.social to start in 2024. In 2021, we pioneered the use of a data editor to greatly improve the quality of data repositories for all published papers. More details are here: amnat.org/announcements/… Please repost to help spread the wordamnat.org 21634