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John Logsdon @johnlogsdon.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

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1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology? 2) Are you in the US? 3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa? 4) Are you available to travel September 4-6? If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.

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Arnaud Martin @evolvwing.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Transgenic Plodia larvae expressing the very bright mBaoJin (mStayGold variant) in its silk glands. Also some gorgeous 3xP3:mCherry staining of larval ocelli and glia. (see revised preprint) by pantry moth wizards @donyaniyaz.bsky.social & @lucalivraghi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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**REPAT proteins as mediators of pathogen-insect-plant interactions in Spodoptera exigua** Cristina Crava, Universitat de Valencia Plants have direct and indirect defenses to insect herbivory.

**Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase disruption by CRISPR/Cas9 in Spodoptera exigua: phenotype, microbial diversity, and fitness costs** Daniel Pinos, Universitat de Valencia #lepgencrete Focus on plant-insect-pathogen interactions. Some bacteria produce important/required compounds for host.

**A climate change winner: How warmer and brighter winters trigger the expansion of the pine processionary moth** Jean-Pierre Rossi, CBGP, INRAE, Montpelier, France #lepgenecrete Pine processionary moth produces urticating hairs producing strong allergic reactions in humans and other animals.

**Evolution and diversification of mimicry and masquerade in butterflies** Wei Zhang, Peking University, China #lepgencrete Focus on mimicry, either mimicking other similar species (e.g. batesian; mullerian) or mimicry of environment for crypsis.

Biodiversity Genomics Lab

**Diversification in Alpine butterflies: from macroevolutionary patterns to microevolutionary processes** Kay Lucek, University of Neuchatel, @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social #lepgenecrete Context: continuum of speciation, with decreasing gene flow as divergence progresses biodiversity-genomics.ch

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Kay Lucek @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

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Looking forward to receive many applications! If there are questions contact me.

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Egg cooling after oviposition extends the permissive period for microinjection-mediated genome modification in Bombyx mori Keiro Uchino National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan #lepgencrete Typically injection must be done <8h after oviposition for successful transgenesis.

**Evolving Patterns: An Evo-Devo Exploration of Butterfly Wing elements** Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Duke University, North Carolina, USA #lepgencrete Nymphalid "ground plan" first proposed ~100 years ago. Demonstrates some spp obviousy follow this basic plan, but others are much more divergent.

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**Effects of parasitic infections in generalist and specialist moths** Astrid T. Groot , University of Amsterdam Focus on evolutionary chemical ecology of Leps.

**The genetic mechanisms of leaf masquerade mimicry in Kallima butterflies** Dequn Teng (Wei Zhang lab, Peking University, China) #lepgencrete Butterfly wing patterns are excellent model for understanding phenotypic diversification.

**Museomics insights into colour polymorphism of Apamea** Lisa Shuart, U Wageningen Museum samples present temporal axis to sampling. Can musuem samples be used to identify wing-color genes in Apamea moths, hypothesized to be a mendelian trait?

Midweek at #lepgencrete conference we take a half-day excursion. This time we went to the beach, and had dinner at a hillside taverna.

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**Parallel evolution of silver iridescence dimorphisms in fritillary butterflies** Luca Livraghi, George Washington U, Washington DC @lucalivraghi.bsky.social from @evolvwing.bsky.social lab Broad motivation: connect genotype-development-phenotype. Use "micro-evo-deco" approach intraspecific vars

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**Characterizing the olfactory system of Spodoptera exigua larvae** Daniel Pinos, Universitat de Valencia #lepgencrete beet armywrom is polyphagous agricultural pest, used as model for olfaction and entomopathogens, and their interactions.