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Dave Armitage

@darmitage.bsky.social

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Assistant prof at OIST in 🇯🇵 Community ecology / evolutionary ecology / stats / weird plants Come visit us 🏝️⛵️ www.oist.jp/research/research-units…

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our lab member Rahel gave a phenomenal thesis defense today! Turns out whether you’re a bat or a monkey, your choice of social circles and winter activities matter for your immune system.

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

So proud for Nonno, the first PhD awarded in our lab! おめでとう!

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Other families of pitchers plants seem to do this too. For instance, the ant-feeding fangs of Nepenthes bicalcarata

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

New preprint on reciprocal nutrient exchange between pitcher plants and their prey. Enjoy this video of wasps having a blast inside pitcher leaves 🍭🐝

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Having too much fun making 3D scans of pitcher plants

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Major congrats to our lab’s first PhD recipient, Nonno Hasegawa. Her work on the population genetics of Darlingtonia will help us better manage and protect the objectively coolest plant on earth

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Pleasantly surprised how my first attempt at scanning pitcher plant leaves turned out. Considering 3D printing it to wear as a bonnet

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Imagine chilling inside this comfy leaf on a pillow of heterocysts

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

There is also the question of where the hundreds of negative google reviews disappeared to…

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Should’ve known…

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Discovered a mysterious box in the lab today

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Thus concludes the 2025 Phyllosphere conference at OIST in Okinawa Japan! Tons of incredible talks and posters. Already looking forward to Quebec 2030 🫎

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

After a super long delay, I’m happy to share our work on the metagenomics of the Azolla fern leaf pocket!

Electron microscope photos of a hollow leaf pocket in Azolla fern containing nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Spending an action-packed week in Kenya collecting soybean microbes with collaborators from CUEA

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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Paper also includes some of my all-time hairiest looking graphs!

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