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Dr. Kate Feller

@drkatefeller.bsky.social
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Asst. Prof at Union College Biology. I like mantis shrimp so i study them. Also eyes. I really love eyes. Oh, and and brains, like them too. I'm just really excitable, like a neuron.

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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
First fruits of garden labor!
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Spring in the Adirondack Park is here!
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
AI: just one more thing in the trashfire of humanity that keeps me up at night
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Lisa Giocomo @lgiocomo.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New paper! Congrats to @markplitt.bsky.social, Konstantin and team! The brain’s spatial map isn’t static but for hippocampus CA1 maps to change with experience, they need postsynaptic membrane fusion. A new link between synaptic machinery and flexible coding! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hippocampal place code plasticity in CA1 requires postsynaptic membrane fusion
Rapid delivery of glutamate receptors to the postsynaptic membrane via vesicle fusion is a central component of synaptic plasticity. However, it is un…
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
FTS
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Nature @nature.com · 04/04/2026
For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major US science agencies. go.nature.com/4sWP07S
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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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Nicholas Bellono @nbellono.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Pablo Villar et al discover male octopus mating arms are sensory organs used to find females, navigate internally to the oviduct & deliver sperm. From behavior to structure, these findings offer a framework for how sensory systems shape reproduction & species barriers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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KalicoKobold @kalicokobold.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Oh my god, the alt text is a gift. 😹
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Ever wonder why everything is blurry when you open your eyes underwater? The answer explained in this video seminar by @tannermierow.bsky.social and myself, recapping our new paper on amphibious vision in compound eyes! cassyni.com/events/Ur5pU...
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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
So excited to have received an #HFSPResearchGrant to study trilobite eyes with Luke Parry @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social and Gil Ju Lee (Pusan National University)!🥳 I'll be recruiting a postdoc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - if 3D data, optical modelling, and fossils tickle your interest, stay tuned!
Close-up photograph of the trilobite Erbenochile, with visible schizochroal eyes. Image: Luke Parry
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us
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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
Phylogenetic Comparative Methods
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Alex Kingston @alexcnkingston.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So proud of the Toebiter team Tanner @tannermierow.bsky.social, Kate @drkatefeller.bsky.social, Jess, and Rick for our paper out in @royalsociety.org Proceedings B. Check out how we learned about the optics and performance of the eyes of amphibious insects: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Conserved optical adaptations enable amphibious vision in compound eyes
Abstract. The visual systems of amphibious animals must perform in two optically distinct environments: air and water. Little is known about how diffractio
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
New paper on seeing in air and water with compound eyes! The problem: physics The solution: physics Elegantly described with the dream team @tannermierow.bsky.social and @alexkingston.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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tannermierow.bsky.social @tannermierow.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🚨🚨TOE-BITER TIME🚨🚨 Interested in how the eyes of amphibious insects transition from an aquatic to amphibious ecology? Check out my new paper with @drkatefeller.bsky.social and @alexcnkingston.bsky.social! Super psyched to have published on my beloved toe-biters! doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Conserved optical adaptations enable amphibious vision in compound eyes
Abstract. The visual systems of amphibious animals must perform in two optically distinct environments: air and water. Little is known about how diffractio
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Leaning in to joke lab name by making it official lab name w/ logo (curteosy of student artist)
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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
BUGS. ARE. SHRIMPS. It me, about papers with @jimmybernot.bsky.social and @ostratodd.bsky.social 🧪🦑
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Sepiedeh Keshavarzi @sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
RA positions with potential PhD continuation are now open! We're seeking two candidates with slice patch clamp or programming skills for the projects outlined in the advert: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50040/ Apply by 21 February!
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/01/2025
Fear and uncertainty dominated conversations this week among those doing NIH-funded research involving people who are transgender, gender fluid, nonbinary, or otherwise gender minorities. scim.ag/3Ce2Tto
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Trump’s ban on funds to ‘promote gender ideology’ could threaten hundreds of NIH research projects
Sweeping executive order likely to be read broadly, experts predict
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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Jen Perry @jennyperry.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A really exciting new study: evidence that males evolve better sight in order to detect female dishonesty in dance flies. One for the textbooks! A male resistance trait! Great one from @rosalindmurray @luc_bussiere @dtgwynne & team academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Sexually antagonistic coevolution can explain female display signals and male sensory adaptations
Abstract. The prevalence and diversity of female ornaments pose a challenge to evolutionary theory because males should prefer mates that spend resources o
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
My only professional regret to date is that I did not take this course when I was in grad school. Don't miss your own chance!
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I'm too rar along for thos, but I know there are a lot of great early career folks out there this would be a great opportunity for! I wanna hear about your work!
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Long live the king crablet!
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Indige Tea 🦬🧡 : ✊🏾 @colouredwilde.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital. You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library. You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library. You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library. You want sourced info? Library.
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Surprise!!
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Interesting new pub on collective intelligence: ants vs. humans at problem solving. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence
Insects put their minds together in ways that sometimes eludes people
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Lisa Whitenack, PhD @whitenacklab.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Oooooooooh!
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I heard there was a recording of the gay frog internet meme talk out there from Saturday's session - can someone please point me in that direction so i can re-enjoy and disseminate? Please and thank you!! #sicb2025
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Mantis shrimp butt sighting at the Georgia Aquarium! #sicb2025
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
So proud of Helena Lewis for giving a great poster yesterday! Seeing and Stabbing Lab in the wild! #SICB2025
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Dr. Kate Feller @drkatefeller.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Come check out my talk at #SICB2025 to learn how mantis shrimp use their weird eyes to inform their ultra fast strikes: Linking seeing and stabbing - today! 11:30am, A707
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