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Armin Moczek

@ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social
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Overpaid beetle collector, father, immigrant, department chair, obsessed w/ origins of novelty in evolution, parallel lives in science outreach and increasing diversity in STEM ecoevodevo.com

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Erica Nadolski @ericanadolski.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Proud to share a new paper with @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social - this one feels extra special because I have two undergrad women in STEM as my coauthors! Check it out to learn more about pre- and post-metamorphic Hox expression & function in beetle heads! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lOdU2mzTk...
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Everybody please come visit Wally our resident Titan arum who is about to bloom in the Indiana University Biology Building Greenhouse any day now! You do not want to miss this! And if you really can’t visit check out Wally Cam at iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_fc... for 24h coverage!
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A great time was had! Shout-out to Natascha Turetzek for hosting and all who took time to meet with me!
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Something rather important happened last week, but I didn’t quite have the bandwidth to let it fully sink in. But no more! I hereby present to the world: Dr. Joshua Allen Jones!
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
For all in need of a break, an example of IU Biology at its best, fostering growth, knowledge, and opportunity through the agency of science and science education biology.indiana.edu/news-events/... @iubiology.bsky.social @ncse.bsky.social @drmilks.bsky.social
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Mentorship at IU leads to published study, career shift for high school senior
IU Biology News: Mentorship at IU leads to published study, career shift for high school senior
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Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Our #societyjournal is built on the work of our dedicated Editorial Board. Over the next few weeks, in no particular order, we will introduce all of them to you on Bluesky Firstly, please join us in welcoming @patrickrohner.bsky.social who joined us this year:
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Alizée Malnoë @alizeemalnoe.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Excited to share our first @iubiology.bsky.social review of a preprint on a new anti-phage defense system prereview.org/reviews/1519... Thanks! #PreprintReview via @prereview.bsky.social @asapbio.bsky.social for the FAST principles and @fraserlab.bsky.social for the inspiration! #phage #phagesky
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PREreview of “A prophage-encoded anti-phage defense system that prevents phage DNA packaging by targeting the terminase complex”
Authored by Alizée Malnoë, Madaline McPherson, Mandkhai, Sally Abulaila, Octavio Origel, Warren Wilson, and 4 other authors of the IU Bloomington Biology Club
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Last week something special happened but I didn’t have the quiet to be able to let it sink in. The intrepid Josh Jones defended an outstanding thesis, advancing our understanding of the biology that binds dung beetles and their microbial partners in ways I did not think was possible in….
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Dung beetles as models to study the effects of pollutants on development and cognition, pursued by the intrepid Miranda Towse at IU’s Animal Behavior Conference! @iubiology.bsky.social @iu-cisab.bsky.social
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Please all come! Thursday March 6th 3:30 PM Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall - you do NOT want to miss this!
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Dave Angelini @aphanotus.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Also from @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social on the life cycle dynamics of #microbiota (in dung beetles, so lots of microbes, ya) journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Microbiome composition and turnover in the face of complex lifecycles and bottlenecks: insights through the study of dung beetles | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
As the influence of symbionts on host ecology, evolution, and development has become more apparent so has the importance of understanding how hosts facilitate the reliable maintenance of their interac...
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Dave Angelini @aphanotus.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#Hox genes-- not just embryonic patterning! Here's a fascinating look at their influence on adult head structure in dung beetles. From the lab of @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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IU Biology @iubiology.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Have you ever wondered how 🦋butterflies🦋 change their color patterns according to seasons? Robert Reed, professor of biology at Cornell University, will discuss “Seasonal Wing Pattern Plasticity in Butterflies” Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m. in Biology Bldg., A100. 📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8syq
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IU Biology and EEB Seminar Series present Robert Reed, Cornell University, Feb. 28
IU Biology News: IIU Biology and EEB Seminar Series present Robert Reed, Cornell University, Feb. 28
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Indiana University Undergraduate students please take note! @iubiology.bsky.social
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Gilles Vanwalleghem @drgillesv.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We are recruiting two new colleagues at the department of Molecular Biology. Come join us! Denmark is a great place to live, science funding is really good, and the people are nice. Message me if you have any questions mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi...
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Two Faculty positions (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark. Molecular Medicine and/or Molecular Biology - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Molekylærbiologi og Genetik, Aarhus Universitet
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Concerned Scientists @ IU (& its student affiliate Advocates for Science @ IU) is organizing a TOWNHALL to discuss how to confront current threats to Science this Wednesday Feb 19, 4PM IMU Stateroom East - all are welcome, whether IU affiliated or not!
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IU Biology @iubiology.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Congratulations to IU biology Ph.D. candidate Shefali Shefali on receiving the prestigious American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship! 📷 Pictured below: Shefali with her Ph.D. adviser, Associate Professor of Biology Jason Tennessen. 📖 Read more: go.iu.edu/8srl
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Synergism on all levels, and special thanks to @drmilks.bsky.social and @ncse.bsky.social, you all rock! Thank you! biology.indiana.edu/news-events/...
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Biology professor and Bloomington High School science teacher advance STEM learning of human evolution nationwide
IU Biology News: Biology professor and Bloomington High School science teacher advance STEM learning of human evolution nationwide
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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
How many times do we need to repeat this?! "Intelligent design" is NOT science. ncse.ngo/north-dakota... #KeepDogmaOut #EdPolicy #SciEd
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North Dakota bill would require inclusion of "intelligent design" in state science standards | National Center for Science Education
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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
How curious! References to climate change and evolution have mysteriously vanished from a proposed revision for Iowa's state science standards. 🤔 ncse.ngo/shenanigans-... #EdPolicy #EduSky #ClimateSky
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Shenanigans in Iowa's state science standards review | National Center for Science Education
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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Lovely city & department where I spent 5 formative years
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National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. We're marking the occasion with a #ScopesSunday post a week. First up, a brief introduction from @aclu.org: www.aclu.org/documents/st... #ScopesTrial #HistorySky
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State of Tennessee v. Scopes | American Civil Liberties Union
In March 1925, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of evolution in all educational institutions throughout the state. The Butler Act set off alarm bells around the c...
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Two staff members learned that I like to take refuge in our awesome IU greenhouse to collect my thoughts and sometimes eat my lunch, especially in the winter - then they did this for me!
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Armin Moczek @ecoevodevo-lab.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Thanks everyone for welcoming me here. I missed this!
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