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Stuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Now out in @royalsocietypublishing.org "The seminal proteome of a monandrous fly, Drosophila subobscura". We discovered that, despite monandry, D subobscura's seminal fluid is surprisingly similar D melanogaster's, and likely shaped by conflict! royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Also, happy voting day! If you're eligible, please go vote!

A sign on the ground that says "polling place"

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Bingo! Do I win a prize now?

Comic strip titles self-sabotaging academic habits that feel normal, featuring nine panels.

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📣 EvolDir is now managed by @eseb.bsky.social! We are delighted to be taking the reins and express our gratitude to both Brian Golding who began this service to the community in the mid-1980s and to @rdmpage.bsky.social who ran this account until now 👏 You can now find evoldir here: evoldir.net

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DrosEU @droseu.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

🪰🧬 What a fantastic start! Yesterday kicked off #DrosEU2026 at #Genopolys in Montpellier, France 🇫🇷 Exciting discussions on #Drosophila research, #genomics, #evolution, and #CitizenScience.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 10/03/2026

We have a growing collection of resources for women in ecology that support, celebrate and advocate for women's roles in research and practice. Check our collection of resources here 👇 f.mtr.cool/gtwczvuefr

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the entire reproductive process, from mate selection, mating and egg-laying or pregnancy through to parental care bit.ly/3ZT42hY

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The Plakke lab seeks students for funded M.S. positions in Fall 2026 at Governors State University, focusing on dichotomous sperm in insects. Info session on March 26. Email CV to mplakke@govst.edu. More info at: www.govst.edu. #gradstudent

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Governors State University, an Illinois Public University, University Park, IL 60484

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Emma Whittington @emmawhitt.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

question to those doing sperm motility analysis. Are there any recent resources/reviews you'd recommend? What software are you using? Thanks

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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

New paper from our lab showing that larvae exposed to thermal stress suffer higher mortality, but for those that survive, there are no long-term effects on reproduction later in life www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌡️🐞 Congrats to @jakobwiil.bsky.social on his first paper from his PhD! 🥳

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🧵1/4 We are calling for submissions for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction bit.ly/3ZT42hY

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 27/01/2026

Watch Isobel Grieve talk about research published in #BiologyLetters that investigated the effect of temperature stress on male and female reproductive success and offspring fitness in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides: cassyni.com/events/9iJ8J... @izzygrieve.bsky.social

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Jannice Friedman @jannicefriedman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Are you anywhere in the world (other than Canada) and want to do a PhD in my lab in Canada at Queen's University? We have a prestigious scholarship for 3-years of PhD funding. Get in touch, applications due early February. Must love plants and evolution! friedmanlab.ca

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Friedman Lab

Visit the post for more.

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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

An important study maps how nerves control the Drosophila male reproductive tract, revealing two types of glutamatergic neurons that also release serotonin or octopamine. 🔗 buff.ly/3PV2YQW

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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Is speciation usually allopatric? Genomic analyses of 93 Drosophila species pairs show that gene flow during divergence is common—even among allopatric species—challenging the classic allopatric model of speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...

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Genomic analyses in Drosophila do not support the classic allopatric model of speciation

Abstract. The allopatric model of speciation has dominated our understanding of speciation biology and biogeography since the Modern Synthesis. It is uncon

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Emma Whittington @emmawhitt.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I really need the announcer at the station to stop saying “we’re sorry that your journey will take longer than planned”

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Natalie Pilakouta @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

📣 PhD opportunity in my lab 📣 We're looking for a motivated student interested in the effects of thermal stress on animal survival and reproduction: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Project is open-ended to allow student to define its direction depending on their interests Please share widely!

PhD project entitled "Are we underestimating the effects of climate change on animal populations?"
Supervised by Dr Natalie Pilakouta and Dr David Shuker
Deadline: 6 January 2026

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I've been running around like a headless chicken all day and am very frazzled, so I am going to eat some popcorn and see if I can muster some thoughts about research culture. (These are not necessarily subtweets of anyone at my institution, I'm just thinking out loud.)

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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

When we posted this a couple of weeks ago, we had some AI enthusiasts insist that this diagram was the result of poor prompting, or that the prompt that the original poster made was to generate a funny, bad diagram. So we decided to test ChatGPT's capability...

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I thought I saw some auks, but it was just a skua flying backwards.

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Emma Whittington @emmawhitt.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Looking forward to #BoS2025 tomorrow and when I come back I can harvest this beetroot

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Emma Whittington @emmawhitt.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Sharing because I'm pretty chuffed with how it turned out. I knitted a bag with strawberries on it for my niece's first birthday. I even managed to line it and add drawstrings.

small knitted drawstring bag with strawberries on it

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Emma Whittington @emmawhitt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

New account - It turns out that changing your email includes Bluesky sending a verification code to your current address. Unfortunately, mine had expired, so here we are.

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