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Center for Evolution & Medicine at Arizona State University The mission of the Center for Evolution and Medicine is to accelerate innovations in medicine by bringing evolutionary insights into health and disease.

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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Please join us on Thursday, April 16 at noon (AZ time!) for our next CEMinar with Dr. Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social #EvMed asuevents.asu.edu/event/cemina...
Faculty Portrait of Prof Tsosie (Dine/Navajo Nation) Indigenous Genetic Epidemiologist & Bioethicist At ASU; Talk Title Indigenous Genomics in Cohort Models: Insights, Gaps, & Emerging Approaches in Health
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
CONGRATULATIONS to Prof Jeff Jensen for his election as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, joining Regent's Prof Anne Stone & Associate Prof Katie Hinde among CEM Core Faculty with this notable distinction! news.asu.edu/20260326-loc...
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5 ASU faculty members named AAAS Fellows | ASU News
Five faculty from Arizona State University have been elected 2025 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The AAAS Fellow honor is a recognition of the societal impacts of ...
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Today is World TB day! To learn more see www.who.int/campaigns/wo... Yes! We can end TB! But support for Science and Treatment is key! #endTB
Infographic from WHO that says "Tuberculosis is the world's top infectious killer. TB caused 1.23 million deaths in 2024. Ending TB is possible. Fund it, research it, commit to it."
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Joan Silk @jbsilk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The last of the three pioneers of great ape studies has died. Galdikas, Fossey, and Goodall dedicated their lives to understanding the lives of these extraordinary creatures.
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
WAY TO GO Mario!! (& Center for Evolution & Medicine alumnus!)
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
There's still time to have your impact doubled! #SunDevilGivingDay #EvMed #StudentFundraiser
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It's #SunDevilGiving day at #ASU! Please consider supporting @evmedasu.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/yfab58n7! Donations will be matched (up to $2k!) and any gift is appreciated!
Picture of two researchers in the Huijben and Paaijmans labs who study resistance in mosquitos (that can spread diseases like malaria and West Nile virus). The caption says "I support ASU because the Center for Evolution and Medicine is bridging the gap between biology and medicine while empowering tomorrow's game changers by building a generation of future researchers and health professionals.
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Celebrate how an evolutionary lens enhances innovation in medicine & human health on #SunDevilGivingDay! Your donation to @evmedasu.bsky.social at #ASU will be matched up to $2000; your small gift is doubled to help us support students! #ChangingFutures tinyurl.com/yfab58n7
TEXT: I support ASU because the Center for Evolution and Medicine is bridging the gap between biology and medicine while empowering tomorrow's game changes by building a generation of future researchers and health professionals. With a photo of a CEM graduate student working in the lab.
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This Thursday, March 19 is #SunDevilGiving Day! Please consider donating to @evmedasu.bsky.social at #ASU tinyurl.com/yfab58n7 We have a $2000 match so even a small gift is doubled and will help us support students! #SunDevilGivingDay #ChangingFutures #EvMed #Impact
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Sun Devil Giving Day: I support ASU because 

The Center for Evolution and Medicine is bridging the gap between biology and medicine while empowering tomorrow's game changers, building a generation of future researchers and health professionals. 

#ChangingFutures
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Your gift on #SunDevilGiving Day will help support students and the amazing work of the Center for Evolution & Medicine (@evmedasu.bsky.social)! (including students like Felicia King shown here in my lab!) #ASU
I support the Center for Evolution & Medicine because of its mission to accelerate innovations in medicine by bringing evolutionary insights into health and disease! CEM includes my lab (and students such as the amazing Felicia King who earned her master's degree studying M. leprae (which causes Hansen's disease, aka leprosy) at ASU.
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Next week is #SunDevilGiving Day! Please consider donating to the Center for Evolution & Medicine at ASU (See www.givecampus.com/campaigns/65...) We have a $2000 match so even a small gift is doubled (and appreciated!) #ASU
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Noah Snyder-Mackler @smacklab.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Support the Center for Evolution and Medicine this #SunDevilGiving Day! We have $2k match, which means your support goes twice as far! check out the really impactful evolutionary medicine work we do at CEM (@evmedasu.bsky.social) evmed.asu.edu
Noah with gelada monkeys in the background in the Ethiopian highlands
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
#2026MMM Celebrates Libraries & Librarians! news.asu.edu/20260220-art...
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March Mammal Madness returns to celebrate science, storytelling and libraries | ASU News
On a chilly winter afternoon in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, Victoria Savo is painting a blank tournament bracket on the outside wall of a library. Savo is a library media specialist at Swift...
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You know what's better than science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of #2026MMM Combatants!?! Science-themed March Mammal Madness Valentines of combatants that carry ear-worms. They're INFECTIOUS! Download in color or greyscale at the LibGuide libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
Image array of 3 MMM-themed, science-based Valentines with an Eagle Owl, Asian Elephant, & Lynx. Screen-reader valentines also available at the LibGuide. We got you, Boo.
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Randolph Nesse @randynesse.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Evolution, Medicine and Public Health has just started its 14th year. All publications from 2025 are listed with links at the EvMedReview.com substack post. Interesting reading! 🧪 @evmed.bsky.social @evmedasu.bsky.social @tricem.bsky.social www.evmedreview.com/p/evolution-...
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Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health: All articles published in 2025
EMPH is an open access Oxford University Press journal sponsored by the International Society for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Way to go Erin! #EvMed #ASU #GradLife
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Para obtener una buena descripción general de lo que el ADN antiguo puede decirnos sobre los patógenos (¡producido por estudiantes de pregrado y posgrado en mi laboratorio!), consulte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwQP...
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Análisis del ADN antiguo: ¿Por qué estudiar enfermedades antiguas?
YouTube video by StoneLab
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
For a nice overview of what ancient DNA can tell us about pathogens (produced by undergraduate and graduate students in my lab!) see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOE...
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Ancient DNA Analysis: Why Study ancient Disease?
YouTube video by StoneLab
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Lovely to work with @blevinske.bsky.social, @paleogenomics.bsky.social & Verena Schuenemann on " Ancient DNA insights into diverse pathogens and their hosts"! Read it at rdcu.be/eSVPN
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Ancient DNA insights into diverse pathogens and their hosts
Nature Reviews Genetics - Ancient DNA techniques are being applied to study increasingly diverse pathogens of the past. The authors review the latest insights into pathogen–host coevolution,...
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
On Giving Tuesday, we appreciate everyone who transforms our understanding of disease and achieves new approaches to improving human health. Thank you researchers, funders, learners, & donors. Learn more: evmed.asu.edu Contribute: tinyurl.com/5td5vx6s
Two scientists studying mosquitos in the effort to eradicate malaria as part of the vector-borne diseases research program in the Center for Evolution and Medicine.
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Carlo Maley @cmaley.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you are interested in our research about discovering species with extremely low cancer rates or using ideas from integrated pest management to improve cancer therapy, ASU has a new podcast Lab Coat Optional that featured my work in an episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8r0...
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What evolution can teach us about outsmarting cancer, with Carlo Maley
YouTube video by Arizona State University Research
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Carlo Maley @cmaley.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We are hiring a postdoc to profile the evolvability of tumors in longitudinal samples from three clinical trials as part of the ARPA-H ADAPT program. This is essentially an evolutionary bioinformatics position. If you are interested, please apply here ASAP apply.interfolio.com/172521
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
WE HEAR HE'S A FUN GUY! #IRegretNothing You can attend in person or via Zoom! #EvMed
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
WE HEAR HE'S A FUN GUY! #IRegretNothing You can attend in person or via Zoom! #EvMed
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Noon Thursday, November 6th, join us for David Engelthaler's lecture "Cocci and Crypto: Evolving fungi in an evolving world". Prof. Engelthaler is Executive Director of the Health Observatory at ASU & the Director of TGen North @tgenresearch.bsky.social #EvMed asuevents.asu.edu/event/cemina...
Beautiful yellow Fungus by AkhilKamuni Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
1. Map evolutionary diversity to hack biomedical innovation 2. Revolutionize cancer therapy 3. Target the development of antimicrobial resistance 4. Address Anthropocene-related diseases 5. Support healthier behaviors 6. Improve pandemic responses by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz & Dan Blumstein!
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6 ways evolutionary medicine can transform our health
Evolutionary medicine is an emerging interdisciplinary field with huge potential to improve human health and tackle a broad scope of major health challenges.
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
"But Nesse – the man who kickstarted it all – says evolutionary medicine still has the power to provide new questions and new answers about disease." #EvMed www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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The Darwinian factor in medicine
The relatively new discipline of evolutionary medicine is making strides in the fields of cancer treatment and antibacterial resistance.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
"The E.P.A. grant was intended to fund Kipnuk’s river stabilization project for three years. Planning, design & some construction were supposed to happen between June and September, when the river would have thawed enough for barges to bring supplies to the village." It was cancelled last spring 🫠
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Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Excited to announce the first ACE Course Design Awards for excellent cultural education teaching. Those award winning classes will be placed in an open teaching repository for anyone looking to enhance cultural evolution content in their courses. culturalevolutionsociety.org/news-and-eve...
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ACE Course Design Awardees Announced - Cultural Evolution Society
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
There are many great journal covers, but if you're asking about which journal consistently has lovely cover art, it's a bit like asking who was the greatest cinema composer: the line forms behind @currentbiology.bsky.social (and Ennio Morricone)
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Happening now in Life Sciences 202!
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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya
The Turkana pastoralists of Kenya inhabit arid, water-limited environments and rely largely on livestock for subsistence. Working with Turkana communities, we sequenced 367 whole genomes and identifie...
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Today's CEMinar: NAU Assistant Professor Christopher Mayerl "Bioinspired design in infant feeding: linking clinical outcomes with underlying mechanics" #EvMed Details: asuevents.asu.edu/event/cemina...
Decorative Banner that says "CEMinar" ASU Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Earlier this month, Evolutionary Biology PhD student Brooklynn Scott in @smacklab.bsky.social presented research on chromosome evolution & genetic diversity in geladas at the International Gelada Workshop, highlighting implications for species conservation! #EvMed #OneHealth
Smiling grad standing in front fluffy brown geladas walking on a grassy hill behind her.Smiling grad student standing in front of sign that says Simien Mountains Gelada Monkeys.
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
'A team of international scientists partnered with the Turkana community in Kenya and found a unique genetic adaptation for living in dry climates' #EvMed news.asu.edu/20250918-sci...
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Scientists discover genetic adaptations can help those living in dry climates | ASU News
A team of international scientists has uncovered key genetic adaptations underlying survival in hot and dry environments, revealing how natural selection may have enabled some pastoralist populations ...
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"The future of evolutionary medicine: sparking innovation in biomedicine and public health" #EvMed www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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Frontiers | The future of evolutionary medicine: sparking innovation in biomedicine and public health
Evolutionary medicine – i.e. the application of insights from evolution and ecology – has tremendous untapped potential to spark transformational innovation ...
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Core principles of Evolutionary Medicine #EvMed academic.oup.com/emph/article...
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Core principles of evolutionary medicine: A Delphi study
This study analyzed survey responses from 46 experts to create a consensus list of 14 Core Principles for Evolutionary Medicine. These principles illustrat
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EvMedASU @evmedasu.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
What is Evolutionary Medicine? #EvMed askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/evol...
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What is Evolutionary Medicine? | Ask A Biologist
Understanding evolution doesn't just help us figure out how humans evolved...it also helps us understand why we have the health problems we do in today's society. Evolutionary medicine can help us und...
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