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Denise D Dell'Aglio

@ficusorganensis.bsky.social
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Research Fellow at University of Bristol and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. Fascinated by Heliconius butterflies, their behaviour and ecology in tropical forest.

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Denise D Dell'Aglio @ficusorganensis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I loved writing this! Make sure to watch the videos! 🦋🧪
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Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Very excited to finally have this out in the world! The first paper from my PhD (and my first first-author publication) makes the case for a new entrant to the world of long-lived animal models: Heliconius butterflies. Out now in @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/10)
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Evolution of increased longevity and slowed ageing in a genus of tropical butterfly - Nature Communications
Studying long-lived species across the animal kingdom could provide insights into healthy ageing in humans. This study reveals long lifespans and slowed ageing in Heliconius butterflies, identifying t...
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BoB / Elen 2027 @bobelen2027.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🦋 Symposium submissions for BOB + ELEN 2027 are now open! Researchers and group leaders are invited to submit proposals until Aug 31, 2026. More information available via the link in bio. #bobelen2027 #lepidoptera #science #unicamp #butterflies
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ASAB @asab.org · 14/04/2026
🎉 Congratulations to the ASAB Video Competition winner Amaia Alcalde Anton! Check out her video: “What Did I Leave in the Fridge” 🎉 #ASABSpring2026 

Want to know more? Read the paper this entry was based on: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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BoB / Elen 2027 @bobelen2027.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🦋 SAVE THE DATE / RESERVA LA FECHA X Biology of Butterflies + IX Encontro de Lepidoptera Neotropicais 📅 30 Mar–3 Apr 2027 📍 Unicamp, Campinas, BR #bobelen2027 #lepidoptera #science #unicamp #butterflies 🇧🇷 Mais informações em breve / 🇪🇸 Más infos pronto / 🇺🇸 More informations soon
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jim mallet @wtf-r-species.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
@heliconians It's nice to see a Heliconius butterfly on the cover of "Evolution" again! Elizabeth Hodge et al. 2026, on why Heliconius are smarter than other butterflies. doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image of Heliconius butterfly pollen feeding; on front cover of the April Issue of "Evolution" journal
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Benito Wainwright @benitoexplains.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Introducing the campest katydid of all time. 🦄💅🏽👸💞 Why would this animal (Arota festae) have evolved this way, other than to look utterly fabulous? We have unleashed some (slightly whacky) thoughts, now out in @esajournals.bsky.social. Photo credit: @zekerowe.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 1/n
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eahodge.bsky.social @eahodge.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Excited that my 2nd MSc paper is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social 🦋🎉 doi.org/10.1093/evol... We find Heliconius’ impressive visual memory is not due to increased visual-structure investment over that of their outgroup relatives, but instead consistent with specialisation of the central circuitry.
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Some sad news to close out the year, our beloved tapir friend, Valencia has died. I wrote a little memorial about her life here: mailchi.mp/e9c87190f578... But I'll share some nice photos here too
Valencia right after she was rescued, adorable baby tapir in a kiddy poolBig girl Valencia taking a bath and having a nice relaxing time
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social winner of a @zslscience.bsky.social Scientific Medal! Read more: bit.ly/4a9AD9J
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thank you Denise Dalbosco Dell'Aglio @ficusorganensis.bsky.social @ebablab.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement @bristolbiosci.bsky.social Read Denise’s paper: bit.ly/4977c7N See all institutions bit.ly/3O7BxGi
We are grateful to The Company of Biologists for publishing our article on behaviours reminiscent of orientation flights in Heliconiini butterflies in Journal of Experimental Biology. As an early-career researcher, I am very pleased by the Open Access publication. 
University of Bristol has a Read & Publish agreement which facilitates the publication process and allows us to share our findings with a wide audience without financial barriers. We are excited with the opportunity of sharing our science with everyone.

Phot of Denise Dalbosco Dell'Aglio, University of Bristol, UK
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Now in its birthday suit with videos journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... And an interview with @ficusorganensis.bsky.social! journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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ECR Spotlight – Denise Dalbosco Dell'Aglio
ABSTRACT. ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-...
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Nicola Nadeau @nicolanadeau.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We are looking for a physics/maths graduate with an interest in biology, or a biology graduate with strong computational/mathematical skills/interests, to join us as a PhD student working on biomechanical modelling of butterfly wing scale structure formation www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A fluorescent confocal microscopy image of a butterfly wing scale showing the surface and internal structures
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Another is this hovering flight where they dance back and forth around before landing, again they do this repeatedly in a feeding bout… they also do it to artificial flowers that lack floral odours… 5/n
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
One pronounced behaviour are circular flights around a floral resource, where they turn back on themselves in a loop. They do this repeatedly while feeding; loop, feed, repeat… 4/n
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Really like this paper, led by @ficusorganensis.bsky.social, the supplementary videos aren’t up yet but will post them when I’m back in the office!
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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Insectember day 4: Heliconius clysonymus Common name: Montane longwing Bug with hat, my go-to apparently 🎨 #insectember2025 #anthro #bugart
An illustration of an anthropomorphized montane longwing butterfly skipping through the air whimsically. It's mostly black with a stripe of sulphur white on the side of its thorax, top wing, and around its eyes. There are also some fades of red on its bottom wing and wing joints. Its top wing is almost twice as long as its bottom wing, its limbs are lanky, its abdomen thin and its thorax fluffy. It touches the brim of the woven hat on its head, maybe tipping it politely to whoever its passing.
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The Ñeque-Oke celebration for #InternationalAgoutiDay went really really well!
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Nature [Unofficial] @nature.com.web.brid.gy · 14/08/2025
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Brazilian PhD students opt out of US research opportunities
Nature, Published online: 14 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02486-x At least 96 students who had planned to conduct graduate research in the United States have changed their intended destination, citing hostile immigration and science policies.
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Nicol Rueda @nicolr.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Happy to share that the second edition of our course will take place in Argentina from November 24th to 28th. Application deadline: September 1st, 2025. biodiversitygenomicslatam.weebly.com
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New from @gadusmo.bsky.social’s PhD thesis 👐🏼 with @dickmerrill.bsky.social, Jake Morris, Camilo Salazar and Carolina Pardo-Díaz ‘Repeated evolution of reduced visual investment at the onset of ecological speciation in high-altitude #Heliconius butterflies’ 1/n 🧪 academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
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Repeated evolution of reduced visual investment at the onset of ecological speciation in high-altitude Heliconius butterflies
Abstract. Colonization of new habitats is typically followed by divergent selection acting on traits that are immediately important for fitness. For exampl
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Denise D Dell'Aglio @ficusorganensis.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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a woman in a pink feather boa is smiling
Alt: Gal Costa, brazilian singer, in pink feathers is singing at the 80's.
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
🚨Anyone want a job?🚨 We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪 - cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo - bioinformatics and molecular biology Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
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Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Do you use Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) genomes for your work or grant applications? If so, can you please fill out this form? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We are gathering info on how DToL genomes are used. It will help us raise money to continue producing publicly available high-quality genomes.
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Darwin Tree of Life Impact Assessment
This form is used to share information within DToL about case studies, ongoing research, and funding awards that demonstrate the impact the Darwin Tree of Life consortium project has had on Global and...
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
📜 Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis 🧑‍🔬 Federico A. Vignale, Andrea Hernandez Garcia, Todd J. Barkman, Adrian G. Turjanski, et al. 📔 @elife.bsky.social 🔗 elifesciences.org/articles/104... #️⃣ #PlantSciene #PlantMetabolism
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Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis
DNA sequencing of the yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome reveals convergent genomic changes, biochemical pathways, mutations, and substrate-binding orientations responsible for caffeine biosynthe...
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Denise D Dell'Aglio @ficusorganensis.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Meu aniversário, aceito mimos @pt.letterboxd.social
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Stephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
#Butterfly people - do any of you know any references for the ways in which butterflies fly around flowers when feeding? 🙏🏻 I can’t much but I find it hard to believe some diligent flutterologist hasn’t sketched this out…
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Biodiful @biodiful.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Data Paper in ESA Ecology with native range maps for 10,000+ butterfly species 🦋 worldwide by Barnabas H. Daru 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 🌐
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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Do you live in or around the fantastically strange place, Gamboa? Did you used to? If so hit me up and I'll add you to this pack! go.bsky.app/U5RmCPj
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Joe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hey Lepidoptera folks, here’s a Starter Pack of Lepidopterologists! If you want to be added (or removed), just @ me with your favourite: #buttetflies? #moths? go.bsky.app/U3HPgpW
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david @davidsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Portuguese is a beautiful language. So nuanced 🙌
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