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Janay A. Fox, PhD

@janayf.bsky.social
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Guppy gal turned cancer researcher. Applied Postdoctoral Fellow at Moffitt Cancer Center. (she/her) janayafox.wixsite.com/my-site

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Soud K @soudk.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hope @read-theroom.bsky.social gets there someday. Love Wikipedia 💜
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The full app is finally out! Please check it out if you're interested and rate and review if you like it 😊
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Check out this new project I'm working on! Pre-register now if you are interested in either being a Workin' Grad or hiring one.
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Be a part of the chameleon crew! Join our alpha testing: readtheroom.site
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Read the Room
Read the Room, know the world. An anonymous sentiment mapping platform.
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I am excited to announce that the last paper from my PhD is now out! In this paper, we tested how early-life predation stress shapes adult behaviour in Trinidadian guppies and whether DNA methylation in the brain plays a role. Read all about it here: doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Exciting things coming on RTR!
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
How fast can brains epigenetically respond to predation stress? We found that brain DNA methylation in guppies can shift within 30 minutes of predator exposure — with different time courses between males and females. New paper from my PhD now out! 🧠🐟 doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Rapid Neural DNA Methylation Responses to Predation Stress in Trinidadian Guppies
DNA methylation (DNAm) is a well-studied epigenetic mechanism implicated in environmentally induced phenotypes and phenotypic plasticity. However, few studies investigate the timescale of DNAm shifts...
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Yaser Atlasi @yatlasi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Congratulations to @janayf.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize from @gensocuk.bsky.social and for delivering an amazing talk.
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I was incredibly grateful to receive recognition for my work and for the opportunity to present at this very exciting conference! Thank you!
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Allegra Love @allegralove.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Check out this awesome work that just came out!
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Working on this cool project with some friends @soudk.bsky.social @chrispyross.bsky.social. Give our account a follow to watch our journey!
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Alexis Heckley @alexisheckley.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
How does fibrosis (an inflammation and tissue repair response) affect dispersal? We investigated this question with stickleback in a mark-recapture experiment in Alaska: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @danielbolnick.bsky.social @nataliesteinel.bsky.social @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social
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Does Motility‐Restricting Fibrosis Influence Dispersal? An Experiment in Nature With Threespine Stickleback
Factors that affect dispersal can have important eco-evolutionary implications. Here, we show that an inflammation and tissue repair response—peritoneal fibrosis—does not influence threespine stickle...
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Please join our discord so we can make it a vibrant community! Dm me if you want to join 😊
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Alexis Heckley @alexisheckley.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🦠🦟Please check out our review on the landscape of disgust (with @qwebber.bsky.social @allegralove.bsky.social ): ow.ly/ZRKm50UlsiO. There is a formatting issue on the website version that we are trying to fix - so, please download the PDF version if you want to give it a read! @royalsociety.org
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Taking cues from ecological and evolutionary theories to expand the landscape of disgust | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Behavioural avoidance of parasites in the environment generates what is known as the ‘landscape of disgust’ (analogous to the predator-induced ‘landscape of fear’). Despite the potential for improving...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 14/11/2024
Time for the @bsky.app community to see one of my favorite visualizations of climate change... "Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪
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Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Retro is in, even in the ocean. The orcas are once again wearing salmon hats www.newscientist.com/article/2457...
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Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back
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Dustin Marshall @djmmeeg.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution
Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.
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Alexis Heckley @alexisheckley.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
🦇🌳Please check out our new meta-analysis (with @danjbecker.bsky.social and Lauren Lock)! Our paper investigates associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus prevalence and seroprevalence. @ecography.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/ecog...
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A meta‐analysis exploring associations between habitat degradation and Neotropical bat virus preva...
Habitat degradation can increase zoonotic disease risks by altering infection dynamics in wildlife and increasing wildlife–human interactions. Bats are an important taxonomic group to consider these...
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Janay A. Fox, PhD @janayf.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hello Bluesky! I have exciting things to announce for my first post. I successfully defended my thesis last week and have won the Bruce Cattanach Prize for my thesis work on molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity! genetics.org.uk/medals-and-p...
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Bruce Cattanach Prize 2025 Dr Janay Fox | Genetics Society
The Genetics Society is delighted to announce Dr Janay Fox as the winner of the 2025 Bruce Cattanach Prize. I am honoured and excited to receive the Bruce
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