Reposted by Jessica FoleyRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 15596444
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 24/09/2026come join us at the Promislow lab, I promise we are all very nice! 🪰 021
Reposted by Jessica FoleyEdward R. Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Introducing disappR. The shiny app made by @krishsanghvi11.bsky.social and I to help diagnose and model selective [dis]appearance!! github.com/EIvimeyCook/... Please do try it out and let us know how you get on! (and if you spot any bugs!). 296
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Max needs you!! and he'll be a wonderful supervisor doing exciting research! 030
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 28/08/2026episode 3 of Inside Geroscience out now - with the Academy's very own President, Prof. Nir Barzilai! 010
Reposted by Jessica FoleyWendy Valencia Montoya @wendyssae.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Help communities in Colombia after the Earthquake! www.gofundme.com/f/solidarity...gofundme.comDonate to Solidarity with Colombia After the Earthquake, organized by Wendy Valencia, Laura BaenaA recent 7.4 earthquake in Colombia has left many communities… Wendy Valencia, Laura Baena needs your support for Solidarity with Colombia After the Earthquake 048
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 23/07/2026for those interested in insect neuro-evo-devo - I can guarantee that Max is one of the best and kindest in the biz! an amazing opportunity to be part of building what is sure to be a brilliant new lab 🦋🧠 130
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Episode 2 of Inside Geroscience is out now! tune in for our discussion with Dr. Luigi Ferrucci of the National Institute on Aging about his recent paper on epigenetic clocks, the dream of geroscience, and much more - available on all major podcast platforms. open.spotify.com/episode/1BOX...open.spotify.comBiological Clocks with Luigi FerrucciInside Geroscience · Episode 031
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 24/06/2026a lot of fun coverage of our Heliconius longevity paper last week! here's me on NPR's All Things Considered for those of us who prefer audio: www.npr.org/2026/06/20/n...npr.orgButterflies may hold clues to longer livesWhy do some butterflies live for months while others survive only weeks? Tufts University researcher Jessica Foley explains what Heliconius butterflies can teach us about aging. 092
Reposted by Jessica FoleyDigital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026More of the fantastic @jessicafoley14.bsky.social 's cool butterfly pollen munching and strength research in the news! ( She fails to mention, though, how a Coati ate a bunch of the pollen and gained superintelligence as well though) 2113
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 17/06/2026very pleased with the write-up of our work in The Atlantic! www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...theatlantic.comThe Butterfly Longevity DietResearchers aren’t sure why Heliconius butterflies live so long, but pollen may be part of the answer. 0140
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Very 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)nature.comEvolution of increased longevity and slowed ageing in a genus of tropical butterfly - Nature CommunicationsStudying 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... 29225
Reposted by Jessica FoleyMorgan M. Oberweiser @mmoberweiser.bsky.social · 26/05/2026📄New Paper!📄 Multimodal courtship in Nursery web spiders involves a nuptial gift AND vibrations. Do males adjust their investment in the vibratory signal based on how nice their nuptial gift is? Out now in @behavecol.bsky.social academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... 1218
Reposted by Jessica FoleyBenito Wainwright @benitoexplains.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Leaf-mimicking katydids don’t just use their funky camouflage to survive, they’re using it to find love too! 🥰🍃💘 New paper out now in #ProcB @royalsocietypublishing.org (Photo cred: Christian Ziegler): doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 1/n 23317
Jessica Foley @jessicafoley14.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Finally answered the "should we start a podcast" call that waits for us all... Episode 1 of Inside Geroscience is out now! Tune in for conversations about the biology of ageing with leading scientists in the field. Brought to you by the Academy of Geroscience, available on all podcast platforms.open.spotify.comNature vs. Nurture with Uri Alon 0133