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Amanda Markee

@kkbugtime.bsky.social
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phd candidate @amnh studying evolution of arthropod silks 🐛🕸️🕷️ | nsf graduate research fellow | she/her | 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈

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Entomologists of Color @entopoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Team Larvae-MNH - PhD students Kate Montana, @mantodeology.bsky.social , Amanda Markee, and @entomolrj.bsky.social and coach @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social - made their Entomology Games debut at the Eastern Branch Meeting of @entsocamerica in Harrisburg, PA! #Entomology #EntoPOC #DiversifyEntomology
Team members stand smiling and holding name tags in a conference hotel hallwayTeam members sit up on the stage competing in the entomology games, celebrating after getting a question right
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Andrew Mongue @ajmongue.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Next, we explored genomic changes across transitions. Starting with the hermaphrodites we found that the X fused to one of the 2 massive autosomes and gene order became more shuffled within and between chrs. Weirdly, the decrease in chromosome number precedes the turnover and may help enable it? 4/n
Synteny across loss of X sex determination for simultaneous hermaphroditism. Colored bars next to species are chromosomes with individual colored lines tracking gene conservation between species. Where applicable, the X is the leftmost chromosome and highlighted with a dashed box.
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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 14/02/2025
Today, the USDA lost experts in Psylloidea, Thysanoptera, Cerambycidae, Hymenoptera, Pseudococcidae, and Malacology. This is a devastating loss of expertise, occuring without warning. Their union's official statement on the issue can be found here: aginspectors.org/2-14-2025-a-... #entomology 🧪
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2/14/2025: A message from the NAAE about the mass termination notices – National Association of Agriculture Employees | NAAE
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Andrew Mongue @ajmongue.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Excited to announce another genome preprint! This one is first-authored by my first master's student, Tracy! We generated a chromosome level genome for the invasive hibiscus mealybug, a citrus crop pest. Thanks to coauthors @lmdiepenbrock.bsky.social @kkbugtime.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5n8h42r6
Hibiscus mealybug damage on citrus fruitClose up of female with wax egg case (top left) male (top right) and illustrations of both (bottom)
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paul frandsen @paulbfrandsen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Our review on caddisfly silk genetics is out in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social. We’re excited about new developments in the field and we were stoked to have the chance to cover them in a review. We hope it is useful resource for people interested! www.cell.com/trends/genet...
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Unraveling the genetics of underwater caddisfly silk
Hundreds of thousands of arthropod species use silk to capture prey, build protective structures, or anchor eggs. While most silk-producers are terrestrial, caddisflies construct silken capture nets a...
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A workflow for Tidyverse-based local synteny visualization: Good for visualizing local synteny across species, genotypes, or acorss regions of a genome. Can be used to showcase copy number variation. Still need to write the tutorial, but will be on my GitHub soon. #Genomics #DataVisualization
Local synteny visualization of 3 species and 4 homologous groups. Local synteny visualization of 5 accessions of beans, highlighting an array of TIR-NBS-LRR genes in this region.
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Andrew Mongue @ajmongue.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Reposting because the final version finally came out and there are way more people on the site now. To you it might just be a genome note, to me it's the first fully Mongue lab paper (feat. @erincpow.bsky.social and @kkbugtime.bsky.social )! A #newPI milestone! academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar...
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Genome report: Genome sequence of tuliptree scale, Toumeyella liriodendri (Gmelin), an ornamental pest insect
Abstract. Scale insects are of interest both to basic researchers for their unique reproductive biology and to applied researchers for their pest status. I
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Amanda Markee @kkbugtime.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
crafting up my actual academic legacy this week… aka planning on finally competing with my lab in the entomology games after six years of saying “i’ll do it next year for sure” lol
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Amanda Markee @kkbugtime.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
ct-scanning samples for my second chapter on silk gland morphology today 😈 a month of staining later, let’s hope this round works 🤞
a hand holding a tube mounted on a metal bar, with a ct-scanning instrument in the background a photo of the internal camera of a ct-scanning instrument, with a peace sign and lots of smiles as her sample gets ready to scan!!
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Jack Musto / 🐇 🌕 🐺 @jackattack.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I also drew this guy today! #colorpencil #drawing
A color pencil and marker drawing of an Arthropleura, stylized so it fits in a square shape. It is mostly orange and yellow creams with some contrasting blue tones.
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paul frandsen @paulbfrandsen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our publication on the genomics of the firecracker penstemon is out. This was the result of a two-semester graduate class that I co-taught with David Jarvis. We wanted to sequence something meaningful to the western US, so we chose a penstemon species. doi.org/10.1093/jher...
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Whole-genome assembly and annotation of the firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii)
Abstract. The penstemons are ornamental annual flowering plants native to the Intermountain West and Rocky Mountains and commonly used for urban landscapin
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
📢 💥 ATTENTION INSECT ENTHUSIASTS: Join the Virtual Entomology Games—an online quiz for bug lovers! Test your knowledge and cheer on your team! Play UNTIL NOV. 19TH and join the live games on Nov. 21 at 8 PM 🔗 PLAY NOW:
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Amanda Markee @kkbugtime.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
missing everything about the desert (minus my dry sinuses) 🥲 so excited for EntSoc2025 to be in the PNW next year!!
two scientists bent down next to a rock looking at a hole that a spider probably lives inseven folks standing on a desert hill in front of a cactus, selfie style a hand next to a spiky cholla cactus (irresponsibly)a shadow of a heart symbol surrounding a botfly on a gravel floor
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Amanda Markee @kkbugtime.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
hi friends ❣️ i finally made the switch to bluesky. my name is amanda, im an entomologist and evolutionary biologist currently in nyc getting my phd at the american museum of natural history. i love critters, my community, and to be on my computer doing -omics things. lets b friends ٩( ᐛ )و
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Amanda Markee @kkbugtime.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
is this thing on 🎤
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