iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mylene Mariette

@mylenemariette.bsky.social

Behavioural Ecologist and eco-physiologist interested in prenatal communication, developmental plasticity and adaptation to global change in birds.

Posts Replies Media

Reposted by Mylene Mariette

Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Read the full research here doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Screenshot of the PDF of the Research Article, Prenatal acoustic communication triggers adaptive vascular programming in the developing avian brain, by Prakrit Subba, Mylene M. Mariette, Katerina A. Palios, Michael G. Emmerson, Elisabetta Versace,
Katherine L. Buchanan, David F. Clayton and Julia M. George. The publishing information states © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb252287. doi:10.1242/jeb.252287. The first sentence of the Abstract is: Developmental plasticity allows organisms to adjust their phenotypes to match environmental conditions, but how sensory cues program specific physiological systems remains poorly understood.

194

Mylene Mariette @mylenemariette.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Could zebra finches’ heat calls cool their babies’ brain? Our new paper came out today in JEB on how an acoustic signal of heat perceived from within the egg, alters embryonic gene expression in the blood-brain barrier, a potential advantage against heat stokes! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

020

Reposted by Mylene Mariette

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 12/06/2026

An exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes thrilling reading, finds Penny Sarchet

newscientist.com

New Scientist recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life

An exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes thrilling reading, finds Penny Sarchet

0149

Reposted by Mylene Mariette

Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Zebra finch parents change the brains of chicks inside eggs just by singing to them! Adult zebra finches sing heat songs when temperatures are high & the sound changes blood vessels in the hypothalamus, potentially protecting the chicks from heat stroke doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

A pair of Australian zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis) at Cameron Corner, Sturt National Park, NSW, Australia. The male is on the left. Photo credit: PotMart186, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

12711

Mylene Mariette @mylenemariette.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Are you looking for a first postdoc in Behavioural Ecology & physiology? the Spanish Juan de la Cierva fellowship call is open until 14 Jan. To join my lab, check mylenemariette.wordpress.com/join-us/

020