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Alex Meyers @almeyers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Fulfilling trip to @mlbs-uva.bsky.social to help out with the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social SEEDS program! @uvabio.bsky.social 🦎🪲
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Chris Deppmann @deppmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's free. The full PDF and EPUB are on our site, and the audiobook, about eleven hours, is free on Spotify. It will be free in most outlets. Amazon charges $3 for the Kindle right now and I'm working on getting that to zero as well. deppmannlab.com/book Hope you enjoy it.
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Chris Deppmann @deppmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is something that didn't exist, and now it exists (with lots of help from Claude et al). This is a book I wanted to read and I'm happy with how it turned out. I love thinking about science through the personalities of the discoverers.
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Chris Deppmann @deppmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Here is how it got made. Last spring I gave my biochemistry students an AI assisted extra-credit project: pick a scientist, do the deep research, write a profile. Then about six months of editing from Abbie and I. More than 500 students are co-authors.
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Chris Deppmann @deppmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We self-published a history of biochemistry book. The Molecule Hunters is 133 profiles of the people who decoded life, from a physician weighing a willow tree in the 1640s to structural biologists predicting protein folds with AI. 190 scientists, eleven parts, four centuries.
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Harris Kaplan @harriskaplan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm thrilled to announce the opening of the Kaplan lab at the University of Virginia @uvabio.bsky.social ! We are a neuroscience lab aiming to define circuits underlying naturalistic behaviors in infants and adults. We're actively recruiting students and postdocs. Learn more at kaplan-lab.org.
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Lots of opportunity for professional growth too. Have a look and share with folks who might be interested. Questions? Get in touch with me.
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We are looking for someone who does genomics and single cell work, who enjoys sharing their skills through formal and informal training of others and who wants to interface with a lot of interesting research (from Drosophila and C. elegans to rattlesnakes and zebrafish and sparrows and mice).
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We are really excited about this great opportunity for a Core leader in the Department of Biology at UVA. jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
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Genomics and Multi-omics Senior Laboratory Research Specialist, Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Genomics and Multi-omics Senior Laboratory Research Specialist, Biology job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virg...
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Mountain Lake Biological Station @mlbs-uva.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Open House is almost here! Come for the art. Come for the science. Come for the cool mountain air! Sat. 7/18, 2-5pm. Carpooling encouraged :) mlbs.org/openhouse
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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Really cool preprint demonstrating reproductive cooperation in Caenorhabditis. First paper from the lab of @katjakasimatis.bsky.social 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A Male Expressed Copulatory Plug Increases Female Fertility in Caenorhabditis Nematodes
The genomes of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites offer a unique opportunity to probe why some genes with sex-specific functions are lost while others are maintained. In the androdiecious species, Caenor...
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Katja Kasimatis @katjakasimatis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
First paper from the Kasimatis Lab is now online! We investigate of the maintenance of mate plugging in C. elegans along with its function www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A Male Expressed Copulatory Plug Increases Female Fertility in Caenorhabditis Nematodes
The genomes of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites offer a unique opportunity to probe why some genes with sex-specific functions are lost while others are maintained. In the androdiecious species, Caenor...
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Plant Biotechnology Journal @plantbiotechj.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📣 NEW ISSUE 📣 Our July issue is out now! 🔍️ On the cover: leaf surface glandular trichomes on a CRISPR-edited tobacco plant containing a HAIRPLUS (NtHAP) gene knockout. 📷️ Michael P. Timko @uvabio.bsky.social Read it in full 👉️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677652... #plantscience 🧪
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Katja Kasimatis @katjakasimatis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Having a great time at #Evo2026 with @uvabio.bsky.social 🐍🪱🪰🪲🌸🦠🧬
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Antoine Perrier @perrierecoevo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Excited to be presenting my work at #Evol2026 @evolmtg.bsky.social ! I will be talking about how adaptations that allowed persistence in former LGM refugia can make rear-edge populations more resilient to future warming! My talk will be Sunday 21 at 10.15am in the Adaptation I session (room 25B)
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Arthropod Abbey (Abigail Hayes) @arthropodabbey.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
PROFESSOR Hayes sure has a nice ring to it! Proud to announce I will be joining Virginia Commonwealth University as an ecology faculty over in the School of Life Sciences and Sustainability. Moving to Richmond at the end of next month 🥰🕺🥳 Hit me up if you need RVA samples for a project! 🧪 #bugsky
A person with a fun bug shirt standing in feont of a VCU door
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Alex Meyers @almeyers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Field season is in full swing at @mlbs-uva.bsky.social! Grateful for the opportunity to study these little guys 🦎 @uvabio.bsky.social
Red-spotted newt eft
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uvaresearch.bsky.social @uvaresearch.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Rattlesnakes are helping solve a big evolution mystery 🧬 UVA research shows new species aren’t formed by one gene, but thousands of small changes over time—even while still exchanging genes. ow.ly/JrkF50Z4kY3
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Nicholas Landry @nwlandry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I will be giving a talk at the "Spreading on networks" satellite on Tuesday (organized by @joelcmiller.bsky.social and Istvan Kiss) on reconstructing complex contagion kernels and why we might need to rethink the word "complex"
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Nicholas Landry @nwlandry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Lastly, @abhay-gupta.bsky.social will be giving a talk on his recent preprint (arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773) in a parallel session on Friday. See you all at the c9nference!
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The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models
Individual contributions to the spread of an epidemic vary widely due to an individual's location in a social network and their intrinsic ability to spread or contract diseases. While the effect of he...
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Nicholas Landry @nwlandry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
@kaiserdaniel.bsky.social is presenting a poster on Wednesday on some cool stuff we've been doing with Bluesky data 👀. He'll be talking about how info spreads on Bluesky!
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Nicholas Landry @nwlandry.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The lab (@kaiserdaniel.bsky.social and @abhay-gupta.bsky.social) is on its way to @netsciconf.bsky.social! You can listen to what we've been up to at the following sessions:
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
After about 10 years, decided it was time for a website overhaul to better represent the range of questions and systems in the lab these days (and show more movies!). www.parichylab.org
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Home | Evolution and Development of Adult Form
How do genomes build adult organisms? The Parichy Lab at UVA — developmental genetics, evolution, regeneration, environment, and disease, studied through pigmentation, skin, and other traits of zebraf...
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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Job Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎
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Sandy Kawano, PhD @sandyk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Come join us! I'm recruiting postdocs and lab techs to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking in fishes and salamanders at the University of Virginia, with option to work at Mountain Lake Biological Station. 2 of 4 job ads are posted on my website: sandykawano.weebly.com 🧪🐟🦎
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Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the comparative biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes. Apply by June 1, 2026, for full consideration. Click HERE for more information.  Lab...
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physics.soc-ph @arxiv-soc-ph.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773
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uvaresearch.bsky.social @uvaresearch.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New UVA research shows centuries-old plant populations hold genetic “memory” that helps species survive drought and stress. These old-growth communities are living archives of climate resilience ow.ly/6vtg50YYkbl
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arXiv q-bio.PE Populations and Evolution @qbiope-bot.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Abhay Gupta, Nicholas W. Landry: The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773 arxiv.org/pdf/2605.12773 arxiv.org/html/2605.12773
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ArXiv Paper Poster (cs.SI & ph-soc) @soc-net-bot.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773 Individual contributions to the spread of an epidemic vary widely due to an individual's location in a social network and their intrinsic ability to spread or contract disea...📈🤖
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Andrew Hardaway @andrewhardaway.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Awesome work by @aguler.bsky.social and team providing critical new insights into the mechanisms of next-gen (small molecule) GLP-1R agonists!!!! Turns out the CeA is important :) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A brain reward circuit inhibited by next-generation weight-loss drugs in mice - Nature
Humanized glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP1R) mouse models are used to investigate the neural circuitry through which small-molecule GLP1R agonists modulate feeding, with implicati...
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Ali D. Güler @aguler.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Now in peer-reviewed form: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A brain reward circuit inhibited by next-generation weight-loss drugs in mice - Nature
Humanized glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP1R) mouse models are used to investigate the neural circuitry through which small-molecule GLP1R agonists modulate feeding, with implicati...
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uvaresearch.bsky.social @uvaresearch.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Weight-loss drugs aren’t just altering metabolism—they are actively remapping reward pathways in the brain. A new detailed UVA study mapping these structural neural shifts opens critical new lines of cross-disciplinary inquiry for behavioral neuroscience and neurobiology. ow.ly/RBk050YVIlS
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Antoine Perrier @perrierecoevo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New paper out in Evolution Letters! @evolletters.bsky.social We explore the legacy of past warming at the rear edge of Campanula americana. Spoiler alert: we did not find higher drift load as often expected at the rear edge, but strong local adaptation! doi.org/10.1093/evle...
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Antoine Perrier @perrierecoevo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you are curious about my work but want a more digestible version than my papers, check out this neat feature by the UVA arts and science news! as.virginia.edu/news/old-pla...
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Old Plant Populations Offer New Clues to Climate Resilience
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Wildflower study overturns assumptions about climate survival #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Wildflower study overturns assumptions about climate survival
Plant populations living in warmer edge regions were expected to decline, but this study shows they adapted over thousands of years.
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Antoine Perrier @perrierecoevo.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Campanula makes it in the news! 😀
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Antoine Perrier @perrierecoevo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New paper out in Journal of Biogeography! We explore the heterogeneous evolutionary history of the rear edge of the North American plant Campanula americana doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
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Heterogeneous Evolutionary History Defines the Rear Edge of the North American Herb Campanula americana
Aim Warmer range limits of species distributions offer a window into the ecological and evolutionary processes associated with long-term warming, as they often harbour relicts of refugial population...
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OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Read the @natcomms.nature.com study here, which is the product of a collaboration between OIST, @uvabio.bsky.social , and Kyoto University www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cell-cell communication as underlying principle governing color pattern formation in teleost fishes - Nature Communications
This study shows that the Snowflake mutant in clownfish results from altered communication between pigment cells, producing enlarged white bars with jagged edges. It points to cell–cell communication ...
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
And for anyone who thinks these strategies might hold promise for their own career goals, we're still hiring at the postdoc level.
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Together the papers show how much can be learned when we try to understand adult traits and their variation with an explicitly approach, including comparative analyses, transcriptomics, chemistry, classical methods of development and developmental genetics, and behavior.
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
And in PNAS, we show the different ways that white cells develop, within and between species. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Pleased to announce two new publications, in Current Biology and PNAS, from outstanding postdoc Delai (Dylan) Huang, just a week before he leaves to start his new faculty position at Zhejiang University.
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Jessie Perlmutter @jiperlmutter.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
There is a postdoctoral Research Associate position available in my lab to work on identifying genes and mechanisms underlying Wolbachia-fungus interactions in fruit fly hosts. Please share with anyone who may be interested. Candidates may apply here: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
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Research Associate in Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
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Antoine Perrier @perrierecoevo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Excited to share our review in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social , where we synthesize 20 years of rear-edge evolutionary research! authors.elsevier.com/a/1mo0RcZ3X7...
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Nicholas Landry @nwlandry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social giving a great talk at @uvabio.bsky.social! Lots of cool stuff related to asymptomaticity, breakthrough infections, heterogeneity, and science communication. Definitely gave me a lot to think about!
Joshua Weitz giving a talk titled, "Confronting Covid's Wake: Quantitative Approaches for Prevention and Control of (Re)emerging Pathogens"
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Or the HR version with less Cormac McCarthy.
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Parichy Lab | Dave Parichy @dparichy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We have a postdoc position available. Please forward to anyone who may be interested.
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Nicholas Landry @nwlandry.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Revision now posted on the ArXiv! We collated and cleaned EVEN MORE DATA. 39M accounts, 365K starter packs, and 2.4B following relationships. All accounts, follows, and starter packs now have timestamps! Check it out at arxiv.org/abs/2505.11608.
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A Blue Start: A large-scale pairwise and higher-order social network dataset
Large-scale networks have been instrumental in shaping how we think about social systems, and have undergirded many foundational results in mathematical epidemiology, computational social science, and...
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Mountain Lake Biological Station @mlbs-uva.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Apply now for the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at MLBS! mlbs.org/reuprogram
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