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Vrinda Ravi Kumar

@vrindarvkm.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biologist, or bug science lady · Postdoc at Czech Academy of Sciences · PhD from NCBS Bangalore · Science writing · Improv, effective storytelling & comedy

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Jan Hrcek @janhrcek.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Save the date and spread the word about the next meeting of the @droseu.bsky.social, a friendly research community! Looking forward to welcoming you all in České Budějovice! #Drosophila
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DrosEU @droseu.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Save the date! The 17th DrosEU workshop will be held in České Budějovice on the 24th to 26th May 2027. Thanks to @janhreck.bsky.social for hosting us! #Drosophila #genomics
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 29/09/2025
One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Could humans and AI become a new evolutionary individual?” Explore the article here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... For more trending articles, visit ow.ly/Me2U50SkLRZ.
An illustration of a human and a robot watering a tree together. 
Image credit: Dave Cutler (artist).
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Jitka Polechová @polejit.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
PhD-position vacancy in Jan Hrcek's lab lab.hrcek.net, Czech Academy of Sciences: Exploring how rapid evolution in communities allows maintenance of genetic variation and species diversity. @erc.europa.eu 🪰 🧬 🌏 🧪Application deadline: January 7th 2026
Ilustration of evolution in ecological communities, feuturing Drosophila
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Luis-Miguel Chevin @lmchev.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Check out the paper explaining what this is about, and also the database itself!
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Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Please apply for this, and/or encourage your mentees and peers to do so!
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Arvid Ågren @arvidagren.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Working any sort of within-organism conflict? Submit a paper to our special issue in @jevbio.bsky.social!
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Pepi (Josefa) González @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Join us in Montpellier if you are interested in #evolution #genomics #adaptation #invasive species or if you want to get to know a collegial group of #Drosophila enthusiasts
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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
Picture of MEME students on the beach
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Luis-Miguel Chevin @lmchev.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I wrote a commentary about the recent paper by @deepaagashe.bsky.social and @vrindarvkm.bsky.social Also go have a look at the original paper if you haven't ! The timeframe of prediction for eco-evolutionary dynamics | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Vrinda Ravi Kumar @vrindarvkm.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Our work on evolutionary rescue is finally out in this week's issue of PNAS! Check out the NCBS communications team piece on our work quoted below.
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Dhanya Bharath @dhanyabharath.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Some of the #Bengaluru representation at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona! @shikharabhat.bsky.social @crazychipkali.bsky.social @vrindarvkm.bsky.social @gauravathreya.bsky.social @utharasrini.bsky.social
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Michael Jennions @mikejennions.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This year I’m teaching a science writing course. When the course started, I had this exact conversation with the students - Your thoughts are fuzzy phantoms that ping around in your brain. If you want to catch and share those thoughts you need to pin them to the page.
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Vrinda Ravi Kumar @vrindarvkm.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
📜 New preprint alert. Our work on evolutionary rescue is now up on bioRxiv! We tracked flour beetle populations for ~5 years (70 generations) to understand how populations adapt to harsh environments, and which traits help them survive.
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Pratik Kumar @dyechemist.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
If making chemical tools for biology excites you, consider applying to the NCBS graduate program! My lab plans to hire 1–2 graduate students this cycle. More info on my lab @ dyecraftlab.com
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Vrinda Ravi Kumar @vrindarvkm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Some weekend fly art can really lift your Monday blues. Mixed media.
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