
Avishikta Chakraborty
@avishiktac
Evolutionary biologist
Post-doctoral research fellow @UCL.
PhD @Monash University, Melbourne
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14-09-2013 18:39:58
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Bonobos, endangered great apes that are among our closest relatives, might be more vulnerable than previously understood, finds a genetics study led by Prof Aida Andrés UCL Genetics Institute UCL Biosciences that reveals three distinct populations #biodiversity ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/…




Very glad to have this opportunity to show how much the Springboard to Independence (S2I) fellowship has impacted my science and my career and those of the other fellows. Thank you Labex IBEID 🙏🏻 for supporting young researchers. Hope to see more programs like this!


Excited to share I will be joining Université Neuchâtel as an assistant professor early 2025. OFFER: 2 #PhDposition in the new lab. #1 is on zoo animals🐺🐒🦧 and saliva hormones, and #2 is on 🐠 cognition and brains 🧠 Deadline 20 Nov 2024 shorturl.at/NYvVd Spread the word 🙏🏽

Paris Postdocs seminar series: on November 7 at noon Institut Cochin, Cassandra Koh (Viruses and RNA Interference Unit, Institut Pasteur, since 1887 Paris) will talk about #Mosquito-specific viruses and their impact on #arbovirus disease ecology institutcochin.fr/en/agenda/mosq…


Thrilled to welcome Cassandra Koh for the Institut Cochin seminars! Don't miss out on the opportunity to discuss with her.

My new pre-print is out! 📝On the energetic and #metabolic costs of harbouring #meioticdrive in stalk-eyed flies with a selfish X-linked SR distorter 🧬 Andrew Pomiankowski @fcamus

Paris Postdocs seminar series: on November 7 at noon Institut Cochin, Cassandra Koh (Viruses and RNA Interference Unit, Institut Pasteur, since 1887 Paris) will talk about #Mosquito-specific viruses and their impact on #arbovirus disease ecology institutcochin.fr/en/agenda/mosq…

Our review paper on the evolution of tailocins got the cover of Trends in Microbiology tinyurl.com/5665979b with Talia Backman and Talia Karasov (tkarasovlab.org) UCL Biosciences CLOE: UCL Centre for Life's Origins and Evolution UCL Faculty of Life Sciences University of Utah School of Biological Sciences


What a pleasure to have Cassandra Koh today at Institut Cochin as part of the Paris Postdocs Seminars Seminars series! Thank you Cassandra for the interesting insights and novel approaches to study mosquito viromes - and she’s #hiring 📢❕European Research Council (ERC) Suzanne Faure-Dupuy (she/her) Hugo Barreto



🤓PhD Opportunity: DPhil on Food Systems and Antimicrobial Resistance University of Oxford with an incredible team. Candidate will be immersed in a well-established international network, too. Strongly recommend and please help me share widely. Intl appl welcome! ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/food-systems-a…


New collaborative work led by Marie Levet finally out in Functional Ecology! It examines the combined impact of parasite infection and temperature on fish metabolism. Great team including Sandra Binning 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @SophieBreton16 Vincent Mélançon Shaun Killen CLOE: UCL Centre for Life's Origins and Evolution doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

📢 Pleased to be welcoming @SavvyBioinfo Dr Savandara Besse from Institut Jacques Monod for her seminar titled "Genetic landscape of an in vivo protein interactome". 📅 Tue, 10 December 2024, 11 am 🏢 Jules Bordet room, Institut Pasteur


You are looking at the members of LifeMet, Australia's first Antarctic meteorite recovery expedition, fresh off the plane at Wolf's Fang Runway. Rachel Kirby, @ProfAndyTomkins and I will be spending the next month here in Antarctica searching for meteorites... (1/2)


Applications are open for our Caregiver Travel Grant 2025! Apply now for a chance to receive flexible funding to cover caregiving expenses while attending an in-person scientific conference! Apply: mothersinscience.com/caregiver-trav… 📅 Deadline: March 31, 2025 #WomenInSTEM Academic Mom, PhD

