I'm helping organize another BREWMOR webinar. If you've developed inclusive assessment materials or have experience with ungrading or coordinating assessments across instructors - submit an abstract for a lighting talk! abstract submission form: tinyurl.com/microBrewAbstr…

Very happy to share the news that our study on the genomics of sexual selection is now published with NatureEcoEvo! In collaboration with CRE (Center for Reproductive Evolution) and led by Zeeshan. Come for the comparative phylogenetics of 149 fly species and stay for the GWAS. doi.org/10.1038/s41559…

Nicolas Svetec, David Begun, and I wrote a review article about de novo genes. If you are interested in this topic please take a look at this final open-access version Annual Reviews annualreviews.org/content/journa….

Exclusive: After 60 years, scientists finally know why ginger, calico, and tortoiseshell #cats look the way they do. bit.ly/4eTU84K News from Science

Exclusive: After 60 years, scientists finally know why ginger, calico, and tortoiseshell #cats look the way they do. bit.ly/4eTU84K News from Science

A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Calling all fly biologists: submit your research for consideration in the “Everything you ever wanted to know about sex” workshop at #Dros25! We hope to highlight diverse science, researchers, and career stages. Email submission to [email protected] by Wed, Jan 15.

My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines. Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with MicrobeTV & he taught me a few things about poliovirus. So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻

A truly extraordinary story. Black cottonwood polar trees have a complex gene acquired partly from ants and fungi, which dramatically improves the efficiency of photosynthesis in variable light, boosting biomass productivity by up to 200%. Massive implications for both

🧬📝🚨 Out today: A genomics learning framework for undergraduates We hope this will be one more tool to help integrate genomics into undergraduate education by supporting evidence-based curriculum design with a set of standardized concepts. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Why is an old male reproductively doomed to fail? Is it poor sperm and seminal fluid, or do females not like him and his ejaculate? doi.org/10.1093/evlett… Now in Evolution Letters by @Krish_Sangvi, Sam Gascoigne, Dr Tara-Lyn Camilleri, İrem Sepil, et al. Image: Krish Sangvi & Martin Jahn

Fly testes are always busy

Seminal fluid not sperm important for age-related fertility decline but it can be reversed 👇 bit.ly/4jnX79b 📽️Krish Sanghvi - Sperm swimming inside the female’s seminal receptacle in fruit fly females. İrem Sepil, Krish Sanghvi, Sam Gascoigne, Dr Tara-Lyn Camilleri, MPLSOxford

Abstract submission for SMBE2025 in Beijing is open. If you study gene duplication or new genes, please consider submitting an abstract for a talk for Symposium 7, The Origin, Evolution, and Phenotypic Contributions of New Genes. smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/2…. Deadline is Jan 30, 2025.

The KU IRACDA (research/teaching) program has initiated a search for 3 postdoctoral scholars to join our program in Fall 2025! iracda.ku.edu If you are interested in genomics/hypoxia and using zebrafish, I'd be happy to chat about being your mentor for this opportunity

I uprooted my life to move to MD, took on significant debt to make it happen, and now, just weeks later, I’m left without income, health insurance, or stability. If you’re able to, please consider donating a few bucks gofund.me/a26407d0

FlyBase made a fly gene themed crossword puzzle for #Dros25. If you missed getting one (we have lots at the FlyBase booth), or you couldn’t be here, it’s also available online. puzzleme.amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?…

The Chow Lab is hiring postdocs! We discover modifier genes & therapeutics for rare diseases. Lots of opportunities to work w/ clinicians, families, foundations, & industry. Check out posters: 444, 445, 496, 517, and 519. Also talk 154 on Saturday #Dros25 linktr.ee/clementchow

Coming up soon at #Dros25, check out our lab manager Prajal's poster (#836F) on the functional consequences of cross-species divergence in a de novo gene required during spermatogenesis!

Join us April 9 for a Faculty Workshop moderated by Amanda Larracuente that will provide a brief overview of how to interpret job ads & prepare custom application materials by panelists Rhea Datta, Soon Goo Lee, Tera Levin & Nina Wang. Register now: buff.ly/WZMkOmA