My collaboration with Jay Jinsing Falk on MJ West-Eberhard's concept on #Cross-SexualTransfer is now in a more readable print version. It was great experience being part of an amazing symposium at #SICB2023 on Sex & Diversity. If you are interested in #SexDiversity #SexualSelection and #Evolution please give this a read. Can't wait for the finalized issue!
https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icb/icad021/7153328?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=icb&utm_medium=email

#2023 has been a blast wrt conferences already! I was thrilled to present my #MSCA #postdoc work both at #SICB2023 at Austin, USA & at #ISEB2023 at Ahmedabad, India! Very happy & thankful for these opportunities 🤍 It’s time to buckle up & get work done 🐒

I'm super excited to say that I am the new SICB Division of Phylogenetics & Comparative Biology Student/Postdoc Rep!

I'll be working with the division & @SICB to put on ECR-focused programming & be a resource for ECRs.

My job in this role is to support YOU: feel free to reach out w/ what the division & I can do for you!

#SICB #SICB2023 @SICBJOURNALS

I gave my ugrad students a paper to read for lab meeting and one of them said it reminded him of a talk that he saw at #SICB2023 and so I think I am done for the semester, it can only be downhill from here.

Due to a technical error, my talk is missing from the Sex Diversity and Variation live stream for #SICB2023 Fortunately, my video is up on sicb+. This is (hopefully) the last talk before my proposed framework is published. Check it out and comment! #evolution #hormones #genomics sicb.econference.io/public/5X9OIbU…

My #SICB2023 poster and video presentation on animal #locomotion and passive dynamic #robots are up on SICB+! Head to the meeting website to check them out
https://sicb.econference.io/public/5X9OIbU/main/sessions/9874/31486

RT granogan: Started the first full day of #SICB2023 with a fantastic (and visually stunning) talk. \@chipotlau discusses her work with \@UCSB_OakleyLab on testing functions inferred from orthologs using in vitro characterization of Ostracod luciferases 💡💡💡

If you missed talks at #SICB2023 just head over to @eringiglio. She live tweets every talk she goes to and it’s honestly The Best Thing

Now that #SICB2023 is over, many people are back to the department…. rubbing it in my face that they had a great time.

For all you #SICB+ participants, I’ve finally put my presentation up there, hope it is helpful! #SICB2023

Was away at #SICB2023 last week - FABULOUS conference as always, and I am so glad I got to take my lab there.

I had a wonderful time at #SICB2023, and learned so much from all the talks, panels and conversations. Thanks everyone @SICB for a great conference - and hopefully, see y'all next year!

Had so much fun at #SICB2023 with this wonderful group of people! I’m very proud of the wonderful presentations everyone gave about our lab’s research 🥰 @SICB

Won this vampire squid in the Libbie Hyman auction! We need a good name for it #sicb2023

Ondi Crino at #SICB2023:what are the mechanisms by which development perturbations wind up impacting adult phenotype? Well, things like growth, body condition, cognitive performance, etc are all expensive, so: consider the humble powerhouse of the cell?

Lots of pathways through which development perturbations might affect variation in mitochondria fxn. These can be short term (mitochondria prodxn, regulation of gene factors, or hormonal signaling) or even longer term epigenetic modifications.

#SICB2023: Shayne Halter finds that torpor allows hummingbirds to save energy and reduce body mass loss, ESPECIALLY for smaller birds. Smaller birds are more likely to go into torpor. Torpor frequency vanished as birds got larger within a species.

Seminatural deer mice were born in the lab and acclimated in the enclosures for 6mo before measurements were taken.

"We wanted to capture wild mice and introduce them into the semi natural enclosures, but we couldn't get IACUC approval for that because they are very, very dirty."

There were so many memorable quotes at #SICB2023 this year...

#SICB2023: Kaylene Yamada discusses strengths and weaknesses of studying behavior in lab and field. Useful examples of phenotypes that are not visible in the lab, but immediately become apparent in natural or seminatural environments! Focus: Peromyscus. Love this kind of work!

Holy crap she took SO MANY msrs of condition, metabolism and energy balance from mice in three populations in her enclosures. What a data set!

#SICB2023: from @MollySimonis (Twitter), big brown bats are an interesting case study for torpidity research because they are prone to long term (>10 yrs!) infections with invasive pathogenic fungus Pd. Pre-Pd msrs with continuous ambient temperatures already in the lit.

After Pd infection, metabolic savings with torpidity vary considerably with ambient temperatures. If minimal temperature the bats can tolerate has shifted to be warmer, that puts them right in the middle of Pd sweet spot! 😬😬😬

#SICB2023 talk from @_stans96 (Twitter): because birds usually manage synchronous hatching by not brooding until full clutch is laid, climate change can throw wrenches into the mix. Higher ambient temperatures can start incubating first laid eggs well ahead of schedule!

Well, if you have a bunch of siblings that are suddenly developing at different rates, that introduces a new chance based axis of variation. What happens if we use heat packs to do that on purpose?