Amy Boddy
@amyboddy.bsky.social
Prof @ UCSB
Chair of Integrative Anthropological Sciences (IAS)
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Amy Boddy
@amyboddy.bsky.social
· Dec 10
International Conference on Microchimerism 2026 - Microchimerism
Hosting cells that are not your own - Microchimerism is one of biology’s most fascinating and little-known phenomena: the long-term of cells presence in our tissues that come from other bodies.
www.microchimerism.info
Registration and abstract submissions is now open for the first ever Microchimerism Conference! May 27-28, 2026 in Graz. Please reshare!
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
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A 🆕 episode of Genetics in Your World is live! @ecoevogal.bsky.social interviewed @srishtipatil.bsky.social & @robjohnnoble.bsky.social about their work testing a new approach to cancer treatment rooted in theory from evolutionary & conservation biology.
Listen now: buff.ly/B2YyByg
Listen now: buff.ly/B2YyByg
February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
A 🆕 episode of Genetics in Your World is live! @ecoevogal.bsky.social interviewed @srishtipatil.bsky.social & @robjohnnoble.bsky.social about their work testing a new approach to cancer treatment rooted in theory from evolutionary & conservation biology.
Listen now: buff.ly/B2YyByg
Listen now: buff.ly/B2YyByg
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🧬 Museums + zoos = a rapid ID pipeline.
Using a local network in Ecuador, we genetically identified trafficked olingos (Bassaricyon), revealed a likely new country record, and shared a recipe for accessing high-quality samples from the wild. url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Using a local network in Ecuador, we genetically identified trafficked olingos (Bassaricyon), revealed a likely new country record, and shared a recipe for accessing high-quality samples from the wild. url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
January 22, 2026 at 6:50 PM
🧬 Museums + zoos = a rapid ID pipeline.
Using a local network in Ecuador, we genetically identified trafficked olingos (Bassaricyon), revealed a likely new country record, and shared a recipe for accessing high-quality samples from the wild. url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
Using a local network in Ecuador, we genetically identified trafficked olingos (Bassaricyon), revealed a likely new country record, and shared a recipe for accessing high-quality samples from the wild. url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
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Join Us in Graz for the first "International Conference on Microchimerism" in May 2026!
Meet researchers from around the world exploring how exchanged cells shape human biology and become part of the growing microchimerism community.
Sign up here: www.microchimerism.info
Meet researchers from around the world exploring how exchanged cells shape human biology and become part of the growing microchimerism community.
Sign up here: www.microchimerism.info
January 21, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Join Us in Graz for the first "International Conference on Microchimerism" in May 2026!
Meet researchers from around the world exploring how exchanged cells shape human biology and become part of the growing microchimerism community.
Sign up here: www.microchimerism.info
Meet researchers from around the world exploring how exchanged cells shape human biology and become part of the growing microchimerism community.
Sign up here: www.microchimerism.info
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Are you fascinated by cancer biology and also ❤️ 💻 ? Feel like this ->😻<- at the thought of exploring oodles of cancer genomes, single cells and spatial multiomics data? Then our core Data Science Team at @icr.ac.uk might be the place for you. Vacancy here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
Data Scientist in Sutton | The Institute of Cancer Research
View details and apply for this Data Scientist vacancy in Sutton.
Salary : Salary range £39,805 - £53,500 (Salary appointment dependent on experience )
Reporting to: P...
jobs.icr.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Are you fascinated by cancer biology and also ❤️ 💻 ? Feel like this ->😻<- at the thought of exploring oodles of cancer genomes, single cells and spatial multiomics data? Then our core Data Science Team at @icr.ac.uk might be the place for you. Vacancy here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
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The deadline to submit your abstract(s) for the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer conference via www.evocancer.com has been extended to Monday 19th January at 09:00 GMT. The conference will take place on 21st-24th May in Hersonissos, Crete.
ISEEC
The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer
www.evocancer.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!
Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!
Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat
Summary:. Although mice develop lung cancer from a single Eml4-Alk driver fusion, Shepard, Lester, and colleagues show that naked mole rats require three simultaneous oncogenic events: Eml4-Alk, Tp53 ...
aacrjournals.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!
Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!
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Last few hours to submit an abstract to the ISEEC (International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer) meeting to take place in Crete May 21-23
#Cancer #Evolution #Ecology #AI
www.evocancer.com
#Cancer #Evolution #Ecology #AI
www.evocancer.com
ISEEC
The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer
www.evocancer.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Last few hours to submit an abstract to the ISEEC (International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer) meeting to take place in Crete May 21-23
#Cancer #Evolution #Ecology #AI
www.evocancer.com
#Cancer #Evolution #Ecology #AI
www.evocancer.com
Abstract submission closes tomorrow!! Come join us in Graz to talk about pregnancy, transplantation, and rare cells that wander!!
Registration and abstract submissions is now open for the first ever Microchimerism Conference! May 27-28, 2026 in Graz. Please reshare!
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
International Conference on Microchimerism 2026 - Microchimerism
Hosting cells that are not your own - Microchimerism is one of biology’s most fascinating and little-known phenomena: the long-term of cells presence in our tissues that come from other bodies.
www.microchimerism.info
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Abstract submission closes tomorrow!! Come join us in Graz to talk about pregnancy, transplantation, and rare cells that wander!!
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Submit your abstract (deadline January 10th) for this meeting organized by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer. In beautiful Crete!
Abstract submission is now open for the 2026 ISEEC Conference (21st-24th May in Crete). The theme is human-tech cooperation for the evolutionary management of cancer but we welcome submissions on all topics related to evolution, ecology and cancer. Submit abstracts by 10th Jan via www.evocancer.com
ISEEC
The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer
www.evocancer.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Submit your abstract (deadline January 10th) for this meeting organized by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer. In beautiful Crete!
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Join me Tuesday with authors J. Arvid Agren and Manus M. Patten for the launch of their book The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict.
December 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Join me Tuesday with authors J. Arvid Agren and Manus M. Patten for the launch of their book The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict.
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
Registration and abstract submissions is now open for the first ever Microchimerism Conference! May 27-28, 2026 in Graz. Please reshare!
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
International Conference on Microchimerism 2026 - Microchimerism
Hosting cells that are not your own - Microchimerism is one of biology’s most fascinating and little-known phenomena: the long-term of cells presence in our tissues that come from other bodies.
www.microchimerism.info
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Registration and abstract submissions is now open for the first ever Microchimerism Conference! May 27-28, 2026 in Graz. Please reshare!
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
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Research week for Book 2! Visiting UC Santa Barbara: @emilyjacobs.bsky.social studying female brains across the lifespan, @mgurven.bsky.social and @amyboddy.bsky.social thinking carefully about how culture intersects with female bodily change… gonna be amazing
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Research week for Book 2! Visiting UC Santa Barbara: @emilyjacobs.bsky.social studying female brains across the lifespan, @mgurven.bsky.social and @amyboddy.bsky.social thinking carefully about how culture intersects with female bodily change… gonna be amazing
Ohhh. Check out this new book review on Hidden Guests by Lise Barnéoud! undark.org/2025/11/28/b...
Book Review: The Strangers Within Us
“Hidden Guests” explores how the emerging field of microchimerism is upending medicine, genetics, and our sense of self.
undark.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ohhh. Check out this new book review on Hidden Guests by Lise Barnéoud! undark.org/2025/11/28/b...
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*SAVE THE DATE*
On Tuesday December 16 at 11am Eastern we will have virtual book launch of The Paradox of the Organism.
It will be hosted by the great @athenaaktipis.bsky.social.
Please join!
Zoom link here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/
On Tuesday December 16 at 11am Eastern we will have virtual book launch of The Paradox of the Organism.
It will be hosted by the great @athenaaktipis.bsky.social.
Please join!
Zoom link here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
*SAVE THE DATE*
On Tuesday December 16 at 11am Eastern we will have virtual book launch of The Paradox of the Organism.
It will be hosted by the great @athenaaktipis.bsky.social.
Please join!
Zoom link here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/
On Tuesday December 16 at 11am Eastern we will have virtual book launch of The Paradox of the Organism.
It will be hosted by the great @athenaaktipis.bsky.social.
Please join!
Zoom link here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/
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We held the first #CANPOP symposium today (cancer population genetics club) @icr.ac.uk. 6 excellent & didactic talks, all applying mathematical #popgen theory to dissect somatic evolutionary dynamics: spanning the full range of pre-cancer, metastasis through to 6000 year old transmissible cancer...
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We held the first #CANPOP symposium today (cancer population genetics club) @icr.ac.uk. 6 excellent & didactic talks, all applying mathematical #popgen theory to dissect somatic evolutionary dynamics: spanning the full range of pre-cancer, metastasis through to 6000 year old transmissible cancer...
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Thrilled to announce that I'm on Curious Cases tomorrow at 10am on BBC Radio 4!
The episode - Immortal Jellies - looks at some remarkably long-lived species and what they can teach us about ageing. This is a key area of focus for our lab.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The episode - Immortal Jellies - looks at some remarkably long-lived species and what they can teach us about ageing. This is a key area of focus for our lab.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Curious Cases - Series 24 - Immortal Jellies - BBC Sounds
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain ask whether a tiny jellyfish holds the secret to immortality.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thrilled to announce that I'm on Curious Cases tomorrow at 10am on BBC Radio 4!
The episode - Immortal Jellies - looks at some remarkably long-lived species and what they can teach us about ageing. This is a key area of focus for our lab.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The episode - Immortal Jellies - looks at some remarkably long-lived species and what they can teach us about ageing. This is a key area of focus for our lab.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer #ISEEC has now a #YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCrC...
ISEEC
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer #ISEEC has now a #YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCrC...
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First copy of The Paradox of the Organism in the wild!
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
First copy of The Paradox of the Organism in the wild!
Microchimerism is one of the most fascinating biological phenomena I've ever studied. But what do we actually know & what do we not know? Our new paper brings together microchimerism researchers to ask the key questions driving the field forward 🧬
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Microchimerism is one of the most fascinating biological phenomena I've ever studied. But what do we actually know & what do we not know? Our new paper brings together microchimerism researchers to ask the key questions driving the field forward 🧬
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
Some of us carry cells from past and future generations.
Check out Lise Barnéoud's book on microchimerism to learn how we're all cellular mosaics.
Not all cells that wander are lost 😉
Check out Lise Barnéoud's book on microchimerism to learn how we're all cellular mosaics.
Not all cells that wander are lost 😉
October 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Some of us carry cells from past and future generations.
Check out Lise Barnéoud's book on microchimerism to learn how we're all cellular mosaics.
Not all cells that wander are lost 😉
Check out Lise Barnéoud's book on microchimerism to learn how we're all cellular mosaics.
Not all cells that wander are lost 😉
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An early review of The Paradox of the Organism by @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
www.publishersweekly.com/9780674296381
www.publishersweekly.com/9780674296381
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
An early review of The Paradox of the Organism by @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
www.publishersweekly.com/9780674296381
www.publishersweekly.com/9780674296381
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If you are interested in learning more about what an IMO Workshop is like check out our dedicated website: imoworkshop.org. Note the workshop this year runs directly after our #MathOnco25 meeting: mathematical-oncology.org/mathonco25.
#MoffittIMO Workshop
#MoffittIMO Workshop
imoworkshop.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If you are interested in learning more about what an IMO Workshop is like check out our dedicated website: imoworkshop.org. Note the workshop this year runs directly after our #MathOnco25 meeting: mathematical-oncology.org/mathonco25.
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Excited to announce that registration for the 13th
@mathonco.bsky.social workshop on Treatment Revolution is now open. Held onsite @moffittnews.bsky.social Nov 2-Nov 7 #MoffittIMO more details: imo13.eventbrite.com. Deluxe travel awards are available on a competitive basis, apply by 10/03!
@mathonco.bsky.social workshop on Treatment Revolution is now open. Held onsite @moffittnews.bsky.social Nov 2-Nov 7 #MoffittIMO more details: imo13.eventbrite.com. Deluxe travel awards are available on a competitive basis, apply by 10/03!
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Excited to announce that registration for the 13th
@mathonco.bsky.social workshop on Treatment Revolution is now open. Held onsite @moffittnews.bsky.social Nov 2-Nov 7 #MoffittIMO more details: imo13.eventbrite.com. Deluxe travel awards are available on a competitive basis, apply by 10/03!
@mathonco.bsky.social workshop on Treatment Revolution is now open. Held onsite @moffittnews.bsky.social Nov 2-Nov 7 #MoffittIMO more details: imo13.eventbrite.com. Deluxe travel awards are available on a competitive basis, apply by 10/03!