Corrie Moreau
@corriemoreau.bsky.social
Scientist, Evolutionary Biologist & Entomologist / Ants / Genomes to Microbiomes / Professor & Curator at @Cornell / @CornellCALS / She/Her
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So deeply honored to be featured as part of the
@NatGeo Women of Impact series - Meet the Woman Making Ants the Next Big Thing in Biology via @NatGeoScience www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
@NatGeo Women of Impact series - Meet the Woman Making Ants the Next Big Thing in Biology via @NatGeoScience www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
One of my highlights at #ssb2026 meeting last weekend was reconnecting with my amazing friend Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social of #BrainScoop and seeing her outstanding keynote presentation on her career path and the importance of museum collections @systbiol.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
One of my highlights at #ssb2026 meeting last weekend was reconnecting with my amazing friend Emily Graslie @ehmee.bsky.social of #BrainScoop and seeing her outstanding keynote presentation on her career path and the importance of museum collections @systbiol.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential
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Postdoc job: Insecticide resistance genomics, Australia.
CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Insecticide Resistance Genomics
CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Insecticide Resistance Genomics
jobs.csiro.au
January 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Postdoc job: Insecticide resistance genomics, Australia.
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I learned so much about other types of collections from this panel. Thanks for organizing, @corriemoreau.bsky.social !! I hope we can continue these discussions going forward.
Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!
January 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I learned so much about other types of collections from this panel. Thanks for organizing, @corriemoreau.bsky.social !! I hope we can continue these discussions going forward.
If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
If you are in Baton Rouge come see my seminar at LSU @lsu.bsky.social today! Many thanks to Laura Lagomarsino @tropicalbotany.bsky.social for the invitation to speak in the Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series and can't wait to meet all the LAGNiAppE Scholars, PIs, and mentors!
Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!
January 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Had such a great time hosting the Future of Natural History Collections panel at the #ssb2026 meeting this weekend. Big thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social sky.social for organizing the meeting for @systbiol.bsky.social and for all the amazing panelists who shared so much knowledge and great ideas!
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Check out the schedule for the upcoming #ssb2026 meetings for later this week
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
2026 SSB Breakout Meeting
ssb2026.github.io
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Check out the schedule for the upcoming #ssb2026 meetings for later this week
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
Thanks to @jembrown.bsky.social for organizing all this for @systbiol.bsky.social
ssb2026.github.io
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For ants, you know I was going with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. And for the particular kind of ants, I went with the genus many of us know as pests -- Camponotus. Aka, the carpenter ants.
Did you know that odds are pretty much every ant you've ever seen was a female? 🧪
Did you know that odds are pretty much every ant you've ever seen was a female? 🧪
December 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For ants, you know I was going with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. And for the particular kind of ants, I went with the genus many of us know as pests -- Camponotus. Aka, the carpenter ants.
Did you know that odds are pretty much every ant you've ever seen was a female? 🧪
Did you know that odds are pretty much every ant you've ever seen was a female? 🧪
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Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants!
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thrilled to share that @corriemoreau.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Evolution, digging into the varied ways that extreme worker plasticity impacts genome evolution in turtle ants!
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
Paper 📃: doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Image 📸: Steven Wang, tinyurl.com/2rbjbyjh
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP) for their Open House at the Mushroom Museum! @cornellcals.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP) for their Open House at the Mushroom Museum! @cornellcals.bsky.social #CollectionsAreEssential
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I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Consider Sharing Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion)
Being open with my colleagues about my cancer diagnosis has allowed me to access an enormous source of support and comfort.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m stuck in bed between chemo treatments for metastatic coloncancer, wearing a take-home chemo pump attached to my chest.
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
I wanted to share my advice that you can benefit from ‘Letting Your Colleagues In’ don’t need to struggle alone
@insidehighered.com
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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What can we learn from Natural History Museums? @corriemoreau.bsky.social gives some examples! #evolution #scicomm #museums @ncse.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What can we learn from Natural History Museums? @corriemoreau.bsky.social gives some examples! #evolution #scicomm #museums @ncse.bsky.social
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It was great to host you Corrie and we had a full house in the audience for your fascinating talk
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It was great to host you Corrie and we had a full house in the audience for your fascinating talk
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What a day of turtle/tortoise insects!! 🐜🪲 So good to catch up! Next time with @chemistophe.bsky.social?
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a day of turtle/tortoise insects!! 🐜🪲 So good to catch up! Next time with @chemistophe.bsky.social?
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It was such a treat to see you again @CorrieMoreau.bsky.social!! We’re still buzzing after a stellar seminar 🌟 turtle ants are amazing!
Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It was such a treat to see you again @CorrieMoreau.bsky.social!! We’re still buzzing after a stellar seminar 🌟 turtle ants are amazing!
Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Had a fantastic visit to the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social Super thanks to @hassansalem.bsky.social and @berasymbionts.bsky.social for hosting me and showing me the town! Fun to talk symbiosis science with such superstars 🤩
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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So excited that @corriemoreau.bsky.social will be giving a tangled banks seminar at NHMO today!! www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese... join us (also on zoom!)
Evolutionary success of the turtle ants through extreme trait evolution and symbiosis
- Natural History Museum
Dr. Corrie Moreau, Cornell University
www.nhm.uio.no
September 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
So excited that @corriemoreau.bsky.social will be giving a tangled banks seminar at NHMO today!! www.nhm.uio.no/english/rese... join us (also on zoom!)
If you are in Oslo join us tomorrow!
Welcome to the Kristine Bonnevie lectures – Tuesday 2 September, with Corrie S. Moreau and Torsten H. Struck. On biodiversity from ants to ocean life, and how taxonomy helps us understand ecology and evolution. Venue: Helga Engs hus, Blindern, Oslo @corriemoreau.bsky.social @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Kristine Bonnevie lectures 2025: Guardians of Biodiversity – The Vital Role of Taxonomists
- CEES - Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis
Open lectures on biodiversity from ants to ocean life, and how taxonomy helps us understand ecology and evolution. With Corrie S. Moreau, Cornell University, and Torsten H. Struck, University of Oslo.
www.mn.uio.no
September 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you are in Oslo join us tomorrow!
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Museums aren’t just collections — they’re classrooms. 🦋🏛️
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Museums aren’t just collections — they’re classrooms. 🦋🏛️
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
@corriemoreau.bsky.social's #Scopes100 talk shows how exhibits make #evolution accessible & engaging.
https://loom.ly/vFnwcRo
@ncse.bsky.social
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Teaching #evolution takes courage, creativity, and conviction. Hear from Gale Sinatra, @corriemoreau.bsky.social & Wesley Roberts at the #ScopesSymposium. #Scopes100 @ncse.bsky.social
Full talks here: https://loom.ly/4IBdeAk
Full talks here: https://loom.ly/4IBdeAk
August 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Teaching #evolution takes courage, creativity, and conviction. Hear from Gale Sinatra, @corriemoreau.bsky.social & Wesley Roberts at the #ScopesSymposium. #Scopes100 @ncse.bsky.social
Full talks here: https://loom.ly/4IBdeAk
Full talks here: https://loom.ly/4IBdeAk
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Welcome to the Kristine Bonnevie lectures – Tuesday 2 September, with Corrie S. Moreau and Torsten H. Struck. On biodiversity from ants to ocean life, and how taxonomy helps us understand ecology and evolution. Venue: Helga Engs hus, Blindern, Oslo @corriemoreau.bsky.social @biovitenskap.bsky.social
Kristine Bonnevie lectures 2025: Guardians of Biodiversity – The Vital Role of Taxonomists
- CEES - Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis
Open lectures on biodiversity from ants to ocean life, and how taxonomy helps us understand ecology and evolution. With Corrie S. Moreau, Cornell University, and Torsten H. Struck, University of Oslo.
www.mn.uio.no
August 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Welcome to the Kristine Bonnevie lectures – Tuesday 2 September, with Corrie S. Moreau and Torsten H. Struck. On biodiversity from ants to ocean life, and how taxonomy helps us understand ecology and evolution. Venue: Helga Engs hus, Blindern, Oslo @corriemoreau.bsky.social @biovitenskap.bsky.social
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When Marcia McNutt's term ends next year, @neilshubin.bsky.social will take the reins at NAS to lead the organization through what may continue to be a fraught landscape for government-funded science.
Quick story w/ Jeff Tollefson:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Quick story w/ Jeff Tollefson:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist to top job
Neil Shubin, a University of Chicago researcher known for co-discovering a ′missing link’ fossil fish, will lead the National Academy of Sciences if ratified by members.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
When Marcia McNutt's term ends next year, @neilshubin.bsky.social will take the reins at NAS to lead the organization through what may continue to be a fraught landscape for government-funded science.
Quick story w/ Jeff Tollefson:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Quick story w/ Jeff Tollefson:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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ICYMI: The @entsocamerica.bsky.social Insect #Biodiversity Task Force published a glossary of #InsectDecline terms, including #DarkTaxa! @arachnologynerd.bsky.social @kefisher.bsky.social @dr-akito.bsky.social @corriemoreau.bsky.social @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jise...
doi.org/10.1093/jise...
Defining the decline: a glossary relevant to insect decline
Abstract. Insects are declining in abundance and species richness, globally. This has broad implications for the ecology of our planet, many of which we ar
doi.org
July 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
ICYMI: The @entsocamerica.bsky.social Insect #Biodiversity Task Force published a glossary of #InsectDecline terms, including #DarkTaxa! @arachnologynerd.bsky.social @kefisher.bsky.social @dr-akito.bsky.social @corriemoreau.bsky.social @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jise...
doi.org/10.1093/jise...
Fantastic talks at #ScopesSymposium including by Sean Carroll, Paul Turner, Marlene Zuk, Jonathan Losos, Amanda Townley, & more. Can’t wait to share the importance of museum exhibits to teach evolution next @evolutionvu.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Fantastic talks at #ScopesSymposium including by Sean Carroll, Paul Turner, Marlene Zuk, Jonathan Losos, Amanda Townley, & more. Can’t wait to share the importance of museum exhibits to teach evolution next @evolutionvu.bsky.social
Long layover so watching spotted lanternflies at the Washington Dulles airport #entomology #InvasiveSpecies
July 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Long layover so watching spotted lanternflies at the Washington Dulles airport #entomology #InvasiveSpecies