Diana Rojas Gro.
@dnarogue.bsky.social
PhD student at Jagiellonian university, Poland | interested in host-microbiome interactions and evolution
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Ever since publishing our observations of the predatory behaviour of Ca. Nha. antarcticus people have asked me why it would want to kill its host. My perspective discussing the ecological factors that I believe led to this behaviour is out now in mSystems:
doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01475-25
doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01475-25
Nutrient availability affects optimal growth strategy in predatory DPANN | mSystems
The bacterial and archaeal domains each possess a major clade that appears to be predominantly
host-associated (1–3). These two lineages, Patescibacteriota and DPANN archaea (named for the Diapherotri...
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ever since publishing our observations of the predatory behaviour of Ca. Nha. antarcticus people have asked me why it would want to kill its host. My perspective discussing the ecological factors that I believe led to this behaviour is out now in mSystems:
doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01475-25
doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01475-25
Reposted by Diana Rojas Gro.
🦟 We've just published the world's first head-to-toe single-cell atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in @cp-cell.bsky.social!
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito
A comprehensive single-nucleus RNA-seq atlas of >367,000 nuclei from male and female
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reveals sexual dimorphism in sensory systems and brain cell
types and widespread co-expres...
www.cell.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🦟 We've just published the world's first head-to-toe single-cell atlas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito in @cp-cell.bsky.social!
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
The #MosquitoCellAtlas maps 69 cell types across 19 tissues, revealing surprising biology. Read it here:
shorturl.at/dJWT3
Reposted by Diana Rojas Gro.
Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #archaeasky
Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Phylogenetic and biochemical analyses show a diversity of components of the DNA replication machinery in different Asgard archaea that contributed to the eukaryotic DNA replication machinery.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #archaeasky
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Now writing up a genus with about 70ish wasps ever caught. That's the total for planet Earth during 200 years of collecting. Every single one of them a female.
I guess the males likely exist? Somewhere?
I guess the males likely exist? Somewhere?
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Now writing up a genus with about 70ish wasps ever caught. That's the total for planet Earth during 200 years of collecting. Every single one of them a female.
I guess the males likely exist? Somewhere?
I guess the males likely exist? Somewhere?
Reposted by Diana Rojas Gro.
Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 8, 2025
Social paper wasp
Agelaia pallipes
Hymenoptera: Vespidae
By Alexandre Andes Gascon, Florida, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Social paper wasp
Agelaia pallipes
Hymenoptera: Vespidae
By Alexandre Andes Gascon, Florida, USA
#arthropodPOTW
October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 8, 2025
Social paper wasp
Agelaia pallipes
Hymenoptera: Vespidae
By Alexandre Andes Gascon, Florida, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Social paper wasp
Agelaia pallipes
Hymenoptera: Vespidae
By Alexandre Andes Gascon, Florida, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Reposted by Diana Rojas Gro.
Last Wednesday, my first Ph.D. Student, Junchen Deng, defended his thesis! So proud!
Check some of the underlying papers - on planthopper phylogenomics doi.org/10.1111/syen..., origins of Auchenorrhynchan symbionts doi.org/10.1093/gbe/..., and planthopper symbiont evolution doi.org/10.1101/2025... !
Check some of the underlying papers - on planthopper phylogenomics doi.org/10.1111/syen..., origins of Auchenorrhynchan symbionts doi.org/10.1093/gbe/..., and planthopper symbiont evolution doi.org/10.1101/2025... !
September 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Last Wednesday, my first Ph.D. Student, Junchen Deng, defended his thesis! So proud!
Check some of the underlying papers - on planthopper phylogenomics doi.org/10.1111/syen..., origins of Auchenorrhynchan symbionts doi.org/10.1093/gbe/..., and planthopper symbiont evolution doi.org/10.1101/2025... !
Check some of the underlying papers - on planthopper phylogenomics doi.org/10.1111/syen..., origins of Auchenorrhynchan symbionts doi.org/10.1093/gbe/..., and planthopper symbiont evolution doi.org/10.1101/2025... !
Reposted by Diana Rojas Gro.
A new paper by our team @ioes-ju.bsky.social just published in J Invert Pathol @jinvertpathol.bsky.social!
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A new paper by our team @ioes-ju.bsky.social just published in J Invert Pathol @jinvertpathol.bsky.social!
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
In Diptera-#Entomophthora system, we show how simultaneously #sequencing #insect, #fungal #pathogen, and bacterial marker genes can aid biodiversity and biological interaction discovery.
Reposted by Diana Rojas Gro.
Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS
The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent
or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Reposted by Diana Rojas Gro.
Literal thirst traps.
As climate changes and droughts in the rainforest become more common, reserves in Guatamala put out pools of drinking water for animals desperately looking for a cool
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As climate changes and droughts in the rainforest become more common, reserves in Guatamala put out pools of drinking water for animals desperately looking for a cool
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Motion cameras were set up in the jungles of Guatemala — and they captured something incredible
These (literal) thirst traps are helping wild animals beat the heat.
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July 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Literal thirst traps.
As climate changes and droughts in the rainforest become more common, reserves in Guatamala put out pools of drinking water for animals desperately looking for a cool
share.google/YfXzhKdeqpGP...
As climate changes and droughts in the rainforest become more common, reserves in Guatamala put out pools of drinking water for animals desperately looking for a cool
share.google/YfXzhKdeqpGP...