Gerben Debruyn
@gdebruyn.bsky.social
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Super happy to share the first chapter of my PhD, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface ✨🐀 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!
Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Super happy to share the first chapter of my PhD, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface ✨🐀 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!
Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!
Reposted by Gerben Debruyn
Mammal colours boring? Guess again (mostly a note to myself). Superstar Jess has been finding iridescence colours across mammals! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Multilayer thin-film produces recurrent evolution of iridescence in mammals | Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Iridescent coloration is a vibrant structural colour that is widespread in nature,
but in mammals is thought to be limited. Although multiple rodent and Eulipotyphlan
species have been anecdotally des...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Mammal colours boring? Guess again (mostly a note to myself). Superstar Jess has been finding iridescence colours across mammals! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Some stick-friends.
June 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Some stick-friends.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting our research on phasmid eggs at the international stick insect meeting organized at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. A big thanks to the organizers for the opportunity and creating such an amazing event!
April 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting our research on phasmid eggs at the international stick insect meeting organized at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. A big thanks to the organizers for the opportunity and creating such an amazing event!
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Wonderful opening talk on phasmid egg colouration by @gdebruyn.bsky.social at the yearly International Stick Insect Meeting.
April 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Wonderful opening talk on phasmid egg colouration by @gdebruyn.bsky.social at the yearly International Stick Insect Meeting.
As an early career researcher there is no better feeling than seeing someone cited your paper who isn’t a coauthor.
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April 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
As an early career researcher there is no better feeling than seeing someone cited your paper who isn’t a coauthor.
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🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is a major collaborative effort, involving 8 countries across 3 continents 🌎🌍🌏
January 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is a major collaborative effort, involving 8 countries across 3 continents 🌎🌍🌏
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Color evolution wasn’t inevitable - was it? In a recent article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore some of the latest research on how animals and plants co-evolved to bring vibrant colors into our world
theconversation.com/why-did-life...
theconversation.com/why-did-life...
Why did life evolve to be so colourful? Research is starting to give us some answers
If evolution had taken a different turn, nature would be missing some colours.
theconversation.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Color evolution wasn’t inevitable - was it? In a recent article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore some of the latest research on how animals and plants co-evolved to bring vibrant colors into our world
theconversation.com/why-did-life...
theconversation.com/why-did-life...
We are very excited to share our new paper in Science! We show that a diverse group of Jurassic and Cretaceous mammals all had darkly-colored fur.
Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning!
🧵 (1/6) @science.org
Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning!
🧵 (1/6) @science.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We are very excited to share our new paper in Science! We show that a diverse group of Jurassic and Cretaceous mammals all had darkly-colored fur.
Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning!
🧵 (1/6) @science.org
Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning!
🧵 (1/6) @science.org
In our newest paper we highlight the similarities and differences in biomineralization patterns of different animals eggshells!
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
March 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In our newest paper we highlight the similarities and differences in biomineralization patterns of different animals eggshells!
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...