Katie Millar
@katiemillar.bsky.social
PhD Researcher @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
Researching the Medfly microbiota. I’m a big fan of Tephritids (and some other fruit flies…Drosophi..) 🪰. I also have a very strong interest in programming #RStats
Researching the Medfly microbiota. I’m a big fan of Tephritids (and some other fruit flies…Drosophi..) 🪰. I also have a very strong interest in programming #RStats
Reposted by Katie Millar
Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB!
We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals
We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals
We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
From policy to practice: progress towards data- and code-sharing in ecology and evolution | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Data and code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results and facilitating reproducibility, areas in which journal sharing policies play a crucial role. However, in ecology and evolution, we still do not know how widespread data- and ...
doi.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Our latest #SORTEE-led paper is out now in #ProcB!
We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals
We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
We reviewed data/code-sharing policy clarity, strictness & timing across 275 EcoEvo journals
We also worked with #ProcB & #EcologyLetters to assess initial compliance with sharing mandates. Huge team effort! 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Reposted by Katie Millar
Our new paper is out in Dev Biol! 🎉 🐸🧬
We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning
👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
@devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning
👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
@devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Our new paper is out in Dev Biol! 🎉 🐸🧬
We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning
👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
@devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
We show #miR-196a directs #neural crest fate in #Xenopus by repressing immature neural #ectoderm — evidence #miRNAs can potentially drive, not just fine-tune, early patterning
👉 Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...
@devbiol.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social
So so epically excited for this tomorrow, will be logging in online. Cannae wait to soak it all up though!! #PositConf2025
posit::conf(2025) kicks off TOMORROW, and we are fully in launch mode.
🎒 Pack the essentials.
📲 Download the app.
📍 Check the schedule.
Whether you’re flying to ATL or logging in from home, the countdown is officially ON.
Let’s make it unforgettable. 💥
#PositConf2025
🎒 Pack the essentials.
📲 Download the app.
📍 Check the schedule.
Whether you’re flying to ATL or logging in from home, the countdown is officially ON.
Let’s make it unforgettable. 💥
#PositConf2025
September 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So so epically excited for this tomorrow, will be logging in online. Cannae wait to soak it all up though!! #PositConf2025
Reposted by Katie Millar
I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Arthropod Model Organisms | LEGO® Ideas
Scientists have learned a great deal about biology from a handful of "model organisms" – animals with unique characteristics that make them excellent for labora…
beta.ideas.lego.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Reposted by Katie Millar
Happy to announce ✨quarto-revealjs-editable✨
This fully supersedes the imagemover extension, as I back then didn't realize the potential. You can now also move, resize, change font size and alignment for text in your slides
github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto #slidecrafting
This fully supersedes the imagemover extension, as I back then didn't realize the potential. You can now also move, resize, change font size and alignment for text in your slides
github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto #slidecrafting
August 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Happy to announce ✨quarto-revealjs-editable✨
This fully supersedes the imagemover extension, as I back then didn't realize the potential. You can now also move, resize, change font size and alignment for text in your slides
github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto #slidecrafting
This fully supersedes the imagemover extension, as I back then didn't realize the potential. You can now also move, resize, change font size and alignment for text in your slides
github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
#quarto #slidecrafting
Reposted by Katie Millar
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
wiki.flybase.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
Reposted by Katie Millar
A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
August 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Reposted by Katie Millar
🚨New pre-print🚨
Natural DNA variation can slash CRISPR gene drive efficiency by up to 54% in Culex quinquefasciatus, a major West Nile virus mosquito vector.
<10% mismatch at the target site disrupts copying.
#GeneDrive #CRISPR
(with Tim Harvey-Samuel and Alphey Lab)
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Natural DNA variation can slash CRISPR gene drive efficiency by up to 54% in Culex quinquefasciatus, a major West Nile virus mosquito vector.
<10% mismatch at the target site disrupts copying.
#GeneDrive #CRISPR
(with Tim Harvey-Samuel and Alphey Lab)
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🚨New pre-print🚨
Natural DNA variation can slash CRISPR gene drive efficiency by up to 54% in Culex quinquefasciatus, a major West Nile virus mosquito vector.
<10% mismatch at the target site disrupts copying.
#GeneDrive #CRISPR
(with Tim Harvey-Samuel and Alphey Lab)
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Natural DNA variation can slash CRISPR gene drive efficiency by up to 54% in Culex quinquefasciatus, a major West Nile virus mosquito vector.
<10% mismatch at the target site disrupts copying.
#GeneDrive #CRISPR
(with Tim Harvey-Samuel and Alphey Lab)
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Katie Millar
Oh hey! This was my lab mate Dennis's design work! I also still think it's a great idea. I'mma tell him this resurfaced on socials
I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Arthropod Model Organisms | LEGO® Ideas
Scientists have learned a great deal about biology from a handful of "model organisms" – animals with unique characteristics that make them excellent for labora…
beta.ideas.lego.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Oh hey! This was my lab mate Dennis's design work! I also still think it's a great idea. I'mma tell him this resurfaced on socials
I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Arthropod Model Organisms | LEGO® Ideas
Scientists have learned a great deal about biology from a handful of "model organisms" – animals with unique characteristics that make them excellent for labora…
beta.ideas.lego.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
Don’t know if this is a thing on here #rstats
But is there anyway I can make interactive-like quizzes on a Quarto website? Just looking for something simple like multiple choice to start with.
But is there anyway I can make interactive-like quizzes on a Quarto website? Just looking for something simple like multiple choice to start with.
July 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Don’t know if this is a thing on here #rstats
But is there anyway I can make interactive-like quizzes on a Quarto website? Just looking for something simple like multiple choice to start with.
But is there anyway I can make interactive-like quizzes on a Quarto website? Just looking for something simple like multiple choice to start with.
Reposted by Katie Millar
Out now in @molbioevol.bsky.social with Michelle Liu (co-first), Ryan Frost, Matthew Lindsay, Malak Bayoumi, Martin Brengdahl, @ruxmolnar.bsky.social and @aneil-agrawal.bsky.social, we evolved ~40% of the D. melanogaster genome under male-limited inheritance, ...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Expression Divergence in Response to Sex-biased Selection
Abstract. It remains debated whether greater degrees of sexual dimorphism would evolve if not for intersexual genetic constraints. Here, we used experiment
academic.oup.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Out now in @molbioevol.bsky.social with Michelle Liu (co-first), Ryan Frost, Matthew Lindsay, Malak Bayoumi, Martin Brengdahl, @ruxmolnar.bsky.social and @aneil-agrawal.bsky.social, we evolved ~40% of the D. melanogaster genome under male-limited inheritance, ...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
😀😀😀😀
After more than 7 years working on it, I’ve just submitted the manuscript for Discovering Statistics using R second edition. Tonnes more work on website/package and so on, but getting to this stage is monumental psychologically. It’s the book I feared I’d never finish.
July 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
😀😀😀😀
Reposted by Katie Millar
🪰🦠🧬 We loved hearing from @katiemillar.bsky.social on the stability of K. oxytoca across Medfly diets, regions & populations and the potential for microbiome-targeted biocontrol approaches
🥰 Some beautiful slides too
#MNGPopUp #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky #InsectMicrobiome #PestControl #Biocontrol
🥰 Some beautiful slides too
#MNGPopUp #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky #InsectMicrobiome #PestControl #Biocontrol
July 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🪰🦠🧬 We loved hearing from @katiemillar.bsky.social on the stability of K. oxytoca across Medfly diets, regions & populations and the potential for microbiome-targeted biocontrol approaches
🥰 Some beautiful slides too
#MNGPopUp #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky #InsectMicrobiome #PestControl #Biocontrol
🥰 Some beautiful slides too
#MNGPopUp #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky #InsectMicrobiome #PestControl #Biocontrol
Reposted by Katie Millar
Register to see our very own @katiemillar.bsky.social sky.social speak at the Norwich #MNGPopUp on 3rd July.
Go, Katie!
#UEAScience
Go, Katie!
#UEAScience
🪰 Could K.oxytoca Hold the Key to Controlling a Global Pest? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!
@katiemillar.bsky.social looks at fruit fly microbiomes to unlock new pest control strategies
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
@katiemillar.bsky.social looks at fruit fly microbiomes to unlock new pest control strategies
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Register to see our very own @katiemillar.bsky.social sky.social speak at the Norwich #MNGPopUp on 3rd July.
Go, Katie!
#UEAScience
Go, Katie!
#UEAScience
Reposted by Katie Millar
In my latest piece for @uk.theconversation.com, I explain our latest research with @eivimeycook.bsky.social and @alexeimaklakov.bsky.social on how eating less, rapamycin and metformin affect lifespan.
Read it here: theconversation.com/anti-ageing-...
#ageing #longevity #sciencecommunication
Read it here: theconversation.com/anti-ageing-...
#ageing #longevity #sciencecommunication
Anti-ageing drug rapamycin may extend life almost as effectively as restricting calories – our new research
Scientists compared diet, rapamycin and metformin in search for longevity boost.
theconversation.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In my latest piece for @uk.theconversation.com, I explain our latest research with @eivimeycook.bsky.social and @alexeimaklakov.bsky.social on how eating less, rapamycin and metformin affect lifespan.
Read it here: theconversation.com/anti-ageing-...
#ageing #longevity #sciencecommunication
Read it here: theconversation.com/anti-ageing-...
#ageing #longevity #sciencecommunication
Reposted by Katie Millar
New preprint out on social interactions and the gut microbiome in a cooperative breeding species
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
Social interactions shape anaerobic, but not aerotolerant, gut microbiome composition in a cooperative breeding species
doi.org
June 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New preprint out on social interactions and the gut microbiome in a cooperative breeding species
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
doi.org/10.32942/X2N...
Reposted by Katie Millar
🪰 Could K.oxytoca Hold the Key to Controlling a Global Pest? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!
@katiemillar.bsky.social looks at fruit fly microbiomes to unlock new pest control strategies
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
@katiemillar.bsky.social looks at fruit fly microbiomes to unlock new pest control strategies
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🪰 Could K.oxytoca Hold the Key to Controlling a Global Pest? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!
@katiemillar.bsky.social looks at fruit fly microbiomes to unlock new pest control strategies
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
@katiemillar.bsky.social looks at fruit fly microbiomes to unlock new pest control strategies
📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
Reposted by Katie Millar
📢 3 WEEKS to POP UP Norwich organised with @norwichmicro.bsky.social & @getgenome.bsky.social!
📅 3rd July - a fantastic day of talks from passionate #ECR 's delving into the world of Microbial Genomics! 🦠💡
🔗 Register to attend in person (lunch is included): linktr.ee/microbesng #MNGPopUp #MicroSky
📅 3rd July - a fantastic day of talks from passionate #ECR 's delving into the world of Microbial Genomics! 🦠💡
🔗 Register to attend in person (lunch is included): linktr.ee/microbesng #MNGPopUp #MicroSky
June 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📢 3 WEEKS to POP UP Norwich organised with @norwichmicro.bsky.social & @getgenome.bsky.social!
📅 3rd July - a fantastic day of talks from passionate #ECR 's delving into the world of Microbial Genomics! 🦠💡
🔗 Register to attend in person (lunch is included): linktr.ee/microbesng #MNGPopUp #MicroSky
📅 3rd July - a fantastic day of talks from passionate #ECR 's delving into the world of Microbial Genomics! 🦠💡
🔗 Register to attend in person (lunch is included): linktr.ee/microbesng #MNGPopUp #MicroSky
This years goal is to find a cool Tephritid like this in England
A rarely recorded Tephritid (fruit) fly: 'Chetostoma curvinerve' also seen in my garden in 2023.
Video with species info' here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF4X...
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #diptera #gardenwildlife #brightonwildlife #Fruitflies #insect #insects #entomology #sussex
Video with species info' here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF4X...
#Brighton #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Nature #diptera #gardenwildlife #brightonwildlife #Fruitflies #insect #insects #entomology #sussex
April 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This years goal is to find a cool Tephritid like this in England
Reposted by Katie Millar
🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r
Designing Microbial Interventions to Study Behavioural Effects in Wild Birds (DAVIDSON_U25DTPR) | Doctoral Training Partnership
This project is open to Home Fee Status applicants only. The gut microbiome influences how animals behave and interact with their environment via the microbiome–gut–brain axis (MGBA).
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🚨 🪺🐦🦠 PhD opportunity in my lab for UK home fee students. Feel free to contact me for informal enquiries. Please share! shorturl.at/wUo8r
Reposted by Katie Millar
Making a profound impact within and beyond UEA, the Early Career Teaching Excellence Award is presented to @drbeckylewis.bsky.social! Implementing innovative approaches to authentic and inclusive assessment, Becky has introduced pre-arrival modules, the Skills Community of Practice, and more!
April 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Making a profound impact within and beyond UEA, the Early Career Teaching Excellence Award is presented to @drbeckylewis.bsky.social! Implementing innovative approaches to authentic and inclusive assessment, Becky has introduced pre-arrival modules, the Skills Community of Practice, and more!
Reposted by Katie Millar
🚨🚨🚨 New Research Alert 🚨🚨🚨 bit.ly/4i1dOp2
Pan traps reveal #insect responses to #heatwaves, showing the importance of structure in the landscape
It's been a real priviledge to work with Josh. His undergrad dissertation is out in @royentsoc.bsky.social Ecological Entomology. #climate #drought #ento
Pan traps reveal #insect responses to #heatwaves, showing the importance of structure in the landscape
It's been a real priviledge to work with Josh. His undergrad dissertation is out in @royentsoc.bsky.social Ecological Entomology. #climate #drought #ento
Effects of a temperate heatwave on diel rhythms of insect activity: A comparison across habitats
Counts of insects caught in pan traps in Norfolk, UK, exhibited a unimodal relationship with air temperature – a pattern also observed specifically for the orders Diptera and Hymenoptera. A temperat...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🚨🚨🚨 New Research Alert 🚨🚨🚨 bit.ly/4i1dOp2
Pan traps reveal #insect responses to #heatwaves, showing the importance of structure in the landscape
It's been a real priviledge to work with Josh. His undergrad dissertation is out in @royentsoc.bsky.social Ecological Entomology. #climate #drought #ento
Pan traps reveal #insect responses to #heatwaves, showing the importance of structure in the landscape
It's been a real priviledge to work with Josh. His undergrad dissertation is out in @royentsoc.bsky.social Ecological Entomology. #climate #drought #ento
Reposted by Katie Millar
For #FlyDay - the aptly named Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia annulipes) struttin their stuff!
#becurious #inverts
#becurious #inverts
April 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For #FlyDay - the aptly named Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia annulipes) struttin their stuff!
#becurious #inverts
#becurious #inverts
Reposted by Katie Millar
Introducing the brand new Starter Pack of staff, PhD students and related accounts, from the School of Biological Sciences, UEA.
Follow us...
#UEAScience
go.bsky.app/PLSJXMz
Follow us...
#UEAScience
go.bsky.app/PLSJXMz
April 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Introducing the brand new Starter Pack of staff, PhD students and related accounts, from the School of Biological Sciences, UEA.
Follow us...
#UEAScience
go.bsky.app/PLSJXMz
Follow us...
#UEAScience
go.bsky.app/PLSJXMz