Lily Khadempour
@khadlily.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Rutgers Newark and PI of the Khadlab.com. Studying insect-microbial symbiosis and microbial ecology. she/her
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Congratulations to Robbie on his new #damselfly paper! resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Diversification and evolution of Hawaiian Megalagrion damselflies (Pinapinao, Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
The ancestor of today's pinapinao, Hawaiian Megalagrion damselflies, diverged from Ischnurinae around 51 MA and likely evolved for over 20 MA before colonizing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. An ...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Congratulations to Robbie on his new #damselfly paper! resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇
Evolution of gut microbiota across honeybee species revealed by comparative metagenomics
Nature Communications - Here, the authors perform metagenomic analysis of honeybee gut microbes, uncovering many previously unidentified species and host specific differences in composition and...
rdcu.be
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇
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Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Interested in learning how to be a good speaker and give effective talks? Season 2 of the NYC Postdoc Night Science Club begins October 15th. Join us NYC Postdocs for a 2hr workshop and maybe also a drink at a bar! Free registration (usually ~100 come): docs.google.com/forms/d/1dII...
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Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
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#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
September 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨
🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks
#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship
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The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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The team is all here! Faith, DiemQuynh and Bianca (PhD students), Lashon (undergrad), Lily (PI) and Ian (postdoc).
Excited for a lot of great science from a group of excellent people.
Excited for a lot of great science from a group of excellent people.
September 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The team is all here! Faith, DiemQuynh and Bianca (PhD students), Lashon (undergrad), Lily (PI) and Ian (postdoc).
Excited for a lot of great science from a group of excellent people.
Excited for a lot of great science from a group of excellent people.
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My lab is moving! 🍄
Starting Jan 2026, we'll be at @ucriverside.bsky.social in the Dept of EEOB!
We will keep investing #microbes (fungi and sometimes bacteria) under global change and looking at ecosystem-scale consequences 🍄🧫🦠🌎🧬
I'm grateful to my friends, colleagues, and students at NMSU 🌟
Starting Jan 2026, we'll be at @ucriverside.bsky.social in the Dept of EEOB!
We will keep investing #microbes (fungi and sometimes bacteria) under global change and looking at ecosystem-scale consequences 🍄🧫🦠🌎🧬
I'm grateful to my friends, colleagues, and students at NMSU 🌟
August 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My lab is moving! 🍄
Starting Jan 2026, we'll be at @ucriverside.bsky.social in the Dept of EEOB!
We will keep investing #microbes (fungi and sometimes bacteria) under global change and looking at ecosystem-scale consequences 🍄🧫🦠🌎🧬
I'm grateful to my friends, colleagues, and students at NMSU 🌟
Starting Jan 2026, we'll be at @ucriverside.bsky.social in the Dept of EEOB!
We will keep investing #microbes (fungi and sometimes bacteria) under global change and looking at ecosystem-scale consequences 🍄🧫🦠🌎🧬
I'm grateful to my friends, colleagues, and students at NMSU 🌟
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Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!
Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds
news.njit.edu
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Press release out today on our new paper detailing the convergent origins of obligate ant and termite eating in mammals!
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July 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We've learned that if we play sad music, we're more likely to find repletes
Good fun in the field with DiemQuynh who is learning how to collect honeypot ants while hanging upside down
July 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We've learned that if we play sad music, we're more likely to find repletes
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We study novel symbioses that we aren’t always sure if they are good or bad for each partner (and is likely context dependent).
It may sound strange, but it’s kind of hard to tell sometimes when you first find them 🤷🏻♀️
We need the term symbiosis for that without lumping them in with mutualisms.
It may sound strange, but it’s kind of hard to tell sometimes when you first find them 🤷🏻♀️
We need the term symbiosis for that without lumping them in with mutualisms.
July 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We study novel symbioses that we aren’t always sure if they are good or bad for each partner (and is likely context dependent).
It may sound strange, but it’s kind of hard to tell sometimes when you first find them 🤷🏻♀️
We need the term symbiosis for that without lumping them in with mutualisms.
It may sound strange, but it’s kind of hard to tell sometimes when you first find them 🤷🏻♀️
We need the term symbiosis for that without lumping them in with mutualisms.
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Packing for #Evol2025? Bring your new and gently used field gear and clothes that you no longer use to donate to the Field Gear Swap! Hosted by the tri-society Diversity Committees - drop by their booth to donate or pick up! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @evolmtg.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Packing for #Evol2025? Bring your new and gently used field gear and clothes that you no longer use to donate to the Field Gear Swap! Hosted by the tri-society Diversity Committees - drop by their booth to donate or pick up! www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display... @evolmtg.bsky.social
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We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change.
Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
PostDoc in ecology and evolution of plasmids in polar waters at HIFMB (f/d/m)
Layout AWI HIPP extern, englisch
jobs.awi.de
June 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change.
Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
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🚨Anyone want a job?🚨
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨Anyone want a job?🚨
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
We have two #postdocs up for grabs! 🧪
- cell developmental biology/#evodevo/#neuroevodevo
- bioinformatics and molecular biology
Both working on brain evolution in Heliconiini butterflies
Details below! Please repost 🙏 1/n
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#Evol2025 starts next week with virtual talks and workshops! Everyone eligible for our Global Membership Assistance program is eligible for free virtual meeting registration - request your discount code here: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
May 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#Evol2025 starts next week with virtual talks and workshops! Everyone eligible for our Global Membership Assistance program is eligible for free virtual meeting registration - request your discount code here: www.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?mo...
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New preprint collab with the Zhou lab!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Learning gene interactions and functional landscapes from entire bacterial proteomes
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Learning gene interactions and functional landscapes from entire bacterial proteomes
Learning gene interactions and functional landscapes from entire bacterial proteomes
Unraveling complex gene interactions and understanding their functions in the genomes of bacteria will provide critical advancements in fields including bacterial genome evolution, microbiome studies,...
www.biorxiv.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
New preprint collab with the Zhou lab!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Learning gene interactions and functional landscapes from entire bacterial proteomes
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Learning gene interactions and functional landscapes from entire bacterial proteomes
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🎉microPublications EEB is looking for new editors!
-Editorial load is extremely light (but we work quickly)
-Awesome format and journal, serves the EEB community well IMO
-We cover all of EEB so we're looking for breath/generalists/complimentary expertise
-DM me if interested (or suggest someone)!
-Editorial load is extremely light (but we work quickly)
-Awesome format and journal, serves the EEB community well IMO
-We cover all of EEB so we're looking for breath/generalists/complimentary expertise
-DM me if interested (or suggest someone)!
📣 Introducing 📣
microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!
Please help support this effort by spreading the word and submitting and reviewing papers!
#evolution 🌎 🌍 🌏 🧪 #PlantScience #conservation
microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!
Please help support this effort by spreading the word and submitting and reviewing papers!
#evolution 🌎 🌍 🌏 🧪 #PlantScience #conservation
February 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🎉microPublications EEB is looking for new editors!
-Editorial load is extremely light (but we work quickly)
-Awesome format and journal, serves the EEB community well IMO
-We cover all of EEB so we're looking for breath/generalists/complimentary expertise
-DM me if interested (or suggest someone)!
-Editorial load is extremely light (but we work quickly)
-Awesome format and journal, serves the EEB community well IMO
-We cover all of EEB so we're looking for breath/generalists/complimentary expertise
-DM me if interested (or suggest someone)!
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A little summary of @arthurmatte.bsky.social and my recent paper 🐜🍼👶 www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/how-ant...
How ants rule their unruly young to build complex societies | Department of Zoology
Picture credit: François Brassard Ants are among the most successful creatures on Earth, thriving in ecosystems worldwide. But what drives their extraordinary social complexity and division of labour?
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk
February 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A little summary of @arthurmatte.bsky.social and my recent paper 🐜🍼👶 www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/how-ant...
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🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨
🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers?
With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇
🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers?
With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇
🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨
🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers?
With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇
🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers?
With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇
🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Just ordered some COVID tests, so we can do our best to protect my mother. #Mesothelioma #Caregiving
February 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Just ordered some COVID tests, so we can do our best to protect my mother. #Mesothelioma #Caregiving
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Does anyone on here have suggestions for math-y enrichment resources for a (UK-based) 5-year-old *incredibly* good at mathematical pattern spotting?
I only really know about this world for teenagers.
I only really know about this world for teenagers.
January 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Does anyone on here have suggestions for math-y enrichment resources for a (UK-based) 5-year-old *incredibly* good at mathematical pattern spotting?
I only really know about this world for teenagers.
I only really know about this world for teenagers.
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Graduating college seniors - looking for a year long research experience? Apply for the RAMP program @uconn.bsky.social @uconnramp.bsky.social in genomics. Please RT
January 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Graduating college seniors - looking for a year long research experience? Apply for the RAMP program @uconn.bsky.social @uconnramp.bsky.social in genomics. Please RT
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The first review article from my lab, helmed by @celiasouque.bsky.social, "From Petri Dishes to Patients to Populations: Scales and Evolutionary Mechanisms Driving Antibiotic Resistance" is now online and open access at Annual Reviews Microbiology:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The first review article from my lab, helmed by @celiasouque.bsky.social, "From Petri Dishes to Patients to Populations: Scales and Evolutionary Mechanisms Driving Antibiotic Resistance" is now online and open access at Annual Reviews Microbiology:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...