KU EEB GSO
@kueebgso.bsky.social
Graduate Students of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas
🔬Science, Outreach, and Professional Development
🔬Science, Outreach, and Professional Development
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2025 KU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Grad Student Fundraiser - LaunchKU
The Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization (EEB GSO) is seeking your generous support to help our student biologists pursue opportunities for professional development and eng...
launchku.org
Our annual fundraiser is officially open from Nov. 3–Dec. 3, 2025! These funds directly support our grad students and their amazing work in the lab, the community, and beyond! To support our students, find us at Launch KU or follow the link below!
launchku.org/campaigns/20...
launchku.org/campaigns/20...
Our annual fundraiser is officially open from Nov. 3–Dec. 3, 2025! These funds directly support our grad students and their amazing work in the lab, the community, and beyond! To support our students, find us at Launch KU or follow the link below!
launchku.org/campaigns/20...
launchku.org/campaigns/20...
2025 KU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Grad Student Fundraiser - LaunchKU
The Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization (EEB GSO) is seeking your generous support to help our student biologists pursue opportunities for professional development and eng...
launchku.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Our annual fundraiser is officially open from Nov. 3–Dec. 3, 2025! These funds directly support our grad students and their amazing work in the lab, the community, and beyond! To support our students, find us at Launch KU or follow the link below!
launchku.org/campaigns/20...
launchku.org/campaigns/20...
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Mountain treelines have moved upward 20.2 m on average since the 1980s; this upward shift is more pronounced in the tropics than in temperate regions: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Geographic patterns of upward shifts in treeline vegetation across western North America, 1984–2017
Abstract. Previous research has shown that (1) treelines are shifting upward in elevation on high mountain peaks worldwide, and (2) the rate of the upward shift appears to have increased markedly in r...
bg.copernicus.org
October 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mountain treelines have moved upward 20.2 m on average since the 1980s; this upward shift is more pronounced in the tropics than in temperate regions: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
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Bellator militaris — the horned searobin. Just like other armored searobins, they possess modified pectoral fin rays used to walk and detect food on the seafloor.
This specimen is TCWC 6818.17 available on MorphoSource.
www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...
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This specimen is TCWC 6818.17 available on MorphoSource.
www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Bellator militaris — the horned searobin. Just like other armored searobins, they possess modified pectoral fin rays used to walk and detect food on the seafloor.
This specimen is TCWC 6818.17 available on MorphoSource.
www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...
🦑 🌊 🧪
This specimen is TCWC 6818.17 available on MorphoSource.
www.morphosource.org/concern/biol...
🦑 🌊 🧪
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New paper on AM fungi in a prairie restoration experiment planted with community members back in 2021! Beyond the cool results we found, this was such a fun day where so many of my labmates and volunteers supported my first field experiment as a grad student. Feeling so grateful! ☺️
Inoculation with native, late-successional arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi improves growth & establishment of desirable #forbs in low-quality #prairie restoration
New #AJB research by @mycorreb.bsky.social & James Bever
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #ecology #biodiversity
New #AJB research by @mycorreb.bsky.social & James Bever
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #ecology #biodiversity
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New paper on AM fungi in a prairie restoration experiment planted with community members back in 2021! Beyond the cool results we found, this was such a fun day where so many of my labmates and volunteers supported my first field experiment as a grad student. Feeling so grateful! ☺️
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Excited to share a new method developed from my group thats published at Genome Biology. This was an amazing effort by my grad student Linh @linhngk.bsky.social. We developed Topsicle, a method that analyzes long read data for telomere analysis and length measuring.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
Topsicle: a method for estimating telomere length from whole genome long-read sequencing data - Genome Biology
Telomeres protect chromosome ends and their length varies significantly between organisms. Because telomere length variation is associated with various biomedical and eco-evolutionary phenotypes, many...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Excited to share a new method developed from my group thats published at Genome Biology. This was an amazing effort by my grad student Linh @linhngk.bsky.social. We developed Topsicle, a method that analyzes long read data for telomere analysis and length measuring.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
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🚨New Worm Alert🚨
The flappy-"headed" tapeworm genus (Flapocephalus) from cowtail rays gets a makeover in our new paper!
Check out the genus revision and new species descriptions in the Journal of Parasitology or on BioOne.
bioone.org/journals/jou...
The flappy-"headed" tapeworm genus (Flapocephalus) from cowtail rays gets a makeover in our new paper!
Check out the genus revision and new species descriptions in the Journal of Parasitology or on BioOne.
bioone.org/journals/jou...
Revision of the Lecanicephalidean Genus Flapocephalus Deshmukh, 1979 (Eucestoda) from Cowtail Rays (Genus Pastinachus Rüppell) (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae Jordan and Gilbert) with the Description of ...
The genus Flapocephalus Deshmukh, 1979, is a little-known group of lecanicephalidean cestodes parasitizing cowtail rays (genus Pastinachus Rüppell) mainly in the Indo-Pacific region. Since the erectio...
bioone.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🚨New Worm Alert🚨
The flappy-"headed" tapeworm genus (Flapocephalus) from cowtail rays gets a makeover in our new paper!
Check out the genus revision and new species descriptions in the Journal of Parasitology or on BioOne.
bioone.org/journals/jou...
The flappy-"headed" tapeworm genus (Flapocephalus) from cowtail rays gets a makeover in our new paper!
Check out the genus revision and new species descriptions in the Journal of Parasitology or on BioOne.
bioone.org/journals/jou...
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Good news! KU's IRACDA program was reinstated! We are now taking applications for postdocs. Please spread the word.
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Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Kansas - Job Details
Job Details: The IRACDA Program at the University of Kansas (KU) is accepting applications for postdoctoral scholarships. W
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August 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Good news! KU's IRACDA program was reinstated! We are now taking applications for postdocs. Please spread the word.
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
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First, first-author paper alert!
“Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris” is out and open access in @sicbjournals.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Keep reading for some highlights in the thread below!
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“Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris” is out and open access in @sicbjournals.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Keep reading for some highlights in the thread below!
🦑🧪
Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris
Synopsis. Opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors often expressed in neuronal photoreceptor cells and used for light detection in most animals, including cn
academic.oup.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
First, first-author paper alert!
“Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris” is out and open access in @sicbjournals.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Keep reading for some highlights in the thread below!
🦑🧪
“Shedding Light on Patterns of Unconventional Expression of Opsin Genes in Hydra vulgaris” is out and open access in @sicbjournals.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Keep reading for some highlights in the thread below!
🦑🧪
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Kansas Public Radio ‘Research Matters’: featuring Reb Bryant, ecology & evolutionary biology @KU_EEB
kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/rese...
kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/rese...
Graduate researchers like Reb Bryant are trying to preserve what remains of our Tallgrass prairie and restore retired farm lands with help from something unexpected. Fungi!
Graduate researchers like Reb Bryant are trying to preserve what remains of our Tallgrass prairie and restore retired farm lands with help from something unexpected. Fungi!
kansaspublicradio.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Kansas Public Radio ‘Research Matters’: featuring Reb Bryant, ecology & evolutionary biology @KU_EEB
kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/rese...
kansaspublicradio.org/podcast/rese...
Andrés a PhD candidate in @ku-eeb.bsky.social and @kunhm.bsky.social studying the diversity and ecology of neotropical bees! Check out his recent project on outreach opportunities with bee collections in Columbia!
nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1575...
nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1575...
Outreach drawer collections and visual science communication enhance public engagement with native bee diversity in Colombia
Scientific research is often confined to academic circles, limiting public awareness of critical discoveries. This document highlights the transformative impact of science communication through an ent...
nhcm.pensoft.net
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Andrés a PhD candidate in @ku-eeb.bsky.social and @kunhm.bsky.social studying the diversity and ecology of neotropical bees! Check out his recent project on outreach opportunities with bee collections in Columbia!
nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1575...
nhcm.pensoft.net/article/1575...
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Monocentris japonica — the Japanese pineapplefish (or pinecone fish)
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Monocentris japonica — the Japanese pineapplefish (or pinecone fish)
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#evolution2025 with KU evolutionary biologists past and present!
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June 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
#evolution2025 with KU evolutionary biologists past and present!
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@kubiology.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @ku-eeb.bsky.social graduate student Austin Nguyen for receiving the @sse-evolution.bsky.social R.C. Lewontin Award!!
Congratulations to this year’s R. C. Lewontin Early Award recipients!
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display...
May 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Congratulations to @ku-eeb.bsky.social graduate student Austin Nguyen for receiving the @sse-evolution.bsky.social R.C. Lewontin Award!!
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1/11 New #OpenAccess #anglerfish paper in @plosone.org! We combine genomic, mitochondrial, and morphological data to produce the most complete evolutionary hypothesis for anglerfishes! Includes new body shape, habitat analyses, and a new frogfish subfamily) 🦑
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
A total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei)
The anglerfishes and allies (Lophioidei) are a diverse group of fishes with over 400 carnivorous species that are renowned for their remarkable hunting behavior employing a modified first dorsal-fin s...
doi.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
1/11 New #OpenAccess #anglerfish paper in @plosone.org! We combine genomic, mitochondrial, and morphological data to produce the most complete evolutionary hypothesis for anglerfishes! Includes new body shape, habitat analyses, and a new frogfish subfamily) 🦑
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Attention!! The @ku-eeb.bsky.social GSO is hosting a fundraiser this Thursday, May 8th. Please join us for dinner and order off the special menu to support graduate students!!
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kunewsservice.bsky.social
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kunewsservice.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Attention!! The @ku-eeb.bsky.social GSO is hosting a fundraiser this Thursday, May 8th. Please join us for dinner and order off the special menu to support graduate students!!
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kunewsservice.bsky.social
@kubiology.bsky.social
@kunewsservice.bsky.social
Join us this afternoon to support Arezoo Fani as she presents her thesis, Adaptive Transgenerational Plasticity and Priming in Mimulus platycalyx in Response to Neighbor Density, at 2pm in the English Room in the Union or on Zoom!
May 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Join us this afternoon to support Arezoo Fani as she presents her thesis, Adaptive Transgenerational Plasticity and Priming in Mimulus platycalyx in Response to Neighbor Density, at 2pm in the English Room in the Union or on Zoom!
Congratulations to Dr. Bowman on a successful defense of her dissertation!
May 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Bowman on a successful defense of her dissertation!
Check out this new paper by Alex Maile! @anoplogaster.bsky.social
A total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei)
The anglerfishes and allies (Lophioidei) are a diverse group of fishes with over 400 carnivorous species that are renowned for their remarkable hunting behavior employing a modified first dorsal-fin s...
journals.plos.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Check out this new paper by Alex Maile! @anoplogaster.bsky.social
Join us this afternoon to support Ashley Bowman (Wojciechowski) at her Dissertation Defense at 2pm in Smissman 130 or on Zoom!
May 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Join us this afternoon to support Ashley Bowman (Wojciechowski) at her Dissertation Defense at 2pm in Smissman 130 or on Zoom!
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Last Week to get 70% off some amazing titles! Click here to start shopping today: kansaspress.ku.edu/warehouse-sa....
April 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Last Week to get 70% off some amazing titles! Click here to start shopping today: kansaspress.ku.edu/warehouse-sa....
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The second installment of a Haskell Indian Nations University fashion runway show will feature two young music artists, in celebration of Indigenous strength and resilience.
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lawrenceks.news/4jy7nv2
Haskell fashion show to return to campus with featured musical guests
The second installment of a Haskell Indian Nations University fashion runway show will feature two young music artists, in celebration of Indigenous strength and resilience.
lawrenceks.news
April 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The second installment of a Haskell Indian Nations University fashion runway show will feature two young music artists, in celebration of Indigenous strength and resilience.
lawrenceks.news/4jy7nv2
lawrenceks.news/4jy7nv2
Congrats to the 3 new 2025-2029 Self Graduate Fellows in the EEB department!!
- Alex Hey
- Kenzie Grover
- Kit Savoy
- Alex Hey
- Kenzie Grover
- Kit Savoy
April 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Congrats to the 3 new 2025-2029 Self Graduate Fellows in the EEB department!!
- Alex Hey
- Kenzie Grover
- Kit Savoy
- Alex Hey
- Kenzie Grover
- Kit Savoy
GSO Social chair Nat Coombs @natnotnathaniel.bsky.social has a new paper out! Check it out at the link below:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Insights Into Spatial Synchrony Enabled by Long‐Term Data
We review and synthesise some important recent advances in spatial synchrony, with a focus on how long-term data have facilitated new understanding. Longer time series do not just facilitate better t....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
GSO Social chair Nat Coombs @natnotnathaniel.bsky.social has a new paper out! Check it out at the link below:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Just wrapped up an incredible few days at #Dros25. Full of brilliant science, amazing discussions, and the buzzing energy of fly people geeking out together.
March 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Just wrapped up an incredible few days at #Dros25. Full of brilliant science, amazing discussions, and the buzzing energy of fly people geeking out together.
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Domestic water in Haworth Hall is affected by local water line break. Please go to Summerfield or Dole to use restrooms or refill water bottles.
March 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Domestic water in Haworth Hall is affected by local water line break. Please go to Summerfield or Dole to use restrooms or refill water bottles.