Aide Macias-Muñoz
@aidemm.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist at UCSC | Assistant professor | Interested in genes, genomes, and #evolution of complex traits 🧬 | EvoDevo Regeneration
https://macias.sites.ucsc.edu/
📸 IG: @cnidolab_ucsc
https://macias.sites.ucsc.edu/
📸 IG: @cnidolab_ucsc
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This is an INCREDIBLE advance in our understanding of coral diversification. 🪸🎉 Fantastic new work led by @claudiavaga.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A global coral phylogeny reveals resilience and vulnerability through deep time - Nature
The most recent common ancestor of the stony coral Scleractinia dates to about 460 million years ago and was probably a solitary, heterotrophic and free-living organism.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is an INCREDIBLE advance in our understanding of coral diversification. 🪸🎉 Fantastic new work led by @claudiavaga.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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ICB
Minorities in Shark Science - M.I.S.S. special issue out now! Free to read!
featuring
Five Years of #Minorities in #Shark #Sciences: Lessons Learned in Education and #Outreach, Professional Development & Training, & Inclusive #Research
Camila Cáceres et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& more!
Minorities in Shark Science - M.I.S.S. special issue out now! Free to read!
featuring
Five Years of #Minorities in #Shark #Sciences: Lessons Learned in Education and #Outreach, Professional Development & Training, & Inclusive #Research
Camila Cáceres et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& more!
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
ICB
Minorities in Shark Science - M.I.S.S. special issue out now! Free to read!
featuring
Five Years of #Minorities in #Shark #Sciences: Lessons Learned in Education and #Outreach, Professional Development & Training, & Inclusive #Research
Camila Cáceres et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& more!
Minorities in Shark Science - M.I.S.S. special issue out now! Free to read!
featuring
Five Years of #Minorities in #Shark #Sciences: Lessons Learned in Education and #Outreach, Professional Development & Training, & Inclusive #Research
Camila Cáceres et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& more!
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Julie Ahringer from @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social @geneticscam.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk gives talk on decoding genome regulation during development. Exploring how chromatin accessibility changes throughout development enable single cells to become multicellular organisms.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Julie Ahringer from @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social @geneticscam.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk gives talk on decoding genome regulation during development. Exploring how chromatin accessibility changes throughout development enable single cells to become multicellular organisms.
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The new Research Synthesis Working Groups grant program will provide funding for groups to not only present a symposium at #Evol2026, but also collaborate on a publication and establish a lasting research network. Have an idea you want to explore? Submit your proposal by January 6! shorturl.at/2JNeG
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The new Research Synthesis Working Groups grant program will provide funding for groups to not only present a symposium at #Evol2026, but also collaborate on a publication and establish a lasting research network. Have an idea you want to explore? Submit your proposal by January 6! shorturl.at/2JNeG
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Some recovery.. www.oregonlive.com/environment/...
Oregon sea stars bounce back from near extinction after years of decline
A similar recovery has not been observed among sunflower sea stars, which are linked to the vanishing of Oregon's underwater kelp forests.
www.oregonlive.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Some recovery.. www.oregonlive.com/environment/...
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The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
Associate Professor & Director of NCBG Herbarium
This is a research, teaching, and public service position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, serving jointly as Herbarium Director at the North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) and as...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The 5th of 6 faculty positions in UNC Biology is posted. We're working with the @ncbg.bsky.social to fill a joint position as Director of the UNC Herbarium at @ncbg.bsky.social and as Associate Professor within the Department of Biology (BIOL). Please share 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308...
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My first paper as a first author is officially out 🎉 @elife.bsky.social
We show that the iridescent colour of Morphos 🦋 tends to converge in sympatry while their chemical signals diverge, illustrating the constrasting effect natural and sexual selection on trait evolution.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
We show that the iridescent colour of Morphos 🦋 tends to converge in sympatry while their chemical signals diverge, illustrating the constrasting effect natural and sexual selection on trait evolution.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Convergent iridescence and divergent chemical signals in sympatric sister-species of Amazonian butterflies
Ecological interactions exert contrasting evolutionary pressures on sympatric Morpho butterflies, promoting convergence in iridescence but divergence in chemical cues, illustrating how ecological inte...
doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My first paper as a first author is officially out 🎉 @elife.bsky.social
We show that the iridescent colour of Morphos 🦋 tends to converge in sympatry while their chemical signals diverge, illustrating the constrasting effect natural and sexual selection on trait evolution.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
We show that the iridescent colour of Morphos 🦋 tends to converge in sympatry while their chemical signals diverge, illustrating the constrasting effect natural and sexual selection on trait evolution.
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
I heard rumors about this but devastating to see it happening.. “the PPFP faculty hiring incentive is sunsetting as of fall 2025” 💔 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I heard rumors about this but devastating to see it happening.. “the PPFP faculty hiring incentive is sunsetting as of fall 2025” 💔 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Our study, just published in #ScienceAdvances and funded by @hfspo.bsky.social, explores the post metamorphic cell composition of the sea urchin juvenile, revealing that its body is head-like. Long considered brainless creatures, they’re all brain instead!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Single-nucleus profiling highlights the all-brain echinoderm nervous system
A sea urchin is a head with a brain-like organization and a vertebrate-type retinal signature.
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Our study, just published in #ScienceAdvances and funded by @hfspo.bsky.social, explores the post metamorphic cell composition of the sea urchin juvenile, revealing that its body is head-like. Long considered brainless creatures, they’re all brain instead!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RMI supports talented undergraduate students in genomics research. If you can, please donate and share 🧪
Support diversity and excellence in STEM by giving to our Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) this Giving Day 🎁 Federal cuts to DEI grants have made your gifts VITAL to keeping this program alive. Please support student mentorship today: www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
RMI supports talented undergraduate students in genomics research. If you can, please donate and share 🧪
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It's Giving Day!!! You can help support 🎗pediatric cancer research AND a "degree-defining experience" for undergraduates by:
💸 Donating to Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative
🗣 Sharing this post to spread the word!
🔗 🎁 bit.ly/give2treehouse
💸 Donating to Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative
🗣 Sharing this post to spread the word!
🔗 🎁 bit.ly/give2treehouse
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's Giving Day!!! You can help support 🎗pediatric cancer research AND a "degree-defining experience" for undergraduates by:
💸 Donating to Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative
🗣 Sharing this post to spread the word!
🔗 🎁 bit.ly/give2treehouse
💸 Donating to Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative
🗣 Sharing this post to spread the word!
🔗 🎁 bit.ly/give2treehouse
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We are now accepting apps for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology awards. Deadline is 12/4/2025: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #lifesciences
Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open
Applications for Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology Now Open on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are now accepting apps for our Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology awards. Deadline is 12/4/2025: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/applications-for-simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology-now-open/ #lifesciences
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Bay Area Pop Gen conference Dec 6! One of my favorite conferences. Registration is free! Only controversy is how to pronounce BAPG (bap-guh is the right answer). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration for BAPG 2025, Stanford Dec 6 2025
docs.google.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Bay Area Pop Gen conference Dec 6! One of my favorite conferences. Registration is free! Only controversy is how to pronounce BAPG (bap-guh is the right answer). docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
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Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse?
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
Our new study finds that the upper atmosphere is becoming more sheared and less stratified because of climate change. Both these changes are making the air less stable and more conducive to turbulence.
Published in the November issue of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
doi.org/10.1175/JAS-...
Published in the November issue of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
doi.org/10.1175/JAS-...
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse?
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
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Undergrad students often forget about genetic drift as an evolutionary process/ force. If you've also experienced this, we might have a solution for you! Our RIE2 (resources for inclusive evolution education) working group just published a week-length drift module: qubeshub.org/publications...
Teaching genetic drift: new approaches to encourage non-deterministic thinking about evolution
This teaching module is designed to help undergraduate students dismantle preconceived notions about evolution and deepen their understanding of genetic drift as a non-deterministic evolutionary proce...
qubeshub.org
April 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Undergrad students often forget about genetic drift as an evolutionary process/ force. If you've also experienced this, we might have a solution for you! Our RIE2 (resources for inclusive evolution education) working group just published a week-length drift module: qubeshub.org/publications...
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🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🪸 🪸 🪸 Postdoc position in my group at Bristol to study the role of venom in surviving environmental stress in corals! 🪸 Interested in venom biochemistry and coral ecology?Please apply by November 24!
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Aide Macias-Muñoz is recruiting graduate #students for Fall 2026.
macias.sites.ucsc.edu
Our lab uses #cnidarians (#jellyfish and relatives) as a model organism to study the #genetics that might be conserved or independently evolved for similar traits to arise.
email
amacia16@ucsc.edu
with ?s
macias.sites.ucsc.edu
Our lab uses #cnidarians (#jellyfish and relatives) as a model organism to study the #genetics that might be conserved or independently evolved for similar traits to arise.
amacia16@ucsc.edu
with ?s
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Aide Macias-Muñoz is recruiting graduate #students for Fall 2026.
macias.sites.ucsc.edu
Our lab uses #cnidarians (#jellyfish and relatives) as a model organism to study the #genetics that might be conserved or independently evolved for similar traits to arise.
email
amacia16@ucsc.edu
with ?s
macias.sites.ucsc.edu
Our lab uses #cnidarians (#jellyfish and relatives) as a model organism to study the #genetics that might be conserved or independently evolved for similar traits to arise.
amacia16@ucsc.edu
with ?s
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"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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New preprint led by the brilliant @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social on cichlid brain diversification, fgf8a signalling and regulatory divergence with TEs on the mix! All part of a wonderful collaboration with @ebablab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New preprint led by the brilliant @aleksandra-marconi.bsky.social on cichlid brain diversification, fgf8a signalling and regulatory divergence with TEs on the mix! All part of a wonderful collaboration with @ebablab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@camzoology.bsky.social
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Federal agents raided Family Night at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho. A community racetrack packed with families, food, and music. They came under the guise of “illegal betting.” What they unleashed was terror: children zip-tied, parents separated, and chaos erupting across a crowd of 1,000.
Federal agents raided Family Night at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho. A community racetrack packed with families, food, and music. They came under the guise of “illegal betting.” What they unleashed was terror: children zip-tied, parents separated, and chaos erupting across a crowd of 1,000.
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Federal agents raided Family Night at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho. A community racetrack packed with families, food, and music. They came under the guise of “illegal betting.” What they unleashed was terror: children zip-tied, parents separated, and chaos erupting across a crowd of 1,000.
Federal agents raided Family Night at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho. A community racetrack packed with families, food, and music. They came under the guise of “illegal betting.” What they unleashed was terror: children zip-tied, parents separated, and chaos erupting across a crowd of 1,000.
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@notothentoma.bsky.social @arcolon14.bsky.social & @jpostlethwait.bsky.social show how Antarctic white-blooded icefishes, the only vertebrates without hemoglobin, independently lost hemoglobin cluster genes, driven by TEs and repeats.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf184
#genome #evolution #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf184
#genome #evolution #TEsky
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@notothentoma.bsky.social @arcolon14.bsky.social & @jpostlethwait.bsky.social show how Antarctic white-blooded icefishes, the only vertebrates without hemoglobin, independently lost hemoglobin cluster genes, driven by TEs and repeats.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf184
#genome #evolution #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf184
#genome #evolution #TEsky