Jamie Walters
@bioboatr.bsky.social
Professor, University of Kansas, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dept. Researching evolutionary genomics in Lepidoptera.
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I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
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Daaaaaaamn
@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree
Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...
www.michigandaily.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Daaaaaaamn
Kansas University Student started a open letter to the Chancellor calling for a rejection of the White House compact on higher education.
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell KU Chancellor Doug Girod to Reject the Compact
On Monday October 20th, KU Chancellor Doug Girod "was invited to provide feedback to federal officials on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and related matters impacting universi...
actionnetwork.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kansas University Student started a open letter to the Chancellor calling for a rejection of the White House compact on higher education.
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
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PIWI clade Argonautes are essential for transposon silencing. Without them, animals are sterile due to massive transposon activity.
But how does piRNA-guided target interaction translate into silencing?
PhD student Júlia Portell Montserrat has an intriguing answer
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
But how does piRNA-guided target interaction translate into silencing?
PhD student Júlia Portell Montserrat has an intriguing answer
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
September 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
PIWI clade Argonautes are essential for transposon silencing. Without them, animals are sterile due to massive transposon activity.
But how does piRNA-guided target interaction translate into silencing?
PhD student Júlia Portell Montserrat has an intriguing answer
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
But how does piRNA-guided target interaction translate into silencing?
PhD student Júlia Portell Montserrat has an intriguing answer
www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2: A free online book by @nrennie.bsky.social that guides us through the entire process of creating plots, including why certain decisions were made, using real datasets that have been part of #TidyTuesday. Very excited to get stuck into this one. #rstats
The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2
The TidyTuesday Cookbook
nrennie.rbind.io
September 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2: A free online book by @nrennie.bsky.social that guides us through the entire process of creating plots, including why certain decisions were made, using real datasets that have been part of #TidyTuesday. Very excited to get stuck into this one. #rstats
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An & Nam investigated chromosome size and TE organization in ten butterfly species, showing lepidopterans have denser TEs in smaller chromosomes, with nonallelic homologous recombination as a potential driving force.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf137
#genome #evolution #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf137
#genome #evolution #TEsky
Lepidopteran Genomes Have Denser Transposable Elements in Smaller Chromosomes, Likely Driven by Non-allelic Homologous Recombination
Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) drive major genome size and structural variations, yet evolutionary forces affecting their accumulation and removal r
doi.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
An & Nam investigated chromosome size and TE organization in ten butterfly species, showing lepidopterans have denser TEs in smaller chromosomes, with nonallelic homologous recombination as a potential driving force.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf137
#genome #evolution #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf137
#genome #evolution #TEsky
The struggle is real. The struggle is ongoing. Here's to hoping that unionizing can, hopefully someday soon, bring about some needed changes here...
weeklyroseku.blogspot.com/2025/08/kuni...
weeklyroseku.blogspot.com/2025/08/kuni...
KUnion Busting: 427 Days Without a Contract
Over a year after winning their union, there is still no contract in sight for faculty and academic staff as KU management stalls negotiations.
weeklyroseku.blogspot.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The struggle is real. The struggle is ongoing. Here's to hoping that unionizing can, hopefully someday soon, bring about some needed changes here...
weeklyroseku.blogspot.com/2025/08/kuni...
weeklyroseku.blogspot.com/2025/08/kuni...
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1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology?
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
August 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology?
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
2) Are you in the US?
3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa?
4) Are you available to travel September 4-6?
If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.
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Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
I recently heard someone quip that proposals to cut the Academy Awards are tantamount to suggesting that the NFL trim down the Super Bowl. Certainly for many who would rather watch the former any day ...
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July 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Watch 66 Oscar-Nominated-and-Award-Winning Animated Shorts Online, Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
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Transgenic Plodia larvae expressing the very bright mBaoJin (mStayGold variant) in its silk glands.
Also some gorgeous 3xP3:mCherry staining of larval ocelli and glia.
(see revised preprint) by pantry moth wizards
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social & @lucalivraghi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Also some gorgeous 3xP3:mCherry staining of larval ocelli and glia.
(see revised preprint) by pantry moth wizards
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social & @lucalivraghi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Transgenic Plodia larvae expressing the very bright mBaoJin (mStayGold variant) in its silk glands.
Also some gorgeous 3xP3:mCherry staining of larval ocelli and glia.
(see revised preprint) by pantry moth wizards
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social & @lucalivraghi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Also some gorgeous 3xP3:mCherry staining of larval ocelli and glia.
(see revised preprint) by pantry moth wizards
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social & @lucalivraghi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1101/2025...
**REPAT proteins as mediators of pathogen-insect-plant interactions in Spodoptera exigua**
Cristina Crava, Universitat de Valencia
Plants have direct and indirect defenses to insect herbivory.
Cristina Crava, Universitat de Valencia
Plants have direct and indirect defenses to insect herbivory.
July 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
**REPAT proteins as mediators of pathogen-insect-plant interactions in Spodoptera exigua**
Cristina Crava, Universitat de Valencia
Plants have direct and indirect defenses to insect herbivory.
Cristina Crava, Universitat de Valencia
Plants have direct and indirect defenses to insect herbivory.
**Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase disruption by CRISPR/Cas9 in Spodoptera exigua: phenotype, microbial diversity, and fitness costs**
Daniel Pinos, Universitat de Valencia
#lepgencrete
Focus on plant-insect-pathogen interactions. Some bacteria produce important/required compounds for host.
Daniel Pinos, Universitat de Valencia
#lepgencrete
Focus on plant-insect-pathogen interactions. Some bacteria produce important/required compounds for host.
July 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
**Kynurenine 3-monooxygenase disruption by CRISPR/Cas9 in Spodoptera exigua: phenotype, microbial diversity, and fitness costs**
Daniel Pinos, Universitat de Valencia
#lepgencrete
Focus on plant-insect-pathogen interactions. Some bacteria produce important/required compounds for host.
Daniel Pinos, Universitat de Valencia
#lepgencrete
Focus on plant-insect-pathogen interactions. Some bacteria produce important/required compounds for host.
**A climate change winner: How warmer and brighter winters trigger the expansion of the pine processionary moth**
Jean-Pierre Rossi, CBGP, INRAE, Montpelier, France
#lepgenecrete
Pine processionary moth produces urticating hairs producing strong allergic reactions in humans and other animals.
Jean-Pierre Rossi, CBGP, INRAE, Montpelier, France
#lepgenecrete
Pine processionary moth produces urticating hairs producing strong allergic reactions in humans and other animals.
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
**A climate change winner: How warmer and brighter winters trigger the expansion of the pine processionary moth**
Jean-Pierre Rossi, CBGP, INRAE, Montpelier, France
#lepgenecrete
Pine processionary moth produces urticating hairs producing strong allergic reactions in humans and other animals.
Jean-Pierre Rossi, CBGP, INRAE, Montpelier, France
#lepgenecrete
Pine processionary moth produces urticating hairs producing strong allergic reactions in humans and other animals.
**Evolution and diversification of mimicry and masquerade in butterflies**
Wei Zhang, Peking University, China
#lepgencrete
Focus on mimicry, either mimicking other similar species (e.g. batesian; mullerian) or mimicry of environment for crypsis.
Wei Zhang, Peking University, China
#lepgencrete
Focus on mimicry, either mimicking other similar species (e.g. batesian; mullerian) or mimicry of environment for crypsis.
July 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
**Evolution and diversification of mimicry and masquerade in butterflies**
Wei Zhang, Peking University, China
#lepgencrete
Focus on mimicry, either mimicking other similar species (e.g. batesian; mullerian) or mimicry of environment for crypsis.
Wei Zhang, Peking University, China
#lepgencrete
Focus on mimicry, either mimicking other similar species (e.g. batesian; mullerian) or mimicry of environment for crypsis.
**Diversification in Alpine butterflies: from macroevolutionary patterns to microevolutionary processes**
Kay Lucek, University of Neuchatel, @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social
#lepgenecrete
Context: continuum of speciation, with decreasing gene flow as divergence progresses
biodiversity-genomics.ch
Kay Lucek, University of Neuchatel, @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social
#lepgenecrete
Context: continuum of speciation, with decreasing gene flow as divergence progresses
biodiversity-genomics.ch
Biodiversity Genomics Lab
biodiversity-genomics.ch
July 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
**Diversification in Alpine butterflies: from macroevolutionary patterns to microevolutionary processes**
Kay Lucek, University of Neuchatel, @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social
#lepgenecrete
Context: continuum of speciation, with decreasing gene flow as divergence progresses
biodiversity-genomics.ch
Kay Lucek, University of Neuchatel, @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social
#lepgenecrete
Context: continuum of speciation, with decreasing gene flow as divergence progresses
biodiversity-genomics.ch
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Looking forward to receive many applications! If there are questions contact me.
(1/4) 📣 Exciting news! 📣
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the first call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details 👇
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the first call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details 👇
May 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Looking forward to receive many applications! If there are questions contact me.
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we made a fun little video abstract
youtu.be/Kunvn2GDq8o?...
youtu.be/Kunvn2GDq8o?...
The genetic basis of silver polymorphism in Speyeria mormonia butterflies
YouTube video by Arnaud Martin
youtu.be
July 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
we made a fun little video abstract
youtu.be/Kunvn2GDq8o?...
youtu.be/Kunvn2GDq8o?...
Egg cooling after oviposition extends the permissive period for microinjection-mediated genome modification in Bombyx mori
Keiro Uchino National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
#lepgencrete
Typically injection must be done <8h after oviposition for successful transgenesis.
Keiro Uchino National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
#lepgencrete
Typically injection must be done <8h after oviposition for successful transgenesis.
July 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Egg cooling after oviposition extends the permissive period for microinjection-mediated genome modification in Bombyx mori
Keiro Uchino National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
#lepgencrete
Typically injection must be done <8h after oviposition for successful transgenesis.
Keiro Uchino National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
#lepgencrete
Typically injection must be done <8h after oviposition for successful transgenesis.
**Evolving Patterns: An Evo-Devo Exploration of Butterfly Wing elements**
Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Duke University, North Carolina, USA
#lepgencrete
Nymphalid "ground plan" first proposed ~100 years ago. Demonstrates some spp obviousy follow this basic plan, but others are much more divergent.
Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Duke University, North Carolina, USA
#lepgencrete
Nymphalid "ground plan" first proposed ~100 years ago. Demonstrates some spp obviousy follow this basic plan, but others are much more divergent.
July 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
**Evolving Patterns: An Evo-Devo Exploration of Butterfly Wing elements**
Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Duke University, North Carolina, USA
#lepgencrete
Nymphalid "ground plan" first proposed ~100 years ago. Demonstrates some spp obviousy follow this basic plan, but others are much more divergent.
Anyi Mazo-Vargas, Duke University, North Carolina, USA
#lepgencrete
Nymphalid "ground plan" first proposed ~100 years ago. Demonstrates some spp obviousy follow this basic plan, but others are much more divergent.
**Effects of parasitic infections in generalist and specialist moths**
Astrid T. Groot , University of Amsterdam
Focus on evolutionary chemical ecology of Leps.
Astrid T. Groot , University of Amsterdam
Focus on evolutionary chemical ecology of Leps.
July 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
**Effects of parasitic infections in generalist and specialist moths**
Astrid T. Groot , University of Amsterdam
Focus on evolutionary chemical ecology of Leps.
Astrid T. Groot , University of Amsterdam
Focus on evolutionary chemical ecology of Leps.
**The genetic mechanisms of leaf masquerade mimicry in Kallima butterflies**
Dequn Teng (Wei Zhang lab, Peking University, China)
#lepgencrete
Butterfly wing patterns are excellent model for understanding phenotypic diversification.
Dequn Teng (Wei Zhang lab, Peking University, China)
#lepgencrete
Butterfly wing patterns are excellent model for understanding phenotypic diversification.
July 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
**The genetic mechanisms of leaf masquerade mimicry in Kallima butterflies**
Dequn Teng (Wei Zhang lab, Peking University, China)
#lepgencrete
Butterfly wing patterns are excellent model for understanding phenotypic diversification.
Dequn Teng (Wei Zhang lab, Peking University, China)
#lepgencrete
Butterfly wing patterns are excellent model for understanding phenotypic diversification.
**Museomics insights into colour polymorphism of Apamea**
Lisa Shuart, U Wageningen
Museum samples present temporal axis to sampling. Can musuem samples be used to identify wing-color genes in Apamea moths, hypothesized to be a mendelian trait?
Lisa Shuart, U Wageningen
Museum samples present temporal axis to sampling. Can musuem samples be used to identify wing-color genes in Apamea moths, hypothesized to be a mendelian trait?
July 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
**Museomics insights into colour polymorphism of Apamea**
Lisa Shuart, U Wageningen
Museum samples present temporal axis to sampling. Can musuem samples be used to identify wing-color genes in Apamea moths, hypothesized to be a mendelian trait?
Lisa Shuart, U Wageningen
Museum samples present temporal axis to sampling. Can musuem samples be used to identify wing-color genes in Apamea moths, hypothesized to be a mendelian trait?
Midweek at #lepgencrete conference we take a half-day excursion. This time we went to the beach, and had dinner at a hillside taverna.
July 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Midweek at #lepgencrete conference we take a half-day excursion. This time we went to the beach, and had dinner at a hillside taverna.