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UVM Biology fosters exploration and collaboration, advancing life science through research in neuroscience, cell biology, ecology, and evolution.
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Check out our cover article by @timjanicke.bsky.social and colleagues about the role of sexual selection in animal speciation. academic.oup.com/evlett/artic.... The beautiful illustration is by Katharina Bóth.
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Mitochondrial function & dynamics are essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis. This study shows that the metabolic regulator dPGC1 controls #mitochondrial dynamics when Yorkie is upregulated, acting as a context-dependent #tumor suppressor in #Drosophila @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4474g7Y
Top: Confocal micrographs showing discs of the indicated genotypes. GFP is shown in green, and DAPI labels the DNA and is shown in blue. Scale bars, 100 μm. Bottom Quantification of GFP-positive area in third instar wing imaginal discs of the genotypes shown in the top panel. GFP-positive areas are normalized to the mean of the control (ap > LacZ). Statistical significance was determined using unpaired t-tests with Welch’s correction.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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The Biology department would like to cordially invite you to our 2025 Biology Accomplished Graduate Alum Lecture.

Please mark your calendars:

When: September 22, 2025
What time: 12:00
Where: Terrill 108
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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In a new #ScienceReview, researchers investigate how the recent application of single-cell RNA sequencing technology has helped to evaluate function in microbial populations. https://scim.ag/3V2kc6l
Dissecting microbial communities with single-cell transcriptome analysis
Revealing insights into the function of microbial communities requires moving beyond measuring bulk taxonomic composition to detecting interactions between subpopulations. Following the transformative...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals?

We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs in the field.

Full text: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

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September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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✨Drosophila melanogaster 🪰The fly that changed science 🔬Drosophila has been a cornerstone for understanding genetic control of development, axis patterning, and organogenesis 🧪 GIF from Bruno Vellutini #ModelMonday #DevBio
September 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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A study in Nature shows that the earliest known ankylosaurs had uniquely elaborate body armour, including a spiky ornament on their tail. These extreme armour features are unlike those of any other vertebrate, including other ankylosaurs later in their evolutionary history. #Paleosky 🧪
Extreme armour in the world's oldest ankylosaur - Nature
The ankylosaurian dinosaur Spicomellus afer possessed a tail weapon and uniquely elaborate dermal armour.
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September 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Exciting to see Sara Helms Cahan quoted in Science, offering her perspective on the awesome reproductive strategies of Iberian harvester ants! www.science.org/content/arti...
Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species
Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say
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September 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Across living and extinct primate species, longer thumbs predict bigger brains, highlighting the neural cost of dexterity, according to a paper in Communications Biology. 🧪
Human dexterity and brains evolved hand in hand - Communications Biology
Thumbs and brains coevolved in primates. Across living and extinct species, longer thumbs predict bigger brains, highlighting the neural cost of dexterity.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Sea Level

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Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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What determines the human gut fungal community? @emilyvansyoc.bsky.social @erdavenport.bsky.social @symbionticism.bsky.social &co present the first #GWAS of human genetic loci that influence the abundance of gut #fungi, linking these to disease risk #mycobiome @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/42bCKou
Human fungi-associated variants (FAVs) associate with 9 fungal taxa and overlap protein-coding genes. A Manhattan plot shows all FAVs and their associated fungal taxa at the three significance levels (exploratory, black; genome-wide, red; study-wide, blue).
September 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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🕷️ New Research: Across the edge: Spatial segregation drives community structure in tri-trophic multilayer networks at a forest–grassland edge ➡️ buff.ly/htpvLJL
September 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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⏱️🧬 EXPERT VIEW 🧬⏱️

Bonnot et al. review how significance levels from oscillation-detecting tools within time-series data indicate the robustness of gene expression rhythmicity, and can reveal new clock components or primary clock target genes 🧬

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Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Identification of genes exhibiting robust oscillating expression under free-running conditions in Arabidopsis. (A) Transcript profiles of selected genes identified as rhythmic in data published by Romanowski et al. (2020). In this study, Arabidopsis Col-0 seedlings were grown at 22 °C under 12/12 h light/dark cycles for 11 d and then transferred to continuous light. After 24 h under these free-running conditions, seedlings were collected every 4 h for 48 h, and RNA-seq was performed using two biological replicates per time point. The JTK_CYCLE algorithm (Hughes et al., 2010) was used to detect oscillating transcripts from the RNA-seq data. ATL3 showed an adjusted P-value close to the cut-off used to select rhythmic genes in the JTK_CYCLE analysis, and RVE8 showed a very low P-value, and they were therefore identified as rhythmic genes with low and high confidence, respectively.
September 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Less than 3 weeks left to submit your proposals for the GREG Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards, which provide up to $3500 for 3rd-year and above PhD students. Full instructions, evaluation criteria, and FAQs on our website: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
Deadline September 15!
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grants. Rosemary Grant Advanced Awards, Deadline: September 15, 5:00 PM Eastern.
August 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Presence of DNA transposons in the breakpoints of the inverted genotype in Atlantic cod - perhaps also the case for many other species? Great to see this finally out academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Chromosomal Inversions Mediated by Tandem Insertions of Transposable Elements
Abstract. Chromosomal inversions play a crucial role in evolution by influencing phenotypes through the linkage of coadapted alleles. While inversions have
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August 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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A community of microorganisms that can reproduce the flavour attributes of premium chocolate, by fermenting cocoa beans, are reported in Nature Microbiology. go.nature.com/4mH9uOo 🧪
This image is figure 1 which shows how changes in abiotic and biotic characteristics inform the progression of cocoa bean fermentation.
August 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Blue skies and green mountains. 💚💛

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February 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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We’re excited to announce Dr. Marlene Tromp as our newly appointed 28th President! With her proven leadership, empathy, and passion for education, we're thrilled to welcome her to our community. Learn more about her appointment: www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...
Marlene Tromp Appointed Next President of the University of Vermont
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March 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM