Dave Armitage
@darmitage.bsky.social
Assistant prof at OIST in 🇯🇵
Community ecologist / ecosystem functioning / evolutionary ecology / stats / weird plants
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https://www.oist.jp/research/research-units/ice
Community ecologist / ecosystem functioning / evolutionary ecology / stats / weird plants
Come visit us 🏝️⛵️
https://www.oist.jp/research/research-units/ice
Other families of pitchers plants seem to do this too. For instance, the ant-feeding fangs of Nepenthes bicalcarata
October 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Other families of pitchers plants seem to do this too. For instance, the ant-feeding fangs of Nepenthes bicalcarata
New preprint on reciprocal nutrient exchange between pitcher plants and their prey.
Enjoy this video of wasps having a blast inside pitcher leaves 🍭🐝
Enjoy this video of wasps having a blast inside pitcher leaves 🍭🐝
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
New preprint on reciprocal nutrient exchange between pitcher plants and their prey.
Enjoy this video of wasps having a blast inside pitcher leaves 🍭🐝
Enjoy this video of wasps having a blast inside pitcher leaves 🍭🐝
Having too much fun making 3D scans of pitcher plants
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Having too much fun making 3D scans of pitcher plants
Major congrats to our lab’s first PhD recipient, Nonno Hasegawa. Her work on the population genetics of Darlingtonia will help us better manage and protect the objectively coolest plant on earth
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Major congrats to our lab’s first PhD recipient, Nonno Hasegawa. Her work on the population genetics of Darlingtonia will help us better manage and protect the objectively coolest plant on earth
Pleasantly surprised how my first attempt at scanning pitcher plant leaves turned out. Considering 3D printing it to wear as a bonnet
August 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Pleasantly surprised how my first attempt at scanning pitcher plant leaves turned out. Considering 3D printing it to wear as a bonnet
Imagine chilling inside this comfy leaf on a pillow of heterocysts
July 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Imagine chilling inside this comfy leaf on a pillow of heterocysts
There is also the question of where the hundreds of negative google reviews disappeared to…
July 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There is also the question of where the hundreds of negative google reviews disappeared to…
Discovered a mysterious box in the lab today
June 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Discovered a mysterious box in the lab today
Thus concludes the 2025 Phyllosphere conference at OIST in Okinawa Japan! Tons of incredible talks and posters. Already looking forward to Quebec 2030 🫎
June 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Thus concludes the 2025 Phyllosphere conference at OIST in Okinawa Japan! Tons of incredible talks and posters. Already looking forward to Quebec 2030 🫎
After a super long delay, I’m happy to share our work on the metagenomics of the Azolla fern leaf pocket!
March 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
After a super long delay, I’m happy to share our work on the metagenomics of the Azolla fern leaf pocket!
Spending an action-packed week in Kenya collecting soybean microbes with collaborators from CUEA
January 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Spending an action-packed week in Kenya collecting soybean microbes with collaborators from CUEA
Paper also includes some of my all-time hairiest looking graphs!
November 28, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Paper also includes some of my all-time hairiest looking graphs!