Dr. Kate Feller
@drkatefeller.bsky.social
Asst. Prof at Union College Biology. I like mantis shrimp so i study them. Also eyes. I really love eyes. Oh, and and brains, like them too. I'm just really excitable, like a neuron.
Leaning in to joke lab name by making it official lab name w/ logo (curteosy of student artist)
May 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Leaning in to joke lab name by making it official lab name w/ logo (curteosy of student artist)
Reposted by Dr. Kate Feller
Shrimps is bugs? No, it’s kinda the other way around. Insects are technically crustaceans, which highlights the importance of systematics in understanding how evolution unfolds. My latest for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social.
You Might Think of Shrimp as Bugs of the Sea. But a Remarkable Discovery Shows the Opposite: Bugs Are Actually Shrimp of the Land
A recent study suggests that insects branched out from crustaceans on the tree of life
www.smithsonianmag.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Reposted by Dr. Kate Feller
RA positions with potential PhD continuation are now open! We're seeking two candidates with slice patch clamp or programming skills for the projects outlined in the advert: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50040/
Apply by 21 February!
Apply by 21 February!
📣 Opportunity Alert! We have two PhD positions in our lab at Cambridge University starting in Autumn 2025. Exceptional candidates may join earlier as RAs and receive PhD funding if scholarship applications are unsuccessful (RA advert coming soon!).
Details here: www.keshavarzilab.com/blog/phd-pos...
Details here: www.keshavarzilab.com/blog/phd-pos...
January 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
RA positions with potential PhD continuation are now open! We're seeking two candidates with slice patch clamp or programming skills for the projects outlined in the advert: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50040/
Apply by 21 February!
Apply by 21 February!
Reposted by Dr. Kate Feller
Fear and uncertainty dominated conversations this week among those doing NIH-funded research involving people who are transgender, gender fluid, nonbinary, or otherwise gender minorities. scim.ag/3Ce2Tto
Trump’s ban on funds to ‘promote gender ideology’ could threaten hundreds of NIH research projects
Sweeping executive order likely to be read broadly, experts predict
scim.ag
January 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fear and uncertainty dominated conversations this week among those doing NIH-funded research involving people who are transgender, gender fluid, nonbinary, or otherwise gender minorities. scim.ag/3Ce2Tto
The fact that NIH grant-making has been switched off so haphazardly, for reasons that remain unclear, and despite the scope of troubles it creates, suggests that higher ed will be profoundly vulnerable during the second Trump era, writes @ibogost.bsky.social:
The Chaos in Higher Ed Is Only Getting Started
Grant reviews have been suspended at the NIH. This could be an omen.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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A really exciting new study: evidence that males evolve better sight in order to detect female dishonesty in dance flies. One for the textbooks! A male resistance trait!
Great one from @rosalindmurray @luc_bussiere @dtgwynne & team
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Great one from @rosalindmurray @luc_bussiere @dtgwynne & team
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Sexually antagonistic coevolution can explain female display signals and male sensory adaptations
Abstract. The prevalence and diversity of female ornaments pose a challenge to evolutionary theory because males should prefer mates that spend resources o
academic.oup.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
A really exciting new study: evidence that males evolve better sight in order to detect female dishonesty in dance flies. One for the textbooks! A male resistance trait!
Great one from @rosalindmurray @luc_bussiere @dtgwynne & team
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Great one from @rosalindmurray @luc_bussiere @dtgwynne & team
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
My only professional regret to date is that I did not take this course when I was in grad school. Don't miss your own chance!
Applications are still open for NS&B 2025! We will run from June 8- July 21. Applications are due FEB 1st. Financial assistance is available an applications are need blind. For more info see mbl.edu/nsb.
January 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
My only professional regret to date is that I did not take this course when I was in grad school. Don't miss your own chance!
I'm too rar along for thos, but I know there are a lot of great early career folks out there this would be a great opportunity for! I wanna hear about your work!
Are you PhD student or Postdoc working in the field of Neuroethology? Then apply as a speaker for the Webinar Series 'The Future Of Neuroethology'
January 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm too rar along for thos, but I know there are a lot of great early career folks out there this would be a great opportunity for! I wanna hear about your work!
Long live the king crablet!
Eeeeeee!! What an adorkably silly face 🥰
Researchers found this baby king crab (Neolithodes agassizii) hitchhiking on a plastic bag in the Gulf of Mexico. They usually live at depths of 200–1,900 metres and grow up to 12 cm in size. 🧪🦑 🌿
What would you name this tiny crablet?
📹 NOAA Fisheries
Researchers found this baby king crab (Neolithodes agassizii) hitchhiking on a plastic bag in the Gulf of Mexico. They usually live at depths of 200–1,900 metres and grow up to 12 cm in size. 🧪🦑 🌿
What would you name this tiny crablet?
📹 NOAA Fisheries
January 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Long live the king crablet!
Reposted by Dr. Kate Feller
I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
January 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.
You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.
You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.
You want sourced info? Library.
Surprise!!
Trapdoor spiders are the best.
📍Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, Badimia Country
📍Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, Badimia Country
January 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Surprise!!
Interesting new pub on collective intelligence: ants vs. humans at problem solving. www.science.org/content/arti...
Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence
Insects put their minds together in ways that sometimes eludes people
www.science.org
January 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Interesting new pub on collective intelligence: ants vs. humans at problem solving. www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Dr. Kate Feller
Oooooooooh!
It’s FINally happening!!!
FINSPAN!!! youtu.be/Fuvsx5Hd3iE
FINSPAN!!! youtu.be/Fuvsx5Hd3iE
Finspan announcement trailer
YouTube video by Stonemaier Games
youtu.be
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Oooooooooh!
I heard there was a recording of the gay frog internet meme talk out there from Saturday's session - can someone please point me in that direction so i can re-enjoy and disseminate? Please and thank you!! #sicb2025
January 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I heard there was a recording of the gay frog internet meme talk out there from Saturday's session - can someone please point me in that direction so i can re-enjoy and disseminate? Please and thank you!! #sicb2025
Come check out my talk at #SICB2025 to learn how mantis shrimp use their weird eyes to inform their ultra fast strikes: Linking seeing and stabbing - today! 11:30am, A707
January 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Come check out my talk at #SICB2025 to learn how mantis shrimp use their weird eyes to inform their ultra fast strikes: Linking seeing and stabbing - today! 11:30am, A707