Chris Balakrishnan
@evolutionpirate.bsky.social
Nerd Nite Founder and author/editor of "How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi" http://bit.ly/NerdNiteBook opinions my own
All time achievement. Our #nerdnite book “How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi” is touching @edyong209.bsky.social ‘s book.
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
All time achievement. Our #nerdnite book “How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi” is touching @edyong209.bsky.social ‘s book.
Amid all the continuing good news from the world, another preprint!
Inbreeding depression and tuberculosis susceptibility in the critically endangered white-winged wood duck Asarcornis scutulata (photo by Katie Lubbock, Sylvan Heights Bird Park)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Inbreeding depression and tuberculosis susceptibility in the critically endangered white-winged wood duck Asarcornis scutulata (photo by Katie Lubbock, Sylvan Heights Bird Park)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Amid all the continuing good news from the world, another preprint!
Inbreeding depression and tuberculosis susceptibility in the critically endangered white-winged wood duck Asarcornis scutulata (photo by Katie Lubbock, Sylvan Heights Bird Park)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Inbreeding depression and tuberculosis susceptibility in the critically endangered white-winged wood duck Asarcornis scutulata (photo by Katie Lubbock, Sylvan Heights Bird Park)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A brief distraction from all the terrible. A new preprint led by Katya Osipova and our brood parasitology, or perhaps parasitomics, team "Comparative population genomics reveals convergent adaptation across independent origins of avian obligate brood parasitism" : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A brief distraction from all the terrible. A new preprint led by Katya Osipova and our brood parasitology, or perhaps parasitomics, team "Comparative population genomics reveals convergent adaptation across independent origins of avian obligate brood parasitism" : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
IS anyone having trouble connecting to the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (for data deposition)? I'm just hoping it is user error (I'm rusty) and that it didn't get DOGEd.
April 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
IS anyone having trouble connecting to the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (for data deposition)? I'm just hoping it is user error (I'm rusty) and that it didn't get DOGEd.
3/3 Layered evolution of gene expression in “superfast” muscles for courtship! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
3/3 Layered evolution of gene expression in “superfast” muscles for courtship! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(2/3) This paper is part of a series of papers stemming from our manakin research coordination network (www.manakinsrcn.org). A couple of other recent ones Neurogenomic landscape associated with status-dependent cooperative behaviour: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ... and ...
November 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
(2/3) This paper is part of a series of papers stemming from our manakin research coordination network (www.manakinsrcn.org). A couple of other recent ones Neurogenomic landscape associated with status-dependent cooperative behaviour: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... ... and ...
Congrats to HC Lim, Kevin Bennett and co on this cool, new paper, highlighting the complex dynamics and mechanisms of color in a hybrid zone and among closely-related manakin species. (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Congrats to HC Lim, Kevin Bennett and co on this cool, new paper, highlighting the complex dynamics and mechanisms of color in a hybrid zone and among closely-related manakin species. (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Virtual Office Hour - Biodiversity on a Changing Planet, July 8 at noon! debblog.nsfbio.com/2024/06/24/u...
June 24, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Virtual Office Hour - Biodiversity on a Changing Planet, July 8 at noon! debblog.nsfbio.com/2024/06/24/u...
Double rainbow over the sky
April 20, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Double rainbow over the sky
Now with pretty formatting and all! Neurogenomic landscape associated with status-dependent cooperative behaviour onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/KJWGDT...
April 12, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Now with pretty formatting and all! Neurogenomic landscape associated with status-dependent cooperative behaviour onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/KJWGDT...
Peri did a phenomenal job sorting out this complex data. Her work led us to some real systems-level findings a well, like this regulatory network, differentially expressed across brain tissues, in association with social status. Thanks also to uber constructive review at Molecular Ecology (5/n)
March 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Peri did a phenomenal job sorting out this complex data. Her work led us to some real systems-level findings a well, like this regulatory network, differentially expressed across brain tissues, in association with social status. Thanks also to uber constructive review at Molecular Ecology (5/n)
But we also saw plenty of unexpected things, like this lower level of prolactin in the pituitary of more social birds (4/n)
March 21, 2024 at 8:28 PM
But we also saw plenty of unexpected things, like this lower level of prolactin in the pituitary of more social birds (4/n)
For these field-sampled birds, we saw some amazingly strong(but expected) like this one, between androgen receptor expression and mean testosterone (3/n)
March 21, 2024 at 8:26 PM
For these field-sampled birds, we saw some amazingly strong(but expected) like this one, between androgen receptor expression and mean testosterone (3/n)
We sampled territorial and "floater" males in the field, throughout different parts of the brain, and examined relationships with testosterone, social status and cooperative behavior (2/n)
March 21, 2024 at 8:24 PM
We sampled territorial and "floater" males in the field, throughout different parts of the brain, and examined relationships with testosterone, social status and cooperative behavior (2/n)
Really excited to have this paper out! "Neurogenomic landscape associated with status-dependent cooperative behaviour", led by former postdoc Peri Bolton. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (1/n)
March 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Really excited to have this paper out! "Neurogenomic landscape associated with status-dependent cooperative behaviour", led by former postdoc Peri Bolton. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (1/n)
Hey Folks, I would like to call your attention to this series of Town Halls themes around the "bioeconomy". In my opinion, it is particularly critical ecology/evolution/biodiversity-minded folks contribute their broad perspectives here and participate! www.casa-bio.net
February 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Hey Folks, I would like to call your attention to this series of Town Halls themes around the "bioeconomy". In my opinion, it is particularly critical ecology/evolution/biodiversity-minded folks contribute their broad perspectives here and participate! www.casa-bio.net
Join us today at 1 PM to hear about "Opportunities for freshwater and marine environmental research" (demystifying the somewhat confusing NSF rules!) debblog.nsfbio.com/office-hours/
February 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Join us today at 1 PM to hear about "Opportunities for freshwater and marine environmental research" (demystifying the somewhat confusing NSF rules!) debblog.nsfbio.com/office-hours/
I'd like to call your attention to the CIVIC program at NSF. This year, for the first time, the BIO Directorate is partnering in part due to the "Climate and Environmental Instability - Building Resilient Communities through Co-Design, Adaption, and Mitigation" track. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
February 1, 2024 at 5:05 PM
I'd like to call your attention to the CIVIC program at NSF. This year, for the first time, the BIO Directorate is partnering in part due to the "Climate and Environmental Instability - Building Resilient Communities through Co-Design, Adaption, and Mitigation" track. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Hmmm, don't think I could have asked for much more than this in a review of our forthcoming book. "Puns, Pranks and Puerile Humor: Silly Stories about Serious Science" www.scientificamerican.com/article/puns...
February 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Hmmm, don't think I could have asked for much more than this in a review of our forthcoming book. "Puns, Pranks and Puerile Humor: Silly Stories about Serious Science" www.scientificamerican.com/article/puns...
Dear Colleague Letter encouraging Proposals on Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE) iosblog.nsfbio.com/2024/01/12/a... [don't know what a DCL is, ask me!]
January 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Dear Colleague Letter encouraging Proposals on Neurobiology in Changing Ecosystems (NiCE) iosblog.nsfbio.com/2024/01/12/a... [don't know what a DCL is, ask me!]
Hey everyone! I'm not at #SICB2024 but I am always here to answer your National Science Foundation questions. Hit me up! Also there are healthy number of Program Officers at the meeting so hit them up too at the NSF booth! Sad to be missing all the cool science!
January 5, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Hey everyone! I'm not at #SICB2024 but I am always here to answer your National Science Foundation questions. Hit me up! Also there are healthy number of Program Officers at the meeting so hit them up too at the NSF booth! Sad to be missing all the cool science!
Hey everyone! Please join us today for our monthly "Virtual Office Hours". We'll introduce you to the newest Directorate, Technology, Innovation & Partnerships, and answer questions you might have about connections between BIO and TIP! nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
December 11, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Hey everyone! Please join us today for our monthly "Virtual Office Hours". We'll introduce you to the newest Directorate, Technology, Innovation & Partnerships, and answer questions you might have about connections between BIO and TIP! nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
The @amornith.bsky.social (American #Ornithological Society) is hosting a seminar on Avian Chemosensation Check it out! aos.informz.net/informzdatas...
September 21, 2023 at 1:11 PM
The @amornith.bsky.social (American #Ornithological Society) is hosting a seminar on Avian Chemosensation Check it out! aos.informz.net/informzdatas...