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Sophia Anner
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PhD candidate @uofl —interests incl. sexual selection, evolutionary bio, convincing people that flies are cute and important. USDA NIFA predoctoral fellow. she/her 🏳️‍🌈
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this week in the lab: making lemmon-ade!!
(grinding up flies from Mt Lemmon in AZ for DNA extraction)
#EvoBio 🧪
a gloved hand holding a tube containing a small fly floating in a solution a gloved handing holding a tube with a ground up fly in a cloudy solution
May 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Naomi gave a talk on a project she designed three years ago assessing survival in different developmental substrate conditions. Paper coming soon!
Naomi faces the screen as the explains the walnut fly life cycle
May 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Brianna evaluated how egg load was condition-dependent but perhaps unrelated to mating decisions—she'll expand on this project working with me over the summer! 🧪
Brianna stands next to her poster and explains her findings
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Isabella presented on size variation within and between species of walnut husk flies and discussed the implications for sexual selection on body size
Isabella points to her poster as she discusses her results
May 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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The Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference last weekend was a blast!! So happy to present my 1st ch results and, more importantly, invite 3 of my UG researchers to join too 🪰 many thanks to @meec2025.bsky.social for hosting!
Five women scientists posing together in front of a background of lush green plants.
May 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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ft. the graphical abstract that I finished 10 mins too late to add to the pub
Graphical abstract with two images of flies next to their host fruits (hawthorn and walnut), a petri dish containing fly and forceps, and a figure showing earlier reproductive timing in the hawthorn-infesting fly.
March 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Proud to #StandUpForScience2025 with my bio dept Friday in Frankfort. Science benefits everyone! Immense thanks to @claireecusack.bsky.social for making it happen in KY 🏇
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A group of people standing on the steps of the capitol building in Frankfort KY holding signs in support of science
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM