Steven Van Belleghem
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Steven Van Belleghem
@svbelleghem.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist @KU_Leuven. #Adaptation #Plasticity #Speciation #Genomics #Beetles #Butterflies #Daphnia.

https://bio.kuleuven.be/eeb/sv/
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Fantastic "first" #EvolutionaryGenomics day @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social with talks from Kerstin Johannesson, Felicity Jones, Alexander Suh, @wenjuanma84.bsky.social, @mariamadrid16.bsky.social, and many others 🐌🐦🐟🐞🐚🌱🧬
September 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Mondsee Research Department for Limnology (think "The Sound of Music")
July 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Daphnia zschokkei
July 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excited to advertise a shared PhD position at KU Leuven (Belgium) and Mondsee (Austria) with @markusmoest.bsky.social on the genetic basis, plasticity and evolution of melanization in Daphnia from alpine lakes. Apply here: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
July 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fluorescent spider silk 🤓. Cool work by Edgardo Santiago Rivera!!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
April 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Experimental evidence of negative agricultural impacts and effectiveness of mitigation strategies of invasive green iguanas (Iguana iguana) in Puerto Rico by Christina De Jesús Villanueva neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1149...
October 28, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Can't believe it's been exactly 10 years since these most incredible adventures with a little pirate boat.
June 1, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Darwin noted “a fine beetle flew on board” while far at sea during the voyage of the Beagle. Their strong dispersal capabilities brought them as far as the #Galápagos islands, where they repeatedly evolved ecotypes that “seldom or never take wing”. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 1, 2024 at 10:39 AM
A single giant cell at the origin of an evolutionary innovation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 10, 2024 at 9:38 AM
January 11, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Evidence for a selective link between cooperation and individual recognition in paper wasps 🐝
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 7, 2023 at 3:56 PM