Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences @ Mississippi State

Bloomington, Indiana
Joined January 2017
Positively thrilled to share I will be joining the Department of Biological Sciences at Mississippi State University (@msstate_biology) in Fall 2025 as an Assistant Professor! Stay tuned for updates on gene regulatory evolution and evo-devo from the Davidson Lab!
6
4
75
8,394
Our lab at @msstate_biology is recruiting graduate students (PhD/MSc) to join us in Spring or Fall 2026! If you—or someone you know—are interested in researching evo-devo and comparative genomics of horned dung beetles, check out our site & get in touch! davidsonlab-msu.github.io
4
190
Hope this becomes required reading for grad classes!
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
1
3
1,797
Phillip Davidson retweeted
Moczek-lab members and various hangers on went on a rather unusual field trip this weekend!
1
1
9
1,540
We're proud to announce that @veronica_hinman will be joining us as the new director of @UF's #WhitneyLab, starting January 1, 2025! news.ufl.edu/2024/07/whitney…
11
8
2
71
5,068
Phillip Davidson retweeted
Dung beetle central’s newest pets!
2
1
28
1,500
Phillip Davidson retweeted
Dung beetle central went back to the source today, so to speak! @NCSE @EricaNadolski @rohner_patrick @ezattara @PipettuaJones
1
1
11
621
Check out our recent work exploring the role of chromatin accessiblity and genome evolution during plastic trait development/diversification: journals.plos.org/plosgeneti… . Plus three new chromosome-resolved dung beetle genomes to boot! Beetle horns rock! @NSF @PLOSGenetics
1
14
51
4,743
Phillip Davidson retweeted
It took us forever to get a new lab picture, but here we finally are! Such a fantastic group to be part of! Find out more at ecodevodevo.com @IUCollege @IUBiology @NSF @NCSE
4
34
1,315
Phillip Davidson retweeted
The @PacBio Nanobind PanDNA kits are out! The team worked hard to integrate everything into a single kit that generates beautiful HiFi data across the board. You should see the panel of critters and plants we tested in development! pacb.com/wp-content/uploads/…
3
9
1
32
7,708
Hello Retweet & Share: Hiring a postdoc for @cnidimmunitylab for 3yrs on coral #cell culture. Experience in #corals not necessary. Full benefits, and salary between $53-60K & negotiable depending on experience. APPLY!!!!! careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/…
4
69
66
13,344
Phillip Davidson retweeted
Our next meeting will be in Chile! A joint meeting between @EvoDevoPanAm @LASDB_DevBiol @intlsocdiff and SBDch. Mar 17-20, 2024. Exciting invited speakers! Register from this link by 11/30. panamevodevo.org/
7
1
20
3,770
Phillip Davidson retweeted
I am exited to share that my first-author paper is online on @NatureComms ! 👩‍🔬 🐭 🐸 🐟 🐵 We compared strategies for cross-species integration of scRNA-seq data, offered guidelines for effective integration and ideas for future method development nature.com/articles/s41467-0… 🔽more
2
14
41
2,832
Phillip Davidson retweeted
Hot of the online presses a short review on plasticity evodevo in your favorite insect. Great fun writing this with @EricaNadolski and @PhilDavidson Please DM if trouble getting pdf doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.… @nsf @IUBiology @IUCollege
16
44
4,143
Phillip Davidson retweeted
🚨We are recruiting a PostDoc and a PhD to investigate how larvae evolved! Supported by @LeverhulmeTrust, join a terrific group of people @QMUL @QM_SBBS to investigate fascinating marine 🪱🪱! PhD ad: alturl.com/i64ue DM/e-mail ([email protected]) for more info!
1
65
2
93
23,980
Looking forward to more adventures examining the regulatory basis for beetle horn variation! @erica_nadolski @ecoevodevo_lab @NSF
You are what you eat—sometimes. NSF grant to support @ecoevodevo_lab, Phil Davidson, and Erica Nadolski’s study on horned beetles to understand context-responsive nature of development. go.iu.edu/4Oca @IUCollege @IUScienceNews @IUImpact
1
6
557
Bittersweet moment as the last chapter of my PhD is out now in @GenomeBiolEvol! @Ken_Halanych and I investigated the utility of deep learning networks in protein clustering and annotation, developing a VQ-VAE for unaligned protein sequences! academic.oup.com/gbe/article…
2
9
24
2,399
Phillip Davidson retweeted
Do you love genomes? Sex chromosomes? Speciation? Beetles? This could be the postdoc position for you! The Bracewell Lab is hiring. Don’t hesitate to reach out if interested.
1
48
56
11,649
The #BabonisLab is hiring a postdoc to study the evolution of novelty. Come work with us on cool questions in cool critters (like this octocoral!) For more info: babonislab.com To apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
52
6
97
16,713