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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!
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
Hope this becomes required reading for grad classes!
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Moczek-lab members and various hangers on went on a rather unusual field trip this weekend!
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We're proud to announce that @veronica_hinman will be joining us as the new director of @UF's #WhitneyLab, starting January 1, 2025!
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Dung beetle central went back to the source today, so to speak! @NCSE @EricaNadolski @rohner_patrick @ezattara @PipettuaJones
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
All organisms adjust which genes to express when to environmental conditions. Yet how genetic and environmental inputs are integrated to allow gene regulatory networks to act in an adaptive, context-dependent manner remains poorly understood. (1/3) doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen…
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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
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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!
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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!!!!!
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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/
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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
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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
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🚨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!
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

ALT Chart comparing the horns on 2 different species of horned beetles illustrating diverse forms of condition-dependent development. The left and center column show the horn morphologies of males that experienced good compared to suboptimal feeding conditions. The far right column shows the corresponding morphology of well fed females. In these two species, the well fed males have larger horns than the not-as-well-fed males. The females have no horns.
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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!
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New urchin genome out in wild with Echinometra lucunter. Thanks for the awesome collaboration @carlosdiversity
New paper by @PhilDavidson Great job, Phil! @GIGA_COS @uricels @NMNH
Near-Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Sea Urchin Echinometra lucunter, a Model for Speciation in the Sea academic.oup.com/gbe/article…
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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.
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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…































