Great talks this morning at #ecbb2026 at our symposium on evolution and behavior around #sociallytransferredmaterials @socialtransfernet.bsky.social @elvarobinson.bsky.social @arthurmatte.bsky.social Kat Bebbington and Francisco Ruiz-Raya
Arthur Matte
@arthurmatte.bsky.social
PhD student at University of Cambridge | gene and species macroevolution 🧬 Inspired by the stories evolution tells us
There are a couple more days to apply for this postdoc role in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab: we are looking for a computational biologist interested in how socially transferred proteins evolve. Is this you? Apply! Make sure to address all the criteria in your application!
Adria LeBoeuf@adriatica.bsky.social · 2mo agoCome join the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab in Cambridge to study the evolution of Socially Transferred Materials! Fun new HFSP project btwn UK, NL and Costa Rica! Deadline September 7th #Postdoc #JobAlert #Evolution #Bioinformatics #STM #socialfluids www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... leboeuflab.com
Thank you @official-smbe.bsky.social, it was an incredible honor!
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution@official-smbe.bsky.social · 3mo agoArthur Matte @arthurmatte.bsky.social, one of the winners of this year's GSEA explains why his research on sperm evolution fascinates him. #SMBE2026 #society
Excellent dive into the bizarre world of turtles and how they completely reworked their bodyplan through gene loss by @leonhilgers.bsky.social #SMBE2026 Especially great detective work on the genes of interest!
Great talk @arthurmatte.bsky.social #SMBE2026 on the evolution of sperm. If you are interested the preprint is here: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We all know what sperm does. But what is its origin story? 🧬 Excited to be speaking about our #sperm #phyloproteomics work tomorrow 29th at 15:05 in the Main Hall in the grad student award symposium! #SMBE2026 An update from our preprint with @adriatica.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The origins and molecular evolution of sperm
Sperm is a nearly universal cell type among animals, yet its evolutionary origins remain unclear. Using comparative proteomics and phylogenomics across 32 species, we reconstruct the 700+ million year...
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Happy to be at #SMBE2026 in beautiful Copenhagen! ⭐️ @arthurmatte.bsky.social of the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab will be speaking about our #sperm #phyloproteomics work tomorrow 29th at 15:05 in the Main Hall in the grad student award symposium! #deeptime #evolutionofsex
#SMBE2026 Graduate Student Excellence Award Symposium 🗓️ Mon Jun 29, 1:20pm 🔗 smbe2026.org/programme Talks by: @weihanlin.bsky.social @nadiahaghani.bsky.social @coolscootre.bsky.social @anjaligupta.bsky.social @jialinwei.bsky.social Oya Inanli François Frejacques @arthurmatte.bsky.social
With @arthurmatte.bsky.social @elvarobinson.bsky.social and @socialtransfernet.bsky.social we have a symposium on #sociallytransferredmaterials at #ECBB206. You have a few more days to submit an abstract and come tell us about your amazing work on #socialfluids #eggs #milk #sperm #seminalfluid!
European Conference on Behavioural Biology@ecbb2026.bsky.social · 6mo ago#ECBB2026 Abstracts will close this week! For more information about topics, and how to submit, visit our Call for Abstracts page 👇👇 www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
Final version @nature.com of our paper describing unconventional multicellular development in a choanoflagellate inhabiting an extreme environment. A ton of new data since the first @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint (which we've kept updating). A brief 🧵 (carried over from the old place)
Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 8mo agoA study in Nature shows that the single-celled form of a tiny, aquatic organism can turn into a multicellular version by three different routes. The discovery adds insight to the possible origins of multicellular life, suggesting a previously unrecognized degree of flexibility. 🧪
Applications close for this 4-year postdoc on Feb 9th (2 days!). The associated post for a technician should be online next week 👀
Adria LeBoeuf@adriatica.bsky.social · 9mo ago🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc... #ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc... #ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology
cam.ac.uk
Interesting paper for a Sunday night read by @arthurmatte.bsky.social et al. ‘The #evolution of cheaper workers facilitated larger societies and accelerated diversification in #ants ‘ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The evolution of cheaper workers facilitated larger societies and accelerated diversification in ants
Ants rose by favoring the power of many over the might of few.
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New paper in Science Advances! Ants traded strength for numbers, and it worked 🐜 Our study comparing 500+ ant species shows how the evolution of cheaper workers fueled bigger colonies and faster diversification, shaping ants’ rise across the planet. 🔗To read here: doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adx8068
Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit arose in our single-celled ancestors, perhaps more than a billion years ago
Sperm's evolutionary origins go back before multicellular animals
Analysis of the DNA and proteins of a range of animals has revealed that sperm’s molecular toolkit arose in our single-celled ancestors, perhaps more than a billion years ago
newscientist.com
Surely one of the all-time best conference outreach activities: an evolution-inspired decorated street for Les Festes de Gràcia #ESEB2025
@arthurmatte.bsky.social describes the molecular evolution during the rise of #socialfluids #ESEB2025 @socialtransfernet.bsky.social @socialfluids.bsky.social
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Fantastic piece (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) by @tlinksvayer.bsky.social on @arthurmatte.bsky.social and my recent paper in PNAS (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...). He really pulls together the threads of how we believe that socially transferred materials #socialfluids entrenched social complexity in ants. 1/2
Social control drove ant evolution | PNAS
Social control drove ant evolution
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New paper out ✍️ in @commsbio.bsky.social: Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time with my friends Mathieu Boderau and André Nel www.nature.com/articles/s42... @isyeb.mnhn.fr @isyebsp.mnhn.fr @morethanadodo.bsky.social
Diversification and extinction of Hemiptera in deep time - Communications Biology
Hemiptera, the fifth most diverse insect order, have often been overlooked in macroevolutionary studies. In this study, the authors analyse its fossil record and show that global flora changes through...
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A little summary of @arthurmatte.bsky.social and my recent paper 🐜🍼👶 www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/how-ant...
How ants rule their unruly young to build complex societies | Department of Zoology
Picture credit: François Brassard Ants are among the most successful creatures on Earth, thriving in ecosystems worldwide. But what drives their extraordinary social complexity and division of labour?
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🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers? With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇 🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
