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UVA Biology
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The Biology Department at the University of Virginia | https://bio.as.virginia.edu/
We are looking for someone who does genomics and single cell work, who enjoys sharing their skills through formal and informal training of others and who wants to interface with a lot of interesting research (from Drosophila and C. elegans to rattlesnakes and zebrafish and sparrows and mice).
We are really excited about this great opportunity for a Core leader in the Department of Biology at UVA. jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
Genomics and Multi-omics Senior Laboratory Research Specialist, Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
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Open House is almost here! Come for the art. Come for the science. Come for the cool mountain air! Sat. 7/18, 2-5pm. Carpooling encouraged :) mlbs.org/openhouse
Really cool preprint demonstrating reproductive cooperation in Caenorhabditis. First paper from the lab of @katjakasimatis.bsky.social 👏 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A Male Expressed Copulatory Plug Increases Female Fertility in Caenorhabditis Nematodes
The genomes of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites offer a unique opportunity to probe why some genes with sex-specific functions are lost while others are maintained. In the androdiecious species, Caenor...
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First paper from the Kasimatis Lab is now online! We investigate of the maintenance of mate plugging in C. elegans along with its function www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
A Male Expressed Copulatory Plug Increases Female Fertility in Caenorhabditis Nematodes
The genomes of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites offer a unique opportunity to probe why some genes with sex-specific functions are lost while others are maintained. In the androdiecious species, Caenor...
biorxiv.org
📣 NEW ISSUE 📣 Our July issue is out now! 🔍️ On the cover: leaf surface glandular trichomes on a CRISPR-edited tobacco plant containing a HAIRPLUS (NtHAP) gene knockout. 📷️ Michael P. Timko @uvabio.bsky.social Read it in full 👉️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677652... #plantscience 🧪
Excited to be presenting my work at #Evol2026 @evolmtg.bsky.social ! I will be talking about how adaptations that allowed persistence in former LGM refugia can make rear-edge populations more resilient to future warming! My talk will be Sunday 21 at 10.15am in the Adaptation I session (room 25B)
PROFESSOR Hayes sure has a nice ring to it! Proud to announce I will be joining Virginia Commonwealth University as an ecology faculty over in the School of Life Sciences and Sustainability. Moving to Richmond at the end of next month 🥰🕺🥳 Hit me up if you need RVA samples for a project! 🧪 #bugsky
Field season is in full swing at @mlbs-uva.bsky.social! Grateful for the opportunity to study these little guys 🦎 @uvabio.bsky.social
Rattlesnakes are helping solve a big evolution mystery 🧬 UVA research shows new species aren’t formed by one gene, but thousands of small changes over time—even while still exchanging genes. https://ow.ly/JrkF50Z4kY3
I will be giving a talk at the "Spreading on networks" satellite on Tuesday (organized by @joelcmiller.bsky.social and Istvan Kiss) on reconstructing complex contagion kernels and why we might need to rethink the word "complex"
Lastly, @abhay-gupta.bsky.social will be giving a talk on his recent preprint (arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773) in a parallel session on Friday. See you all at the c9nference!
The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models
Individual contributions to the spread of an epidemic vary widely due to an individual's location in a social network and their intrinsic ability to spread or contract diseases. While the effect of he...
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@kaiserdaniel.bsky.social is presenting a poster on Wednesday on some cool stuff we've been doing with Bluesky data 👀. He'll be talking about how info spreads on Bluesky!
The lab (@kaiserdaniel.bsky.social and @abhay-gupta.bsky.social) is on its way to @netsciconf.bsky.social! You can listen to what we've been up to at the following sessions:
After about 10 years, decided it was time for a website overhaul to better represent the range of questions and systems in the lab these days (and show more movies!). www.parichylab.org
Home | Evolution and Development of Adult Form
How do genomes build adult organisms? The Parichy Lab at UVA — developmental genetics, evolution, regeneration, environment, and disease, studied through pigmentation, skin, and other traits of zebraf...
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Job Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎
Research Associate in Biology in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
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Come join us! I'm recruiting postdocs and lab techs to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking in fishes and salamanders at the University of Virginia, with option to work at Mountain Lake Biological Station. 2 of 4 job ads are posted on my website: sandykawano.weebly.com 🧪🐟🦎
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Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the comparative biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes. Apply by June 1, 2026, for full consideration. Click HERE for more information. Lab...
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Sandy Kawano, PhD@sandyk.bsky.social · 3mo agoJob Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc (and soon a lab tech) to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of walking-like behaviors in fishes at the University of Virginia. Details at: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0.... Ads for postdoc+lab tech on salamander locomotion grant coming soon! 🧪🐟🦎
The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773
New UVA research shows centuries-old plant populations hold genetic “memory” that helps species survive drought and stress. These old-growth communities are living archives of climate resilience https://ow.ly/6vtg50YYkbl
Abhay Gupta, Nicholas W. Landry: The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.12773 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.12773
The interplay of network structure and correlated infectious traits in epidemic models https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12773 Individual contributions to the spread of an epidemic vary widely due to an individual's location in a social network and their intrinsic ability to spread or contract disea...📈🤖
Awesome work by @aguler.bsky.social and team providing critical new insights into the mechanisms of next-gen (small molecule) GLP-1R agonists!!!! Turns out the CeA is important :) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A brain reward circuit inhibited by next-generation weight-loss drugs in mice - Nature
Humanized glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP1R) mouse models are used to investigate the neural circuitry through which small-molecule GLP1R agonists modulate feeding, with implicati...
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Now in peer-reviewed form: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A brain reward circuit inhibited by next-generation weight-loss drugs in mice - Nature
Humanized glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP1R) mouse models are used to investigate the neural circuitry through which small-molecule GLP1R agonists modulate feeding, with implicati...
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Weight-loss drugs aren’t just altering metabolism—they are actively remapping reward pathways in the brain. A new detailed UVA study mapping these structural neural shifts opens critical new lines of cross-disciplinary inquiry for behavioral neuroscience and neurobiology. https://ow.ly/RBk050YVIlS
New paper out in Evolution Letters! @evolletters.bsky.social We explore the legacy of past warming at the rear edge of Campanula americana. Spoiler alert: we did not find higher drift load as often expected at the rear edge, but strong local adaptation! doi.org/10.1093/evle...
If you are curious about my work but want a more digestible version than my papers, check out this neat feature by the UVA arts and science news! as.virginia.edu/news/old-pla...
Old Plant Populations Offer New Clues to Climate Resilience
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Wildflower study overturns assumptions about climate survival #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Wildflower study overturns assumptions about climate survival
Plant populations living in warmer edge regions were expected to decline, but this study shows they adapted over thousands of years.
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