Sharing our new paper, "Distinct haplotypes and reversed dominance at a single-gene balanced polymorphism controlling heterodichogamy in two genera of wingnuts". Genomics & evolution of a mating type system involving two morphs with alternating sexes in walnut relatives www.cell.com/current-biol...

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

#JustIn: Democrats in the state Senate say "future budget considerations" could impact UVA if it signs onto the Trump administration's education compact.

UVA Faculty Senate with a clear statement of values: facultysenate.virginia.edu/resolution-o...

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Sign the petition to call for the removal of RFK, Jr. www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

I’m excited to share our work which identifies a new seminal fluid protein in C. elegans!

The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

Just minutes into the first meeting of scientific advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was clear that the skeptical panelists intended to upend longstanding vaccine recommendations in the US, particularly those pertaining to children. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...

Millions of people are at risk of losing their health care and it’s no accident. Follow the thread to learn more 🧵👇

Hey #Evol2025! Come here about some of the awesome work our lab is doing. Lynsey will be presenting on the function of mate plugging in C. elegans on Monday at 4:30pm in Athena F.

Exciting new study showing extensive Argonaute protein family gain, loss, neofunctionalization + more among species, by PhD student Daniel Fusca with @katjakasimatis.bsky.social + Hongyu Zhu; Now out @genomebiolevol.bsky.social #celegans #rna doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

The RECOVER team has just published a paper showing that 14% of infants and toddlers and 15% of preschoolers have symptoms of LongCOVID compared to uninfected kids. COVID19 vaccines have been shown to reduce the risk of LongCOVID, but RFK Jr. has decided this isn’t important. Link ⬇️

Vaccines are key to reducing #COVID risk, especially for pregnant people “Pregnant women with COVID-19 consistently had a higher risk of death & pneumonia than nonpregnant women of similar age with COVID-19” Adj. Relative risk of death: 1.68 (1.36–2.08) Adj. RR of pneumonia: 1.97 (1.82–2.13)

📣 Medicaid is the backbone of maternal and child health in the U.S. As attacks on this essential program continue, here’s what’s at stake for moms, babies, and families across the country. 🧵👇

Registration (free!) is now open for the second Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation STN workshop in Barcelona on August 17! Like our first workshop, it will feature contributed talks and group-based discussions on key themes. Info + registration: internalconflictsSTN.wordpress.com. [1/2]

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Some people might need these this week.

Now in print, led by @katjakasimatis.bsky.social: Transcriptomic Sexual Conflict at Two Evolutionary Timescales Revealed by Experimental Evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Just accepted #EcologyLetters! Exciting work by recent grad Rebecca Schalkowski with @katjakasimatis.bsky.social and Megan Greischar linking 2 species community coexistence to sperm cell mediated reproductive interference! Preprint here www.authorea.com/users/804447...

Really excited to see this work come out! We show that sexual conflict can be generated over only tens of generations.

Nominations due soon for the 2025 Dobzhansky Prize! This award recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Submit your nomination now! shorturl.at/p70wY

Happening tomorrow (9/11/24)! Join us and ask all your questions about UVA Biology 💙🧡🪰🪱🐀🦠🧫🧬

Happy back to school! Already thinking about what comes next? I am recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025 to join the Kasimatis lab at the University of Virginia! We study the genomics of sexual conflict & the evolution of reproductive traits. Please share widely! Details: www.conflictgenomics.com

Interested in the UVA Biology PhD program? We're hosting a webinar on 9/11/2024 at 3PM EST. We'd love to see you there!

The Kasimatis Lab is hiring a technician! We study the evolutionary genomics of sexual conflict using Caenorhabditis nematodes. Please see the job ad below and reach out with questions! careers.uvahealth.org/us/en/job/R0...

First official day at UVA Biology 🥳 So excited to get the lab up and running!