🦇 #NameThatBat ! Help us choose collective nouns for bats this autumn: www.bats.org.uk/news/2025/11... . Halloween may be over — but we still need your help to #NameThatBat! Join in and vote in Bat Conservation Trust's first bat naming competition.

[ #VeilleESR #PLF2026 ] Audition du ministre de l'enseignement supérieur Retranscription : seafile.unistra.fr/f/be9b46d765... Je viens de faire un thread de ouatemille posts, qui a foiré et j'ai tour perdu. J'y bosse depuis 4 heures, donc je vais pas refaire. Les principaux trucs.

Finally out in Elife @elife.bsky.social : well done @joledamoisel.bsky.social ! Convergent iridescence and divergent chemical signals in sympatric sister-species of Amazonian butterflies doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Very excited to share this collaboration with @pbeldade.bsky.social! We explore how the interaction between immune function and developmental processes shapes morphological plasticity in response to temperature. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

#Evolution of complex adaptations can involve changes in multiple traits that lack standalone function. @benitoexplains.bsky.social &co show that leaf masquerade in #katydids evolved via concurrent modification in wing colour & shape, driven by evolutionary synergy @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4oUE741

@lucianomartelotto, not on Bluesky, on a new Spatial RNA imaging method, PRISM. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Now added to #SingleCell #Spatial #Method bit.ly/scmethodstable

Hallucinant. C'est inacceptable. J'ai une ERC, que rétrospectivement j'ai eu la chance de rédiger à l'étranger avec un dispositif bien meilleur que ceux qui sont proposés en France et SURTOUT avec de quoi produire des résultats préliminaires que ce soit en terme de mentiring ou de moyens #esr

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch! 📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility. 🙏Please, RT!

ICB's spotlight on @aigverte.bsky.social co author on doi.org/10.1093/icb/... for #BatWeek connect (@)explorabats Insta alexasadier.com/index.php/fi... & check out the trailer for the doc Sadier is part of with the people of Trinidad (and our research of course) alexasadier.com/index.php/sc...

Les extrêmes mettent en danger notre démocratie mais aussi la science et la santé. J’ai cosigné une tribune publiée dans Le Monde aujourd’hui pour dénoncer les amendements LFI/RN visant à taxer l’expérimentation animale car ils constituent une menace pour la recherche et les découvertes médicales 🔬

First neurons didn’t appear overnight. We trace their roots to ancient secretory cells - showing how lifestyle & behavior shaped the evolution of first synapses.🧠🌊 #Evolution #Neuroscience Our latest in @natrevneuro.nature.com Link: rdcu.be/eMX3E @jeffcolgren.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

If you’re looking for something a little less scary, keep an eye out for the bat adorning our building! 🦇

ICB celebrates #BatWeek #Bat #Dentitions: A Model System for Studies at the Interface of Development, #Biomechanics, and #Evolution Sharlene E Santana, David M Grossnickle, Alexa Sadier, Edward Patterson, Karen E Sears doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #science #biology #teeth #mammals

Why are some species smaller than a paperclip while others grow longer than a school bus? How is body size evolution governed in animals? Out now in @pnas.org we tackle these longstanding questions through a genetic lens using my favorite group of fishes as our model!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🌱 Open PhD Position in Plant EvoDevo 🌱 Thinking about a PhD in plant evodevo? The Becker Research Group (JLU Giessen, Germany) has a fully funded 4-year PhD position in the ICIPS II research unit! 🎓 📍 Where? Gießen, Germany – great research environment & vibrant plant science network.

What is a roost? Here are some bat roost facts: 🪹 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to shelter, live and sleep in. 🦇 Where bats choose to roost varies between species and the time of the year. 📍 They don't stay in the same roost the whole year.

“Developmental biology is fundamentally beautiful. We are no less beautiful for our variation. Instead, perhaps we are more so. Perhaps we are remarkable. Perhaps we are full of wonder.” Read this insightful post by Bethan on the Node. thenode.biologists.com/developmenta... #Disability

#toothtuesday Fur seals and sea lions evolved from ancestors with double-rooted teeth - but evolved single rooted teeth over the past five million years. Shown here is the 'anagenetic' evolution of the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus. Read more here: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

If you're a science journalist (or aspiring science journalist) who's been writing regularly in English for less than 3 years (not counting student work/internships), check out the @theopennotebook.bsky.social Early-Career Fellowship. The deadline is October 31, so there's still time to apply.

1/9 New in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8005 How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears.

Je suis peut-être dans le déni mais en même temps ça fait deux fois en 10 ans que j'entends exactement les mêmes prophéties: "tout est gratuit et en ligne, les profs ne servent à rien et vont disparaître". La première fois c'était avec les MOOC. Vu ce que ça a donné, je reste assez zen.

What is a promoter? And how does it work? We very happy to share our latest work trying to understand enhancer-promoter compatibility. I am very excited about the results of @blanka-majchrzycka.bsky.social, which changed the way I think about promoters www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Congratulations to @jeffgroh.bsky.social on the publication of his paper on an ancient balanced polymorphisms controlling heterodichogamy in two genera of wingnuts. The paper shows the putative turnover & reversal of dominance of a mating type polymorphism www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lots of great discussion about developmental variability here at #GastrulationReloaded! Super important to consider, and current tools have the power for this. Related to this recent paper showing that mild phenotypes are more variable than severe ones. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are thrilled to share our new preprint entitled “The origin and molecular evolution of the mammalian liver cell architecture” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Many thanks to @hlusko.bsky.social for this wonderful piece recognizing the exciting work of @paleofab.bsky.social and our previous research on bats www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Bats just get cooler every day and another great example of the diversity of their diet (even in species that used to be considered insectivores!) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Great expectations: altricial developmental strategies are associated with more flexible evolution of limb skeleton proportions in birds #ProcB #OpenAccess #Developmental Biology #Evolution royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about #bat turbinals, in our most recent paper – check it out! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🚨 My lab is hiring at all levels! Interested in animal origins & evolutionary cell biology? I'm recruiting a postdoc, PhD students & a research assistant to study the molecular evolution of cell adhesion using marine invertebrates + comparative genomics. 🔗: clarkelab.com/join/ Please repost!

Hello instructors! As you prepare courses, please check out my publicly shared resources to see if any might be helpful: Creative Discovery Project: Accurate & Accessible Science Communication YouTube videos on human bio variation Datasets www.lesleahlusko.org/publicly-sha...

Do you know anyone with an interest in pursuing a PhD studying the genetics, development, and evolution of skeletal morphology and life history? If so please encourage them to apply to work with me through any of the University of Illinois' EEB or PEEC programs. 1/4 🧪🦷🦴🐭🐒

Postdoc position in regenerative biology on "Tracking the cellular origins regeneration" in the @michalis_averof lab in Lyon, France. Fantastic lab, great institute, nice city! https://www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman #postdoc

Please RT! Together with the fantastic @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social we are looking for a M2 student. The internship will take place primarily in her lab at IGMM with a part at ISEM (5-10min away). Don't miss this unique opportunity to mix molecular and cellular experiments with evolution. Apply!

M2 internship (funded, 6months) in Montpellier — IGMM × ISEM with amazing @aigverte.bsky.social Project: Hox factors beyond DNA: how RNA binding links molecules to body-plan evolution. Start: early 2026 Apply: CV+motivation #Master2 #Internship #Montpellier #RNA #Hox #EvoDevo #Drosophila #Bat

Happy to share the Biodiversity Cell Atlas white paper, out today in @nature.com. We look at the possibilities, challenges, and potential impacts of molecularly mapping cells across the tree of life. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I never met Jane Goodall, but she loomed over much of my reporting over the years. With @emilyanthes.bsky.social I wrote a piece about her scientific legacy. Gift link: nyti.ms/46PGBtd

Wnt Signalling: Exploring the origins of a signalling pathway

An incredibly important article and increasingly relevant in modern political climates. Thank you to @rogerslabucd.bsky.social and colleagues for writing this for @dev-journal.bsky.social "Speaking up can feel like walking a tightrope strung between conflict and silence." #TruthMatters

Many animals can reshape and shed their teeth – and now scientists have traced this ability back 380 million years #Bullerichthys #GogoFormation #Devonian theconversation.com/many-animals...

Nueva publicación/New paper #Functional #bat #diversity and the role of the protected areas against #climate #change projections across #Europe 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Vous pouvez soutenir ma proposition à la Cour des Comptes d'examiner les marchés publics de voyagistes, notamment dans l'enseignement supérieur et la recherche : participationcitoyenne.ccomptes.fr/processes/co... #esr #TeamESR #HelpESR

Our latest preprint! Into morphogenesis, Yap, ECM, signaling, vertex models, feedbacks/robustness? There is something here for everyone. We discovered a positive feedback loop that extends inner ear canals, and a built-in mechanism that shuts it down when morphogenesis is done. tinyurl.com/464wsjhd

❓Can a father’s environmental exposures before conception influence their offspring? We systematically tackled this - identifying effects of paternal age, environment and genetics on early embryos - as well as confounding influences www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

What have 🦷🦷 #TEETH 🦷🦷, 🥛 #MILK 🥛, and💧💧 #SALIVA 💧💧to do with each other? Ask PetarPajic, Luane Landau, and Omer Gokcumen @gokcumenlab.bsky.social ❗️ academic.oup.com/gbe/article-...

transport yourself to the late 90s with this really cool paper on digit number regulation by Shh and BMP, ZPA and AER. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨 Excited to introduce FuChi (Fucci chicken), the first avian cell cycle reporter line. Thank you to all those who contributed to putting this paper together. I really think it showcases the power and beauty of the chick embryo as a developmental biology model. 🐥 🥚 🔬 @roslininstitute.bsky.social

Comme il y a beaucoup de nouveaux arrivants, c'est le moment d'une nouvelle présentation ! Je suis chercheuse en biologie évolutive du développement et dans mon équipe, nous essayons de comprendre comment et par quels mécanismes les espèces (et surtout les chiroptères !! 🦇) se diversifient 👇🧵

So you're a scientist about to face a government shutdown? Have you considered becoming a rock star? It's easy AND profitable! 🎸🧪 Let's list off five scientists who turned rockers:

👩‍🔬J'ai commencé un kit de démarrage "chercheuses en France" go.bsky.app/TBEzKC #FemmesEnScience J'ai besoin de votre aide pour le remplir et donner de la visibilité aux chercheuses que vous connaissez et qui sont sur Bluesky ! ▶️Taguez celles que vous connaissez, je les ajoute !