Researchers characterized the gut microbiome composition of four caddisfly genera belonging to four different functional feeding groups using 16S metabarcoding. See what they found out here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... @gjijonn.bsky.social @paulbfrandsen.bsky.social

Preprint alert from the lab @jasminealqassar.bsky.social led this elegant study of gene expression in the silk glands of our favorite alternative "silk worm", the pantry moth. Mega-polyploid cells with thousands of genome copies just to express a handful of proteins doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Great to have our caddisfly silk review now included in an issue in Trends in Genetics. And, I might be biased, but that sure is a beautiful cover ;)!

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A new paper on our ongoing Ecuador work on testing molecular tools for bioassessment. A team effort, led by Frandlab grad student @gjijonn.bsky.social. Always grateful for an opportunity to work with @blancanauta.bsky.social :) doi.org/10.3897/mbmg...