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Megan Power, PhD

@MeganPower101

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🍀Evolutionary/molecular ecologist. PhD in bats 🦇 & telomeres. Previously: genomic/transposable elements in 🐠🐸🪱 Current postdoc: Epigenetic of ageing in 🦇

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@MeganPower101
Megan Power, PhD
29 days
Looking forward to talking about the superhero’s of the natural world @ExploriumI today 😊🦇
@ExploriumI
Explorium Ireland
29 days
🦇 Winged Wonders: The Secret Superpowers of Bats! 🦇 Join Dr. Megan Power today at 1PM to uncover the amazing world of bats — from echolocation to hibernation! 🌍✨ Included with your Science Ticket 🎟️ #Explorium #ScienceInAction #Bats
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@GrahamMHughes
GMHughes
10 months
Excited to share our new paper out in @nature, looking at the genomics of viral tolerance and immunity in #bats 🦇🧬with @ZixiaH, @EmmaTeeling1 and some incredible scientists as part of @bat1kgenomes. @UCDSBES @UCD_Research. Check it out:
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nature.com
Nature - A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene...
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@UCDSBES
Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc
10 months
Very proud of @BatLabUCD @bat1kgenomes @EmmaTeeling1 @GrahamMHughes and @ZixiaH for the publication of their paper on @Nature #bats
@GrahamMHughes
GMHughes
10 months
Excited to share our new paper out in @nature, looking at the genomics of viral tolerance and immunity in #bats 🦇🧬with @ZixiaH, @EmmaTeeling1 and some incredible scientists as part of @bat1kgenomes. @UCDSBES @UCD_Research. Check it out:
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@MeganPower101
Megan Power, PhD
10 months
These two are just showing off now 😂 congrats to my brilliant friends @GrahamMHughes & @ZixiaH for their involvement in the latest @nature paper exploring the #genomic basis for #viral tolerance in #bats 🦇 proud as always ☺️ https://t.co/PbJ8lNNyJh @UCDSBES @UCD_Research
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nature.com
Nature - A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene...
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@GrahamMHughes
GMHughes
11 months
Excited to share the Hughes Lab’s 1st 2025 paper, and @ColleenLawless_’s first as first-author, exploreing cuttlefish ink as a chemical defence targeting shark olfactory systems. Great collab with John Finarelli and @OceanExplauren! @UCDSBES @UCD_Research
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academic.oup.com
Abstract. Chemical signaling can play a crucial role in predator–prey dynamics. Here, we present evidence that ink from the common cuttlefish (Sepia offici
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@MeganPower101
Megan Power, PhD
11 months
I am so absolutely chuffed! The dedication and time that Roger has put into the horseshoe bat colony has always been inspiring and I’m so grateful to have been involved the past few years. This is so well deserved ☺️🦇
@_BCT_
Bat Conservation Trust
11 months
Congratulations to Dr Roger Ransome who has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for ‘Services to Bat Conservation’! He has been studying bats for nearly 70 years! #NewYearHonoursList #BatConservation
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@cybokat
Dr. Kat Wollenberg Valero
1 year
Great that this is published, one of hopefully many ways the #amphibiangenomics consortium #ACG will help us understand and improve the valuable resources hidden in the genomes of the most threatened vertebrate group @TAKosch @MeganPower101 @OdysysLab @UCD_Research @UCDSBES
@MeganPower101
Megan Power, PhD
1 year
Upgrade from preprint to published in Molecular Ecology Resources!🐸Happy to have played a role in exploring the uniqueness of #amphibian #genomes & preliminary insights into #climate & transposable elements! @cybokat @OdysysLab @UCDSBES @UCD_Research https://t.co/CUUL31QI4z
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@NPilakouta
Natalie Pilakouta
1 year
Are we underestimating the effects of climate change on animal reproduction? Excited to share our new @RSocPublishing paper showing that the effects of higher mean temperatures and heatwave events on fertility are amplified when they act in combination 🌡️ https://t.co/R7tsoAgxOd
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@cybokat
Dr. Kat Wollenberg Valero
1 year
new preprint 🧵: In the midst of a week of news coverage about the oceans aproaching the tipping point of becoming too acidic to sustain marine life, we still don't know how most of those species will actually respond to this. #oceanacidification
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france24.com
A new report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research details how a crucial threshold for ocean acidification could soon become the seventh factor breached – out of of nine – considered...
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@J_Therm_Biol
Journal of Thermal Biology
1 year
Redon, Constant, Smith, Habold and Giroud https://t.co/lGoz5SvNro Understanding seasonal telomere length dynamics in hibernating species @lilianredon5978, @Bilbyboi, @SylvainGiroud @VetmeduniVienna, @KLIVVWien, @CNRS
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@UCD_Research
UCD Research
1 year
Congratulations @GrahamMHughes, @Kherronism and @CartneyAnn! ☘️☘️☘️ Read about their fascinating study exploring the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the Trifolium dubium - known to many as the shamrock - here: https://t.co/vBB2wJUXWg @ucddublin @UCDSBES @ucdscience
@GrahamMHughes
GMHughes
1 year
https://t.co/deaRuKJxHl Delighted our project is one of 20 funded by ERGA-BGE! @Kherronism, Myself and @CartneyAnn will explore the population genomics of shamrocks across Ireland @REA_research @SBFI_CH @ISBSIB @EUgreenresearch @UCD_Research @UCDSBES @GenomicsCRT #ERGA #TRIDUBIRE
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@MeganPower101
Megan Power, PhD
1 year
Look at this guy!! Repping the only Irish project and on the population genomics of the shamrock no less! ☘️ can’t wait to see how this turns out and super proud as always ☺️ @ucdsbes @UCD_Research @UCDEarth
@GrahamMHughes
GMHughes
1 year
https://t.co/deaRuKJxHl Delighted our project is one of 20 funded by ERGA-BGE! @Kherronism, Myself and @CartneyAnn will explore the population genomics of shamrocks across Ireland @REA_research @SBFI_CH @ISBSIB @EUgreenresearch @UCD_Research @UCDSBES @GenomicsCRT #ERGA #TRIDUBIRE
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@Ingumibio
Ingrid Ribeiro
1 year
So happy and proud of this illustration made for @KRuthsatz amazing presentation in @SEBiology !! She talked about environmental stressors in amphibians and their developmental plasticity in a changing world🐸 #amphibia #herpetology #sciart #digitalillustration
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@KRuthsatz
Katharina Ruthsatz
1 year
@DianaSMadeira kicking off the second morning slot of our A17 session at #sebconference with a talk on the extensive remodeling of the proteome across generations in a marine annelid 🪱 @SEBiology
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@KRuthsatz
Katharina Ruthsatz
1 year
Liam Connell talking about his research on transgenerational plasticity in the marine ragworm to current and future experimental ocean conditions in the A17 session at #sebconference @SEBiology
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@BeineKaylee
Dr. Kaylee Beine
1 year
The amazing research done by @OdysysLab under PI @cybokat during the #SEBconference #SEB24. Our postdoc @MeganPower101 at station A18.28, and two PhD students @VamosSofia at A8.5 and Jiao Li at A12.8.
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@cybokat
Dr. Kat Wollenberg Valero
1 year
@BeineKaylee’s talk at @SEBconference #SEB24 on network properties of the heat and UVR stress response in #zebrafish now available as a preprint, check it out: https://t.co/dyQWEO354o #MolStressH2O @ERC_Research
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