Julian F Hillyer
@VandyBugs
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Professor of Biological Sciences and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Vanderbilt University; Mosquito biologist, Entomologist, Parasitologist, Educator
Nashville, TN
Joined June 2018
Good news from earlier this week. I was officially named Centennial Professor of Biological Sciences! L to R: Dean Geer, me, Provost Raver, Chancellor Dieremeier. @VanderbiltU @VU_Provost @VU_Chancellor @vuartsci #VUFaculty
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Excited to announce our latest article, with possibly the longest title ever. We demonstrate how warmer temperature accelerates the aging-dependent changes to the reproductive tissues of mosquitoes. @VanderbiltU @vuartsci @EvolutionVU @linzma01
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Yale 1, Vanderbilt 2. @VanderbiltU scored the winning goal in the 88th minute. Exciting game!.
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Biological Sciences seminar series @VanderbiltU kicked off for the year with Dr. Ryan Smith @Vectorimmunlab from @IowaStateU presenting on his new discoveries on mosquito hemocytes. Great talk!
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Inspiring time today in Alumni Hall meeting with the first year graduate student fellowship recipients! @VUGradSchool @VanderbiltU
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It was a great day today at Vanderbilt University's Graduate School convocation! I got to speak with many young scholars excited to begin their journey at.@VUGradSchool @VanderbiltU !
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Undergraduate students are back @VanderbiltU !.
It's Move-In Day!! 📦🎉 Today we're celebrating the official arrival of the Vanderbilt Class of 2029.
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Happy to announce that I added a new role @VanderbiltU : Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the Graduate School. I'm excited to go on this journey with Dean André Christie-Mizell, Associate Dean Andrea Page-McCaw, and the @VUGradSchool team.
news.vanderbilt.edu
After concluding her term as associate dean for academic affairs for the Graduate School, Terrah Akard will return to her role as professor of nursing in the School of Nursing. Julián Hillyer,...
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With the summer term having just ended, I'm super proud of Puspa Shah for her summer research as part of the Vanderbilt University Summer Research Program. @VanderbiltU @vuartsci @immersionvandy
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Proud to announce our latest research! Warmer temperature accelerates reproductive senescence in mosquitoes. @VanderbiltU @EvolutionVU @vuartsci
frontiersin.org
To reproduce, most female mosquitoes must ingest blood to obtain nutrients for viable eggs. Global warming is increasing mosquito body temperature and hamper...
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RT @EvolutionVU: Here’s just some of the incredible speakers joining us for the #Scopes100 Conference 🎙️.From law and education to science,….
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Cellular immune senescence in mosquitoes accelerates when the temperature is warmer. Great research by then grad student Dr. Jordyn Barr and then undergrad Saksham Saksena published in Developmental and Comparative Immunology. @VanderbiltU @vuartsci
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RT @Girl_into_bugs: Alexandra Probst and colleagues from the Catteruccia and Wirth labs screened 81 compounds for mosquito-stage Plasmodium….
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Congratulations to the 2025 @VanderbiltU Department of Biological Sciences Graduate Student Award winners! @VandyBioSci @vuartsci @linzma01
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Insect wing circulation! Great research by @snake_flyer and colleagues.
pubs.rsc.org
Insect wings are made of an acellular composite material that forms a thin membrane and a complex network of veins. Veins are tubes that not only serve to stabilize the wing membrane, but they are...
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Also leaving my lab @VanderbiltU are two talented undergrads on their way to PhD and MSTP programs: Seokin Yang and Saksham Saksena. Thank your for being key members of the team and best wishes! #VU2025
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Super congrats to Dr. Jordyn Barr for receiving her PhD diploma @VanderbiltU #VU2025 . She is an amazing scientist!
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