I am honored and thrilled to have been awarded an #ERCCoG @ERC_Research! In NOVELTEETH, we will use #bats (and more) to study the origin and diversification of mammalian #tooth classes 🦇🦷using integrative approaches. Thanks to all who supported me, how exciting the future is!

SOX and POU are crucial Transcription Factors in animal development, believed to be innovations. We found them in unicellular relatives of animals. And hold tight, you can use a choanoflagellate 🦠 SOX gene to make a full chimeric 🐁 ! Read more here: https://t.co/oCmQjV3WIB 1/6

How does animal form evolve? A postdoc position for vertebrate evodevo and paleo is open @GriffinLabPaleo ! https://t.co/QzSTxaLgim

We are thrilled to share that our first paper from my new lab, Spateo ( https://t.co/s5ZlWWwbML) for spatiotemporal modeling of molecular holograms, is now online in Cell: https://t.co/rmVeqy3drK. Spateo is a comprehensive analytical framework for 3D whole-embryo spatiotemporal

Super excited to give a talk today @CornellEEB on the evolution of mammalian tooth classes and novelties using bats as a model system 🦇🦷@ERC_Research Thanks @MollyCWomack for the invitation!

New paper out! 🚨 We show that vampire bats use amino acids from a recent blood meal to fuel RUNNING - a rare mode of locomotion in bats ideal for stalking prey. I’d worry less about your neck and more about your ankles! 🧛🏻‍♂️ @WelchLab_UTSC @RSocPublishing https://t.co/4H5dg7TsNK

Hey #Xenopus enthusiasts, my lab at Pitt is looking to recruit a Ph.D. student through our Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program to continue our work on how allotetraploidy has shaped gene expression during early development! Please spread the word! @frogwranglers

Out in early view: The ecomorphological radiation of phyllostomid #bats. With @aigverte and Marco Mello, we explore the extrinsic and intrinsic factors associated with the most fabulous adaptive radiation within mammals. https://t.co/deEryzGewl

Discovering how my brain works has helped me to better understand how to find equilibrium between my academic career and my well-being, says Ana Bastos.

Beautiful figure showing bird 🐦 wings & legs evolve independently, while bat 🦇 wing & leg proportions are integrated. This may have inhibited bat adaptive responses such as lower rate of phenotypic evolution & homogeneous evolution in contrast to birds | https://t.co/AxHcLXMybd

Respiratory anatomy of whales may offer unprecedented insights into basic mechanisms of evolution! Learn more in a comprehensive new review of whale respiratory anatomy by @JoyReidenberg & @JeffreyTLaitman : https://t.co/ow5vwPF4U9 @WhaleScientist

Updated VISTA Enhancer Browser, 7 years in the making, out in @NAR_Open! >4,500 transgenic in vivo enhancer experiments for all your developmental biology, human variation and #evodevo needs. https://t.co/fE861VE3r7 #enhancers #embryos https://t.co/QxQDzGzBlf

📢 New Opportunity Alert❗ @CANSSIOntario Postdoctoral Fellowship in Genome Data Science. This fellowship supports the work of an early-career investigator working in genomics and data science. Support: up to $50K/year for 2 years Apply by: Feb 3, 2025 https://t.co/scEA2qyLSD

#Curator Job! Department of Integrative Biology at @michiganstateu and the Michigan State University Museum are conducting a search for an Assistant/Associate Professor(s) and Curator of Vertebrate Collections. The advertisement can be viewed here: https://t.co/dGOMfE5i2V

Is evolution predictable or highly contingent? This new @RSocPublishing paper explains why life here & elsewhere might be universal regarding its logic, from molecular information & cells to viruses &ecosystems. @sfiscience @philipcball @seanmcarroll https://t.co/HYPV6fDg3y

How timely as we just discussed about this at wise last week. Looks like a fantastic issue on developmental constraints and more.

📢 Check our new piece! We conceptualize stem-cell-based embryo models as developmental monstrosities, which can uncover ‘hidden’ rules & developmental constraints that robustly shape & pattern the embryo. @mpicbg @PoLDresden @YaleGenetics @TheCrick (1/n) https://t.co/9N6L7RA220

A shared set of old, deeply conserved genes presides over the development of sperm cells in humans, mice and fruit flies.

I am very excited to share the first preprint from my postdoc with @UCSDCooperLab ! Read along to learn about tails and vertebral proportion 🧵

🚨New article on fast-growing babybats in the north! 🦇 Northern #bat pups are born big, grow fast and start flying as early as 13 days after birth. We shed light on how northern bats are able to foster babies at high latitudes! https://t.co/iN7z2DP8da @luomus @BatLabFinland

The Atlantic herring has four megabase-sized inversions associated with ecological adaptation. Jamsandekar et al. present their evolutionary history, showing genetic exchange between alleles & effective purifying selection. @MafaldaSFe @minalj1234 https://t.co/tGnl1L8l1H