Adria LeBoeuf
@adriatica.bsky.social
I study #socialfluids. Ponderer of the #behavior of myself & other organisms. #SocialInsects / #DistributedMetabolism / #CollectiveBehavior / #CompBio Assoc. Prof @ University of Cambridge; previously Fribourg, Weizmann, Lausanne, Rockefeller, UCSB.
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Adria LeBoeuf
@adriatica.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology
www.cam.ac.uk
๐ 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (๐งต1/n)
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (๐งต1/n)
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After a few years of benign neglect I am rebuilding bionames.org, which is a database of 5.4 million taxonomomic names for animals, linked to half a million DOIs and 278K PDFs. Dream is for every species name to be linked to its original publication using a persistent identifier #PID
BioNames
bionames.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
After a few years of benign neglect I am rebuilding bionames.org, which is a database of 5.4 million taxonomomic names for animals, linked to half a million DOIs and 278K PDFs. Dream is for every species name to be linked to its original publication using a persistent identifier #PID
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Marie Curie fellowships are madness this year. A score of 97% required for funding. To all those who didn't succeed - you and your project are probably brilliant, hang in there and keep trying
a group of people are crawling through the mud .
Alt: a group of people are crawling through the mud .
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Marie Curie fellowships are madness this year. A score of 97% required for funding. To all those who didn't succeed - you and your project are probably brilliant, hang in there and keep trying
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๐ After a very long one (appropriatelyโฆ), Iโm excited to share work revealing an unexpected role for the epigenetic regulator ZFP57 - linking development, lactation, milk composition and lifelong health.
Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MammaryGlandBiology #DOHaD
Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MammaryGlandBiology #DOHaD
ZFP57 is a regulator of postnatal growth and life-long health - Nature Communications
Lactation is essential, but its genetic and epigenetic regulation is poorly understood. Here, Hanin et al. show that ZFP57 has an imprinting-independent role in controlling postnatal nutritional suppo...
www.nature.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
๐ After a very long one (appropriatelyโฆ), Iโm excited to share work revealing an unexpected role for the epigenetic regulator ZFP57 - linking development, lactation, milk composition and lifelong health.
Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MammaryGlandBiology #DOHaD
Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MammaryGlandBiology #DOHaD
Applications close for this 4-year postdoc on Feb 9th (2 days!). The associated post for a technician should be online next week ๐
๐ 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (๐งต1/n)
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (๐งต1/n)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology
www.cam.ac.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Applications close for this 4-year postdoc on Feb 9th (2 days!). The associated post for a technician should be online next week ๐
This clear and thorough piece on higher education funding in the UK really helps clarify the current shifts and the mess we are in.
The way UK govt funds science is in the midst of a major transition, with creation of a much more direct link between government priorities & UKRI research funding.
My attempt to set in context the biggest upheaval in UK science funding policy since the 1980s:
softmachines.org?p=3252
My attempt to set in context the biggest upheaval in UK science funding policy since the 1980s:
softmachines.org?p=3252
UK science policy in transition โ Soft Machines, by Richard Jones
softmachines.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:47 AM
This clear and thorough piece on higher education funding in the UK really helps clarify the current shifts and the mess we are in.
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This is a beautiful case of how real science happens & serious scientists work. Kudos to both set of authors: โThis has been a humbling experience, but one that speaks to the self-correcting nature of the scientific endeavor.โ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RETRACTED: Integrative phylogenomics positions sponges at the root of the animal tree
Determining whether sponges or ctenophores root the animal tree has important implications for understanding early animal evolution. Here, we examined support for these competing hypotheses by constru...
www.science.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This is a beautiful case of how real science happens & serious scientists work. Kudos to both set of authors: โThis has been a humbling experience, but one that speaks to the self-correcting nature of the scientific endeavor.โ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareโs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareโs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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From Permits ๐ to Samples๐งช๐งฌ
Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe๐งฌ๐ช๐บ
Now published in Mol Ecol Res!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social team!!!๐
Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe๐งฌ๐ช๐บ
Now published in Mol Ecol Res!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social team!!!๐
January 22, 2026 at 11:23 AM
From Permits ๐ to Samples๐งช๐งฌ
Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe๐งฌ๐ช๐บ
Now published in Mol Ecol Res!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social team!!!๐
Addressing Key Challenges for High-Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe๐งฌ๐ช๐บ
Now published in Mol Ecol Res!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social team!!!๐
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A new paper, "Honeypots: a review of repletism across the ants" from our lab was published today, with grad student Bianca Nogueira as first author, and co-authors DiemQuynh Nguyen, @adriatica.bsky.social, and @haidomyrmex.bsky.social.
It was a labor of love!
doi.org/10.25849/myr...
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It was a labor of love!
doi.org/10.25849/myr...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
A new paper, "Honeypots: a review of repletism across the ants" from our lab was published today, with grad student Bianca Nogueira as first author, and co-authors DiemQuynh Nguyen, @adriatica.bsky.social, and @haidomyrmex.bsky.social.
It was a labor of love!
doi.org/10.25849/myr...
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It was a labor of love!
doi.org/10.25849/myr...
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How unsettling (!)
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
How unsettling (!)
Congratulations to my amazing brother @remyleboeuf.bsky.social for winning a best instrumental composition at the #grammys !!! You are incredible.
Now both my brothers have won Grammys. I need to step it up somehowโฆ
Now both my brothers have won Grammys. I need to step it up somehowโฆ
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Congratulations to my amazing brother @remyleboeuf.bsky.social for winning a best instrumental composition at the #grammys !!! You are incredible.
Now both my brothers have won Grammys. I need to step it up somehowโฆ
Now both my brothers have won Grammys. I need to step it up somehowโฆ
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Excited to share a new piece of work in @embojournal.org
Parasitoid wasps hijack a bacterial gene that governs venoms against host. Coauthors include @rokaslab.bsky.social and others.
Read more from: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Parasitoid wasps hijack a bacterial gene that governs venoms against host. Coauthors include @rokaslab.bsky.social and others.
Read more from: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A bacterial gene acquired by parasitoid wasps contributes to venom secretion against host defence - The EMBO Journal
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important source of gene innovation in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Several genes acquired by hosts of parasitoid wasps via HGT have been reported to prot...
link.springer.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Excited to share a new piece of work in @embojournal.org
Parasitoid wasps hijack a bacterial gene that governs venoms against host. Coauthors include @rokaslab.bsky.social and others.
Read more from: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Parasitoid wasps hijack a bacterial gene that governs venoms against host. Coauthors include @rokaslab.bsky.social and others.
Read more from: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We need to be shouting about the effects of this on junior researchers from the roofs, writing to our MPs. We are risking a "missing generation" of researchers.
February 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
We need to be shouting about the effects of this on junior researchers from the roofs, writing to our MPs. We are risking a "missing generation" of researchers.
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Hey Everyone, the abstract submission deadline for the International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects #IUSSI26 is only four days away. Send in your contribution now!
iussi2026.org
iussi2026.org
XX. International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Visit the post for more.
iussi2026.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Hey Everyone, the abstract submission deadline for the International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects #IUSSI26 is only four days away. Send in your contribution now!
iussi2026.org
iussi2026.org
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1. From lung cancer to climate change, capitalist governments are notoriously slow to recognize and remedy the negative externalities generated by corporate activity.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
1. From lung cancer to climate change, capitalist governments are notoriously slow to recognize and remedy the negative externalities generated by corporate activity.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
Generative AI is no exception. Large language models are proving a disaster in numerous spheres of public life.
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Hard to read but important๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐ช
๐Women are still underrepresented in #academia, their papers with longer review time than menโs. What are steps to #CloseTheGaps? Transparency, accountability are not optional if weโre serious about #WomenInScience @womeninstem.bsky.social
@PLOSBiology: plos.io/4658FZN
๐Women are still underrepresented in #academia, their papers with longer review time than menโs. What are steps to #CloseTheGaps? Transparency, accountability are not optional if weโre serious about #WomenInScience @womeninstem.bsky.social
@PLOSBiology: plos.io/4658FZN
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Hard to read but important๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐ช
๐Women are still underrepresented in #academia, their papers with longer review time than menโs. What are steps to #CloseTheGaps? Transparency, accountability are not optional if weโre serious about #WomenInScience @womeninstem.bsky.social
@PLOSBiology: plos.io/4658FZN
๐Women are still underrepresented in #academia, their papers with longer review time than menโs. What are steps to #CloseTheGaps? Transparency, accountability are not optional if weโre serious about #WomenInScience @womeninstem.bsky.social
@PLOSBiology: plos.io/4658FZN
๐คฏ biology is amazing
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
๐คฏ biology is amazing
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The Joy of Becoming Worthlessโฆexcept to each other rushkoff.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
The Joy of Becoming Worthlessโฆexcept to each other
Life after capitalism may not suck for humans
rushkoff.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The Joy of Becoming Worthlessโฆexcept to each other rushkoff.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...
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Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a ๐comic๐ about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a ๐comic๐ about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026
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New work from @miyapan.bsky.social and our team, bringing ant, bee, and wasp labs together. @chuanxinyu.bsky.social shows that the ANTSR locus we discovered in ants has determined sex for 150+ My across bees and stinging wasps ๐๐, despite virtually no sequence conservation ๐ฎ doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
New work from @miyapan.bsky.social and our team, bringing ant, bee, and wasp labs together. @chuanxinyu.bsky.social shows that the ANTSR locus we discovered in ants has determined sex for 150+ My across bees and stinging wasps ๐๐, despite virtually no sequence conservation ๐ฎ doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread ๐งต and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... ๐คฉ
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Excited to share Alison's @alisonkickuth.bsky.social paper from the lab out in @nature.com this week! We uncovered how a mechanical ratchet mechanism drives cytokinesis in early #zebrafish embryos. Read more in this thread ๐งต and at www.nature.com/articles/s41... ๐คฉ
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
@poldresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de
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if this reporting is accurate, this is a five alarm fire, EU has credible information that US preparations for an invasion have begun and is ready to act forcefully in concert
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
if this reporting is accurate, this is a five alarm fire, EU has credible information that US preparations for an invasion have begun and is ready to act forcefully in concert
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Last weekend to apply!
๐จRA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology ๐จ
Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social
- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun
Deadline: 14/1/2026
Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social
- employment benefits
- 4 years funding
- 1000% fun
Deadline: 14/1/2026
Details:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
January 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Last weekend to apply!
The Department of Zoology at Cambridge is a great spot to work, in the center of a bikeable town, full of interesting folks.
Apply now! Deadline is a mere month away Feb 9th. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging
(4/n)
Apply now! Deadline is a mere month away Feb 9th. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging
(4/n)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social Fluids Laboratory (https://leboeuflab.com) led by Dr Adria LeBoeuf in the Department of Zoology
www.cam.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Department of Zoology at Cambridge is a great spot to work, in the center of a bikeable town, full of interesting folks.
Apply now! Deadline is a mere month away Feb 9th. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging
(4/n)
Apply now! Deadline is a mere month away Feb 9th. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging
(4/n)
What we need:
โ CRISPR experience in insects
โ Molecular biology skills
โ Excitement for interdisciplinary work and weird biology
What we offer:
๐ Joyous, creative lab culture
๐ International fieldwork
๐ฌ Fascinating topic rich with big questions
(3/n)
โ CRISPR experience in insects
โ Molecular biology skills
โ Excitement for interdisciplinary work and weird biology
What we offer:
๐ Joyous, creative lab culture
๐ International fieldwork
๐ฌ Fascinating topic rich with big questions
(3/n)
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
What we need:
โ CRISPR experience in insects
โ Molecular biology skills
โ Excitement for interdisciplinary work and weird biology
What we offer:
๐ Joyous, creative lab culture
๐ International fieldwork
๐ฌ Fascinating topic rich with big questions
(3/n)
โ CRISPR experience in insects
โ Molecular biology skills
โ Excitement for interdisciplinary work and weird biology
What we offer:
๐ Joyous, creative lab culture
๐ International fieldwork
๐ฌ Fascinating topic rich with big questions
(3/n)