Ramakrishnan Vasudeva
@rvasudeva.bsky.social
Love science🔬, experimental biologist, evolutionary ecologist, walking, Carnatic music, University of Exeter, Animal Behaviour, travelling, insects, reproduction, sexual selection, and gardening
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Another cool find at Emerald Arch in Ecuador was this membracid treehopper (Anchistrotus sp.) with its enormous helmet. While much more sluggish compared to other treehoppers, this species is quick to break off and drop its helmet when disturbed, allowing it to take off swiftly to escape danger.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another cool find at Emerald Arch in Ecuador was this membracid treehopper (Anchistrotus sp.) with its enormous helmet. While much more sluggish compared to other treehoppers, this species is quick to break off and drop its helmet when disturbed, allowing it to take off swiftly to escape danger.
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We'd love to hear about how @biologists.bsky.social has supported you. Has your article gotten media attention? Tell us all about your experiences having us help promote your research to a wider audience
www.biologists.com/100-years/me...
www.biologists.com/100-years/me...
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
We'd love to hear about how @biologists.bsky.social has supported you. Has your article gotten media attention? Tell us all about your experiences having us help promote your research to a wider audience
www.biologists.com/100-years/me...
www.biologists.com/100-years/me...
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How do #brains align during social interaction? @manuelvarlet.bsky.social &co show that interbrain info alignment emerges rapidly & strengthens with practice; distinct neural processes support sensory synchrony (early) & shared cognitive representation (late) @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3KnoweJ
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
How do #brains align during social interaction? @manuelvarlet.bsky.social &co show that interbrain info alignment emerges rapidly & strengthens with practice; distinct neural processes support sensory synchrony (early) & shared cognitive representation (late) @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3KnoweJ
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Had a great time at #MicroEvo25 soaking up some inspiring science from lots of amazing people. Even networked! Very well organised by @microbiologysociety.org. Next time hopefully more of the work presented is published in society journals! If we don't use it we will lose it!
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Had a great time at #MicroEvo25 soaking up some inspiring science from lots of amazing people. Even networked! Very well organised by @microbiologysociety.org. Next time hopefully more of the work presented is published in society journals! If we don't use it we will lose it!
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Gave a talk at UEA Norwich Med School:
“Selfish Elements and Selective Sperm: Impact of Haploid Selection on Zebrafish Fitness.”
Part of my broader focus on genomics and fertility/reproduction for all—exploring how genetics shapes reproductive success. Great discussion! @slicescienceuea.bsky.social
“Selfish Elements and Selective Sperm: Impact of Haploid Selection on Zebrafish Fitness.”
Part of my broader focus on genomics and fertility/reproduction for all—exploring how genetics shapes reproductive success. Great discussion! @slicescienceuea.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Gave a talk at UEA Norwich Med School:
“Selfish Elements and Selective Sperm: Impact of Haploid Selection on Zebrafish Fitness.”
Part of my broader focus on genomics and fertility/reproduction for all—exploring how genetics shapes reproductive success. Great discussion! @slicescienceuea.bsky.social
“Selfish Elements and Selective Sperm: Impact of Haploid Selection on Zebrafish Fitness.”
Part of my broader focus on genomics and fertility/reproduction for all—exploring how genetics shapes reproductive success. Great discussion! @slicescienceuea.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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A new proof-of-concept #ScienceAdvances study uses #AI screening to find therapeutics that impact aging and neuroinflammation. https://scim.ag/4a2v0Kn
AI-driven discovery of dual antiaging and anti-AD therapeutics via PROTAC target deconvolution of a super-enhancer–regulated axis
Artificial intelligence unlocks a safe hormone that combats aging and Alzheimer’s by reactivating the brain’s biological clock.
scim.ag
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A new proof-of-concept #ScienceAdvances study uses #AI screening to find therapeutics that impact aging and neuroinflammation. https://scim.ag/4a2v0Kn
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Excited to introduce the Latent Layers Framework – now out in @behavecol.bsky.social – to help think through when and why network differences confound inference in (comparative) social network analysis! 🧵
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Excited to introduce the Latent Layers Framework – now out in @behavecol.bsky.social – to help think through when and why network differences confound inference in (comparative) social network analysis! 🧵
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
tinyurl.com/3k3yahwy
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#MongooseMonday time 👏
Dwarf mongooses battle rival #groups for #territory space
Intergroup #conflict drives changes in #behaviour (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
Surprisingly, intergroup threat is positively related to #reproductive success (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
#bioacoustics #mammals #war
Dwarf mongooses battle rival #groups for #territory space
Intergroup #conflict drives changes in #behaviour (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
Surprisingly, intergroup threat is positively related to #reproductive success (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
#bioacoustics #mammals #war
Extended and cumulative effects of experimentally induced intergroup conflict in a cooperatively breeding mammal | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Conflict between rival groups is rife in nature. While recent work has begun exploring
the behavioural consequences of this intergroup conflict, studies have primarily considered
just the 1–2 h immedi...
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#MongooseMonday time 👏
Dwarf mongooses battle rival #groups for #territory space
Intergroup #conflict drives changes in #behaviour (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
Surprisingly, intergroup threat is positively related to #reproductive success (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
#bioacoustics #mammals #war
Dwarf mongooses battle rival #groups for #territory space
Intergroup #conflict drives changes in #behaviour (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
Surprisingly, intergroup threat is positively related to #reproductive success (doi.org/10.1098/rspb...)
#bioacoustics #mammals #war
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This is the first paper to originate from my lab and include Hamilton undergraduates! So proud of the hard work they put into this paper 🐸
Just in IOB's issue!
Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)
M O Girard, C J Clark, Ariel Kahrl
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
"Sexual selection is thought to be a primary driver of trait #evolution..."
#science #amphibians #bio
Relationships between Pre- and Postcopulatory Sexually Selected Traits in Green #Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)
M O Girard, C J Clark, Ariel Kahrl
doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
"Sexual selection is thought to be a primary driver of trait #evolution..."
#science #amphibians #bio
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the first paper to originate from my lab and include Hamilton undergraduates! So proud of the hard work they put into this paper 🐸
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It seems increasingly likely that the world will overshoot the Paris Agreement’s aspirational goal of 1.5°C of global mean temperature rise. A Perspective calls for research on the social and humanitarian impacts of climate overshoot. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/hNhX50Xx2pq
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It seems increasingly likely that the world will overshoot the Paris Agreement’s aspirational goal of 1.5°C of global mean temperature rise. A Perspective calls for research on the social and humanitarian impacts of climate overshoot. In PNAS Nexus: https://ow.ly/hNhX50Xx2pq
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November 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Jumping spiders can recognise one another. This ability to learn, remember and represent images is quite surprising for such a tiny-brained animal!
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November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Jumping spiders can recognise one another. This ability to learn, remember and represent images is quite surprising for such a tiny-brained animal!
buff.ly/dCkwPr0
buff.ly/dCkwPr0
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A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026.
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026.
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
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Researchers have developed polymeric nanocultures composed of iron-oxide nanoparticles, providing a field-ready approach for cultivating and studying environmental microbes under near-native conditions.
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r90UuS
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r90UuS
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Researchers have developed polymeric nanocultures composed of iron-oxide nanoparticles, providing a field-ready approach for cultivating and studying environmental microbes under near-native conditions.
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r90UuS
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4r90UuS
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📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation
UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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Climate‐Driven Increase in Transmission of a Wildlife Malaria Parasite Over the Last Quarter Century
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November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Climate‐Driven Increase in Transmission of a Wildlife Malaria Parasite Over the Last Quarter Century
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🌟Fully funded #PhD🌟
Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges.
#NERC funding
With @ljnbrent.bsky.social, #PatrickKennedy & me.
Based in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#LongtermData #Fieldwork
#Mongooses #Macaques
Deadline: 8th Jan 2026
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges.
#NERC funding
With @ljnbrent.bsky.social, #PatrickKennedy & me.
Based in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#LongtermData #Fieldwork
#Mongooses #Macaques
Deadline: 8th Jan 2026
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD NERC GW4+ DLTP - Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🌟Fully funded #PhD🌟
Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges.
#NERC funding
With @ljnbrent.bsky.social, #PatrickKennedy & me.
Based in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#LongtermData #Fieldwork
#Mongooses #Macaques
Deadline: 8th Jan 2026
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges.
#NERC funding
With @ljnbrent.bsky.social, #PatrickKennedy & me.
Based in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#LongtermData #Fieldwork
#Mongooses #Macaques
Deadline: 8th Jan 2026
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Trapped between darkness and heat: desert birds (Argya squamiceps) initiate daily activity earlier in response to heat #ProcB #OpenAccess #Ecology #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Trapped between darkness and heat: desert birds (Argya squamiceps) initiate daily activity earlier in response to heat #ProcB #OpenAccess #Ecology #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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🔥 New Special Call in Temperature
Heat exposure of vulnerable populations: physiological insights for policy action.
We want real-world field work, ecologically valid lab studies & incisive reviews on hard to reach & heat vulnerable pops.
⚠️ Due 31 Jul 26.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Heat exposure of vulnerable populations: physiological insights for policy action.
We want real-world field work, ecologically valid lab studies & incisive reviews on hard to reach & heat vulnerable pops.
⚠️ Due 31 Jul 26.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
August 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🔥 New Special Call in Temperature
Heat exposure of vulnerable populations: physiological insights for policy action.
We want real-world field work, ecologically valid lab studies & incisive reviews on hard to reach & heat vulnerable pops.
⚠️ Due 31 Jul 26.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Heat exposure of vulnerable populations: physiological insights for policy action.
We want real-world field work, ecologically valid lab studies & incisive reviews on hard to reach & heat vulnerable pops.
⚠️ Due 31 Jul 26.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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A warm welcome to our newest #AssociateEditor Juan Scheun!
Juan will bring his expertise on #EcologicalStressors and #EnvironmentalManagement to this role
Juan will bring his expertise on #EcologicalStressors and #EnvironmentalManagement to this role
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A warm welcome to our newest #AssociateEditor Juan Scheun!
Juan will bring his expertise on #EcologicalStressors and #EnvironmentalManagement to this role
Juan will bring his expertise on #EcologicalStressors and #EnvironmentalManagement to this role
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Pleased to have another paper out, for our series on revisiting concepts in thermal physiology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
And pleased to publish in @actaphysiologica.bsky.social
And pleased to publish in @actaphysiologica.bsky.social
Revisiting Concepts of Thermal Physiology: Understanding Feedback and Feedforward Control, and Local Temperature Regulation
Most experts agree that the dominant mechanism through which body temperature is regulated, under a thermal challenge, environmental or metabolic, is negative feedback control. However, some consider...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Pleased to have another paper out, for our series on revisiting concepts in thermal physiology: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
And pleased to publish in @actaphysiologica.bsky.social
And pleased to publish in @actaphysiologica.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The findings of a study in Nature Climate Change show that artificial light at night disrupts the fundamental energetic constraints on ecosystem metabolism, warranting the inclusion of light pollution in global change and carbon–climate feedback assessments. go.nature.com/44cCKWm 🧪