Saudat Alishayeva
@saudat.bsky.social
📍Currently KLI writing up fellow in morphometrics
PhD student at MPI Tübingen, interested in evolution of morphological and functional robustness 🪰. Former MEME [evobio.eu]
PhD student at MPI Tübingen, interested in evolution of morphological and functional robustness 🪰. Former MEME [evobio.eu]
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
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New paper!
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New paper!
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We propose a framework to empirically study animal social relationships by modelling social network (SN) data as time-series—that is, without the need to aggregate them over time.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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There's a word for learning from evolution's inventions: bioinspiration. Here's my interactive story on the way animals and plants fuel technological creativity. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl
How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution (Gift Article)
Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
There's a word for learning from evolution's inventions: bioinspiration. Here's my interactive story on the way animals and plants fuel technological creativity. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl
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Let's get Dustin some nice pet photos.
i’m mourning the loss of a beloved friend (one of my cats) and a family member in the same week and need some good news/pics of your pets, please
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Let's get Dustin some nice pet photos.
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I'm excited to share with you all a conference I'm planning Oct. 10-12: Dialectical Biology Today: Legacies of Richard Lewontin.
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
September 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm excited to share with you all a conference I'm planning Oct. 10-12: Dialectical Biology Today: Legacies of Richard Lewontin.
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
It will be hybrid in Toronto and on zoom, so please join us however you can! Register for zoom link here: ihpst.utoronto.ca/events/diale...
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Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
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woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!
This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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MEME alumni (www.evobio.eu) at #ESEB2025! We span so many generations now, from the first cohort (graduated in 2012) to those who are still studying, with master students, PhD students, postdocs, and PIs among us! So happy to get together in every ESEB 🤩
August 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
MEME alumni (www.evobio.eu) at #ESEB2025! We span so many generations now, from the first cohort (graduated in 2012) to those who are still studying, with master students, PhD students, postdocs, and PIs among us! So happy to get together in every ESEB 🤩
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Music to my ears. This is brilliant. Either 90% of us can claim to be better musicians than Beethoven or… maybe just maybe polygenic scores aren’t perfect?
If someone you know buys into claims about "genetic optimization" of embryos using polygenic scores of cognition, just send them our 2024 paper on Beethoven & musicality. We wrote it to help communicate limits of individual-level genetic predictions & complexity of links between DNA & behaviour. 🧪👇
Notes from Beethoven’s genome
Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven
with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.
www.cell.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Music to my ears. This is brilliant. Either 90% of us can claim to be better musicians than Beethoven or… maybe just maybe polygenic scores aren’t perfect?
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Identification of multivariate phenotypes most influenced by mutation: Drosophila serrata wings as a case study
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Identification of multivariate phenotypes most influenced by mutation: Drosophila serrata wings as a case study
#Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Identification of multivariate phenotypes most influenced by mutation: Drosophila serrata wings as a case study
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
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Given two genomes, can you tell who’s taller or more prone to a disease? How confident can you be? A fresh take on phenotypic inference, now out:
rdcu.be/exW4f
See thread🧵👇:
rdcu.be/exW4f
See thread🧵👇:
Predicting the direction of phenotypic difference
Nature Communications - Here authors reveal a method to predict key information on phenotypes - their direction. This is achievable even for phenotypes with incomplete genotype-to-phenotype...
rdcu.be
July 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Given two genomes, can you tell who’s taller or more prone to a disease? How confident can you be? A fresh take on phenotypic inference, now out:
rdcu.be/exW4f
See thread🧵👇:
rdcu.be/exW4f
See thread🧵👇:
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Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS
The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent
or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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I need you, and I can't stress this enough, to read this paper by Margaret Kidwell et al. on horizontal transfer of P elements from mites to flies and back...from *1991*: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Possible Horizontal Transfer of Drosophila Genes by the Mite Proctolaelaps regalis
There is strong inferential evidence for recent horizontal gene transfer of the P (mobile) element to Drosophila melanogaster from a species of the Drosophila willistoni group. One potential vector of...
www.science.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I need you, and I can't stress this enough, to read this paper by Margaret Kidwell et al. on horizontal transfer of P elements from mites to flies and back...from *1991*: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
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#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social
docs.google.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social
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Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Ascensao and Desai discuss how methodological advances in genotype and phenotype manipulation are transforming experimental evolution approaches and providing new insights into the und...
www.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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Context-dependent effects of developmental and adult diet on life-history traits in Drosophila melanogaster
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
Context-dependent effects of developmental and adult diet on life-history traits in Drosophila melanogaster
#Drosophila
PubMed link
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Context-dependent effects of developmental and adult diet on life-history traits in Drosophila melanogaster
#Drosophila
#Drosophila
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In this month's issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution, we celebrate 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies [thread] 🦋
Editorial: Bates’ many contributions www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Editorial: Bates’ many contributions www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bates’ many contributions - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Henry Walter Bates gave the first known scientific account of mimicry in biological systems. To mark the bicentenary of his birth, we present a collection of content that reflects on his life and lega...
www.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In this month's issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution, we celebrate 200 years since the birth of Henry Walter Bates, who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in butterflies [thread] 🦋
Editorial: Bates’ many contributions www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Editorial: Bates’ many contributions www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋
Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍
Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity.
Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment
www.ipbes.net/assessment-r...
Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪
Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍
Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity.
Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment
www.ipbes.net/assessment-r...
Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪
June 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋
Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍
Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity.
Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment
www.ipbes.net/assessment-r...
Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪
Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍
Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity.
Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment
www.ipbes.net/assessment-r...
Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪
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If you (like me) are pulling together a reading pile to lose yourself in this summer, let me remind you of this terrific starter pack.
go.bsky.app/2LmKSDN
go.bsky.app/2LmKSDN
June 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you (like me) are pulling together a reading pile to lose yourself in this summer, let me remind you of this terrific starter pack.
go.bsky.app/2LmKSDN
go.bsky.app/2LmKSDN
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Official accounts for SMBE and affiliated journals are now on Bluesky:
▫️ Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social
▫️ Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social
▫️ Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/2xnyMrS
▫️ Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social
▫️ Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social
▫️ Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/2xnyMrS
June 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Official accounts for SMBE and affiliated journals are now on Bluesky:
▫️ Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social
▫️ Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social
▫️ Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/2xnyMrS
▫️ Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social
▫️ Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social
▫️ Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/2xnyMrS
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June 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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In this just published paper we reconstructed the almost 400 million of leaf venation evolution!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In this just published paper we reconstructed the almost 400 million of leaf venation evolution!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We had a fantastic time delving into the regulation of biological noise at the SMBE satellite meeting! Here's a starter pack with the participants who are already on Bluesky. We'll continue adding more researchers interested in this topic—follow them for inspiring science! 🧬🎲🧠🌀📊
go.bsky.app/4AQyofh
go.bsky.app/4AQyofh
June 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We had a fantastic time delving into the regulation of biological noise at the SMBE satellite meeting! Here's a starter pack with the participants who are already on Bluesky. We'll continue adding more researchers interested in this topic—follow them for inspiring science! 🧬🎲🧠🌀📊
go.bsky.app/4AQyofh
go.bsky.app/4AQyofh
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Please share widely! We have been running this course for 3 years now, and this is our fourth iteration! We also offer a mini grant program and mentorship opportunities! Check it out and sign up here: evobiocrashcourse.github.io
June 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Please share widely! We have been running this course for 3 years now, and this is our fourth iteration! We also offer a mini grant program and mentorship opportunities! Check it out and sign up here: evobiocrashcourse.github.io