emilylau.bsky.social
Postdoc @ UChicago studying the molecular evolution of bioluminescence in the Thornton Lab. Fan of convergent evolution, cats, the em dash, and Avenir.
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Oh wow I am awful at threads at blue sky and didn’t even see Steve’s messages!! Sorry to repeat
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(If you considered intra-specific interactions as eavesdropping, then the “sneaker male” ostracods, which follow the displaying males, would be another example)
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Also I wonder if ostracods are more vulnerable to predation during bioluminescent courtship signaling. If so, that could be another example of “eavesdropping” by predators to locate prey?
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Hmm, what about the burglar alarm? Dinoflagellate luminescence (sparked 😉 by mysids) = predation of mysids by my fav fish, Porichthys
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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For “eavesdropping”, are you using it to specifically refer to interspecific interactions?
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Would have loved to see it!!
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Hello! I’m a postdoc studying the evolution of bioluminescence. Would love to be added, thanks for organizing!
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Thank you!! Looking forward to catching up soon at SICB!!!!
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And the cake was made by my amazing lab mate @cheyennemckinley.bsky.social!! It also features a little bioluminescent toadfish
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Congrats Marina!!!! 🪼🎉
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Hello! Could you please add me? I’m a postdoc studying the molecular evolution of bioluminescence. Google scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?us...
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Could you please add me? I study the molecular evolution of bioluminescence 💡
Thanks for putting this together!
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maybe we can discuss this paper in lab meeting, if you’d like to join? @ostratodd.bsky.social 👀
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😭 there’s an ostracod though!!
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& lastly, if you are generally interested in convergent evolution, we are looking to plan a virtual workshop some time after the conference! If interested, please fill out this form: forms.gle/nBNyCGUj6v5z...
Please repost and share with any interested folks!
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In the last session, we will hear from Becca Young, Aida Verdes, Jack Schultz, Liz Alter, and Todd Oakley (@ostratodd.bsky.social). Their talks will range from mutualistic behavior and visual adaptations in marine systems to the evolution of unique defenses in jellyfish and plants
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In the second session, we will hear from Tristan Stayton, Matthew Kolmann, and Scott Edwards. Their talks will range from phenotypic integration and feeding morphology in vertebrates to the use of phylogenies to identify genotype-phenotype variation in convergence
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In the first session, we will hear from Gabriella Wolff, @aaronhgriffing.bsky.social, Nigel Anderson, and Sarah Diamond. Talks range from brain structures for learning & memory in crustaceans to amphibian and reptile behavior and physiology to physiological convergence in urban heat islands
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Yes that would be wonderful, thanks!