Andrea Gloria-Soria
@agloriasoria.bsky.social
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Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to...
1) Help get out the vote
2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference
3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism
We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
1) Help get out the vote
2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference
3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism
We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
October 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Early voting is already underway in some states. From now until Nov 3, I urge you all to...
1) Help get out the vote
2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference
3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism
We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
1) Help get out the vote
2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference
3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism
We are the only ones who can end this nightmare.
We found introgression of African Ae. #aegypti into Saudi Arabia populations with potential adaptive consequences. Our paper is out today! @ctcaes.bsky.social Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Introgression Shapes Genetic Variation Associated With Humid Environments in <fc><fi>Aedes aegypti</fi></fc> Mosquitoes From Saudi Arabia
Introgression between genetically distinct populations generates variation that may promote adaptation to diverse environmental conditions. In the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the forest-associated subspe...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
We found introgression of African Ae. #aegypti into Saudi Arabia populations with potential adaptive consequences. Our paper is out today! @ctcaes.bsky.social Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very sad… this should never happen!
Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. n.pr/4y2SrM3
Just short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts down
Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.
n.pr
October 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Very sad… this should never happen!
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UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺
UConn Careers | UConn Careers | University of Connecticut
jobs.hr.uconn.edu
September 30, 2026 at 3:21 PM
UConn EEB is hiring a tropical horticulturalist for our greenhouses! It's an awesome collection of both research+teaching/public display, and you get to work with pretty amazing folks (I may be biased). Job listing: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49... Closes 10/14! 🌴🌿🌵🌺
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We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/191981
bcmb.uchicago.edu
apply.interfolio.com/191981
bcmb.uchicago.edu
September 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We are hiring! 🌟 Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a broad search: we want great colleagues doing serious biological work at the molecular scale. Join us!
apply.interfolio.com/191981
bcmb.uchicago.edu
apply.interfolio.com/191981
bcmb.uchicago.edu
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UCD is one of the top universities globally in both evolutionary biology and plant sciences. The department is a gem full of great folks. It's hard to imagine a better place to do plant evolution! Position opens Aug. 17. Please spread the word! eve.ucdavis.edu/people?page=1
People | Evolution and Ecology
eve.ucdavis.edu
August 12, 2026 at 8:49 PM
UCD is one of the top universities globally in both evolutionary biology and plant sciences. The department is a gem full of great folks. It's hard to imagine a better place to do plant evolution! Position opens Aug. 17. Please spread the word! eve.ucdavis.edu/people?page=1
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Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, this February in Geneva! keysym.us/KSVectorPathog27 #KSVectorPathog27 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!
keysym.us
July 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, this February in Geneva! keysym.us/KSVectorPathog27 #KSVectorPathog27 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Para mis colegas y amigos que hablan español. #aedes #aegypti en America: la ruta histórica de un mosquito viajero. www.amc.edu.mx/revistacienc... @ctcaes.bsky.social
www.amc.edu.mx
July 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Para mis colegas y amigos que hablan español. #aedes #aegypti en America: la ruta histórica de un mosquito viajero. www.amc.edu.mx/revistacienc... @ctcaes.bsky.social
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Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet.
The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule.
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
elizabethginexi.substack.com
May 29, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet.
The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
Forest entomologists are already depleted. Invasive pests are just getting worst. We need more forest entomologists and tree pathologists, not less! @entsocamerica.bsky.social www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-05...
US Forest Service considers closing 2 invasive insect labs in CT as part of national reorganization
Scientists and advocates worry the closures will delay the agency’s ability to respond to invasive insects in the Northeast and hinder field research in local forests.
www.ctpublic.org
May 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Forest entomologists are already depleted. Invasive pests are just getting worst. We need more forest entomologists and tree pathologists, not less! @entsocamerica.bsky.social www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-05...
Two chromosome-scale genomes of wild Aedes aegypti aegypti mosquitoes from North America and South-East Asia academic.oup.com/jhered/artic...
Two chromosome-scale genomes of wild Aedes aegypti aegypti mosquitoes from North America and South-East Asia
Abstract. The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is the primary vector for diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, yellow fever, and Zika fever. The
academic.oup.com
April 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Two chromosome-scale genomes of wild Aedes aegypti aegypti mosquitoes from North America and South-East Asia academic.oup.com/jhered/artic...
First domestic #aegypti wild assemblies! (Not from your favorite lab colony). Led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social, a collaboration between @ctcaes.bsky.social @yale.edu and @jsoghigian.bsky.social. Two chromosome-scale genomes of wild Aedes aegypti aegypti… academic.oup.com/jhered/artic...
Two chromosome-scale genomes of wild Aedes aegypti aegypti mosquitoes from North America and South-East Asia
Abstract. The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is the primary vector for diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, yellow fever, and Zika fever. The
academic.oup.com
April 24, 2026 at 6:17 PM
First domestic #aegypti wild assemblies! (Not from your favorite lab colony). Led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social, a collaboration between @ctcaes.bsky.social @yale.edu and @jsoghigian.bsky.social. Two chromosome-scale genomes of wild Aedes aegypti aegypti… academic.oup.com/jhered/artic...
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At last! Please check out our study now published @natcomms.nature.com on the #virus small #RNAs profiles across Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes from labs and around the world: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Small RNA genomics of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes discovers infectious viruses that trigger an RNA interference response - Nature Communications
This study is a small RNA genomics survey from global Aedes aegypti mosquito samples, and detected replicating viruses. This study then isolated several mosquito viruses into cell cultures to show tha...
www.nature.com
April 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
At last! Please check out our study now published @natcomms.nature.com on the #virus small #RNAs profiles across Aedes aegypti #mosquitoes from labs and around the world: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hey #MUVErs! If you're attending #EntSoc25, here's a compiled list of MUVE-associated events happening at the conference!
Click to see all the cool events we're hosting, including our business meetings, section/member symposia, student competitions,& regular TMP and posters! See y'all in Portland!👋
Click to see all the cool events we're hosting, including our business meetings, section/member symposia, student competitions,& regular TMP and posters! See y'all in Portland!👋
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world
Aedes aegypti further adapted to life around humans when it arrived in the Americas, study of hundreds of mosquito genomes reveals
www.science.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
In case you have not seen it! New #Aedes genomes for the community.
Morinaga, @agloriasoria.bsky.social @jsoghigian.bsky.social develop two de novo chromosome-scale genomes for Aedes aegypti formosus and A. mascarensis, finding extensive chromosomal rearrangements between major lineages of mosquitoes.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf142
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf142
#genome #evolution
From Macro to Micro: De Novo Genomes of Aedes Mosquitoes Enable Comparative Genomics Among Close and Distant Relatives
Abstract. The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is an organism of high medical importance because it is the primary vector for diseases such as yellow
doi.org
August 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In case you have not seen it! New #Aedes genomes for the community.
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Postdoc position opening in my group! Research projects: pangenomes for diverse organisms, genome evolution, biocomputing, language models. Please reach out if interested!
July 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Postdoc position opening in my group! Research projects: pangenomes for diverse organisms, genome evolution, biocomputing, language models. Please reach out if interested!
First chromosome-level reference assembly of field @aegypti formosus and sister species @aedes mascarensis is out. Work led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social if @jsoghigian.bsky.social group in collaboration with us at #CT_CAES, @yale.edu, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @pasteur.fr academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
From macro to micro: De novo genomes of Aedes mosquitoes enable comparative genomics among close and distant relatives
Abstract. The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is an organism of high medical importance because it is the primary vector for diseases such as yellow
academic.oup.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
First chromosome-level reference assembly of field @aegypti formosus and sister species @aedes mascarensis is out. Work led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social if @jsoghigian.bsky.social group in collaboration with us at #CT_CAES, @yale.edu, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @pasteur.fr academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
Detecting chromosome inversions in @aegypti is a real art! I am honored to be part of this project. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Chromosomal Inversions and Their Potential Impact on the Evolution of Arboviral Vector Aedes aegypti
Abstract. Chromosomal inversions play a crucial role in evolution and have been found to regulate epidemiologically significant traits in malaria mosquitoe
academic.oup.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Detecting chromosome inversions in @aegypti is a real art! I am honored to be part of this project. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
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Despite all the shit going on, we have to celebrate our victories. New publication with @entomososwin.bsky.social and @vectorimmunity.bsky.social showing that hemocytes play a central role in disseminating flaviviruses to secondary tissues potentially functioning as a Trojan Horse(TBD)
rdcu.be/euj4g
rdcu.be/euj4g
Mosquito immune cells enhance dengue and Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti
Nature Communications - Infection of mosquito immune cells by dengue and Zika virus enhances the spread of virus infection to mosquito tissues, such as the salivary glands, to promote virus...
rdcu.be
July 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Despite all the shit going on, we have to celebrate our victories. New publication with @entomososwin.bsky.social and @vectorimmunity.bsky.social showing that hemocytes play a central role in disseminating flaviviruses to secondary tissues potentially functioning as a Trojan Horse(TBD)
rdcu.be/euj4g
rdcu.be/euj4g
#threeMosquitoes. “The biology of deadly insects.” A book by my colleague and friend Jeff Powell is out! He just brought in my very own signed copy! Get yours @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
July 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#threeMosquitoes. “The biology of deadly insects.” A book by my colleague and friend Jeff Powell is out! He just brought in my very own signed copy! Get yours @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
In our recent publication, we advocate to continue the use of subspecies for Aedes #aegypti
@jsoghigian.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jme/advance-...
@jsoghigian.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
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Recognition of mosquito subspecies: the case for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Abstract. We address the recent proposal by Harbach and Wilkerson to eliminate all Culicidae (mosquito) subspecies names. We defend and promote the use of
academic.oup.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In our recent publication, we advocate to continue the use of subspecies for Aedes #aegypti
@jsoghigian.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jme/advance-...
@jsoghigian.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jme/advance-...
Just did my part, what are you waiting for?
May 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just did my part, what are you waiting for?
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Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely.
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Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Microbiology & Immunology, (C2-240724)
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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April 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely.
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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