Lily Khadempour
@khadlily.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Rutgers Newark and PI of the Khadlab.com. Studying insect-microbial symbiosis and microbial ecology. she/her
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A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis
Abstract. Host-microbe relationships are studied across biological disciplines, with unique but overlapping conceptual frameworks arising from each of them
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I'm happy to share my new paper "A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis"
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
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New lab publication shedding light into the role of microbial communities during sargasso blooms in the Caribbean 🧪🌊🦠🧬 www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
Frontiers | Microbial community dynamics mediate rapid biomass loss and phosphorus recycling in pelagic Sargassum
Sargassum blooms in the tropical North Atlantic have surged to unprecedented levels, causing massive algal tides that severely impact coastal ecosystems. To ...
www.frontiersin.org
October 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
New lab publication shedding light into the role of microbial communities during sargasso blooms in the Caribbean 🧪🌊🦠🧬 www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
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💡This week, we are excited to spotlight @mrosie.bsky.social as one of our SPARC scholars!
Rosie’s research examines teacher working conditions, special education practices, and state policies in K-12 schools through a sociocultural lens.
Rosie’s research examines teacher working conditions, special education practices, and state policies in K-12 schools through a sociocultural lens.
September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
💡This week, we are excited to spotlight @mrosie.bsky.social as one of our SPARC scholars!
Rosie’s research examines teacher working conditions, special education practices, and state policies in K-12 schools through a sociocultural lens.
Rosie’s research examines teacher working conditions, special education practices, and state policies in K-12 schools through a sociocultural lens.
Reposted by Lily Khadempour
September 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I forgot to tag #SymbioSky
I'm happy to share my new paper "A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis"
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis
Abstract. Host-microbe relationships are studied across biological disciplines, with unique but overlapping conceptual frameworks arising from each of them
academic.oup.com
September 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I forgot to tag #SymbioSky
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📚 Thank you to everyone who joined us at #Ento26 to celebrate the launch of #ApproachesInEntomology, the RES's newest journal.
Here's to the authors, editors, reviewers and readers who will help shape its future! 🪰
Read more about the new journal and submit your papers 🔽
buff.ly/5yCcAgD
Here's to the authors, editors, reviewers and readers who will help shape its future! 🪰
Read more about the new journal and submit your papers 🔽
buff.ly/5yCcAgD
Submit your Research to our newest Scientific Journal
It was fantastic to see so much enthusiasm for this exciting new platform for methods, philosophies and ethics in insect science. Here's to the authors, editors, reviewers and readers who will help shape its future!
www.royensoc.co.uk
September 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM
📚 Thank you to everyone who joined us at #Ento26 to celebrate the launch of #ApproachesInEntomology, the RES's newest journal.
Here's to the authors, editors, reviewers and readers who will help shape its future! 🪰
Read more about the new journal and submit your papers 🔽
buff.ly/5yCcAgD
Here's to the authors, editors, reviewers and readers who will help shape its future! 🪰
Read more about the new journal and submit your papers 🔽
buff.ly/5yCcAgD
I'm happy to share my new paper "A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis"
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis
Abstract. Host-microbe relationships are studied across biological disciplines, with unique but overlapping conceptual frameworks arising from each of them
academic.oup.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I'm happy to share my new paper "A new conceptual framework for host-microbe symbiosis"
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
If you've seen me give a talk in the last 5 years, then you've seen me talk about this. It's been a journey.
academic.oup.com/ismehm/artic...
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
Reposted by Lily Khadempour
So excited about this species description! New eusocial shrimp just dropped 🦐🦐🦐
A new eusocial species of snapping shrimp, Synalpheus idelisae n. sp. (Decapoda, Alpheidae), with a review of caste differentiation in eusocial shrimp
Snapping shrimp in the genus Synalpheus Spence Bate, 1888 are the only marine organisms known to exhibit eusociality, a social structure characterized by colony-living and a reproductive division of l...
sciencepress.mnhn.fr
September 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
So excited about this species description! New eusocial shrimp just dropped 🦐🦐🦐
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A truly fun #MattersMicrobial session with Dr. Mónica Medina of UCLA to discuss the holobiont concept in corals and jellies. I really appreciate the guests who are flexible so that I can record from New Zealand. #DocMartinInternational @microbetv.bsky.social
September 4, 2026 at 11:23 PM
A truly fun #MattersMicrobial session with Dr. Mónica Medina of UCLA to discuss the holobiont concept in corals and jellies. I really appreciate the guests who are flexible so that I can record from New Zealand. #DocMartinInternational @microbetv.bsky.social
My friend Rosie does really fantastic work to study what can make education better in the US. And getting funding to do this work in the current climate!?
🎉🎉🎉🎉
So exciting!
🎉🎉🎉🎉
So exciting!
I am elated to share this collaboration between EPIC and the Frank Porter Graham Institute! Our project examines how contexts inform the experiences of special education teachers and shape outcomes for students with disabilities. Teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions!
Working Conditions for Special Education Teachers in North Carolina: Exploring Predictive Factors and Related Outcomes | IES
The purpose of this project is to identify malleable systems-level factors that are related to special educator working conditions and can be leveraged to meaningfully enhance outcomes for special edu...
ies.ed.gov
September 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
My friend Rosie does really fantastic work to study what can make education better in the US. And getting funding to do this work in the current climate!?
🎉🎉🎉🎉
So exciting!
🎉🎉🎉🎉
So exciting!
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🚨WARNING🚨
Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal.
The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR
Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...
Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal.
The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR
Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...
Stand up for Science
Stand up for Science
fight2win.standupforscience.net
August 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🚨WARNING🚨
Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal.
The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR
Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...
Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal.
The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR
Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...
Reposted by Lily Khadempour
Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up.
In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
www.nature.com
August 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up.
In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
In case you hadn't heard, the American Society of Naturalists meeting will be on the East Coast this year! It's a small meeting with excellent science and excellent people.
Jan 8-12, 2027 in Glen Cove, Long Island, NY
Learn more and register here: www.amnat2027.org
Jan 8-12, 2027 in Glen Cove, Long Island, NY
Learn more and register here: www.amnat2027.org
ASN Stand Alone Meeting 2027
Jan 8-12 - Long Island, NY. Learn more about the conference and register here!
www.amnat2027.org
August 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
In case you hadn't heard, the American Society of Naturalists meeting will be on the East Coast this year! It's a small meeting with excellent science and excellent people.
Jan 8-12, 2027 in Glen Cove, Long Island, NY
Learn more and register here: www.amnat2027.org
Jan 8-12, 2027 in Glen Cove, Long Island, NY
Learn more and register here: www.amnat2027.org
Reposted by Lily Khadempour
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
www.thenation.com
August 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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I am happy to share that we are recruiting a postdoc with previous #tuberculosis research experience for a Mtb systems biology project focused on gene networks! Please visit our lab website (www.jasonyanglab.org) and our ad (tinyurl.com/ms92bmj8) for more information!
Yang Lab at Rutgers NJMS
The Yang Lab at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic and infectious diseases. We develop approaches for a...
www.jasonyanglab.org
August 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I am happy to share that we are recruiting a postdoc with previous #tuberculosis research experience for a Mtb systems biology project focused on gene networks! Please visit our lab website (www.jasonyanglab.org) and our ad (tinyurl.com/ms92bmj8) for more information!
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Are you a professor at a UC and you wished that your retirement money was not tied to weapons, ICE, and prisons? There is a very easy way to move (part) of your retirement (with very similar yields). If you want to know more, there is this amazing website: www.ucmoveyourmoney.org
Home
Welcome!
Are you ready to divest your UC retirement savings from state violence? Let's get started!
Want to Learn More First? Read our UC Move Your Money Campaign Summary and/ watch our recorded st...
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August 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Are you a professor at a UC and you wished that your retirement money was not tied to weapons, ICE, and prisons? There is a very easy way to move (part) of your retirement (with very similar yields). If you want to know more, there is this amazing website: www.ucmoveyourmoney.org
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Meet three of our #Dros27 plenary speakers!
🧠 Vanessa Auld
🪰 @nabroderick.bsy.social
🧬 Don Fox
From glial biology to host-microbe interactions to genome stability and regeneration, they'll bring exciting science to Philadelphia. 🔗https://buff.ly/7IBPyFM
🧠 Vanessa Auld
🪰 @nabroderick.bsy.social
🧬 Don Fox
From glial biology to host-microbe interactions to genome stability and regeneration, they'll bring exciting science to Philadelphia. 🔗https://buff.ly/7IBPyFM
July 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Meet three of our #Dros27 plenary speakers!
🧠 Vanessa Auld
🪰 @nabroderick.bsy.social
🧬 Don Fox
From glial biology to host-microbe interactions to genome stability and regeneration, they'll bring exciting science to Philadelphia. 🔗https://buff.ly/7IBPyFM
🧠 Vanessa Auld
🪰 @nabroderick.bsy.social
🧬 Don Fox
From glial biology to host-microbe interactions to genome stability and regeneration, they'll bring exciting science to Philadelphia. 🔗https://buff.ly/7IBPyFM
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My time at Clark is coming to end. I will defend my thesis this Thursday, July 30th, at 10 a.m. EST.
I am grateful to everyone who has encouraged, supported, and mentored me throughout this journey. I look forward to sharing my findings with you.
I am grateful to everyone who has encouraged, supported, and mentored me throughout this journey. I look forward to sharing my findings with you.
July 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
My time at Clark is coming to end. I will defend my thesis this Thursday, July 30th, at 10 a.m. EST.
I am grateful to everyone who has encouraged, supported, and mentored me throughout this journey. I look forward to sharing my findings with you.
I am grateful to everyone who has encouraged, supported, and mentored me throughout this journey. I look forward to sharing my findings with you.
Reposted by Lily Khadempour
I love a good scientific article title.
"Honeypots: a review of repletism across the ants"
"Honeypots: a review of repletism across the ants"
Myrmecol. News 36: 39-57
Myrmecological News
myrmecologicalnews.org
July 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I love a good scientific article title.
"Honeypots: a review of repletism across the ants"
"Honeypots: a review of repletism across the ants"
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So excited to share that one of the chapters from my thesis has been published! In it we discovered that, despite previous assumptions, Escovopsis (a mycoparasite in the fungus growing ant symbiosis), has a complete MAT locus under purifying selection.
@soleilsolay.bsky.social et al. find that Escovopsis s.l. - specialized fungal parasite of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis - likely undergoes cryptic sex as all examined strains have a complete mating-type locus under purifying selection.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag160
#evolution #societyjournal
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag160
#evolution #societyjournal
July 21, 2026 at 8:56 PM
So excited to share that one of the chapters from my thesis has been published! In it we discovered that, despite previous assumptions, Escovopsis (a mycoparasite in the fungus growing ant symbiosis), has a complete MAT locus under purifying selection.
Just had an NSF proposal rejected after almost a year pending. One of the reviewers tanked it by not seeing that we had clear documentation for the things they asked for (and that the other reviewers clearly saw). Didn't go to panel though because the NSF is being destroyed.
July 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Just had an NSF proposal rejected after almost a year pending. One of the reviewers tanked it by not seeing that we had clear documentation for the things they asked for (and that the other reviewers clearly saw). Didn't go to panel though because the NSF is being destroyed.
Reposted by Lily Khadempour
Oh, hey, Evolution did a "digest" of our recent piece on rodent stripes. academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
July 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Oh, hey, Evolution did a "digest" of our recent piece on rodent stripes. academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
(OG paper here: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic...)
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Join our HFSP team on this amazing project! This will be an experimental postdoc position based in Amsterdam. There will be a more bioinformatic/evolutionary postdoc position based in Cambridge coming up soon. #socialfluids
Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working in Amsterdam (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials! 🐌 🐸 🐜🧬🔬
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...
Vacancy — Post doc on socially transferred materials
Are you a biologist with experience in and enthusiasm for imaging and -omics techniques? Apply for working on the exciting topic of socially transferred materials!
workingat.vu.nl
July 14, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Join our HFSP team on this amazing project! This will be an experimental postdoc position based in Amsterdam. There will be a more bioinformatic/evolutionary postdoc position based in Cambridge coming up soon. #socialfluids
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This is a great meeting and I’m looking forward to attending and catching up with all the great symbiosis science. I’ll also be there in my role as EiC of the new @isme-microbes.bsky.social journal ISME Host Microbe. Happy to discuss about your next manuscript!
The 2026 Conference on Beneficial Microbes will be co-organized with the International Symbiosis Society from July 19th - July 23rd. Its not too late to register! #BeneficialMicrobes10 #BeneficialMicrobesMtg #ISS #SymbioSky
July 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This is a great meeting and I’m looking forward to attending and catching up with all the great symbiosis science. I’ll also be there in my role as EiC of the new @isme-microbes.bsky.social journal ISME Host Microbe. Happy to discuss about your next manuscript!
On this last day of #Evol2026, a reminder to sign up for the ASN Stand Alone meeting, on the East Coast of the US for the first time! www.amnat2027.org
Registration is open. It's a small conference and spots are limited.
Registration is open. It's a small conference and spots are limited.
ASN Stand Alone Meeting 2027
Jan 8-12 - Long Island, NY. Learn more about the conference and register here!
www.amnat2027.org
June 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
On this last day of #Evol2026, a reminder to sign up for the ASN Stand Alone meeting, on the East Coast of the US for the first time! www.amnat2027.org
Registration is open. It's a small conference and spots are limited.
Registration is open. It's a small conference and spots are limited.
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🚨 #Evol2026 attendees - our team at @arcadiascience.com is hiring!
We're looking to hire a computational evolutionary biologist interested in asking how and why protein sequences/structures/functions differ across the tree of life 🧬
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Please share widely!
We're looking to hire a computational evolutionary biologist interested in asking how and why protein sequences/structures/functions differ across the tree of life 🧬
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Please share widely!
Arcadia Science - Platform Scientist: Comparative Protein Evolution
A Bit About Us: We're Arcadia Science, an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and ...
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June 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
🚨 #Evol2026 attendees - our team at @arcadiascience.com is hiring!
We're looking to hire a computational evolutionary biologist interested in asking how and why protein sequences/structures/functions differ across the tree of life 🧬
jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...
Please share widely!
We're looking to hire a computational evolutionary biologist interested in asking how and why protein sequences/structures/functions differ across the tree of life 🧬
jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...
Please share widely!