Laís A. Grossel
@laisgrossel.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist 🇧🇷 | Sexual Selection | Parental Care🕷🪲🪳🪰
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New paper out in Evolution!
The impact of climate and habitat on body shape and size evolution in charontid whip spiders
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The impact of climate and habitat on body shape and size evolution in charontid whip spiders
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The impact of climate and habitat on body shape and size evolution in charontid whip spiders
Abstract. Environmental shifts often dictate Arthropod morphological evolution, yet certain lineages maintain remarkably conserved body plans across divers
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September 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
New paper out in Evolution!
The impact of climate and habitat on body shape and size evolution in charontid whip spiders
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
The impact of climate and habitat on body shape and size evolution in charontid whip spiders
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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New Paper: Ornaments evolve faster than weapons
Combining a new theoretical model of sexually selected trait evolution with comparative analyses across ten clades, we suggest that drift in female preferences accelerates the rate of ornament evolution.
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Combining a new theoretical model of sexually selected trait evolution with comparative analyses across ten clades, we suggest that drift in female preferences accelerates the rate of ornament evolution.
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Ornaments evolve faster than weapons
Abstract. We investigate the evolutionary dynamics of sexually selected traits using both a mathematical model and comparative analyses, focusing on the re
royalsocietypublishing.org
August 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM
New Paper: Ornaments evolve faster than weapons
Combining a new theoretical model of sexually selected trait evolution with comparative analyses across ten clades, we suggest that drift in female preferences accelerates the rate of ornament evolution.
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Combining a new theoretical model of sexually selected trait evolution with comparative analyses across ten clades, we suggest that drift in female preferences accelerates the rate of ornament evolution.
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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📖 Published📖
An efficient Bayesian phylogenetic approach for joint inference of continuous and discrete trait evolution under a state-dependent Ornstein–Uhlenbeck model📉 🧪
An efficient Bayesian phylogenetic approach for joint inference of continuous and discrete trait evolution under a state-dependent Ornstein–Uhlenbeck model📉 🧪
An efficient Bayesian phylogenetic approach for joint inference of continuous and discrete trait evolution under a state-dependent Ornstein–Uhlenbeck model
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August 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📖 Published📖
An efficient Bayesian phylogenetic approach for joint inference of continuous and discrete trait evolution under a state-dependent Ornstein–Uhlenbeck model📉 🧪
An efficient Bayesian phylogenetic approach for joint inference of continuous and discrete trait evolution under a state-dependent Ornstein–Uhlenbeck model📉 🧪
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Courtship choreography is stabilized among genetically isolated populations
#SexualSelection #CourtshipDisplay #Insect
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
#SexualSelection #CourtshipDisplay #Insect
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
July 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Courtship choreography is stabilized among genetically isolated populations
#SexualSelection #CourtshipDisplay #Insect
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
#SexualSelection #CourtshipDisplay #Insect
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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Did you know that in harvesters (Opiliones) either males or females may take care of the eggs? Machado et al. gathered data from the field and literature on parental care in these arachnids, but half their data comes from community science @inaturalist records
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
June 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Did you know that in harvesters (Opiliones) either males or females may take care of the eggs? Machado et al. gathered data from the field and literature on parental care in these arachnids, but half their data comes from community science @inaturalist records
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
What a pleasure being part of this awesome contribution to the recognition of the Citizen Science, and that was led by our PI Glauco Machado (g-spotlab.weebly.com).
I'll be presenting this work in the @animbehsociety.bsky.social meeting, next month in Cincinnati. 🕷️💪
I'll be presenting this work in the @animbehsociety.bsky.social meeting, next month in Cincinnati. 🕷️💪
Citizen science data from iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behaviour in harvestmen: from @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social
Combining nearly 300 years of fieldwork with data from iNaturalist, researchers have more than doubled documented cases of parental care in harvestmen.
Combining nearly 300 years of fieldwork with data from iNaturalist, researchers have more than doubled documented cases of parental care in harvestmen.
Devoted dads and citizen science: the evolution of parental care in harvestmen is uncovered
Citizen science data from popular platform iNaturalist has helped uncover the evolution of parental guarding behaviour in harvestmen, as shown in research published in th...
www.eurekalert.org
June 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM
What a pleasure being part of this awesome contribution to the recognition of the Citizen Science, and that was led by our PI Glauco Machado (g-spotlab.weebly.com).
I'll be presenting this work in the @animbehsociety.bsky.social meeting, next month in Cincinnati. 🕷️💪
I'll be presenting this work in the @animbehsociety.bsky.social meeting, next month in Cincinnati. 🕷️💪
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In its 2025 PhD survey, Nature asked more than 3,700 doctoral candidates around the world a simple question: what is the best thing your supervisor has done for you during your studies? Nature highlights several moments when good supervision made the difference. #Academicsky 🧪
14 things our PhD supervisors got right and why it mattered
PhD students reflect on how their supervisors made a meaningful difference — from quiet acts of kindness to career-shaping guidance.
go.nature.com
April 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
In its 2025 PhD survey, Nature asked more than 3,700 doctoral candidates around the world a simple question: what is the best thing your supervisor has done for you during your studies? Nature highlights several moments when good supervision made the difference. #Academicsky 🧪
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Big opportunities for researchers 🌍
We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU.
The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open.
More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw
We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU.
The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open.
More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw
April 9, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Big opportunities for researchers 🌍
We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU.
The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open.
More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw
We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU.
The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open.
More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw
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Our new Atlas of UK spider, harvestmen and pseudoscorpion records is now online at britishspiders.org.uk/atlas. It gives access to 1.6 million records and is constantly updated with data submitted and verified via irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-records.
April 13, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Our new Atlas of UK spider, harvestmen and pseudoscorpion records is now online at britishspiders.org.uk/atlas. It gives access to 1.6 million records and is constantly updated with data submitted and verified via irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-records.
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Do you love animal behavior & want to share that joy with younger folks?
Write a short article on animal behavior for Frontiers for Young Minds (ages 8–15), co-authored with an undergrad! Part of an international ABS collection. Expression of interest due April 30.
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Write a short article on animal behavior for Frontiers for Young Minds (ages 8–15), co-authored with an undergrad! Part of an international ABS collection. Expression of interest due April 30.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 31, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Do you love animal behavior & want to share that joy with younger folks?
Write a short article on animal behavior for Frontiers for Young Minds (ages 8–15), co-authored with an undergrad! Part of an international ABS collection. Expression of interest due April 30.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Write a short article on animal behavior for Frontiers for Young Minds (ages 8–15), co-authored with an undergrad! Part of an international ABS collection. Expression of interest due April 30.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Body condition and acoustic noise modify female responses to uni and multimodal signals emitted by a male-mimicking robot frog
#MateChoice #Frog
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
#MateChoice #Frog
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
March 26, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Body condition and acoustic noise modify female responses to uni and multimodal signals emitted by a male-mimicking robot frog
#MateChoice #Frog
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
#MateChoice #Frog
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
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We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
March 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM
We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
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So hyped to see the paper out!! 🤩
A great within-lab collab: 2 undergrads, 2 postdocs, 1 PI, cute rainbow darters, and much fun! 🌟
Please read (now-faculty ❤️) Kara's recap to learn more about what we did, she has a real knack for storytelling! ⏬️
A great within-lab collab: 2 undergrads, 2 postdocs, 1 PI, cute rainbow darters, and much fun! 🌟
Please read (now-faculty ❤️) Kara's recap to learn more about what we did, she has a real knack for storytelling! ⏬️
First rule of darter fight club is... nah, we're totally going to talk about darter fight club right here in our new paper!! I'm pleased to share the latest from myself, @izziehb.bsky.social ,
@tamramendelson.bsky.social, and two brilliant undergraduate co-authors! #FishSci #FishSky 🐟❤️ 1/
@tamramendelson.bsky.social, and two brilliant undergraduate co-authors! #FishSci #FishSky 🐟❤️ 1/
Assessing the dual utility of nuptial patterning in the rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum)
In this study, we assessed the possible dual utility of nuptial color patterns in male rainbow darters (Etheostoma caeruleum) in the context of male-male territorial interactions and female mate ch...
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March 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
So hyped to see the paper out!! 🤩
A great within-lab collab: 2 undergrads, 2 postdocs, 1 PI, cute rainbow darters, and much fun! 🌟
Please read (now-faculty ❤️) Kara's recap to learn more about what we did, she has a real knack for storytelling! ⏬️
A great within-lab collab: 2 undergrads, 2 postdocs, 1 PI, cute rainbow darters, and much fun! 🌟
Please read (now-faculty ❤️) Kara's recap to learn more about what we did, she has a real knack for storytelling! ⏬️
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Luciano Moreira is breeding billions of mosquitoes to fight disease, such as dengue, in Brazil. He’s part of Nature’s 10. 🧪
This scientist is breeding billions of mosquitoes to fight disease in Brazil
Luciano Moreira is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Luciano Moreira is breeding billions of mosquitoes to fight disease, such as dengue, in Brazil. He’s part of Nature’s 10. 🧪
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Oh, you're tired after taking care of your one kid for the entire day?
December 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Oh, you're tired after taking care of your one kid for the entire day?
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New research of strange “cycad” plants offers a glimpse into the prehistoric origins of pollination
Before Flowers Existed, Ancient Cycad Plants Lured Insects With Heat
New research of strange “cycad” plants offers a glimpse into the prehistoric origins of pollination
www.scientificamerican.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
New research of strange “cycad” plants offers a glimpse into the prehistoric origins of pollination
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🚨 New PhD opportunity 🚨 studying foraging movements of #masonbees using novel tracking technology and metabarcoding! With me and @domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy at Hull and Mike Smith at Sheffield. More at FindAPhD www.findaphd.com/phds/project... or message me directly :)
Enhanced pollinator monitoring using novel flash-detection tags and DNA metabarcoding to track solitary bee foraging for pollen and nectar. at University of Hull on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Enhanced pollinator monitoring using novel flash-detection tags and DNA metabarcoding to track solitary bee foraging for pollen and nectar. at University of Hull, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🚨 New PhD opportunity 🚨 studying foraging movements of #masonbees using novel tracking technology and metabarcoding! With me and @domino-joyce.fishsci.com.ap.brid.gy at Hull and Mike Smith at Sheffield. More at FindAPhD www.findaphd.com/phds/project... or message me directly :)
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
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Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
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December 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
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🚨New #behavioural #mimicry paper out in Proc B!🚨
In which we show that hoverflies have evolved to prefer the flower colour choices of their #bee models instead of their #fly relatives.
Conversation article here: theconversation.com/natures-grea...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
In which we show that hoverflies have evolved to prefer the flower colour choices of their #bee models instead of their #fly relatives.
Conversation article here: theconversation.com/natures-grea...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Nature’s greatest method actors: the insects that cosplay bumblebees
When you’re an animal undercover, sometimes it’s not enough just to look like someone else
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚨New #behavioural #mimicry paper out in Proc B!🚨
In which we show that hoverflies have evolved to prefer the flower colour choices of their #bee models instead of their #fly relatives.
Conversation article here: theconversation.com/natures-grea...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
In which we show that hoverflies have evolved to prefer the flower colour choices of their #bee models instead of their #fly relatives.
Conversation article here: theconversation.com/natures-grea...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Dr Mark “Spider Man” Harvey, Western Australian Museum Research Associate and Associate Editor of our journal Invertebrate Systematics, has reached an extraordinary milestone: he has described 1,000th species.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
Naming species is crucial to conserving them according to spider expert - ABC listen
Living scientist Dr Mark Harvey reaches rare milestone of naming 1000 species of invertebrates.
www.abc.net.au
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Dr Mark “Spider Man” Harvey, Western Australian Museum Research Associate and Associate Editor of our journal Invertebrate Systematics, has reached an extraordinary milestone: he has described 1,000th species.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
#InvertebrateSys
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📖Cover Stories!📖
📙Dr. Russell Bonduriansky discusses the story behind the cover of Volume 30, Issue 10, published in 2016!
📸Russell shares his memories of capturing neriid flies in combat and how, thanks to a chance encounter on a walk with his son, he came to study them🪰
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🧪🌍
📙Dr. Russell Bonduriansky discusses the story behind the cover of Volume 30, Issue 10, published in 2016!
📸Russell shares his memories of capturing neriid flies in combat and how, thanks to a chance encounter on a walk with his son, he came to study them🪰
buff.ly/7PmIZKW
🧪🌍
Cover Stories: Dr. Russell Bonduriansky
In this week’s blog post, Dr. Russell Bonduriansky, professor at University of New South Wales, discusses the story behind the cover for 2016’s Volume 30, Issue 10 of Functional Ecology. Russ…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📖Cover Stories!📖
📙Dr. Russell Bonduriansky discusses the story behind the cover of Volume 30, Issue 10, published in 2016!
📸Russell shares his memories of capturing neriid flies in combat and how, thanks to a chance encounter on a walk with his son, he came to study them🪰
buff.ly/7PmIZKW
🧪🌍
📙Dr. Russell Bonduriansky discusses the story behind the cover of Volume 30, Issue 10, published in 2016!
📸Russell shares his memories of capturing neriid flies in combat and how, thanks to a chance encounter on a walk with his son, he came to study them🪰
buff.ly/7PmIZKW
🧪🌍
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Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies.
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
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@sderkarabetian.bsky.social et al. developed a metazoan ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set, providing a resource for multiple research groups working on vastly different animal lineages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
Covering All Bases: A Universal Metazoan UCE Probe Set to Democratize Phylogenomics
Abstract. Biology is in a genomics era, but many researchers may still be alienated from these techniques as a lack of genomic resources remains for many a
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@sderkarabetian.bsky.social et al. developed a metazoan ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set, providing a resource for multiple research groups working on vastly different animal lineages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193
#genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
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Applications for the Godfrey Hewitt Mobility (GHM) Award are open for PhD students/postdocs in evolutionary biology. Deadline: January 31, 2026. Max award: 2,000 Euros. More info: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/godfrey-hewitt-mobility-award/
Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award - ESEB | European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award - ESEB | European Society for Evolutionary Biology
eseb.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Applications for the Godfrey Hewitt Mobility (GHM) Award are open for PhD students/postdocs in evolutionary biology. Deadline: January 31, 2026. Max award: 2,000 Euros. More info: https://eseb.org/prizes-funding/godfrey-hewitt-mobility-award/