It’s not the head, it’s the butt!
Meet a completely unknown organism: a blow fly (Calliphoridae) that evolved social integration in termite nests using a false termite head in the posterior part of the body.
@CurrentBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Meet a completely unknown organism: a blow fly (Calliphoridae) that evolved social integration in termite nests using a false termite head in the posterior part of the body.
@CurrentBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It’s not the head, it’s the butt!
Meet a completely unknown organism: a blow fly (Calliphoridae) that evolved social integration in termite nests using a false termite head in the posterior part of the body.
@CurrentBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Meet a completely unknown organism: a blow fly (Calliphoridae) that evolved social integration in termite nests using a false termite head in the posterior part of the body.
@CurrentBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Sunbirds don’t drink nectar like hummingbirds.
They use intralingual suction: the tongue acts like a straw, moving nectar via pressure differences rather than capillarity.
A clear case of biomechanical divergence despite ecological convergence.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
@CurrentBiology #ornithology
They use intralingual suction: the tongue acts like a straw, moving nectar via pressure differences rather than capillarity.
A clear case of biomechanical divergence despite ecological convergence.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
@CurrentBiology #ornithology
April 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Sunbirds don’t drink nectar like hummingbirds.
They use intralingual suction: the tongue acts like a straw, moving nectar via pressure differences rather than capillarity.
A clear case of biomechanical divergence despite ecological convergence.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
@CurrentBiology #ornithology
They use intralingual suction: the tongue acts like a straw, moving nectar via pressure differences rather than capillarity.
A clear case of biomechanical divergence despite ecological convergence.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
@CurrentBiology #ornithology
#NewSpecies!!!
New cat from the #bolivia just meowed:
Leopardus tilcayo
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/581887DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
#CurrentBiology #LeopardusTilcayo
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammals #cats #leopard #tilcayo
New cat from the #bolivia just meowed:
Leopardus tilcayo
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/581887DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
#CurrentBiology #LeopardusTilcayo
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammals #cats #leopard #tilcayo
September 25, 2026 at 7:23 AM
#NewSpecies!!!
New cat from the #bolivia just meowed:
Leopardus tilcayo
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/581887DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
#CurrentBiology #LeopardusTilcayo
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammals #cats #leopard #tilcayo
New cat from the #bolivia just meowed:
Leopardus tilcayo
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/581887DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
#CurrentBiology #LeopardusTilcayo
#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammals #cats #leopard #tilcayo
Incomplete immunity in a natural animal-microbiota interaction selects for higher pathogen virulence
-in #CurrentBiology from Kayla King
www.cell.com/current-biol...
-in #CurrentBiology from Kayla King
www.cell.com/current-biol...
March 30, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Incomplete immunity in a natural animal-microbiota interaction selects for higher pathogen virulence
-in #CurrentBiology from Kayla King
www.cell.com/current-biol...
-in #CurrentBiology from Kayla King
www.cell.com/current-biol...
2024 in publications
🙏 to all the enthusiastic group members and collaborators
-in TrendsMicrobiol, ISMEJ (2x), NatureCommun, NatureMicrobiol, EnvironMicrobiol (2x), mSystems, ScientificData, CurrentBiology, Biofilm, PlantScience, PhysiolPlantarum, NAR, NPJBiofilmsMicrobiomes
#MicrobiomeEcology
🙏 to all the enthusiastic group members and collaborators
-in TrendsMicrobiol, ISMEJ (2x), NatureCommun, NatureMicrobiol, EnvironMicrobiol (2x), mSystems, ScientificData, CurrentBiology, Biofilm, PlantScience, PhysiolPlantarum, NAR, NPJBiofilmsMicrobiomes
#MicrobiomeEcology
December 17, 2024 at 1:08 PM
2024 in publications
🙏 to all the enthusiastic group members and collaborators
-in TrendsMicrobiol, ISMEJ (2x), NatureCommun, NatureMicrobiol, EnvironMicrobiol (2x), mSystems, ScientificData, CurrentBiology, Biofilm, PlantScience, PhysiolPlantarum, NAR, NPJBiofilmsMicrobiomes
#MicrobiomeEcology
🙏 to all the enthusiastic group members and collaborators
-in TrendsMicrobiol, ISMEJ (2x), NatureCommun, NatureMicrobiol, EnvironMicrobiol (2x), mSystems, ScientificData, CurrentBiology, Biofilm, PlantScience, PhysiolPlantarum, NAR, NPJBiofilmsMicrobiomes
#MicrobiomeEcology
Coinfecting phages impede each other’s entry into the cell
#CurrentBiology by @thuvpnguyen.bsky.social et al from Ido Golding
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#CurrentBiology by @thuvpnguyen.bsky.social et al from Ido Golding
www.cell.com/current-biol...
June 15, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Coinfecting phages impede each other’s entry into the cell
#CurrentBiology by @thuvpnguyen.bsky.social et al from Ido Golding
www.cell.com/current-biol...
#CurrentBiology by @thuvpnguyen.bsky.social et al from Ido Golding
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phage biology: The ins and outs of prophages in bacterial populations
#CurrentBiology Dispatch by Darian Doakes and @bkoskella.bsky.social on the publication from @ccwendling.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#CurrentBiology Dispatch by Darian Doakes and @bkoskella.bsky.social on the publication from @ccwendling.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 25, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Phage biology: The ins and outs of prophages in bacterial populations
#CurrentBiology Dispatch by Darian Doakes and @bkoskella.bsky.social on the publication from @ccwendling.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#CurrentBiology Dispatch by Darian Doakes and @bkoskella.bsky.social on the publication from @ccwendling.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What can we learn from timing the onset of symbiosis? And how does symbiont acquisition & molecular evolution impact host adaptation & diversification?
We ask these questions of leaf beetles, led by Marleny Lozano & out today in CurrentBiology!
www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧵1/n
🦠 🧪 🧫
We ask these questions of leaf beetles, led by Marleny Lozano & out today in CurrentBiology!
www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧵1/n
🦠 🧪 🧫
February 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM
What can we learn from timing the onset of symbiosis? And how does symbiont acquisition & molecular evolution impact host adaptation & diversification?
We ask these questions of leaf beetles, led by Marleny Lozano & out today in CurrentBiology!
www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧵1/n
🦠 🧪 🧫
We ask these questions of leaf beetles, led by Marleny Lozano & out today in CurrentBiology!
www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧵1/n
🦠 🧪 🧫
A Virus May Help Save The World’s Amphibians From Extinction, study out of UCRiverside, published by CurrentBiology
by @GrrlScientist
#microbiology🔬 #viruses🦠 #fungi #amphibians🐸 #SciComm🧪 #pandemic #extinction www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
by @GrrlScientist
#microbiology🔬 #viruses🦠 #fungi #amphibians🐸 #SciComm🧪 #pandemic #extinction www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
April 4, 2024 at 6:12 PM
A Virus May Help Save The World’s Amphibians From Extinction, study out of UCRiverside, published by CurrentBiology
by @GrrlScientist
#microbiology🔬 #viruses🦠 #fungi #amphibians🐸 #SciComm🧪 #pandemic #extinction www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
by @GrrlScientist
#microbiology🔬 #viruses🦠 #fungi #amphibians🐸 #SciComm🧪 #pandemic #extinction www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
Just published: 🦀 Quick Guide to Coral Crabs! w @OsenbergLab in @CurrentBiology Take a crabtastic voyage into the fascinating world of Trapezia. Learn about their unique biology, habitat, and vital role in coral ecosystems. #MarineBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 10, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Just published: 🦀 Quick Guide to Coral Crabs! w @OsenbergLab in @CurrentBiology Take a crabtastic voyage into the fascinating world of Trapezia. Learn about their unique biology, habitat, and vital role in coral ecosystems. #MarineBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Link to paper in @CurrentBiology. Thank you to co-authors @aralbright.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social and more. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Molecular pathways for learning in the single-cell Stentor coeruleus
Rajan et al. explore the molecular basis of habituation in the unicellular organism
Stentor coeruleus using a combination of pharmacological methods, proteomics, transcriptomics,
and RNAi. These exper...
www.cell.com
April 23, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Link to paper in @CurrentBiology. Thank you to co-authors @aralbright.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social and more. @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Cereghetti et al: #Seasonal #dynamics of detritus flows and #decomposition across #ecosystem boundaries.
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
April 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Cereghetti et al: #Seasonal #dynamics of detritus flows and #decomposition across #ecosystem boundaries.
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
🌿🍂🦐 🌐🌍
We studied seasonal dynamics/phenology ⏱️ of 🟩terrestrial-🟦aquatic linkages across a year: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out in #CurrentBiology @currentbiology.bsky.social
1/4
Seasonal dynamics of #detritus flows and #decomposition across #ecosystem boundaries:
We quantified annual dynamics of #leaf litter input 🍂🍃 & decomposition 🍽️ in temperate #forest — headwater #stream #meta-ecosystems 🌍🌐🔬🌳🦐
@cellpress.bsky.social #CurrentBiology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
1/3
We quantified annual dynamics of #leaf litter input 🍂🍃 & decomposition 🍽️ in temperate #forest — headwater #stream #meta-ecosystems 🌍🌐🔬🌳🦐
@cellpress.bsky.social #CurrentBiology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
1/3
May 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Seasonal dynamics of #detritus flows and #decomposition across #ecosystem boundaries:
We quantified annual dynamics of #leaf litter input 🍂🍃 & decomposition 🍽️ in temperate #forest — headwater #stream #meta-ecosystems 🌍🌐🔬🌳🦐
@cellpress.bsky.social #CurrentBiology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
1/3
We quantified annual dynamics of #leaf litter input 🍂🍃 & decomposition 🍽️ in temperate #forest — headwater #stream #meta-ecosystems 🌍🌐🔬🌳🦐
@cellpress.bsky.social #CurrentBiology
www.cell.com/current-biol...
1/3
Jennifer Mather CurrentBiology
Jennifer Mather
Interview with Jennifer Mather, whose work involves cephalopod behaviour and human–animal interactions at the University of Lethbridge.
dlvr.it
September 26, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Jennifer Mather CurrentBiology
A cool profile of me in
@CurrentBiology
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
tl;dr: I describe one of my central beliefs – the importance of taking breaks from the lab to allow for creative scientific thought.
@CurrentBiology
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
tl;dr: I describe one of my central beliefs – the importance of taking breaks from the lab to allow for creative scientific thought.
February 26, 2024 at 8:57 PM
A cool profile of me in
@CurrentBiology
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
tl;dr: I describe one of my central beliefs – the importance of taking breaks from the lab to allow for creative scientific thought.
@CurrentBiology
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
tl;dr: I describe one of my central beliefs – the importance of taking breaks from the lab to allow for creative scientific thought.
Our new @CurrentBiology paper provides a rare glimpse into a morphological novelty in Drosophila eugracilis
In it, @gavinrrice and colleagues, infer and reproduce the likely initial steps of a novelty's formation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In it, @gavinrrice and colleagues, infer and reproduce the likely initial steps of a novelty's formation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 28, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Our new @CurrentBiology paper provides a rare glimpse into a morphological novelty in Drosophila eugracilis
In it, @gavinrrice and colleagues, infer and reproduce the likely initial steps of a novelty's formation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In it, @gavinrrice and colleagues, infer and reproduce the likely initial steps of a novelty's formation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Meet Leopardus tilcayo, the tilcayo tiger #cat.
#Bolivia' beauty.
It's the first new living cat species to be formally named and described in more than a century — the last was the Uruguayan pampas cat in 1923. The paper just came out today in #CurrentBiology (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.059).
#Bolivia' beauty.
It's the first new living cat species to be formally named and described in more than a century — the last was the Uruguayan pampas cat in 1923. The paper just came out today in #CurrentBiology (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.059).
September 18, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Meet Leopardus tilcayo, the tilcayo tiger #cat.
#Bolivia' beauty.
It's the first new living cat species to be formally named and described in more than a century — the last was the Uruguayan pampas cat in 1923. The paper just came out today in #CurrentBiology (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.059).
#Bolivia' beauty.
It's the first new living cat species to be formally named and described in more than a century — the last was the Uruguayan pampas cat in 1923. The paper just came out today in #CurrentBiology (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.059).
Whole-#brain chemosensory responses of both C. elegans sexes CurrentBiology
Whole-#brain chemosensory responses of both C. elegans sexes
Seyedolmohadesin et al. record whole-brain activity with cellular resolution in both C. elegans sexes during broad chemosensory stimulation. They find that nearly every sensory neuron and many pharyngeal neurons respond in a sexually dimorphic manner and that these functional dimorphisms are distinct from known synaptic dimorphisms.
dlvr.it
September 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Whole-#brain chemosensory responses of both C. elegans sexes CurrentBiology
Structure of the ciliary tip central pair reveals the unique role of the microtubule-seam binding protein SPEF1
http://dlvr.it/TPlS8Q
Dorota Wloga, Khanh Huy Bui & colleagues
@currentbiology@bsky.social
#CellBio2025
http://dlvr.it/TPlS8Q
Dorota Wloga, Khanh Huy Bui & colleagues
@currentbiology@bsky.social
#CellBio2025
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Structure of the ciliary tip central pair reveals the unique role of the microtubule-seam binding protein SPEF1
http://dlvr.it/TPlS8Q
Dorota Wloga, Khanh Huy Bui & colleagues
@currentbiology@bsky.social
#CellBio2025
http://dlvr.it/TPlS8Q
Dorota Wloga, Khanh Huy Bui & colleagues
@currentbiology@bsky.social
#CellBio2025
Neuroscience: Sex shapes #brain-wide sensory activity CurrentBiology
Neuroscience: Sex shapes #brain-wide sensory activity
How widespread are sex differences in brain activity? A new study in Caenorhabditis elegans examines brain-wide responses to chemical stimuli and finds that sexually dimorphic responses are widespread and stimulus-dependent, with most sensory neurons showing both dimorphic and non-dimorphic responses.
dlvr.it
September 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Neuroscience: Sex shapes #brain-wide sensory activity CurrentBiology
📣 New paper, now online in early view in
@CurrentBiology
: cell.com/current-biol.... Gather round for a story 8.5 years(!) in the making 🧵
@CurrentBiology
: cell.com/current-biol.... Gather round for a story 8.5 years(!) in the making 🧵
January 13, 2024 at 11:44 AM
📣 New paper, now online in early view in
@CurrentBiology
: cell.com/current-biol.... Gather round for a story 8.5 years(!) in the making 🧵
@CurrentBiology
: cell.com/current-biol.... Gather round for a story 8.5 years(!) in the making 🧵
Have you ever wondered what #wildlife does at #night?
How prevalent night-time activity/ nocturnality is? 🦇 🦉 🦗
How night-time conditions differ from daytime and between nights? 🌃 🌟 🌑 🌕️🌘
We, Almut Kelber & myself, just published a Quick Guide on Nocturnality @Currentbiology 🧵
➡️ shorturl.at/TpA13
How prevalent night-time activity/ nocturnality is? 🦇 🦉 🦗
How night-time conditions differ from daytime and between nights? 🌃 🌟 🌑 🌕️🌘
We, Almut Kelber & myself, just published a Quick Guide on Nocturnality @Currentbiology 🧵
➡️ shorturl.at/TpA13
March 25, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Have you ever wondered what #wildlife does at #night?
How prevalent night-time activity/ nocturnality is? 🦇 🦉 🦗
How night-time conditions differ from daytime and between nights? 🌃 🌟 🌑 🌕️🌘
We, Almut Kelber & myself, just published a Quick Guide on Nocturnality @Currentbiology 🧵
➡️ shorturl.at/TpA13
How prevalent night-time activity/ nocturnality is? 🦇 🦉 🦗
How night-time conditions differ from daytime and between nights? 🌃 🌟 🌑 🌕️🌘
We, Almut Kelber & myself, just published a Quick Guide on Nocturnality @Currentbiology 🧵
➡️ shorturl.at/TpA13
Trade-offs, trade-ups, and high mutational parallelism underlie microbial adaptation during extreme cycles of feast and famine
CurrentBiology by @megbehri.bsky.social et al
16 experimentally evolved E. coli populations for 900 days in repeated feast/famine conditions
www.cell.com/current-biol...
CurrentBiology by @megbehri.bsky.social et al
16 experimentally evolved E. coli populations for 900 days in repeated feast/famine conditions
www.cell.com/current-biol...
March 10, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Trade-offs, trade-ups, and high mutational parallelism underlie microbial adaptation during extreme cycles of feast and famine
CurrentBiology by @megbehri.bsky.social et al
16 experimentally evolved E. coli populations for 900 days in repeated feast/famine conditions
www.cell.com/current-biol...
CurrentBiology by @megbehri.bsky.social et al
16 experimentally evolved E. coli populations for 900 days in repeated feast/famine conditions
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Jennifer Mather CurrentBiology
Jennifer Mather
Interview with Jennifer Mather, whose work involves cephalopod behaviour and human–animal interactions at the University of Lethbridge.
dlvr.it
September 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Jennifer Mather CurrentBiology
New paper on the wonderful googly eyes of alciopid worms out now in CurrentBiology! We found that alongside vertebrates, arthropods, and cephalopods, this group of polychaetes is capable of high-resolution vision - but mysteries remain...🪱 👀 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 8, 2024 at 4:05 PM
New paper on the wonderful googly eyes of alciopid worms out now in CurrentBiology! We found that alongside vertebrates, arthropods, and cephalopods, this group of polychaetes is capable of high-resolution vision - but mysteries remain...🪱 👀 🧪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...