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chrispotter.bsky.social
Mosquito bites are annoying, and they can sometimes be deadly. What actually happens when a mosquito bites you? We took a closer look both above and below the skin.

A 🧵 about our new paper in Science Advances. @sciencemagazine #ScienceAdvancesResearch 1/18
October 21, 2026 at 9:31 PM
chrispotter.bsky.social
Take-home messages.
➡️ Legs, palps and mouthparts act as one coordinated system at the bite site
➡️ Palp movement above the skin reports what the stylet is doing below it
➡️ Anopheles and Aedes bite differently

Thanks for reading! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ScienceAdvancesResearch 18/18
Summary grid of which phases of the bite differ between mosquito groups. Rows list Anopheles coluzzii orco mutants, IR76b mutants and wild-type, plus wild-type Aedes aegypti; columns list the five phases. Green brackets with asterisks mark differences between the two species in skin piercing and blood-vessel searching. Orange and blue brackets with asterisks mark differences between wild-type Anopheles and each mutant in blood ingestion. Mouthpart retraction and withdrawal are marked not significant.
October 21, 2026 at 9:31 PM
arnonelab.bsky.social
We report high expression of vertebrates’ brain and retina genes, and a vast array of photoreceptor cells. Among those, we detect cells that express a rare combination of opsins, perhaps an ideal candidate for non-ocular vision. 👀 #ScienceAdvancesResearch @szndohrn.bsky.social @science.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
perievodevo.bsky.social
and in collaboration with @mfnberlin.bsky.social, Jack Ullrich-Lüter, Jil Carl, Maria Schauer, Anne-C. Zakrzewski, Berit Zemann, Carsten Lüter, @biodev-vlfr.bsky.social @croce-urchin.bsky.social, Tiphaine Sancerni, Oğuz Akar, @igflyon.bsky.social, @almazan.bsky.social #ScienceAdvancesResearch
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
phdcn-study.bsky.social
New in Science Advances from @phdcn-study.bsky.social: 2/3 of people who ever carried guns began in adulthood, and their patterns of carrying differ greatly from those who began carrying in adolescence. Open access at www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ScienceAdvancesResearch
Dual pathways of concealed gun carrying and use from adolescence to adulthood over a 25-year era of change
Distinct patterns by life-course stage—adolescence versus adulthood—reveal dual pathways for concealed gun carrying and gun use.
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December 4, 2024 at 8:14 PM
andreabotteon.bsky.social
"Magnetic fields and relativistic electrons fill entire galaxy cluster" is now also on arXiv:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01493

#ScienceAdvancesResearch #irapapers
@UniLeiden @LeidenScienceEN @Unibo @IRA_INAF @ASTRON_NL @LOFAR
andreabotteon.bsky.social Andrea Botteon @andreabotteon.bsky.social · Nov 2
Our work is published in @ScienceAdvances
! We studied the giant (5 Mpc) radio emission that embeds the galaxy cluster Abell 2255. This provides information on the non-thermal components at large distances from the cluster center 🧵1/11 Paper #OpenAccess: https://t.co/Wngo34TAlT
January 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
surojitsural.bsky.social
And finally, a shoutout to #ScienceAdvancesResearch for the extremely positive peer review experience. Check out the article for more results and several new CRISPR-generated strains that are now available at CGC.

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Gut epithelium modifies enteric behaviors during nutritional adversity via distinct peptidergic signaling axes
Gut epithelium modulates output from distinct enteric circuits by altering secretion of insulin and noninsulin peptides.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
informor.bsky.social
This collaborative project was led by Sterling Williams-Ceci @sterlingwc.bsky.social , w/ Maurice Jakesch @mjakesch.bsky.social , Advait Bhat @advaitmb.bsky.social , Kowe Kadoma @kkado.bsky.social , and Lior Zalmanson. #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org (7/7)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Biased AI writing assistants shift users’ attitudes on societal issues
Biased AI writing assistants shift people’s attitudes about societal issues; common interventions do not prevent this influence.
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March 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
teamthomma.bsky.social
Delighted to see this work out in #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org where we uncover a surprising evolutionary origin of fungal effector proteins as ancient antimicrobials.
Led by the super-star @mesny.bsky.social in the frame of @ceplas.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social & @madfungi.bsky.social
unicologne.bsky.social Universität zu Köln @unicologne.bsky.social · Apr 30
🍂🌱 An international research team led by @teamthomma.bsky.social has discovered the surprising evolutionary origin of fungal effector proteins: molecules that pathogens use today to infect their hosts appear to have evolved from ancient antimicrobial proteins.

More: ➡️ uni.koeln/UCMWQ
#UniCologne
Fungi utilize ancient antimicrobial proteins to attack hosts and their microbiomes
A team of plant researchers at the University of Cologne decodes a key infection strategy of fungal pathogens. Significant findings for disease control, plant protection and food security as well as f...
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April 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
teamthomma.bsky.social
Hot off the press #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... we show that pathogens and non-pathogens share many effectors, and with subtle changes effectors from non-pathogens may become host immune modulators
Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation
Fungal effectors may have evolved from ancient antimicrobials, shaping plant microbiota and immunity during infection.
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April 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM
chazzfindlay.bsky.social
Ever wondered how we can reduce underwater noise from #shipping to prevent impacts on marine mammals? 🤔🚢🔊🐳🐬🦭

🚨 Then check out our new paper in @ScienceAdvances!

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ScienceAdvancesResearch #OpenAccess
October 14, 2023 at 2:24 PM
tmatreux.bsky.social
@crc392molevo.bsky.social @hfspo.bsky.social #ScienceAdvancesResearch
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
sherrydongqi.bsky.social
Happy to share my first first-author paper, new in Science Advances: Deciding for others alters metacognition leading to responsibility aversion www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ScienceAdvancesResearch @zne-uzh.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch
Deciding for others alters metacognition leading to responsibility aversion
Making decisions on behalf of other people reduces decision confidence, which leads to responsibility aversion.
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February 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM
antoniaotte1.bsky.social
Many thanks to my master’s supervisor Uwe John @awi.de, and all my co-authors without whom this work wouldn’t have been possible.
#HAB #AlgalToxins #Mixotrophy #Multiomics #ScienceResearch #ScienceAdvancesResearch
June 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
import-astrory.bsky.social
Huge thanks to second author @matt-belyakov.bsky.social who co-PI'd the JWST program with me, co-authors Ian Wong and Zac Milby, and to my PhD advisor @plutokiller.com. #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org @caltech.edu #JWST @jwstobserver.bsky.social
July 29, 2026 at 6:36 PM
rosagisladottir.bsky.social
Does the sound of our speech have a genetic component? Yes it does! Our genetic study on voice pitch and vowel acoustics is now #openaccess in @ScienceAdvances.

Link to paper: http://bit.ly/43QHgaq

A mini-thread about key findings ↓ #ScienceAdvancesResearch #GWAS
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February 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
tednsmith.bsky.social
As well as CO2 Rubisco reacts with O2: plants evolved photorespiration to deal with the consequences. It works, but synthetic biology can do better! 🔄 We used metabolic modeling to compare alternative pathways to boost crop yields 🌱 🧵 #ScienceAdvancesResearch
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Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity
Computational modeling reveals how engineering plants with alternative pathways to photorespiration could boost crop yields.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
prehistormic.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce our work reconstructing the western flank of the North Atlantic subtropical high (or Bermuda/Azores high) has just been published in Science Advances! This record goes back to 1140 CE! #ScienceAdvancesResearch

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Changes in the western flank of the North Atlantic subtropical high since 1140 CE: Extremes, drivers, and hydroclimatic patterns
Eight centuries of Bermuda high patterns show a 50% increase in western flank variability starting in 1900 CE.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
mesny.bsky.social
🎉 📰 Very happy to share the journal publication of our manuscript "Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation"! #ScienceAdvancesResearch @science.org

@teamthomma.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation
Fungal effectors may have evolved from ancient antimicrobials, shaping plant microbiota and immunity during infection.
www.science.org
April 29, 2026 at 6:36 PM