🐞 Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle) 🧬✨Tribolium helps uncover how insect body segments form and evolve through short-germ development, offering key insights into ancestral developmental mechanisms 📸 Image by Xavier Franch and David Martin. #ModelMonday #EvoDevo 🐣
May 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🐞 Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle) 🧬✨Tribolium helps uncover how insect body segments form and evolve through short-germ development, offering key insights into ancestral developmental mechanisms 📸 Image by Xavier Franch and David Martin. #ModelMonday #EvoDevo 🐣
wow it was XENOPUS??? the Drosophila of frogs? What next, a genetics researcher smuggling in Tribolium??
The Justice Department has now filed criminal charges against Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova for “allegedly attempting to smuggle clawed frog embryos and embryonic samples into the United States.”
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May 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
wow it was XENOPUS??? the Drosophila of frogs? What next, a genetics researcher smuggling in Tribolium??
#Napari does a good job promoting the #Tribolium model. 🤔
Check out and give feedback on the latest pre-release 0.7.0rc0! You can install with `pip install "napari[all]>=0.7.0rc0"` or via the bundled app. 😁 🥳
The release notes, with highlights, include so many great new features and changes: napari.org/dev/release/...
The release notes, with highlights, include so many great new features and changes: napari.org/dev/release/...
napari 0.7.0
⚠️ Note: these release notes are still in draft while 0.7.0 is in release candidate testing. ⚠️ Tue, Mar 10, 2026 We’re happy to announce the release of napari 0.7.0! napari is a fast, interactive,…
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March 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
#Napari does a good job promoting the #Tribolium model. 🤔
Tribolium castaneum in the house! #Coleoptera #Tenebrionidae
August 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Tribolium castaneum in the house! #Coleoptera #Tenebrionidae
Journal of Ethology, Online first: Experimental evolution of female mating responses to infertile males in Tribolium castaneum - Fujii et al
Experimental evolution of female mating responses to infertile males in Tribolium castaneum
Link to the online first article in Journal of Ethology entitled 'Experimental evolution of female mating responses to infertile males in Tribolium castaneum'
link.springer.com
October 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Journal of Ethology, Online first: Experimental evolution of female mating responses to infertile males in Tribolium castaneum - Fujii et al
🚀 Explore the Virtual Embryo Zoo! Built with Intracktive!
Six tracked embryos across species: zebrafish, Drosophila, mouse, C. elegans, ascidian, Tribolium.
View online, download data, use in teaching or analysis.
👉 embryozoo.org
Six tracked embryos across species: zebrafish, Drosophila, mouse, C. elegans, ascidian, Tribolium.
View online, download data, use in teaching or analysis.
👉 embryozoo.org
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🚀 Explore the Virtual Embryo Zoo! Built with Intracktive!
Six tracked embryos across species: zebrafish, Drosophila, mouse, C. elegans, ascidian, Tribolium.
View online, download data, use in teaching or analysis.
👉 embryozoo.org
Six tracked embryos across species: zebrafish, Drosophila, mouse, C. elegans, ascidian, Tribolium.
View online, download data, use in teaching or analysis.
👉 embryozoo.org
🪲🪰 Our preprint is out! This was a team effort with @wolframponisch.bsky.social, @matthewabenton.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch.
We asked whether Drosophila and Tribolium use the same cell behaviours to fold their embryos during gastrulation.
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We asked whether Drosophila and Tribolium use the same cell behaviours to fold their embryos during gastrulation.
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Morphospace analysis reveals divergent cellular behaviours driving tissue internalisation during insect gastrulation
During gastrulation, embryonic epithelia undergo large-scale remodelling to internalise the mesoderm. Whether the cellular mechanisms underlying these tissue deformations are conserved across species ...
www.biorxiv.org
July 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
🪲🪰 Our preprint is out! This was a team effort with @wolframponisch.bsky.social, @matthewabenton.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch.
We asked whether Drosophila and Tribolium use the same cell behaviours to fold their embryos during gastrulation.
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We asked whether Drosophila and Tribolium use the same cell behaviours to fold their embryos during gastrulation.
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Mapping neurons in the brain of a beetle, by Gregor Bucher's team @bucherlab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Happy we could make a minor contribution by providing a Brainbow construct, which the team used to map neuronal projections
Tribolium Brainbow soon available on Addgene
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Happy we could make a minor contribution by providing a Brainbow construct, which the team used to map neuronal projections
Tribolium Brainbow soon available on Addgene
May 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Mapping neurons in the brain of a beetle, by Gregor Bucher's team @bucherlab.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Happy we could make a minor contribution by providing a Brainbow construct, which the team used to map neuronal projections
Tribolium Brainbow soon available on Addgene
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Happy we could make a minor contribution by providing a Brainbow construct, which the team used to map neuronal projections
Tribolium Brainbow soon available on Addgene
Does genetic rescue disrupt local adaptation? An experimental test using thermally adapted Tribolium castaneum lines https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669094v1
August 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Does genetic rescue disrupt local adaptation? An experimental test using thermally adapted Tribolium castaneum lines https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669094v1
Like this beautiful #Tribolium embryo showing the expression of different gap genes 🔬🪲✨ (www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/b...)
November 25, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Like this beautiful #Tribolium embryo showing the expression of different gap genes 🔬🪲✨ (www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/b...)
I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies
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Scientists have learned a great deal about biology from a handful of "model organisms" – animals with unique characteristics that make them excellent for labora…
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July 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I can't believe this only ended up getting 3,590 supporters when it needed 10,000; it was a sad day. This has unlocked a new fixation, and I will campaign to get this reopened... #Drosophila #Tribolium #CoolScience #FruitFlies
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New research in #RESInsectMolecBio shows histone & N-terminal acetyltransferases play important roles in female reproduction & #embryogenesis of the #RedFlourBeetle #Tribolium castaneum
Read the article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/imb.13000
@sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com
Read the article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/imb.13000
@sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New research in #RESInsectMolecBio shows histone & N-terminal acetyltransferases play important roles in female reproduction & #embryogenesis of the #RedFlourBeetle #Tribolium castaneum
Read the article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/imb.13000
@sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com
Read the article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/imb.13000
@sassanasgari.bsky.social @gulianusslab.bsky.social @wiley.com
Inbreeding leads to fitness loss- using (Tribolium castaneum), we tested pre- and post-copulatory inbreeding avoidance mechanisms- Males courted related females more, "a surprising result"...here it is: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#insects #biodiversity #science
@exeter.ac.uk
#FathiAttia
#tomtregenza
#insects #biodiversity #science
@exeter.ac.uk
#FathiAttia
#tomtregenza
June 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Inbreeding leads to fitness loss- using (Tribolium castaneum), we tested pre- and post-copulatory inbreeding avoidance mechanisms- Males courted related females more, "a surprising result"...here it is: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#insects #biodiversity #science
@exeter.ac.uk
#FathiAttia
#tomtregenza
#insects #biodiversity #science
@exeter.ac.uk
#FathiAttia
#tomtregenza
that's right it's Friday, time to learn about setiferous sex patches
January 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
that's right it's Friday, time to learn about setiferous sex patches
Final thought: development is not one fixed script. Evolution finds different mechanical solutions to the same morphogenetic problem. Or, more simply: when things get crowded, the beetle finds another dimension. 🪲
#EvoDevo #gastrulation #morphogenesis #development #Drosophila #Tribolium
#EvoDevo #gastrulation #morphogenesis #development #Drosophila #Tribolium
July 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Final thought: development is not one fixed script. Evolution finds different mechanical solutions to the same morphogenetic problem. Or, more simply: when things get crowded, the beetle finds another dimension. 🪲
#EvoDevo #gastrulation #morphogenesis #development #Drosophila #Tribolium
#EvoDevo #gastrulation #morphogenesis #development #Drosophila #Tribolium
New paper out now! 🎉 We tackle the challenge of quantifying novel contraction waves observed in the extra-embryonic membranes of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Bioinformatics #Tribolium #DevelopmentalBiology #ImageAnalysis
Open Access: doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Bioinformatics #Tribolium #DevelopmentalBiology #ImageAnalysis
Spatiotemporal segmentation of contraction waves in the extra-embryonic membranes of the red flour beetle - BMC Bioinformatics
Background In this paper, we introduce an image analysis approach for spatiotemporal segmentation, quantification, and visualization of movement or contraction patterns in 2D+t and 3D+t microscopy rec...
doi.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New paper out now! 🎉 We tackle the challenge of quantifying novel contraction waves observed in the extra-embryonic membranes of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum.
Open Access: doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Bioinformatics #Tribolium #DevelopmentalBiology #ImageAnalysis
Open Access: doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Bioinformatics #Tribolium #DevelopmentalBiology #ImageAnalysis
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🐞 Model system: Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
😃 Non-scientific interests: bouldering, hiking, travelling
Sibora will work with @bucherlab.bsky.social.
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🐞 Model system: Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
😃 Non-scientific interests: bouldering, hiking, travelling
Sibora will work with @bucherlab.bsky.social.
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October 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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🐞 Model system: Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
😃 Non-scientific interests: bouldering, hiking, travelling
Sibora will work with @bucherlab.bsky.social.
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🐞 Model system: Red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum
😃 Non-scientific interests: bouldering, hiking, travelling
Sibora will work with @bucherlab.bsky.social.
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I've adopted flour beetles (Tribolium confusum). They're a classic model system in ecology, so I couldn't resist. Now to design some lab experiments for the students...
April 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I've adopted flour beetles (Tribolium confusum). They're a classic model system in ecology, so I couldn't resist. Now to design some lab experiments for the students...
Journal of Ethology, Online first: Temporally structured plasticity in death-feigning behavior in response to nutritional conditions in Tribolium castaneum - Shibuya et al
Temporally structured plasticity in death-feigning behavior in response to nutritional conditions in Tribolium castaneum
Link to the online first article in Journal of Ethology entitled 'Temporally structured plasticity in death-feigning behavior in response to nutritional conditions in Tribolium castaneum'
link.springer.com
October 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Journal of Ethology, Online first: Temporally structured plasticity in death-feigning behavior in response to nutritional conditions in Tribolium castaneum - Shibuya et al
In Drosophila, cells follow a clear shape trajectory as the tissue folds.
In Tribolium… not so much.
In Tribolium… not so much.
July 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
In Drosophila, cells follow a clear shape trajectory as the tissue folds.
In Tribolium… not so much.
In Tribolium… not so much.
Just a heads up that I will soon be advertising for a Postdoctoral position in my group to work on the evolution of cannibalism in Tribolium, starting ~September. Official Job ad to come soon. #academicjobs #postdoc #eeb
a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed
ALT: a woman says " would you like to join us " with her eyes closed
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March 31, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Just a heads up that I will soon be advertising for a Postdoctoral position in my group to work on the evolution of cannibalism in Tribolium, starting ~September. Official Job ad to come soon. #academicjobs #postdoc #eeb
Wnt and Fgf signaling pharmacological inhibition affect posterior growth during Tribolium castaneum germband elongation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643200v1
March 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Wnt and Fgf signaling pharmacological inhibition affect posterior growth during Tribolium castaneum germband elongation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643200v1
We want to do some experiments in Tribolium. How do we get stocks? Is there a stock center like for Drosophila?
March 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We want to do some experiments in Tribolium. How do we get stocks? Is there a stock center like for Drosophila?
New work in #RESPhysEnt
Dietary fatty acids as partial determinants of cuticular wax profiles in #Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) (Coleoptera: #Tenebrionidae)
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70044
#InsectCuticle
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Dietary fatty acids as partial determinants of cuticular wax profiles in #Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) (Coleoptera: #Tenebrionidae)
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70044
#InsectCuticle
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
April 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
New work in #RESPhysEnt
Dietary fatty acids as partial determinants of cuticular wax profiles in #Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) (Coleoptera: #Tenebrionidae)
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70044
#InsectCuticle
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Dietary fatty acids as partial determinants of cuticular wax profiles in #Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) (Coleoptera: #Tenebrionidae)
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70044
#InsectCuticle
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Our book chapter from 7 (?!?!) years ago, is now also available as protocols.io version! That's pretty neat. www.protocols.io/view/the-red...
The Red Flour Beetle as Model for Comparative Neural Development: Genome Editing to Mark Neural Cells in Tr...
The Red Flour Beetle as Model for Comparative Neural Development: Genome Editing to Mark Neural Cells in Tribolium Brain Development. . Read full protocol, s...
www.protocols.io
August 12, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Our book chapter from 7 (?!?!) years ago, is now also available as protocols.io version! That's pretty neat. www.protocols.io/view/the-red...