John Soghigian

Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes - Nature Communications Despite the significance of mosquitos for human health, little research has focused on their phylogeny. Here, the authors present a resolved phylogenetic history of mosquitoes based on phylogenomics s...

Also see the supplement of this paper for a discussion on Aedes... Long story short: Belkin recognized two sections that we find strong support for in genomic data. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As of Wilkerson et al 2015, most of us no longer use Ochlerotatus as a separate genus (but it is treated as a subgenus), as Don comments above. But, Aedes is not monophyletic and a growing consensus in the literature points to a few potentials, which could see the return of Ochlerotatus as a genus.

First genome assembly of wild #Aedes mosquitoes. Paper coming soon! Pre-print is out! Thanks to our collaboration with @jsoghigian.bsky.social, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @yale.edu and #CT_CAES.

Wow... This thread (and original plos post) are really interesting

‘You’re The Bonnie To My Clyde,’ Says Biden Running Off With Pardoned Turkey WASHINGTON—Participating in the annual tradition one last time before leaving office, President Joe Biden reportedly told a pardoned Thanksgiving turkey “You’re the Bonnie to my Clyde” on Monday befor...

"It’s us against the world now, turkey."

Providing a Good Quality of Life is the Least We Can Do | arch magazine Maria Camila Ceballos knew she wanted to care for animals. She just didn’t know it would be in Canada and in the field of animal science.

I’m happy to share a little bit of my story and “Jam” with this video from Arch Magazine from @ucalgary.bsky.social. See it here 👇🏼
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It's really good to see an alternative social media platform rapidly expand! Time to get back to checking here more often 🙂

Hello Less Hateful World

A comic titled "What is a City Pigeon? By Rosemary Mosco." There's a small pigeon shouting through a megaphone. Panel 1: A banner says "It's a Dinosaur. Like all birds, pigeons descended from dinos." A pigeon roars "coooo" over the silhouette of a dinosaur yelling RARR. Panel 2: The banner says "It's a Dove. A city pigeon or Rock Dove is a member of the pigeon and dove family." A pigeon stands in glorious rays of sparkling light, with a halo over its head. Panel 3: The banner says "It's a Domestic Animal. Pigeons were domesticated millennia ago for meat and fertilizer (poop)." A cow stands in a farmer's field, saying "moo." A pigeon looks up at it and says "coo." Both have just pooped. Panel 4: The banner says "It's a Purebred Pet. Like dogs & cats, pigeons come in fancy breeds." There are three fancy pigeons: A Birmingham Roller, with rusty feathers and splotches of white. A Fantail, with its head pushed back and a huge fanned out tail. A Saxon Fairy Swallow, with a crest and huge fan

Because folks liked my latest pigeon comic so much, here's another pigeon piece!

I made this a couple years ago for a sadly now defunct publication called Pipe Wrench. I hope this piece helps spread more pigeon love.

#pigeon #bird #comic #cartoon #science 🪶

Hmm. The statistics in the first brain shrinking study seem screwy.

Nonhospitalized (386) vs. Control (384) was not even close to significant, but all cases (401) vs control was just barely significant?

Sorry, I don't buy this result as meaningful.

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Confirmed case of measles prompts public alert to potential exposures | Alberta Health Services CALGARY– Alberta Health Services (AHS) has confirmed that an individual with lab-confirmed measles has been in public settings in Calgary while infectious.

A case of measles in Calgary 😨 www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page178...

#academia I recall getting a handwritten note from my VD for Research when I got my first NIH R01 funded. A very nice gesture. We need more of this!

Join us for an excellent symposium on some of the "other sides" of vector biology research!

Attending @entsocamerica.bsky.social meeting? Join @jsoghigian.bsky.social and myself for our symposium, Beyond the Bite: Natural History, Systematics, and Ecology Enhance Knowledge of Our Most Deadly Foe, cdmcd.co/B8PqPW #EntSoc23

Thanks Don! Wouldn't have been possible without the hard work of @genmorinaga.bsky.social

Known of this work for a while now so really happy to see it out in print. Work by @jsoghigian.bsky.social and others,
Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The ghostest with the mostest

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Rabbi Ari Hart, the Imam at the boys’s Mosque, and Rabbi Hodi

"The Jerusalem Talmud teaches that the Jewish people are obligated to comfort the mourners of our people and of all people because of darchei shalom - the paths of peace. Today, a group of rabbis of us went to the funeral of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a six year old Muslim boy who was killed in his home by his depraved landlord because he was Palestinian and Muslim. This picture is with the imam of the mosque where the funeral was held. We met with the Imam, heard from the father, and stood with the boy's community as they mourned this horrific loss. We witnessed the pain. We expressed our shock and condemnation of the attack. We wept. I can't say that it was simple to be there. These are not simple times. But the murder of a six year old because of his faith and his identity is not complicated. It is a heinous crime. And that's why we went today. These days it really feels like the world has l These days it really feels like the world has lost its way. But I can't give up on trying, yearning,

Get your Kleenex out.

A group of Chicago area Rabbis attended the funeral of Wadea Al-Fayoume, the six year old Palestinian-American boy who was brutally murdered by his landlord due to his ethnicity and religion.

Rabbi Ari Hart explains why the Rabbis attended the funeral in the screenshot below.

Hi Bluesky community
My first post here after years on Twitter. Interests include all things science & Higher Ed. In particular Parasitology, drug resistance, molecular epidemiology/diagnostics, genetics/genomics genomics and veterinary medicine. Thanks for the invite @jsoghigian.bsky.social !

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(Pls repost) Folks who majored in history, english, or something else “useless,”what was your first job out of school? What are you doing now? I know there are plenty of online resources about jobs but I’m trying to show my students that careers are often not straight lines.Thank you!!!!

A four-panel comic with some couples' costume ideas for Halloween. In panel 1, there's a male and female magnificent frigatebird, and the male has his throat pouch inflated. In panel 2, there's an elegant bridal veil stinkhorn and a flesh fly. In panel 3, there's a scarab beetle and a dung ball (just a huge brown ball being rolled by the beetle). In panel 4, there's a leopard sea cucumber and the pearlfish that lives in its anus.

Some halloween costume ideas. 🪶🧪

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Come be our colleagaue! Assistant/Associate Professor in Vector Biology/Ecology! Specific topic area open!

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After Deleting Twitter/X Headlines, Elon Musk Will Hide Reply, Retweet And Like Numbers This past week, Musk followed through on a promise to delete embedded headlines and lede copy from posted article links.

Man who routinely gets ratioed attempts to kill the entire idea of being ratioed.

Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution - Nature Assembly theory conceptualizes objects as entities defined by their possible formation histories, allowing a unified language for describing selection, evolution and the generation of novelty.

Is science bluesky fully realised yet? Do we have a discourse about this absolutely bananas paper? 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Exciting for this to finally be online! Was a privilege to be part of such a great international team. Excellent phylogenetic comparative work by @genmorinaga.bsky.social to cap it all off!

What the actual....