Christopher Dutton

Super fun to give the keynote at the American Zoological Association Nutrition Meeting in Oklahoma City! Talked about my lab's work in Kenya, Congo, and with Zoos across the US. A truly great group of passionate, kind people.

Apply Now! Tenure-track Faculty Position in Marine Bioscience at the University of Florida's Whitney Lab. explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

🚨🚨 New tenure-track job posting! 🚨🚨

The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus.

Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53...

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Reminder, we’re hiring 2 PhD students for next year!! I’m extending the deadline to Nov 1, but please get your app in soon if you’re interested in joining us! More info is on our webpage. 🦠🦑

Please share with ECRs you know as well and check out our other open positio. (Postdoc!)

Picture of our robotic bunny used as a python lure in the Everglades.

Pretty tickled to see our little guy on the big screen during the keynote address of the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment Research Symposium.

It's all good! We have a spare land rover...and my hopes and dreams are highly adaptable.

If you look closely, you can see my hopes and dreams under the oil cooler to the left.

PEEP - Power Estimator for Ecological Planning | Statistical Power Calculator PEEP: Your friendly companion for sample size calculations and power analysis in ecological research. Professional tools for field studies, experimental design, and grant proposals.

Just finished a first draft of an ecological power analyzer app. Been watching students struggle to figure out sample sizes. Hope this helps. Fork it, steal it, use it. Mostly accurate. Work in progress. ufduttonlab.github.io/peep-power/

Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

OK, this is amazing.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sleeping giants: temporal, seasonal, and spatial variations in the 24-h activity budget of Hippopotamus amphibius This study provides the first observational 24-h activity budget of hippos and the first behavioral data from Botswana. Behavior varied by time of day, sea

New article published looking at the behaviour of hippos in Botswana and how it varies throughout the day, seasonally, and in different areas. Very little known about hippo behaviour, so feeling happy to have this out there 🥰🦛

academic.oup.com/jmammal/arti...

The disciplinary matrix of holobiont biology Uniting life’s seen and unseen realms guides a conceptual advance in research

Microbiomes are the foundation of the biosphere. Hosts such as humans, bees, and plants have never been just hosts. They are complex units of biological organization upon which various forces act to shape composition, form, and function. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I've been teaching General Ecology at UF Biology and experimenting with ways to help make learning fun. One way I've found particularly useful, is through web apps (games and simulations). Feel free to use them, fork them or steal them. A work in progress.
ufduttonlab.github.io/teaching/

Just learned about the book, Absolution.

Can confirm they have a camera, but will have to move it to the bunny's back for version 2. Great idea! 😂

Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - Nature Genomic and biochemical analyses of prokaryotic sulfur metabolism identify diverse microorganisms with the capacity to oxidize sulfide using iron(iii).

📢 New paper in @nature.com

Microbes rock 🎸🤘 with sulfide and iron minerals

I am very excited to share our recent study, which describes a previously unknown microbial energy metabolism ⚡⚡⚡🦠🧫⚡⚡⚡

🆕 Microbial iron oxide respiration coupled to sulfide oxidation - MISO

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships: Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Whoa! Been waiting yrs for these...

UF researchers deploy robotic rabbits across South Florida to fight Burmese python explosion Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.

lab side project.... www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...

image of the pore occupancy on a nanopore minion, super excellent library prep and loading....a sea of green.

An undergrad in my lab just made this @nanoporetech.com library of several metagenomes. All future libraries will now be judged based on this one. 🎉💯

I've never seen Amanda more excited than when she just received @bengoldfarb.bsky.social 's book in the mail along with a chewed up beaver stick! 🎉🥳

Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Children of war refugees may inherit their parents’ trauma Genetic analysis of women who fled war-torn Syria and their descendants reveals potential genetic stress markers

Great coverage by @science.org

www.science.org/content/arti...

Violence alters human genes for generations, researchers discover <p>Children of Syrian refugees inherit the stress of civil war.</p>

Very proud to have been a part of this research. Grateful to the coauthors and participants for sharing their stories. 🙏

news.ufl.edu/2025/02/syri...

‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Does anyone have a running list of universities that have paused or slashed graduate admissions?

We’ll add it to ours if it doesn’t exist