Kathy Darragh

@zar-rebholz.bsky.social

Come here me talk at #Evol2025 about butterfly chemical evolution today (Saturday) at 3pm in room Athens AB (Parallel Evolution I).

Stay for Zarley Rebholz on chemical convergence between plants and ladybirds!

Ah that's so exciting - congratulations!! 🎉

I am delighted to be starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology at the University of Florida in January 2026. The lab is broadly interested in the functional, developmental, and evolutionary genetics of cell types and organs across flies and beyond 🪰🧬

The @labschulz.bsky.social worked out how to make HNDB, a species-specific perfume compound of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma - and here they are collecting their freshly synthesized compound of choice!!
Now published in Synlett:
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#natprod

“This grant means freedom… I can take more risks.”

Join us in congratulating the 2025 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award recipients, @aiinglim.bsky.social, Pavitra Muralidhar & Kavita Rangan 👏

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What happens to floral scent when it is no longer needed? At the genetic level, are genes lost or down-regulated? Fun new open access paper in MBE! #evosky #PlantScience

Thank you so much, it was a lot of fun!

Thanks Graham!

¡Nuevo estudio! Encontramos que las especies de caña agria polinizadas por colibríes han perdido en su mayoría su aroma floral. Me encanto trabajar en este proyecto y me alegra mucho verlo ya publicado en MolBiolEvol. El resumen en español se puede encontrar en "supplementary materials".

Flowers from two species of spiral ginger (Costus). On the left a bee-pollinated species, and on the right a hummingbird-pollinated species.

Convergent floral scent loss following transition to hummingbird pollination in spiral gingers (Costus).
I had so much fun on this project with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and Santiago Ramirez and am thrilled to see it published now in @MolBioEvol! academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository.

(The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

The OSF is available for preservation of datasets that need saving.

osf.io

Contact support@osf.io if you need assistance

Multiple, Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Computing in Biology, Health, and Wellness - Bloomington, Indiana job with Indiana University Bloomington | 664327 Invite applications for multiple tenure /tenure-track positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor ranks

🚨🚨🚨Jobs at IU!🚨🚨🚨
Multiple positions in computational biology, broadly interpreted. Positions can be in multiple depts, including Biology, Informatics, and CS.

Please apply--we want new colleagues!

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Save the date! 🚨🚨🚨

The annual Midwest Population Genetics meeting will be held here at Indiana University, Bloomington on August 9-10.

Stay tuned for more info #MWPG24

AmNat fact 1: Did you know that you can publish bilingual abstracts & titles (i.e. other than English) in The American Naturalist? This increases the visibility & inclusivity of your work, by making it accessible to non-English speaking communities. (3/5)

Male orchid bees collect compounds to use as pheromones, a behaviour with cognitive and physiological demands. We detected associated gene expression changes in the Malpighian tubules but none in the brain or hind legs.
@kdarragh.bsky.social & Santiago Ramírez

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¿Cómo afecta el comportamiento a la expresión génica? Investigamos los cambios en a expresión génica después de la recolección de perfume en abejas de las orquídeas y no encontramos ninguna diferencia en los tejidos que esperábamos.

How does behaviour affect gene expression? We investigated changes in gene expression following perfume collection in orchid bees and didn't find any differences in the tissues we expected!

We are hiring faculty at the associate and full professor level in Synthetic Biology. Come join us at Indiana University's beautiful Bloomington campus. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/22006

Descubrimos que los machos de abejas carpinteras más grandes y con glándulas más oscuras, producen mayores cantidades de feromonas. Estas feromonas atraen a otras abejas a larga distancia.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Valley carpenter bee photographed in Davis, CA.

Great to see this fun project published! We found that the larger valley carpenter bee males with darker glands produce higher amounts of pheromone, which acts as a long-range attractant.

Please repost: Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biol at The Ohio State University is hiring an "Integrative Biologist" that focuses on genotype-to-phenotype questions: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26856

Nice to see our review on Genetics and the Evolution of Prezygotic Isolation written with @kathleenmkay.bsky.social and others not here yet (Henry Arenas-Castro, Anna Feller, Julia Harenčár, Matteo Rossi and Matt Streisfeld). DM if you want a pdf. cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/earl...

⭐!🧪Job! Come & join our fun fabulous group in beautiful Bloomington!! 🧪⭐

Very much looking forward to it!!

TT job in Animal Behavior, Indiana University. Apply by Nov 15. https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/20413

🧪📢💥We're hiring, Assistant Prof in ANIMAL BEHAVIOR!! 🐦🕷️🐸🐝🦋🐟🐁🐕🐌 This is a joint appointment in Biology (Evolution, Ecology & Behavior) and the Program in Animal Behavior. 🧪 #job #academia Apply by 11/15/23 indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/20413