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Ben Matthews

@benmatthewslab.bsky.social

Mosquito Lab @ UBC; Vancouver, Canada https://mosquitolab.zoology.ubc.ca

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So cool… congrats Leah and team!

21.04.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mosquito Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.25.639765v1

26.02.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

globally, there are ~3500 described mosquito species in the Culicidae family and many of these are important vectors of disease but only a small percentage have genomic resources. we are launching a pilot project to generate high quality reference genomes for 100 important mosquito species [1/3]

24.02.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6

happy to hear everyone and your pad in Sierra Madre is OK - but sorry I won't get that tour of Chaney in its original state... take care, mate

11.01.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I created a starter pack highlighting Women in the field of Disease Vector Biology and Ecology: go.bsky.app/E7wuQus Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! 🦟🦠πŸͺ°

10.12.2024 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mosquitoes - Alex Wild Mosquitoes comprise a large family, Culicidae, of slender, scale-covered flies found worldwide. We think of mosquitoes as voracious blood-feeders, but the primary food of adult mosquitoes is actually ...

Mosquitoes: the photo gallery.

I feel better about posting this in the off-season, for some reason (*scratches*)

10.12.2024 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to newly- minted UBC Zoology PhD graduate Dr. Jarrett Blair!

30.11.2024 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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A modular circuit coordinates the diversification of courtship strategies - Nature Peripheral and central circuit adaptations can be flexibly coordinated in Drosophila, and such a modular circuit organization may facilitate the evolution of mate recognition systems by allowing novel...

Sharing my new paper again since moving from the other place πŸ™‚ We shed light on some of the most rapidly evolving animal behaviorsβ€”those surrounding mating.

10.12.2024 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

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!

07.10.2023 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

dinner at Judith's!

03.10.2023 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a great visit / thanks for your hospitality!

03.09.2023 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had a great time hosting @benmatthewslab.bsky.social at UCVM! A great seminar and excellent conversations. Thanks for helping us launch our new Comparative Biology and Animal Health seminar series!

02.09.2023 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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