Ben Matthews

So cool… congrats Leah and team!

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

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]

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

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! 🦟🦠🪰

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*)

Congratulations to newly- minted UBC Zoology PhD graduate Dr. Jarrett Blair!

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 🙂 We shed light on some of the most rapidly evolving animal behaviors—those surrounding mating.

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!

dinner at Judith's!

I had a great visit / thanks for your hospitality!

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!