Vinod Saranathan, The Evolutionary Photonics Lab

Vinod Saranathan, The Evolutionary Photonics Lab

@evolphotonics.bsky.social

CNRS CPJ Chair in biomimetics of biological photonics @ Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte (IRBI), UMR 7261, Université de Tours Google Scholar: http://tinyurl.com/birdman23 WoS: http://tinyurl.com/vublons https://Vinodal.weebly.com

75 Followers 139 Following 12 Posts Joined Jan 2025
2 days ago

Thanks to Marie Parra for inviting me to share a few words on camouflage and colours in nature for her very interesting and well researched article published in the quarterly magazine-book La Recherche: "L'invisible", available at newsstands and bookstores.

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3 days ago
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DERNIÈRE SEMAINE ! Notre perception ne permet d’accéder qu’à une infime partie du monde: du vivant au cosmos, de la matière aux pensées humaines, l’essentiel nous échappe largement.

Dans ce numéro, La Recherche vous dévoile... l'invisible !
👉 https://l.sciencesetavenir.fr/mGF

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1 month ago
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🥰 1,100+ abstracts submitted to #ECE2026Tours!

🌍 Scientists from 66 countries will bring a huge diversity of topics—#ECE2026Tours is set to be a global insect science hub 🐜

👉 Updates: ece2026.org

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2 months ago
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ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology | LinkedIn ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology | 592 followers on LinkedIn. Gathering researcher in insect science to inspire future research | The XIII European Congress of Entomology will take plac...

🪲 We are thrilled to announce our upcoming symposium on "Biomimetism – From biological to bio-inspired photonic materials" at the ECE2026 in Tours from 29/06 to 02/07/2026 - We hope to see you for an exceptional week of science 🪲

Abstracts and Early bird registration due 31/01/2026
 #ECE2026Tours

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3 months ago
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ECE 2026 - XIII European Congress of Entomology It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Tours, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, from June 29 to July 3, 2026.

🤩 a must see symposium at #ece2026Tours
But only one of the 48 symposium we have lined up to discuss all aspects of #insect #science
🎟️ early bird registrations and abstract submission close on December 15.
➡️ www.ece2026.org

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8 months ago

#ECE2026Tours

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8 months ago

Check out and come participate in our symposium on "Biomimetism – From biological to bio-inspired photonic materials" as part of the themed session "Insects as Solutions" co-organized with @bodowilts.bsky.social

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8 months ago
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‪XIII European Congress of Entomology
🚨 Registration is now open for ECE 2026

www.ece2026.org/submission-r...

#ECE2026Tours #Entomology #insectscience
@univtours.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@cnrsecologie.bsky.social
@cnrs.fr
@ird-fr.bsky.social
@mnhn.fr
@inrae-france.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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Is it me or is the sense of entitlement getting worse with each gen??

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11 months ago
Iridescent structural coloration in a crested Cretaceous enantiornithine bird from Jehol Biota

elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

Reviewer#1 nails it - there is NO such thing as an "asymmetric compact hexagonal packing" and it is IMPOSSIBLE to predict iridescent colors without the barbule cortex thickness that usually never gets preserved. This is just sophistry. Thanks @elife.bsky.social

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11 months ago

One week left to submit dossier and apply online on ADUM (collegedoctoral-cvl.fr/as/ed/voirpr...). Pls spread the word...🙏

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1 year ago
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Stay safe from online hate with these five tips In this era of anti-science activism, it‘s wise to take steps to protect your research and reputation in the digital realm.

Good tips

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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1 year ago
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Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration Pelage coloration, which serves numerous functions, is crucial to the evolution of behavior, physiology, and habitat preferences of mammals. However, little is known about the coloration of Mesozoic m...

🥱We all know why this made it into the tabloid...Nice artist impression! 15 years of fundamentally flawed research in making unfounded inferences from impressions of melanosomes. Small mercy they are not attributing iridescence to these "dinosaur-era" critters YET😆

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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1 year ago

The correct link for the job application is:
collegedoctoral-cvl.fr/as/ed/voirpr...
@evoldir.bsky.social

#colsci #bugs #omics

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1 year ago
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Do you love bugs? Have you ever wondered what makes insects so colorful or how insects produce iridescence in their scales? Do you have a Masters degree?

If yes 😁, we are offering a fully-funded PhD position at IRBI (CNRS/UTours). Come join us!! Applications due 11 April 2025!
#ColSci #Bugs #omics

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1 year ago
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🐛✨ Rejoignez l'IRBI pour y faire une thèse sur les "Couleurs structurelles d'ailes d'insectes : de la caractérisations matéri-omiques aux investigations CRISPR".

😀Encadrement @evolphotonics.bsky.social et Sylvain Pincebourde.

📅 Dépôts des candidatures : 11 avril 2025
#Recherche #Insectes #CRISPR

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1 year ago
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🐛✨ Join IRBI to pursue a PhD on "Structural Colors of Insect Wings: From Material-Omic Characterization to CRISPR Investigations."

😀 Supervised by @evolphotonics.bsky.social and Sylvain Pincebourde.

📅 Application deadline: April 11, 2025
#Research #Insects #CRISPR

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1 year ago

please add me too, Joe @hanliconius.bsky.social

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