Dr. Kate Feller

Leaning in to joke lab name by making it official lab name w/ logo (curteosy of student artist)

BUGS. ARE. SHRIMPS.

It me, about papers with @jimmybernot.bsky.social and @ostratodd.bsky.social 🧪🦑

RA positions with potential PhD continuation are now open! We're seeking two candidates with slice patch clamp or programming skills for the projects outlined in the advert: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50040/
Apply by 21 February!

Trump’s ban on funds to ‘promote gender ideology’ could threaten hundreds of NIH research projects Sweeping executive order likely to be read broadly, experts predict

Fear and uncertainty dominated conversations this week among those doing NIH-funded research involving people who are transgender, gender fluid, nonbinary, or otherwise gender minorities. scim.ag/3Ce2Tto

Sexually antagonistic coevolution can explain female display signals and male sensory adaptations Abstract. The prevalence and diversity of female ornaments pose a challenge to evolutionary theory because males should prefer mates that spend resources o

A really exciting new study: evidence that males evolve better sight in order to detect female dishonesty in dance flies. One for the textbooks! A male resistance trait!
Great one from @rosalindmurray @luc_bussiere @dtgwynne & team

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My only professional regret to date is that I did not take this course when I was in grad school. Don't miss your own chance!

Evidence of my advanced age: i cannot type without beaucoup errors when typing on my phone (see above for raw data)

I'm too rar along for thos, but I know there are a lot of great early career folks out there this would be a great opportunity for! I wanna hear about your work!

Long live the king crablet!

I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital.

You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library.

You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library.

You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library.

You want sourced info? Library.

Surprise!!

Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence Insects put their minds together in ways that sometimes eludes people

Interesting new pub on collective intelligence: ants vs. humans at problem solving. www.science.org/content/arti...

Oooooooooh!

Awesome! Hopefully next time, Shubham!

THANK YOU! Both for tue link, and for creating this in the first place!

Fact, but where the rumored recording?

I heard there was a recording of the gay frog internet meme talk out there from Saturday's session - can someone please point me in that direction so i can re-enjoy and disseminate? Please and thank you!! #sicb2025

Mantis shrimp butt sighting at the Georgia Aquarium! #sicb2025

So proud of Helena Lewis for giving a great poster yesterday! Seeing and Stabbing Lab in the wild! #SICB2025

Come check out my talk at #SICB2025 to learn how mantis shrimp use their weird eyes to inform their ultra fast strikes: Linking seeing and stabbing - today! 11:30am, A707