Post doc fellow, Social Evolution and Behavior, @DanielKronauer lab @RockefellerUniv. Why buy 🥛 when the 🐜🐜🐜 are free?
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(1/5) My first paper on ants with @DanielKronauer is out! We discovered that ant pupae secrete the molting fluid, and adults and larvae drink it. Young larvae need the fluid for growth and survival, and pupae die if the fluid is not removed. Open access: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Way to go @OrliSnir! Orli, of @DanielKronauer's lab, has been named a 2023 #STATWunderkinds by @statnews for her discovery of ant "milk" that unites ant colonies across developmental stages.
Learn more here: statnews.com/wunderkinds-202…
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“Today, we urge each and every one of you to stand with us against terrorism. Just as we seek truth and understanding in science, so too must we seek truth in the world we inhabit. The power of the scientific community is immense, and our voices can resonate far beyond the walls of our laboratories.
The recent events have shaken us to the core. But they have also reminded us of the importance of our collective power and action, and the impact we can have on the world. We must recognize that, as scientists, our words carry weight and our public statements have the power to influence opinions, policies, and, ultimately, the course of history.
In the face of darkness, let our voices be the guiding light.”
This letter, titled “Standing Together Against Terror and Violence”, was sent today from the Weizmann Institute of Science Management to the international science community. Full letter here >> wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/ca…
#WIS_stand_together
Congratulations, Rachel! Great work!
📢 Very excited to share our latest study! Our research unveils the crucial role of human FcγRIIIa activation on splenic macrophages in driving dengue pathogenesis in mice. 🐭 Now published in @NatureMicrobiol. #Ravetch #Bournazos with @RiceLaboratory @RockefellerUniv. #dengue
Thank you @RockefellerUniv
A big congrats to @OrliSnir of @DanielKronauer's lab, a recipient of this year's Tri-Institutional Breakout Prize!
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This paper is far too cool to be in Cell. Did they steal it off the Current Biology editor's desk?
doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.…
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Contamination in your #microbiome data?
SCRuB it out!!
SCRuB is our new decontamination method for #microbiome data, out today @NatureBiotech. Wonderful collaboration w/ @tkorem, led by the talented George Austin.
nature.com/articles/s41587-0…
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Our first neurogenetic study of ants survived peer review and just appeared OA in its final form @CellCellPress @CellPressNews: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…. @teraxurato & team @RockefellerUniv created the first transgenic ants and identified a sensory hub for alarm behavior. 1/8
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An algorithm developed in part by @LiatShenhav, dubbed SCRuB, can distinguish native bacteria and viruses from contaminants—a powerful tool for researchers working with the microbiome. #RockefellerScience
rockefeller.edu/news/34179-n…
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Researchers tell @metricausa about care-taking of young plants, ants, mice, zebrafish, cichlids, cephalopods. Includes: @ashvparker_ash, K. Slanchev, Baier lab @MPIforBI, @CarrieOcto @MBLScience, @OrliSnir @DanielKronauer nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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#Throwback to Ant Course 2022 in Vietnam
We are currently 52 days away from Ant Course 2023 in Papua New Guinea!
If you have attended an Ant Course before please comment a favorite memory you have from it 🐜
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Sorry, too excited to not brag a little: clonal raider ants are on the cover of Nature 🤓 @OrliSnir @RockefellerUniv
nature.com/nature/volumes/61…
This was an interesting read:
haaretz.com/israel-news/2022…
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The World War of the Ants is claiming millions of lives every day. But straight-up war is not the only way. Some species practice slavery, the most extreme division of labour. Today, we're looking at Polyergus, the most intense of the slaver ant tribes: kgs.link/SlaverAnts
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Some more press coverage on the study by @OrliSnir. Here’s a Brazilian take in Folha - thanks to @rsmfeitosa for the perspective and kind words:
www1.folha.uol.com.br/amp/ci…
@vcallier in The Scientist:
the-scientist.com/news-opini…
And here’s the NYT:
nytimes.com/2022/11/30/scien…
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A study from @DanielKronauer's lab shows that a newly discovered “social fluid” appears to unite ant colonies across developmental stages into one superorganism. #RockefellerScience
rockefeller.edu/news/33214-a…
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My latest story for @NatGeo, inspired by a @Nature paper about something ant pupae have done for ages without ever being caught by myrmecologists, featuring among others @DanielKronauer, @SusanneFoitzik & @adriaexists! nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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In many ant species, the pupae are “naked”, i.e., not enclosed in cocoons. The left image shows a nest chamber of the acrobat ant Crematogaster lineolata, the right that of Tetramorium immigrans.
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This week the lab celebrated a cast of unlikely heroes: ant pupae! Here are two photos of Lasius ants tending to their pupae inside their subterranean nests in Woodstock, NY. In these species, pupae are enclosed in silken cocoons.
