Looking for a PhD student to help uncover whether our arms and legs, and those of insects, share the same core gene-regulatory network. If interested, please contact antonia.monteiro@nus.edu.sg. NUS's Graduate Program application deadline is 15 Nov 2026.

For those interested in GRN evolution, please join us next year!

Short documentary movie about a micro RNA with a mega impact on lepidopteran coloration (research led by Shen Tian featured in Science): piped.video/xsjlZWldn8s

Butterfly larvae can pass on a learned odor preference to other larvae via a simple hemolymph transfusion. Short film about the work (published today) by my daughter Florence: piped.video/qSABUSHdrjQ

Start thinking ahead to those winter days…

Thank you to all contributors to the Current Opinion in Genetics and Development special issue. Its a great series of reviews on non-model systems in evo-devo. @ELS_Genetics

Postdoc Me Now - A "Don't Stop Me Now" Science Parody piped.video/whreNeJGCWk via @YouTube

Melanin pathway genes regulate the color and morphology of butterfly wing scales. cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…