Christopher L Dutton

Asst Professor of Ecology (Ecosystems & Animals) @UFBiology | Postdoc @UF Biology/Anthropology | PhD @yale_eeb

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

What in the world just happened? Why were all the fish dead? Here’s a short thread as to how our latest paper, the last of my PhD at @yale_eeb, came to be by starting at the beginning.

[MicGeo Lab @Kolb2018]

NEWs.

Happy to share MicGeo's benchmark work on "Functional #metatranscriptomics of the #rhizosphere: towards an understanding of metabolic processes of the microbial carbon pump"

Led by Julian Ruggaber. Congratulations.
#carbon #microbiome #crop
https://t.co/PK2QG8rxsx

[Tahir D'Mello @TahirMello]

our goal as a science robotics company is simple: deploy as many robots as quickly as possible into the real world to do valuable science.

one of the first pieces of advice @daltonc gave us during YC last year was to bet on models getting better.
that was a very good bet.

today, we’re starting to see the payoff with code-as-policy for robots.

if you want a robot in your lab, or want to work on deploying robots into labs, reach out.

[Brontë Kolar @BronteKolar]

We have found it much more useful to treat the LLM as a programmer operating inside a robotics system, rather than as the robotics system itself.

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

@eric_kabrams @aaronmring Every single prompt I've tried to Fable since it was released, hit the guardrails. It just isn't usable for Biology at the moment. Plz fix.

[Prachee Avasthi @PracheeAC]

New job alert! We’re looking for computational biologists to do some analysis and application of tools/workflows we’ve built @ArcadiaScience and help make them more useful for a broader set of users.

Looking to hire several people to start ASAP, so apply now (or please pass along if you know someone who might be a good fit)!

https://t.co/N8lEHMqQET

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Replacing the bulkhead on one of our trusted field vehicles, a 1988 Land Rover Defender, 300TDI. 🤞🫣

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Everglades. Squint and you can see our...🤖🐇🏹🐍

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

August 2004: International Police oversight in Iraq.

August 2026: 22 yrs later at 50 years old, running a microbiome lab at a UF.

Nothing in the first photo predicted the second. Don't be afraid to follow your interests as they may evolve...as you grow.

[Lee Henry @HenryLabSymbio]

⭐️Postdoc position available⭐️

Join the Henry Lab to investigate how horizontal gene transfer drives beneficial host–microbe symbioses.

Interested in host–microbe interactions?

Apply: https://t.co/p0svpO3pnw

[email protected]

Please share! #EvolutionaryBiology #Symbiosis

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Dinner and movie night at camp with our friends. Hilarious watching #TheSheepDetectives with our local friends who actually have sheep.

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Last sun downer of the field season. So thankful for our extended family. Tuka Pamoja!

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Sorry girls, now is not a good time to swing...let's go sit by the fire.

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Bird eating snake

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Summer camp for our daughters at our research camp in Kenya... washing clothes by hand is a big part of the experience. 💪

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

@AmandaSubalusky enjoying the sunset, as only a field biologist momma could. 😁💪👍

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Wondering... if the dwarf mongooses are trying to tell me that there is a 🐍 outside the tent?

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

I had no idea baboons could read maps? Lol

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Nothing better than @AmandaSubalusky submitting paper revisions shortly after cooking lunch in our camp and being greeted by warthogs.

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Beautiful sunset tonight.

[Christopher L Dutton @ChrisLDutton]

Yesterday's commute.