Jess Dobson

PhD student in EON Group at Ghent University. Looking at the evolution of colours in mammals🦣🦧

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

Very excited to be part of this project with the EON group at @ugent!

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

We are happy to welcome @JesssDob as a PhD student to the EON group! She will work on mammal coloration for her dissertation

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

Platypus (Platypi?) hairs have never-before-seen, hollow, meatball-shaped melanosomes that apparently serve no function in color! wild stuff from EON PhD student Jess Dobson
https://t.co/ccyrN5ndjW

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

Nice article in @newscientist on Jess's @JesssDob new paper on iridescent mammals!
https://t.co/S4FtbgAT1G

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

The first paper from my PhD is out 🥳✨

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

Iridescence is more common in mammals than thought, and always produced by the same mechanism! New from EON, led by PhD student Jessica Dobson
https://t.co/WUVndL5ujQ

[Debruyn Gerben @GerbenDebruyn]

We are very excited to share our new paper in Science! We show that a diverse group of Jurassic and Cretaceous mammals all had darkly-colored fur.

Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning!
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@ScienceMagazine @mdshawkey @JesssDob @jclarkepaleolab and others!

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

Very happy to have been part of this!🥳

[Debruyn Gerben @GerbenDebruyn]

In our newest paper we highlight the similarities and differences in biomineralization patterns of different animals eggshells!
https://t.co/P2wwaWPbAH

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

Iridescence is everywhere, sometimes in unexpected places like the sesame seed-sized eggs of stick insects! Our new paper, led by @GerbenDebruyn, shows that this color is produced by thin-film interference by a nanoscale outer layer, and functions in ??
https://t.co/L8cHlpjzRY

[Debruyn Gerben @GerbenDebruyn]

For the color nerds, egg lovers, or anyone who enjoys a good evolutionary mystery—join me at #ICE2024 on Monday 11:30 (Room C-2) for my egg-citing talk: ‘From Camouflage to Thermoregulation: Multiple selection pressures shape the reflectance of Stick and Leaf insect eggs.’

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

Wonderful set of drawings by @TillySScott to summarise the last day of talks. I love mine, thank you🥳

[Tilly (Matilda) S Scott @TillySScott]

The last set of talks from @EMPSEB29 last week! All in the field of evolutionary ecology. Genome assembly of an Andrena bee and gene expansion; mammalian colour @JesssDob; allopatric speciation; adaptive sulfur uptake @ShuklaVarsa & stressors of global pest mite @GulsamalA

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

@GulsamalA Thank you! So pleased to hear you enjoyed it!🦊🐼 you did a great job organising it too!

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

Thanks for having me @EMPSEB29! An incredible week with great talks. Super happy to have been awarded best poster, and runner up best presentation🦊🐼🐯

[EMPSEB 31 @empseb31]

If we asked you what is the color of mammals. You will say it is brown.

It it's not true. With Jessica Dobson @JesssDob, we see the drivers of mammalian colour evolution.

#EMPSEB29

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

Two fully-funded interdisciplinary PhD positions available in our lab! One on mechanisms of color production in diverse animals (🐦‍⬛🕷️🐟), one on acoustic camouflage in moths. Please RT or apply here:
https://t.co/H6IHGxc8AV

[Michaël Nicolaï @MichalNicola1]

Sunbirds are both speciose and colourful. Are these linked?
In our new article together with @SvanaRogalla, @GerbenDebruyn, @NickJMatzke, @mdshawkey and others not on X we explore this idea.
https://t.co/TAZwT3a6af
Let me know if you need a full version.
Image by royz_monocle

[Dr Charlie Woodrow @CharlieZoology]

Come join in Uppsala! Beautiful city and some very fun projects going on! 🐝

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

@kizzythechemist @Naturalis_Sci And you can’t even see the skeletons hanging from the ceiling!

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

Could not have asked for a cooler venue for the first presentation of my PhD work so far🥳 thanks for having me @Naturalis_Sci 🦧🐿️🦇

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

Application for a three-year post-doc position studying how moths camouflage themselves against bat sonar is now open! Deadline 15 December.
In collaboration @WHalfwerk at @VUamsterdam and Liliana D'Alba @museumnaturalis. Inquiries welcome.
Please RT
https://t.co/lewrFqYmLp

[EMPSEB 31 @empseb31]

You are a PhD student in Ecology or evolutionary biology and are looking for a conference combining both science and fun?

Say no more! #EMPSEB29🦅 is here for you!

[Matthew Shawkey @mdshawkey]

We will be advertising soon for a fully-funded 4-year PhD or 2-3 year post-doc studying how moths camouflage themselves against bat sonar!
In collaboration with @WHalfwerk at @VUamsterdam and Liliana D'Alba @museumnaturalis.
Informal inquiries welcome

[Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin @ariSPeshkin]

We have⭐️10 OPEN PHD POSITIONS⭐️ in Bioacoustics & AI in our new doctoral network! https://t.co/q2EDyNn5ha
Join my group at @MPI_animalbehav to work on vocal interactions in animal groups using our #biologging datasets: https://t.co/iUdyINNPND

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

@joeyp63 Thanks Joe! All good here, hope you and the family are doing well too! 🥳

[Jess Dobson @JesssDob]

One year later than planned, but a quick trip back to England for a fabulous day celebrating the end of my Masters at @unilincoln 🥳🎓