Ignacio Escalante

Researching animal behavior, ecology, and biomechanics, mostly of arthropods. #CienciaLatina y #CienciaTica

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

Great news: I’m opening a research group to study behavior, ecology, and biomechanics of Opiliones and other arthropods from Central and North America, and beyond (?). We’ll be based at @UIC_BioS
Contact me if you want to hear more! And feel free to spread the word.
Pura vida!

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

Two new papers out now in the same issue of @ICB_journal !
(1) Shannon O'Brien & I reviewed the robustness of Opiliones to leg loss.
(2) Along with collaborators, we proposed how animals use robustness and adaptive control to move in an uncertain world.
https://t.co/E9GSjcgZjy

[UIC Department of Biological Sciences @UIC_BioS]

We have two exciting job openings!

1. Open Rank Teaching Faculty (Genetics), Non-Tenure Track: https://t.co/rMQrTcjK7H

2. Tenure Track Asst Professor in #Genetics and/or #Epigenetics : https://t.co/OhFmVfKd7g

Both postings will close 12/16 @ 5pm

📣Spread the word!📣

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

New paper out in Ethology! We studied if larvae of antlion use their defensive behaviors differently depending on the number of neighboring larvae. The project was part of a field ecology & conservation class in Costa Rica. @UIC_BioS @tropicalstudies https://t.co/0PNvLzQZPZ

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

@EdgarGlezSabin Saludos a mi papá, Leo Escalante en San José, Costa Rica, fan de los Dodgers desde los 70s

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

@EdgarGlezSabin @FOXDeportes @Dodgers @Mets Saludos a Leo Escalante en San José, Costa Rica… de su hijo en Chicago!

[maria albo @mariaalbo6]

Super happy with our new collaborative paper in the Neotropics! We examined how climatic variability affects sexual selection for nuptial gifts. Congrats Camila for this awesome research 🙌🏻 and the fantastic work of all authors

Find out more at @ASNAmNat
https://t.co/HDxfsl8FcB

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

Come work in our department!

[UIC Department of Biological Sciences @UIC_BioS]

Come join us! We are hiring a Tenure-Track Asst Professor in #Genetics and/or #Epigenetics

Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/OhFmVfJFhI

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

So happy and proud of the research we did this summer and fall in the Chicagoland area!
@noahskellyy @sageadelong

[UIC Department of Biological Sciences @UIC_BioS]

Ignacio Escalante Meza’s UIC’s Behavioral Ecology & Biomechanics lab is changing our notion of daddy long-leg spiders. Escalante Meza is assisted in this work by first-year #uicBIOS grads, Sage DeLong and Noah Skelly. Photo credit: https://t.co/cTBwJHjmQf. #uicBIOS

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

@I_M_Buggin congrats!! super cool work.

[Dr. Daniela Rößler @RoesslerDaniela]

💤More sleep for behavioral ecologists!💤

Out now! Barrett @pupating and I wrote a piece inviting behavioral ecologists to look more closely at sleep in their diverse study animals. Best part? It comes with a Tinbergen/sleep comic by @BugTheBard!

https://t.co/yDhhJZ2EVP

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

@KFowlerFinn @NSF @LaurelSymes Muchísimas felicidades, Kasey!

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

New paper out! This was a great international collaboration between engineers and biologists. We reviewed the bio-inspired design of hard-bodied mobile robots based on arthropod morphologies: https://t.co/YQCtwk4rSJ via @BioinspBiomim
@UIC_BioS @thisisUIC

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

Open position available! Let me know if you have questions.
@AnimBehSociety @RAEL_aracno @AAS_arachnology

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

New paper out today!
We studied what factors allow 'baby spiders' (aka spiderlings) to improve their prey capture abilities. It's 'old' data from my Masters at @UniversidadCR but analyzed with fresh eyes and tools in collaboration with colleagues at @UWM.
@UIC_BioS @thisisUIC

[Madi Rittinger @MadiRittinger]

Interested in how spiderlings adjust their prey capture behaviors?

Check out my newly published paper in collaboration with @RandallIgnacio and Rafa Rodríguez!
https://t.co/JL7MLeu2Lq

[Helene Muller-Landau @HMullerLandau]

Internship Alert 🚨
@stri_panama
We are seeking 3 or more interns to research tropical species ID and tropical tree woody growth in Panama 📷Get full position descriptions and see how to apply here: https://t.co/o0FSop9Whe

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

And that’s a wrap!
Our Tropical Ecology and Conservation graduate course for Latin American students concluded with a huge success.
Help us spread the word so this amazing opportunity keeps supporting the regional emerging leaders in the field.
@tropicalstudies

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

In their section “outside JEB,” @J_Exp_Biol covered our 2023 paper on wolf spider biomechanics. We explored the environmental and morphological constraints of the locomotion in tropical highlands where temperatures fluctuate greatly daily. https://t.co/6eRq76w67P
@UIC_BioS

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

@MarielaOviedoD1 @IDEA_CONICET @labre_arg Grandes!! Felicidades

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

This Spring, I am participating in a field class in Costa Rica. This class is offered by @tropicalstudies to graduate students from 6 Latin American countries. We visit 3 environments, conduct short research projects, and visit conservation and restoration projects.

[Ignacio Escalante @RandallIgnacio]

Today I saw three amazing science talks by three outstanding scientists!
Mimi Koehl talked about marine larvae moving on turbulence, @TessaPatton talked about the genetic bases of bird reproduction, and @allie_q told us about frog resilience to pathogens.
#SICB2024