SILU LIN

Evolutionary biologist specialised in ageing research

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

Absolutely amazing conference! Thanks to #IUSSI2024 for the incredible opportunity to present my thoughts on how social life influences senescence! 🌟 #AcademicLife #Research #ScienceCommunity

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

Queens or workers? 🐜👑 Termites have a shared genetic toolkit for caste differentiation across different species. 👩‍🔬🧬 #Termites #Genetics #CasteDifferentiation

https://t.co/ZsiRtLfn0h

[Journal of Evolutionary Biology @JEvBio]

@SiluLin et al. explain how social behaviour mitigates #lifehistory #tradeoffs in a social insect #openaccess

👉https://t.co/N2Jv9cs7rX

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

Social behaviours can mitigate life history tradeoffs, such as the trade-off between maintenance and reproduction. Learn how? And what does this mean for an individual and a group?

https://t.co/G7cfLQHfBm

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

@FabianStaubach @AndreiafvT
Thanks guys, your warm words brightened up😊 my day!:)

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

thesis writing = imposter syndrome hitting hard :):

[Volker Nehring @VolkerNehring]

Join us for today's #IUSSI online symposium on Communication in Social Insects, starting 12:00 London time!

https://t.co/A8CbKFGqCr

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

@EdIvimeyCook you need a break maybe😆

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

The dietary restriction does not necessarily extend lifespan. Check out how it is modulated by sociality on 5th October!
https://t.co/hV1ehHSpoZ
#IUSSI #DiearyRestriction #Termites #ageing

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

@Ants_ee_thesis thanks for the fortune:)

[MEGHA MAJOE @Ants_ee_thesis]

Starting my 1 week holiday with an acceptable fortune from a Thai fortune cookie. #ageing
@SiluLin you should post yours here too :p

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

Consequences of studying termites: everytime I saw holes in the wood in the house I started to think "i could collect samples!!"

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

although they are evils that attack my termites 😉they are interesting @Ants_ee_thesis
Improved survival of leafcutter workers exposed to oxidative stress https://t.co/Lh1HzOjwjy

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

Great work done by my colleague! HOW does ageing work in a superorganism? 😀 @jan_kreider
pleiotropy and the evolution of extraordinary lifespans in eusocial organisms https://t.co/CNkcVwjy7q

[Volker Nehring @VolkerNehring]

Finally managed to jump on the preprint bandwagon: https://t.co/B7xLY3ZeUW

A lot of Maarten's hard work is in there. Associative learning is under control of neurotransmitters - and knocking them out disturbes learning. We experimented with appetitive conditioning in ants..

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

@yaohualaw No worries:) BTW nice piece on science news!

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

My first paper is just out! a core gene network that governs the long lifespan and high fecundity of a social insect queen, a gene that promotes social communications lies in the heart of it, pointing to the key role of being social in defying senescence!
https://t.co/RW4imgo4z0

[Communications Biology @CommsBio]

@SiluLin et al. identified a module of co-expressed genes involved in fecundity, juvenile hormone signaling, and chemical communication in Cryptotermes secundus queens, linking social communication with longevity and fecundity. @AgingPhD https://t.co/okCYzGvVCb

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

Yo all 📢 just check out some outcome of our joint effort 👀💪 (too #social? maybe one day we'll stop the puns) 🎉
@Ants_ee_thesis @SiluLin @VroniRau

[SILU LIN @SiluLin]

Are we any closer to an immortal life ? check out our latest research on senescence in social insects and understand how these small insects can defy senescence!
https://t.co/ev4csoq3A4😃