@EconomoLab

Research updates from the Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit (Arilab) located at @OISTedu in Okinawa, Japan. PI @EvanEconomo.

 Onna-son, Okinawa
arilab.unit.oist.jp/
Joined July 2016
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New post: Open positions in the Arilab! arilab.unit.oist.jp/open-pos…
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Our lab (arilab.unit.oist.jp/) is hiring multiple postdocs and a computing technician. Come join us and have some fun working on biodiversity in Okinawa! Postdoc: live-oist-main.pantheonsite.… Computing Technician: live-oist-main.pantheonsite.…
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Our planet is positively teeming with “little things that run the world”-invertebrates. Yet, it has been a challenge to see the big picture of how invertebrate diversity is distributed around the globe. Happy to share that, finally, we have a detailed view for one group: ants.
Science Advances@ScienceAdvances3 Aug 2022
New research on ants has produced a treasure map for finding hidden biodiversity among other small-range species. Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: fcld.ly/bq412s1
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New post: Mainland fieldwork tales: of ants, earthquake, and fish cake arilab.unit.oist.jp/?p=3227
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New post: Evan on Sabbatical arilab.unit.oist.jp/?p=3223
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New post: All about those mandibles arilab.unit.oist.jp/?p=3212
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New post: Mainland fieldwork tales: of ants, earthquake, and fish cake arilab.unit.oist.jp/mainland…
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New post: Evan on Sabbatical arilab.unit.oist.jp/evan-on-…
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Our new study on the evolution of trap-jaw ants is out in @PLoSBiology. Here's a thread about what we found. journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Functional innovation promotes diversification of form in the evolution of an ultrafast trap-jaw...

The mousetrap-like mandibles of trap-jaw ants are a functional innovation capable of record-breaking acceleration. This study uses phylogenomics, X-ray microtomography and high-speed videography to...

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Bittersweet to share our new paper in Frontiers of Zoology on how the loss of flight allowed for changes to the internal design of the ant thorax. The study was led by Christian Peeters (@bullant56), who passed away last month. frontiersinzoology.biomedcen…

The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour

Frontiers in Zoology - Explanations for the ecological dominance of ants generally focus on the benefits of division of labour and cooperation during foraging. However, the principal innovation of...

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Macroevolutionary integration of phenotypes within and across ant worker castes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Gutted and reeling to learn of the passing of our great collaborator and friend, the brilliant myrmecologist Christian Peeters. @bullant56
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Very sad day! Our friend & colleague Christian Peeters @bullant56 passed away I will miss his passionate, enthusiastic, extremely honest, sometimes thickheaded, but always charming way of being! The last picture he sent me. Happy pulling ants from a trunk to send me.
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Replying to @Myrmecos
We also have that little cutie in #3D in our @EconomoLab @Sketchfab collection: skfb.ly/6UnUG
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New post: New study on some mysterious Pheidole arilab.unit.oist.jp/new-stud…
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New post: Birds have beaks that are a compromise of many functions arilab.unit.oist.jp/birds-ha…
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New post: SWARM 2019 arilab.unit.oist.jp/swarm-20…
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New post: Augment your reality with some new ant species- in 3D. arilab.unit.oist.jp/augment-…
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New post: [New Paper] Birds in paradise: biogeography in the subtropics arilab.unit.oist.jp/2779/new…
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New post: Nick on Wonderlabs Podcast! arilab.unit.oist.jp/2744/nic…
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