Guillaume Chomicki @Chomicki_G Twitter profile

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Guillaume Chomicki

8 months

Super excited about our new paper entitled ‘Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution’ just out in @ScienceMagazine and featured on the cover!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

Over the moon to announce that I will be starting as full Professor in Evolutionary Biology at @durham_uni @DurBiol next March! Will be recruiting two postdocs (4 & 2.5y) and a lab technician very soon too. Looking very much forward to this new part of my academic journey!!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Seed dispersal of Stemona tuberosa by the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) today in Kunming botanical garden - super impressive. Vespochory (dispersal by wasps and hornets) is an overlooked seed dispersal mechanism -see the great paper in @NewPhyt by my colleague Gao Chen last year

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@Chomicki_G

8 months

!!!JOB ALERT!!! 2.5 Y postdoc available in my lab to study the drivers of mutualism breakdown using phylogenetic comparative methods in indirect defence in plants, pollination, seed dispersal and nutritional symbioses at LARGE SCALE!! Amazing collabs too ! @KiersToby @AmyZanne

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@Chomicki_G

2 years

Remember our Andean plant synthesis? It's now in the cover of @TrendsPlantSci with a beautiful páramo photo from @LatinOrchidBot ! Open access link to the paper:

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

11 months

!JOB ALERT! 4-YEAR postdoc in my lab in plant mutualism comparative genomics & phylogenomics Come work with us to unravel the genomic consequences of mutualism breakdown in one of the most charismatic systems: epiphytic ant/plant symbioses (Hydnophytinae, Rubiaceae) Please RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

JOB! JOB! JOB! Fully funded PhD position in my lab @sheffielduni to work on the coolest system on Earth: tropical ant/plant symbioses. Comparative genomics + phylogenomics Fully funded 3-year for UK citizen/permanent resident More info soon. DM me if interested. Please RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

Being a prof at 33 is great: me: Hi I’m starting today! Receptionist: as a student? Me: no, as a prof 😅. Looks like I’ll be hitting the hair dye aisle at Boots to make myself look more distinguished!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

Thrilled that my @ERC_Research project 'BREAKDOWN: The regulation of mutualism breakdown' has been funded!!! @EEB_Sheffield

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

7 months

Thrilled to share our latest paper out in @Ecology_Letters ! We show that mutualisms impact trait evolution BEYOND the traits involved in the interaction. Specialised mutualisms tend to stabilise traits, while generalist mutualisms favour change.

Mutualisms drive plant trait evolution beyond interaction‐related traits

This study reveals that mutualistic interactions impact traits beyond interaction-related traits. While strong mutual dependencies appear to slow trait evolution, facultative and generalist mutuali...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

6 months

Thrilled that our recent paper led by Gao Chen on Aristolochia made it to the cover of @NewPhyt ! We showed that A. delavayi mimics stink bugs to repeal vertebrate herbivores by activating TRPA1 channels

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

Delighted to share our multi-disciplinary synthesis on Andean plants entitled ‘The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras’ just out in @TrendsPlantSci ! !

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

Delighted to share our new paper ‘A chromosome-level genome of a Kordofan melon illuminates the origin of domesticated watermelons’ just out in @PNASNews ! Fabulous collaboration with Susanne Renner, @SWu727 , @LatinOrchidBot and @fei_lab @SheffieldAPS

A chromosome-level genome of a Kordofan melon illuminates the origin of domesticated watermelons |...

Wild relatives or progenitors of crops are important resources for breeding and for understanding domestication. Identifying them, however, is diff...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

4 ERC-funded jobs will available in my lab from early 2023 (more details soon). At the moment, I'd welcome informal enquiries for a 4-year postdoc job in #genomics / #plant #evolution / #mutualism / #symbiosis -I'm looking for someone not afraid to analyse 150+ genomes! dm me. Pls RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

We are on the cover of @TrendsPlantSci ! Congrats to @LauraCECampbell on her first PhD paper! @KiersToby

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

It’s official!! Absolutely ecstatic to say that the Chomicki lab is moving to @SheffieldAPS @sheffielduni !

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Delighted to announce that as of today, I am joining the New Phytologist @NewPhyt advisory board. So happy to serve one of my favourite journals!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

8 months

We report the discovery of convergence of a complex, composite trait through which two species of Nepenthes pitcher plants catapult their prey down the pitcher using rain power.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

10 months

Tuesday champagne is OK when you got a paper accepted in Science, right?? Do you agree @MechEcoLab @gustavoburin @PlantsRChemists @DrBethMortimer ?!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Delighted to see this long maturing review on 'The evolution of mutualistic dependence' with @KiersToby and Susanne Renner finally out in @AnnualReviews ! Special thanks to Judie Bronstein for insightful comments throughout the process.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

7 months

Amazing video explaining our recent paper in @ScienceMagazine @MechEcoLab @gustavoburin

These carnivorous plants won the evolutionary jackpot

Carnivorous plants have evolved all kinds of traps and tricks to capture their prey, from the snapping jaws of Venus flytraps to the slippery walls of pitche...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

I am still looking for an amazing PhD student interested in #ant #plant symbioses, (phylo) #genomics . Fully funded position at @EEB_Sheffield ! Deadline extended to March 30th Email me to discuss the project and your interests. Please RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

7 months

Kudos to @LatinOrchidBot who led this fabulous paper on orchid origin and diversification. A key insight is the potential origin of orchids in Laurasia during the late Cretaceous

The origin and speciation of orchids

Orchids constitute one of the most spectacular radiations of flowering plants. However, their origin, spread across the globe, and hotspots of speciation remain uncertain due to the lack of an...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Delighted to see our paper out in @NatureComms today! Spoiler: We used macroevolutionary analyses and genomics to test Erlich & Raven 'escape-and-radiate' #coevolution model. Led by @allio_remi and Fabien Condamine @BenoitNabholz @oapereze @GKergoat

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

8 months

Thrilled that our paper 'Mutualisms drive plant trait evolution beyond interaction-related traits' is accepted in @Ecology_Letters ! @gustavoburin @LauraCECampbell @ssrenner @KiersToby

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

10 months

Come on join the lab!

Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

11 months

!JOB ALERT! 4-YEAR postdoc in my lab in plant mutualism comparative genomics & phylogenomics Come work with us to unravel the genomic consequences of mutualism breakdown in one of the most charismatic systems: epiphytic ant/plant symbioses (Hydnophytinae, Rubiaceae) Please RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

10 months

Excited to see our paper ‘Aristolochia mimics stink bugs to repel vertebrate herbivores viaTRPA1 activation’ out in @NewPhyt !

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Incredibly important paper published in @NaturePlants by @PierreMarcDelau @fern_way and many others Analysis of 271 transcriptomes and 116 plant genomes (!!) reveals a conserved ancestral signalling pathway lost multiple times mirroring loss of symbiosis

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Check out my new paper 'The impact of mutualisms on species richness' out today in @Trends_Ecol_Evo with @weber_mg , @AlexandreAntone , Jordi Bascompte and Toby Kiers. Will be soon enough on the front cover!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

So proud of my stellar PhD student Laura Campbell who has just got a first-author paper on 'The Evolution of Plant Cultivation by Ants' accepted in @TrendsPlantSci Fab team with @KiersToby And to be featured on the cover letter ;-) @DurBiol @EEB_Sheffield @NERCscience

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

1 year

Here is my new lab motto -- go slow science go! PS: hiring soon

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

So happy to share @BenKuhnhaeuser first PhD paper 'A robust phylogenomic framework for the calamoid palms' just out in #MolecularPhylogeneticsandEvolution . Ben we are so proud of you!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

How does climate shape the macroevolution of plant architectures? Pleased to see my commentary out in @NewPhyt : This is a commentary of an outstanding paper addressing this question in Euphorbia by Anest et al.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Sweet! My Tansley review in @NewPhyt on 'Origin and domestication of Cucurbitaceae crops: insights from phylogenies, genomics and archaeology' is a top downloaded paper!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

1 year

Fabulous day with part of the Chomicki lab yesterday at @kewgardens ! Exciting work with @IliaLeitch and @jimarcorr on ant-plant genome size. Stay tuned!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Time for a thread: FOUR competitive PhD positions available in my lab! #Fiji #symbiosis #mutualism #genomics #fieldwork #plants #ants #phylogeneticcomparativemethods #moleculargenetics Short description of the projects below; they can be modified to student interests & skills.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Delighted to share our latest paper 'Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation' with @Gijsbertwerner @StuWest8 @KiersToby just out in #PhilTransB @RSocPublishing part of a great special issue on #Microbiome and Host evolution

Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation | Philosophical Transactions of...

Across the tree of life, hosts have evolved mechanisms to control and mediate interactions with symbiotic partners. We suggest that the evolution of physical structures that allow hosts to spatially...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Last minute: Competitively funded PhD position available to start this fall (October 2020) in my lab on 'The evolution of extreme nitrogen uptake in plants'. This is a BBSRC DTP studentship open to UK or EU students who have sent at least 3 years in the UK. Please RT

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@Chomicki_G

4 years

Delighted that our paper 'Genome-wide macroevolutionary signatures of key innovations in butterflies colonizing new host plants' is accepted in @NatureComms ! Beautiful work led by @allio_remi and #FabienCondamine Short spoiler: Species interactions drive macroevolution

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

Delighted to share our new paper 'Genome-wide transcriptome signatures of ant-farmed Squamellaria epiphytes reveal key functions in a unique symbiosis' out in @Ecol_Evol ! Great work by my former master student Yuanshu Pu @EEB_Sheffield @LatinOrchidBot

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

8 months

Fun to chat to @radiofrance about our recent paper on composite trait evolution in carnivorous plants!

La coïncidence spontanée : comment des plantes carnivores ont ingénieusement évolué pour piéger des...

Certaines plantes carnivores du genre Népenthes disposent d'un piège à insecte très sophistiqué : une catapulte qui se déclenche avec les gouttes de pluie. Une nouvelle étude dévoile que ce caractère...

www.radiofrance.fr

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

New insights by @Lepidodendron and colleagues into a recent controversial paper: Fossil data do not support a long pre-Cretaceous history of flowering plants

Fossil data do not support a long pre-Cretaceous history of flowering plants

The origin of angiosperms is a classic macroevolutionary problem, because of their rapid rise in the Early Cretaceous fossil record, beginning about 139 Ma ago, and the conflict this creates with...

www.biorxiv.org

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

Happy to share our new paper just out in @plantspplplanet entitled 'Three-dimensional X-ray-computed tomography of 3300- to 6000-year-old Citrullus seeds from Libya and Egypt compared to extant seeds throws doubts on species assignments'

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Delighted to share our new paper entitled 'Do dispersers shape diaspore mass in vespicochory?' just out in @ESAEcology Spoiler: wasp's body size shape the mass of the plant seed they disperse!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

246 fossil constraints to date the angiosperms! AngioTimeTree 2.0 is coming up!! Fascinating research by @hsauquet_rbgsyd

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

An amazing new paper out in @NewPhyt uses experiments and modelling to show that water move a 'domino-like' pattern in Tillandsia trichomes. 'Domino‐like water transport on Tillandsia through flexible trichome wings'

Domino‐like water transport on Tillandsia through flexible trichome wings

Tillandsia usneoides in epiphytic bromeliads takes up water through absorptive trichomes on the shoot surface under extreme environmental conditions. Although previous studies revealed the way by ...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

Very please to see this botanical marvel, the critically endangered, ant-farmed Squamellaria major, endemic of Taveuni island, Fiji (babies on the right) For an intro into the fascinating biology of these plans:

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Delighted to have been awarded a @NERC Independent Research Fellowship on 'The drivers of major transitions in mutualistic dependence' to start my lab!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

We made the cover of @ESAEcology !

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Delighted to join the team of Functional Ecology @FunEcology as an Associate Editor! Send us your best papers!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Lots of emotion today at #SusanneRenner retirement meeting. What a distinguished career with major contributions to so many areas of #plantsystematics

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

@AnnaOrteu Huge congrats Anna!!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

8 months

This reveals that stochastic phenotypic variation can generate major evolutionary novelty, and challenges the idea that complex traits evolve only through correlated evolution involving directional selection of the distinct components and distinct steps each with a function.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

Honoured to be invited to @bbcworldservice this morning to talk about watermelon 🍉! Thank you @CPons_UK for the invitation.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

8 months

Tracing the evolutionary history of this trait, we discovered that this composite trait – that is made of 3 distinct components— relied on independently evolved traits that assembled through ‘spontaneous coincidence’ facilitated by a high plasticity.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

So exciting to see our recent watermelon PNAS paper featured in @TheEconomist ! @LatinOrchidBot @SWu727 @fei_lab @SheffieldAPS @KewScience @BTIscience @WUSTLBio

The origin of watermelons

A popular fruit started off in Darfur

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Did you know that farming ants optimise plant crop yield despite tradeoffs? Delighted to share my latest paper in PNAS @PNASNews , amazing collaboration with @KiersToby , Susanne Renner and Gudrun Kadereit. #ants #plants #symbiosis #agriculture @DurBiol

Tradeoffs in the evolution of plant farming by ants | PNAS

Diverse forms of cultivation have evolved across the tree of life. Efficient farming requires that the farmer deciphers and actively promotes condi...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

The great team of the Mutualism and Biodiversity session at #WorldBiodiversityForum : #JudithBronstein , #JordiBascompte , #HaldreRodgers @haldre1 , me, @SharonStrauss1 , @MichelleAfkhami

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Super excited to see my paper 'Farming by ants remodels nutrient uptake in epiphytes' out in @NewPhyt today! A mix of long term and short term field experiments, stable isotope analyses, computed-tomography, and comparative phylogenetic methods!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

The final copy-edited version of our @AnnualReviews on 'The Evolution of Mutualistic Dependence' is out! We propose a new framework to study dependence in mutualisms and argue that this is a key variable in explaining their stability across scales. Free:

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

Excited that our new paper 'Diversification dynamics in the Neotropics through time, clades and biogeographic regions' led by the fabulous @AndySanMes was *ACCEPTED* and just out in @eLife !

Diversification dynamics in the Neotropics through time, clades, and biogeographic regions

Neotropical outstanding biodiversity emerged from sustained rates of species accumulation over time, although, for some periods, tetrapods were less successful than plants in keeping pace with a...

elifesciences.org

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

10 months

Fascinating talk on flower petal structural and chemical colour patterning by @Edwige_M from @slcuplants today at @DurBiol !

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

I like stability— it helps me deal with anxiety in my life

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Very productive day at @imperialcollege @ImperialChemEng - thanks so much to @rosteadys for hosting me and my ant-plants today! Super exciting to lead this interdisciplinary project with a multinational team: American, Chinese, Indian, Iranian, Japanese, Swiss and French!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Tonight I’m putting theory into practice - French way of course.

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@Chomicki_G

5 years

@thorogoodchris1 adding his wonderful art to the already wonderful - Squamellaria major - a threatened endemic of the island of Taveuni in Fiji. To find out more about its intricate relationships with ants, see my recent paper in @NewPhyt

Chris Thorogood

@thorogoodchris1

5 years

Line drawing of an ant plant (Squamellaria major) just completed. Ants live inside the hollow chambers you can see dissected, and patrol the plant - protecting it from predators - in exchange for their bespoke accommodation.

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8 months

Fun times to be at @durham_uni -- simultaneous covers of @ScienceMagazine and @Nature ! @DurhamPhysics @DurBiol . Happy to have one those!

Durham University

@durham_uni

8 months

Big news! Our Biosciences and Physics departments just landed front covers of Science and Nature journals! 🌟 Discover the ground-breaking stories here: #DUResearch #DUInspire

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5 years

Squamellaria on the cover of @NewPhyt today! Related paper here: #symbiosis #mutualism #farming #ants #plants

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@Chomicki_G

4 years

Interested in #plants , #symbiosis , #evolution ? Join us to start a PhD @DurBiol on the evolution of extreme nitrogen uptake in a unique epiphytic plant group farmed by #ants ! Deadline May 18th, 12noon. Start this fall! This is an 4-year BBSRC-funded DTP.

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@Chomicki_G

3 years

¡Muy contento del articulo de @materia_ciencia en @elpais_espana sobre nuestra reciente publicación ! 'Una investigación encuentra al presunto ‘padre’ de la sandía' @LatinOrchidBot

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@Chomicki_G

5 years

Kicking off soon at #worldbiodiversityforum2020 : ‘the tree of life: defending the biosphere’ by @soltislab

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

Thrilled to share our latest paper, just out in @MolBioEvol ! We sequenced the second-oldest plant genome (6000-y-old), as well as dozens of historical watermelon genomes and guess what we found… (A thread)

Genome Sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus Seeds Reveals Use of a Bitter-Fleshed Species...

Abstract. Iconographic evidence from Egypt suggests that watermelon pulp was consumed there as a dessert by 4,360 BP. Earlier archaeobotanical evidence com

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Guillaume Chomicki

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5 years

So much fun to have Susanne Renner almost a week at home in Durham -- many (many) empty wine bottles, three papers done, history sightseeings and so many good laughs!

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@Chomicki_G

4 years

Fascinating talk by @erikaedw on CAM and C4 photosynthesis at @SheffieldAPS . Incredible to see CAM and C4 TOGETHER at work in Portulaca!

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Guillaume Chomicki

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4 years

Fascinating talk by @weber_mg at @DurBiol -- so exciting to learn how amazing mite/plant mutualisms are!

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5 years

Retracing the evolution of plant toxin resistance in butterflies using genome editing in flies -- absolutely amazing paper in @nature by @NKWhiteman and colleagues

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@Chomicki_G

3 years

Very pleased to see our recent article on watermelon domestication in the #TheNewYorkTimes @nytimes ! @LatinOrchidBot @fei_lab @SWu727 @SheffieldAPS @KewScience @BTIscience

Where Your Watermelon Came From (Published 2021)

A genetic analysis of a melon found in Sudan may point to the wild fruit that gave rise to one of summertime’s sweetest treats.

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Guillaume Chomicki

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Incredible interdisciplinary team blending evolutionary biology, biomechanics, chemistry and field ecology @MechEcoLab @gustavoburin @PlantsRChemists @DrBethMortimer , Jedrzej Gozdzik and Reinhard Jetter

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Super excited to have a new paper entitled 'Do dispersers shape diaspore mass in vespicochory?' accepted in @ESAEcology with colleagues from Kunming Botanic Garden ! Spoiler: Wasp dispersers shape the evolution of diaspore mass!

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It takes one big ant (unidentified - IDs welcome!) or many small ones (Pheidole noda) to disperse a seed of Stemona mairei, Yunnan, China

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7 months

Fascinating talk by @adriaexists from @CamZoology at @DurBiol today: all about social fluids and their metabolic partitioning!

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LAST WEEK TO APPLY!! DEADLINE DEC 3RD

Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

11 months

!JOB ALERT! 4-YEAR postdoc in my lab in plant mutualism comparative genomics & phylogenomics Come work with us to unravel the genomic consequences of mutualism breakdown in one of the most charismatic systems: epiphytic ant/plant symbioses (Hydnophytinae, Rubiaceae) Please RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

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Mining is threatening Colombian páramos. Help us save one of the most unique ecosystem of this planet. Share our letter in @sciencemagazine led by @oapereze and with many others including @antonelli_lab , @DrSDodsworth , @GGBC_GU and @R_CamaraLeret

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

1 year

One PhD scholarship available for UK Asian/Asian British/Black/Black British/Caribbean/African Mixed or multiple ethnic groups (Oct23 start) at @durham_uni . Deadline April 28th. Happy to support proposals on mutualism/symbiosis, plant evolution, domestication. Please RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

I am still recruiting a PhD student —fully funded position for UK student— deadline December 15th. Apply!

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

@EEB_Sheffield

3 years

📣 Fully funded #PhD working with @Chomicki_G on tropical ant/plant symbioses 🐜🌴🧬

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3 years

Happy to have contributed a chapter entitled 'Plant Farming by Ants: Convergence and Divergence in the Evolution of Agriculture' on this extraordinary book edited by Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne and Peter N. Peregrine @MITpress

The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects

Contributors explore common elements in the evolutionary histories of both human and insect agriculture resulting from convergent evolution.During the past 1...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

9 months

Fabulous day in the Peak District with the Dunning and Chomicki labs -obviously ending up in a pub!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Absolutely disgusting.

Blue Planet Society

@Seasaver

5 years

THE ONLY THING THE FISHING INDUSTRY CARES ABOUT IS MONEY. Vessel in video is Pelagic Marksman owned by Treasurer of Cornish Sardine Management Association. Cornish sardine fishery is @MSCintheUK ecolabel certified. #bycatch @MSCecolabel

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Guillaume Chomicki

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5 years

Delighted to be of one of the six invited speakers on Mutualism and Biodiversity at the World Biodiversity Forum @WorldBioForum in Davos (23-28Feb 2020)!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

4 years

Ant farmers remodelled the nutrition of their crop plants -- great article by Freja Karrman-Bailey in @NewPhyt blog about my @NewPhyt paper

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

Excited to see the press release on our 6000-year-old watermelon genome paper! @ssrenner @LatinOrchidBot @SerTusso @flip_ryan @Economicbotany @fei_lab @SWu727

Seedy, not sweet

Biologist Susanne Renner in Arts & Sciences investigated the oldest known seeds from watermelon relatives. Her research team shared two new genomes of the ancient seeds and described how Neolithic...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

10 months

TWO WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY!!

Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

11 months

!JOB ALERT! 4-YEAR postdoc in my lab in plant mutualism comparative genomics & phylogenomics Come work with us to unravel the genomic consequences of mutualism breakdown in one of the most charismatic systems: epiphytic ant/plant symbioses (Hydnophytinae, Rubiaceae) Please RT!

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Nice to see our Tansley review with Hanno Schaefer and Susanne Renner out.

New Phytologist

@NewPhyt

5 years

Origin and domestication of Cucurbitaceae crops: insights from phylogenies, genomics and archaeology #Tansleyreview

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

3 years

So exciting to spend the afternoon talking and writing to journalists! Exciting news coming next Monday ;-) (unless @LatinOrchidBot has leaked it to the entire world before then!)

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

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We are still looking for a motivated PhD student for BBSRC DTP studentship on 'The evolution of extreme nitrogen uptake in plants' co-supervised with Prof. Keith Lindsey (Durham) and Prof. Steve Paterson (Liverpool) @scottishwormboy Please RT! #Symbiosis #PlantScience

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

New paper accepted in American Naturalist @ASNAmNat on 'Transitions between the terrestrial and epiphytic habit drove the evolution of seed-aerodynamic traits in orchids' with Susanne Renner and many colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

8 months

Pour les francophones, voici un commentaire sur notre article dans @ScienceMagazine paru dans @Le_Figaro par @DelChayet

La «coïncidence spontanée», nouveau mécanisme de l’évolution découvert chez des plantes carnivores

DÉCRYPTAGE - Des scientifiques ont montré que leurs systèmes complexes de « catapulte » avaient émergé d’un seul coup.

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

5 years

Officially a group leader @NERCscience IRF at @DurBiol @durham_uni ! Will be recruiting soon...

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Guillaume Chomicki

@Chomicki_G

2 years

So proud of stellar PhD student @LauraCECampbell for this amazing paper just out in @TrendsPlantSci ! Great collab w @KiersToby New insights into plant cultivation by ants, how they can enlighten insect agriculture and more! @EEB_Sheffield @DurBiol

The evolution of plant cultivation by ants

Outside humans, true agriculture was previously thought to be restricted to social insects farming fungus. However, obligate farming of plants by ants was recently discovered in Fiji, prompting a...

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Laura Campbell

@LauraCECampbell

2 years

Really happy to see the first chapter of my PhD ‘The Evolution of Plant Cultivation by Ants’ online @TrendsPlantSci 🐜 🌱 #OpenAccess

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Guillaume Chomicki

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Delighted to welcome two wonderful young women in my lab! Emily Townley will do her Master thesis on the impact of domestication on plant architecture Laura Campbell has been awarded a highly prestigious 4-year NERC DTP scholarship to work on phylogenomics in ant-plants @DurBiol

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