Assistant professor at Indiana University Bloomington. Evolution, chemical ecology, insect pheromones.
Kathy Darragh
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Thanks for having me - I had a great time meeting so many of you!!
@cp-trendsbiochem.bsky.social
In my lab's latest, we experimentally test the decades-old idea that plants switch from bee to hummingbird pollinators in tropical mountains because bee activity declines in cool cloud forest conditions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Always inspiring to start the year at @popgroup2026.bsky.social !
If you were there and want to learn more about pangenomes, there’s still time to register for our meeting in Edinburgh in June, co-organised with @charlottewright.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social royalsociety.org/science-even...
Kathy Darragh
Kathy Darragh
Very happy to announce a big new paper from the lab, led by grad students @smishra677.bsky.social and Laia Pomar-Pallarès (in collaboration with @roblanfear.bsky.social).
We introduce a new way to study introgression, with accompanying software (DAFT)
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
💡Online now - the Spotlight "Ancient enzyme diversification underpins octocoral chemical diversity" from @kdarragh.bsky.social.
#TerpeneSynthase #Diterpenes #BiosyntheticPathway #Octocorals #Evolution
Read it here 👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
I had a lot of fun writing this spotlight on a recent PNAS paper by @immo-burkhardt.bsky.social showing the diversification of terpene synthesis early in octocoral evolution - very cool study!!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mURq3S6Gf...
Hummingbird pollination is a hallmark of American plant diversity and has long been thought to evolve in tropical mountains due to declining bee activity. Using sister species of Costus specialized o...
What a way to start the year!! Really enjoyed the usual friendly atmosphere at PopGroup and all the research shared. Many thanks to the organisers @popgroup2026.bsky.social
If anyone is interested in joining my group or coming to Sweden please get in touch 🧬❄️
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Looking forward to #Dros26 this week. My lab is recruiting and I would be delighted to chat with anyone interested in grad school/postdoc positions in evolutionary cell biology and developmental genetics. Please reach out if interested!
3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama!
Three positions, each including salary & a research budget.
Applications due April, 15th.
DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us!
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
