Alex Knyshov

Chromosome-aware phylogenomics of Assassin Bugs (Hemiptera: Reduvioidea) elucidates ancient gene conflict dlvr.it/SsnDpy

Our paper on taxonomic machine learning is out in ISD. Closely related species of plant bugs can be identified with 80–90% accuracy just based on dorsal habitus of the specimens, including normally challenging to ID female specimens: academic.oup.com/isd/article-ab…

@CicadaScience If you are interested in sending "ready to load" libraries for sequencing, I could recommend AdmeraHealth, we did a lane of hiseqX with them a year ago with good results, turnaround time, and price.

We are seeking recommendations for companies that currently produce high quality Hiseq X sequencing with good turn around time and lowest cost. Suggestions please! Thanks very much. Chris

Still looking for PhD student interested in phylogenomics with a focus on methods and machine learning (if interested). Project is flexible within the scope of my research. Have funding for RA for one semester each year and TA for the other (app due 1/15). Contact asap. Pls RT.

I am recruiting a grad student to start next fall (21) at U of RI. Should be interested in computational work in phylogenomics; prior comp experience not req'd. Univ has strong support for underrepresented students. Details at evol.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir… . Email if curious. Pls RT.

Hi. Want to see a cool bug?! A month ago, I didn't really know what jumping plant lice or psyllids were. Now I do. They're amazing, watch what they can do 👇 and follow this thread for more!

Fall is the season for ambush bugs, and now you can confidently identify them thanks to a new key & revision by Paul Masonick & Christiane Weirauch published yesterday in CJAI! dx.doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2…

2nd ed. of True Bugs of the World is a must have for anyone interested in Heteroptera. Includes so much new information, color photos, fossils and the newest understanding of relationships Congrats Toby, @carayonia and everyone else who contributed! siriscientificpress.co.uk/blogs/news/tru…

While it is still work in progress, for those who missed the talk or would like to see the workflow or the references, please visit github.com/AlexKnyshov/PLS for more information. @bq_minh @shenxingxing1

Expanding cost-efficient hybrid enrichment of ribosomal and mitochondrial genes to old and tiny museum specimens - check out our new manuscript with @carayonia - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Using molecular gut content analysis to explore #trophic interactions in coastal sage scrub communities of southern California. @PhymataPhriend @carayonia @UCRentomology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Our paper on sequencing museum mirid specimens is out! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

@marcusguidoti Thank you, no problem, just email me or give me your email address

@AlexKnyshov Awesome! Congrats on the paper. Can I ask you a PDF copy of it? For some reason, I can't access from the Wiley website now - and I should, because I do have access... Weird. But I want to read your paper! ;)

Our paper on abdominal morphology of Dipsocoromorpha is out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Cute gelastocorid babies!

Cost-efficient high throughput capture of museum arthropod specimen DNA using PCR-generated baits biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

Finally got to processing the videos of our symposium for @EntSoc2017 @EntsocAmerica meeting in Denver with @milipedassassin. Check it out if you are interested in "breaking into the biobank" and please RT! vimeo.com/channels/13242… Now to cancel my Vimeo subscription....

Oh look! An awesome poster about ancient horses (from my lab)! B-129 #SMBE17 @bio_alice