Ignacio Escalante

Great news: I’m opening a research group to study behavior, ecology, and biomechanics of Opiliones and other arthropods from Central and North America, and beyond (?). We’ll be based at @UIC_BioS Contact me if you want to hear more! And feel free to spread the word. Pura vida!

Two new papers out now in the same issue of @ICB_journal ! (1) Shannon O'Brien & I reviewed the robustness of Opiliones to leg loss. (2) Along with collaborators, we proposed how animals use robustness and adaptive control to move in an uncertain world. academic.oup.com/icb/issue/64/5

We have two exciting job openings! 1. Open Rank Teaching Faculty (Genetics), Non-Tenure Track: go.uic.edu/TeachingFaculty 2. Tenure Track Asst Professor in #Genetics and/or #Epigenetics : go.uic.edu/AsstProfGeneti… Both postings will close 12/16 @ 5pm 📣Spread the word!📣

New paper out in Ethology! We studied if larvae of antlion use their defensive behaviors differently depending on the number of neighboring larvae. The project was part of a field ecology & conservation class in Costa Rica. @UIC_BioS @tropicalstudies shorturl.at/53dvW

@EdgarGlezSabin Saludos a mi papá, Leo Escalante en San José, Costa Rica, fan de los Dodgers desde los 70s

Let’s go!!!! Dodgers vs Yankees!!!

@EdgarGlezSabin @FOXDeportes @Dodgers @Mets Saludos a Leo Escalante en San José, Costa Rica… de su hijo en Chicago!

@FOXDeportes @Dodgers vs @Mets Listos!! 5pm hora Pacifico

Super happy with our new collaborative paper in the Neotropics! We examined how climatic variability affects sexual selection for nuptial gifts. Congrats Camila for this awesome research 🙌🏻 and the fantastic work of all authors Find out more at @ASNAmNat journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.10…

Come work in our department!

So happy and proud of the research we did this summer and fall in the Chicagoland area! @noahskellyy @sageadelong

@I_M_Buggin congrats!! super cool work.

Super excited to share my second manuscript published with the Emberts lab! Sexually selected weapons can wear out, decreasing their effectiveness in combat | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

💤More sleep for behavioral ecologists!💤 Out now! Barrett @pupating and I wrote a piece inviting behavioral ecologists to look more closely at sleep in their diverse study animals. Best part? It comes with a Tinbergen/sleep comic by @BugTheBard! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/je…

@KFowlerFinn @NSF @LaurelSymes Muchísimas felicidades, Kasey!

New paper out! This was a great international collaboration between engineers and biologists. We reviewed the bio-inspired design of hard-bodied mobile robots based on arthropod morphologies: doi.org/10.1088/1748-3… via @BioinspBiomim @UIC_BioS @thisisUIC

Open position available! Let me know if you have questions. @AnimBehSociety @RAEL_aracno @AAS_arachnology

New paper out today! We studied what factors allow 'baby spiders' (aka spiderlings) to improve their prey capture abilities. It's 'old' data from my Masters at @UniversidadCR but analyzed with fresh eyes and tools in collaboration with colleagues at @UWM. @UIC_BioS @thisisUIC

Internship Alert 🚨 @stri_panama We are seeking 3 or more interns to research tropical species ID and tropical tree woody growth in Panama 📷Get full position descriptions and see how to apply here: rb.gy/2psdy0

And that’s a wrap! Our Tropical Ecology and Conservation graduate course for Latin American students concluded with a huge success. Help us spread the word so this amazing opportunity keeps supporting the regional emerging leaders in the field. @tropicalstudies

In their section “outside JEB,” @J_Exp_Biol covered our 2023 paper on wolf spider biomechanics. We explored the environmental and morphological constraints of the locomotion in tropical highlands where temperatures fluctuate greatly daily. t.ly/sU898 @UIC_BioS

@MarielaOviedoD1 @IDEA_CONICET @labre_arg Grandes!! Felicidades

📣New paper out! Here we examine the existence of shape and size character displacement in scorpions with reproductive interference along an altitudinal cline🏔️We found a very intriguing mosaic pattern of evolution!🦂@IDEA_CONICET @labre_arg #EvolBiol researchgate.net/publication/37…

This Spring, I am participating in a field class in Costa Rica. This class is offered by @tropicalstudies to graduate students from 6 Latin American countries. We visit 3 environments, conduct short research projects, and visit conservation and restoration projects.

Today I saw three amazing science talks by three outstanding scientists! Mimi Koehl talked about marine larvae moving on turbulence, @TessaPatton talked about the genetic bases of bird reproduction, and @allie_q told us about frog resilience to pathogens. #SICB2024