Jess Stephenson ([email protected])

@JohnKerry please give our kids a shot at a livable planet!! #COP28

@DrAverbee Me please! Better late than never 😊

Any mutuals need 🟦☁️ invite codes?

So proud of Marissa Langager for her persistence in getting this exciting work out- her 1st pub as 1st author! She shows that (given the choice) sick house finches prefer to associate w/ healthy flockmates, which has key consequences for tranmission: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Looking forward to giving this seminar tomorrow! 🕷🕸️

Lots of #jobs open in my lab: wordpress.com/page/stephenso… #PhD students, #postdoc, #manager... I want it all :) If you're interested in using #guppies and their #worm #parasites to understand how #behaviour affects #disease #ecology and #evolution.. check it out!

@BeesAndBaking Thanks Lewis!! 🤞🤞🤞for a swift and pleasurable end to the fucking around 😉 🎉

New preprint: Even a little kin association can select for infected hosts to reduce onward transmission, behaviorally or physiologically, instead of tolerating infection. "Associating with kin selects against disease tolerance" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

ALSO there is still time to apply to this #postdoc in #ecology #evolution @PittBioSci - develop a project with any combo of labs, work independently. For example - #disease and #microbiomes? #disease and #sexualselection? #parasite rapid evolution? LMK! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

Calling late stage #PhD and #postdocs - are you interested in #disease #ecology and #parasite #evolution..? I would LOVE to sponsor your NSF fellowship application. I've had 2 PRFBs in my lab - it's a great programme! nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf2…

@ESAdisease @BES_Parasite @sse_evolution @DiversifyEEB @ASNAmNat @eseb_org @asab_tweets @AnimBehSociety @SICB_DEDE please retweet and for sure pass on to excellent people who might be interested! Thanks :)

we will be #hiring lots of positions. Potential #grads get in touch (please share with great candidates!!). Also an excellent lab #manager! Here's the link, salary starting $44k, email me with questions! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

So! The grant! We (with @JasonWalsman) will use experimental epidemics, math(s), fieldwork with #guppies and their worms to understand how host #behavior and #parasite #virulence interact through #ecology and #evolution. I am EXCITED! If you are too, and want to join in... 1/2

What an amazing summer! We added a 2nd happy healthy girl to our family in May (😍), heard about @NSF grant getting funded in June (🎉 more on this soon!), heard about the awesome @KrampRachael's #Gilliam fellowship @HHMINEWS in July (🤩).. I feel like the luckiest person ❤️✨🌟

Rachael will use the award to continue her work on the role of #microbiome in host-#parasite interactions, using #guppy! Here she is in the field

Congratulations to @KrampRachael for this super well deserved fellowship #GilliamFellows - though I feel like I’m the real winner as it means I get to work with her for longer. Rachael is such a superstar! #proudmentor

Congrats to @larajcrystal on this incredible honor!!!! #GilliamFellows #pittbiosci

@liamrdougherty @FaithRovenolt @jukka_jokela @jessfstep Want to know more about the story behind the science? Read more in the latest @EvolLetters blog post by study coauthor @FaithRovenolt! evolutionletters.net/when-and-why-o… 📷: Faith Rovenolt

Sexual ornamentation is common in animals, but what exactly do ornaments tell choosers? Read more in a recent paper in @EvolLetters by @liamrdougherty, @FaithRovenolt, A. Luyet, @jukka_jokela, and @jessfstep: doi.org/10.1093/evlett…

Sharing fluids shapes host #social networks and #pathogen traits #ProcB #Commentary ow.ly/U2wQ50OOYwv #OpenAccess @jessfstep #Evolution #ASMicrobe