Guillaume Chomicki
@Chomicki_G
Professor @NERCscience IRF #ERC/#UKRI @DurBiol, evolutionary biologist, plants, ants, mutualism, symbiosis. Assoc. Editor at @FunEcology. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
Delighted to share the outcome of a 10y long project – published today in @ScienceMagazine ! This study unveils how multipartner symbioses between aggressive insect partners can be stable. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Fun to write a short piece in @ConversationUK about our article in @ScienceMagazine 'This tropical plant builds isolated ‘apartments’ to prevent battles among the aggressive ant tenants it relies on for survival' theconversation.com/this-tropical-…
Dream Masters by research (MRes) advertised! No fees! 'Origin and evolutionary dynamics of rainforest assembly in the Fiji Islands' Please get in touch to to discuss the project Calling to all botanists! Please RT! findamasters.com/masters-degree…
Excited to share our latest paper, led by the great Justin Stewart. We show that contrary to expectations, crops yields are not higher outside of their centers of origins, with key implications for indigenous crop use. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @DurBiol @OneEarth_CP
So happy to see this out! I was lucky to follow it from the start and it is so nice to see it now in its final format. Well done all the authors! @durham_uni @DurBiol Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Super cool to see our petiole cross sections from our fern story make it to the cover of @NaturePlants . Cudos to our collaborator Richard Sibout and his team. nature.com/nplants/volume…
Fun to talk about Fijian ant-plant symbioses at @pace_sd @UniSouthPacific this morning! @DurBiol
In a new Science study, researchers report that a plant transcription factor involved in jasmonate hormone signaling is a crucial player in resistance against Huanglongbing. This finding may have substantial implications for eventual control of the disease. Learn more in a new…
We did a deep dive into the genetics of giant waterlilies - and here's what we found:
The genome of giant waterlilies provides insights into the origin of angiosperms, leaf gigantism, and stamen function innovation #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-communic…
Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that this matters for bee choice! nature.com/articles/s4146…
10 days left!!
Super opportunity to do a PhD with me and Dr. Peter Etchells -- come and study the molecular basis of an extraordinary symbiosis in which ant farmers obligately farm plants! Please RT! Deadline 31 March findaphd.com/phds/project/d…