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Kyle A DeMarr

@KyleDeMarr

Evolutionary cell biology ↔ Entomology| Postdoctoral Associate @MullinsLab @UCSF| 🏳️‍🌈

 San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2017
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Kyle DeMarr? No, Ennis Del Mar. In honor of Brokeback Mountain's 20th anniversary. Happy Halloween!
Halloween costume of Ennis Del Mar. PC: L. Cheradame

ALT Halloween costume of Ennis Del Mar. PC: L. Cheradame

Heath Ledger in his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005)

ALT Heath Ledger in his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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There are currently four species named after JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters (and a Stand). ★ Neostygarctus lovedeluxe (Tardigrade, 2013) ★ Funny valentine (Spider, 2022) ★ Gyro zeppeli (Spider, 2024) ★ Troglocoelotes doul (Spider, 2024)
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『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』アニメーションシリーズ公式 (@anime_jojo) profile picture『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』アニメーションシリーズ公式
@anime_jojo12 Apr 2025
☆•♢━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 『スティール・ボール・ラン ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』 　アニメ制作決定！！ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━♢•☆ Steel Ball Run JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Animation Series Confirmed! jojo-portal-anime.com/sbr/ #jojo_anime
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Phillip Cleves@pacleves2 Apr 2025
It is happening again! Consider taking our course on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis at @MBLScience. We extended the deadline for applications to Apr 14, 2025. mbl.edu/education/advanced-r…
Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis | Marine Biological Laboratory

Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis | Marine Biological Laboratory

This is an immersive research-based course designed to teach basic concepts, open research questions, and facilitate state-of-the-art experimental approaches in symbiosis research.

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Membrane-associated polymerases deliver most of the actin subunits to a lamellipodial network biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #biorxiv_cellbio
Membrane-associated polymerases deliver most of the actin subunits to a lamellipodial network

Membrane-associated polymerases deliver most of the actin subunits to a lamellipodial network

Actin filaments are two-stranded protein polymers that form the basic structural unit of the eukaryotic actin cytoskeleton. While filaments assembled from purified actin in vitro elongate when...

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Hey everyone! MBL's Imaging Facility is looking for an Imaging Specialist – ready to push the boundaries of imaging? Join our team and apply now! #MBLScience #JobOpening More info here: tinyurl.com/4y57t2uj
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Happy Halloween from our lab to yours! +50 pts to whoever can find @samjlord in this picture
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Déjà voodoo Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) in Scream 3 Halloween 2024
Costume of Courteney Cox's character, award-winning author/former reporter Gale Weathers, in Scream 3. Black wig with baby bangs, red shirt, bright yellow pant suit with matching leather bag, and holding a Ghostface killer mask, emblematic of the slasher franchise.

ALT Costume of Courteney Cox's character, award-winning author/former reporter Gale Weathers, in Scream 3. Black wig with baby bangs, red shirt, bright yellow pant suit with matching leather bag, and holding a Ghostface killer mask, emblematic of the slasher franchise.

Reference shot of Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers in Scream 3 sneaking into the backlot of Sunrise Studios to investigate a series of killings on the set of film-within-a-film Stab 3.

ALT Reference shot of Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers in Scream 3 sneaking into the backlot of Sunrise Studios to investigate a series of killings on the set of film-within-a-film Stab 3.

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I'm recruiting again!!
Dr. Lynette Strickland (@lrstric) profile pictureDr. Lynette Strickland@lrstric25 Jul 2023
I'm recruiting PhD students for Fall 2024 through the EBE program @BU_Biology! I'm excited to mentor students from a diversity of backgrounds and a variety of career goals/interests. Reach out to me if you are interested in tropical beetle ecology and/or biodiversity genomics!
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Annie Jessop@aleejessop25 Sep 2024
Check out our latest publication on the fascinating biophotonic gyroid nanostructures of Erora opisena: royalsocietypublishing.org/d… We describe the application of a hyperspectral microscopy method to elucidate the photonic properties of these remarkable structures.
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Do you love evo-devo and want to do a PhD on millipede trachea homology in beautiful Vancouver 🇨🇦? Come join my lab! form.jotform.com/24253453786… Please re-tweet :)
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Image from Professor Heather S Bruce (@ArthropodLegs)
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Hugo A. Benítez 🌳 (@HugoBenitezd) profile pictureHugo A. Benítez 🌳@HugoBenitezd1 Sep 2024
As an Entomologist a compulsory stop after the conference #ICE2024 was the special exhibition “Insect Maniac” at the Science Museum Tokyo!!!
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Preprint posted! We reported the function of gox/Osi23 gene in the cuticle nanopatterning in Drosophila, through the control of autophagy, endocytosis and ER. Endoplasmic reticulum patterns insect cuticle nanostructure biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Endoplasmic reticulum patterns insect cuticle nanostructure

Endoplasmic reticulum patterns insect cuticle nanostructure

Insect cuticles with nano-level structures exhibit functional surface properties such as structural color and superhydrophobicity. Despite the enormous influence the cuticle has had on biomimetic...

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ICE attendees, I'm giving a presentation in "Frontiers in Research on the Molecular Basis underlying the Diversity of Insect Color Patterns" on imaging cytoskeletal dynamics in structurally colored butterfly scales [8-3-11] today 8/27 @ 4:45PM in Room K. #ICE2024 #ICE2024Kyoto
Green Papilio palinurus scales in magnified view on the wing

ALT Green Papilio palinurus scales in magnified view on the wing

A green peacock swallowtail butterfly, Papilio palinurus, captured by Papilio121 from Wikipedia.

ALT A green peacock swallowtail butterfly, Papilio palinurus, captured by Papilio121 from Wikipedia.

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Tanner Fadero@TanFad21 Aug 2024
Visualizing moth wing scale development with @KyleDeMarr from @MullinsLab on @amsikking's AIRR snoutscope today! Using a 1.3 oil-immersion lens to image >100 um deep past the moth's cuticle. Absolutely gorgeous biology and microscopy.
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AIC at Janelia@AICjanelia5 Aug 2024
The latest AIC Call for Proposals is now open! Deadline is October 4, 2024. Come use @HHMIJanelia imaging technology and expertise for FREE. Visit aicjanelia.org/apply for details. Before applying, contact us to schedule a technical consultation!
Apply | aicjanelia

Apply | aicjanelia

Apply to use the advanced microscopes housed at the AIC.

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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 Come join us at @DukeU as a Lab Manager and work alongside @jacanamama and myself. Apply now to be part of our teams! #JobSearch #LabManager #Research #Biology academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
Sara Lipshutz (@jacanamama) profile pictureSara Lipshutz@jacanamama16 Jul 2024
Replying to @AnyiMazo
@AnyiMazo and I are hiring a lab manager at Duke! Emphasis on molecular labwork. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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.@MiriamMiyagi on genetic studies of gender and sex. Pointing out problems with binary categorization of sex, methodological issues with genetic studies, and neat biology (some large % of cells from 70-yr-old "males" are XO!?) #SMBE2024
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Evan Groover
@evan_groover7 Jun 2024
One of the best and most thoughtful plant CRISPR efforts to date. Rice cis-editing for NPQ and WUE achieves transgene phenotypes without the transgene! Congrats @dhruvpatel_ag and team. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…

Multiplexed CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis of rice PSBS1 noncoding sequences for transgene-free overexpr...

Complex structural variants generated by CRISPR-Cas9 editing significantly increase native rice PSBS expression and activity.

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In "Understanding the Mutualism Between Drag Artistry and Entomology Communication," in the Fall 2023 issue of American Entomologist, Lewis Bartlett discusses the intersection of queer expression and scientific outreach. doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmad055

Understanding the Mutualism Between Drag Artistry and Entomology Communication

I am writing this during Pride Month, a particularly fun time for me as it is also the birth month of my entomological drag queen character, Polly Nation (

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