Juan J. Lagos-Oviedo

@jjlagosoviedo.bsky.social

PhD student at the University of Würzburg

Study the evolution of social wound care behaviour in ants | MEME alumnus 🇸🇪 🇨🇵 🇩🇪 🇨🇴

Social evolution, behavioural ecology and maths

https://juanjose-lagosoviedo.weebly.com/

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New paper: doi.org/10.1126/scia... 🐜🧬
Ants exploded into >15,000 species just after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit Earth. We think we've found one catalyst behind that radiation: transposable elements.
With @jannelrinke.bsky.social, @esthervandenbos.bsky.social & others not on here.
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A Pseudomyrmex ant walking casually on a drop of honey.
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The Evobio Crash Course is coming back for its fifth edition! Join us from December 7 to December 18 for an incredible line up of classes and tutorials from amazing researchers in the field! The course is open to all, completely free and held online. Registration is OPEN, please share widely!

Poster for the Evobio Crash Course. Online from December 7-18, 2026.
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How can we teach evolution more effectively and help students engage with concepts they find challenging? Join us for "Teaching Evolution: Evidence-Based Pedagogy for Graduate Students & Postdoc Instructors", a virtual workshop featuring practical, research-backed approaches to teaching evolution.

Promotional flyer for an SSE panel and workshop titled “Teaching Evolution: Evidence-Based Pedagogy for Graduate Student and Postdoc Instructors.”
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An army ant worker plugs a hole in the trail using her own body, allowing her sisters to run more efficiciently on their way to the raiding front. Amazonian Ecuador.

Macro photo of a small, dull black and orange ant spanning a hole in a dead brown leaf, with two larger ants running over her.