
Megan Power, PhD
@MeganPower101
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Bats & telomeres as well as ectotherms & heat stress! PhD: IRC @BatLabUCD 🦇, Postdoc: ERC @odysyslab @UCDSBES 🐸🐟🪱 Double posting @meganpower101.bsky.social
Joined August 2018
Excited to see our research @GrahamMHughes, John Finarelli and @UCDSBES featured in @ScienceNews 🦈🦑 did you know cuttlefish ink is a chemical deterrent to sharks sense of smell? Check it out: https://t.co/2IvIE6diNS
#Marinebiology #SharkScience
sciencenews.org
The main component of common cuttlefish ink — melanin — strongly sticks to shark smell sensors, possibly explaining why the predators avoid ink.
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Excited to share our new paper out in @nature, looking at the genomics of viral tolerance and immunity in #bats 🦇🧬with @ZixiaH, @EmmaTeeling1 and some incredible scientists as part of @bat1kgenomes. @UCDSBES @UCD_Research. Check it out:
nature.com
Nature - A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene...
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Very proud of @BatLabUCD @bat1kgenomes @EmmaTeeling1 @GrahamMHughes and @ZixiaH for the publication of their paper on @Nature #bats
Excited to share our new paper out in @nature, looking at the genomics of viral tolerance and immunity in #bats 🦇🧬with @ZixiaH, @EmmaTeeling1 and some incredible scientists as part of @bat1kgenomes. @UCDSBES @UCD_Research. Check it out:
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These two are just showing off now 😂 congrats to my brilliant friends @GrahamMHughes & @ZixiaH for their involvement in the latest @nature paper exploring the #genomic basis for #viral tolerance in #bats 🦇 proud as always ☺️ https://t.co/PbJ8lNNyJh
@UCDSBES @UCD_Research
nature.com
Nature - A systematic analysis of 115 mammalian genomes, including 10 new bat genomes, reveals prevalent positive selection in immune genes in bats and shows key adaptations in the antiviral gene...
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Excited to share the Hughes Lab’s 1st 2025 paper, and @ColleenLawless_’s first as first-author, exploreing cuttlefish ink as a chemical defence targeting shark olfactory systems. Great collab with John Finarelli and @OceanExplauren! @UCDSBES @UCD_Research
academic.oup.com
Abstract. Chemical signaling can play a crucial role in predator–prey dynamics. Here, we present evidence that ink from the common cuttlefish (Sepia offici
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨 from @UCDSBES @UCDEarth @UCD_Research & @GrahamMHughes @OceanExplauren My research reveals how cuttlefish ink can hijack a shark's sense of smell! 🦈🦑 This incredible defense mechanism acts as a "chemical smokescreen" https://t.co/EKW5yPSU0e [1/5]
academic.oup.com
Abstract. Chemical signaling can play a crucial role in predator–prey dynamics. Here, we present evidence that ink from the common cuttlefish (Sepia offici
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I am so absolutely chuffed! The dedication and time that Roger has put into the horseshoe bat colony has always been inspiring and I’m so grateful to have been involved the past few years. This is so well deserved ☺️🦇
Congratulations to Dr Roger Ransome who has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for ‘Services to Bat Conservation’! He has been studying bats for nearly 70 years! #NewYearHonoursList #BatConservation
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Great that this is published, one of hopefully many ways the #amphibiangenomics consortium #ACG will help us understand and improve the valuable resources hidden in the genomes of the most threatened vertebrate group @TAKosch @MeganPower101 @OdysysLab @UCD_Research @UCDSBES
Upgrade from preprint to published in Molecular Ecology Resources!🐸Happy to have played a role in exploring the uniqueness of #amphibian #genomes & preliminary insights into #climate & transposable elements! @cybokat @OdysysLab @UCDSBES @UCD_Research
https://t.co/CUUL31QI4z
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Upgrade from preprint to published in Molecular Ecology Resources!🐸Happy to have played a role in exploring the uniqueness of #amphibian #genomes & preliminary insights into #climate & transposable elements! @cybokat @OdysysLab @UCDSBES @UCD_Research
https://t.co/CUUL31QI4z
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates and are in dire need of conservation intervention to ensure their continued survival. They exhibit unique features including a high diversity...
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Are we underestimating the effects of climate change on animal reproduction? Excited to share our new @RSocPublishing paper showing that the effects of higher mean temperatures and heatwave events on fertility are amplified when they act in combination 🌡️ https://t.co/R7tsoAgxOd
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new preprint 🧵: In the midst of a week of news coverage about the oceans aproaching the tipping point of becoming too acidic to sustain marine life, we still don't know how most of those species will actually respond to this. #oceanacidification
france24.com
A new report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research details how a crucial threshold for ocean acidification could soon become the seventh factor breached – out of of nine – considered...
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Redon, Constant, Smith, Habold and Giroud https://t.co/lGoz5SvNro Understanding seasonal telomere length dynamics in hibernating species @lilianredon5978, @Bilbyboi, @SylvainGiroud
@VetmeduniVienna, @KLIVVWien, @CNRS
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Congratulations @GrahamMHughes, @Kherronism and @CartneyAnn! ☘️☘️☘️ Read about their fascinating study exploring the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the Trifolium dubium - known to many as the shamrock - here: https://t.co/vBB2wJUXWg
@ucddublin @UCDSBES @ucdscience
https://t.co/deaRuKJxHl Delighted our project is one of 20 funded by ERGA-BGE! @Kherronism, Myself and @CartneyAnn will explore the population genomics of shamrocks across Ireland @REA_research @SBFI_CH @ISBSIB @EUgreenresearch @UCD_Research @UCDSBES @GenomicsCRT #ERGA #TRIDUBIRE
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Look at this guy!! Repping the only Irish project and on the population genomics of the shamrock no less! ☘️ can’t wait to see how this turns out and super proud as always ☺️ @ucdsbes @UCD_Research @UCDEarth
https://t.co/deaRuKJxHl Delighted our project is one of 20 funded by ERGA-BGE! @Kherronism, Myself and @CartneyAnn will explore the population genomics of shamrocks across Ireland @REA_research @SBFI_CH @ISBSIB @EUgreenresearch @UCD_Research @UCDSBES @GenomicsCRT #ERGA #TRIDUBIRE
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So happy and proud of this illustration made for @KRuthsatz amazing presentation in @SEBiology !! She talked about environmental stressors in amphibians and their developmental plasticity in a changing world🐸 #amphibia #herpetology #sciart #digitalillustration
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@DianaSMadeira kicking off the second morning slot of our A17 session at #sebconference with a talk on the extensive remodeling of the proteome across generations in a marine annelid 🪱 @SEBiology
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Liam Connell talking about his research on transgenerational plasticity in the marine ragworm to current and future experimental ocean conditions in the A17 session at #sebconference @SEBiology
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The amazing research done by @OdysysLab under PI @cybokat during the #SEBconference #SEB24. Our postdoc @MeganPower101 at station A18.28, and two PhD students @VamosSofia at A8.5 and Jiao Li at A12.8.
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@BeineKaylee’s talk at @SEBconference #SEB24 on network properties of the heat and UVR stress response in #zebrafish now available as a preprint, check it out: https://t.co/dyQWEO354o
#MolStressH2O @ERC_Research
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Excited to be at @SEBiology #SEBConference #SEB2024 for my first international conference since the pandemic. I can’t wait to hear and see all the amazing presentations! #molstressh2o @ERC_Research
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