Happy to announce this #preprint , the culmination of last 10 years. 🥳

We find that #antimicrobialpeptides are evolved to control specific #microbiome #bacteria. This example is a textbook case of host #immune #evolution being shaped by the microbiome 🦠 which depends on host #ecology.

Thanks for comments! Bit of an experiment: we are posting pre-submit to get feedback 🙂.

biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20…
#immunity #Drosophila #EvolutionaryBiology #inflammation #NFkB

I'm still finding my feet here, so it feels right to share with you the first #JournalCover I ever got with my #sciart

I was a #postdoc at the time and I had 1 evening to produce something around the idea that virulence in #bacteria is often 'all about the #phage ... '

A lucky break for me!
#MastoArt #Introduction

#introduction Hello world! 👋🏼 I’m a community ecologist, scientific illustrator, and educator at Stanford passionate about social justice in STEM. ✊🏼

I study #bacteria and #yeast 🦠 that live in the #nectar of California #wildflowers 🌻.

I also #LiveSketch conference talks, so give me a follow if you want to see beautifully illustrated 🎨🖌️ science 🧬🔬🧪!

👉 See more here: www.calliechappell.com