Amy Boddy
Prof @ UCSB
Chair of Integrative Anthropological Sciences (IAS)
- Reposted by Amy BoddyA 🆕 episode of Genetics in Your World is live! @ecoevogal.bsky.social interviewed @srishtipatil.bsky.social & @robjohnnoble.bsky.social about their work testing a new approach to cancer treatment rooted in theory from evolutionary & conservation biology. Listen now: buff.ly/B2YyByg
- Reposted by Amy Boddy🧬 Museums + zoos = a rapid ID pipeline. Using a local network in Ecuador, we genetically identified trafficked olingos (Bassaricyon), revealed a likely new country record, and shared a recipe for accessing high-quality samples from the wild. url: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/a...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyJoin Us in Graz for the first "International Conference on Microchimerism" in May 2026! Meet researchers from around the world exploring how exchanged cells shape human biology and become part of the growing microchimerism community. Sign up here: www.microchimerism.info
- Reposted by Amy BoddyAre you fascinated by cancer biology and also ❤️ 💻 ? Feel like this ->😻<- at the thought of exploring oodles of cancer genomes, single cells and spatial multiomics data? Then our core Data Science Team at @icr.ac.uk might be the place for you. Vacancy here: jobs.icr.ac.uk/vacancies/14...
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- Reposted by Amy BoddyTesting Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov... Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!
- Reposted by Amy BoddyLast few hours to submit an abstract to the ISEEC (International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer) meeting to take place in Crete May 21-23 #Cancer #Evolution #Ecology #AI www.evocancer.com
- Abstract submission closes tomorrow!! Come join us in Graz to talk about pregnancy, transplantation, and rare cells that wander!!
- Registration and abstract submissions is now open for the first ever Microchimerism Conference! May 27-28, 2026 in Graz. Please reshare! www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
- Reposted by Amy BoddySubmit your abstract (deadline January 10th) for this meeting organized by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer. In beautiful Crete!
- Reposted by Amy BoddyJoin me Tuesday with authors J. Arvid Agren and Manus M. Patten for the launch of their book The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict.
- Reposted by Amy BoddyI'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students. I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
- Registration and abstract submissions is now open for the first ever Microchimerism Conference! May 27-28, 2026 in Graz. Please reshare! www.microchimerism.info/front-page/i...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyResearch week for Book 2! Visiting UC Santa Barbara: @emilyjacobs.bsky.social studying female brains across the lifespan, @mgurven.bsky.social and @amyboddy.bsky.social thinking carefully about how culture intersects with female bodily change… gonna be amazing
- Ohhh. Check out this new book review on Hidden Guests by Lise Barnéoud! undark.org/2025/11/28/b...
- Reposted by Amy Boddy*SAVE THE DATE* On Tuesday December 16 at 11am Eastern we will have virtual book launch of The Paradox of the Organism. It will be hosted by the great @athenaaktipis.bsky.social. Please join! Zoom link here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/
- Reposted by Amy BoddyWe held the first #CANPOP symposium today (cancer population genetics club) @icr.ac.uk. 6 excellent & didactic talks, all applying mathematical #popgen theory to dissect somatic evolutionary dynamics: spanning the full range of pre-cancer, metastasis through to 6000 year old transmissible cancer...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyThrilled to announce that I'm on Curious Cases tomorrow at 10am on BBC Radio 4! The episode - Immortal Jellies - looks at some remarkably long-lived species and what they can teach us about ageing. This is a key area of focus for our lab. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyThe International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer #ISEEC has now a #YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCrC...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyFirst copy of The Paradox of the Organism in the wild!
- Microchimerism is one of the most fascinating biological phenomena I've ever studied. But what do we actually know & what do we not know? Our new paper brings together microchimerism researchers to ask the key questions driving the field forward 🧬 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyWe're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
- Some of us carry cells from past and future generations. Check out Lise Barnéoud's book on microchimerism to learn how we're all cellular mosaics. Not all cells that wander are lost 😉
- Preorder here: greystonebooks.com/products/hid...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyAn early review of The Paradox of the Organism by @publisherswkly.bsky.social. www.publishersweekly.com/9780674296381
- Reposted by Amy BoddyIf you are interested in learning more about what an IMO Workshop is like check out our dedicated website: imoworkshop.org. Note the workshop this year runs directly after our #MathOnco25 meeting: mathematical-oncology.org/mathonco25.
- Reposted by Amy BoddyExcited to announce that registration for the 13th @mathonco.bsky.social workshop on Treatment Revolution is now open. Held onsite @moffittnews.bsky.social Nov 2-Nov 7 #MoffittIMO more details: imo13.eventbrite.com. Deluxe travel awards are available on a competitive basis, apply by 10/03!
- Reposted by Amy BoddyJoin @cmaley.bsky.social, @lucielaplane.bsky.social, Joel Brown and Benjamin Spada for a live EvoChat discussion about "How we define cancer matters", hosted by the International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer (ISEEC). Oct 1st at 8am PST, 11am EST, 5pm CEST ucsb.zoom.us/j/8313111375...
- 🧬 Join us for an EvoChat on "How we define cancer matters" Oct 1: 8am PST/11am EST/5pm CEST Speakers: Carlo Maley, Lucie Laplane, Joel Brown & Benjamin Spada discuss universal cancer definitions across species and their clinical applications. Zoom: ucsb.zoom.us/j/8313111375... All welcome! 🔬
- Reposted by Amy BoddyReleased today! SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER Now available at your favorite bookseller. Leave a review on Goodreads or Amazon if you can. Please help spread the word! #sevendecades @princetonupress.bsky.social
- The book we have all been waiting for from @mgurven.bsky.social is finally here!! Read it to get a broad perspective on human evolution and aging - stay for the fun titles 😀
- Reposted by Amy BoddyComing December 16!
- Reposted by Amy BoddyOne month before SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER is released! A prelim copy just arrived. I’m in Bolivia but my son opened the shipment and it appears that he approves. Preorder now (30% discount code: PUP30): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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- Now available for preorder! The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal Conflict, edited by me and Manus Patten, will be published by @harvardpress.bsky.social this fall. Cover coming soon.
- Reposted by Amy BoddyEnjoyed this @natrevcancer.nature.com article on comparative oncology - how we can learn from other species 🐘🐋🦜🐍 about ways to prevent (& possibly treat) cancer. Both a review and a call to action for the research community. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @atjcagan.bsky.social @cmaley.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddyThanks @amyboddy.bsky.social for the invitation to run this workshop on where ideas come from in science, barriers to creativity and how to overcome them. Great discussion from the group! I'm a convert to 'night science' @urialonlab.bsky.social
- Late night session on how to think of good ideas!! #EBECancer25 @atjcagan.bsky.social discusses the creativity in science & helped us practice different ways to think and talk about our science.
- Reposted by Amy BoddyNext up at #EBECancer25 summer school - hands-on digital pathology workshop with @mihaelaangelova.bsky.social @chandler-gatenbee.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy Boddy🎉 Congratulations to our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer course bursary winners! 🔍 Interested in future opportunities to join our courses through bursaries and funding? Explore more: bit.ly/3GquFnS #EBECancer25 #ScientificConferences #Bursaries #FinancialAssistance
- Late night session on how to think of good ideas!! #EBECancer25 @atjcagan.bsky.social discusses the creativity in science & helped us practice different ways to think and talk about our science.
- Finishing up #EBECancer25 with a comparative genomics tutorial by Daniel Chavez. What an amazing week of evolution, ecology and cancer biology @trevorgraham.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddyClosing keynote from the fabulous @atjcagan.bsky.social on "The impossibility of whales" discussing somatic mutagenesis across species. Brilliantly delivered and exceptionally illustrated talk, as anyone who knows Alex's work would expect! #EBECancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddyNow medical oncologist and clinician scientist @beckilee.bsky.social leading the first clinical session. Discussing how to bring evolutionary and ecological ideas into molecular tumour boards, and how to design evo clinical trials for better treatment regimens. #EBEcancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddyThis morning we switch focus to cancer ecology, starting with Marta Luksza @mskcancercenter.bsky.social lecturing on tumour-immune coevolution and immunogenomics. #EBECancer25 @amyboddy.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @icr.ac.uk
- Reposted by Amy BoddyOur Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer Summer School #EBECancer2025 in full swing @eventswcs.bsky.social in sunny Hinxton, Cambridge. @florentmouliere.bsky.social giving a deep dive into tracking cancer evolution with cfDNA. @amyboddy.bsky.social @yosoykit.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy Boddyhere this week learning with all of our students at #EBECancer25 @eventswcs.bsky.social ! having a lot of Sudoku-type fun at our “grammar of somatic evolution” with tutor @afrankell.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddySave the date #MathOnco25! October 29th-31st in Tampa, Florida. Directly before the 13th IMO Workshop (November 3rd-7th) - stay the weekend and brainstorm the beaches! More information to follow but @evoltherapy.bsky.social will be a key theme @mathonco.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddyOur reply to Butler et al's recent @pnas.org paper on Peto's Paradox. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyThere's still time! Abstract submission deadline extended till Monday 5th May.
- Beata Ujvari, Andriy Marusyk and Aurora Nedelcu are organising a symposium on “Cancer in an evolutionary framework: across species and within individuals” at the @eseb2025.bsky.social conference in Barcelona this August. Abstact submission closes on Friday: eseb2025.com/call-for-abs...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyNew study on diet, plasma glucose, and cancer prevalence across vertebrates published in Nature communications (@naturecomms.bsky.social) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyOur #Cancer #Evolution summer school runs again 30 June-3 July at the beautiful Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK sponsored by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Ideal for starters in the field; this year's focus is on using genomic data for cancer evo research. Brilliant & inspiring faculty! bit.ly/40nLdDD
- Working in #CancerBiology? Join us at our expert-led #EBECancer25 course, to discover how insights on the #evolutionary and ecological aspects of #cancer are shaping the future for improved clinical treatments.💊 📅 30 June-3 July 2025 ⏰Apply by 1 April! 📎bit.ly/40nLdDD @sysbiocurie.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddyOne more day to submit abstracts for ISEMPH talks! I am looking forward to hosting a symposium "The Future of Comparative Oncology" that will be paired with @evo-eco-onco.bsky.social's cancer evolution session.
- Reposted by Amy BoddyApplications are open for our Evolutionary Biology and Ecology of Cancer summer course at the Wellcome Genome Campus, UK! This is a great opportunity for early career scientists/trainees to get plugged into this field #mathonco @amyboddy.bsky.social @trevorgraham.bsky.social @afrankell.bsky.social
- Working in #CancerBiology? Join us at our expert-led #EBECancer25 course, to discover how insights on the #evolutionary and ecological aspects of #cancer are shaping the future for improved clinical treatments.💊 📅 30 June-3 July 2025 ⏰Apply by 1 April! 📎bit.ly/40nLdDD @sysbiocurie.bsky.social
- Come learn how to apply approaches in evo-eco to cancer biology 🧬 ✨
- Working in #CancerBiology? Join us at our expert-led #EBECancer25 course, to discover how insights on the #evolutionary and ecological aspects of #cancer are shaping the future for improved clinical treatments.💊 📅 30 June-3 July 2025 ⏰Apply by 1 April! 📎bit.ly/40nLdDD @sysbiocurie.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy BoddyWalker Mellon getting ready to discuss some of the new comparative oncology projects we are focusing on this year! #SACB2025
- Reposted by Amy BoddySign up now for a live discussion "From Elephants to Humans: Evolutionary Insights into Cancer" on Weds 22nd, 11am EST. @amyboddy.bsky.social, @athenaaktipis.bsky.social & me will explore how ecology and #evolbio shape #cancer across the tree of life. Free registration: asu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Reposted by Amy BoddyThe January issue of Cancer Discovery is now online! The cover features "Cancer Prevalance across Vertebrates" by @zacharytcompton.bsky.social and colleagues - read that and much more: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...
- Just a reminder! We are hiring an assist/associate prof in the Integrative Anthropological Sciences at UCSB!! Come for the endless science, stay for the endless summer 😎 Deadline is approaching! 1/06/2025
- 🎉IAS is recruiting🎉 UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track evo anthropologist (assist/assoc prof): Apply by 1/06/25 To apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02866 Please retweet! Estimate: Assist:$95,000-$135,000 & Assoc:$120,000-$180,000. UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.
- Reposted by Amy BoddyJoin us for the 8th seminar in the Internal Conflicts and Organismal Adaptation @eseb.bsky.social STN lecture series. Talks from @bryangitschlag.bsky.social and Michele Hays. Thursday December 12, 11am Eastern!
- Reposted by Amy Boddy🚨 PhD project: 4-year PhD project on human reproduction, mating strategies and gender roles. Funding is via BBSRC EastBio (i.e. funding not attached to specific project). Please get in touch with me (UK/international). Deadline for nominated applicant: 17 Jan 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- 🎉IAS is recruiting🎉 UCSB Integrative Anth Sciences is hiring a tenure-track evo anthropologist (assist/assoc prof): Apply by 1/06/25 To apply: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02866 Please retweet! Estimate: Assist:$95,000-$135,000 & Assoc:$120,000-$180,000. UCSB is an AA/EOE, including disability/vets.
