Scientist at Arcadia Science Website || https://rishidekayne.github.io/ Blog || http://phdetails.blogspot.com/https://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3mitrkm75a22tNew pub! We analyzed protein structures across 36 Drosophila species and found something unexpected: tandem dimers and even trimers lurking in protein structure databases that likely aren't real proteins at all. 🧵 https://thestacks.org/publications/result-tandem-domain-proteins [1/9]06 Apr 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitrkm75a22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3miby7vdff225Are you an evolutionary biologist who thinks about the evolution of protein sequences/structure/function across scales? Do you want to implement your skills in industry? We’ve opened a full-time role on our platform team (think computational research group)! lnkd.in/gVE2NGaV https://lnkd.in/gVE2NGaV30 Mar 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3miby7vdff225https://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3mhte6cwips2pWe have an opportunity to join our team at @arcadiascience.com https://jobs.lever.co/arcadiascience/525f34ec-087e-4c50-87c6-00331df10940 We're looking for an evolutionary biologist who thinks a lot about protein evolution. If you have experience investigating genomic and amino acid sequence evolution and protein structural evolution, apply!24 Mar 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhte6cwips2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3me5fdztgbk2yReally excited to share my first pub from my work at @arcadiascience.com - Strategizing the search for bio-utility: A framework for evolution-integrated in silico bioprospecting https://thestacks.org/publications/perspective-search-strategy-bio-utility [1/8] 🧵05 Feb 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5fdztgbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3mdoggsmc6k2xInterested in whether protein language models can learn about evolution and leverage this to predict protein structures? Check out the pub! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdoggsmc6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3m4iutndtzs2kI'm very excited to share that today is my last day working at UC Berkeley before I start my new position at @arcadiascience.com next week! It has been a pleasure working as a postdoc in so many amazing labs along side amazing scientists, and I can't wait to start this new chapter!31 Oct 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4iutndtzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3ktkmv365nj2nVery excited to share our latest paper "Evolutionary Rate Shifts in Coding and Regulatory Regions Underpin Repeated Adaptation to Sulfidic Streams in Poeciliid Fishes" 🐟 https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/16/5/evae087/768186028 May 2024 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktkmv365nj2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3krtcaahkzq2vExcited to share our review paper "Why Do Some Lineages Radiate While Others Do Not? Perspectives for Future Research on Adaptive Radiations" which is now online here: https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/early/2024/04/30/cshperspect.a041448.full.pdf+html Check it out for all things adaptive radiation! 🐟🦎🌿🦋06 May 2024 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3krtcaahkzq2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rishidekayne.bsky.social/post/3kaugreacxo2vHi everyone! It's about time I introduced myself - I'm Rishi and I'm doing a Postdoc at UC Santa Cruz working on adaptation genomics in Poeciliid fishes and Danaus butterflies. I'm particularly the role(s) of structural variation in evolution! 🧬 🧪03 Oct 2023 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:sysjmfajejttcsv2gd7mwpic/app.bsky.feed.post/3kaugreacxo2v