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(he/him) Landscape Genomics | Insect Biodiversity | IDEA in STEM Neurodivergent Researcher
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5 months ago
This Voices of Belonging episode sees host Felicity Rush speak to
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on ensuring that university enables students to feel included in teaching & research spaces.
#Inclusion
#Belonging
#Neurodiversity
#NeuroInclusive
#Identity
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Great to talk to Felicity Rush for the ConnectEd Podcast. We talked about neuroinclusion in research and teaching. The series has many inspiring tales from the world of student belonging, I would recommend you check them out. Thanks for the opportunity
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Mark A. Hanson
5 months ago
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯 Any lab using
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please donate using the link in post below. This incredible community, on whose backs our
#Drosophila
labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
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🚨🚨🚨 New Research Alert 🚨🚨🚨
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Pan traps reveal
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responses to
#heatwaves
, showing the importance of structure in the landscape It's been a real priviledge to work with Josh. His undergrad dissertation is out in
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Ecological Entomology.
#climate
#drought
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Effects of a temperate heatwave on diel rhythms of insect activity: A comparison across habitats
Counts of insects caught in pan traps in Norfolk, UK, exhibited a unimodal relationship with air temperature – a pattern also observed specifically for the orders Diptera and Hymenoptera. A temperat...
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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
8 months ago
Just what you need to start off the new FIT Count season! Find out about the counts with Dr Miranda Bane from PoMS, and learn about pollinator plants with @Buzz_dont_tweet at this webinar on 1 April
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You can't get more
#spring
than this emerald prince of March: Gymnocheta viridis. Earlham Cemetery, Norwich.
#diptera
#tachinid
#nature
#ukwildlife
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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme
8 months ago
The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor
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. Full details on our website
ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
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This is my fav fossil of all time
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Kelsey J.R.P. Byers
8 months ago
Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that - as Bob Vickery found - bees prefer yellow!
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Within-species floral evolution reveals convergence in adaptive walks during incipient pollinator shift - Nature Communications
During evolution, how adaptive walks cross fitness valleys remains unclear. This integrative study on monkeyflowers reveals that convergence in large steps (floral color and gene expression) drives a ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57639-3
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I FINALLY FOUND A CHEILOSIA GROSSA 🎆🎆🎆
#hoverfly
#pollinator
#nature
#ukwildlife
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Campanulinid Hydroid Opercularella lacerata, from Levington Marina, Suffolk. Global distribution but likely under recorded.
#seasearch
#hydrozoa
#marine
#ukwildlife
#microscopy
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Beautiful fine red seaweed from Levington Marina survey over the weekend. Pterothamnion plumula.
#ukwildlife
#algae
#seaweed
#SeaSearch
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Royal Entomological Society
9 months ago
📢 Abstract submission deadline is today 🦋 Share your research with your peers at the Student Forum. All
#InsectScience
abstract submissions welcome. Submit your abstracts by 17:00 (GMT), 7 Feb 🔽
https://buff.ly/4b0ORbz
#SF25
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PopBio on the Dark Side
8 months ago
We are excited to announce our new seminar series highlighting research on population biology and theoretical ecology from academics and post-grads based in the Asia-Pacific. We have a great line up of speakers for the next few months. Stay tuned for more info!
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Hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) are out! Saw males and females today on campus.
#ukwildlife
#bee
#pollinator
#uea
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Green furrow bee (Lasioglossum morio) is the first solitary bee I've seen this year. Sun is good 😊
#ThisIsUEA
#bee
#pollinator
#spring
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First
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Stop the Wensum Link
9 months ago
We stand with John Allaway in exposing NCC’s failures on the NWL project. Flawed surveys, negligence, and deceit have destroyed trust. We demand Cllr. Mason Billig resign immediately.
#StopWensumLink
#Accountability
#EnvironmentalProtection
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Joana Meier
9 months ago
Do you use Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) genomes for your work or grant applications? If so, can you please fill out this form?
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We are gathering info on how DToL genomes are used. It will help us raise money to continue producing publicly available high-quality genomes.
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Darwin Tree of Life Impact Assessment
This form is used to share information within DToL about case studies, ongoing research, and funding awards that demonstrate the impact the Darwin Tree of Life consortium project has had on Global and...
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mara lawniczak
9 months ago
globally, there are ~3500 described mosquito species in the Culicidae family and many of these are important vectors of disease but only a small percentage have genomic resources. we are launching a pilot project to generate high quality reference genomes for 100 important mosquito species [1/3]
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Peter Mulhair
9 months ago
Delighted to see our new paper out, led by PhD student Asia Hoile. We explored new genes that emerged during the early evolution of Lepidoptera 🦋 Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore. Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more! 🔗:
tinyurl.com/48rx72es
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Gene novelty and gene family expansion in the early evolution of Lepidoptera - BMC Genomics
Background Almost 10% of all known animal species belong to Lepidoptera: moths and butterflies. To understand how this incredible diversity evolved we assess the role of gene gain in driving early lep...
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Very much enjoying the new gardens
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the range of geological samples is great! Love me a tree fren too.
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Jess Peers
9 months ago
Excited to share the first publication from my PhD!! We identify premature termination codons specific to the cheetah in genes associated with male fertility and immunity 🐆🧬
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Gene pseudogenization in fertility-associated genes in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), a species with long-term low effective population size
Abstract. We are witnessing an ongoing global biodiversity crisis, and an increasing number of mammalian populations are at risk of decline. Species that h
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