New study on the genetic diversity and population structure of the decline oak savanna plant Lupinus perennis academic.oup.com/aobpla/artic...

New study in #G3journal from @mmlopezu.bsky.social and the team reveals the importance of diet in #Bee sensory gene evolution, where generalists lose odorant receptors and gain gustatory receptors, while specialists diversify existing genes. buff.ly/1LSfQpl

1) Are you an Assistant Professor studying evolutionary biology? 2) Are you in the US? 3) Would you like to give a research seminar in Iowa? 4) Are you available to travel September 4-6? If you can answer YES x4, please DM me ASAP, or comment below.

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Cover image in #G3 highlighting our new paper in "Shifts in bee diet breadths are associated with gene gains and losses and positive selection across olfactory receptors" academic.oup.com/g3journal/ar... @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

Science funding is still being finalized as Congress is now passing specific appropriations. The easiest way I have found to write to our reps is thru this simple form (you just need your ZIP code and a few sentences of things that matter to you, like science funding!) www.aps.org/initiatives/...

🧬 Shift between specialized & generalized diets in #bees is associated with evolutionary changes in their sensory genes. Generalists lose odorant receptors (ORs) and gain gustatory receptors (GRs), while specialists diversify existing genes 🌸🐝 #genomics #pollinators academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

Sheila was a remarkable friend, colleague, mentor, neighbour, and mother, who gave so much to all of her communities. I looked up to her immensely as a colleague who thought deeply about the way we do science and who we include and uphold. She will be deeply missed. www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...

Are #carnivorous #plants mixotrophic? A #Letter by Lin et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience (Image: Jörg Hempel, Wikimedia Commons)

In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

🐝 New research shows that an organic bee management system is profitable in small-scale stationary operations. 📉 Chemical-free = economic losses. 📈 Organic = highest honey & bee production. Mite control = key to success! #Beekeeping #OrganicFarming #HoneyBees academic.oup.com/jee/advance-...

Attending the #2025ParamosSymposium I’ve learned so much about plants, soils, and water. Looking forward to the next 4 days! @stl.bsky.social

I am so excited about this upcoming publication about the Bees of Pennsylvania! 🐝 Stay tuned; we will have a page online where you can purchase this book in July! @nashturley.bsky.social @napoleonicento.bsky.social @stephanidae.bsky.social

Some advice for spring gardening! xerces.org/blog/leave-t...

@katrinamillerphd.bsky.social & I took a look at over 400 active National Science Foundation grants that got killed in the past few days. Here's our story (gift link) nyti.ms/4jp4aOx

This is bad. Read the updates. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

U.S. scientists, state policymakers, farmers, and others who depend on up-to-date climate data on Thursday confronted an information blackout from federal regional climate centers across much of the country.

"Farsi, who lives in exile in France, said she feared that Hassouna had been targeted for her much-followed work as a photojournalist and recently publicised participation in the documentary."

What it feels like to be a "DEI hire" www.science.org/content/arti...

🌍 Excited to be part of the upcoming Climate Solutions Symposium at Penn State! I’ll be joining other voices to explore solutions for a better climate future. Join us! 👉 climate.psu.edu/what-we-do/c... #PennStateClimate

Proyecto Abejas de Colombia 🇨🇴🐝 www.instagram.com/reel/DHXYud9...

🐝🐝 Small help - great support for my friend Carlos Gustavo from Brazil - you can be Part of it 🍯 benfeitoria.com/projeto/desc...

Visiting the forensic entomology collection at Tecnologico de Antioquia. Look all the bees 🐝collected in fish 🐟 and gut 🥩 traps!!!

We have three(!) field technician positions open to join us this season to collect and process plant-pollinator data in Gorbeia Natural Park. 🐝 🌿 Application closes soon... info.bc3research.org/es/2025/02/1...

When you have the best team in the world and you miss them 🫶🐝💛

Nice story about our recent study investigating how bee communities respond to pressures from migratory beekeeping. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT

Did you know that #bees dance?! #Honeybees are some of the most vital organisms for planetary health. How can we better understand them? #opensource hardware and interdisciplinary collaboration may have the answer. In the latest episode of HardwareX, @mmlopezu.bsky.social explains why (Link below)

Feeling humbled to receive the Presidential Early Career Award in Engineering and Science. I dedicate this award to all who have inspired and supported me throughout my career: my family, mentors, collaborators, students, postdocs, the communities I serve and the bees! www.psu.edu/news/agricul...

Female Euglossa cybelia with deformed wings and infested with mites under the scutellum! 🐝🦠

Fellow federally funded scientists, CALL your representative and senators and tell them the shenanigans at NIH are endangering scientific progress, health security, and jobs. Then badger your colleagues to do it too! Find phone numbers via house.gov and senate.gov

The power of collaboration. Check out this story about our work with engineers to incorporate automated systems that study honey bee foraging behavior. This is part of our USDA-OREI funded research. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

Euglossa mixta

Undergraduate students interested in #climate #research this summer, check out this opportunity #PennState. Applications are open until February 14th! sites.psu.edu/reuclimate/

Super important work by @mmlopezu.bsky.social, bees should not be considered the default invertebrates when folks think of #insects. There so much more variation in response to #ClimateChange and #LandUseChange to be understood! 🌐 👩‍🔬 🪰 🧪🦟🌻

Fly pollinators are even more vulnerable to rising global temperatures than bees. 🌍🐝🐞 Protecting all pollinators is essential for our ecosystems and food security." www.psu.edu/news/researc...

An inspirational study that everyone interested in the thermal ecology of bees and their responses to environmental warming should read. I'll most likely borrow some of the elegant methods used here, and put them to work with some wild bees next summer 😉 doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Cool new study – using tiny harmonic radar tags to track dispersal patterns of a fruit fly. 🧪🪳🪲 entomologytoday.org/2024/12/13/h... My lab did something like this a few years back, but with a larger insect. It's great to see this technology improving: academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...

En nuestro grupo de investigación en EBD-CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social hemos preparado un Calendario 2025 con fotos de los principales sistemas de interacción planta-animal que hemos venido estudiando a lo largo de los años. Puedes descargarte el pdf desde este enlace: shorturl.at/hkCfm

Join us for our next undergraduate research experience program in Colombia! 🇨🇴 We will work on projects investigating how climate and landscape changes affect plant-pollinator interactions in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. 🐝 #Bees #NSF Apply now! biodiversity.ku.edu/nsf-ires-tro...

🐝 What traits make bees resilient to anthropogenic changes? In this perspective paper, we explore: 🌱 Adaptations & pre-adaptations to human-altered environments 🧬 Genomic tools unlocking new insights 🔗 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It's graduate school application season, so here's your reminder that nobody should pay for a graduate degree in #ecoevo ! Here's a list of fully funded ecology, evolution, & organismal biology Masters' programs (please share!)! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Good news, Altmetric has now started watching BlueSky for mentions of publications. And by the way, provides an easy comparison between this and the old site for a recent preprint of mine which I posted simultaneousl at both. Numbers speak by themselves !

Folks - some more of us little entomological curators 🪰🦟😎🐜🪲🐛🐌🐝🐞🦗

Please share widely! We have two open postdoctoral positions in my lab: lopezuribelab.com/join-the-lab/ Some details below👇👇👇

📢Are you an early career researcher, interested in how science is communicated, reported, & the evolution of the scientific ecosystem? Applications are open for the Royal Society Publishing Early Career Researcher Advisory Panel. Find out more: ow.ly/MaTk50U71W3 #ECRs Please repost!

Spent some time the other day updating the #beenome100 website! If you’re interested in #beegenomes or #insectgenomes in general, check it out 🐝 beenome100.org

Caribbean beauty 😍🐝 Xylocopa muscaria