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Hello Portland! Super excited for all the talks and networking at
#EntSoc25
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Lilian Caesar
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Enjoying Portland’s fall moss before
#EntSoc2025
! Join me Sunday (8–8:20 AM, Room B114) for my talk on how space and species shape stingless bee colony microbiomes — part of the symposium 'Inside and Out: Roles of Environmental and Gut Symbioses' with lots of great talks!
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera
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@mmlopezu.bsky.social
and I bring “Entomological Collections in Latin America and the Caribbean” to
#EntSoc25
— voices from the Americas on access, sustainability, and equity.
#GlobalSouthScience
Check the Panelists!
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
@entcollnet.bsky.social
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Dr. Melissa Sanchez Herrera
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Innovation in insect collections starts here — meet our
#EntSoc25
plenarists.
#GlobalSouthScience
@mmlopezu.bsky.social
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
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Entomological Society of America
6 days ago
Entomology 2025 begins in five days! As you're exploring the program, what session are you most looking forward to? (Other than your own.😉)
entomology2025.eventscribe.net
Reply or quote to share.
#EntSoc25
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#EntSoc25
Tuesday Nov 11 at 8am in Portland Ballroom 256 Meet our Curator Panelists Jhon Neita 🇨🇴, Patricia Estrada 🇨🇱, Adilson Pinedo Escatel 🇲🇽, Javier Muzon 🇦🇷,Mauricio Herrera Madrid 🇪🇨, Gyanpriya Maharaj 🇬🇾, Kelli Ramos 🇧🇷
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Victor H. Gonzalez Betancourt
6 days ago
#EntSoc25
Curious about the future of bee taxonomy? Join our workshop to explore its current state, identify research gaps, and discover innovative solutions shaping the field. Wednesday at 1:30 PM in C25
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
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@isabellamanning.bsky.social
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#EntSoc2025
#LatinAmericanEntomology
#InsectCollections
#Biodiversity
Tuesday Nov 11 at 8am in Portland Ballroom 256 Plenarists — Katja Seltmann, Juanita Rodriguez, Robert P. Guralnick, and John Abbott will explore how entomological collections connect the past and future of biodiversity research.
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Victor H. Gonzalez Betancourt
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#EntSoc25
Join us for our symposium on Ecophysiology of Social Insects. Wednesday at 9:30 am in Portland Ballroom 251.
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
@jelenabujan.bsky.social
@mmlopezu.bsky.social
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Daniel Bolnick
28 days ago
An article about a former lab tech in my lab, Kim Ballare, in the new NYTimes "Lost Science" series about impacts of federal cuts. Thanks to
@carlzimmer.com
for doing this!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...
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She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/science/ecology-forests-pollinators.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.uAIn.OfGTJJC8nTNM&fbclid=IwY2xjawNaOS1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFrODVES1JneXp0QXBua25kAR7HQTp2KeykMUB8SdYE107X7IAUkhpVRaH3aIB5F436hyHHt5uRHocakRN6Jg_aem_q7vgliuyC4Cdc-h5o0YPTg
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Lars Brudvig
about 1 month ago
Apply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow! These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here:
eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship - Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
https://eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/postdoctoral-fellowship/index.aspx
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🌼 New paper showing that it's not just pollinators shaping flowers—abiotic factors like humidity and temperature also influence floral form and function. Check out this new paper on a more complex picture of floral evolution. 🌬️🐝
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sad about this news. What a great legacy she leaves behind.
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Leslie Rissler
about 1 month ago
NSF’s doors will be closed at 1:30 pm today. While you may be able to submit things, there will be no staff to process anything. In fact it is illegal for us to even open our work computers or email during a shutdown. A very few rotators may be able to communicate, so check out of office responses.
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Navigating A Government Shutdown: One-Stop Resource Page
As of 12:01 AM on October 1, Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have shut down the government.
https://raskin.house.gov/2025/10/navigating-a-government-shutdown-one-stop-resource-page
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Journal Apidologie
about 1 month ago
A new study finds that developmental stress is associated with young workers leaving hives too early and dying outside. Management tools like extra feeding + brood breaks can rescue stressed colonies
#HoneyBees
#Pollinators
#ColonyHealth
@julirangel.bsky.social
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Modeling the effects of stress and premature hive exiting behavior on honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony survival - Apidologie
Honey bees have a complex social structure, with many factors affecting colony survival. Mathematical models are therefore valuable for understanding how individual variables affect honey bee colony dynamics. Previous honey bee population models have shown that accelerated aging due to stress can lead to colony decline. Our previous work showed that general developmental stress causes a previously undocumented behavior whereby very young workers exit the colony before they can fly, leading them to die prematurely on the ground outside the hive. In this study, we modeled the effects of this premature hive exiting behavior on colony survival. We used parameters from previous studies to inform our model and incorporated empirical data regarding the rate of premature hive exiting behavior driven by various developmental stressors. An equation to link premature exit with accelerated aging was also introduced to mirror population dynamics across different worker age groups. We found that higher rates of premature hive exiting behavior can accelerate colony collapse. A feeding variable (provisioning colonies with extra sugar syrup) and a brood break variable (preventing the queen from laying eggs for a given time period to decrease Varroa mite levels) were added to the model to examine ways to counteract the negative effects of premature hive exiting behavior and to assess their effectiveness at regulating the progression of worker aging. Our results suggest that both supplemental feeding and implementing brood breaks can bring a colony back from the brink of collapse.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-025-01201-z
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Journal Apidologie
about 1 month ago
🐝 New review: Past, present, and future of SSR molecular markers in bee studies. The study is based on 576 papers from 173 species. Results find that most work has focused on Apis & Bombus 🐝 and that SSRs remain powerful + low-cost for bee research
#Bees
#Genetics
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Past, present, and future of SSR molecular markers in bee studies - Apidologie
Understanding bees, with their extensive morphological, phylogenetic, and behavioral diversity and their significant economic and ecological roles, requires integrating classical and modern scientific methods. Microsatellite (SSR—Simple Sequence Repeat) markers are a low-cost tool useful for various investigations at individual, colony, population, and species levels. However, a comprehensive review on the applications, trends, and Limitations of molecular markers in bee studies is lacking. We aimed to systematize the knowledge about microsatellite markers in bee research, characterize research trends, discuss their applications, and present their advantages and Limitations to address major knowledge gaps across various research themes. Additionally, we aimed to establish a preliminary database of microsatellite primers and their transferability across related species. We conducted a systematic review of research articles on microsatellites and bees published until 2023. Our review included 576 articles from all biogeographical realms, which covered 173 species from 19 families. Apidae (94.1%) and Halictidae (3.4%) were the most frequent bee families in studies, with a strong dominance of Apis and Bombus species, followed by Meliponini species. Future research should include more solitary species and additional species from underrepresented tribes. The reviewed articles spanned 11 research themes, ranging from basic bee biology to applied and multi-disciplinary research, with reproduction, conservation, behavior, evolution, breeding, and beekeeping being the most frequent themes. Microsatellite markers are a suitable choice for most research themes and show a promising trend for continued use in future bee studies.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-025-01220-w
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Brian J. Enquist
about 1 month ago
Consider signing - Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition 🧪🌐https://laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
https://laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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New study on the genetic diversity and population structure of the decline oak savanna plant Lupinus perennis
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Assessing the status of sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis L.) genetic diversity and population structure throughout its distribution
Habitat loss threatens plant genetic diversity, with consequences for species survival and ecosystem health. This study describes the genetic diversity, st
https://academic.oup.com/aobpla/article/17/5/plaf047/8245660
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Genetics Society of America
2 months ago
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.
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John Logsdon
3 months ago
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.
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Denis Wirtz
3 months ago
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:
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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"
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Science Magazine - US should reject color-blind racial ideology
The Trump administration’s executive orders (EOs) 14281 (1), 14173 (2), and 14151 (3) suggest that diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives give jobs and other...
https://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/library/item/17_july_2025/4284807/?Cust_No=60815790&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TXSCI2250717002&utm_content=gtxcel
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Anurag Agrawal
4 months ago
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/...
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Write Your Own Letter to Congress
The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society.
https://www.aps.org/initiatives/advocate-amplify/policy/write-letter-congress
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🧬 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
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Shifts in bee diet breadths are associated with gene gains and losses and positive selection across olfactory receptors
Abstract. Bees are palynivorous insects that vary widely in the number of plant families from which they collect pollen. Their evolutionary history has bee
https://academic.oup.com/g3journal/advance-article/doi/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf105/8196538
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Carly Ziter
4 months ago
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...
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Donate to Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment, organized by Anna Penner
There is a good chance that you already know Sheila Colla: she is a brillian… Anna Penner needs your support for Support Sheila Colla Through Cancer Treatment
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-sheila-colla-through-cancer-treatment?attribution_id=sl:465e6e3b-04da-4114-8027-265bfa7f48e2&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
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New Phytologist
5 months ago
Are
#carnivorous
#plants
mixotrophic? A
#Letter
by Lin et al. 👇 📖
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
#PlantScience
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Craig White
5 months ago
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…
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🐝 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
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Organic colony management practices are profitable for backyard beekeepers
Abstract. Management practice decisions are critical for maintaining honey bee, Apis mellifera L., colony health, and the profitability of beekeeping opera
https://academic.oup.com/jee/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jee/toaf133/8170081?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=jee&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=74c54773-4ce6-41c8-8ece-4842fef15112
5 months ago
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Attending the
#2025ParamosSymposium
I’ve learned so much about plants, soils, and water. Looking forward to the next 4 days!
@stl.bsky.social
5 months ago
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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
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Some advice for spring gardening!
xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
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Leave the Leaves!
One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.
https://xerces.org/blog/leave-the-leaves
7 months ago
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Carl Zimmer
7 months ago
@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
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National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards (Gift Article)
The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.
https://nyti.ms/4jp4aOx
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This is bad. Read the updates.
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Updates on NSF Priorities
https://www.nsf.gov/updates-on-priorities
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Science Magazine
7 months ago
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.
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U.S. climate data websites go dark
Lapse may be temporary, but draft budget plans would eliminate service
https://scim.ag/3Y6Hav6
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Rene Damkot
7 months ago
"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."
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What it feels like to be a "DEI hire"
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As a scientist passionate about health equity, my career options are dwindling
Amid funding cuts and new limitations, “I don’t have 4 years to hunker down and wait it out,” this postdoc writes
https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-passionate-about-health-equity-my-career-options-are-dwindling?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=512878728&et_cid=5591541
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🌍 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
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Climate Solutions Symposium 2025
https://climate.psu.edu/what-we-do/climate-solutions-symposium/2025-symposium/
7 months ago
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Proyecto Abejas de Colombia 🇨🇴🐝
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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
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8 months ago
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Martin Hasselmann
9 months ago
🐝🐝 Small help - great support for my friend Carlos Gustavo from Brazil - you can be Part of it 🍯
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Benfeitoria - Descobrindo os Sabores do Mel de Abelhas Sem Ferrão
Quero aprender mais sobre a análise sensorial do mel para fortalecer a meliponicultura, ajudando o setor a valorizar e posicionar melhor esse produto único!
https://benfeitoria.com/projeto/descobrindo-os-sabores-do-mel-de-abelhas-sem-ferrao-1v9d
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Visiting the forensic entomology collection at Tecnologico de Antioquia. Look all the bees 🐝collected in fish 🐟 and gut 🥩 traps!!!
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Jenn Rose
9 months ago
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...
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Three field technicians for GorBEEa project
The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), is looking for three motivated field technicians to support the research activities of Research Line (RL) 3 on Terrestrial Ecosystems in the context of the ...
https://info.bc3research.org/es/2025/02/17/three-field-technicians-for-gorbeea-project/
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When you have the best team in the world and you miss them 🫶🐝💛
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Nice story about our recent study investigating how bee communities respond to pressures from migratory beekeeping.
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Native bee populations can bounce back after honey bees move out | Penn State University
Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that, under certain conditions, the...
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/native-bee-populations-can-bounce-back-after-honey-bees-move-out?utm_audience=Combined&utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=agricultural%20sciences%20newswire&utm_content=02-10-2025-08-00&utm_term=featured
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Gina Baucom
9 months ago
Letter from the SSE/SSB/ASN councils on the scientific understanding of sex and gender, pls RT
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Letter to the US President and Congress on the Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender
President Donald J Trump Washington, DC Members of the US Congress Washington, DC February 5, 2025 RE: Scientific Understanding of Sex and Gender Dear President Trump and Members of the US Congr...
https://www.evolutionsociety.org/news/display/2025/2/7/letter-to-the-us-president-and-congress-on-the-scientific-understanding-of-sex-and-gender/
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Miriam Gradel
9 months ago
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)
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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!
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López-Uribe awarded presidential honor for early career scientists | Penn State University
Margarita López-Uribe, the Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor of Entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engine...
https://www.psu.edu/news/agricultural-sciences/story/lopez-uribe-awarded-presidential-honor-early-career-scientists
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Female Euglossa cybelia with deformed wings and infested with mites under the scutellum! 🐝🦠
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Jeremy B. Yoder 🧬📊🌿🏳️🌈🖖🏻
10 months ago
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
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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.
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‘Buzz me in:’ Bees wearing itty bitty QR codes reveal hive secrets | Penn State University
Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs to track when they go in and out of their hives. The work, a collaboration among entomologists a...
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/buzz-me-bees-wearing-itty-bitty-qr-codes-reveal-hive-secrets
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