🚨 Publication Alert! 🚨 Curious about how thelytokous (asexual) reproduction shapes genetic diversity in a parasitoid? My first PhD paper is now out, where we explore this fascinating system through a genomic lens. 📄 Paper link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @angmcgaughran.bsky.social

🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature

Working on insect genome assembly? I have compiled a modular pipeline for assembly & annotation from my PhD. Includes SLURM scripts & protocols. Not fully reproducible, but adaptable to your system. 🧬 Nanopore + Illumina GitHub: github.com/meeranhussai... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #InsectGenomics

🚨 New Format. Global Access. 🌍 Are you ready to take your skills in invasion genomics to the next level—wherever you are in the world? 💡 Explore how genomics can help decode the adaptation & environmental responses of invasive species with @angmcgaughran.bsky.social shorturl.at/m9T9L

PhD position available - plant-microbe-pollinator interactions in Kowhai flowers! With myself & Prof Jacqueline Beggs, based at Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln. Details below, or DM me! @microbiologysociety.org @evoldir.bsky.social @aucklanduni.bsky.social @microbiologynz.bsky.social

Starsha end with an important closing message: What is the most important thing in the world? It's the people, It's the people, It's the people

Starsha Bird explores how public data can improve our knowledge of exotic species and indigenous biodiversity

Come find me at #SeDNA2025 and check out my #airDNA Trail Cam in-person or feel free to download the STL files to test yourself!

It was an amazing experience presenting my first PhD chapter at the Invasomics 2.0 conference. I had the chance to connect with incredible researchers working on invasion biology. Huge thanks to @manpreetkdhami.bsky.social and @angmcgaughran.bsky.social for organizing such a fantastic event! 🧬🥳👨🏻‍💻