#entomology 🧪

Soutenance HDR Thibaut JOSSE Date(s): Le 17 décembre 2025 à 9h30 Lieu(x) : Salle des thèses Étude des interactions entre les génomes et des micro-partenaires nucléiques

✨We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Martin Kaltenpoth will give a plenary lecture at #ECE2026Tours! He aims to unravel the evolutionary history, ecological importance and genetic basis of beetle-microbe associations using bioinformatics, imaging and molecular tools.🪲🦠 ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

🧪 #entomology

Don't forget to register for #ECE2026! Early bird registration until December 15th 2025. Great opportunity to learn about insect biology. In wonderful setting (Tours, FR) and great speaker lineup. Keynote Speaker: Insect development Yohanns Bellaiche @ybellaichelab.bsky.social www.ece2026.org

@irbi-tours.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr@royentsoc.bsky.social @collemyria.bsky.social@[email protected] @steigerlab.bsky.social #Entomology #sociality#parentalcare #Adipology#evolution#ECE2026Tours#UniversitéTours

Curious about 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀? 🐜🐝 Join the Social Insects thematic at #ECE2026Tours and explore division of labour, collective decision making, parental care, and the challenges facing bee societies - with keynotes incl. Sandra Steiger, Peter Neumann & Tiphaine Bailly ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

Understanding insect evolution often means looking back in time.🕰️🧬🪲 At #ECE2026Tours, we’ll explore systematics in the biodiversity crisis, paleo & archeoentomology, and museomics, with keynotes incl. @davidperis.bsky.social, David Díez-del-Molino and Emily Anne Hartop ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

🚨 Less than 1 week left! Early Bird registration & abstract submission for #ECE2026Tours close 15 Dec 2025. Join us in Tours, France for 50 symposia across 10 themes covering the full breadth of entomology. Submit your abstract & secure reduced fees today 👉 buff.ly/xfwQHLl irbi-tours.bsky.social

Just one week left to submit your abstract for our symposium on eco-evolutionary dynamics of #sexualselection and #sexualconflict at @ece2026tours.bsky.social ! Join us in beautiful Tours, France, 29 June – 3 July 2026!

📢Don’t miss it! You have one week left to submit your abstract and register at the preferential rate! #ECE2026Tours🦋🪲🐜🌍 The 15th of December deadline for the XIII European Congress of Entomology (29 June – 3 July 2026, Tours, France) is fast approaching! All details ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

How does global change impact insects?🌡️🌍🦋 At #ECE2026Tours, our global change thematic session features six symposia on thermal ecology & climate change, biological invasions, and resistance mechanisms, with keynotes incl. @sandyliebhold.bsky.social and Lindy Holden-Dye. ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

📢 Don’t forget! This is the last week of early bird registration for what promises to be a great meeting in Tours, France, next year. Exciting program on all aspects of insects research, great food, lovely wine, a beautiful historic city, castles … it will be memorable! ✨ www.ece2026.org

@irbi-tours.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @royentsoc.bsky.social @collemyria.bsky.social @insect-science.bsky.social @insectessociaux.bsky.social #Entomology #Insects #Science #Biodiversity #Evolution #Ecology #Genetics #ECE2026Tours #UniversitéTours

🌍🪲 Biodiversity faces major challenges! At #ECE2026Tours, the BIODIVERSITY thematic session will explore insect decline & conservation, species distribution, and new insect monitoring approaches with keynote @roelvanklink.bsky.social and @tokehoye.bsky.social More info ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

✨We’re excited to announce that Prof. Cleo Bertelsmeier will deliver a plenary lecture at #ECE2026Tours! Her work explores, among other things, how invasive insects such as ants spread worldwide through global trade, human mobility and climate change 🐜🧪 More info ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

Séminaire à l'I.R.B.I. d'Aline Nué Date(s) : Le 4 décembre 2025 Lieu(x) : Salle de séminaires de l'IRBI à 12h45 (salle I 1190) Aline Nué will present the divers activities of the SAPS, and further discuss the opportunities for us be involved.

🧪 #entomomogy #evolutionarybiology #insectscience #biocontrol #behaviorecology

🧪 #entomomogy #evolutionarybiology #insectscience #biocontrol #behaviorecology

🪲 Join our Insect Parental Care symposium at #ECE2026Tours (29 Jun–2 Jul, France)! Explore parenting diversity, evo-eco roles & molecular bases. Let’s build a global community — maybe even a future conference! Info 👉 www.ece2026.org #Entomology #InsectBehaviour

Excited to announce our symposium on eco-evolutionary dynamics of #sexualselection & #sexualconflict at the XIII European Congress of Entomology (29 June–3 July 2026, Tours, France), co-organised with Lucas Marie-Orleach! Call for abstracts is open until 15 Dec 2025. www.ece2026.org

📢Don’t miss it! Less than 3 weeks left to submit your abstract and register at the early bird rate! The 15th of December deadline for the XIII European Congress of Entomology (29 June – 3 July 2026, Tours, France) is fast approaching! All details & submission: ➡️https://www.ece2026.org/

🤩 So excited to be part of the organisation of this great congress! #entomology #science 🧪🐝

I am organizing a symposium on #CitizenScience and #education in #entomology at #ECE2026. Happy to read your abstracts 👉🏻 www.ece2026.org

Call for abstracts – XIII European Congress of Entomology (#ECE2026) 🐞 29 June–2 July 2026, Tours, France I’m co-organizing the symposium “Insect Systematics in the Biodiversity Crisis: Bridging Tradition and Innovation” 🗓 Early-bird & abstract deadline: 15 Dec 2025 www.ece2026.org

ECE 2026 is a major international event bringing together leading researchers to share the latest advances in entomology, discuss future challenges, and celebrate the diversity and importance of insects. It welcomes renowned international researchers and offers a wide range of scientific sessions.

Night of the zombie insects: A parasitic fungus takes over the brains of flies and controls them for its own sinister ends. Here’s the science behind the horror. | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti... #biology #entomology #genetics #SciChat

‪XIII European Congress of Entomology 🚨 Registration is now open for ECE 2026 www.ece2026.org/submission-r... #ECE2026Tours #Entomology #insectscience @univtours.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @ird-fr.bsky.social @mnhn.fr @inrae-france.bsky.social

🚨 Save the date!! We're hosting the next European Congress of Entomology (ECE) in Tours, France 🇫🇷 from 29 June to 3 July 2026 🐞🦋🐜 🔬 50+ symposia covering nearly every aspect of insect science 📅 Registration opens 10 July 2025 🔗 Stay tuned: www.ece2026.org #ECE2026 #Entomology #Insects

🧪The latest Episode of Whimsical Wavelengths - A #science #Podcast is out. It is all about #insect respiration! The Diagrams in the back of the #meme are derived from CT scanning insects! The tubes that make up the respiration system don't survive #dissection Pod found everywhere they are listed

📣I'm hiring x2 👉Postdoctoral researcher in microbial and viral ecology 👉PhD student in insect viral pathology to work on insect pathogens and epidemic risks in black soldier fly #BSF farms @irbi-tours.bsky.social Applications: Postdoc emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... PhD adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

🐛✨ New PhD opportunity at IRBI "Molecular regulation of aggressiveness and stress response in Hymenoptera." 😀 Supervised by Charlotte Lécureuil & Marlène Goubault. 📅 Application deadline: April 21, 2025 #Research #Insects

📣I'm hiring x2 👉Postdoctoral researcher in microbial and viral ecology 👉PhD student in insect viral pathology to work on insect pathogens and epidemic risks in black soldier fly #BSF farms @irbi-tours.bsky.social Applications: Postdoc emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... PhD adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

As well as for insect rearing.

#standupforscience in Tours www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

Heureuse d’avoir retrouvé de nombreux collègues de @irbi-tours.bsky.social et #univ-tours pour #StandUpfoscience

From Vincent Doublet et al "Host ecology and phylogeny shape the temporal dynamics of social bee viromes" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🐝🦠

France *WILL* Stand Up for Science 🧪 Friday 7 March - more information here standupforscience.fr

Atelier Insectes et Innovation : Filière, Biomimétisme et Électronique en Région Centre-Val de Loire - 19 mars 2025 cresitt.com/evenements-c...

🤩 A very exciting PhD project in Biophysics with @evolphotonics.bsky.social Come and join us at @irbi-tours.bsky.social #science 🧪

We selected for large body size in black soldier flies. Across three replicates the phenotypic response to selection was similar - faster growth, more protein and 15% larger body size. But the genetic changes were highly polygenic and mostly different between replicates

🌟 Exciting news! IRBI is proud to host the 8th International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC) from July 1-4, 2025. Join scientists worldwide to explore the latest in parasitoid and predator biology! #IEIC2025 #Entomology #ScienceCommunity ieic2025.sciencesconf.org?lang=en

The IRBI is thrilled to join the Bluesky network! Follow us to learn all about our insect research and stay updated on the latest news from our laboratory. University of Tours | @cnrs.fr #helloESR

📣Just 1 week left to apply for 2x 5-year researcher posts in experimental evolution #mevosky #microsky in @mermanchester.bsky.social @official-uom.bsky.social + 3-year research tech post www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... ERC project: how MGEs and defence systems control genome evoluton

Really cute! 🧬🧬🧬🧪🧪🧪🦗🦗🦗 DNA barcoding or other genetic analyses would solve the identity question…

Are you based in South America and work on helminths? Join me & a great group of instructors on the Helminth Bioinformatics course in Montevideo during 18–24 May! We'll cover expenses, you just need to come, interact, and learn. Please share & apply! t.co/Dlj4DyG1ul

🤩 it’s amazing to see how far metagenomics has come. It now possible to determine symbiotic relationships in single cell organisms! 🧪🧬🦠🌊

🇫🇷🌳🐛 Offre de thèse : Venez étudiez l'écologie et le comportement du forficule européen dans les vergers ! 🍑🍏 Financement CIFRE - Collaboration entre l'IRBI (CNRS / Université de Tours) et l'AOP Pêches et Abricots de France. Date limite : 14 avril 2025 #Recherche #Écologie #Agriculture