Darren O'Connell
@daroconnell.bsky.social
SFI-IRC Pathway Fellow in UCD SBES investigating the ecology and evolution of Europe's solitary mining bees. PhD from TCD Zoology in bird speciation. Molecular ecologist, bird person
🧪 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 We analysed 3.78 million DNA barcodes from 152,891 Costa Rican insect species. Our results reveal limited community overlap across ecosystems, suggesting unique species assemblages in each life zone. doi.org/10.1139/gen-... @gdfcf.bsky.social @rpuschen.bsky.social 🧵
Delighted to be awarded an @evacranetrust.bsky.social research grant to investigate the role of the microbiome in honey bee health! Our @ucddublin.bsky.social team will be using genomic tools to understand how diseases interact with beneficial microbes #bees www.evacranetrust.org/en/blog/post...
Supporting Bees, Advancing Knowledge: Our World Bee Day Grant Update - Eva Crane Trust
Happy World Bee Day! It is always great to have an excuse to celebrate all species of bees around the world. We also take pride in supporting and celebrating bee scientists, beekeepers and bee enthusi...
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Fantastic to visit Dr Markus Sydenham and colleagues in @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social last week! Our @ucddublin.bsky.social team will work with NINA using #genomics and #bee collections to understand #pollinator vulnerability Supported by @researchireland.ie and @linneansociety.bsky.social
Fantastic to visit Dr Mickaël Henry in @inrae-france.bsky.social Our @ucddublin.bsky.social team will work with INRAE using #genomics and #bee collections to understand #pollinator vulnerability in fire prone environments Supported by @researchireland.ie @campusfrance.bsky.social Ulysses Programme
🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
Fully Funded PhD Opportunity – J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during transition to rewilding | Research | Teesside University J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during…
Fully Funded PhD Opportunity – J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during transition to rewilding | Research | Teesside University
J Denis Summers-Smith Research Studentship: How to promote abundant and diverse bird resources during transition to rewilding | Research | Teesside University Application Deadline: 13/03/2026 5:00PM Anticipated Interview Date: 17/03/2026 Staff name: Dr Ambroise Baker Start date: Successful applicants will be expected to start in May or October 2026. This PhD project aims to study early management interventions during the transition from agriculture to rewilding, with a special focus on the provision of bird habitat and resources, such as seeds and invertebrate abundance.
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Delighted to be a Ulysses programme awardees from @researchireland.ie! Our group in @ucddublin.bsky.social will work with @inrae-france.bsky.social using historical collections and modern #genetic tools to understand change in important #pollinators #ecology www.researchireland.ie/news/ulysses...
Research Ireland and Embassy of France in Ireland announce 15 new Ulysses awards - Research Ireland
Research Ireland, alongside the Embassy of France in Ireland, has today announced 15 new research partnerships under the Ulysses programme, supporting collaboration between researchers based in Irelan...
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Last chance to apply for this PhD opportunity ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD Closing date: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology@btobirds.bsky.social · 7mo ago📢 We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years. 📆 Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
Cool PhD with a great supervisor! #Phd #insects #spiders 🧪
Mariella Herberstein (she/her) 🌈@mherberstein.bsky.social · 7mo agoI am looking for a PhD working on tracking trait changes in insects/spiders at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change @leibnizlib.bsky.social and the University of Hamburg. Apply here: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
Despite decades of effort, scientists have still not discovered a foolproof way to evaluate colleagues’ work that doesn’t involve reading the paper
Ivan Alcantara@ivancalcantara.bsky.social · 10mo agoBut what if there are two co-first authors and the first-first author is actually also co-corresponding author with the last author but the second-first author isn’t?
Fascinating graph shows the estimated total mass of all the mammals living on Earth. In 1850, it was evenly divided between wildlife and humans + domesticated animals. Today, humans and their livestock account for about 95% of the total. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Delighted to be highlighted as one of the most read authors in the @britishecologicalsociety.org journal @funecology.bsky.social 🧪 This follows being higlighted as a #TopCitedArticle last month. Great to see we're having influence #ecology #acoustics #TopViewedArticle @ucddublin.bsky.social 1/2
Delighted to be highlighted as one of the most read authors in the @britishecologicalsociety.org journal @funecology.bsky.social! This follows being higlighted as a #TopCitedArticle last month. Great to see we're having influence! #ecology #acoustics #TopViewedArticle @ucddublin.bsky.social 1/2
We are risking plunging the United States into a dark age of entomology next week. USDA programs are facing massive lay-offs next week and the public should be aware of the impact. If you care about food systems, forests, invasive species, this thread is for you. Read Below: 🧪 #entomology #science
Fantastic to visit the @naturalis.bsky.social for the last three weeks! 🧪 The Naturalis' incredible historical collections have allowed us insight into how mining bee species have adapted across Europe, and to a changing world from 1870 to present! #pollination #ecology @ucddublin.bsky.social
Delighted to be highlighted as one of the most cited authors in the @britishecologicalsociety.org journal @funecology.bsky.social in recent years! #ecology #acoustics @ucddublin.bsky.social 1/2
🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️ www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
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📣 Funded 3.5yr PhD opportunity for UK applicants in @hpruezi.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. #PhDSky 🧪 On "Optimising testing & control strategies in the early stages of infectious disease outbreaks" #IDSky #EpiSky ⏳ Application deadline: 24 Mar 2025 🔗: www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Check out our new blog summarising recent meta-analysis assessing treatments for the Varroa mite #pathogen of honey bees! This #invasive #parasite has huge impacts on crops from lost #pollination 🧪 @ucddublin.bsky.social @healyke.bsky.social @cristinabotias.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/earth/news-o...
24 February tackling varroa mite
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🔬 Trust in Scientists 🌍 A global survey of 71,922 respondents across 68 countries found that most people trust scientists and want them to engage more in policymaking. However, small distrustful minorities can still impact decisions. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm 🧪
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
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Our new meta-analysis assessing treatments for the Varroa mite #pathogen of honey bees! This #invasive #parasite has huge impacts on crops from lost #pollination We synthesise the best options and future prospects 🧪 @ucddublin.bsky.social @healyke.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A systematic meta-analysis of the efficacy of treatments for a global honey bee pathogen - the Varroa mite
The western honey bee Apis mellifera is the world's most important managed pollinator. However, globally honey bees have been facing increasing colony…
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Musk's "interference" is not a party political issue, she says, but one of "spreading disinformation in an attempt to interfere with our democracy", Dorothy Bishop tells me. Thanks to @deevybee.bsky.social, @scurry.bsky.social & @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social for speaking to me about this.
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2y agoBreaking: Royal Society under pressure amid Musk’s political posturing. Critics question lack of action on billionaire’s fellowship as social media interventions dominate headlines. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Work with us: #Research Assistant in a team from @ucdscience.bsky.social , AFBI and the DAFM Plant Sciences Division in tasks ranging from fieldwork to molecular laboratory techniques of #forest #pests Deadline: 24th Jan 2025 Details on how to apply at: drjonyearsley.github.io/forestpests....
A tale of two headlines based on the same press release. The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”
3-year Postdoc Position Join our team @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and investigate the dynamics of seasonal songbird migration using biologging technologies See details here: bit.ly/3ZojW38 Please get in touch if interested & share with anyone else who might be!
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Anna Landre@annalandre.com · 2y agoDo you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users? Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
My instinctive response to the "The carbon emissions of writing and illustrating are lower for AI than for humans" paper more calmly and succinctly summarised here by Kasper Groes Albin Ludvigsen kaspergroesludvigsen.medium.com/the-carbon-e...
The Carbon Emissions of Writing and Illustrating Are Lower for AI than for Humans – review
This is a discussion of the results of the paper “The carbon emissions of writing and illustrating are lower for AI than for humans”
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Do you know about bees but want to start looking at pesticides (or know someone who does)? Then why not start with reading our primer - setting out the basics to get started in bee and pesticide research! Led by @edstraw.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
An introduction to bee and pesticide research
Our article is a starting point for those entering bee and pesticide research, and can help introduce the complex concepts and terminology of the field. We point to some further reading and resources...
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ATTENTION ECOTOX PEOPLE: We wrote a primer on bee and pesticide science! Specifically written to be an accessible short guide for post / undergrads. It explains all the basic lingo and concepts in simple language. A great resource for the community! @darastanley.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1365...
An introduction to bee and pesticide research
Our article is a starting point for those entering bee and pesticide research, and can help introduce the complex concepts and terminology of the field. We point to some further reading and resources...
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