First member of the FABLab to fledge the nest! huge congrats Dr Litlekalsoy 🎉 exciting findings on behavioural ecology and brain transcriptomics of the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis will soon be shared 🐞🧠🧬
Fabio Manfredini
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Evolutionary ecologist @ the University of Milan - Italy. Interested in genes, behaviour, pollinators and many other things. https://fabiomanfredini.com/
Really exciting to see this paper out! Using AI to improve the detection of busy bumblebees visiting cherry flowers 🐝🌸🍒 great collaboration between U of Aberdeen and James Hutton Institute 🏴
JPE - Journal of Pollination Ecology@jpollecol.bsky.social · 5mo agoDevlin et al. developed a novel method for detecting bees in time lapse images, called BeeSAM2. Figure it out in this new methodology paper: Detecting Bees in Cherry Flowers Using Timelapse Images and Foundational Models - doi.org/10.26786/192...
Simon Loughran, @fmanfredini.bsky.social & co explore how natural deformed wing virus infections and cognitive ability shape brain gene expression in honey bee foragers. doi.org/10.1242/bio.... #Transcriptomics #HoneyBees
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📣📣 2-year postdoc position available in my group at the University of Milan (Italy). We are looking for a biologist/entomologist with molecular skills as part of the Horizon ProPollSoil project… | Fab...
📣📣 2-year postdoc position available in my group at the University of Milan (Italy). We are looking for a biologist/entomologist with molecular skills as part of the Horizon ProPollSoil project https:...
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Great representation of the FABLab in Edinburgh #BES2025 with two excellent posters, both involving charismatic bees and Scottish machair. On display tonight in the Lennox Suite - go find @tegangaetano.bsky.social if you’re interested.
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So priviledged to be part of this excellent group of scientists with multidisciplinary skills, from soil science to pollinators ecology! Exciting findings are waiting ahead 🤩 Defens Unimi School of… |...
So priviledged to be part of this excellent group of scientists with multidisciplinary skills, from soil science to pollinators ecology! Exciting findings are waiting ahead 🤩 Defens Unimi School of Bi...
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We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching! Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings Date: December 18-19 Abstract deadline: October 15 Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social
Incredibly thrilled to be able to present some of the FABLab research at the Italian meeting of the IUSSI in Bologna! Honeybee 🦠🦠🦠 and nutrtional ecology of 🐝🐝🐝 Thank you to the organisers for the invite, and thanks to members of the FABLab for the great data 😄🙏
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I am truly excited to be part of this amazing paper just published in Biological Reviews! | Fabio Manfredini
I am truly excited to be part of this amazing paper just published in Biological Reviews! We reviewed the knowledge on pollination ecology in the Andes and suggest new avenues for research. Great effo...
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Finally we found them! Great yellow bumblebee in Barra 🐝🏝️🏴 the gorgeous weather surely helped! Wonderful to share the excitement with @tegangaetano.bsky.social and @jyourstone.bsky.social
Barra 🏝️ Day #1 with @tegangaetano.bsky.social Waiting for the weather to improve 😬 Can’t wait to catch up tomorrow with @jyourstone.bsky.social for the project Hebribees!
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Ready to set for a nice week of field work in the Hebrides! | Fabio Manfredini
Ready to set for a nice week of field work in the Hebrides! Spotted some cool pollinators already with my travel companion Tegan Gaetano Next stop 🏝️Barra. See you soon Johanna Yourstone
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A trove of new termite genomes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #biodiversity #genomics
Unravelling termite evolution with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies
Termites are a lineage of social cockroaches abundant in tropical ecosystems where they are key decomposers of organic matter from wood to soil. Despite their ecological significance, only a handful o...
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So much looking forward to this new project on the impact of beekeeping on wild bees in the Hebrides. Exciting project led by the amazing @jyourstone.bsky.social greatly summarised in the poster below #BumblebeeWorkingGroup2025
Exciting day with all UK bee lovers at the Bumblebee Working Group - 1st time ever for me! Enjoyed a brilliant presentation by @tegangaetano.bsky.social on bees liking salty treats - up to a certain point! 🐝🧂🌸
In a review led by Spanish researchers David Peris and Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, we explored why a deep time perspective on insect pollination is relevant to our current understanding of plant-pollinator relationships. Read more here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/12/e... #pollinators #biodiversity
Evolutionary implications of a deep-time perspective on insect pollination – a new review just published
When we think of pollination, we often picture bees buzzing around flowers or butterflies flitting from bloom to bloom. This relationship between plants and pollinators is one of the most well-know…
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Interested in Neuroethology? Then, join us at the 1-day Meeting of the French Club of Neuroethology, in the beautiful city of Montpellier, on May 13th. NO FEES REQUIRED. Just register and submit your abstract in: www.zebrain.bio.ens.psl.eu/neuroetholog... . And enjoy our guest speakers!
Our new paper led by @manusaunders.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... takes stock of the evidence-base for global insect declines 🦋🐝🪳🪰🦗 and how uncertainty is being leveraged by science denialists to undermine efforts to reverse biodiversity loss 🌍🧪.
