Happy to share this collaborative work with @vbdhub.bsky.social on #data integration for #vectorbornediseases 🦟🦠 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Come together: Data sharing to support one health responses to vector‐borne disease threats

A One Health framework integrating diverse data across human, animal and environmental sectors is essential for effective surveillance and response is vital for responding to vector-borne disease ri...

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It was buzzing at the #BeesNeedsWeek Science Festival at RHS Wisley. Visitors discovered how easy it is to support pollinator science by spending 10 minutes counting pollinating insects on flowers 🐝🌼 Take time in nature with your own FIT Count for @pomscheme.bsky.social ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts

Our lab website is updated with a new postdoc opening! This is a 2-year, in-person position looking at the relationships between climate change, pandemic risk, and policy choices over the 21st century. Please reach out (not on here)! www.carlsonlab.bio/join

Opportunities — The Carlson Lab

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Masters by Research at @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful Cornwall ecologyconservation.exeter.ac.uk/masteer-coho... these are *funded* - covering home tuition fees, a research/training support grant and a prog of cohort activities. Lots of projects available (including one w/ me!) - pls share!

Study: “rewilding” with large mammals increases insect diversity, especially that of Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers) and Hymenoptera (bees, wasps).

Trophic rewilding restructure the insect communities according to their functional traits: Insights from a multitaxa study

Presence of large ungulates increased richness and abundance of some insect taxa. Across taxa, it supported life history traits declining in modern industrialised landscapes. Trophic rewilding thus r...

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There's a persistent fantasy that maybe some other nice countries will start mass-hiring US scientists. That's not going to happen. A few high-profile, big name researchers will get poached, sure. But most countries, including some very nice ones, are underemploying their own scientists already.

🦟 Unlocking the black box of virus transmission @merklinglab.bsky.social leads the new Insect Infection and Immunity G5. Her team uses advanced imaging & AI to reveal how viruses spread inside mosquitoes — key to stopping disease transmission. 🔗 www.pasteur.fr/en/research-... #VectorBiology

Mosquitoes: unlocking the black box of virus transmission

In 2025, several early-career scientists were selected to lead new research groups at the Institut Pasteur, and Sarah Merkling was one of them. She has led the Insect Infection and Immunity five-year ...

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In full sincerity, we shouldn't be give a hoot about the number of pubs as long as it is nonzero and there is a substantial contribution to science. We have been designing experiments based around maximixing the number of MPUs and this makes our science worse. (MPU = minimum publishable unit)

Drug Monkey@drugmonkey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How many papers do you think should arise from one five-year R01 grant award from the NIH?

The University of Liverpool recently hosted the largest UK Vector-Borne Diseases conference to date, bringing together more than 200 researchers, policymakers and public health leaders for the most comprehensive national meeting yet focused on vector-borne threats. 🔗 bit.ly/4d6ZMTv #TeamLivUni

Two PhD positions in ancient pathogen genomics are available through the ERC project EpidemioCene. Interested applicants can apply by May 7th. Details: https://www.eva.mpg.de/press/news/article/reconstructing-the-long-term-dynamics-of-human-infectious-diseases/. #phd

Reconstructing the long-term dynamics of human infectious diseases

Arthur Kocher receives ERC Starting Grant to study ancient pathogen dynamics

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Excellent news for the @openuniversity.bsky.social

Emily Darlington MP@emily4mk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What incredible news that our very own @openuniversity.bsky.social is leading in the innovation taking place in the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor, this is backed by up to £20 million of funding from the Government.

📢 Work with us! Want to join the team at the Royal Entomological Society? We have two fantastic positions available:  🦋 Conservation Project Officer - Closing date: 21 April  🪲 Consultancy Development Lead - Closing date: 27 April  Apply now 🔽

Work with us!

Join the team at the RES

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Ministers unveil latest regions to receive innovation funding Open University-led Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor project among seven areas gaining up to £20 million. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Even @theguardian.com knows that it's #YearOfTheMoth! Forget birdwatching, I’m into moth-watching: they’re fascinating and misunderstood insects | Helen Pilcher | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Forget birdwatching, I’m into moth-watching: they’re fascinating and misunderstood insects | Helen Pilcher

According to new research, distinguishing between the UK’s 2,500 species could halt cognitive decline – so my brain could not be happier, or healthier, says science writer Helen Pilcher

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read some actual good news for a change - this could quietly prevent a bunch of cascading agricultural issues

Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold

Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially d...

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Introducing the #MRes in Infectious & Tropical Diseases LSHTM’s exciting new #postgraduate degree putting you at the heart of our world-leading research: → Learn from the experts → Build your network → Study in a unique environment Applications now open 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

New outreach project as part of a NERC @ukri.org grant on the ecological and evolutionary drivers of viromes in #moths at @uniexecec.bsky.social ecec.bsky.social w @savebutterflies.bsky.social More on the science ➡️ benlongdon.com/uk-moth-viro... Artists ➡️ thentrythis.org/notes/2026/0... (or ⬇️)

UK Moth Virome project

UK Lepidoptera are arguably the best studied and characterised group of invertebrates in the world. Our understanding of historical and contemporary geographic ranges, phenology, and ecological tra…

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Then Try This@thentrythis.social.thentrythis.org.ap.brid.gy · 6mo ago

Meet our Cocoon residents, who will be joining us in autumn! Selected from a whopping 274 applications, the three residents will be exploring moths and the viruses that infect them... https://thentrythis.org/notes/2026/03/26/cocoon-residents/

Natural History Museum overtakes British Museum as UK's top tourist attraction. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Natural History Museum most popular tourist attraction in 2025

The venue broke the record for the most visitors to any museum or gallery in a single year.

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Fascinated by insects? Discover exciting opportunities in #entomology 🦋 Visit our site for the latest job openings and secure your dream role today 🔽 buff.ly/LoEA44H If you have an #insect-related job #opportunity, please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk

Job opportunities - Royal Entomological Society

Job opportunities If you have an insect-related or entomology job opportunity please send us the details info@royensoc.co.uk Want to work with us? Keep an eye on our RES Vacancies page for any paid…

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🕰️ The countdown begins! #Ento26 gathers researchers, students & insect enthusiasts for a major moment in the entomology calendar. Whether you’re presenting, networking or learning, this is the conference to join. 📅 8-10 Sept, @cardiffunilib.bsky.social ✨ #WhatsOn at #Ento26 🔽

Join us for #Ento26

🎟️ Register your place 📄 Submit your abstract 🔬 Be part of the programme

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Funding U-turn will cost UK trust and leadership, partners say. Senior European physicists say country’s status as “reliable partner” damaged by withdrawal of pledged investment. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

New modelling suggests chikungunya transmission in Europe may be possible at lower temperatures than previously thought—expanding the seasonal and geographic risk as the Asian tiger mosquito spreads north with warming climate. : royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...

Our new paper is now out on "Temperature-sensitive incubation, transmissibility and risk of Aedes albopictus-borne chikungunya virus in Europe". Chikungunya has a lower thermal threshold for transmission than previously thought, carrying a higher risk of outbreaks across Europe. lnkd.in/g79PzgqJ

Could life have begun with simpler molecules than we once thought? A new paper in @science.org by @edogia.bsky.social shows that a tiny RNA catalyst can self-replicate itself, suggesting that life may have been easier to emerge than expected. Getting closer. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Extremely impressive results from large-scale in Singapore - release of Wolbachia-infected male Aedes reduces Dengue risk by 72% Dengue Suppression by Male Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes | New England Journal of Medicine share.google/Xrtk9L6emyhx...

Dengue Suppression by Male Wolbachia-Infected Mosquitoes | NEJM

Wild-type female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that mate with male A. aegypti mosquitoes that have been infected with the wAlbB strain of Wolbachia pipientis bacteria produce nonviable offspring owing t...

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Thank you to Chris Smith & the The Naked Scientists team for inviting me & other colleagues to take part in this podcast discussing #mosquitoes, their biology and behaviour, role in disease transmission & innovative strategies for #vector control www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...

The mosquito: the world's deadliest animal

Buzzing to take a bite...

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We need to talk about drought. Yes, that's right, drought! Our weather is experiencing extremes – from flooding to drought – so on the next episode of Counting the Earth, we'll be delving deeper into this whiplash weather. 🎧 Subscribe now and never miss an episode: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

New PhD Opportunity. We are advertising for a modeller to model the impacts of mosquito-borne disease in the Americas. The project is funded by The Leverhulme Trust via University of Glasgow, and supervised by Christina Cobbold, Dom Brass and myself. Deadline 6th March 2026. t.ly/Z-tqt

Really looking forward to this - a great opportunity to present new findings from our @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social and hear about the latest developments in vector-borne disease research in the UK. Please share 🦟

Vector-Borne Diseases in the UK@ukvbd.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We are delighted to announce registration is now open for the seventh UK Vector-Borne Diseases Conference. 31st March-1st April 2026. Register here: bit.ly/48ZQ7ee

📢 Vacancy Extended: Editor-in-Chief, deadline: 31 January We're seeking an Editor-in-Chief - If you have editorial experience, a strong publication record, and a passion for advancing #InsectScience, we’d love to hear from you. 🔗 Find out more & apply:

Vacancy: Editor-in-Chief

Apply now - Deadline: 31 January

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