Happening now! ISCE Silver Medal Award Plenary: “A Historical Review of Floral Scent Research on the Biochemical and Genetic Levels”. Congrats, Eran Pichersky, from University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, USA!

@chemicalecology.bsky.social We're excited that the Chemical Ecology meeting has started! International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) at Cornell University. Yaaay!

[📰 Paper] Regulation of volatile biosynthesis in plants 📖 Read the article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🔎 See all our publications: lnkd.in/e9JNrsTU #plantscience #research #publication #geneexpression #VOC #specializedmetabolism #biosynthesis #rose

Regulation of volatile biosynthesis in plants

Plants synthesize and emit a diversity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a class of specialized metabolites that function as airborne signals in c…

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Ce que le émojis disent de notre perception de la biodiversité: un article dans The Conversation theconversation.com/ce-que-les-e...

New research in #RESSystematicEnt From figs to acorns: Early #specialization and host shifts shaped the global radiation of #Curculionini #weevils (Coleoptera: #Curculionidae) doi.org/10.1111/syen.70050 #Phylogenetics @gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

🎉 We’re thrilled to invite you to the inaugural lecture of our new professors 🗓️ June 12 2026 14:00 to 16:45 🥂 Reception: from 16:45 💡Interested? Please send an email to julie.machon.graeff@univ-st-etienne.fr. #professor #conference #science #volatiles #smell #plants #chemicalecology #researchlife

Vous n'avez pas aimé la loi #Duplomb ni la 2nde proposition de loi ou vous voulez aider les #agriculteurs ET la #biodiversité ? Vous voulez en savoir plus ? Ce livre est pour vous ! En 168 pages aux @editionsdufaubourg.bsky.social, tout ceci est passé au crible de la science.

📣 Our call for science-based regulation has been published in Science: “France must protect pollinators over pesticides.” 🔗 Full article available here: doi.org/10.1126/scie... 🧪 #pollinators #bees #agroecology #biodiversity #OneHealth #ecotoxicology #science

France must protect pollinators over pesticides

Pollinating insects, which are essential to biodiversity, plant reproduction, and crop production, are in decline (1, 2). In Europe, pollinator populations have declined markedly over recent decades (...

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Our #arum team visiting our partners at @unisalzburg.bsky.social to collect arum #flowers in the Austrian Alps Financed by @agencerecherche.bsky.social Learn more about the project anr.fr/Project-ANR-... #scentbiogenesis #deceptivestrategy #plants #VOC #terpenes #scent #ANR #pollination #pollen

« Ça va craquer » : le cri de détresse des laboratoires français du CNRS - Les coupes budgétaires étranglent la recherche en écologie reporterre.net/Dans-nos-lab...

« Ça va craquer » : le cri de détresse des laboratoires français du CNRS

Baisse des subventions, conditions de travail dégradées... La recherche publique souffre et craint pour sa survie. Dans les laboratoires d'écologie, les chercheurs pointent une « perte de sens au trav...

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🚨We're accepting proposals for our latest Special Feature, "Mountain Biodiversity in the Anthropocene" joint with @animalecology.bsky.social, @jappliedecology.bsky.social and @funecology.bsky.social! 🏔️Deadline to submit is 17 May. For more info 👉️ buff.ly/iNVgR40

In Peru, native stingless bees have become the first insects to be granted legal rights in the world. 🌎 The decision follows collaboration with Indigenous communities to document the bees. 🧪 The Guardian: https://ow.ly/bmw850YIc1j 🏡 IPBES Pollinators Assessment: https://ow.ly/tBaA50YIc1k

👉 N’hésitez pas à partager dans vos réseaux et à candidater! #OpenScience #INRAE #Hiring #DiamondOpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing

Paper alert! 📣 Really cool study stemming from the Master thesis of #Benjamin_Zelvelder @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social @inrae-dpt-spe.bsky.social with @remiallio.bsky.social #insect host-shifts between #parasitic and non-parasitic plants! #Proc.B @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

🔍 The review highlights key gaps: we need to better integrate floral chemistry, flowering timing, and pollinator sensory biology to understand how resilient these interactions are under climate warming. (8/8) 👉 doi.org/qxxv #PlantScience #AoBpapers #Pollination

The scent of #mutualism: How evolutionary history shapes #fig flowers Li Cao, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #wasps

🌱 Nous ouvrons une thèse (financée) sur l’utilisation du perce-oreille européen comme agent de lutte biologique dans les vergers de pommes et poires du Centre-Val de Loire. 📌 Candidature avant le 11 mai 2026 via le portail emploi CNRS uniquement . Plus d’infos via le QR code ci-dessous.

My first podcast 😅 on how decoding the smell of organisms could help us to find solutions to protect crops in agriculture, and improve plant, animal, and human health by detecting diseases before symptoms appear! @Cornell @CornellEnto @CornellAgriTech youtu.be/szTAWwYC5bc

How can scent molecules identify stressed plants and offer clues about human and animal health?

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Species introduction woes: How human-mediated crop transport can influence community dynamics through mutualist displacement 🌱 Fungal diseases in F. carica in the USA could be managed with the re-introduction of nematodes 🪱 🔎 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"I love biting midges because I know what their hearts look like.” @theguardian.com spoke with insect taxonomist Art Borkent about the vital importance of taxonomy—and the challenges this foundational biological science faces. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?

Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be…

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📣 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐭 A l’occasion de la journée internationale des droits des femmes, découvrez Delphine Renard, écologue des agrosystèmes au CEFE, 𝐦𝐞́𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞́𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐂𝐍𝐑𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓. Elle explore les multiples dimensions de la biodiversité cultivée. 🎥 urlr.me/rhe3R8

Delphine Renard : La diversité au service d'une agriculture durable et équitable | Talents CNRS

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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L’Espagne dit non à Trump et à la guerre Par @bougon.bsky.social et @fabienescalona.bsky.social

L’Espagne dit non à Trump et à la guerre

En dénonçant une action illégale et en refusant l’utilisation par Washington de deux bases militaires de la péninsule, le chef du gouvernement de Madrid, Pedro Sánchez, affirme la singularité de son pays. La France, elle, a autorisé le transit d’avions états-uniens sur la base d’Istres.

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I am hiring a Postdoc (18 months contract in Montpellier, France) to study how polyploidy affects sex chromosomes in the plant Silene latifolia, using bioinformatic analyses of RNA-seq and DNA-seq data. Deadline for applications March 24th. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/412961

Post doc position in Evolutionary biology and bioinformatics

- work environment: This postdoctoral position will be supervised by Aline Muyle and hosted at the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences of Montpellier (ISEM), within the CHANGE department and the Plant ...

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Join our online course on Multivariate Data Analysis with R led and vegan by @gsimpson.bsky.social , 4–7 May, and gain practical skills to analyse and interpret multivariate ecological and biological datasets. www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #Rstats #veganPackage

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Prairies sous Plexiglas, images satellite, équations… comment les scientifiques prédisent les effets du changement climatique sur les écosystèmes

Expérimentations à ciel ouvert avec des anneaux en carbone de 25 mètres, utilisations de données historiques, suivis depuis l’espace… les méthodes sont nombreuses et souvent complémentaires.

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The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure Track Assistant Professor and Curator of Lepidoptera. Candidates should have a strong research background in Lepidoptera. Applications due March 22, 2026. Info: https://snm.dk/en/about-museum. #job

About the museum

Natural History Museum Denmark is beautifully located in the corner of the Botanical Garden near Nørreport Station. Until October 2022 the museum also welcomed guests at the Zoological Museum at Østerbro, which is now closed to the public in order to prepare for the new museum building that will open in the Botanical Garden in a few years time.

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#voxprimato #master #neuroethologie les inscriptions pour le M2 Neuroscience des Systèmes à Paris Saclay sont ouvertes! De la cellule au cerveau, explorez les mécanismes sous-jacents au comportement animal et les différentes approches expérimentales pour les étudier date limite 04/04/2026 détails 👇🏽

Julie Carcaud@carcaudjulie.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🧠 We are pleased to announce that applications for the M2 Systems Neuroscience at the University Paris-Saclay are officially open 🎉 www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/ma... @univparissaclay.bsky.social @neuropsi.bsky.social

Arthropod Photo of the Week: February 11, 2026 Weaver ants Oecophylla sp. Hymenoptera: Formicidae Observed in West Bengal, India By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, West Bengal, India #arthropodPOTW

We are hiring Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Bryology at Natural History Museum Denmark, Copenhagen. Duties are collection-based research, curation of >350.000 bryophytes, university teaching and public engagement. Deadline 23 March 2026. Start Jan 2027. lnkd.in/eEaXnNnb

Notre tribune de scientifiques pour alerter sur les dangers de la nouvelle loi d'urgence pour l'agriculture: la science montre que l'urgence est au contraire de transformer le système agricole pour préserver notre santé, la fertilité des sols, une eau disponible et non polluée, et la biodiversité.