My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.

Wondering if an insect could become a high-impact tree pest if introduced to North America? Check out the iTree Pest Predictor: pestpredictor.itreetools.org

Proud to share the new Bluesky page for the Forest Invasion Synthesis Centre here in Prague! bsky.app/profile/fore...

You ❤️ Science You hate writing papers and dealing with reviewers… It does not need to be like this. Get a copy of A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing 🧪🗺️

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Cornell ash trees aim to beat back borer insects | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Botanic Gardens is collaborating with conservation partners to propagate trees resistant to emerald ash borers.

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@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @nphavill.bsky.social et al. present the genome of the hemlock woolly adelgid, one of eastern North America's most destructive and invasive forest pests. The 216 Mbp genome is highly complete (97.7% BUSCO). 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170 #genome #evolution

Our hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) genome note is out! @bryanbrunet.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

The invasive form of Ae. #aegypti mosquito evolved within the Americas, after arriving from Africa ~320 ya. Our most recent paper is out @science.org. Years of work with collaborators all around led by J. Crawford! Great resource for the Vector Research community!. www.science.org/content/arti...

How the yellow fever mosquito conquered the world

Aedes aegypti further adapted to life around humans when it arrived in the Americas, study of hundreds of mosquito genomes reveals

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Interested in joining our lab (dunnlab.org) as a postdoc to work on siphonophores, processes that structure diversity in the open ocean, or natural history? If so, please reach out to discuss a nomination for the Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellowship - yibs.yale.edu/donnelley-fe...

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

I hope to take a PhD student in 2026 to study siphonophores. Please reach out if you are interested in applying this fall. For examples of recent lab projects see www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Population genomics of a sailing siphonophore reveals genetic structure in the open ocean

The open ocean is a vast, highly connected environment, and the organisms found there have been hypothesized to represent massive, well-mixed populati…

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Casey Dunn@caseywdunn.bsky.social · last yr.

I hope to take a PhD student in the coming application cycle. Please reach out if you are interested in joining our lab in EEB at Yale, especially if interested in working on the natural history/ phylogenetics/ morphology/ population biology/ development/ genomics of siphonophores. dunnlab.org

Thank you, Entomology Today @entsocamerica.bsky.social, for covering our work on adelgids of Bhutan. If we want to prevent #bioinvasions, we need to know what’s out there. Also, adelgids are super cool insects 😁 entomologytoday.org/2025/08/13/u...

Unusual Galls Trigger National Survey of Adelgids and Their Predators in Bhutan Forests

When aphid-like insects appeared in Bhutan forests, local researchers collaborated with USDA Forest Service experts to identify species, including four new to science.

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Unusual Galls Trigger National Survey of Adelgids and Their Predators in Bhutan Forests

When aphid-like insects appeared in Bhutan forests, local researchers collaborated with USDA Forest Service experts to identify species, including four new to science.

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Detecting chromosome inversions in @aegypti is a real art! I am honored to be part of this project. academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Chromosomal Inversions and Their Potential Impact on the Evolution of Arboviral Vector Aedes aegypti

Abstract. Chromosomal inversions play a crucial role in evolution and have been found to regulate epidemiologically significant traits in malaria mosquitoe

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First chromosome-level reference assembly of field @aegypti formosus and sister species @aedes mascarensis is out. Work led by @genmorinaga.bsky.social if @jsoghigian.bsky.social group in collaboration with us at #CT_CAES, @yale.edu, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @pasteur.fr academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

From macro to micro: De novo genomes of Aedes mosquitoes enable comparative genomics among close and distant relatives

Abstract. The yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is an organism of high medical importance because it is the primary vector for diseases such as yellow

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#threeMosquitoes. “The biology of deadly insects.” A book by my colleague and friend Jeff Powell is out! He just brought in my very own signed copy! Get yours @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Our article got the cover (!) with this cool photo of the inside of an adelgid gall, taken by Dr. Kaka Tshering. Lots of new information about adelgids (including on hemlock), their predators, and associated fungi in Bhutan academic.oup.com/jinsectscien... @entsocamerica.bsky.social

Leucotaraxis piniperda from WA, released in CT for biological control of hemlock woolly #adelgid. Some papers about the science behind the effort: research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6... research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6... research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/6... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hemlock woolly adelgid. Still killing trees in Connecticut.

I have created a feed "plant insect ecology" for posts on the biology, ecology, evolution, & natural history of plants & insects... to post, simply include #plant-insect. Please post images, opportunities, academic articles w/ links, etc. DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize

We put together a fact sheet for #Aedes #aegypti. You can access the corrected proof from the link below. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

A non-native invasive moth has been lurking in the Northeast for more than 120 years and has recently become a pest again – of trees and people – in parts of Maine. Learn more in my latest article. #foresthealth #browntailmoth #forestpests #invasives northernwoodlands.org/knots_and_bo...

The Ups and Downs of Browntail Moths | Spring 2025 | Knots and Bolts | Knots and Bolts

A non-native invasive moth has been lurking in the Northeast for more than 120 years and has recently become a pest again – of trees and… This content is available in the magazine only. Please Subscr...

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Fun article written with Ohio State University Buckeye Yard and Garden Online about hemlock woolly adelgid life cycle. bygl.osu.edu/node/2454

Our new paper(!) developed a comprehensive model to predict which non-native insects will have high impact on trees after arrival… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What Is a Specialist? Quantifying Host Breadth Enables Impact Prediction for Invasive Herbivores

Herbivores are commonly classified as host specialists or generalists for various purposes, yet the definitions of these terms, and their intermediates, are often imprecise and ambiguous. We quantifi...

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US Undergraduates! You still have until next Friday to apply to the Plant Health Fellows internship program in New Haven, CT. Learn about plant health research and careers for 9 weeks, includes $5,000 stipend and apartment housing: www.southernct.edu/plant-health...

Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!! www.mapress.com/zt/article/v... @bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social

Adelgid of the week. LEGLESS EDITION!! Adelges (Cassiadelges) coccipus, Havill & Brunet, 2025. Collected from larch trees in Bhutan. The first member of Aphidomorpha completely lacking legs!! www.mapress.com/zt/article/v... @bryanbrunet.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social

First genome assembly of wild #Aedes mosquitoes. Paper coming soon! Pre-print is out! Thanks to our collaboration with @jsoghigian.bsky.social, @ird-fr.bsky.social, @yale.edu and #CT_CAES.

Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 2y ago

Two de novo #chromosome-scale #genomes with sequences 🧬 sourced from single individuals: one of Aedes aegypti formosus from Burkina Faso and one of Ae. mascarensis from Mauritius 🦟 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hot of the press! #albopictus, an invasive mosquito in Connecticut has the highest #Heartworm infection rate of all 17 #mosquito species surveyed. Check it out! academic.oup.com/jme/advance-...

Filarial parasite infection prevalence in field-caught mosquitoes from Connecticut, United States

Abstract. Filarial nematodes are parasitic roundworms transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause morbidity and mortality for their human and animal hosts. Th

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Many of us #foresthealth professionals work very closely with the USDA Forest Service, and kudos to them for putting together this great video to highlight what they do. Healthy forests are no accident, folks - it takes a lot of behind the scenes work. f.io/8E1uBZDu