Mauro Pazmino

These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier Nature asked contributors, editors and working researchers to share their best advice for scientists.

Over the last year, Nature’s Careers team has been tapping into its global community of readers, writers, friends and colleagues to compile a list of laboratory hacks to help make scientists’ working lives easier. Here’s a list of 99 of those hacks. #Academicsky 🧪

I wasn’t sure how to be a postdoc. Here’s how I found my way “Maybe my identity as a postdoc was much the same as when I was a grad student: a helper,” this researcher writes

I wasn’t sure how to be a postdoc. Here’s how I found my way | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Illustrated logo for BSP Glasgow 2026. The image features detailed black-and-white line drawings of iconic Glasgow landmarks and parasitic organisms. In the center is the University of Glasgow’s main tower. Surrounding it are illustrations of parasites, including helminths, protozoa, and kinetoplastids. On the left is the SEC Armadillo building, and on the right is the Finnieston Crane. Bold text beneath reads: "BSP GLASGOW 2026".

📆 | Save the Date!

The @bspparasitology.bsky.social Spring Meeting 2026 is coming to @uofglasgow.bsky.social.

Running from 7-9 April, there will be 15 sessions, 5 workshops, a ceilidh, a dinner - and a welcome reception at Glasgow City Chambers.

🔗 More info soon at bsp.uk.net/Events

My poster for #Ento25. Such a great sessions!

Let’s go #Ento25

Update of the spatiotemporal distribution of Aedes albopictus in Ecuador - PubMed Entomological surveillance activities contributed to establish Ae. albopictus distribution in urban areas of six provinces in Ecuador. A positive correlation was identified between the number of mosqu...

Aedes albopictus is present in 6 provinces in Ecuador
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40865111/

Poster ready for #Ento25 !!

“That said, using our custom designed experimental set-up, we found that mosquitoes are drawn to those who avoid sunscreen, drink beer, and share their bed. They simply have a taste for the hedonists among us”

New Vector of the Month alert! #Anopheles #coluzzii, one of the major #malaria #vectors from West to Central #Africa, authored by Alessandra della Torre, Beniamino Caputo, Carlo Maria De Marco, Eleonora Perugini & Marco Pombi.

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgHA_XTJP...

Two #mosquitoes in two days. Found them resting in the hall of my building in #Glasgow. Both females ❤️. I found one in my previous flat (three blocks away) in 2019. @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social

@drheatherferg.bsky.social, Fredros Okumu (Ifakara Health Institute) and partners receive €6.1M EU Horizon/EDCTP funding to support the launch of the first mosquito observatory network in Africa.

👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1206540_en.html
#mosquitoes #mosquitobornediseases #onehealth

Discovery and description of a novel mode of oviposition in the mosquito genus Culex - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Discovery and description of a novel mode of oviposition in the mosquito genus Culex

These findings raise questions regarding the evolution and drivers of such an atypical Culex behavior and indicate that our understanding of Culex ecology and behavior remains incomplete.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Synchronized dynamics of dengue across the Americas Dengue has strong synchrony across the Americas, indicating that a mix of intrinsic and extrinsic factors drives epidemic transmission dynamics.

“more than half of all provinces or islands studied had dengue outbreaks about every 12 months, with strong synchrony observed. In addition, increased dengue incidence was associated with strong seasonality of occurrence, and changes in temperature and precipitation”

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...