Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project

Students at Bluegrass Community & Technical College did an outstanding job determining whether #insects they collected using banana and vinegar traps were infected with #Wolbachia! 🐝🦗🦠

Check out some of their beautiful photos and gels here: wolbachiaprojectdb.org/group/bluegr...

#WolbachiaWatch

15.01.2025 17:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🎇Happy New Year from the #WolbachiaProject!

Thanks to our inspirational partners in education, over 4,000 students experienced the thrill of #discovery in Fall 2024! 🐞🪳🦋 🪲🦗

A HUGE thanks to @qiagen.bsky.social for providing 95 DNA extraction kits to classrooms this year! 🤯

01.01.2025 14:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy Holidays from the #WolbachiaProject! ☃️ ❄️ 🦟

As you can see, we had way too much fun with @biorender.bsky.social

20.12.2024 19:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wolbachia Turns 100: The Journey of a Triumphant Endosymbiont In a century, Wolbachia has gone from a master reproductive manipulator to a partner in the fight against pathogens, exemplifying how a microbe can shape hosts and diseases.

🎉This week we are celebrating the 100th Birthday of our favorite endosymbiont, #Wolbachia pipientis!

Check out this amazing article by The Scientist about Wolbachia's discovery and journey through research:
www.the-scientist.com/wolbachia-tu...

19.12.2024 20:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We continue to be amazed by the ingenuity of our teaching partners: The Wolbachia Project of bug splatter! 🚗🪰🚐🐞 Congrats to @brewerbiology.bsky.social and student researchers!

16.12.2024 19:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

👨‍🔬Check out these impressive gels showing Wolbachia positive mosquitos from Hawaii community college! #Wolbachiawatch #StudentResearch 🦟🦠

wolbachiaprojectdb.org/group/hawaii...

11.12.2024 15:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"We did this lab with the best care and followed every step to the T, so I believe our results are definitely true." -Student at Kohler High School in WI.

Check out their beautiful gels! Great use of controls.🪰📷
#StudentDiscovery #Wolbachia

wolbachiaprojectdb.org/dbpost/13865

06.12.2024 16:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Watch out biotechnology programs and companies.

The next generation is gaining pre-college skills, and we're already receiving new requests for schools to implement @wolbachiaproj.bsky.social since we posted this video introduction last week.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssrh...

25.11.2024 14:20 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

A Microbial Ally to Bring Science to the Masses By identifying Wolbachia in arthropods, science-enthusiast citizens can help researchers sample the bacteria’s hosts.

🧬Check out this article by The Scientist
beautifully summarizing the transformative impact of the #WolbachiaProject for #STEMeducation!

www.the-scientist.com/a-microbial-...

21.11.2024 14:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

📢 Check out our new YouTube video, produced by Dina Constantinides, giving an overview of the Wolbachia Project and it's impacts for #STEMeducation and #Wolbachia research across the globe! 🌎🦟

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssrh...

20.11.2024 20:22 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We had a wonderful time engaging with PA educators and the PA Department of Education last week at the 2024 Integrated Learning Conference here at Penn State! 📚

We are excited to see how the #biotech industry grows in PA and how the connections we made can provide opportunities for #CTE students.

14.11.2024 19:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0