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@jamesnieh.bsky.social

We study the stressors, natural and manmade, that influence the evolution of bee behavior. I'm a Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution at UC San Diego in the School of Biological Sciences

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Congratulations to Hannah Griesmer for successfully defending her thesis on Nosema infections of honey bees and ways to activate natural bee defenses against this very widespread disease!

30.05.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federally Funded Research Nourishes and Protects America Scientific research may seem abstract, but when supported by federal funding, it profoundly impacts every American β€” from quiet rural fields buzzing with pollinators to hospitals pioneering lifesaving...

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01.05.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Gu Gaoying and our team on our new paper: even low levels of artificial light harm honey bees. Constant light raises mortality, impairs scent learning, and boosts stress-linked norepinephrineβ€”showing how light pollution disrupts bee brain function.
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16.04.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A great day telling folks about the science behind bees! @ucsandiego.bsky.social

12.04.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stop by! Join me at the 4th Kensington-Talmadge Annual Earth Day Celebration on April 12th with the theme "Helping our Changing Climate" and learn about bees!

Location: Kensington-Normal Heights Library Park 4121 Adams Ave around noon

Bee City USA
UC San Diego Biological Sciences

12.04.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting excited about Entomo-Fest 2025 at UC San Diego Biological Sciences. Let's celebrate the amazing science being generated by our faculty, research that is also supported by federal funding.

12.04.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join me at the 4th Kensington-Talmadge Annual Earth Day Celebration on April 12th with the theme "Helping our Changing Climate" and learn about bees!

Location: Kensington-Normal Heights Library Park 4121 Adams Ave around noon

@Bee City USA
UC San Diego Biological Sciences

12.04.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to @Bahram Kheradmand for publishing his paper on sequence learning in honey bees. It turns out that bees can figure out a very challenging task of learning that a visual pattern that was previously unrewarded will become rewarding on the next visit.
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31.03.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In 2003, I received my first major NSF grant to study stingless bee communication and its link to their role as neotropical pollinators. This led to insights into how warfare may have shaped their signaling. Thank you, federal funding! @ucsandiego.bsky.social

30.03.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A teacher once asked why I didn’t want to be a doctor to cure diseases. While human health is vital, the wonder of nature in every child deserves exploration. Let’s celebrate researchers who inspire seekers and thank federal funding for supporting this vision.

30.03.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation, I continued the Opportunities for Research in the Behavioral Sciences with San Diego Community Colleges and give 68 students research experiences in my lab. Funding also helped support the careers of new USA and Brazilian scientists.

30.03.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Promising new results! A mRNA vaccine can help fight a deadly disease, pancreatic cancer. Research partly supported by NIH U01 CA224175 Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment Network Cancer Moonshot Award.
www.mskcc.org/.../can-mrna....
Thank you NIH!

28.02.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Federally supported basic science in action: β€œEven Ozempic traces its roots back in part to work at the N.I.H. The toxin from Gila monster lizards seemed to have particular physiological effects, helping lead eventually to one of the world’s most profitable and promising drugs.”

25.02.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enjoying Love Your Wetlands Day at @kendall frost reserve. @uc

01.02.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year!

01.01.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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French bee hotel 😻

31.12.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We made 3d printed pollen feeders for our apiary. The bees love them and consume surprisingly large amounts.

31.12.2024 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love finding pollinators in art…from the @gettymuseum.bsky.social

31.12.2024 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Ashley Kim for giving a great talk and presentation at the EntSoc meeting!

31.12.2024 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We loved the hive exhibit at the San Diego zoo.

24.12.2024 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy holidays! (Generated by AI)

24.12.2024 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcoming Mesa College students visiting the lab.

24.12.2024 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to the students who presented at the EntSoc conference 2024!

23.12.2024 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Safe and protected at UC San Diego.

22.12.2024 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lab reunion near Scripps Pier.

21.12.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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UC San Diego pollinator club building bee hotels.

20.12.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brandi Sanchez, MS student, explaining the honey bee waggle dance.

20.12.2024 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free native seed library built by Pollinator Club at UC San Diego for the Bee Campus initiative.

20.12.2024 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Murder Hornet’ Has Been Eradicated From the U.S., Officials Say The hornet was discovered in a corner of Washington State. Five years later, a massive mobilization has eliminated the invasive species, at least for now.

Also known as Vespa mandarinia or the Northern Giant Hornet www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...

19.12.2024 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lab summer research interns

19.12.2024 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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