Jess Awad

Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

PLEASE SHARE. PhD advert: Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance. tinyurl.com/559hjsm4 Rare opportunity at the intersection of molecular ecology, disease surveillance, modelling and precision apiculture. DEADLINE 24th OCTOBER!

Joining the lab 2-year Postdoctoral position on VALOR EU-project: We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators (VALOR; The candidat…

We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position to join the @valor-project.eu Horizon EU project: Values and dependence of society on pollinators bartomeuslab.com/joining-the-...

A social media card with the Company of Biologists logo in the top left and a photo of a woman standing in shallow water placing a small bucket inside of a larger bucket in the top right who is a previous recipient of a Travelling Fellowship. Underneath these it says 'Are you an early career researcher planning to do a collaborative visit to another lab? You could be eligible for funding from us.' In the bottom right is a button stating 'Find out more.'

Apply by 24 October. Our Travelling Fellowships offer PhD students and postdocs up to £3,000 for undertaking collaborative visits to other laboratories. Find out more and apply at biologists.com/grants/trave...

High-resolution arthropod specimen with inset map of collection site in the bottom left corner, scale bar in the bottom right corner, and funder logo in the top right corner.

Our DNA library is made possible thanks to the support of our funding partners.

Today’s featured specimen is a parasitic wasp from the Nixoniidae family, collected in Limpopo, South Africa. This record was made possible through funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

Glowing from Within - bioGraphic With more scientists and artists turning their attention to bioluminescence, new information about glowing fungi is coming to light.

🍄🧪🚨GLOW-IN-THE-DARK TREE SCIENCE🚨🧪🍄

Scientists have identified 125 species of bioluminescent fungi, and there are likely many more. One of the latest discoveries is a species that doesn't just glow on its own -- trees interlaced with its filaments also emit an ethereal greenish light (!!)

Revision of the millipede genus Apheloria Chamberlin, 1921 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini) | Zootaxa

Millipede fans rejoice: we published our revision of Apheloria! This is the most common cherry millipede genus, but its taxonomy has been riddled with nebulous subspecies names. No longer! We clarify species limits and provide a distribution map. mapress.com/zt/article/v... @apheloria.bsky.social

Flat, red, oblong growth that has a central yellow nipple. Growing on the underside of a green leaf.

Phylloteras sigma (Cynipidae). Currently my favorite local gall because it's so darn cute. You can find them on the undersides of white oak leaves in the eastern United States, and apparently also in Chicago. Likely elsewhere but they are tiny and easy to miss. #galls #wasps #cynipidae #insects

The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...

University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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Red-cracking Bolete (no blue at base of stem)

Bay Bolete

Fly Agaric aplenty at Castor Hanglands this week, drifts of them in birch woodland along with more Red-cracking Bolete than I've ever seen, and a single young Bay Bolete with a velvety cap and swollen, fibril-covered stipe

#fungusfriday #fungifriends

Please share with anyone interested in a PhD project! Come work with us!

Two rectangular plastic trays filled with walnuts that have green husks in various stages of decay.

Got my walnuts on a bed of vermiculate and sand. In case anyone cares, it's so that I can collect several hundred pupae of the walnut husk maggot fly, which I'll then use as bait in the spring to attract the tiny wasp that parasitizes them. The wasp digs down into the soil to oviposit. 🌿 #wasps

Infotafel mit Schriftzug "Walter Benjamin Programme" und Datumsangaben: 14 October Tuesday 1:30 - 15p.m. CET in English

#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here:
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Are you a POC student, early career researcher, or professional entomologist from a country in the Global South?

We are now funding memberships!
Apply from October 1st to December 15th.

More info:
www.entopoc.org/apply.html
Apply:
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Jane Goodall and me, together with our stuffed animals 🐵

Jane impersonating how a chimp would be grooming me 🥰

I will forever remember Jane, her inspiring stories and her powerful message of hope, but also her humour, smile and the fun that we had.

With a twinkle in her eyes, she once said to me: ‘The chimps would have the time of their lives grooming you’. Best compliment I ever had. 🐵

RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.

hello fellow ecologists has anyone successfully applied to the grfp (in its current format) and would be willing to send me their application materials for my own reference? many thanks!! 🧪

WOAH just seeing this #SciArt summit- looks amazing!

cc #SciComm

New paper out! ✨

With my friend Alvaro Doria Dos Santos, we describe a new Masona from Brazil! 🇧🇷

Now we have Masona wow (2024) & Masona uau (2025)!
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s117...

This will appeal to like 4 of my friends out there. But this is a live Nosodendron (beetle) larva. Nosodendron means 'sick tree', and true to its name these were found in a black, moldy wet area around an injured beech root. Enjoy!

Yeah mine is completely unhinged with the autocorrect and has been for a while, but it does seem to be getting worse.

A wasp for the wild: New parasitoid species named in honor of the National Geographic Society The name "natgeo" was chosen in honor of the Society's legacy of exploration, conservation, and storytelling.

A new wasp species, Heinrichiellus natgeo, was discovered in a remote village in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh during a expedition supported by the National Geographic Society. We recently published its discovery in our journal.

blog.pensoft.net/2025/09/17/a...

This little guy has someplace to go

An illustration of a quilled chameleon, a fantasy creature that resembles a chameleon with large quills emerging from the arms. It is various shades of green and camouflaged against green leaves and tree branches.

An illustration of a large green and black rhinoceros beetle with a saddle and harness on top of small sand dunes. The creature is from Avatar the Last Airbender.

An illustration of a screaming buzzard wasp, a large wasp-like fantasy animal with the head and feather collar of a vulture. It has 6 insect legs and translucent wings. It is screaming in the image.

Super excited to share that I contributed some art to Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra! The book is out now and filled with gorgeous artwork from many talented artists. Here are some of my favorite color pieces I did! 💕

Taphonomy of aquatic insects from the Crato Formation Lagerstätte (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) under an actualistic look The Crato Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) is a fossiliferous deposit of global significance, representing a lacustrine palaeoenvironment which offers insights into aquatic insect taphonomy. Despi...

Really interesting and excellently executed taphonomic study alert!

The authours designed neat insect disarticualtion experiments to better understand preservational patterns of insect found in the Crato Formation, Brazil. 🪰🪳🦟

Very very cool work by Storari et al.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Infographic showing interconnections between five key elements: Climate Change, Water, Biodiversity, Food, and Health, displayed over a landscape background with wind turbines, water, and farmland. White lines connect these elements, demonstrating their relationships. Right side contains definitions of key terms like "Interlinkages," "Feedback loops," and "Trade-offs." Bottom text explains "Nexus" and contrasts "Nexus approaches" with "Siloed approaches."

The IPBES #NexusAssessment Report finds that using a ‘nexus’ approach to address intertwined environmental, social and economic crises is more effective than a siloed approach.

Read more: https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release

Pink flowers of Cyclamen with reflexed petals atop red stems. The one on the left has yet to unfurl and is showing how the petals wrap around each other in bud.

A moment of calm in this overwhelming world.

Poster of the European Researchers night in Sevilla

3d printed replicas of the fossils of non-biting midges

Sediment core part, stickers with fossil insects, and bunch of postcard with Baltic amber insects

Part of the postcard with Archaeognatha and an ant from Baltic amber

Everything is getting ready for #ERN2025 European Researchers Night tomorrow at @casacienciasevcsic.bsky.social , where we are going to present our workshop "Insects - witnesses of the past", dealing with #fossils, palaeoclimate reconstruction and ecological physiology of insects

Its WORLD WASP DAY!

A platygastrid wasp oviposits next to an ovipositing Dasineura epilobii midge.

Just a couple of dark taxa hanging out...

photo through a microscope of a black humped bug with a small head and alternating short and long antennal segments. weak wing venation.

photo of the same bug from the side showing a rostrum.

anyone know what this thing is? my labmate found them swarming all over a forest trail in the midwest. our guess is some kind of sternorrhynchan but i haven't been able to find any with these weird antennae. about 2 mm