Ryan Brock

🐜 4-year #postdoc position in the @socialfluids.bsky.social lab @camzoology.bsky.social investigating metabolic cooperation between bodies in a BBSRC-funded project.

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

#ants #socialtransfers #sociallytransferredmaterials #autophagy #socialinsects #aging #job (🧵1/n)

New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

🚨 Tenure-track professorship at Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany, with a focus on evolutionary ecology of social hymenoptera 🐝🐜

Initially for 6 years:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/pr...

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UEA campus

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We have a Postdoc position available here @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social to develop innovative genetic control strategies for insect agricultural pests in collaboration with @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...

POSTDOC ALERT🚨

Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!

We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.

Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com

@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Thrilled to announce a Postdoc opportunity in our group on the evolutionary genetics and ecology of colour. Wonderful system, great collaborators, and room to shape your own ideas.
Apply by 7 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/13477181...

Beneficial and Harmful Insects : Lessons from Nepal Online talk about beneficial and harmful insects and their impact on farming by Nepali entomologist Professor Sundar Tiwari

Join Prof. Sundar Tiwari for a fascinating session exploring how #insects shape #agriculture, livelihoods and ecosystems in #Nepal, from the species that support communities to those that challenge them.

📅 Nov 25 · 12:15 PM GMT
🎟️ Free registration 🔽

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#Entomology #Conservation

Fig 3. Conceptual representation of pre- and post-herbivory resistance in plants. Plant non-host resistance to herbivorous insects can be understood as a two-stage phenomenon comprising pre- and post-herbivory resistance. In pre-herbivory resistance, the plant employs visual and olfactory signals to halt insects from making physical contact with a potential host. This includes the emission of repellent volatiles, the display of warning pigments on plant organs (aposematic colours), and modification of leaf shape and size. Additionally, certain plant traits promote association with insect natural enemies (tritrophic interaction). In post-herbivory resistance, the plants utilize mechanosensory or gustatory traits to hinder the ability of insect larvae to traverse, injure, and digest the plant material. This includes the production of surface waxes, glandular and non-glandular trichomes, proteins that counteract the function of insect digestive proteins, and toxic metabolites.

🪲 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🪲

Non-host resistance is the most common, durable, and efficient outcome of plant defences against biotic stresses. This review highlights its role in plant–insect interactions- Pinheiro et al. 📝

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪

Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships 2025 Plant health undergraduate studentship placements are summer internships for UK biology science university students.

Undergraduates – would you like to experience the exciting world of plant science research, tackle a key science challenge, and be paid for it? Then apply for one of our Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships!

Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/grants/plant-health-ug-studentships

Three cabbage stem flea beetle larvae on the base of an oilseed rape plant.

Studentship opportunity! Come join us to work on plant-insect interactions at @johninnescentre.bsky.social (supported by @rsb.org.uk). More details here: ryanebrock.github.io/opportunities/