#insectbio
Portuguese Fly Meeting 7-8 November 2024, Batalha, Portugal. This is organized by Drosophilists working in Portugal but open to researchers from anywhere. Everyone, including Master students, is welcome to apply for oral or poster presentation.
More info at: iridescent-gnu-ftqk0k.mystrikingly.com
September 12, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Why did #metamorphosis evolve?
"We find that holometabolous insects grow much faster than hemimetabolous insects (supporting) the notion that the holometabolous life history evolved to remove developmental constraints on fast growth."

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#evosky #insectbio
September 12, 2024 at 9:01 AM
With #ICE2024 beginning tomorrow, will just re-advertise this feed:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
🦋🐜🐝🪳🪰🐞🦟🧬🧫🦠

This feed should* broadcast all #ICE2024 hashtag posts, but also #Ento24 (Sept Royal Ent Soc meeting UK), #Dros25, and will update in future with any conference hashtags for #InsectBio 🙂
August 24, 2024 at 9:38 AM

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#ListenToBlackVoices
August 24, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Might be of interest to folk on the #insectBio feed.
September 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Looks cool from Imroze Khan lab (in Tenebrio beetles) "When we depleted the microbiome, only females improved their post-infection survival, leading to a loss of sex-specific infection outcomes."

#SymbioSky #InsectBio #HostPathogen #SexualDimorphism
September 12, 2024 at 6:46 AM