Bibek Parajuli🏳️🌈🇳🇵
@bibekbugs.bsky.social
Phd student in the Ravenscraft lab @ University of Texas at Arlington
I study evolutionary and ecological dynamics underlying insect microbe interactions. #FirstGen
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5Ta40O4AAAAJ&hl=en
I study evolutionary and ecological dynamics underlying insect microbe interactions. #FirstGen
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5Ta40O4AAAAJ&hl=en
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"I kept asking myself whether choosing a career in science, so far from home, had been the right decision. I felt a little like the species I study … the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that threatens U.S. ecosystems. I, too, was unwelcome and out of place." https://scim.ag/473iB5G
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"I kept asking myself whether choosing a career in science, so far from home, had been the right decision. I felt a little like the species I study … the spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that threatens U.S. ecosystems. I, too, was unwelcome and out of place." https://scim.ag/473iB5G
Made lemon rosemary chicken. Added grape tomatoes because I love grape tomatoes.
September 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Made lemon rosemary chicken. Added grape tomatoes because I love grape tomatoes.
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
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September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Leaffooted bugs enrich local soil with their horizontally acquired symbiont https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673988v1
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Leaffooted bugs enrich local soil with their horizontally acquired symbiont https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673988v1
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Increased host diversity limits bacterial generalism but may promote microbe-microbe interactions
#ISMEComms
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#ISMEComms
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Increased host diversity limits bacterial generalism but may promote microbe-microbe interactions
Abstract. Host-associated bacteria vary in the number of host species they occupy. By colonizing many host species, host generalists can have disproportion
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August 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Increased host diversity limits bacterial generalism but may promote microbe-microbe interactions
#ISMEComms
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#ISMEComms
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Engineering the gut microbiome in people with hyperoxaluria to avoid kidney stones
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Controlled colonization of the human gut with a genetically engineered microbial therapeutic
Precision microbiome programming for therapeutic applications is limited by challenges in achieving reproducible colonic colonization. Previously, we created an exclusive niche that we used to engraft...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Engineering the gut microbiome in people with hyperoxaluria to avoid kidney stones
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
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I’m thrilled to share my first review about microbial ecology + mosquito-borne disease control! Bacteria block pathogen development in the mosquito gut, but which bacteria will produce long-lasting results in the field? Let’s think about colonization and persistence in the mosquito gut! (1/4)
Drs @holly-nichols.bsky.social & Kerri Coon review #microbial #ecology for #mosquito-borne disease control. #Paratransgenesis #Colonization #Resistance #Transmission #Microbiota #Transplantation @uwbact.bsky.social @uwmadisonmdtp.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social
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Leveraging microbial ecology for mosquito-borne disease control
Mosquitoes transmit pathogens causing 700 000 deaths annually. Microbe-based vector
control, which reduces vector populations or blocks pathogen development within vectors,
offers an innovative way to...
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July 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’m thrilled to share my first review about microbial ecology + mosquito-borne disease control! Bacteria block pathogen development in the mosquito gut, but which bacteria will produce long-lasting results in the field? Let’s think about colonization and persistence in the mosquito gut! (1/4)
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I once visited Mayan ruins in Mexico and was told that is not known how they were able to make such bright blue colors. Also heard the same about bright red ones. It turns out, at least for the red color, a fungus is responsible! Read more here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
An endosymbiotic origin of the crimson pigment from the lac insect | PNAS
Symbioses with microorganisms expand the genetic and metabolic repertoire of many
insects. The lac insect Kerria lacca (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) ...
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July 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I once visited Mayan ruins in Mexico and was told that is not known how they were able to make such bright blue colors. Also heard the same about bright red ones. It turns out, at least for the red color, a fungus is responsible! Read more here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Childhood pneumonia deaths have plummeted in Nepal, and more lives can still be saved—
In the early 1980s, Nepal’s children suffered from some of the highest death rates from pneumonia in the world, with over 1,400 deaths for every 100,000 children under five.
In the early 1980s, Nepal’s children suffered from some of the highest death rates from pneumonia in the world, with over 1,400 deaths for every 100,000 children under five.
June 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Childhood pneumonia deaths have plummeted in Nepal, and more lives can still be saved—
In the early 1980s, Nepal’s children suffered from some of the highest death rates from pneumonia in the world, with over 1,400 deaths for every 100,000 children under five.
In the early 1980s, Nepal’s children suffered from some of the highest death rates from pneumonia in the world, with over 1,400 deaths for every 100,000 children under five.
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In Nepal, women are turning forest fire risks into thriving green businesses.
With support from @fao.org, they’re restoring ecosystems, creating jobs, and protecting their communities. 🌿
Read their story 🔗 bit.ly/3Gm5G5i
#EarthDay #GenerationRestoration
With support from @fao.org, they’re restoring ecosystems, creating jobs, and protecting their communities. 🌿
Read their story 🔗 bit.ly/3Gm5G5i
#EarthDay #GenerationRestoration
April 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
In Nepal, women are turning forest fire risks into thriving green businesses.
With support from @fao.org, they’re restoring ecosystems, creating jobs, and protecting their communities. 🌿
Read their story 🔗 bit.ly/3Gm5G5i
#EarthDay #GenerationRestoration
With support from @fao.org, they’re restoring ecosystems, creating jobs, and protecting their communities. 🌿
Read their story 🔗 bit.ly/3Gm5G5i
#EarthDay #GenerationRestoration
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Finally out! My first manuscript in the books.
#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
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#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
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Acquisition of an obligate environmental symbiont may be limited in the arboreal environment
Abstract. Many eukaryotic organisms have environmentally acquired microbial symbionts. In animals, microbes commonly occupy the gut and may supply critical
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April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Finally out! My first manuscript in the books.
#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
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#scisky #symbiosis #entomology
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Excited to share that @bibekbugs.bsky.social and I will be hosting a member symposium at #EntSoc25 in Portland, Oregon titled "Inside and Out: proposal, Inside and Out: Roles of Environmental and Gut Symbioses"
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Excited to share that @bibekbugs.bsky.social and I will be hosting a member symposium at #EntSoc25 in Portland, Oregon titled "Inside and Out: proposal, Inside and Out: Roles of Environmental and Gut Symbioses"
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
Looking forward to seeing folks in Portland!
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