Catherine Macri
@catherinemacri.bsky.social
🔬PhD in Neuroethology
📍Paris - Sorbonne uni / Toulouse
🐝Studying consciousness indicators in honey bees
📚Interested in cognition, philosophy, emotions, ethology, insect brains and anything in between
📍Paris - Sorbonne uni / Toulouse
🐝Studying consciousness indicators in honey bees
📚Interested in cognition, philosophy, emotions, ethology, insect brains and anything in between
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🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Amir Patel (UCL) is out!
From engineering to animal behaviour & robotics, cheetahs, career advice, Global South research, and finding your unique strengths ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/13uO...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWu...
From engineering to animal behaviour & robotics, cheetahs, career advice, Global South research, and finding your unique strengths ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/13uO...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWu...
Meet the PI / Episode 1 / Amir Patel
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🎙️ New Meet the P.I. podcast episode with Amir Patel (UCL) is out!
From engineering to animal behaviour & robotics, cheetahs, career advice, Global South research, and finding your unique strengths ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/13uO...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWu...
From engineering to animal behaviour & robotics, cheetahs, career advice, Global South research, and finding your unique strengths ✨
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/13uO...
📺 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWu...
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Postdoc Yannick Günzel, who studies how clonal raider ants interact with their larvae, went to a comedy show in NYC. Now he’s famous… 🤪
youtube.com/shorts/ZETUy...
youtube.com/shorts/ZETUy...
Scientific strides #comedy #standup
YouTube video by Jordan Jensen
youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Postdoc Yannick Günzel, who studies how clonal raider ants interact with their larvae, went to a comedy show in NYC. Now he’s famous… 🤪
youtube.com/shorts/ZETUy...
youtube.com/shorts/ZETUy...
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I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
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🎓 PhD defended #PhDone (1/3)
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🎓 PhD defended #PhDone (1/3)
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
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My first experimental PhD paper is finally out! 🎉
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My first experimental PhD paper is finally out! 🎉
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
🎓 PhD defended #PhDone (1/3)
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🎓 PhD defended #PhDone (1/3)
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
On Dec 17, I defended my PhD thesis entitled “Exploring dimensions of consciousness in the miniature brain of an insect” 🐝
Reposted by Catherine Macri
1/12 Consciousness and attention in honeybees
This study provides evidence of consciousness-like states in bees, revealing strong and fascinating parallels with vertebrate awareness. I will try to explain it in a few "tweets".
(paper) www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
by @catherinemacri.bsky.social
This study provides evidence of consciousness-like states in bees, revealing strong and fascinating parallels with vertebrate awareness. I will try to explain it in a few "tweets".
(paper) www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
by @catherinemacri.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
1/12 Consciousness and attention in honeybees
This study provides evidence of consciousness-like states in bees, revealing strong and fascinating parallels with vertebrate awareness. I will try to explain it in a few "tweets".
(paper) www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
by @catherinemacri.bsky.social
This study provides evidence of consciousness-like states in bees, revealing strong and fascinating parallels with vertebrate awareness. I will try to explain it in a few "tweets".
(paper) www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
by @catherinemacri.bsky.social
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🧪 Friends of all backgrounds: please enjoy this new paper whose findings “reveal that bees engage higher-order cognitive mechanisms under temporal uncertainty, suggesting that core features of awareness may be evolutionarily conserved across distant taxa.”
Yeah. 🫢
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Yeah. 🫢
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Serotonergic-dependent awareness is required for trace conditioning in honeybees
Entomology; Neuroscience; Behavioral neuroscience; Sensory neuroscience; Cognitive
neuroscience
www.cell.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🧪 Friends of all backgrounds: please enjoy this new paper whose findings “reveal that bees engage higher-order cognitive mechanisms under temporal uncertainty, suggesting that core features of awareness may be evolutionarily conserved across distant taxa.”
Yeah. 🫢
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Yeah. 🫢
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
My first experimental PhD paper is finally out! 🎉
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My first experimental PhD paper is finally out! 🎉
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
We investigate trace conditioning in honeybees and its links to awareness processes and serotonin 🐝🧠
Combining behaviour, computational modelling (by Andrea Alamia), and neuropharmacology
⭐ Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Reposted by Catherine Macri
What an amazing piece of writing, such a fun read!! Highly recommend 🙂
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
Antonio Damasio explores consciousness in Self Comes to Mind.
Consciousness used to be the crazy aunt in psychology's attic. Behaviorists and cognitive scientists alike practiced denial, but the squeaking...
slate.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What an amazing piece of writing, such a fun read!! Highly recommend 🙂
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
What an amazing piece of writing, such a fun read!! Highly recommend 🙂
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
Antonio Damasio explores consciousness in Self Comes to Mind.
Consciousness used to be the crazy aunt in psychology's attic. Behaviorists and cognitive scientists alike practiced denial, but the squeaking...
slate.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What an amazing piece of writing, such a fun read!! Highly recommend 🙂
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
"How is consciousness possible at all? How could the few pounds of gray goo in my skull give rise to my experience of the particular blue tint of the sky?" slate.com/culture/2010...
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The conference is next week!✨
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The conference is next week!✨
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Join us on 13–14 November for a rich two-day schedule of fascinating talks on animal behaviour 🦋🐟🐆
💻 Free, online & open to all worldwide
👉 Explore the program and register 🔗 ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag...
Reposted by Catherine Macri
Science isn't done until it's shared! 🔬🌍 Make your research matter beyond the lab & join our outreach workshop at 12:00GMT, 13 Nov at #ABL2025
With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub)
Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub)
Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Science isn't done until it's shared! 🔬🌍 Make your research matter beyond the lab & join our outreach workshop at 12:00GMT, 13 Nov at #ABL2025
With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub)
Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub)
Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
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Make your science heard 🎙️🌍
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Make your science heard 🎙️🌍
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join our second outreach workshop on 14 Nov #ABL2025 at 12:00 GMT, with oceanographer, marine ecologist & communicator Sakina-Dorothée Ayata, sharing how to choose the right media for the right audience.
Free registration ➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
I will have the opportunity to chair this amazing workshop session during the ABL annual online conference. Please register, it's free! 😊
Science isn't done until it's shared! 🔬🌍 Make your research matter beyond the lab & join our outreach workshop at 12:00GMT, 13 Nov at #ABL2025
With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub)
Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub)
Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I will have the opportunity to chair this amazing workshop session during the ABL annual online conference. Please register, it's free! 😊
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🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2025! ✨🌍
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2025! ✨🌍
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Reposted by Catherine Macri
See last article on "The cognitive side of communication in social insects", just published in @TrendsCognSci . Free access under this link!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
September 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
See last article on "The cognitive side of communication in social insects", just published in @TrendsCognSci . Free access under this link!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Reposted by Catherine Macri
ICYMI : #ASABWinter2025 will take place from December 15-16, once again in lovely Edinburgh!
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
Registration is now open 🎉 Abstract submission deadline for posters and talks is August 29 🏃♀️🏃🏃♂️
More information here: asabwinter.github.io/2025/
August 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Anna Stöckl @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social ⭐
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how Dr Stöckl’s team @insect-vision.bsky.social unravelled the fascinating ways in which pollinators see the hidden patterns of flowers.🦋🌻
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how Dr Stöckl’s team @insect-vision.bsky.social unravelled the fascinating ways in which pollinators see the hidden patterns of flowers.🦋🌻
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Anna Stöckl @anna-stoeckl.bsky.social ⭐
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how Dr Stöckl’s team @insect-vision.bsky.social unravelled the fascinating ways in which pollinators see the hidden patterns of flowers.🦋🌻
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how Dr Stöckl’s team @insect-vision.bsky.social unravelled the fascinating ways in which pollinators see the hidden patterns of flowers.🦋🌻
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
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#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy ⭐
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how @avispatica.bsky.social Dr Mora-Kepfer Uy’s team uncovered captivating ways in which parasites reprogram the behaviour and lifespan of insects. 🐝🪱
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how @avispatica.bsky.social Dr Mora-Kepfer Uy’s team uncovered captivating ways in which parasites reprogram the behaviour and lifespan of insects. 🐝🪱
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
August 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#ABL2025 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy ⭐
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how @avispatica.bsky.social Dr Mora-Kepfer Uy’s team uncovered captivating ways in which parasites reprogram the behaviour and lifespan of insects. 🐝🪱
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Join us on Nov 13-14 to learn how @avispatica.bsky.social Dr Mora-Kepfer Uy’s team uncovered captivating ways in which parasites reprogram the behaviour and lifespan of insects. 🐝🪱
Learn more about the conference: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Reposted by Catherine Macri
✨3 months until our online conference ! ✨
Discover our amazing plenary speakers in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌
Free registrations here : ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviour #ethology #onlineconference #ABL2025
Discover our amazing plenary speakers in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌
Free registrations here : ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviour #ethology #onlineconference #ABL2025
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
✨3 months until our online conference ! ✨
Discover our amazing plenary speakers in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌
Free registrations here : ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviour #ethology #onlineconference #ABL2025
Discover our amazing plenary speakers in this video! Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested in attending. 🙌
Free registrations here : ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
#animalbehaviour #ethology #onlineconference #ABL2025
Reposted by Catherine Macri
See our new work on "Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F". A great study by Rafael Carvalho da Silva under the supervision of Gabriela de Brito sanchez, with the essential contribution of David Baracchi.
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Neuropeptides are crucial molecules in the nervous system, regulating various biological
processes. Neuropeptide F (NPF) and its shorter form, short neuropeptide F (sNPF),
serve functions in invertebr...
doi.org
August 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
See our new work on "Seasonal and nutritional modulation of honeybee olfactory learning by the short neuropeptide F". A great study by Rafael Carvalho da Silva under the supervision of Gabriela de Brito sanchez, with the essential contribution of David Baracchi.
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Reposted by Catherine Macri
See our latest paper in @iScience_CP on opsin type distribution in the ommatidia and ocelli of the 3 castes of the honey bee (workers, queens and drones). A fantastic worker done by A. Durand, S. Larnaudie, D. Champleovier, B. Ronsin & Isabelle Lafon
cell.com/iscience/fullt…
cell.com/iscience/fullt…
July 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
See our latest paper in @iScience_CP on opsin type distribution in the ommatidia and ocelli of the 3 castes of the honey bee (workers, queens and drones). A fantastic worker done by A. Durand, S. Larnaudie, D. Champleovier, B. Ronsin & Isabelle Lafon
cell.com/iscience/fullt…
cell.com/iscience/fullt…
Reposted by Catherine Macri
📣 SEMINAR TODAY! 🐜
Join us at 14:00 GMT for Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces' talk on how leaf-cutting ants build and climate-control their nests! 🌿
📍 Live on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...
✅ Free & open to all!
#AnimalBehaviour #LeafCuttingAnts #NestArchitecture
Join us at 14:00 GMT for Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces' talk on how leaf-cutting ants build and climate-control their nests! 🌿
📍 Live on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...
✅ Free & open to all!
#AnimalBehaviour #LeafCuttingAnts #NestArchitecture
Seminar Series 2025: 3. Dr. Flavio Roces
YouTube video by Animal Behaviour Live
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
📣 SEMINAR TODAY! 🐜
Join us at 14:00 GMT for Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces' talk on how leaf-cutting ants build and climate-control their nests! 🌿
📍 Live on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...
✅ Free & open to all!
#AnimalBehaviour #LeafCuttingAnts #NestArchitecture
Join us at 14:00 GMT for Prof. Dr. Flavio Roces' talk on how leaf-cutting ants build and climate-control their nests! 🌿
📍 Live on YouTube → www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORc...
✅ Free & open to all!
#AnimalBehaviour #LeafCuttingAnts #NestArchitecture
Reposted by Catherine Macri
We’re excited to announce @avispatica.bsky.social (Univ. of Rochester) as a plenary speaker at #ABL2025! 🙌
Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy’s talk will explore how parasites reprogram social wasps—revealing deep insights into plasticity, manipulation & coevolution. 🐝
#HostParasite #Parasitism #Coevolution
Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy’s talk will explore how parasites reprogram social wasps—revealing deep insights into plasticity, manipulation & coevolution. 🐝
#HostParasite #Parasitism #Coevolution
July 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM