Charlie Woodrow
@charliezoology.bsky.social
Postdoc - Pollination Biomechanics
Evolution 🧬 Ecology 🪻🐝 Entomology 🦗 Paleontology 🦴 Views own. he/him.
Evolution 🧬 Ecology 🪻🐝 Entomology 🦗 Paleontology 🦴 Views own. he/him.
Pinned
Increasing temperatures affect thoracic muscle performance in Arctic bumblebees - Nature Communications
Increasing temperatures threaten cold-adapted pollinators such as Arctic bumblebees by disrupting their physiology. This study found that thorax acceleration during non-flight vibrations peaks at 25 °...
www.nature.com
Just out! 📄
The labs of @nicrodemo.bsky.social (Uppsala) and Emily Baird (Stockholm) studied the temperature sensitivity of bee buzzes 🐝
Key findings:
- Frequency is driven by thorax temp
- Air temps > 25 C affect muscle function
- Little/no effect of species
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The labs of @nicrodemo.bsky.social (Uppsala) and Emily Baird (Stockholm) studied the temperature sensitivity of bee buzzes 🐝
Key findings:
- Frequency is driven by thorax temp
- Air temps > 25 C affect muscle function
- Little/no effect of species
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
⏰ Only a few days left!
Join our free webinar Creating positive laboratory learning environments on 19 Nov (14:00–15:00 GMT) with Dr Sarah Rayment.
Learn how to boost student confidence & engagement in labs. Register here:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
Join our free webinar Creating positive laboratory learning environments on 19 Nov (14:00–15:00 GMT) with Dr Sarah Rayment.
Learn how to boost student confidence & engagement in labs. Register here:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
Only a few days left to register for the OED Webinar 2: Creating positive laboratory learning environments
Join us and Sarah Rayment on 19 November 2025 🗓️
www.sebiology.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
⏰ Only a few days left!
Join our free webinar Creating positive laboratory learning environments on 19 Nov (14:00–15:00 GMT) with Dr Sarah Rayment.
Learn how to boost student confidence & engagement in labs. Register here:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
Join our free webinar Creating positive laboratory learning environments on 19 Nov (14:00–15:00 GMT) with Dr Sarah Rayment.
Learn how to boost student confidence & engagement in labs. Register here:
www.sebiology.org/resource/onl...
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Another superb example of #biomimicry reinforcing the intrinsic significance of protecting all biodiversity including the newts, bats & invertebrates demonised as barriers to development by Rachel Reeves
As this study demonstrates one day they may literally save your life.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
As this study demonstrates one day they may literally save your life.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Smart cutting system used by female sawflies could transform surgery and reduce patient harm
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have unlocked the secret behind how female sawflies make specific cuts to plants—a discovery that could revolutionize surgical instruments and dramatically reduce ...
phys.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Another superb example of #biomimicry reinforcing the intrinsic significance of protecting all biodiversity including the newts, bats & invertebrates demonised as barriers to development by Rachel Reeves
As this study demonstrates one day they may literally save your life.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
As this study demonstrates one day they may literally save your life.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Just out! 📄
The labs of @nicrodemo.bsky.social (Uppsala) and Emily Baird (Stockholm) studied the temperature sensitivity of bee buzzes 🐝
Key findings:
- Frequency is driven by thorax temp
- Air temps > 25 C affect muscle function
- Little/no effect of species
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The labs of @nicrodemo.bsky.social (Uppsala) and Emily Baird (Stockholm) studied the temperature sensitivity of bee buzzes 🐝
Key findings:
- Frequency is driven by thorax temp
- Air temps > 25 C affect muscle function
- Little/no effect of species
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing temperatures affect thoracic muscle performance in Arctic bumblebees - Nature Communications
Increasing temperatures threaten cold-adapted pollinators such as Arctic bumblebees by disrupting their physiology. This study found that thorax acceleration during non-flight vibrations peaks at 25 °...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just out! 📄
The labs of @nicrodemo.bsky.social (Uppsala) and Emily Baird (Stockholm) studied the temperature sensitivity of bee buzzes 🐝
Key findings:
- Frequency is driven by thorax temp
- Air temps > 25 C affect muscle function
- Little/no effect of species
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The labs of @nicrodemo.bsky.social (Uppsala) and Emily Baird (Stockholm) studied the temperature sensitivity of bee buzzes 🐝
Key findings:
- Frequency is driven by thorax temp
- Air temps > 25 C affect muscle function
- Little/no effect of species
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Over 400,000 beetle species exist, but how are they related? 🐞
Join Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social ( @nhm-london.bsky.social ) on 15 Feb 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring efforts to map the global Beetle Tree of Life & uncover biodiversity patterns.
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-th...
Join Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social ( @nhm-london.bsky.social ) on 15 Feb 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring efforts to map the global Beetle Tree of Life & uncover biodiversity patterns.
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-th...
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Over 400,000 beetle species exist, but how are they related? 🐞
Join Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social ( @nhm-london.bsky.social ) on 15 Feb 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring efforts to map the global Beetle Tree of Life & uncover biodiversity patterns.
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-th...
Join Dr @beetlequeen.bsky.social ( @nhm-london.bsky.social ) on 15 Feb 2026 for a FREE webinar exploring efforts to map the global Beetle Tree of Life & uncover biodiversity patterns.
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-th...
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Expel the Israeli ambassador.
Shut down the embassy.
Sever all diplomatic relations with the genocidal apartheid state of Israel.
Shut down the embassy.
Sever all diplomatic relations with the genocidal apartheid state of Israel.
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Expel the Israeli ambassador.
Shut down the embassy.
Sever all diplomatic relations with the genocidal apartheid state of Israel.
Shut down the embassy.
Sever all diplomatic relations with the genocidal apartheid state of Israel.
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Share your research with us at the #BehaviourSIG conference this February 🪲
#CallForAbstracts - Submit your abstract for your chance to present a 15 minute talk or poster and network with fellow insect scientists at the meeting.
Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 Dec 2025 🔽
#CallForAbstracts - Submit your abstract for your chance to present a 15 minute talk or poster and network with fellow insect scientists at the meeting.
Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 Dec 2025 🔽
Emerging themes: Novel techniques in insect behaviour studies
We are excited to invite you to the next Behaviour SIG meeting at The Studio, Birmingham and online on 10 February 2026.
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Share your research with us at the #BehaviourSIG conference this February 🪲
#CallForAbstracts - Submit your abstract for your chance to present a 15 minute talk or poster and network with fellow insect scientists at the meeting.
Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 Dec 2025 🔽
#CallForAbstracts - Submit your abstract for your chance to present a 15 minute talk or poster and network with fellow insect scientists at the meeting.
Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 Dec 2025 🔽
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
🚨 Deadline fast approaching! Register for #OrthopteraSIG 2025 by Monday 🗓️
Join us at @nhm-london.bsky.social 5 November for a full day of talks, posters & #InsectScience 🦗
🔗 Register today 🔽
Join us at @nhm-london.bsky.social 5 November for a full day of talks, posters & #InsectScience 🦗
🔗 Register today 🔽
Orthoptera Special Interest Group (SIG) 2025
Join us at The Natural History Museum, London for the Royal Entomological Society’s annual Orthoptera meeting about grasshopper and cricket research, conservation, recording and more.
Our Orthoptera Special Interest Group (SIG) provides a forum for the discussion of all aspects of research and outreach involving Orthoptera, including behaviour, physiology, acoustics, ecology and taxonomy. The programme includes around ten short talks, with posters and livestock presented during refreshment breaks. The meeting is followed by an optional supper and drinks in the NHM common room.
We welcome contributions from all enthusiasts, students, academics, and other professionals.
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🚨 Deadline fast approaching! Register for #OrthopteraSIG 2025 by Monday 🗓️
Join us at @nhm-london.bsky.social 5 November for a full day of talks, posters & #InsectScience 🦗
🔗 Register today 🔽
Join us at @nhm-london.bsky.social 5 November for a full day of talks, posters & #InsectScience 🦗
🔗 Register today 🔽
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I cannot believe our work is finally out there and in @journal-evo.bsky.social ! This was an enormous group effort!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
We provide an updated estimate of the number of buzz pollinated angiosperm species, genera, and families, look at consequences for diversification, number of transitions, and more!
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Not only will you be getting first hand experience in how societies are run behind the scenes but all the connections and opportunities that come will the role are unmatched!
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
📣🐞 Vacancy for a @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Representative! 🐞📣
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Join @idrisadams.bsky.social & @envirosyment.bsky.social for one of the best opportunities around! Contribute to the RES and organise events, such as the renowned Student Forum
Deadline: 5/10/25
www.royensoc.co.uk/opportunitie...
Student Representative vacancy 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
The Royal Entomological Society is recruiting one new volunteer to be a Student Representative. The 1-2 year role includes helping to organise the annual Student Forum with RES staff, and providing up...
www.royensoc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not only will you be getting first hand experience in how societies are run behind the scenes but all the connections and opportunities that come will the role are unmatched!
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
@idrisadams.bsky.social and I will be ready to bring you up to speed on everything to do with the position! 🪲🐝🐞
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Big thanks to my colleagues at UKCEH for supporting yesterday's #MacmillanCoffeeMorning in memory of my Dad.
Together we raised over £650, edging me closer to my new target of £3000. Ready for Cardiff Half next weekend!
www.justgiving.com/page/mighty-... 💚
Together we raised over £650, edging me closer to my new target of £3000. Ready for Cardiff Half next weekend!
www.justgiving.com/page/mighty-... 💚
September 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Big thanks to my colleagues at UKCEH for supporting yesterday's #MacmillanCoffeeMorning in memory of my Dad.
Together we raised over £650, edging me closer to my new target of £3000. Ready for Cardiff Half next weekend!
www.justgiving.com/page/mighty-... 💚
Together we raised over £650, edging me closer to my new target of £3000. Ready for Cardiff Half next weekend!
www.justgiving.com/page/mighty-... 💚
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Today, we are hosting the Gaza Tribunal.
We are going to uncover the full truth about this government’s complicity in genocide.
Follow it live NOW here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
We are going to uncover the full truth about this government’s complicity in genocide.
Follow it live NOW here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
The Gaza Tribunal - Day One
YouTube video by Project for Peace & Justice by Jeremy Corbyn
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, we are hosting the Gaza Tribunal.
We are going to uncover the full truth about this government’s complicity in genocide.
Follow it live NOW here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
We are going to uncover the full truth about this government’s complicity in genocide.
Follow it live NOW here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
This is so cool! Ant queens that can be the parent of two distinct species! 🐜🐜 The authors term this xenoparity.
Nature once again reminding us that it does not care about our classification systems... 😅
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nature once again reminding us that it does not care about our classification systems... 😅
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is so cool! Ant queens that can be the parent of two distinct species! 🐜🐜 The authors term this xenoparity.
Nature once again reminding us that it does not care about our classification systems... 😅
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nature once again reminding us that it does not care about our classification systems... 😅
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Our recent report, Decades of Deceit, comprehensively documents how major fossil fuel companies have misled the public and prevented climate action. We created a timeline that shows a small selection of their actions. Explore it here:
The Damning Records the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You to See
Fossil fuel companies foresaw the devastating impacts of climate change more than 60 years ago.
www.ucs.org
August 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Our recent report, Decades of Deceit, comprehensively documents how major fossil fuel companies have misled the public and prevented climate action. We created a timeline that shows a small selection of their actions. Explore it here:
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Uppsala University donated yesterday to our Museum hundreds of zoology posters previously used for teaching, most of them dating back to 1840-1890s ! What a treasure! I can't wait to sort them 🤩
April 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Uppsala University donated yesterday to our Museum hundreds of zoology posters previously used for teaching, most of them dating back to 1840-1890s ! What a treasure! I can't wait to sort them 🤩
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global
As the genocide in Gaza gets worse by the day and the governments and institutions fail the Palestinian people, the free people of the world are trying their best to maintain solidarity and to create ...
chuffed.org
August 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...
It's that time of year again in Uppsala! 🍄🍄 #forage #chanterelle
August 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's that time of year again in Uppsala! 🍄🍄 #forage #chanterelle
Some bees busy out for #InsectWeek 2025 ! 🐝🪰🪲🦗
June 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Some bees busy out for #InsectWeek 2025 ! 🐝🪰🪲🦗
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
It's #InsectWeek!
Why not celebrate by reading the latest #VirtualIssue on #InsectDecline and #Conservation?
It's full of new research collected from across our seven journals, by some of those who #StandTallForTheSmall.
buff.ly/FG0L9RE
Get involved! @royentsoc.bsky.social
@wiley.com
Why not celebrate by reading the latest #VirtualIssue on #InsectDecline and #Conservation?
It's full of new research collected from across our seven journals, by some of those who #StandTallForTheSmall.
buff.ly/FG0L9RE
Get involved! @royentsoc.bsky.social
@wiley.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's #InsectWeek!
Why not celebrate by reading the latest #VirtualIssue on #InsectDecline and #Conservation?
It's full of new research collected from across our seven journals, by some of those who #StandTallForTheSmall.
buff.ly/FG0L9RE
Get involved! @royentsoc.bsky.social
@wiley.com
Why not celebrate by reading the latest #VirtualIssue on #InsectDecline and #Conservation?
It's full of new research collected from across our seven journals, by some of those who #StandTallForTheSmall.
buff.ly/FG0L9RE
Get involved! @royentsoc.bsky.social
@wiley.com
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
In her Perspective, Emilie Snell-Rood discusses the value of basic science, using the Morpho butterfly as an example of how this type of research has driven later innovation & highlights the value of government and institutional support for basic research
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
June 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In her Perspective, Emilie Snell-Rood discusses the value of basic science, using the Morpho butterfly as an example of how this type of research has driven later innovation & highlights the value of government and institutional support for basic research
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society
The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…
buff.ly
June 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
All prepared and ready to talk Brilliant Beetles at RHS Wisley Hilltop 11:00 am, celebrating #InsectWeek @royentsoc.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
All prepared and ready to talk Brilliant Beetles at RHS Wisley Hilltop 11:00 am, celebrating #InsectWeek @royentsoc.bsky.social
It's #InsectWeek 2025! Don't forget to take a moment to celebrate the small things we all depend on, including those yet to be discovered!
June 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It's #InsectWeek 2025! Don't forget to take a moment to celebrate the small things we all depend on, including those yet to be discovered!
Reposted by Charlie Woodrow
Welcome all to Day 1! 🐝
To mark the start of #InsectWeek 2025, we're calling on the public to #StandTallForTheSmall & take the Insect Week pledge - a commitment to discover, observe & protect insects in all their fascinating variety 🐝
Sign the pledge and get a free poster 🔽
@ukceh.bsky.social
To mark the start of #InsectWeek 2025, we're calling on the public to #StandTallForTheSmall & take the Insect Week pledge - a commitment to discover, observe & protect insects in all their fascinating variety 🐝
Sign the pledge and get a free poster 🔽
@ukceh.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Welcome all to Day 1! 🐝
To mark the start of #InsectWeek 2025, we're calling on the public to #StandTallForTheSmall & take the Insect Week pledge - a commitment to discover, observe & protect insects in all their fascinating variety 🐝
Sign the pledge and get a free poster 🔽
@ukceh.bsky.social
To mark the start of #InsectWeek 2025, we're calling on the public to #StandTallForTheSmall & take the Insect Week pledge - a commitment to discover, observe & protect insects in all their fascinating variety 🐝
Sign the pledge and get a free poster 🔽
@ukceh.bsky.social