Cintia A. Oi
@cintiaoi.bsky.social
Biologist, Postdoc @UCL, Scientific associate @NHM, passionate about nature, science and especially wasps
Check out our interview to UCL!! @idrisadams.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social
When a world-class zoology museum says: "We'd like to make an exhibition all about wasps; will you help us?" you have to pinch yourself to know it's real!
#WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
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#WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
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Interview: UCL’s wasp experts talk about the research behind the Grant Museum’s latest exhibition
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed the Grant Museum of Zoology’s latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Check out our interview to UCL!! @idrisadams.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social
Thanks @tannisdavidson.bsky.social !! Great to see all the effort for the World of Wasps!! I’ve been living a dream!!!
It has been an enormous pleasure to work with @uclcber.bsky.social wasp dream team @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social and @idrisadams.bsky.social to highlight their amazing research in this world first exhibition on #wasps!
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
October 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thanks @tannisdavidson.bsky.social !! Great to see all the effort for the World of Wasps!! I’ve been living a dream!!!
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World of Wasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social is open! Over a year in the making by this incredible team, the exhibition features displays, virtual reality, projections and paper sculptures drawing upon @uclcber.bsky.social research @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
World of Wasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social is open! Over a year in the making by this incredible team, the exhibition features displays, virtual reality, projections and paper sculptures drawing upon @uclcber.bsky.social research @waspwoman.bsky.social @cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
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Huge thanks to @tannisdavidson.bsky.social and team for making the impossible dream come true:
THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION!
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social...
@cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION!
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social...
@cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Huge thanks to @tannisdavidson.bsky.social and team for making the impossible dream come true:
THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION!
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social...
@cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
THE WORLD'S FIRST ART-SCIENCE WASP EXHIBITION!
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
...from wasp researchers behind #WorldOfWasps @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social...
@cintiaoi.bsky.social @idrisadams.bsky.social
Took home 2nd place at #Entofashion!!
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Took home 2nd place at #Entofashion!!
At #Ento25, I signed The Obligation Book as I became a fellow at RES @royentsoc.bsky.social! Same book is signed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace! Such an Honour!
September 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
At #Ento25, I signed The Obligation Book as I became a fellow at RES @royentsoc.bsky.social! Same book is signed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace! Such an Honour!
I had a fantastic time this week at #Ento25 in Glasgow organized by @royentsoc.bsky.social. I presented a poster based on data generated our PhD student @femi-benny.bsky.social (with @waspwoman.bsky.social)! Thank to @ucl.ac.uk and @uclcber.bsky.social for the funding Research Progression Grant!
September 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I had a fantastic time this week at #Ento25 in Glasgow organized by @royentsoc.bsky.social. I presented a poster based on data generated our PhD student @femi-benny.bsky.social (with @waspwoman.bsky.social)! Thank to @ucl.ac.uk and @uclcber.bsky.social for the funding Research Progression Grant!
Amazing of what this tiny wasps can do! thanks for the incredible footage @whistlingjoe.bsky.social!!
Ammophila Sandwasps can march a long way to find their burrows. When you get down to their level you realise theirs is a world of awkward obstacles to be overcome
#DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social
youtu.be/QXcjGRxY7BI @cintiaoi.bsky.social
#DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @waspwoman.bsky.social
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Ammophila Sandwasp marching with caterpillar
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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August 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Amazing of what this tiny wasps can do! thanks for the incredible footage @whistlingjoe.bsky.social!!
Happy to be back at Manaus to present my work, participate in a workshop, see my friends, find some wasps and visit the FOREST!!! #wasplove @uclcber.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Happy to be back at Manaus to present my work, participate in a workshop, see my friends, find some wasps and visit the FOREST!!! #wasplove @uclcber.bsky.social
happy to be part at @uclcber.bsky.social and spread #wasplove!!
This Monday, @cintiaoi.bsky.social gave us a glimpse into her fascinating research! 🧠🐝 She took us through her field expeditions and the challenges of working with stinging insects—experiences that are shaping the questions she asks about wasp behaviour. Thanks for such an engaging talk!
May 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
happy to be part at @uclcber.bsky.social and spread #wasplove!!
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1/2 Episodic memory in parasitoid wasps
Although traditionally associated with large-brained animals, Ammophila pubescens females have memory of the three key elements: who, when and where characteristic of episodic memory.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
Although traditionally associated with large-brained animals, Ammophila pubescens females have memory of the three key elements: who, when and where characteristic of episodic memory.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
May 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
1/2 Episodic memory in parasitoid wasps
Although traditionally associated with large-brained animals, Ammophila pubescens females have memory of the three key elements: who, when and where characteristic of episodic memory.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
Although traditionally associated with large-brained animals, Ammophila pubescens females have memory of the three key elements: who, when and where characteristic of episodic memory.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Scientists as political advocates | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists as political advocates
Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...
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February 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Scientists as political advocates | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wasps, hydrocarbons and brood - review by @mischocarvalhus.bsky.social
#wasplove
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#wasplove
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The multifaceted role of brood communication in wasp societies
The family Vespidae represents a key group to understand the evolutionary trajectory of social behavior in insects, as these wasps display the entire …
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January 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Wasps, hydrocarbons and brood - review by @mischocarvalhus.bsky.social
#wasplove
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#wasplove
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Visit our updated lab website: sumnerlab.co.uk and get to know more about our research at @uclcber.bsky.social
The Sumner Lab – Insect Research Group, University College London
Insect Research Group, University College London
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January 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Visit our updated lab website: sumnerlab.co.uk and get to know more about our research at @uclcber.bsky.social
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Lovely to see some of my ice-skating Bittern footage from @rspbminsmere.bsky.social shown on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social tonight. Can't believe poor @jabaddams.bsky.social still hasn't seen one!
youtu.be/4k9Nach2NZc
youtu.be/4k9Nach2NZc
Bittern on Ice
YouTube video by Steve “Whistling Joe” Everett
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January 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lovely to see some of my ice-skating Bittern footage from @rspbminsmere.bsky.social shown on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social tonight. Can't believe poor @jabaddams.bsky.social still hasn't seen one!
youtu.be/4k9Nach2NZc
youtu.be/4k9Nach2NZc
#waspday at @NHM London!! look this amazing Polybia nest!!! thanks @gavinbroad.bsky.social with @waspwoman.bsky.social @femi-benny.bsky.social @ionace.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 11:59 PM
#waspday at @NHM London!! look this amazing Polybia nest!!! thanks @gavinbroad.bsky.social with @waspwoman.bsky.social @femi-benny.bsky.social @ionace.bsky.social
