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Investigating the mechanisms driving trophic interactions using nucleotides, networks and nutrients at Newcastle University 🕸🍽🧬 Posts by @JordanCuff.bsky.social
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FERG News September 2025
Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! Alongside all of the various field experiments well under way, we’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new article…
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Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! We’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new articles and protocols and more! 🏞️📃🧪
Check out our latest news post and subscribe on our homepage for email updates!
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Check out our latest news post and subscribe on our homepage for email updates!
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Thanks, Josie, for running such a great workshop! So many great discussions and exciting things to come! 🐟🕸️🏞️
This week was full of training, workshops and seminars. @leopoldadrianus.bsky.social taught the group ecomorphology, @ecoinvasions.bsky.social gave an insightful lecture on context dependent invasion impacts
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Thanks, Josie, for running such a great workshop! So many great discussions and exciting things to come! 🐟🕸️🏞️
We've really enjoyed having @maximuminsect.bsky.social join us for #EcoNet2025, #Ento25 and for a joint group meeting with @nclneg.bsky.social! See you soon, Max!
Thanks to Max Tercel for chairing a session at #EcoNet2025 and for giving a talk to us and @foragingecology.bsky.social at our joint group meeting on Monday
September 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We've really enjoyed having @maximuminsect.bsky.social join us for #EcoNet2025, #Ento25 and for a joint group meeting with @nclneg.bsky.social! See you soon, Max!
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I had a great time talking to #Ento25 about peer review! We even had them peer reviewing some mock papers and they all did exceptionally well!
Workshops are underway at #Ento25 with EiC of Agricultural & Forest #Entomology @jordancuff.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social leading on The Priorities and Pitfalls of Good #PeerReview 🐛
#Glasgow #Education #Research #Science #Insects #InsectScience #Publications #PhD #STEM #RESAgForestEnt
#Glasgow #Education #Research #Science #Insects #InsectScience #Publications #PhD #STEM #RESAgForestEnt
September 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I had a great time talking to #Ento25 about peer review! We even had them peer reviewing some mock papers and they all did exceptionally well!
Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! We’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new articles and protocols and more! 🏞️📃🧪
Check out our latest news post and subscribe on our homepage for email updates!
foragingecology.com/2025/09/04/f...
Check out our latest news post and subscribe on our homepage for email updates!
foragingecology.com/2025/09/04/f...
FERG News September 2025
Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! Alongside all of the various field experiments well under way, we’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new article…
foragingecology.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Another month of fieldwork and fun here in FERG! We’ve had some exciting adventures to conferences and courses, some new articles and protocols and more! 🏞️📃🧪
Check out our latest news post and subscribe on our homepage for email updates!
foragingecology.com/2025/09/04/f...
Check out our latest news post and subscribe on our homepage for email updates!
foragingecology.com/2025/09/04/f...
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Thanks to Max Tercel for chairing a session at #EcoNet2025 and for giving a talk to us and @foragingecology.bsky.social at our joint group meeting on Monday
September 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thanks to Max Tercel for chairing a session at #EcoNet2025 and for giving a talk to us and @foragingecology.bsky.social at our joint group meeting on Monday
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What a buzzing time at #EcoNet2025! Was thrilled to get to share some of my PhD work and to meet so many lovely researchers! Thanks so much to all the organizers.
@foragingecology.bsky.social with a strong showing and a prize winning talk by @beatricedale.bsky.social 🐝🌳
@foragingecology.bsky.social with a strong showing and a prize winning talk by @beatricedale.bsky.social 🐝🌳
September 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
What a buzzing time at #EcoNet2025! Was thrilled to get to share some of my PhD work and to meet so many lovely researchers! Thanks so much to all the organizers.
@foragingecology.bsky.social with a strong showing and a prize winning talk by @beatricedale.bsky.social 🐝🌳
@foragingecology.bsky.social with a strong showing and a prize winning talk by @beatricedale.bsky.social 🐝🌳
Check out what Rosy's up to in the field! Some great samples on their way back to Newcastle soon! 🤩🕷️🕸️
June 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Check out what Rosy's up to in the field! Some great samples on their way back to Newcastle soon! 🤩🕷️🕸️
What's going on in FERG?!
Find out in our monthly news post!
foragingecology.com/2025/06/08/f...
Some incredible updates and photos from the group, including new papers, fieldwork antics and outreach programmes! There's even a foraging logic puzzle to have a go at.
Find out in our monthly news post!
foragingecology.com/2025/06/08/f...
Some incredible updates and photos from the group, including new papers, fieldwork antics and outreach programmes! There's even a foraging logic puzzle to have a go at.
FERG News June 2025
It’s been another busy month, with plenty of fieldwork underway, some new faces and some nice new outputs! Read below for all of the recent updates, some other things we’d like to share…
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June 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
What's going on in FERG?!
Find out in our monthly news post!
foragingecology.com/2025/06/08/f...
Some incredible updates and photos from the group, including new papers, fieldwork antics and outreach programmes! There's even a foraging logic puzzle to have a go at.
Find out in our monthly news post!
foragingecology.com/2025/06/08/f...
Some incredible updates and photos from the group, including new papers, fieldwork antics and outreach programmes! There's even a foraging logic puzzle to have a go at.
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After such a great response to #spiderspies yesterday and so many people sharing it, I've already had 6 responses in just one day, and 3 people have requested sample kits! So I'll be making a trip to the post office this afternoon to get those sent out to people 🕷️✉️ spider mail here we come
May 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
After such a great response to #spiderspies yesterday and so many people sharing it, I've already had 6 responses in just one day, and 3 people have requested sample kits! So I'll be making a trip to the post office this afternoon to get those sent out to people 🕷️✉️ spider mail here we come
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Further information about the scheme can be found here foragingecology.com/spider-spies/ along with links to our recording form.
Please feel free to ask me any questions about the scheme, the spiders or the work I'm doing with them!
Please feel free to ask me any questions about the scheme, the spiders or the work I'm doing with them!
Spider Spies
Welcome to Spider Spies! Flower crab spiders (Misumena vatia) love to live in flower verges, which are great for pollinators, biodiversity buffer zones and natural pest control. We want to find out…
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May 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Further information about the scheme can be found here foragingecology.com/spider-spies/ along with links to our recording form.
Please feel free to ask me any questions about the scheme, the spiders or the work I'm doing with them!
Please feel free to ask me any questions about the scheme, the spiders or the work I'm doing with them!
🚨WHERE ARE THE CRAB SPIDERS?🚨
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
Hi everyone, I am launching a community science scheme "Spider Spies" where we are asking you, to send us pictures and if you're keen and able samples of Misumena vatia, the Flower Crab Spider to investigate their interactions with their host flowers and the invertebrate community around them.
May 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🚨WHERE ARE THE CRAB SPIDERS?🚨
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
If you spot any crab spiders on flowers, help out @envirosyment.bsky.social by sending in photos and, even better, live spiders! This will help inform her important research on the weird and wonderful interactions between invertebrate predators and plants!
We had a great time last week putting up experimental lamp posts at one of the university's experimental farms for @miacroftento.bsky.social's upcoming artificial light experiments! We even had a mining bee digging its hole near ours - perhaps setting up their own lamp posts! 💡🐝
April 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We had a great time last week putting up experimental lamp posts at one of the university's experimental farms for @miacroftento.bsky.social's upcoming artificial light experiments! We even had a mining bee digging its hole near ours - perhaps setting up their own lamp posts! 💡🐝
What beautiful scenery! 🤩 Lots of exciting things ahead for Broghan!
The woodpasture at Hepple Wilds really was showing off its early spring best for laser scanning! Can’t wait to return with @jordancuff.bsky.social in the summer for a final set of 🌳🕷️🪻data for my PhD. So excited for the collaboration as part of my work with @foragingecology.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
What beautiful scenery! 🤩 Lots of exciting things ahead for Broghan!
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Also found some great carabid #beetles up here, although this one was not so happy and did try to make a meal out of my finger 🪲
Fairly certain this is a pterostichus but not sure on the species so will be sending over to @chrisfoster.bsky.social and the recording scheme
Fairly certain this is a pterostichus but not sure on the species so will be sending over to @chrisfoster.bsky.social and the recording scheme
April 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Also found some great carabid #beetles up here, although this one was not so happy and did try to make a meal out of my finger 🪲
Fairly certain this is a pterostichus but not sure on the species so will be sending over to @chrisfoster.bsky.social and the recording scheme
Fairly certain this is a pterostichus but not sure on the species so will be sending over to @chrisfoster.bsky.social and the recording scheme
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We're really excited about these new article types!
Share your perspectives on the impact of policy on insects in agriculture and forestry! 📃🐝🐛
Publish new methods and applications of methods from other fields! 🧪🪲💻
Check out the updated guidelines and keep eyes peeled for more updates to come!
Share your perspectives on the impact of policy on insects in agriculture and forestry! 📃🐝🐛
Publish new methods and applications of methods from other fields! 🧪🪲💻
Check out the updated guidelines and keep eyes peeled for more updates to come!
We are delighted to announce the launch of several new article types in #RESAgForestEnt, creating a space for innovative new formats, including methods, applications & ‘policy insights’ articles
More info here🔽
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@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social
More info here🔽
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@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social
New Article Types Launched for Agricultural and Forest Entomology - Royal Entomological Society
The RES is delighted to announce that Agricultural and Forest Entomology (AFE) is launching several new article types, creating a space for different types of research and some innovative new formats…
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April 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We're really excited about these new article types!
Share your perspectives on the impact of policy on insects in agriculture and forestry! 📃🐝🐛
Publish new methods and applications of methods from other fields! 🧪🪲💻
Check out the updated guidelines and keep eyes peeled for more updates to come!
Share your perspectives on the impact of policy on insects in agriculture and forestry! 📃🐝🐛
Publish new methods and applications of methods from other fields! 🧪🪲💻
Check out the updated guidelines and keep eyes peeled for more updates to come!
Massive congrats to @envirosyment.bsky.social for being selected as the next @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Rep! 🎉🎓🪲
So excited to be joining the RES in this position, and looking forward to meeting and working with so many people at conferences and beyond!
Warmest welcome to @envirosyment.bsky.social, our newest Student Rep 🦋
Read more about Rosy 🔽
www.royensoc.co.uk/about-us/peo...
Read more about Rosy 🔽
www.royensoc.co.uk/about-us/peo...
April 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Massive congrats to @envirosyment.bsky.social for being selected as the next @royentsoc.bsky.social Student Rep! 🎉🎓🪲
Welcome to Bluesky, Broghan! 😃🚁🌳
Introduction time!
Hi, I’m Broghan a PhD student at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🇨🇦in🇬🇧
I study 🌳 #carbon and 🪻 #biodiversity in UK #agroforestry systems. A particular focus is on remote sensing of structural and multispectral diversity of vegetation as they relate to foraging ecology.
Hi, I’m Broghan a PhD student at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🇨🇦in🇬🇧
I study 🌳 #carbon and 🪻 #biodiversity in UK #agroforestry systems. A particular focus is on remote sensing of structural and multispectral diversity of vegetation as they relate to foraging ecology.
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Welcome to Bluesky, Broghan! 😃🚁🌳
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Hello all ☺️
I start new accounts with a quote that’s meaningful to me:
“Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used–not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.” - Elizabeth Gaskell
#ethics
I start new accounts with a quote that’s meaningful to me:
“Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used–not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.” - Elizabeth Gaskell
#ethics
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hello all ☺️
I start new accounts with a quote that’s meaningful to me:
“Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used–not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.” - Elizabeth Gaskell
#ethics
I start new accounts with a quote that’s meaningful to me:
“Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used–not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.” - Elizabeth Gaskell
#ethics
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Really wonderful talk from Chris on his journey through ecology and his current work. Will definitely be sending him and the carabid recording scheme all the carabid data from my master's work last year!
A warm welcome from all of us here at @uniofreading.bsky.social, all geared up and ready for the RES Student Forum 2025 🦋
Introducing our first Keynote, Chris Foster, with his talk: Going to ground: engaging students (and everyone) in carabid recording and research 🪲
#SF25
Introducing our first Keynote, Chris Foster, with his talk: Going to ground: engaging students (and everyone) in carabid recording and research 🪲
#SF25
March 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Really wonderful talk from Chris on his journey through ecology and his current work. Will definitely be sending him and the carabid recording scheme all the carabid data from my master's work last year!
Will, @envirosyment.bsky.social and @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social are having a great time at the @royentsoc.bsky.social #SF25 this week! Be sure to say hello if you're there! 🪱🕷️🐝 #StudentForum2025Squad
March 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Will, @envirosyment.bsky.social and @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social are having a great time at the @royentsoc.bsky.social #SF25 this week! Be sure to say hello if you're there! 🪱🕷️🐝 #StudentForum2025Squad
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It is truly an honour to be shortlisted for the Elton Prize! Reflecting on this paper for the blog was really nice - we had such a great time writing it and it's driving so much of what we're doing in @foragingecology.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
March 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It is truly an honour to be shortlisted for the Elton Prize! Reflecting on this paper for the blog was really nice - we had such a great time writing it and it's driving so much of what we're doing in @foragingecology.bsky.social!
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Great @sciencesncl.bsky.social Ecosystems PGR Seminar from our very own Will Dawson today about his PhD work using ecoacoustics and metagenomics to construct soil trophic networks! 🔊🪱🧬
February 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great @sciencesncl.bsky.social Ecosystems PGR Seminar from our very own Will Dawson today about his PhD work using ecoacoustics and metagenomics to construct soil trophic networks! 🔊🪱🧬
Great journal club today with friends from @nclneg.bsky.social! We talked about this excellent paper from Heger et al. in the latest issue of @oikosjournal.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1111/oik.... A great discussion on the importance of philosophy in ecology and how it informs and shapes our work!
doi.org/10.1111/oik.... A great discussion on the importance of philosophy in ecology and how it informs and shapes our work!
February 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great journal club today with friends from @nclneg.bsky.social! We talked about this excellent paper from Heger et al. in the latest issue of @oikosjournal.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1111/oik.... A great discussion on the importance of philosophy in ecology and how it informs and shapes our work!
doi.org/10.1111/oik.... A great discussion on the importance of philosophy in ecology and how it informs and shapes our work!
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a time to celebrate the incredible women that lead and drive our research!
@envirosyment.bsky.social, @miacroftento.bsky.social, Broghan and Yiran, our research and the group are what they are thanks to you and your expertise and dedication!
@envirosyment.bsky.social, @miacroftento.bsky.social, Broghan and Yiran, our research and the group are what they are thanks to you and your expertise and dedication!
February 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a time to celebrate the incredible women that lead and drive our research!
@envirosyment.bsky.social, @miacroftento.bsky.social, Broghan and Yiran, our research and the group are what they are thanks to you and your expertise and dedication!
@envirosyment.bsky.social, @miacroftento.bsky.social, Broghan and Yiran, our research and the group are what they are thanks to you and your expertise and dedication!