IsaacsLab
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News and views about berry crops entomology research and extension
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Dr. Mike Reinke presenting during the Viticulture Day drone show at SWMREC #extension #grape
July 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dr. Mike Reinke presenting during the Viticulture Day drone show at SWMREC #extension #grape
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🧪Thanks to Dr. Maxime Eeraerts for leading this study, and ALL the coauthors for their contributions🐝🫐🐝🫐🐝🫐
🧪Thanks to Dr. Maxime Eeraerts for leading this study, and ALL the coauthors for their contributions🐝🫐🐝🫐🐝🫐
July 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪Thanks to Dr. Maxime Eeraerts for leading this study, and ALL the coauthors for their contributions🐝🫐🐝🫐🐝🫐
🧪Thanks to Dr. Maxime Eeraerts for leading this study, and ALL the coauthors for their contributions🐝🫐🐝🫐🐝🫐
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𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓?
We are so happy to announce Bee Palooza 2025! Join us on Aug. 24th from 1-4pm. We will also be posting weekly with sneak peaks of our event and information in case you cant make it!
We are so happy to announce Bee Palooza 2025! Join us on Aug. 24th from 1-4pm. We will also be posting weekly with sneak peaks of our event and information in case you cant make it!
July 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒓?
We are so happy to announce Bee Palooza 2025! Join us on Aug. 24th from 1-4pm. We will also be posting weekly with sneak peaks of our event and information in case you cant make it!
We are so happy to announce Bee Palooza 2025! Join us on Aug. 24th from 1-4pm. We will also be posting weekly with sneak peaks of our event and information in case you cant make it!
🧪Early morning departure, to take these tiny pest-killing wasps out to farms for release #biocontrol
July 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧪Early morning departure, to take these tiny pest-killing wasps out to farms for release #biocontrol
Some days, research is about getting the right plastic box for your study. This is one of those days.
June 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Some days, research is about getting the right plastic box for your study. This is one of those days.
Berry trial assessment day - untreated vs treated🍓
June 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Berry trial assessment day - untreated vs treated🍓
From the manual: "This machine...is the answer to every Entomologist's dream"
June 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
From the manual: "This machine...is the answer to every Entomologist's dream"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New review of Leptopilina japonica's potential for SWD biocontrol, led by Dr. Rossi-Stacconi🇮🇹
New review of Leptopilina japonica's potential for SWD biocontrol, led by Dr. Rossi-Stacconi🇮🇹
Adventively established Leptopilina japonica: a new opportunity for augmentative biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii - Journal of Pest Science
The invasive spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, has emerged as a significant global pest over the past decade, threatening fruit production worldwide. The parasitoid Leptopilina japonica, pr...
link.springer.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New review of Leptopilina japonica's potential for SWD biocontrol, led by Dr. Rossi-Stacconi🇮🇹
New review of Leptopilina japonica's potential for SWD biocontrol, led by Dr. Rossi-Stacconi🇮🇹
A beautiful day for learning all about 💮+🐝=🫐 with the MSU Blueberry Team.
May 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A beautiful day for learning all about 💮+🐝=🫐 with the MSU Blueberry Team.
The home of The Very Handy Bee Manual is on the chopping block.
It must 🐝 saved!
It must 🐝 saved!
The legendary USGS Bee Lab is being shut down. The 2026 budget proposal defunds the Ecosystem Mission Area, which supported the lab. If their science helped your work, there’s still time to make your voice heard. Read below. (1/4)
🧪 #pollinators #Pollinators #USGS #Entomology #Hymenoptera 🪲🪳
🧪 #pollinators #Pollinators #USGS #Entomology #Hymenoptera 🪲🪳
USGS Bee Lab at the Eastern Ecological Science Center
The USGS Bee Lab supports research on native bees. As part of that program we and our co-located USFWS partners develop identification tools and keys for native bee species, take public access hi reso...
www.usgs.gov
May 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The home of The Very Handy Bee Manual is on the chopping block.
It must 🐝 saved!
It must 🐝 saved!
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Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
May 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Choose Science. Choose Europe.
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.
With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.
Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
The excellent farm crew planted 5 acres of tart cherry and apple trees today 🍒🍏
These will support future entomology studies to address insect pests issue 🐛🪲
Thanks to Michigan Tree Fruit Commission for making this possible!💰
These will support future entomology studies to address insect pests issue 🐛🪲
Thanks to Michigan Tree Fruit Commission for making this possible!💰
May 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The excellent farm crew planted 5 acres of tart cherry and apple trees today 🍒🍏
These will support future entomology studies to address insect pests issue 🐛🪲
Thanks to Michigan Tree Fruit Commission for making this possible!💰
These will support future entomology studies to address insect pests issue 🐛🪲
Thanks to Michigan Tree Fruit Commission for making this possible!💰
It's 70 degrees in April, so we are Go Green, Go White! for orchard pollination at the Trevor Nichols Research Center @msu-entomology.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's 70 degrees in April, so we are Go Green, Go White! for orchard pollination at the Trevor Nichols Research Center @msu-entomology.bsky.social
www.vineyardundergroundpodcast.com/vu069/
Check out this podcast about insect pests and beneficials, with Fritz Westover from Vineyard Underground.
Check out this podcast about insect pests and beneficials, with Fritz Westover from Vineyard Underground.
April 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
www.vineyardundergroundpodcast.com/vu069/
Check out this podcast about insect pests and beneficials, with Fritz Westover from Vineyard Underground.
Check out this podcast about insect pests and beneficials, with Fritz Westover from Vineyard Underground.
Extreme heat conditions in spring disrupt 🫐 pollen physiology and 🐝 development, as shown in this new study from @msu-entomology.bsky.social alumna Dr. Jenna Walters, collaborating with colleagues in the MSU Plant Resilience Institute www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Extreme heat conditions in spring disrupt 🫐 pollen physiology and 🐝 development, as shown in this new study from @msu-entomology.bsky.social alumna Dr. Jenna Walters, collaborating with colleagues in the MSU Plant Resilience Institute www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A perfect bluesky day for pruning blueberries 🫐
March 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A perfect bluesky day for pruning blueberries 🫐
70 degrees yesterday 🍏
March 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
70 degrees yesterday 🍏
As a collaborator with UMaine, this funding lockdown affects Michigan too #MI07
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
As a collaborator with UMaine, this funding lockdown affects Michigan too #MI07
Field Season 2025 is on!
March 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Field Season 2025 is on!
Spring is springing in The 517
March 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Spring is springing in The 517
Blue sky over San Diego, heading home from the International IPM Symposium.
March 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Blue sky over San Diego, heading home from the International IPM Symposium.
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As dismissals and program closures mount at agencies like the USDA-ARS, ripple effects will include more pests in fields, fewer pollinators, rising food costs, and more invasive species. Learn more in part one of a new series on impacts of cuts to federal funding for insect science. buff.ly/tzR2Ta7
The Far-Reaching Harms of Cuts to Entomological Research, Part 1
Pretending that federal cuts to entomological research will save money is like deciding to save on farming costs by not buying seeds—you're cutting the very foundation of future growth and…
entomologytoday.org
March 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As dismissals and program closures mount at agencies like the USDA-ARS, ripple effects will include more pests in fields, fewer pollinators, rising food costs, and more invasive species. Learn more in part one of a new series on impacts of cuts to federal funding for insect science. buff.ly/tzR2Ta7