James Pearce
@jamescpearce.bsky.social
#NC3Rs funded training fellow in the Wakefield lab at Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter. Developing genetic tools for Galleria mellonella 🐛. Co-director of Galleria mellonella Research Centre @gmrc.bsky.social /@gmrcUK - https://gmrcuk.org
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We have a funded NERC PhD studentship!
Selfish X chromosomes are these bizarre things where males carrying the selfish X suffer from imploding testes. Lots to do in this space, especially in evolutionary, stress, and infection biology.
Please share!
#PhDchat #AcademicSky @uniexecec.bsky.social
Selfish X chromosomes are these bizarre things where males carrying the selfish X suffer from imploding testes. Lots to do in this space, especially in evolutionary, stress, and infection biology.
Please share!
#PhDchat #AcademicSky @uniexecec.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We have a funded NERC PhD studentship!
Selfish X chromosomes are these bizarre things where males carrying the selfish X suffer from imploding testes. Lots to do in this space, especially in evolutionary, stress, and infection biology.
Please share!
#PhDchat #AcademicSky @uniexecec.bsky.social
Selfish X chromosomes are these bizarre things where males carrying the selfish X suffer from imploding testes. Lots to do in this space, especially in evolutionary, stress, and infection biology.
Please share!
#PhDchat #AcademicSky @uniexecec.bsky.social
Very patient wife entertained a visit to damp, slightly dilapidated velodrome, where the only other people present were playing blindfolded football. 148 days to go! #paris-roubaix2026
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Very patient wife entertained a visit to damp, slightly dilapidated velodrome, where the only other people present were playing blindfolded football. 148 days to go! #paris-roubaix2026
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中国国家留学基金委和英国埃克塞特大学合作奖学金（博士生项目）
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
PhD studentship for interested chinese nationals funded by the China Scholarship Council!
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
Come work with us to investigate how innate immunity works in an important agricultural pest, and disentangle how the immune system evolves. 🇬🇧🇨🇳
For more info, see: bit.ly/4ntrsEe
#Drosophila #Aphid #Immunity
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
中国国家留学基金委和英国埃克塞特大学合作奖学金（博士生项目）
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
There is still time to apply for this China Scholarship Council PhD opportunity.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
Interested students please email at the email in the advertisement below.
Thanks for circulating!
#Drosophila #Aphid #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
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We’ve got a couple of PhD projects open. Including one with the lovely @adamgrieve.bsky.social and @scholpplab.bsky.social on Rhbdl proteins in #zebrafish which is open to UK and international students tinyurl.com/fishprotease
Funded PhD SWBio DTP- (STANDARD) Brains, Blades, and Zebrafish: Dissecting Rhomboid Protease Roles in Neuronal Development and Signalling at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD SWBio DTP- (STANDARD) Brains, Blades, and Zebrafish: Dissecting Rhomboid Protease Roles in Neuronal Development and Signalling at University of Bristol...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
We’ve got a couple of PhD projects open. Including one with the lovely @adamgrieve.bsky.social and @scholpplab.bsky.social on Rhbdl proteins in #zebrafish which is open to UK and international students tinyurl.com/fishprotease
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It's out, Minos transgenesis in the pantry moth by
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
High efficient, glowing eye and silk gland markers
peerj.com/articles/202...
@peerj.bsky.social
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
High efficient, glowing eye and silk gland markers
peerj.com/articles/202...
@peerj.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's out, Minos transgenesis in the pantry moth by
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
High efficient, glowing eye and silk gland markers
peerj.com/articles/202...
@peerj.bsky.social
@donyaniyaz.bsky.social
@lucalivraghi.bsky.social
High efficient, glowing eye and silk gland markers
peerj.com/articles/202...
@peerj.bsky.social
Cool find on the dog walk - I believe it’s a scarletina bolete - not for the pot until you’re sure though!
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Cool find on the dog walk - I believe it’s a scarletina bolete - not for the pot until you’re sure though!
Caught the last of the light on the way home and a few winter chanterelles for tea!
October 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Caught the last of the light on the way home and a few winter chanterelles for tea!
Shaggy inkcap time!
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Shaggy inkcap time!
Picked up this lovely book from a charity shop for £2 and quite charmingly it’s full of little clippings from over a quarter of a century ago, yet still relevant.
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Picked up this lovely book from a charity shop for £2 and quite charmingly it’s full of little clippings from over a quarter of a century ago, yet still relevant.
This weekend‘s activity now sorted courtesy of Emorsgate - trying to bolster the species in my wild patch for next year.
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This weekend‘s activity now sorted courtesy of Emorsgate - trying to bolster the species in my wild patch for next year.
More chunky chaps, this time rose chafer grubs - back underground now to see them next year
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
More chunky chaps, this time rose chafer grubs - back underground now to see them next year
Today’s rearing had some chunky chappies, but I‘m looking forward to the day when the Moby Dick of Galleria reported in this study turns up at 740mg (current PB is ~650mg) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#fatmothweek
#fatmothweek
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today’s rearing had some chunky chappies, but I‘m looking forward to the day when the Moby Dick of Galleria reported in this study turns up at 740mg (current PB is ~650mg) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
#fatmothweek
#fatmothweek
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Had a brilliant time in Liverpool at Edge Hill University for the Galleria mellonella Workshop 🐛
Grateful to be invited as a speaker, the great chats and new connections. Amazing to see the wide range of applications, hope our time lapse imaging work can add to the field!
Grateful to be invited as a speaker, the great chats and new connections. Amazing to see the wide range of applications, hope our time lapse imaging work can add to the field!
September 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Had a brilliant time in Liverpool at Edge Hill University for the Galleria mellonella Workshop 🐛
Grateful to be invited as a speaker, the great chats and new connections. Amazing to see the wide range of applications, hope our time lapse imaging work can add to the field!
Grateful to be invited as a speaker, the great chats and new connections. Amazing to see the wide range of applications, hope our time lapse imaging work can add to the field!
Our final talk is from @doktorbasti.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk on the scalable imaging platform is developing to automate health and mortality scoring during microbial virulence assays #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Our final talk is from @doktorbasti.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk on the scalable imaging platform is developing to automate health and mortality scoring during microbial virulence assays #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
Next a presentation from Toby Jenkins and Simon Booth from @uniofbath.bsky.social on their work using lasers to improve the Galleria burn wound infection model originally developed by @evgeniamaslova.bsky.social #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
September 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Next a presentation from Toby Jenkins and Simon Booth from @uniofbath.bsky.social on their work using lasers to improve the Galleria burn wound infection model originally developed by @evgeniamaslova.bsky.social #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
@cjcoates.bsky.social from @universityofgalway.bsky.social and @swanseauni.bsky.social gives us an overview on Galleria as an aspirant toxicology model for shellfish poisoning syndrome #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
September 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@cjcoates.bsky.social from @universityofgalway.bsky.social and @swanseauni.bsky.social gives us an overview on Galleria as an aspirant toxicology model for shellfish poisoning syndrome #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
After the first break we have Prof Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy from PEVITAC @uniofreading.bsky.social on their advances in toxicological and antimicrobial testing using Galleria #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
September 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
After the first break we have Prof Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy from PEVITAC @uniofreading.bsky.social on their advances in toxicological and antimicrobial testing using Galleria #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
Next up is @jenniesc.bsky.social of @exeter.ac.uk / @gmrc.bsky.social giving an overview of the Galleria mellonella Research Centre activities! #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Next up is @jenniesc.bsky.social of @exeter.ac.uk / @gmrc.bsky.social giving an overview of the Galleria mellonella Research Centre activities! #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
The 2025 Galleria mellonella Workshop is off to a start at Edge Hill University, with an opening talk on the Galleria Envenoming Model from @rachelhclare.bsky.social #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
September 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The 2025 Galleria mellonella Workshop is off to a start at Edge Hill University, with an opening talk on the Galleria Envenoming Model from @rachelhclare.bsky.social #galleriamellonellaworkshop2025
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🐛 Research-grade Galleria mellonella — hand-picked for researchers, BY researchers!
Planning experiments for Sept/Oct? Get in touch now!
✅ In-house reared, no antimicrobial additives
✅ Hand-selected for quality
✅ +10% extra to cover in-transit loss
✅ Flexible shipping options
📩 gmrc@exeter.ac.uk
Planning experiments for Sept/Oct? Get in touch now!
✅ In-house reared, no antimicrobial additives
✅ Hand-selected for quality
✅ +10% extra to cover in-transit loss
✅ Flexible shipping options
📩 gmrc@exeter.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🐛 Research-grade Galleria mellonella — hand-picked for researchers, BY researchers!
Planning experiments for Sept/Oct? Get in touch now!
✅ In-house reared, no antimicrobial additives
✅ Hand-selected for quality
✅ +10% extra to cover in-transit loss
✅ Flexible shipping options
📩 gmrc@exeter.ac.uk
Planning experiments for Sept/Oct? Get in touch now!
✅ In-house reared, no antimicrobial additives
✅ Hand-selected for quality
✅ +10% extra to cover in-transit loss
✅ Flexible shipping options
📩 gmrc@exeter.ac.uk
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Wasps (and me!) in @thesundaytimes.bsky.social today. Thanks @ben-spencer.bsky.social for championing wasps!
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Wasps (and me!) in @thesundaytimes.bsky.social today. Thanks @ben-spencer.bsky.social for championing wasps!
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
Get involved with #WaspPicnicSurvey and #BigWaspSurvey!
#SummerOfWaspLove
Links below!
@uclcber.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social
@adamhartscience.bsky.social
Incredible what one application of Just For Men can do.
July 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Incredible what one application of Just For Men can do.
Back from Kolymbari, and had such an amazing time with an incredible community of lepidopterists #lepgencrete. Great to get the opportunity to talk about what we're up to with @gmrc.bsky.social and spread the word about the #galleriamellonella infection model. Can't wait for #lepgen13 in 2028!
July 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Back from Kolymbari, and had such an amazing time with an incredible community of lepidopterists #lepgencrete. Great to get the opportunity to talk about what we're up to with @gmrc.bsky.social and spread the word about the #galleriamellonella infection model. Can't wait for #lepgen13 in 2028!
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You want to collect insects (and maybe other arthropods) for reference genome sequencing, but don't want to spend a fortune on dry ice shipping!
All you gotta do is SQUISH. THAT. BUG!
More details in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
All you gotta do is SQUISH. THAT. BUG!
More details in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
You want to collect insects (and maybe other arthropods) for reference genome sequencing, but don't want to spend a fortune on dry ice shipping!
All you gotta do is SQUISH. THAT. BUG!
More details in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
All you gotta do is SQUISH. THAT. BUG!
More details in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by James Pearce
Galleria mellonella workshop in September, Edge Hill University
nc3rs.org.uk/events/galle...
nc3rs.org.uk/events/galle...
Galleria mellonella workshop 2025
The fourth annual Galleria mellonella workshop will include networking and discussion of methods, models and husbandry techniques.
nc3rs.org.uk
July 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Galleria mellonella workshop in September, Edge Hill University
nc3rs.org.uk/events/galle...
nc3rs.org.uk/events/galle...