Michael Branstetter
@mgbranstetter.bsky.social
New paper drop! 🚨
Led by my awesome postdoc @renamschweizer.bsky.social — we used genomics + museum DNA to explore the decline of Bombus franklini, a bee not seen in the wild since 2006 🐝
Now out in @PNASNews!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Led by my awesome postdoc @renamschweizer.bsky.social — we used genomics + museum DNA to explore the decline of Bombus franklini, a bee not seen in the wild since 2006 🐝
Now out in @PNASNews!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Museum genomics suggests long-term population decline in a putatively extinct bumble bee | PNAS
Pollinator declines globally threaten ecosystem stability and agricultural productivity.
Reconstructing pollinator historic demographies provides a...
www.pnas.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New paper drop! 🚨
Led by my awesome postdoc @renamschweizer.bsky.social — we used genomics + museum DNA to explore the decline of Bombus franklini, a bee not seen in the wild since 2006 🐝
Now out in @PNASNews!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Led by my awesome postdoc @renamschweizer.bsky.social — we used genomics + museum DNA to explore the decline of Bombus franklini, a bee not seen in the wild since 2006 🐝
Now out in @PNASNews!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Timing is everything in the evolution of ponerine ants! Happy to see this paper out. Great work by Maël Doré et al. rdcu.be/eGGRg
Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity
Nature Communications - The diversity of ponerine ants varies widely across the globe. This study finds that the origin and early colonization in Gondwana’s tropical regions mainly shaped...
rdcu.be
September 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Timing is everything in the evolution of ponerine ants! Happy to see this paper out. Great work by Maël Doré et al. rdcu.be/eGGRg