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Will Nash
@nashalselection.bsky.social
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Landscape Genomics | Insect Biodiversity | IDEA in STEM
Neurodivergent Researcher
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laurenslt.bsky.social
This Voices of Belonging episode sees host Felicity Rush speak to @nashalselection.bsky.social on ensuring that university enables students to feel included in teaching & research spaces.
#Inclusion #Belonging #Neurodiversity #NeuroInclusive #Identity

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June 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
Great to talk to Felicity Rush for the ConnectEd Podcast. We talked about neuroinclusion in research and teaching. The series has many inspiring tales from the world of student belonging, I would recommend you check them out. Thanks for the opportunity @kellyedmunds.bsky.social !
kellyedmunds.bsky.social Kelly Edmunds @kellyedmunds.bsky.social · Jun 15
Ep. 15 of the Voices of Belonging collection. Host Felicity Rush speaks to @nashalselection.bsky.social on ensuring that university enables students to feel included in teaching & research spaces.
#Inclusion #Belonging #Neurodiversity #NeuroInclusive #Identity

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S2 "Voices of Belonging" with Dr Will Nash
The ConnectED podcast · Episode
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June 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
marcsdionne.bsky.social Marc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · Jun 3
My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate.
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Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
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June 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 New Research Alert 🚨🚨🚨 bit.ly/4i1dOp2

Pan traps reveal #insect responses to #heatwaves, showing the importance of structure in the landscape

It's been a real priviledge to work with Josh. His undergrad dissertation is out in @royentsoc.bsky.social Ecological Entomology. #climate #drought #ento
Effects of a temperate heatwave on diel rhythms of insect activity: A comparison across habitats
Counts of insects caught in pan traps in Norfolk, UK, exhibited a unimodal relationship with air temperature – a pattern also observed specifically for the orders Diptera and Hymenoptera. A temperat...
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April 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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pomscheme.bsky.social
Just what you need to start off the new FIT Count season! Find out about the counts with Dr Miranda Bane from PoMS, and learn about pollinator plants with @Buzz_dont_tweet at this webinar on 1 April
biologicalrecording.co.uk Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · Feb 22
🐝🌸 Join our FREE webinar on 1 April with Dr Miranda Bane (@ukceh.bsky.social) & learn how a simple 10-min FIT Count survey can support pollinator research! 🌿📊

📅 Live talk + Q&A
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1255449044...

#Pollinators #Wildlife @kitenet.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
You can't get more #spring than this emerald prince of March: Gymnocheta viridis. Earlham Cemetery, Norwich.

#diptera #tachinid #nature #ukwildlife @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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pomscheme.bsky.social
The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
Poster: Ten steps to carry out a FIT Count 1. A FIT Count requires 10–15 minutes to enjoy watching and counting insects! 2. Take part on any day with good weather from 1 April to 30 September. 3. "Good weather" is dry, and with temperature at least 13°C in sunny conditions, or at least 15°C when cloudy. 4. Choose just one type of flower as your target flower – use a FIT Count target flower if you can, or choose any other flower as the target. 5. Mark out a 50 × 50 cm patch containing your target. 6. Count how many individual target flowers are in your patch. 7. Set a timer for 10 minutes, and count all insects that touch (land or are already sitting) the target flowers. 8. Identify the insects into their broad groups (bumblebees, hoverflies etc.) – any that you don't recognise should be counted as "other insects". 9. Answer some simple habitat and weather questions. 10. Don't forget to send in your results via our FIT Count app or website recording form (even if your result is zero insects!). Full details on the POMS website and FIT Count app.
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
This is my fav fossil of all time
russellgarwood.co.uk Russell Garwood @russellgarwood.co.uk · Mar 21
Check out this rock star! A 16cm, fossil insect wing for #FossilFriday 🤩 This is Megatypus, a ~275 million year old “griffenfly” that (assuming a few cms extra for the body), probably had a 35 cm wingspan. It is more closely related to today's dragonflies than any other living insect.

⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
A photograph of a fossil wing that looks a lot like that of a dragonfly. It is in a dark sandy rock, lit at a low angle, and you can clearly see all the wing veins. The tip of the wing is towards the left, and is cut off by the edge of the piece of rock it is in, the attachment is on the right. Top right there is a 2cm scale bar which makes it clear that the wing is absolutely freaking huge.
March 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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plantpollinator.bsky.social
Really excited to say that my lab's paper on color transitions in Mimulus sect. Erythranthe is out! We found that some traits demonstrate evolutionary convergence in phenotype & genotype, while others are divergent, & that - as Bob Vickery found - bees prefer yellow!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Within-species floral evolution reveals convergence in adaptive walks during incipient pollinator shift - Nature Communications
During evolution, how adaptive walks cross fitness valleys remains unclear. This integrative study on monkeyflowers reveals that convergence in large steps (floral color and gene expression) drives a ...
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March 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
nashalselection.bsky.social
I FINALLY FOUND A CHEILOSIA GROSSA 🎆🎆🎆

#hoverfly #pollinator #nature #ukwildlife @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
A hairy fly which is bronze coloured with a rounded body sits on a mixed background of grass and moss which are different colours of green
March 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
Campanulinid Hydroid Opercularella lacerata, from Levington Marina, Suffolk. Global distribution but likely under recorded.

#seasearch #hydrozoa #marine #ukwildlife #microscopy
March 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
nashalselection.bsky.social
Beautiful fine red seaweed from Levington Marina survey over the weekend. Pterothamnion plumula.

#ukwildlife #algae #seaweed #SeaSearch @bps-algae.bsky.social
A feathery red seaweed viewed under a microscope. It has parallel branches off a main stem with lots of fine tinier branches coming off them.
March 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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royentsoc.bsky.social
📢 Abstract submission deadline is today 🦋

Share your research with your peers at the Student Forum. All #InsectScience abstract submissions welcome.

Submit your abstracts by 17:00 (GMT), 7 Feb 🔽
https://buff.ly/4b0ORbz

#SF25 @uniofreading.bsky.social
Announcement for the 2025 Student Forum, held on 31 March – 1 April at University of Reading. Abstract deadline: 17:00 (GMT), 7 February
February 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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pop-bio.bsky.social
We are excited to announce our new seminar series highlighting research on population biology and theoretical ecology from academics and post-grads based in the Asia-Pacific. We have a great line up of speakers for the next few months. Stay tuned for more info!
March 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
nashalselection.bsky.social
Hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) are out! Saw males and females today on campus.

#ukwildlife #bee #pollinator #uea
March 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
Green furrow bee (Lasioglossum morio) is the first solitary bee I've seen this year. Sun is good 😊

#ThisIsUEA #bee #pollinator #spring
A small dark insect sits on a vibrant yellow flower. The flower has eight simple petals and very visible stamen. The background is rich green leaves.
March 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
First #hoverfly of 2025! Eristalis tenax in Itchenor, Sussex
March 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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stopwensumlink.bsky.social
We stand with John Allaway in exposing NCC’s failures on the NWL project. Flawed surveys, negligence, and deceit have destroyed trust. We demand Cllr. Mason Billig resign immediately. #StopWensumLink #Accountability #EnvironmentalProtection
February 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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joanameier.bsky.social
Do you use Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) genomes for your work or grant applications? If so, can you please fill out this form? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We are gathering info on how DToL genomes are used. It will help us raise money to continue producing publicly available high-quality genomes.
Darwin Tree of Life Impact Assessment
This form is used to share information within DToL about case studies, ongoing research, and funding awards that demonstrate the impact the Darwin Tree of Life consortium project has had on Global and...
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February 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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marakat.bsky.social
globally, there are ~3500 described mosquito species in the Culicidae family and many of these are important vectors of disease but only a small percentage have genomic resources. we are launching a pilot project to generate high quality reference genomes for 100 important mosquito species [1/3]
February 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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petermulhair.bsky.social
Delighted to see our new paper out, led by PhD student Asia Hoile. We explored new genes that emerged during the early evolution of Lepidoptera 🦋
Many cool insights which we think open up new questions to explore.

Get in touch if you have thoughts/want to discuss more!

🔗: tinyurl.com/48rx72es
Gene novelty and gene family expansion in the early evolution of Lepidoptera - BMC Genomics
Background Almost 10% of all known animal species belong to Lepidoptera: moths and butterflies. To understand how this incredible diversity evolved we assess the role of gene gain in driving early lep...
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February 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
nashalselection.bsky.social
Very much enjoying the new gardens @nhm-london.bsky.social the range of geological samples is great! Love me a tree fren too.
A large building with ornate carved decoration. It is built of cream and grey stone. There is a lush garden with many vibrant green tree ferns in the foreground
February 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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jesspeers.bsky.social
Excited to share the first publication from my PhD!!

We identify premature termination codons specific to the cheetah in genes associated with male fertility and immunity 🐆🧬

@earlhaminst.bsky.social @whaerty.bsky.social

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Gene pseudogenization in fertility-associated genes in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), a species with long-term low effective population size
Abstract. We are witnessing an ongoing global biodiversity crisis, and an increasing number of mammalian populations are at risk of decline. Species that h
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January 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM