Toby Bruce
@tobybruce.bsky.social
Prof of Insect Chemical Ecology @KeeleUniversity Director of Centre for Applied Entomology, Parasites & Pathogens (CAEPP). Insect-plant interactions 🌱
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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Example 2 - Vaccines
💉 Vaccines: Communicating Science in an Age of Misinformation
sway.cloud.microsoft
February 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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🍒🐦Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores
📷 Mathias Pires
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#DigestiveMorphology #Frugivory #FruitTraits #FruitChemistry #Neotropical #Passerines
📷 Mathias Pires
vist.ly/4rhcx
#DigestiveMorphology #Frugivory #FruitTraits #FruitChemistry #Neotropical #Passerines
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
🍒🐦Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores
📷 Mathias Pires
vist.ly/4rhcx
#DigestiveMorphology #Frugivory #FruitTraits #FruitChemistry #Neotropical #Passerines
📷 Mathias Pires
vist.ly/4rhcx
#DigestiveMorphology #Frugivory #FruitTraits #FruitChemistry #Neotropical #Passerines
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🎙️FAO's new podcast, “The Work We Do” is out!
On episode 1 FAO Chief Economist explains why building stronger, more resilient agrifood systems matters for everyone’s future.
🎧 Discover how food security connects to global stability! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeowVp5jM0U
#WorldRadioDay
On episode 1 FAO Chief Economist explains why building stronger, more resilient agrifood systems matters for everyone’s future.
🎧 Discover how food security connects to global stability! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeowVp5jM0U
#WorldRadioDay
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 AM
🎙️FAO's new podcast, “The Work We Do” is out!
On episode 1 FAO Chief Economist explains why building stronger, more resilient agrifood systems matters for everyone’s future.
🎧 Discover how food security connects to global stability! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeowVp5jM0U
#WorldRadioDay
On episode 1 FAO Chief Economist explains why building stronger, more resilient agrifood systems matters for everyone’s future.
🎧 Discover how food security connects to global stability! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeowVp5jM0U
#WorldRadioDay
Septoria, the humans are watching you:
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Using deep learning-based image analysis, Jonas Anderegg et al. tracked 6,889 individual lesions caused by #Zymoseptoria tritici on 14 wheat cultivars across two field seasons, enabling 27,218 precise measurements of lesion growth in the field: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-25-0187-R
February 13, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Septoria, the humans are watching you:
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used the outlook “schedule send” function to send an email with additional materials while I was giving a talk. No one at the talk said anything but someone who wasn’t at the talk started chasing for a reply to their email 🤣🤣🤯
February 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
used the outlook “schedule send” function to send an email with additional materials while I was giving a talk. No one at the talk said anything but someone who wasn’t at the talk started chasing for a reply to their email 🤣🤣🤯
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🏆2025 Top Downloaded Papers
Cretaceous #lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes #Open access #eyes
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cretaceous #lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes #Open access #eyes
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cretaceous lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes
We report three ca. 100 million-year-old lacewing larvae with extraordinarily large stemmata. One of them additionally has a very wide head, which represents a previously unknown morphology. The arra...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 AM
🏆2025 Top Downloaded Papers
Cretaceous #lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes #Open access #eyes
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Cretaceous #lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes #Open access #eyes
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🎉 Today is Darwin’s birthday! This is an actual wild tomato plant that he collected, over 180 years ago! 🍅
We have millions of specimens like these in our collection, but did you know you can now see them on our new Data Portal, for free!? 👇
👉 https://ow.ly/2ZuW50YcG4Z
#DarwinDay
We have millions of specimens like these in our collection, but did you know you can now see them on our new Data Portal, for free!? 👇
👉 https://ow.ly/2ZuW50YcG4Z
#DarwinDay
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🎉 Today is Darwin’s birthday! This is an actual wild tomato plant that he collected, over 180 years ago! 🍅
We have millions of specimens like these in our collection, but did you know you can now see them on our new Data Portal, for free!? 👇
👉 https://ow.ly/2ZuW50YcG4Z
#DarwinDay
We have millions of specimens like these in our collection, but did you know you can now see them on our new Data Portal, for free!? 👇
👉 https://ow.ly/2ZuW50YcG4Z
#DarwinDay
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"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. https://scim.ag/46uBWgD #WomenInScienceDay
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🦟 New ERGA-BGE Genomes of Culex laticinctus, Culex modestus, Culex perexiguus, and #Culex theileri: Unveiling the Genomes of the Key Vectors of West Nile Virus in the Mediterranean Basin
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @csic.es @ebdonana.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @csic.es @ebdonana.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
🦟 New ERGA-BGE Genomes of Culex laticinctus, Culex modestus, Culex perexiguus, and #Culex theileri: Unveiling the Genomes of the Key Vectors of West Nile Virus in the Mediterranean Basin
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @csic.es @ebdonana.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... @biogeneurope.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @csic.es @ebdonana.bsky.social
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PRESS RELEASE - Rapid response launched to tackle new yellow rust strains threatening UK wheat
Fifty percent of the UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, due to the breakdown of a key resistance gene, Yr15
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
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Fifty percent of the UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, due to the breakdown of a key resistance gene, Yr15
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM
PRESS RELEASE - Rapid response launched to tackle new yellow rust strains threatening UK wheat
Fifty percent of the UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, due to the breakdown of a key resistance gene, Yr15
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
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Fifty percent of the UK’s wheat is under threat from a newly identified strain of the yellow rust pathogen, due to the breakdown of a key resistance gene, Yr15
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
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UK wheat faces a serious new threat: yellow rust has overcome Yr15 resistance in major varieties. A BBSRC /DEFRA Rapid Response led by JIC with Niab and RRes as partners is hunting new resistance genes to protect harvests. 🌾 www.niab.com/news-views/n...
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
UK wheat faces a serious new threat: yellow rust has overcome Yr15 resistance in major varieties. A BBSRC /DEFRA Rapid Response led by JIC with Niab and RRes as partners is hunting new resistance genes to protect harvests. 🌾 www.niab.com/news-views/n...
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Take a look at our paper on the soil microbiomes associated with the eastern Joshua tree after the 2020 dome fire! @arikchou.bsky.social @pulidofabs.bsky.social Lynn Sweet melanie davis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mojave Desert microbial communities show high resistance and resilience over three years despite widespread plant mortality following the Dome Fire - Fire Ecology
Background High severity desert fires are uncommon but typically chart a new successional trajectory altering plant communities for at least 65 years. These aboveground vegetation shifts can have larg...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Take a look at our paper on the soil microbiomes associated with the eastern Joshua tree after the 2020 dome fire! @arikchou.bsky.social @pulidofabs.bsky.social Lynn Sweet melanie davis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
sway.cloud.microsoft
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Keele in Town, Women in Science event
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Keele in Town, Women in Science event
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🌾George Washington Carver transformed agriculture through crop diversification, soil health, and applied plant science—advancing sustainability decades before the term existed.
#BlackHistoryMonth #PlantScienceHistory
#BlackHistoryMonth #PlantScienceHistory
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
🌾George Washington Carver transformed agriculture through crop diversification, soil health, and applied plant science—advancing sustainability decades before the term existed.
#BlackHistoryMonth #PlantScienceHistory
#BlackHistoryMonth #PlantScienceHistory
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This week on the pod:
🧠 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains
🧬 Ancient DNA evidence reveals a nuanced story of the Bell Beaker Expansion
go.nature.com/3MAKJag
🧠 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains
🧬 Ancient DNA evidence reveals a nuanced story of the Bell Beaker Expansion
go.nature.com/3MAKJag
These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies’ brains
Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 11 February 2026
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February 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This week on the pod:
🧠 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains
🧬 Ancient DNA evidence reveals a nuanced story of the Bell Beaker Expansion
go.nature.com/3MAKJag
🧠 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains
🧬 Ancient DNA evidence reveals a nuanced story of the Bell Beaker Expansion
go.nature.com/3MAKJag
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UNEP remains at the heart of global efforts to tackle environmental challenges and build a better, more resilient future for people and planet.
See how in our latest Annual Report: www.unep.org/annualreport/
See how in our latest Annual Report: www.unep.org/annualreport/
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
UNEP remains at the heart of global efforts to tackle environmental challenges and build a better, more resilient future for people and planet.
See how in our latest Annual Report: www.unep.org/annualreport/
See how in our latest Annual Report: www.unep.org/annualreport/
“Most African countries permit only the commercial seed production of registered varieties. At the same time, imported varieties are often exempt from mandatory registration, creating an unequal playing field between imported and locally-produced seeds.”
February 11, 2026 at 6:51 AM
“Most African countries permit only the commercial seed production of registered varieties. At the same time, imported varieties are often exempt from mandatory registration, creating an unequal playing field between imported and locally-produced seeds.”
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Pulses are our delicious ally in achieving food security, and reducing malnutrition.
#WorldPulsesDay #LovePulses
#WorldPulsesDay #LovePulses
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Pulses are our delicious ally in achieving food security, and reducing malnutrition.
#WorldPulsesDay #LovePulses
#WorldPulsesDay #LovePulses
Maybe invest in looking after Earth first? Maybe Musk has more money than sense?🌎🌍🌏
There’s a very specific person intent on colonizing Mars in this lifetime. Despite the title, the author of “Becoming Martian" is not with that guy:
Expert reveals gruesome reality of Elon Musk's Mars dream
Elon Musk believes Mars can be settled by 2050, but a Rice University professor's new book reveals the many biological challenges humans would face trying to colonize the Red Planet.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Maybe invest in looking after Earth first? Maybe Musk has more money than sense?🌎🌍🌏