Ellen O. Martinson
@waspvenom.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico. Interesting in the molecular mechanisms of parasitoid wasp venom and galling insects. ellenmartinson.weebly.com
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
New #gall #wasp paper in PESW! We provide an updated key, checklist, and commentary for the four tribes of “herb gall wasps” including some nomenclatural changes. Check it out here: bioone.org/journals/pro...
Review of Herb Gall Wasp Tribes (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aylacini Sensu lato), with an Updated Key to Cynipid Tribes and a Checklist of World Species
We review the tribes of Cynipidae that are known to contain gall inducers on herbaceous plants, which are presently classified in four tribes: Aulacideini, Aylacini, Diastrophini, and Phanacidini. We ...
bioone.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
New #gall #wasp paper in PESW! We provide an updated key, checklist, and commentary for the four tribes of “herb gall wasps” including some nomenclatural changes. Check it out here: bioone.org/journals/pro...
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
July 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
Great resource to connect early career folks with more senior scientists looking to hire postdocs! 🧪
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Hey #Evol2025 - My colleague @waspvenom.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc for our #NSF - #USDA funded grant to understand the genetic basis of gall formation! Please see that attached ad, and feel free to talk to me @evolmtg.bsky.social, or contact Dr. Ellen Martinson directly!
June 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey #Evol2025 - My colleague @waspvenom.bsky.social and I are looking for a postdoc for our #NSF - #USDA funded grant to understand the genetic basis of gall formation! Please see that attached ad, and feel free to talk to me @evolmtg.bsky.social, or contact Dr. Ellen Martinson directly!
If you see this post a flower🪷
The Rocky Mountain Irises are blooming in Northern New Mexico!
The Rocky Mountain Irises are blooming in Northern New Mexico!
June 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you see this post a flower🪷
The Rocky Mountain Irises are blooming in Northern New Mexico!
The Rocky Mountain Irises are blooming in Northern New Mexico!
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
February 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Gall midges and their parasitoids are abundant, megadiverse, and very hard to identify! Such "double dark taxa" systems present special challenges for ecology and agriculture. 🧵🧪🐙 @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
Untangling host specialization in a “double dark taxa” system
Abstract. Platygastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are parasitoids of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). They and their hosts are exceptionally
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Gall midges and their parasitoids are abundant, megadiverse, and very hard to identify! Such "double dark taxa" systems present special challenges for ecology and agriculture. 🧵🧪🐙 @smnstuttgart.bsky.social @marinamoser.bsky.social @krogmann.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Posted with alt text 🧪
February 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Posted with alt text 🧪
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
“Dead” plant stuff hold food for birds during winter, when food is scarce. Galls such as this goldenrod gall have insect larvae in them. You can see who knows what to do … 😊. My tiny brush again 🤓.
#birdsinart #botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #natureart #conservation #oneearth
#birdsinart #botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #natureart #conservation #oneearth
January 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“Dead” plant stuff hold food for birds during winter, when food is scarce. Galls such as this goldenrod gall have insect larvae in them. You can see who knows what to do … 😊. My tiny brush again 🤓.
#birdsinart #botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #natureart #conservation #oneearth
#birdsinart #botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #natureart #conservation #oneearth
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Parasitoids FTW!!! Illustration in homage to Eric Carle by Sloan Tomlinson
October 20, 2024 at 5:52 AM
Parasitoids FTW!!! Illustration in homage to Eric Carle by Sloan Tomlinson
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Why do insect galls have such varied shapes even among closely related species?? The Enemy Hypothesis, posits that pressure from parasitoids drives the dynamic evolution of external gall traits. We have a new paper in @rsocpublishing.bsky.social on this hypothesis see more in this 🧵! 🧪 #galls
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Why do insect galls have such varied shapes even among closely related species?? The Enemy Hypothesis, posits that pressure from parasitoids drives the dynamic evolution of external gall traits. We have a new paper in @rsocpublishing.bsky.social on this hypothesis see more in this 🧵! 🧪 #galls
Why do insect galls have such varied shapes even among closely related species?? The Enemy Hypothesis, posits that pressure from parasitoids drives the dynamic evolution of external gall traits. We have a new paper in @rsocpublishing.bsky.social on this hypothesis see more in this 🧵! 🧪 #galls
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Why do insect galls have such varied shapes even among closely related species?? The Enemy Hypothesis, posits that pressure from parasitoids drives the dynamic evolution of external gall traits. We have a new paper in @rsocpublishing.bsky.social on this hypothesis see more in this 🧵! 🧪 #galls
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Positively galling: a gallery of insect galls.
Gall-making insects - Alex Wild
Many insects induce plants to grow unusual swellings to feed and house them. This gallery shows a few of them.
www.alexanderwild.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Positively galling: a gallery of insect galls.
Last day of #nudivember, thought I’d draw attention to the amazing work of the Blaschka Glass nudibranchs and other invertebrates. Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, were a father and son team that started making glass eyes, but moved onto making extremely scientifically accurate marine invertebrates
November 30, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Last day of #nudivember, thought I’d draw attention to the amazing work of the Blaschka Glass nudibranchs and other invertebrates. Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, were a father and son team that started making glass eyes, but moved onto making extremely scientifically accurate marine invertebrates
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Total Eclipse of the Heart Played on Increasingly Smaller Rubber Chickens
Total Eclipse Of The Heart on the Chicken
YouTube video by Vinheteiro
youtube.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Total Eclipse of the Heart Played on Increasingly Smaller Rubber Chickens
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Troudet et al 2017 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences
www.nature.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Troudet et al 2017 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
We are less than two weeks away from the annual online meeting for the International Society of Hymenopterists. This year we again have four phenomenal keynote speakers, and it is completely free for members. For more information on how to sign up:
www.hymenopterists.org/hymathon-202...
www.hymenopterists.org/hymathon-202...
November 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM
We are less than two weeks away from the annual online meeting for the International Society of Hymenopterists. This year we again have four phenomenal keynote speakers, and it is completely free for members. For more information on how to sign up:
www.hymenopterists.org/hymathon-202...
www.hymenopterists.org/hymathon-202...
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
I guess I should re-post from the Bird Site "The Rules For Academic Success here":
I always get asked for advice about starting/surviving the tenure track. Here are the rules I've found useful. Thought I'd put it out there for the masses...
This list gets longer all the time
I always get asked for advice about starting/surviving the tenure track. Here are the rules I've found useful. Thought I'd put it out there for the masses...
This list gets longer all the time
August 1, 2023 at 6:30 PM
I guess I should re-post from the Bird Site "The Rules For Academic Success here":
I always get asked for advice about starting/surviving the tenure track. Here are the rules I've found useful. Thought I'd put it out there for the masses...
This list gets longer all the time
I always get asked for advice about starting/surviving the tenure track. Here are the rules I've found useful. Thought I'd put it out there for the masses...
This list gets longer all the time
Vince and I are currently recruiting grad students for a variety of projects. Please pass on this flier to anyone you think would be interested!
October 30, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Vince and I are currently recruiting grad students for a variety of projects. Please pass on this flier to anyone you think would be interested!
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
#PostDoc opportunity with @waspvenom.bsky.social (& me) on the mystery of #gall formation! Funded by #NSF & #USDA. See details below and please RT!
February 21, 2024 at 3:09 PM
#PostDoc opportunity with @waspvenom.bsky.social (& me) on the mystery of #gall formation! Funded by #NSF & #USDA. See details below and please RT!
Come join me in beautiful New Mexico!! Excited to be recruiting a 3 year postdoc for an NSF/USDA funded position. Please see the flyer below for all the details and reach out if you have any questions. Please RT and share with anyone who would be interested.
February 19, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Come join me in beautiful New Mexico!! Excited to be recruiting a 3 year postdoc for an NSF/USDA funded position. Please see the flyer below for all the details and reach out if you have any questions. Please RT and share with anyone who would be interested.
Reposted by Ellen O. Martinson
Our paper on speciation of oak gall inquilines is now published in Evolution: Like their oak gall wasp hosts, the divergence events of these two distantly related kleptoparasite genera are often associated with changes in tree habitat, gall location, and gall morphology.:
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
November 22, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Our paper on speciation of oak gall inquilines is now published in Evolution: Like their oak gall wasp hosts, the divergence events of these two distantly related kleptoparasite genera are often associated with changes in tree habitat, gall location, and gall morphology.:
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Amazing work by Antoine and crew! It's mind-blowing to think how cynipids invest so many more resources in their venom glands than ovaries, it really shows how important these secretions are for getting a successful next generation.
I am very happy to share with you our latest publication:
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 🌟𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬🌟 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐬.
academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
1/12
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 🌟𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬🌟 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐬.
academic.oup.com/isd/article/...
1/12
October 23, 2023 at 8:07 PM
Amazing work by Antoine and crew! It's mind-blowing to think how cynipids invest so many more resources in their venom glands than ovaries, it really shows how important these secretions are for getting a successful next generation.