Ben Longdon
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Ben Longdon
@blongdon.bsky.social
Virus evolution, ecology and host shifts. Fly zookeeper. Insect rhabdovirus geek. Tea Junkie. Like music, food, bikes. Lab website: www.benlongdon.com
@bkoskella.bsky.social I can't remember your OG hashtag from the early 2010's #WineCheeseParasite ? 🍷🧀🦠 (Had to lose the 🦞 due to budget cuts at the last one I went to!)
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#2 Insect immunity: the guardian of homeostasis and symbiosis (Elena Levashina &
Anna Zaidman-Rémy)
Insect immunity: the guardian of homeostasis and symbiosis | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Work with myself + ⭐ team @xavh.bsky.social & @darrenobbard.bsky.social on the 'Ecological and Evolutionary determinants of the bacterial microbiomes of UK moths'. Please get in touch if you are a Chinese student who likes host-pathogen interactions and would like to live in beautiful Cornwall.
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Reposted by Ben Longdon
...or maybe the standard tool is like $600 for little piece of plastic. So I want to know - what's the weirdest or most unexpected thing you've used for your science experiments? 🧪🧬🦠
October 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
either a salad spinner, or sweet jars and pairs of tights?
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
great, thanks!
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I've heard the best strategy is a 4 pack of special brew on the empty seat, then pat the spare seat invitingly to passers by with a smile, pretty sure you will be left alone!
a man in a trench coat sits on a bed with a green blanket
ALT: a man in a trench coat sits on a bed with a green blanket
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October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM