We were happy to host the 1st #GIN-TONIC
(Group on #Insect #Nutrition) #COST Action meeting at the @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy. 58 participants representing 23 countries came together for two days of productive discussions and planning for the coming year.

Funding: #EU #COST Assoc.

New #openaccess opinion/mini review on #interkingdom #communication through #microbial #VOCs in the context of insect mass-rearing out now in Current Opinion in Insect Science!

🔗https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2025.101427

Funded by the @fwf-at.bsky.social and the NSF

Our paper on the effects of #larval #thermogenesis in #labscale trials is officially out in @cp-iscience.bsky.social.
We explored how larval #densities drive thermogenesis, influencing both the #gut and #substrate #microbiota.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

Funded by the @fwf-at.bsky.social

Very interesting visit to the RiEnergy ESCO SRL #anaerobicdigestion plant to conclude the #CIRAGRO summer school in Naples. The plant generates #biogas (500 m3/h) and high-value #biofertilizer (50,000 tons/y) from some of the #manure produced by the ~350,000 #buffalos in the area.

Kicking off the CIRAGRO summer school at the University of Naples Federico II funded by the Aurora | European University Alliance
#CircularEconomy #wastemanagement

Award for Environmental Photographer of the Year goes to Maurizio Di Pietro with a photo of adult black soldier flies 🪰🏆

epoty.org

#insectfarming #hermetiaillucens #blacksoldierfly #wastemanagement

New publication in Waste Management on the role of Pachnoda sinuata in bioconverting cattle dung into nutrient-rich frass fertilizer. Results show increased beneficial bacteria, reduced antibiotic resistance genes, and enhanced recycling efficiency.

doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...

New publication out now:

A Comparative Study of Effects of Biodegradable and Non-biodegradable Microplastics on the Growth and Development of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens)

doi.org/10.1007/s126...

#microplastics #insectfarming #blacksoldierfly

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