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I’m not sure how much I want to relive the nightmare of the other platform. Microbiologist hiding in studies of natural history and history of science. Introvert, but understands the value of scicomm
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Implications of successive blood feeding on #dengue virus inhibition by Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
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Implications of successive blood feeding on Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus inhibition in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes - Nature Communications
Dengue virus transmission by Ae. aegypti mosquitoes poses a significant public health threat, necessitating innovative control strategies. Here, the authors demonstrate that, while successive blood feeding increases earlier dengue virus dissemination, the inhibitory effects of Wolbachia remain strong, highlighting Wolbachia’s potential to disrupt dengue transmission under natural feeding conditions.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Implications of successive blood feeding on #dengue virus inhibition by Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
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Here’s a different caddisfly family, Phryganeidae. It took me years to get them to complete their lifecycles from larvae to adult. The biggest issue was the transition from larva to pupa. They sometimes expel themselves from the case, but then can’t remove the molted skin and die.
October 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Here’s a different caddisfly family, Phryganeidae. It took me years to get them to complete their lifecycles from larvae to adult. The biggest issue was the transition from larva to pupa. They sometimes expel themselves from the case, but then can’t remove the molted skin and die.
Closeup of caddisfly head. One of the characteristics is the presence or absence of ocelli. Here you can see the huge ocelli under a dissecting scope
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Closeup of caddisfly head. One of the characteristics is the presence or absence of ocelli. Here you can see the huge ocelli under a dissecting scope
I haven’t had much time this year for insect photography and most of my art goes elsewhere. Here’s an old 2024 photo of Platycentropus radiata that I reared from a larva.
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I haven’t had much time this year for insect photography and most of my art goes elsewhere. Here’s an old 2024 photo of Platycentropus radiata that I reared from a larva.
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Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.
(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)
May be screaming into the void, but is it just my imagination that there is an inverse correlation between quality of science and publication cost? This year alone every paper I’ve reviewed has misrepresented/misunderstood citations or committed citation-error amplification.
October 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
May be screaming into the void, but is it just my imagination that there is an inverse correlation between quality of science and publication cost? This year alone every paper I’ve reviewed has misrepresented/misunderstood citations or committed citation-error amplification.
Not sure how I’ll use this platform, for work or hobbies. I’ll have to see since I’m transitioning away from both Instagram and Twitter.
January 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Not sure how I’ll use this platform, for work or hobbies. I’ll have to see since I’m transitioning away from both Instagram and Twitter.