Laura Campbell
lauracecampbell.bsky.social
Laura Campbell
@lauracecampbell.bsky.social
PDRA in bioinformatics education at Edinburgh University. PhD in genomics of ant-plant mutualism 🐜🌱
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Looking for a PhD opportunity? I'm hoping to recruit someone to my group at Durham University to work on a project combining fieldwork and labwork to study speciation in rubyspot damselflies: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Get in touch if you want to chat!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 423): The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) tending a Disholcaspis cinerosa gall on a southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in New Orleans, Louisiana. #biodiversity
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋

The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽
Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society
The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…
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June 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Super excited to be starting my new job today as a PDRA in bioinformatics education at Edinburgh University! I’ll be working as part of the 4273pi project bringing bioinformatics to schools across Scotland
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Join a friendly and supportive team doing brilliant science in a great city!
February 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fascinating talk, throughly enjoyed by myself and little Yumi 🐈‍⬛🐝
February 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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How do complex social behaviors evolve and shape species' success? Here doi.org/10.1038/s420... we reveal how a key social behavior in ants - mouth-to-mouth food sharing #trophallaxis - emerged as ants opportunistically exploited new ecological niches as terrestrial environments changed.
February 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM