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Arne Weinhold 🧬🦋
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Microbial Molecular Ecologist 🧫 | Insect-Microbe stuff with butterflies🦠 🦋| buzzing around @LMU Munich 🐝 #pollinator #microbiome
https://micromole.github.io/
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Arne Weinhold 🧬🦋 @micromole.bsky.social · Nov 25
To all the #science #twitter refugees that found a new home on #bluesky. Welcome! 🦋🤗🥳
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New paper out!
#Microbiome depletion of ground nesting #bees in artificial lab-rearing, independent of #neonicotinoid treatment. This highlights the importance of #field work for studies on wild bee #microbiota🐝🦠 #Lasioglossum #Apilactobacillus
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The neonicotinoid Acetamiprid alters the chemical profile of the primitive eusocial bee Lasioglossum malachurum
The widespread use of agrochemicals, particularly neonicotinoids, poses a significant threat to the health of (pollinating) insects. Various health tr…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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jamspangle.bsky.social
Why are they lepidopterists not mothematicians
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Blüten, Bestäuber und ihre Bakterien – eine Dreiecksbeziehung ⚘️🐝🦋🦠 science communication article @BIOspektrum
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Blüten, Bestäuber und ihre Bakterien – eine Dreiecksbeziehung - BIOspektrum
The plant-microbe-pollinator triangle represents a mutualistic tripartite interaction network among plants, microbes, and insects. Microbes do not only support pollinator health but influence pollination success directly by altering the scent of nectar. Pollinators, in turn, can serve as microbial vectors, and transfer microbes between flowers and across species. Understanding these complex interaction networks is crucial to sustain ecosystem service by wild pollinators for future generations.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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New ANDIV paper published! 🐝🧬🧪What determines the insect microbiome along a tropical elevation gradient? Exciting study led by Andrea Pinos and Alexander Keller from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
@biologie-uniwue.bsky.social

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Frontiers | Host identity, more than elevation, shapes bee microbiomes along a tropical elevation gradient
Understanding how host-microbiome interactions respond to abiotic and biotic factors is key to elucidating the mechanisms influencing ecological communities ...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
micromole.bsky.social
What a great find! 🤩 Paul Buchners 'Animals as microbe breeders' #insect #symbiosis from the 1960s! Beautiful illustrations, all in German, looks still new 🪲🪰🦠
Book cover: Tiere als Mikrobenzüchter Übertragung der Symbionten der Olivenfliege
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨: LepEU postdoc: comparative population genomics of European scale adaptation in butterflies

2 year, full-time PD in my group, Stockholm Univ.

Applications assed on rolling basis, deadline: 23 August 2025. Planned start 1 Oct.

Details:
christopherwheatlab.wordpress.com
The aim of this proposal is to place population genomic insights into a comparative framework to gain fundamental insights into the determinants of evolutionary outcomes. The project will work within LepEU, the European Lepidopteran Population Genomics Consortium (https://lepeu.github.io/). LepEU provides access to field samples from European populations of diverse species. Chromosome-scale reference genomes are provided by Project Psyche (https://www.projectpsyche.org/). Networking during the postdoc will be facilitated by participation in the 10kLepGenomes COST Action (https://10klepgenomes.eu/). Existing datasets await analysis, while additional samples need DNA extraction and submission for sequencing. Functional validation capability (CRISPR/Cas9 gene manipulations) is also available to test emergent hypotheses of allele-to-phenotype impacts. Personal research interests of the postdoc will be important to determine the exact project, as the project has a generous sequencing budget. The successful applicant should have a PhD (obtained within 6 years of the application deadline) in a suitable subject area, such as evolutionary biology or population genomics. A strong interest in population genomics, local adaptation, comparative analyses, and experience working with genomic-scale data is essential. The candidate must have a documented publication record demonstrating relevant skills. Experience working with bioinformatic pipelines (e.g., Snakemake), or working with butterflies is welcome but not essential. The net salary is 28,000 SEK/month (~2,430 Euro, not subject to Swedish income tax) and comes directly from the Carl-Trygger Foundation stipend, which is paid out directly to the postdoc. Only PhD candidates acquired outside of the host department can apply. Currently, the lab of Prof. Wheat consists of 3 postdoctoral researchers, while the Dept. of Zoology provides a vibrant and excellent research environment of active, dynamic researchers. Applications should include: i) a succinct description of research interests and experience, detailing your contribution to any relevant publications (max 1 page), ii) why you are the ideal candidate for this position in the lab (max 1 page); iii) a CV including a list of publications, and iv) the name and contact information of two personal references. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with a deadline of 23 August 2025. The project is planned to start on 1 October, but flexibility in the starting date can be provided for a suitable candidate. Please contact Prof. Wheat for additional information.
June 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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(1/4) 🦋 From May 12–16, 21 researchers from across Europe met in Montpellier for the 1st LepEU Workshop, coordinated under the COST Action @10klepgenomes.bsky.social

The goal: build a roadmap for collaborative butterfly and moth #PopulationGenomics to advance biodiversity research & conservation 👇
Group photo of the attendees of the Population Genomics Workshop held in Montpellier. The participants stand in an open forest during a sunny day.
May 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
micromole.bsky.social
That was indeed a net-working event! 😅🦋 #LepEU
10klepgenomes.bsky.social 10kLepGenomes @10klepgenomes.bsky.social · May 22
(1/2) Last Friday, participants of the Population Genomics Workshop in Montpellier explored the beautiful surroundings of Pic Saint-Loup during a field excursion ⛰

Here are some snapshots from the day! 🦋📸
Group photo of the participants that joined the field excursion to Pic Saint-Loup Three researchers inspecting a butterfly during the field excursion to Pic Saint-Loup
May 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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10klepgenomes.bsky.social
(1/3) Have you heard about #LepEU?
The European Lepidoptera Population Genomics Consortium is a group focused on unveiling patterns of differentiation and local adaptation in butterfly and moth populations across Europe 🦋🌍
Logo of the LepEU initiative: a noctuid moth with a wing pattern resembling Europe, accompanied by the text “LepEU” in white and orange.
May 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
micromole.bsky.social
First #LepEU meeting in Montpellier was a great success. Thanks to all organizers #CNRS #COST10KLepGenomes for making this happen
LepEU 13 - 14 May Field collection of butterflies
May 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
micromole.bsky.social
Two great #postdoc opportunities! #insect #microbe #mutualism
berasymbionts.bsky.social Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social · May 6
🎉 We’re hiring! Two ERC-funded #PostdocJobs on insect–phytopathogen mutualisms are available in my lab. Explore the chemical and molecular evolution of symbioses!
🧪Chemical ecology: tinyurl.com/chem-ecol-symb
🦠Phytopathology & mutualisms: tinyurl.com/symb-plantpath
#SymbioSky #PlantPathology
May 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
micromole.bsky.social
Only few butterflies around... but a Halictus was very cooperative.
May 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
micromole.bsky.social
Spring mining bee (Colletes cunicularius). It's so fluffy! 🐝
Spring mining bee
March 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
micromole.bsky.social
Springtime!
Flower in snow
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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amreibahr.bsky.social
Starkes Signal!!

Über 60 dt. Hochschulen & Forschungsinstitutionen haben heute ihren Ausstieg bei X bekanntgegeben, s.u. #eXit

X sei nicht mehr vereinbar mit ihren Grundwerten: „Weltoffenheit, wissenschaftliche Integrität, Transparenz und demokratischer Diskurs.“

Liste der Beteiligten hier:
Hochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen Plattform X - Gemeinsam für Vielfalt, Freiheit und Wissenschaft
nachrichten.idw-online.de
January 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
micromole.bsky.social
Feels great to start the year on fresh project funds. #newPI #DFG #firstgrant #LMU
January 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
micromole.bsky.social
To all the #science #twitter refugees that found a new home on #bluesky. Welcome! 🦋🤗🥳
November 25, 2024 at 4:12 PM
micromole.bsky.social
Very pleased 🙌 that DFG will fund my #grant proposal on #community #assembly of #butterfly 🦋 #microbiomes 🥳combining #fieldwork 🏕️ with #metabarcoding 🧬and #ecological #modelling🕺
#LMU #lepidoptera #symbiont #pollinator
Pieris brassicae visiting a thistle flower
September 9, 2024 at 11:11 AM
micromole.bsky.social
Babies are fully fledged. #pieris #butterflies #entomology #science #symbiosis #lmu
April 11, 2024 at 2:26 PM
micromole.bsky.social
Wonder how much the environment can change the #bumblebee #microbiota? 🐝🦠🌦️
We found #temporal #dynamics in microbial community #succession when #Bombus #terrestris colonies were exposed to outdoor conditions.
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments
Question: The large earth bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) maintains a social core gut-microbiota, similar as known from the honey bee, which plays an important role for host health and resistance. Expe...
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March 17, 2024 at 12:11 PM
micromole.bsky.social
First sighting of the year #Andrena #safethewildbees #miningbee
March 10, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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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
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.

Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪

www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...
Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it!
The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…
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February 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
micromole.bsky.social
Well, at least a few samples made it for sequencing. 👨‍🔬🦋🐝🪲🪰 #Molecular #Biodiversity #Research #Course
February 8, 2024 at 8:00 PM