Natasha Vacca
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Natasha Vacca
@nvacca08.bsky.social
University of Rochester | Neuroscience | Host-parasite systems | Neuronal responses to pathogens | Undergraduate researcher with @avispatica.bsky.social @tropbiolab.bsky.social
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Our podcast is out! Check out our research @urochester.bsky.social that is decoding how true biohackers called twisted-winged insects control social wasps! #teamwasp #strepsiptera #zombiewasps 🐝🧟‍♀️ Please check out this fantastic initiative by @bugsneedheroes.bsky.social. Thank you for having me!
This episode Amanda and Kelly discuss twisted-wing insects (Strepsiptera) with Dr Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy an assistant professor at the University of Rochester and a Levinson/Shapiro faculty scholar. @avispatica.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by Natasha Vacca
🌟Congrats to undergrad researcher Natasha Vacca @nvacca08.bsky.social for being awarded the NSF-GRFP! 🌟

We're also thrilled that Natasha is not tired of us and will continue as a doctoral student with #teamwasp @tropbiolab.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
#wasplove #addictedtostrepsiptera
April 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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#teamwasp 2024, including our mascot Rocky the yellowjacket @urochester.bsky.social! #ProudPI

Wrapping up my first year as a TT professor! Mil gracias (a thousand thanks) to everyone who has supported me. Those of us from non-traditional trajectories and minoritized backgrounds belong in academia!
December 16, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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Happy holidays from @tropbiolab.bsky.social! We enjoyed our ugly sweater-themed
farewell party for wonderful Elsie and Ferro.

Grateful for #teamwasp and #teambird!
December 8, 2024 at 3:49 PM