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BugBitten's latest blog from @scianouk.bsky.social looking at the recent findings on insect sentience - what implications will this have on vector control? go.nature.com/47jeJ1S
What do recent findings on insect sentience and welfare mean for vector research and control?
In the field of public health, we conduct a variety of experiments and studies on insects, such as mosquitoes, to advance vector-borne disease research. However entomologists’ variable knowledge and a...
go.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Global Change, Pest Invasions, and Migration: Challenges for Rural Communities.

📅 Friday, October 17th, 2025
⏰ 13:00 PM CET | 14:00 PM GMT+1 | 09:00 AM EST
Register here: cassyni.com/events/PuudG...

The event will feature presentations by Antonio Biondi and Dr Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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This might be the only piece of Earth's crust to have survived the planet's earliest eon

https://go.nature.com/3G0Wofo
Are these the world’s oldest rocks? Fresh data confirm contested claim
Scientists debate age of ancient Canadian crust as Inuit leaders work to preserve the location.
go.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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What is microbiome research and makes a good microbiome study? In their Editorial, the Senior Editors of Microbiome highlight the challenges of microbiome research and what they are looking for in submissions. microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #worldmicrobiomeday
A blueprint for contemporary studies of microbiomes - Microbiome
This editorial piece co-authored by the Senior Editors at Microbiome aims to highlight current challenges in the field of environmental and host-associated microbiome research. We also take the opport...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Can the microbiome of soils be shaped 'by vaccinating the soil' to protect against pathogenic nematode? #worldmicrobiomeday

communities.springernature.com/posts/guardi...
Guardians of the earth: can the soil be ‘vaccinated’ to protect against nematode pathogens?
Adding nematode collagen and chitin to soils could shape the microbiome, selecting for those microbes with the ability to fight these pathogen
communities.springernature.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM