Stu West
@stuwest.bsky.social
Evolution. He/him/his. Views not my own. 🦄🏳️🌈🐵
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (10/11). Parasitoids can be studied in a parasitoid workshop. Silwood Park, 1992.
September 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (10/11). Parasitoids can be studied in a parasitoid workshop. Silwood Park, 1992.
Mike Ritchie emphasising the huge importance of supporting society journals like JEB in his ESEB presidential address, Barcelona. @eseb.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Mike Ritchie emphasising the huge importance of supporting society journals like JEB in his ESEB presidential address, Barcelona. @eseb.bsky.social @eseb2025.bsky.social
When can replicating experiments lead to misleading conclusions? An example from human public goods games. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
When can replicating experiments lead to misleading conclusions? An example from human public goods games. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (9/11). Parasitoids may mediate competition between different host species (apparent competition). Silwood Park, 1992.
July 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (9/11). Parasitoids may mediate competition between different host species (apparent competition). Silwood Park, 1992.
3/3 Funding for the workshop provided by iTHEMS & JSPS. @asgriffin.bsky.social and I used the exercises from 'Scientific Papers Made Easy' with @queensoxbiology.bsky.social: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
June 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
3/3 Funding for the workshop provided by iTHEMS & JSPS. @asgriffin.bsky.social and I used the exercises from 'Scientific Papers Made Easy' with @queensoxbiology.bsky.social: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
1/3 I was just lucky enough to get to do a couple of sessions on scientific writing in a DEI & Writing Workshop at Riken, Tokyo. Huge thank you to @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social for organising such an open and supportive workshop, and all the attendees for being so engaged and interactive.
June 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
1/3 I was just lucky enough to get to do a couple of sessions on scientific writing in a DEI & Writing Workshop at Riken, Tokyo. Huge thank you to @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social for organising such an open and supportive workshop, and all the attendees for being so engaged and interactive.
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (8/11). Some parasitoids are solitary with only wasp developing per host. Silwood Park, 1992.
June 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (8/11). Some parasitoids are solitary with only wasp developing per host. Silwood Park, 1992.
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (7/11). There are many types of parasitoid. Some parasitoids lay male and female eggs in different types of host (autoparasitism). Silwood Park, 1992.
April 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (7/11). There are many types of parasitoid. Some parasitoids lay male and female eggs in different types of host (autoparasitism). Silwood Park, 1992.
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (6/11). There are many types of parasitoid. Some parasitoids attack leaf miners. Silwood Park, 1992.
April 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (6/11). There are many types of parasitoid. Some parasitoids attack leaf miners. Silwood Park, 1992.
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (5/11). There are many types of parasitoid. Some parasitoids attack mealy bugs on potatoes. Silwood Park, 1992.
March 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (5/11). There are many types of parasitoid. Some parasitoids attack mealy bugs on potatoes. Silwood Park, 1992.
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (4/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including how to best find mates. Silwood Park, 1992.
March 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (4/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including how to best find mates. Silwood Park, 1992.
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (3/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including whether to lay eggs in an already parasitised host (superparasitism). Silwood Park, 1992.
March 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (3/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including whether to lay eggs in an already parasitised host (superparasitism). Silwood Park, 1992.
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (2/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including how many eggs to lay (clutch size). Silwood Park, 1992.
February 27, 2025 at 5:47 AM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (2/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including how many eggs to lay (clutch size). Silwood Park, 1992.
Google started blocking reviews of the Gulf of Mexico after renaming it the Gulf of America (stopping me giving it a 1* star review due to recently going downhill). Presumably lots of other people had the same idea! 😂😂😂
February 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Google started blocking reviews of the Gulf of Mexico after renaming it the Gulf of America (stopping me giving it a 1* star review due to recently going downhill). Presumably lots of other people had the same idea! 😂😂😂
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (1/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including whether to lay eggs in a particular host. Revived after chatting about it with Molly Hunter.
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A pictorial guide to parasitoids (1/11). Parasitoids face many behavioural decisions, including whether to lay eggs in a particular host. Revived after chatting about it with Molly Hunter.
At #ISBE2024 next week? Come see my first ever conference poster. (I'm cheating - it is a slight update of an awesome poster by @annadewar.bsky.social )
September 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
At #ISBE2024 next week? Come see my first ever conference poster. (I'm cheating - it is a slight update of an awesome poster by @annadewar.bsky.social )
No consistent support from theory or bird data for the hypothesis that cooperation can be favoured to reduce variation in fitness (altruistic bet-hedging) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 10, 2024 at 3:49 PM
No consistent support from theory or bird data for the hypothesis that cooperation can be favoured to reduce variation in fitness (altruistic bet-hedging) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Bacteria with more variable lifestyles have more fluid pangenomes www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@annadewar.bsky.social @lauriebelch.bsky.social
@annadewar.bsky.social @lauriebelch.bsky.social
May 15, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Bacteria with more variable lifestyles have more fluid pangenomes www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@annadewar.bsky.social @lauriebelch.bsky.social
@annadewar.bsky.social @lauriebelch.bsky.social