Thomas Buckley
@thomas-buckley.bsky.social
Entomology, evolution, genomics, New Zealand biogeography
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The Entomology Society of New Zealand has just launched their second annual Bug of the Year! Here are your 20 nominees for 2024! Voting opens on 1st January 💚 🧪🪲🕷️Take a look here:
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
December 1, 2023 at 4:28 AM
The Entomology Society of New Zealand has just launched their second annual Bug of the Year! Here are your 20 nominees for 2024! Voting opens on 1st January 💚 🧪🪲🕷️Take a look here:
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2024-bug-of-...
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New paper out from my lab on wētā weapons! TLDR: We expected massive male jaws to hinder feeding rates but nope, they ate faster!
Project led by Bridgette Farnworth, hard work by summer student Sam Purdie & in collab with Cilla Wehi
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Project led by Bridgette Farnworth, hard work by summer student Sam Purdie & in collab with Cilla Wehi
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 19, 2023 at 8:49 PM
New paper out from my lab on wētā weapons! TLDR: We expected massive male jaws to hinder feeding rates but nope, they ate faster!
Project led by Bridgette Farnworth, hard work by summer student Sam Purdie & in collab with Cilla Wehi
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Project led by Bridgette Farnworth, hard work by summer student Sam Purdie & in collab with Cilla Wehi
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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New preprint: The genome of the dyeing poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) is riddled with TEs!
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
November 8, 2023 at 11:17 AM
New preprint: The genome of the dyeing poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) is riddled with TEs!
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
doi.org/10.1101/2023...
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Exciting news today that my collaborators have been grated the first licence in NZ to cultivate Psilocybe ‘magic mushrooms’ for use in helping addiction to methamphetamine. I am proving advice on the mushrooms. #mycology 🧪www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/first-med...
First medicinal licence granted for indigenous magic mushrooms: can they help P addicts? - NZ Herald
A collaborative network based in Tairāwhiti is investigating health benefits
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 24, 2023 at 8:31 AM
Exciting news today that my collaborators have been grated the first licence in NZ to cultivate Psilocybe ‘magic mushrooms’ for use in helping addiction to methamphetamine. I am proving advice on the mushrooms. #mycology 🧪www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/first-med...
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While you were sleeping, I launched the "What's Environmental DNA" Feed, a collection of posts about Environmental DNA (or possibly eccentric fashion designer Edna Mode from The Incredibles). Let me know if you want to be added as a contributor, then tag posts with #eDNA to appear in the feed.
October 2, 2023 at 1:24 PM
While you were sleeping, I launched the "What's Environmental DNA" Feed, a collection of posts about Environmental DNA (or possibly eccentric fashion designer Edna Mode from The Incredibles). Let me know if you want to be added as a contributor, then tag posts with #eDNA to appear in the feed.
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