Thomas Buckley
thomas-buckley.bsky.social
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-...
December 1, 2023 at 4:28 AM
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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/...
November 19, 2023 at 8:49 PM
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New preprint: The genome of the dyeing poison frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) is riddled with TEs!

doi.org/10.1101/2023...
November 8, 2023 at 11:17 AM
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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
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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
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Spread the word, and please apply!

www.newphytologist.org/awards/tansl...

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Tansley Medal - Awards
New Phytologist Tansley Medal, awarded in recognition of an outstanding contribution to research in plant science by an individual in the early stages of their career
www.newphytologist.org
October 9, 2023 at 9:58 AM