Yannick Wurm
@yannickwurm.bsky.social
Ants, pollinators, evolution, genomes. Prof @ Queen Mary U London, Founder @ Pragmatic Genomics & Pollinatework
https://wurmlab.com
https://sequenceserver.com - Genomic results fast
https://sensibee.io - Pollinator monitoring for the 21st century
https://wurmlab.com
https://sequenceserver.com - Genomic results fast
https://sensibee.io - Pollinator monitoring for the 21st century
More ARIA Engineering Ecosystem Resilience news - two jobs and and two meetings:
A. Hiring ASAP: We’re hiring a genes-to-ecosystems/conservation thinker for 6 months (London-based, up to £550/day). Apply quick, we'll start reviewing applications on Monday 10th. forms.monday.com/forms/d00798...
A. Hiring ASAP: We’re hiring a genes-to-ecosystems/conservation thinker for 6 months (London-based, up to £550/day). Apply quick, we'll start reviewing applications on Monday 10th. forms.monday.com/forms/d00798...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
More ARIA Engineering Ecosystem Resilience news - two jobs and and two meetings:
A. Hiring ASAP: We’re hiring a genes-to-ecosystems/conservation thinker for 6 months (London-based, up to £550/day). Apply quick, we'll start reviewing applications on Monday 10th. forms.monday.com/forms/d00798...
A. Hiring ASAP: We’re hiring a genes-to-ecosystems/conservation thinker for 6 months (London-based, up to £550/day). Apply quick, we'll start reviewing applications on Monday 10th. forms.monday.com/forms/d00798...
Big news: ARIA's Engineering Ecosystem Resilience (EER) opportunity space has begun funding, we're hiring, and we're sharing our (tentative) roadmap.
October 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Big news: ARIA's Engineering Ecosystem Resilience (EER) opportunity space has begun funding, we're hiring, and we're sharing our (tentative) roadmap.
A September highlight for me is always the Centre for Ecology & Evolution's Autumn Mixer symposium - a fantastic event that pulls together great scientists from across London's diverse institutions.
This Friday the 19th, Mojca Kristan is hosting it at LSHTM. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
This Friday the 19th, Mojca Kristan is hosting it at LSHTM. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
September 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A September highlight for me is always the Centre for Ecology & Evolution's Autumn Mixer symposium - a fantastic event that pulls together great scientists from across London's diverse institutions.
This Friday the 19th, Mojca Kristan is hosting it at LSHTM. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
This Friday the 19th, Mojca Kristan is hosting it at LSHTM. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
Very cool
Dragonflies use “crazy turning” to dry themselves off after a cooling dip in water.
Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/3Vw2Df1
Learn more on #NationalWildlifeDay: https://scim.ag/3Vw2Df1
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Very cool
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We’re looking to fund ~10 short discovery projects to dive into potential research directions for a programme within our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space, led by @yannickwurm.bsky.social.
Find out more + apply by 18 September: link.aria.org.uk/eer-preprogd...
Find out more + apply by 18 September: link.aria.org.uk/eer-preprogd...
Engineering Ecosystem Resilience
Living organisms underpin our food, climate stability, and materials – ecological collapse threatens the foundations of civilisation. By pairing advanced monitoring with resilience-boosting interventi...
link.aria.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We’re looking to fund ~10 short discovery projects to dive into potential research directions for a programme within our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space, led by @yannickwurm.bsky.social.
Find out more + apply by 18 September: link.aria.org.uk/eer-preprogd...
Find out more + apply by 18 September: link.aria.org.uk/eer-preprogd...
We're funding ~ten 3-month projects within our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience space with up to £20k each. (Apply by September 18th)
We’re looking to fund ~10 short discovery projects to dive into potential research directions for a programme within our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience opportunity space, led by @yannickwurm.bsky.social.
Find out more + apply by 18 September: link.aria.org.uk/eer-preprogd...
Find out more + apply by 18 September: link.aria.org.uk/eer-preprogd...
Engineering Ecosystem Resilience
Living organisms underpin our food, climate stability, and materials – ecological collapse threatens the foundations of civilisation. By pairing advanced monitoring with resilience-boosting interventi...
link.aria.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We're funding ~ten 3-month projects within our Engineering Ecosystem Resilience space with up to £20k each. (Apply by September 18th)
@aria-research.bsky.social at #eseb2025 starting in 122/123 at 5pm. We'll have drinks too 🍻
👉 What do you think could be the most impactful focus for a major new R&D effort to strengthen ecosystem resilience?
We would love your input. Please share your thoughts via the form and/or grab us at #ESEB2025 next week. We want to get this right.
We would love your input. Please share your thoughts via the form and/or grab us at #ESEB2025 next week. We want to get this right.
August 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
@aria-research.bsky.social at #eseb2025 starting in 122/123 at 5pm. We'll have drinks too 🍻
I am delighted to share v1 of the Engineering Ecosystem Resilience Opportunity Space, built with Seth Barribeau, Alice Pettitt, Georgina Leadley, and others within + beyond ARIA.
I am hopeful that judicious use of new technologies could help put humanity and nature onto a more mutualistic pathway.
I am hopeful that judicious use of new technologies could help put humanity and nature onto a more mutualistic pathway.
Civilisation is reliant on nature, but global ecosystems are collapsing. In our latest opportunity space, PD Yannick Wurm is asking: how can we engineer resilient ecosystems to enable both humanity and nature to thrive?
Dive in + share feedback: link.aria.org.uk/EER-BS
Dive in + share feedback: link.aria.org.uk/EER-BS
Engineering Ecosystem Resilience
Civilisation is reliant on nature for our health, food, medicine, and materials – however, ecosystems worldwide are collapsing. Advanced monitoring and novel, targeted interventions could reverse this...
link.aria.org.uk
August 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I am delighted to share v1 of the Engineering Ecosystem Resilience Opportunity Space, built with Seth Barribeau, Alice Pettitt, Georgina Leadley, and others within + beyond ARIA.
I am hopeful that judicious use of new technologies could help put humanity and nature onto a more mutualistic pathway.
I am hopeful that judicious use of new technologies could help put humanity and nature onto a more mutualistic pathway.
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We’re looking for our next CEO.
With strong foundations in place, long-term backing secured, and a bold research portfolio underway, this is an exciting moment for our next leader to step in.
Learn more: ariaresearch.substack.com/p/a-new-chap...
With strong foundations in place, long-term backing secured, and a bold research portfolio underway, this is an exciting moment for our next leader to step in.
Learn more: ariaresearch.substack.com/p/a-new-chap...
A new chapter: We’re looking for ARIA’s next CEO
In creating ARIA, the UK government recognised an opportunity for a new, experimental model of R&D to transform the future of the UK – and we have moved fast to seize the moment and attract the best t...
ariaresearch.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We’re looking for our next CEO.
With strong foundations in place, long-term backing secured, and a bold research portfolio underway, this is an exciting moment for our next leader to step in.
Learn more: ariaresearch.substack.com/p/a-new-chap...
With strong foundations in place, long-term backing secured, and a bold research portfolio underway, this is an exciting moment for our next leader to step in.
Learn more: ariaresearch.substack.com/p/a-new-chap...
I'm incredibly excited to share that I'm joining ARIA as a Programme Director, alongside seven other brilliant minds from across science, engineering, and technology. ARIA’s mission is to push into entirely new scientific and technical frontiers—I'm thrilled to be part of it.
Introducing our second cohort of Programme Directors – a group of world-class scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, with proven track records for building ventures, communities and technologies of societal and economic significance. 🚀
link.aria.org.uk/programme-di... (1/3)
link.aria.org.uk/programme-di... (1/3)
Programme Directors
Learn more about our PDs – the exceptional scientists and engineers exploring uncharted territory.
link.aria.org.uk
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm incredibly excited to share that I'm joining ARIA as a Programme Director, alongside seven other brilliant minds from across science, engineering, and technology. ARIA’s mission is to push into entirely new scientific and technical frontiers—I'm thrilled to be part of it.
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Eclipse time in London! Seen from the bridge over the Regent's Canal by Coal Drops Yard.
March 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Eclipse time in London! Seen from the bridge over the Regent's Canal by Coal Drops Yard.
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Nice ant. SZA at Glastonbury 2024
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Nice ant. SZA at Glastonbury 2024
Is there an AI tool that can look over my shoulder all day, and remind me to get back to what I was doing when I get distracted? (like a coach!)
I'd love to have this.
I'd love to have this.
February 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Is there an AI tool that can look over my shoulder all day, and remind me to get back to what I was doing when I get distracted? (like a coach!)
I'd love to have this.
I'd love to have this.
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👇🏻👇🏻
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I love it when a small tweak can make a huge impact - hopefully this holds true!
"Linux kernel tweak could cut data center power usage by up to 30%"
www.networkworld.com/article/3811...
"Linux kernel tweak could cut data center power usage by up to 30%"
www.networkworld.com/article/3811...
February 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I love it when a small tweak can make a huge impact - hopefully this holds true!
"Linux kernel tweak could cut data center power usage by up to 30%"
www.networkworld.com/article/3811...
"Linux kernel tweak could cut data center power usage by up to 30%"
www.networkworld.com/article/3811...
Pesticides affect different #bee tissues in very different ways.
This:
→ explains why neonic exposure affects such a broad diversity of bodily functions.
→ we cannot take the impacts of pesticide exposure one situation (or tissue) as a proxy for others.
Great work by Alicja & Federico
This:
→ explains why neonic exposure affects such a broad diversity of bodily functions.
→ we cannot take the impacts of pesticide exposure one situation (or tissue) as a proxy for others.
Great work by Alicja & Federico
Excited to share our latest research on #bumblebee #transcriptomics 🐝 🧬 We show that #neonicotinoid effects vary across tissues, highlighting their complex and harmful impacts on #pollinators
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
@flopezos.bsky.social @yannickwurm.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
@flopezos.bsky.social @yannickwurm.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Pesticides affect different #bee tissues in very different ways.
This:
→ explains why neonic exposure affects such a broad diversity of bodily functions.
→ we cannot take the impacts of pesticide exposure one situation (or tissue) as a proxy for others.
Great work by Alicja & Federico
This:
→ explains why neonic exposure affects such a broad diversity of bodily functions.
→ we cannot take the impacts of pesticide exposure one situation (or tissue) as a proxy for others.
Great work by Alicja & Federico
Reposted by Yannick Wurm
Excited to share our latest research on #bumblebee #transcriptomics 🐝 🧬 We show that #neonicotinoid effects vary across tissues, highlighting their complex and harmful impacts on #pollinators
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
@flopezos.bsky.social @yannickwurm.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
@flopezos.bsky.social @yannickwurm.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Excited to share our latest research on #bumblebee #transcriptomics 🐝 🧬 We show that #neonicotinoid effects vary across tissues, highlighting their complex and harmful impacts on #pollinators
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
@flopezos.bsky.social @yannickwurm.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
@flopezos.bsky.social @yannickwurm.bsky.social
We're delighted to host North-western Europe's premier meeting on ants, bees, wasps and termites on December 16th at QMUL.
🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜
Registration closes on the 8th: bit.ly/2024-iussi-q...
Supported by QM's Centre for Biodiversity & Sustainability: bit.ly/QMUL-Biodive...
🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜
Registration closes on the 8th: bit.ly/2024-iussi-q...
Supported by QM's Centre for Biodiversity & Sustainability: bit.ly/QMUL-Biodive...
December 5, 2024 at 4:26 PM
We're delighted to host North-western Europe's premier meeting on ants, bees, wasps and termites on December 16th at QMUL.
🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜
Registration closes on the 8th: bit.ly/2024-iussi-q...
Supported by QM's Centre for Biodiversity & Sustainability: bit.ly/QMUL-Biodive...
🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜🐝🐜
Registration closes on the 8th: bit.ly/2024-iussi-q...
Supported by QM's Centre for Biodiversity & Sustainability: bit.ly/QMUL-Biodive...
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Will we ever stop celebrating #databases? Not likely! They offer high-quality #datasets to scientists worldwide.
Perfect example: Reefgenomics(.Org)🪸 Published in 2016, this #BLASTfromthePast is still being updated with #coral #genomes today! We're proud to be a part!
Links👇
#reef #marinescience
Perfect example: Reefgenomics(.Org)🪸 Published in 2016, this #BLASTfromthePast is still being updated with #coral #genomes today! We're proud to be a part!
Links👇
#reef #marinescience
December 3, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Will we ever stop celebrating #databases? Not likely! They offer high-quality #datasets to scientists worldwide.
Perfect example: Reefgenomics(.Org)🪸 Published in 2016, this #BLASTfromthePast is still being updated with #coral #genomes today! We're proud to be a part!
Links👇
#reef #marinescience
Perfect example: Reefgenomics(.Org)🪸 Published in 2016, this #BLASTfromthePast is still being updated with #coral #genomes today! We're proud to be a part!
Links👇
#reef #marinescience
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You’ve heard of blue-blooded, but that pales (literally) in comparison to white-blooded icefishes 🐟, the only #vertebrates without #hemoglobin! 🩸 Shin et al., (with help from #SequenceServer!) reveal that #gene loss may be to blame. Congrats to the authors! 🎉
Link👇
#genomics
Link👇
#genomics
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM
You’ve heard of blue-blooded, but that pales (literally) in comparison to white-blooded icefishes 🐟, the only #vertebrates without #hemoglobin! 🩸 Shin et al., (with help from #SequenceServer!) reveal that #gene loss may be to blame. Congrats to the authors! 🎉
Link👇
#genomics
Link👇
#genomics
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The push to decentralize the Internet is gaining a lot of momentum since musk acquired Twitter and it looks like this 2nd trump presidency will do the same.
I wish we didn't wait for these things.
I wish we didn't wait for these things.
November 21, 2024 at 1:41 PM
The push to decentralize the Internet is gaining a lot of momentum since musk acquired Twitter and it looks like this 2nd trump presidency will do the same.
I wish we didn't wait for these things.
I wish we didn't wait for these things.
Great GPT prompt: "Based on what you already know about me, draw a picture of what you think my life currently looks like"
(it definitely got some things right!... and others very wrong!)
(it definitely got some things right!... and others very wrong!)
November 21, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Great GPT prompt: "Based on what you already know about me, draw a picture of what you think my life currently looks like"
(it definitely got some things right!... and others very wrong!)
(it definitely got some things right!... and others very wrong!)
Autumn sunset is surreal
October 25, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Autumn sunset is surreal
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November 25, 2023 at 2:44 PM