AgingPhDs

PhD students spread across Germany and the Netherlands working on bees, ants, termites and drosophila. Committed to discover the secret to immortality.

[Jeroen Bosman aka @[email protected] @jeroenbosman]

Utrecht University @UniUtrecht in the Netherlands has withdrawn itself from the World University ranking @THEworldunirank provided by @timeshighered. As this has generated quite some reactions - praise, questions, some doubts, I want to provide some context. Hence a thread 🧵1/16

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

Mornin’ folks.

We’ve had a lot of people enquiring about and commenting on #bumblebees asleep on #flowers, especially at this time of year, so here’s a quick (long)🙄 thread explaining what’s going on.

Please retweet so more are more informed.
Thanks good people.
#bees
1/16

[Sebastian Hoehna @SebastianHoehna]

Come and join us as a PhD student in bioinformatics working on gene expression evolution in fireflies. Co-supervised by @AnaGCatalan and be part of the @SPP_GEvol program. Don't hesitate if you have questions.
https://t.co/x16ZzfMlsE

[Zimai Li 荔枝麦 @ZimaiLi]

Ant-ics🐜on the outbreak front! Our latest preprint https://t.co/sKNHDKJxEX explores the wild world of infection risk in clonal ant colonies. Buckle up for some gnarly #nematode🪱vs. #ant action💥(1/6) #Individuality #Infection #epidemiology #parasites

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

Spreading the disea... I mean, the word! 🐜🍄

[Andreia Teixeira @AndreiafvT]

PhD position available in our lab in Halle, please RT!
If interested in studying host-parasite interactions in a super cool system 🐜🍄 just hit us up. Link for details: https://t.co/sLgTjc1Nb4

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

@EdIvimeyCook Happy birthday! 🥳🎉

[Dr. Dawn Wright + @deepseadawn.bsky.social 🇺🇦 @deepseadawn]

Absolutely love the insights possible from this "Academic Wheel of Privilege" as shared recently by @Jadson_Jall from a @NASA Transform to Open Science interview with @Flavio_Azevedo_ https://t.co/UfrQjfPtuM cc & thx @ChelleGentemann
#openscience #RepresentationMatters

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

@Ants_ee_thesis is repping us at #DZG22 👀 just go check what she's been up to if you're around 🐜🐜🐜 #dzgevol

[MEGHA MAJOE @Ants_ee_thesis]

What possessed/inspired me enough to get this permanently inked ? Come find out tomorrow at #DZG22 #dzgevol #ameisenareamazin

[Eckart Stolle @EckartStolle]

PhD position available. Come work with us @LIB on bee genomes and phenotypic loss. Great collaboration within the highly collaborative @dfg_public @SPP_GEvol. Deadline 11.09.22, full ad+apply here: https://t.co/Mm4JPciHTQ. pls RT!

[Astropierre @astropierre]

Les lauréat·es du fameux concours photo "Big Picture Natural World Photography" on été révélés pour 2022.

Pour commencer cette semaine, je vous propose une sélection de mes clichés favoris dans chaque catégorie.

Thread à dérouler ci-dessous.

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

@luisamjaimesn presented her poster on monday, but she is still around! Hit her up at the #ESEB2022 poster session today if you are interested in ageing and/or cute ants 🐜🐜🐜

[Entomological Society of America @EntsocAmerica]

Arthropod Photo of the Week: August 17, 2022
Stingless bee
Scaptotrigona sp.
Hymenoptera: Apidae
Cali, Colombia
By Francisco López-Machado (@FLM_1968)
#arthropodPOTW

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

Wanna know how one can use "Old-age-genes" as ageing markers in termites? @VroniRau will tell you all about it today at #ESEB2022! Step in symposium 34 at 16:45 😌✨

[Gill research group @richjgill]

Check out the 1st papers from our bumblebee museum project. One studying wing asymmetry (proxy of stress) over the 20th century: https://t.co/MshPg0ur19 The other showcasing genome sequencing of specimens dating back to 19th century: https://t.co/pL9WPrfIsz

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

We're at #ESEB2022 hearing @AlexeiMaklakov telling us about challenges and emerging theories in the evolution of ageing 👀

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

Summary: 🧳🐜📝💕🍷🐝🍃

[AgingPhDs @AgingPhD]

We're still alive and ageing 💪

[MEGHA MAJOE @Ants_ee_thesis]

Last talk of day two of the first meeting I've attended IN PERSON almost 2 years later. Admittedly the conference swag has some changes 😀 #ageing #socialinsects #gutenbergworkshops #JGUMainz @AgingPhD

[MEGHA MAJOE @Ants_ee_thesis]

happened upon 'le French Protein' in the brain of Acromyrmex echinatior queens @AgingPhD : #coolproteinnames #ameisenareamazing #ageing

[Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman]

Amazing photo of a wasp predator in action @SamDuckerinRein @TheWaspLady @detoni_mateus

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

📢 Calling all prospective writers!

Do you have a personal story about your time in #Academia that you feel illustrates how research culture is or should be changing?

Our new column #SparksOfChange is for you!
https://t.co/on2RZqt0pk