Dr Amanda Norton

Senior Technical Officer (Research), Biosafety & Biosecurity Advisor @usceduau

| Previously researched honey bee viruses & Varroa mites @Sydney_uni 🐝

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

Feeling extremely honoured to have my 🐝 research highlighted by Prof. Lena Wilfert in @AnimalEcology 💛. In this study, we investigated what effect vector-borne transmission by Varroa destructor has on the prevalence of the two major Deformed wing virus genotypes.

[Journal of Animal Ecology @AnimalEcology]

In this month’s ⭐️Research Highlight⭐️ Lena Wilfert expands on the paper by @Amanda_M_Norton et al.: ‘Adaptation to vector-based transmission in a honeybee virus’: https://t.co/gp3k0okp0s

[Eugene Ryabov @RyabovEugene]

Apis mellifera Solinvivirus-1, a Novel Honey Bee Virus That Remained Undetected for over a Decade, Is Widespread in the USA https://t.co/K7Ekr7rOH0 #mdpiviruses via @VirusesMDPI @USDA_NIFA @USDA_ARS @UMDEntomology @JayDEvans88 @vanEngelsdorpD

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

Also, big congrats to Georgia's supervisors @AsmaaBoufridi, Peter Brooks and Linda Pappalardo! 👏👏

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

Fantastic final presentation by @usceduau Honours student Georgia Moore, who developed a new method to authenticate Australian honey. Huge amount of work for an Honours student! This research has fantastic potential to support Aus beekeepers & honey producers!! 🐝🍯#UniSChoneylab

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

@BirdmanSamare @usceduau @USCDetectionDog Congratulations Asitha! 👏

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

@wtb_Michael @PatsaveeV brings back Warrah memories 🥰

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

@RBorrelia @IsobelRonai @hayleejw do you have any suggestions?

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

@IsobelRonai @_aaausa @redmakeda @HarvardOEB @MCB_Harvard Fantastic! Congrats Isobel! 🥳

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

@BambiraptorF Congrats Caitlyn!! 🥳🥳🥳

[John Roberts @JohnRoberts222]

Join our @CSIRO #bee team using hive #eDNA to detect biosecurity threats across the landscape. #varroa #plantpathogens #weeds #postdocjobs
https://t.co/gGYsoOEKpJ

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

If you're heading to #IUSSI2022 and curious about invasion dynamic and Apis cerana, check out my brilliant lab mate Tom Hagan's talk! #SydneyBEElab 🐝🐝🐝

[Tom Hagan @Evo_Tom_Hagan]

Very happy to have presented my thesis work at #Evol2022 yesterday! In summary, invasion dynamics and speed can be constrained by loci under balancing selection, so be careful where you look! Anyone going to #IUSSI2022 will also see this work, so get keen!

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

Detecting Varroa in Australia is highly concerning, but how fantastic to see the surveillance hives work so well! Fingers crossed that all introduced mites are completely contained!! 🤞🤞🤞 https://t.co/dKQYn1PrPF

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

My friend Georgia, her husband, and three-year-old twins lost their Burnside (Sunshine Coast) home in a fire yesterday. If you have anything to spare, please consider donating to their GoFundMe to support them through this devasting time. Thank you 💛

https://t.co/Qhj8szneOo

[@vbsdoublet.bsky.social @VBSDoublet]

Open PhD position to study the evolution of insect immunity with me in Ulm, Germany. Project part of the @dfg_public priority program @SPP_GEvol. 🐝🦗🪳🦟@BiologyUlm

Please RT

https://t.co/ux5yrYjoR7

[Dr Rachele S Wilson @beescapes_au]

Are you skilled at writing successful CRC bids? @WheenBee are hiring a CEO and Chair for their CRC for Pollination Security bid: https://t.co/18cKBnNyq5

#bees #beeresearch #foodsecurity #research #nativebees #pollination #pollinators #honey #ecology #agriculture #horticulture

[Georgia Kafer @GeorgiaKafer]

📣We are hiring again! This time we are hunting for a #postdoc to work on our 3D-stem cell derived placentoid model. Applications close midnight June 23rd. Full details: https://t.co/lDeZGArAOx

#postdocjobs #placenta #stemcells

@Postdocjobsaus @ANZPRA1 @ReproductionSRB

[Sydney Uni Media @SydneyUni_Media]

Got election fatigue? Consider World Bee Day instead! 🐝 To celebrate our pollinating friends, @sydney_uni scientists are developing precision insecticides to target honey bee enemies, while keeping bees and other animals safe. https://t.co/cmQda53icE

#WorldBeeDay

[Simon Ho @DrSimonHo]

Postdoc position available:
Join us in Sydney!

We seek a postdoc researcher to work on rates of evolution and models of macroevolutionary change.

You will have the chance to lead research, analyse genomic data sets, and address key questions in evolutionary biology.

[Samuel Phillips @Sam_Phillips_83]

We are looking for a new PhD student to work on a new Koala vaccine project at @usceduau and @CBioinnovation investigating, longevity, risk factors to immunity and therapeutic responses.
Please DM me for more info

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

@GeorgiaKafer Thanks Georgia! Sadly, no bonnets for USYD PhDs 🎓

[Dr Amanda Norton @Amanda_M_Norton]

Happy days are when a milestone birthday aligns with your PhD graduation ceremony! It was wonderful to finally have my celebratory moment, after COVID delays and border closures. Thanks to everyone who's been part of my journey 🐝🐝🐝 #SydneyBEElab @EmsyRemsy @SydneySOLES