Gerardo Fracasso

Striving to test the mechanisms underlying evolution, ecology, and behaviour... with dedication and perseverance!

[Gerardo Fracasso @GFracasso2]

I'm very glad and excited to be starting a new adventure as a postdoc at @SussexLifeSci (@SussexUni)!🥂 As part of the Schuett lab we will be investigating causes and consequences of individual variation in ground beetles comparing core and edge populations. 1/3

[Gerardo Fracasso @GFracasso2]

I'm super excited to be starting my Marie Curie project (UKRI founded) on bird-tick-pathogen interactions at @UniofExeter (Penryn)!

What better way to start the project than celebrating Darwin Landing Day (very close by in Falmouth) with a lecture from Marcel Visser (@niooknaw)?

[De Telegraaf @telegraaf]

Een op vijf teken die in de tuin wordt gevonden, is besmet met de bacterie die de ziekte van Lyme kan veroorzaken.
https://t.co/XfdjVNZ6XQ

[Gerardo Fracasso @GFracasso2]

Absolutely worth a reading. If you are looking for some graphics work in your scientific text (be it book, paper, or thesis) check out her profile😉

[the Node @the_Node]

In our latest #SciArt profile, we meet Menelia Vasilopoulou Kampitsi, who did a PhD in functional morphology and is now a science illustrator. @Meneliavk takes inspiration from impressionism, the Bauhaus movement and surrealism to create her artwork:
https://t.co/M9Bt1Ftgbp

[Steve Gantlett @CleyBirds]

Did you have a terrific birding trip to Iceland in May, but then lose your SD card with your 3,700 bird photos in Norfolk? I have it!

[Gerardo Fracasso @GFracasso2]

@MatsVanGestel1 Congratulations Mats!!👏👏 And best of luck for this new rollercoaster!

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"Please make no mistake. Climate change is the biggest threat to global security that modern humans have ever faced." Sir David Attenborough.

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re

[Käthe Robert @kathe_robert]

Read our paper on "The use of protective practices against tick bites: a survey-based comparison between nature and gardens", published with @SpringerNature in Journal of Public Health!
https://t.co/LWRSTLsUcz

@MichielLat

[Laura Bibiana Ospina-Rozo (she/her) 🇨🇴 @laubibianapina]

Honoured to be interviewed by @LetsTalkSciComm! We had a great beetleing time! 🪲✨✨🌈

Incidentally, I will be celebrating my bday with this episode! 😊😊💖💖😊😊 Yeyyyy!

#scicom #beetles

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Got a bee hotel? Or planning to make/buy one this Spring? Then please join our Big Bee Hotel Experiment. Sign up below. It is free, fun, easy, will help us to work out which designs / locations are best, and you might win a £250 voucher. Please retweet!

[Pheasants@Exeter @pec_exeter]

Really looking forward to talking at this event for game breeders and keepers tomorrow

I'll be explaining how by rearing better gamebirds, fewer need be released, bringing ecological, ethical and economic benefits

[Mats Van Gestel @MatsVanGestel1]

Five years of research on #Tick and #TBDs finds it's way to you through @STOTEN_journal! We elaborate on the drivers of TBD risk near recreational infrastructure: Edge effects, #vegetetation, host #habitatuse.... read all about it!

https://t.co/VCjBKnG4uf

[Thorben Danke @sagaOptics]

Rose chafer, Cetonia aurata. I just can’t get enough of this beetle. Every time I discover new small details. Simply fascinating.

#cetoniaaurata #goldglänzenderrosenkäfer #coleoptera #beetle #rosechafer #macrophotography #entomology

[Kate Bradbury 🏳️‍🌈 @Kate_Bradbury]

A sad day for Brighton and Hove as @bhlabour brings glyphosate back to our streets. But heartening that so many came out in support of our bees, house sparrows, hedgehogs and starlings. Thanks @SteveGeliot for organising it. #findanotherway

[Thorben Danke @sagaOptics]

Ground beetle, Carabus problematicus. Perfect for the #bluemonday #bluebugs on the 3rd Monday of the the year. Some technical informations about the shot today: With the right lighting, black parts can also be clearly seen against a black background. The different reflections of the surfaces are used here. With additional lateral lighting, the diffuser is reflected in the surfaces and clearly stands out from the background.

#carabus #carabusproblematicus #groundbeetle #beetle #coleoptera #biodiversität #biodiversity #makro #macrophotography #stacking #käfer #laufkäfer

[Hannah Williams @DrHannahJW]

Spy to Fly!! A short film of our social soaring research now available in full at https://t.co/nVrzryAtkj! Captures the beauty and complexity of soaring flight, the enthusiasm of those involved, & future work of Move.inFormation supported by @VolkswagenSt @CBehav @MPI_animalbehav

[Gerardo Fracasso @GFracasso2]

Excited about this opportunity!
If you want to know more about the project, follow the link: https://t.co/YruPSyFSpZ

[NERC Environmental Omics Facility @NERC_EOF]

NEOF Visitor Research Tech @MichaelcGrant99 (@SussexLifeSci) is sampling DNA for a reference genome to investigate individual variation in ground beetle behaviour, physiology & genetics, together with Dr @GFracasso2, PhD student @Stan_Edwards_ & PI Dr Wiebke Schuett #NEOFTraining

[NERC Environmental Omics Facility @NERC_EOF]

NEOF Visitor Research Tech @MichaelcGrant99 (@SussexLifeSci) is sampling DNA for a reference genome to investigate individual variation in ground beetle behaviour, physiology & genetics, together with Dr @GFracasso2, PhD student @Stan_Edwards_ & PI Dr Wiebke Schuett #NEOFTraining

[Gerardo Fracasso @GFracasso2]

That's a good and representative picture of what me and several other colleagues (and friends) are experiencing... Maybe it's time to do something about it.

[nature @Nature]

Falling behind: postdocs in their thirties tire of putting life on hold.

Read the results of Nature’s second global survey of postdoctoral researchers https://t.co/jYxKuLT3B9

[GlobalChangeEcology @GCE_UAntwerp]

We are recruiting! 👇 👇 👇
Interested to work on a PhD thesis at @UAntwerpen in the field of wood biomass production and forest carbon cycling? Don’t hesitate and click below. Cooperation with @ugent and @ICOS_RI!
https://t.co/eNxVfUYNTs