Idris Adams

PhD Candidate in Sumner Lab, @UCLCBER w/ @London_NERC_DTP
Passionate about arthropod diversity, conservation and ecology 🐝

[Idris Adams @IdrisAdamsBio]

Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with @BBCBreakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @WaspWoman for the opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps exhibition at @GrantMuseum for the props!

[Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman]

My latest writing on wasps.. putting some facts behind the headlines.

"Where the UK’s wasps have gone and why they need your help"

https://t.co/417U5XRNqu via @ConversationUK
@UCLCBER @uclnews @RoyEntSoc @AdamHartScience @bigwaspsurvey

[Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman]

#Whoop4wasps! @ionace @UCLCBER cheerleading for wasps @BBCRadio4 @BBCPM 23’10”. [Cold/wet spring=poor nest survival] + [few insect prey] -> bad yr for wasps 🥺It matters: wasps are apex predators & pollinators. #WaspLove https://t.co/BsLIR2nxre

[Idris Adams @IdrisAdamsBio]

@SteveJTurner76 Looks like Ammophila sabulosa!

[Idris Adams @IdrisAdamsBio]

@whistling_joe @RSPBMinsmere @WaspWoman @Cin_Oi @BroadGavin Bizarre! Do you know whether she laid an egg in the end?

[Idris Adams @IdrisAdamsBio]

@ektinsley @SussexLifeSci @Ecol_Ent @LasiBee Thanks El!

[Idris Adams @IdrisAdamsBio]

Very happy to have my first author credit on a peer-reviewed paper (open-access) from my time at @SussexLifeSci, in the great @Ecol_Ent!
I collected data for this project led by Oliver Visick over two years in @LasiBee: https://t.co/onLpR7tt8I

#bees #entomology #ecology

[Chloë A Metcalfe @ChloeAMetcalfe]

💼 I am now looking for my next challenge. I have a special interest in science policy, but I am open to discuss any opportunities in the field of environmental science and conservation biology. Please do get in touch if you are aware of any open positions within your network.

[Idris Adams @IdrisAdamsBio]

Obligatory fieldwork photos... and my first marked #wasp!
Great trip to Norfolk last week with @WaspWoman @TimBlackburn66

[Lewis Revely @LewisRevely]

I’m really proud to share that our paper on the diversity of social complexity in termites has been published!!!

[Idris Adams @IdrisAdamsBio]

Very proud to be a part of @UCLCBER and had a great time at my first retreat!

[UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research @UCLCBER]

Thank you to everyone for an amazing day out at the CBER Retreat 2024 hosted by @WWTLondon

[Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman]

Job alert! Please share! DEADLINE: 21st May.

#Bioinformatician to join our @BBSRC #BBR grant 'Building an bioinformatics ecosystem for ecologists' with @Wyatt1Chris @yannick__ @UCLCBER @QMUL @SeqeraLabs #Bioinformatics #ecology #pipelines #Nextflow

https://t.co/D0Mo23jjzl

[Iona Cunningham-Eurich @ionace]

I'm looking for a few more moth trappers who would be happy to help collect parasitoid wasps 🐝🦋 as part of my PhD (equipment and postage provided). Especially looking for people in the unfilled vice-counties and Northern Ireland! @BroadGavin @WaspWoman Message me for more info

[Chris Wyatt @Wyatt1Chris]

#JOB CALL!! #bioinformatician #PipelineDeveloper
Help us build #pipelines for #ecologists #evolutionary #biologists #agriculture #scientists. @UCL @QMUL @BBSRC #BBR
https://t.co/PGzvGRQTHL
#nextflow #workflows #sciencejobs #biotech #omics

[Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman]

Pls RT. #Job!

Deadline approaching! 19th April - #Bioinformatician role in #Evolutionary #Genomics - come work with us on a @NERCscience funded grant. See post 👇 and link for details.
https://t.co/u6ojeMIkJq

Drop us a line if you have any questions!
@ucl @UCLCBER

[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!

[Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman]

The thing I love about my job, EVEN more than wasps, is the fabulous people I work with. So lucky to be surrounded by such an inspiring, supportive & fun bunch. This week’s lab meeting was Brazilian themed…wasp masks! #PhDstudents #PostDocs #Fellows #SabbaticalGuests @UCLCBER

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Dear @RishiSunak,
Please do one good thing in your premiership and scrap tomorrow's bill to allow more North Sea oil & gas licences.
Or call an election now; we've all had enough, nobody voted for you.
Pls RT if you agree.
https://t.co/rIagB5Wylm

[Prof Seirian Sumner @WaspWoman]

Pls RT. We're hiring! Join us as Senior #Bioinformatician on 3 yr @NERCscience funded project on sensory evolution of #wasps; #genomes #morphology #comparative. Awesome team 👉 @eyalprivman @UofHaifa @BroadGavin @NHM @Cin_Oi & me @UCLCBER
Deadline 18th Dec
https://t.co/7cFYxTIzyY

[The Conservation Equity Project @conservequity]

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