Michael Kanost

[Thorben Danke @sagaOptics]

Insect wings are a thin cuticle sheet braced by veins. That much is shared. Almost everything else is not. Some membranes are nearly clear. Some are dense, stiff, narrow, mottled, or reduced to a fringe. Same class of structure. Completely different solutions. At this magnification the differences stop looking ornamental. Comparative work across hundreds of wings and many insect orders shows that outline, vein topology and the membrane cells between veins occupy a very large design space. There is no single hidden "insect wing" underneath the variation. Butterfly wings are the surfaces we most often reduce to colour and prettiness. The rest of the insect world does not follow that habit.
That range is old. Once forewings and hindwings could diverge, the organ split into shields, flight surfaces, signals, covers, and wings that are barely wings at all. Vein junctions, sockets, pigment and structural colour repeat as themes, not as copies.
This is why insects keep rewarding extreme macro work. The subject is not rarity. It is variability packed into millimetres.

[Entomological Society of America @EntsocAmerica]

Listen to the full Q&A in the latest episode of Stridulation Station: “New World Screwworm: Separating Fact from Fear” https://t.co/rnIE9VK3rL

[Michael Kanost @MichaelKanost]

@Britannica I think it would contain uric acid rather than urea. https://t.co/8mEuTpiQ78

[Oz @oznova_]

This is what amino acids look like if you let the side chains flop around on the page

[K-State Crops Judging @KStateCropsTeam]

🏆CATS WIN!

A 34th Crops Judging national title has been officially clinched after a big win in the 2nd round at Chicago!

K-State's record now includes 1/3 of all years since the contest began (1923). #Dynasty

Karlie Albright - 1st
Collin Mills - 3rd
Ella Pachta - 4th

[K-State Extension @kstateextension]

K-State veterinary entomologist Cassandra Olds discusses two invasive insects being monitored in Kansas: the asian longhorn tick and the New World screwworm. 🪰

Found an insect you are unsure about? Send it to K-State's Insect Diagnostics Lab! https://t.co/z1Wk8MKNwN

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

Of the nearly 1.8 million animal species that have been described by science, about 84% are arthropods. 

And we heard that if you say “arthropod” 3 times in a row, one of the 400,000 species of beetles will appear.

[Michael Kanost @MichaelKanost]

@Britannica @MerriamWebster Insect blood

[Bruno Lemaitre @BrunoLemaitre3]

https://t.co/oiqlaPwaqS

[Michael Kanost @MichaelKanost]

@emptywheel @JDVance Q

[ASBMB @ASBMB]

NIH cuts don’t just affect labs. They affect patients, communities and innovation. Tell your representative what’s at stake. Use our resources to request a district meeting: https://t.co/Lc74tXIGUt. #ScienceServesUsAll

[Bruno Lemaitre @BrunoLemaitre3]

We are happy to annouce that we have deposited at @VDRC (ViennaDrosophila Resource Center) a list of isogenized @Drosophila immunity mutants affecting all major immune modules and effectors. We hope these strains will be useful to the community.
https://t.co/oIEvATUN6E

[K-State Department of Entomology @KStateEntom]

"Scientists generally agree there is a problem in not just insects, but the natural world, and we've been cognizant for a very long time that something happening to the insect population,” said Zolnerowich.
https://t.co/lREYdAbImN

[ASBMB @ASBMB]

ASBMB calls on Congress to reject the proposed devastating cuts & policy changes at U.S. science agencies & reaffirm their support for biomedical research — to protect our future, improve American health & re-establish the U.S. as the leader in innovation.
https://t.co/zPLKN2qe5l

[Michael Kanost @MichaelKanost]

@BTIscience Congratulations Gary!

[K-State Department of Entomology @KStateEntom]

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[Michael Kanost @MichaelKanost]

@MerriamWebster Also tsetse fly

[Brian V Geisbrecht Lab @BvgLab]

Zymogen activation is a ubiquitous strategy for regulating enzyme activity. In our @jbiolchem paper led by @HuiquanDuan, we show that blocking this fundamental process is used to inhibit the first proteolytic event of the classical #complement pathway 👇
https://t.co/DT6LtvaCB4

[Michael Kanost @MichaelKanost]

@KStateCancerRes Congratulations Lauren!

[Michael Kanost @MichaelKanost]

@Britannica The blood of some caterpillars and other insects is blue due to biliverdin rather than hemocyanin.