IUSSI_NWES
@IUSSI_NWES
Official Twitter of the North Western European section of IUSSI, a worldwide scientific society devoted to promoting the study of social arthropods.
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http://www.iussi.org/NWEurope/ 17-04-2020 15:24:06
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Congratulations to all the winners 👏👏👏
There were many amazing talks and posters, all in all a wonderful experience & some 🤯 findings 🐝🐜🕷️🪳 #IUSSIBristol #IUSSI2023 IUSSI_NWES
On my way home after presenting a talk at the annual Social Insects winter conference #IUSSI2023
I talked about the comparative techniques we can use to understand what drives & constrains the evolution of different social behaviours in insects 🐝🐜
📍Bristol, U.K.
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Two conferences back to back was a little exhausting, but #IUSSIBristol was worth the effort! Amazing social insect research happening, great to be (🐝) a part of it
Had a wonderful time at the IUSSI_NWES winter meeting in Bristol, I learned so much about all things ants, bees and wasps! 🐝🐜 Thank you to everyone that chatted with me about my work, the organisers and of course my lab mates who were FAB as always (hahaha)
Many congratulations to our fantastic student talk and poster award winners!
Best talk: Flynn Bizzell
Best poster: Anthony Bracuti
Highly commended talk: Viviana Di Pietro
Highly commended poster: Liliana Fischer
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Had so much fun at IUSSI_NWES winter meeting in Bristol. Very nice first conference experience! #bees #neuroanatomy #flashtalk Biology | KU Leuven Fac Wetenschappen
Leaving Bristol satisfied after the IUSSI_NWES winter meeting. Great organization, thanks a lot Christoph Grüter and team!
#bumblebees #roboticflowers #flashtalk Biology | KU Leuven Fac Wetenschappen
Amazing conference University of Bristol Biological Sciences! And I'm very proud of Oxford Biology MBiol student Flynn Bizzell who won best student talk for his masters work!
Looking back over his prolific career, Francis Ratnieks closes #IUSSIBristol with a fascinating plenary on the incredible stingless bees…
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In the ant Messor barbarus, there are big workers and tiny workers. Alice Séguret explores how these varied workers differ in gene expression and neuroanatomy… and suggests that they may have different physiological abilities to perceive nonkin
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What’s that? The sound of 100 social insect biologists shouting “Oh no he didn’t!”
Philip Downing pairs game theory and comparative data, told through the medium of pantomime, to ask if classic models of anisogamy (big eggs, small sperm) apply to superorganisms…
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Working in Spain, Thomas O’Shea-Wheeler asks whether the invasive Asian hornet is a threat to bumblebees. Answer: Asian hornets turn out to be terrible at catching bumblebees (good news!) but may have indirect effects on colonies by constantly harassing them…
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Mark Brown reveals that artificially inseminated bumblebee workers can act as queens (from nest foundation to mature nests!), and explores the implications for understanding superorganismality…
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Balamurali is next up on cognitive bias in bumblebees 🐝 exposed to different stressors #iussiBristol
Ants run aphid farms. But could they also run aphid pharmacies?
Jason Rissanen asks whether aphids may be a source of medicine for ants…
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