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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · 1d

Come and join us at Silwood Park, Imperial College London @imperiallifesci.bsky.social Drop an email if you need any more info, its a short turnaround to fit within the funder schedule - deadline October 24th. Funding is available whether you're from the UK or internationally! 🌎🌍🌏🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇳🇿🇦🇨🇦🇯🇵🇩🇪🇷🇺🇮🇹🇵🇹 etc

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SHARE. PhD advert: Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance. tinyurl.com/559hjsm4 Rare opportunity at the intersection of molecular ecology, disease surveillance, modelling and precision apiculture. DEADLINE 24th OCTOBER!

Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Predicting Pollinator Health and Disease Through Molecular and Sensor-Based Surveillance at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 19d

#microsky 🧫🧪

Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 19d

We have some full length 16S data from isolates that we'd like to match to ASV-level V4-V5 microbiomes from the same samples. It's pretty messy, especially for strains with multiple copies of 16S rRNA genes.

Has anyone encountered this in their work, or in the lit? Any ideas how to approach this?

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Professor Lesley Hoyles @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social · 26d

Delighted to announce the launch of the BBSRC-funded UK-wide microbiome innovation network Microbiome-Net.

I'm looking forward to representing and furthering the East Midlands Microbiome Research Network's contributions to research, innovation and policy.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/microbiome-i...

Stories - Microbiome Innovation Centre - University of Liverpool

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · 28d

Monika Yordanova leads on this study exploring coexposure of pesticides & Enterococcus on the health of developing bee larvae 🐝. Often seen as a pathogen, small doses of the microbe may reduce some of the impacts of pesticide toxicity under some conditions.
doi.org/10.1093/fems...

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Aug 21

Experimenting with AI to make accessible summaries of research. What are peoples thoughts? Here is a summary of a paper looking at the role of flowers in parasite transmission.
Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission
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Parasites in Bloom: The Secret Life of Flowers

YouTube video by Graystock Lab

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Imperial Life Sciences @imperiallifesci.bsky.social · Jul 31

🌿 Over 1000 signed up to join us at #OurImperial Silwood Park for Bugs, Birds & Beasts Day - our biggest turnout yet at this lively day of science, nature & family fun! From falconry to butterfly hunts, from an orchestra to 3D insects, this was a day out to remember! Thank you everyone! 🦅🐛💧

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James Romero @jamesromero.bsky.social · Jul 29

My 4th 'Bugs Day' at Imperial's Silwood campus. The boys (and I) had a wonderful time at an event that just gets better each year.

For Imperial team's interesting in public engagement with the natural world or environmental research, Bugs day is a wonderful resource to reach public audiences.

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Vida Svahnström @vidasplants.bsky.social · Jun 13

Glad to finally be able to share this paper! We found that epiphytes and their close relatives tend to have small range sizes, meaning a high proportion are likely to be at risk of extinction www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · Jun 13

For over 100 years, epiphytes - plants that grow on other plants such as orchids & bromeliads - were believed to be widespread and resilient 🌿

But our new study in Nature Plants tells a very different story 👇

Red and green bromeliads growing epiphytically on a mossy tree trunk in a tropical forest.

Researcher wearing glasses and a cap points to a small epiphytic plant growing on a mossy tree trunk in a forest.

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Jun 13

🪴 Epiphytic plants, including popular houseplants and orchids, may be at high risk of extinction across the globe, according to new research by scientists at Imperial College London and @rbgkew.bsky.social 🧵

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · May 5

📣 Imperial College Research Fellowships!

Prestigious 4yr fellowship

✔️ Salary from £48k
✔️ Up to £45k for research
✔️ A supportive, inclusive research environment
✔️ UK or international
✔️ <4 yrs post-PhD

Drop me a pm if you are interested in bee/microbe related research! tinyurl.com/mr3k5a93

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Mar 8

Women at Imperial celebrates the achievements of our staff, students and alumni, and raises awareness of support and initiatives across the university. Join us for Women at Imperial Week from 10–14 March 2025 with a series of events and workshops.
www.imperial.ac.uk/women-at-imp...

Women at Imperial

Women at Imperial is an annual event that takes place around International Women’s Day (8 March). Over the course of a week we celebrate female staff and students, past and present, and raise awarenes...

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Mar 6

Looking for a masters (MRes/Msci) in Ecological sciences? @imperiallifesci.bsky.social youtu.be/b9HAZsvBpm8?...

Postgraduate Study at Imperial | Ecology, Evolution and Conservation

YouTube video by Imperial College London

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · Dec 4

Please don't turn your lawn into plastic. Plastic grass reduces food & shelter for wildlife such as bees & butterflies; has a high carbon footprint; sheds micro-plastics which wash into our rivers and seas. Create a wildlife-friendly space instead. More bit.ly/3wE67P8 🐝

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Jan 3

if interested, drop me a message before 10th of January 2025! thank you! #bees #phdchat #academia #phd #parasites

Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Jan 3

General info on funding and eligibility etc. Candidates must be UK nationals (EU candidates with settled status in the UK may be considered), International students are not eligible. www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Jan 3

Funded PhD opportunity in the Graystock lab! If you are interested in pollinators, microbes, parasites and machine learning, please get in touch! - only a few days left to let me know! Whilst a project using the above is planned, im happy to adapt to the strengths of a candidate

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Dec 25

"Ants solving a geometric problem and it's amazing."

This is a great example of 'emergent phenomenon':
- None of the ants understand the problem they're solving.
- None of them can see the whole shape.
- A series of small decisions or rules add up to something with a new layer of complexity.

Otto Mas 🎙️ @ottomas.es · Dec 25

Son hormigas resolviendo un problema geométrico y es para flipar en colores.

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Dec 16

Nice to catch up with everyone at the #IUSSI conference in London today. A good representation from the lab too with some excellent student posters! With @nesbit-sci.bsky.social, Charlotte and Monika - I think it's also safe to say my phone camera has seen better days!

Miles Nesbit stood in front of his poster on trait contributions to fomite mediated pathogen transmission

Charlotte Fryday stood in front of her award winning poster on the design and application of apparatus to monitor flower mediated pathogen transmission

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Dan Davis @dandavis101.bsky.social · Nov 28

PhD studentships now available in all areas of Life Sciences at Imperial College London

www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

FindAPhD : Department of Life Sciences funded PhD studentships at Imperial College London

Apply for a PhD: Department of Life Sciences funded PhD studentships at Imperial College London

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Helen Todd @helenrambler.bsky.social · Nov 28

This Edinburgh Botanics light show installation is designed to illustrate mycelium networks. It’s almost as impressive in daylight as when lit up!

Frosty lawn with white cables on the ground illustrating mycelium networks

White cables around a tree illustrating mycelium networks

Night time view of illuminated cables to show mycelium networks around a tree

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Avery Russell @draverbee.bsky.social · Oct 24

Wondered how pollinator learning affects pollination for 🌺🌻🌼? More complex flowers 🌺🌻🌼 require more learning, and learning ⬆️pollen collection, but has NO effect on pollen transfer! New Behavioral Ecology pub from #RussellLab grad & undergrads; collab w/ Ashman Lab academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...

Learning to handle flowers increases pollen collection for bees but does not affect pollination success for plants

Pollinator learning often increases flower handling efficiency and food collection (e.g. pollen or nectar), but whether learning thereby reduces pollinatio

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Amanda Liczner, PhD @bumblebeehaviour.bsky.social · Nov 15

Did you know we can track the movements of bumble bees using radio technology? This research reveals fascinating insights into their behaviour across different landscapes and helps guide vital conservation efforts. 🧪🌎🐝

a bumble bee queen with a radio tag attached to the abdomen resting on my hand

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Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social · Nov 15

There's just something about bee mites that makes me feel uneasy! anyway - here's a picture of some poor bees at the end of a field experiment we ran (we hadn't considered mites in the design but they became an interesting part of the study!). Its amazing how many mites a single bee can carry!

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