Eloïse Ansermin
@phiddlesticks.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 she/her
PhD candidate, PEARG, University of Melbourne. Studying plant-insect-microbes interactions for a more sustainable agriculture.
PhD candidate, PEARG, University of Melbourne. Studying plant-insect-microbes interactions for a more sustainable agriculture.
Attack of the clones!!! Green peach aphids, Myzus persicae, under a microscope, aren't they cute? But they will come for your crops... beware! If you are having issues with rhem in your garden, think about releasing some beneficials: ladybirds, lacewings, or parasitoid wasps... no spray spring!!!
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Attack of the clones!!! Green peach aphids, Myzus persicae, under a microscope, aren't they cute? But they will come for your crops... beware! If you are having issues with rhem in your garden, think about releasing some beneficials: ladybirds, lacewings, or parasitoid wasps... no spray spring!!!
Aphid location on plants is something that inspired me for this study: doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
Pest behaviour is an underrated field that can help us better understand how to coexist with these animals without having to use broad spectrum pesticides that have serious consequences on our ecosystems.
Pest behaviour is an underrated field that can help us better understand how to coexist with these animals without having to use broad spectrum pesticides that have serious consequences on our ecosystems.
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Aphid location on plants is something that inspired me for this study: doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
Pest behaviour is an underrated field that can help us better understand how to coexist with these animals without having to use broad spectrum pesticides that have serious consequences on our ecosystems.
Pest behaviour is an underrated field that can help us better understand how to coexist with these animals without having to use broad spectrum pesticides that have serious consequences on our ecosystems.
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New paper led by @phiddlesticks.bsky.social shows how endosymbionts can affect aphid responses to predators
academic.oup.com/aesa/advance...
academic.oup.com/aesa/advance...
Changes in the behavior of Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in response to predators after transinfection with Rickettsiella (Legionellales: Coxiellaceae) endosymbionts
Abstract. Infection with endosymbionts can cause changes in the phenotype of their insect hosts, particularly for life-history traits such as fecundity and
academic.oup.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New paper led by @phiddlesticks.bsky.social shows how endosymbionts can affect aphid responses to predators
academic.oup.com/aesa/advance...
academic.oup.com/aesa/advance...
Fieldwork in Australia means unexpected encounters.... it looks soft and the voices in my head go: pet it!
September 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Fieldwork in Australia means unexpected encounters.... it looks soft and the voices in my head go: pet it!
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NEW PREPRINT on Aedes vigilax - the Australian saltmarsh mosquito.
This mosquito can fly great distances, but there's more to this than initially meets the eye
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This mosquito can fly great distances, but there's more to this than initially meets the eye
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Populations of the Australian saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax vary between panmixia and temporally stable local genetic structure
Pest management programs can operate more effectively when movement patterns of target species are known. As individual insects are difficult to track, genomic data can instead be used to infer moveme...
www.biorxiv.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
NEW PREPRINT on Aedes vigilax - the Australian saltmarsh mosquito.
This mosquito can fly great distances, but there's more to this than initially meets the eye
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This mosquito can fly great distances, but there's more to this than initially meets the eye
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#womeninSTEM trading cards #1000portraits
1️⃣-6️⃣0️⃣ portraits are now available as collectible cards including @valmasdel.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social @tanialouis.fr @elisabethbik.bsky.social @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
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1️⃣-6️⃣0️⃣ portraits are now available as collectible cards including @valmasdel.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social @tanialouis.fr @elisabethbik.bsky.social @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
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January 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#womeninSTEM trading cards #1000portraits
1️⃣-6️⃣0️⃣ portraits are now available as collectible cards including @valmasdel.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social @tanialouis.fr @elisabethbik.bsky.social @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
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1️⃣-6️⃣0️⃣ portraits are now available as collectible cards including @valmasdel.bsky.social @docteur-drey.bsky.social @tanialouis.fr @elisabethbik.bsky.social @nucleosomepolice.bsky.social
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Reposted by Eloïse Ansermin
This and the accompanying academic paper are helpful www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/01/1...
Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone
This is the first time the carbon emissions caused by using an AI model for different tasks have been calculated.
www.technologyreview.com
December 26, 2024 at 2:18 AM
This and the accompanying academic paper are helpful www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/01/1...
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Ever wondered how life history impacts an organism energy reserves?
Well check our latest preprint below
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Turns out, the presence of certain energetic shifts is a stronger predictor of survival!
#EvoSky #MicroSky
Well check our latest preprint below
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Turns out, the presence of certain energetic shifts is a stronger predictor of survival!
#EvoSky #MicroSky
Energetic shifts predict the mortality of Anopheles gambiae
Life history theory predicts that resource allocation adapts to ecological and evolutionary pressures. We investigated resource and energy dynamics in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae after exposu...
www.biorxiv.org
December 16, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Ever wondered how life history impacts an organism energy reserves?
Well check our latest preprint below
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Turns out, the presence of certain energetic shifts is a stronger predictor of survival!
#EvoSky #MicroSky
Well check our latest preprint below
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Turns out, the presence of certain energetic shifts is a stronger predictor of survival!
#EvoSky #MicroSky
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Happy birthday #Wolbachia! Still so many mysteries to uncover! #symbiosky
Happy 100th Birthday #Wolbachia! This "Mother of all Microbes" is in the bright spotlight at The Scientist www.the-scientist.com/wolbachia-tu...
Wolbachia Turns 100: The Journey of a Triumphant Endosymbiont
In a century, Wolbachia has gone from a master reproductive manipulator to a partner in the fight against pathogens, exemplifying how a microbe can shape hosts and diseases.
www.the-scientist.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Happy birthday #Wolbachia! Still so many mysteries to uncover! #symbiosky
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A complete DNA repair system assembled by two endosymbionts restores heat tolerance of the insect host from Ling et al.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SymbioSky
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SymbioSky
www.pnas.org
December 12, 2024 at 1:01 AM
A complete DNA repair system assembled by two endosymbionts restores heat tolerance of the insect host from Ling et al.
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SymbioSky
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#SymbioSky
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We are now keenly seeking LBAM (lightbrown apple moth) from around Melbourne. If you have an apple tree, or a grapevine, please take a look and see if you can see moth damage and webbing. We are after live larvae.
Some good reference images here - www.wineaustralia.com/growing-maki...
Some good reference images here - www.wineaustralia.com/growing-maki...
December 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM
We are now keenly seeking LBAM (lightbrown apple moth) from around Melbourne. If you have an apple tree, or a grapevine, please take a look and see if you can see moth damage and webbing. We are after live larvae.
Some good reference images here - www.wineaustralia.com/growing-maki...
Some good reference images here - www.wineaustralia.com/growing-maki...
Reposted by Eloïse Ansermin
Reposted by Eloïse Ansermin
Did you know that the presence of #Pseudomonas spp. in the water bodies where #Anopheles mosquitoes grow can increase their resistance to #insecticide? 🦟 🦠 Curious? Check our paper below! :)
rdcu.be/d1UmA
#MicroSky #SymbioSky #EvoSky
rdcu.be/d1UmA
#MicroSky #SymbioSky #EvoSky
Exposure to Pseudomonas spp. increases Anopheles gambiae insecticide resistance in a host-dependent manner
Scientific Reports - Exposure to Pseudomonas spp. increases Anopheles gambiae insecticide resistance in a host-dependent manner
rdcu.be
November 30, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Did you know that the presence of #Pseudomonas spp. in the water bodies where #Anopheles mosquitoes grow can increase their resistance to #insecticide? 🦟 🦠 Curious? Check our paper below! :)
rdcu.be/d1UmA
#MicroSky #SymbioSky #EvoSky
rdcu.be/d1UmA
#MicroSky #SymbioSky #EvoSky
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Exciting news: our lab has just received funding to undertake more research into new approaches for controlling agricultural pest insects
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/2024/1...
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/2024/1...
GRDC MEDIA RELEASE: – PEARG
blogs.unimelb.edu.au
November 19, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Exciting news: our lab has just received funding to undertake more research into new approaches for controlling agricultural pest insects
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/2024/1...
blogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/2024/1...
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The Pest and Environmental Adaptation Research Group (PEARG) led by Ary Hoffmann is now on Bluesky @pearg.bsky.social!
November 21, 2024 at 1:07 AM
The Pest and Environmental Adaptation Research Group (PEARG) led by Ary Hoffmann is now on Bluesky @pearg.bsky.social!