Saskya van Nouhuys
@saskyavn.bsky.social
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Population & community ecology, and anything about parasitoids. Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, India. Lab website: https://www.saskyavn.blog.
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Bluesky intro: I am a population & community ecologist. I used to work on spatial population & community ecology & behavior of parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary in FI. Since moving to India my lab also works on the parasitoid community of Rutaceae (Citrus), biocontrol, and grassland ecology.
Papilio caterpillar on the stem of a citrus plant
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behaviour2025.bsky.social
Prof. Rohini Balakrishnan presented the #Behaviour2025 plenary talk on the topic of signals, mate-finding & mate choice: the importance of spatial context

@CES_IISc

#plenarytalk
#scienceconference
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MSU Plant Bio is hiring a new herbarium director! Our herbarium is a wonderful resource on campus and I'm excited to have the opportunity to make it even better by bringing in a new director. Details here: plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
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anurag-asclepias.bsky.social
Pollinator facilitation between florally contrasting species of Asteraceae - fabulous thesis chapter from Xuening (Shirley) Zhang

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Figure of rayed and discoid species of Bidens from the publication
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As an United statesian academic working and living in India, the content of this article is what I hear discussed around me every day these days. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...
World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts
www.nytimes.com
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IndiaDST invites applications under VAIshwik BHArtiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Fellowship for collaboration between scientists of Indian Diaspora with Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), Universities and Research Labs.
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anurag-asclepias.bsky.social
I have created a feed "plant insect ecology" for posts on the biology, ecology, evolution, & natural history of plants & insects... to post, simply include #plant-insect. Please post images, opportunities, academic articles w/ links, etc.

DM w/ suggestions, it will take some days to optimize
Tall saguaro cactus
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Open Day 2025 at IISc! CES was packed with members of the public, student groups and neighbors exploring ecology and Evolution, and the PoCo Eco lab activities were great!
crowd doing insect puzzles and looking at Lepidoptera Crowd playing an interactive game about pollination and seed dispersal Group photo of PoCoEco lab Crowd playing an educational computer game about parasitoid wasp venom
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vishuguttal.bsky.social
Fundamentals of Ecology Course has now begun and is now running via NPTEL! The course is taught by various faculty of
@iiscbangalore
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The course covers broad topics in Ecology; prerequisites, free & is open for all!

preview: onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p...

Reg last date~27th Jan.
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That is a sad story Anurag! I am sorry it happened and I really hope who ever has them is able to take care of them.
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Several faculty of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc have put together an online course on Fundamentals of Ecology, to be offered via NPTEL platform from Jan 2025.

Check here for more details:

onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_ge14/p...
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Here is a link to an exciting collection of 14 new review articles in Current Opinions in Insect Science on "Parasitoid Biology in the Anthropocene" edited by Editors: R.M. Borges, R. Venkatesan and S. van Nouhuys.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Message me if you want PDFs you can't access.
A parasitoid wasp, Hyposoter horticola, parasitizing eggs of the butterfly Melitaea cinxia.
saskyavn.bsky.social
Bluesky intro: I am a population & community ecologist. I used to work on spatial population & community ecology & behavior of parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary in FI. Since moving to India my lab also works on the parasitoid community of Rutaceae (Citrus), biocontrol, and grassland ecology.
Papilio caterpillar on the stem of a citrus plant
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I would like to be added to the meta community starter pack!