During our annual pilgrimage to Kraków, I finally paid my respects to Józef Poniatowski, a leading and inspiring figure during the Napoleonic era. Three days before his death in 1813, he was made a Marshal of the French Empire for his achievements during the battle of Leipzig

This has been a most engaging summer read, excellent bio by Walter Isaacson. The book explores all of Franklin's interests and outlines how Franklin helped shape the American character.

We have found that a strain of Rickettsia, common symbionts of insects, induces cytoplasmic incompatibility in a predatory bug. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Some people get dry skin and wrinkles while ageing. Similar is kind of true for #phasmids. But in case of stick #insects, this plays a role for their #biomechanics.

The 16th Plant-Herbivore Interaction Gordon Research Conference (Feb. 9-14, 2025) that I'm chairing hasn't yet started to review applicants (that will happen in Fall 2024), BUT you **can** apply now! We are capped at 200 people and 52 have applied already: grc.org/plant-herbivor…

For the color nerds, egg lovers, or anyone who enjoys a good evolutionary mystery—join me at #ICE2024 on Monday 11:30 (Room C-2) for my egg-citing talk: ‘From Camouflage to Thermoregulation: Multiple selection pressures shape the reflectance of Stick and Leaf insect eggs.’

I'm thrilled to announce that I've just started a new position as a leader of the Comparative Invertebrate Zoology group Institute of Evolutionary Biology UW. Thanks to funding from NAWA Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange I will keep working on my beloved catenulids. You can find more details here: bit.ly/3AOoCad

the most incredible special effect in jurassic park is samuel l jackson’s ability to seamlessly deliver this 20 seconds of techsposition mumbo jumbo all while keeping a cigarette barely hanging out of his mouth

I had a wonderful time at #PEC2024 Great poster sessions and some inspiring talks - a very welcoming group of evolutionary biologists!

Out now CR in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases our methodological study "Xenodiagnosis in the wild: A methodology to investigate infectiousness for tick-borne bacteria in a songbird reservoir" doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv…

convinced that every new bioinformatician is traumatised by .gff3 at least once, if not more.

We are accepting applications to the Plant-Herbivore Interaction Gordon Research Conference Feb. 9-14 in Pomona, CA (and Gordon Research Symposium for early career folks). **Please apply soon** -- we are limited to 200 participants: grc.org/plant-herbivor…. Please retweet!

Mooie recensie in humo, dat de briefwisseling tussen Jeroen Brouwers en Geert van Oorschot 'niets minder dan een jaloersmakend meesterstuk' noemt. 'Misschien is geluk wel niet meer dan, eens in je hele leven, één volle maand achter elkaar niet al te ongelukkig te zijn geweest.'

#EarlyView #OriginalArticle on iridescence in stick insect eggs Learn how structural and chemical analysis by Debruyn Gerben and coauthors revealed thin-film interference as the key to the vibrant colors⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/phen.1… Wiley Ecology & Evolution Royal Entomological Society

Having kept parrots for their stunning coloration for many years makes it especially exciting to have a played a small part in this amazing project that uncovered the mechanisms for red and yellow hues variation 🦜

マダニの科学　ハダニの科学買いました。 初代ポケモンみたいな配色。

Guest seminar by Nick Wybouw from 4:30pm on December 10, TUAT Fuchu Campus and Zoom! tuat-global.jp/event/9704/

ERATO Evolving Symbiosis Seminar (34) by Nicky Wybouw "How Wolbachia symbionts spread within haplodiploid mites" 11 Dec 16:00 JST~ forms.office.com/Pages/Response… #symbiosis #evolution #seminar

Great welcome by the Suzuki lab. Exciting science and a lot of mite talk. Deeply enjoyed the visit!