So happy to have been part of #CNIE 2023, held in Palermo. Here’s a pic of the last day, in Parco Delle #Madonie, right before the rain stopped an exciting entomological hiking.

Since the discovery of CRISPR-Cas systems, people have wondered if a similar type of system exists in eukaryotes. Today, we report in nature the characterization of Fanzor, a eukaryotic RNA-guided system that can be reprogrammed for human genome editing. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Here we are covered by Outside JEB, a monthly feature that reports the most exciting developments in experimental biology by Journal of Experimental Biology : Aphids host, parasitic wasps mix venom cocktails journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/22…

In our new study we estimate that soils harbour 59% of the global biodiversity and are the most species rich habitat on Earth. Over 500 million species/ taxa are associated to soil. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… @MAnthony02; S. Franz Bender; @uzh_en; @Agroscope; WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social

In 1997, at the age of 27, Matt Damon won his first Academy Award for Best Screenplay (“Good Will Hunting”). After Damon won the Oscar, he went home, sat down on his sofa, and looked at the award. As he looked at it, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a heartbreaking thought:

The ant we would not have liked to discover: the fire ant Solenopsis invicta arrived in Europe! Check out our article just published in Current Biology: tinyurl.com/yc63tzz2 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.… #IAS #invasive #ant

In almeno 8 articoli scientifici firmati da Orazio Schillaci, per validare i risultati sono state utilizzate immagini non pertinenti, riciclate da ricerche diverse o addirittura modificate. Il ministro a il manifesto che lo ha scoperto: «mi sono fidato» #14settembre

Oviposition fluids from adult wasps mediate interspecific competition between parasitoid larvae: doi.org/10.1111/een.13… #OpenAccess #Parasitoids #InterspecificCompetition

That's a keen eye, Pensoft!😜 👌Browse ❗️57 (and counting!) scientific outputs by EcoStack🇪🇺 👉doi.org/10.3897/rio.co… Since 2018, 24 partners have been working towards #sustainable crop production via stacking & protection of functional #biodiversity. #ecosystemservices

🚨New paper🚨 So excited our research into the impacts of landscape-scale pesticide exposure on bee health is published in nature. Huge thanks to my co-1st author Jess Knapp and MajRundlof and all in PoshBee Project The paper: shorturl.ac/7cckv What’s this all about? 🧵

🌾 Exciting findings from our latest research in the Po Valley! 🐛 Discover how soil invertebrate communities vary across different habitats, shedding light on the impact of intensive farming practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services. #SoilBiodiversity #Agroecology

Someone used DALL-E to create gobbledygook scientific figures and submitted them to Frontiers Journal. And guess what? The editor published it. LOL frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Although aphids are known for their weak immune response, the venom of the parasitic wasp Aphidius ervi interferes with melanization, promoting parasitization success. Check out our brand new study now! #immunosuppression #parasitoid #hostinteraction 🐞 doi.org/10.1111/eea.13…

Announcing AlphaFold 3: our state-of-the-art AI model for predicting the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules. 🧬 Here’s how we built it with Isomorphic Labs and what it means for biology. 🧵 dpmd.ai/3URDiNo

Our last work uncovered key gaps in the immune gene repertoire of soft scale #insects (Coccidae). By exploring omics data, we identified missing #immune components of these plant-sap feeders, which are important #pests of crops and forestry ecosystems. mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/9…

New insights from salivary components used by honey bee mites to feed in their hosts. These can be useful targets for dsRNA-based strategies of Varroa control. Our last research effort on this issue: doi.org/10.1111/imb.12…

Freshly-submitted exciting work by our former phD student, dr. Gennaro Volpe (now @GiusepSaccone Lab). Check out how interfering with insect gut nucleases helps increasing #dsRNA pesticides efficacy against #medfly! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

#OpenAccess #EarlyView Andrea Becchimanzi and colleagues identified crucial salivary components in the Varroa destructor mite that impact honey bee health, revealing potential RNAi targets to combat this major threat to beekeeping doi.org/10.1111/imb.12… Royal Entomological Society Wiley Ecology & Evolution

Check out the latest #OpenAccess buzz🐝 Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a major honey bee killer. Becchimanzi et al. show DWV modulates the host ArgK through transcriptional regulation and identify host proteins that may serve as therapeutic targets. bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…