Job Alert! 🚨 Cornell is looking for a Research Support Specialist for the chemical ecology core facility. Apply if you have expertise in chromatography/mass spectrometry & are Interested in a research-oriented position that interfaces with academic & non-academic folks!

Thanks sooo much to Entomological Society of America for supporting entomologists that are also caregivers. This is so encouraging! 🦋🐞🐝🪰

Maternity is a main cause of women leaving an academic career. We propose 10 measures to better support mother scientists (and caregivers in general) and promote a more diverse, productive and inclusive system: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a… 🧵👇

Job op: Dr. Jon Koch and I at USDA are looking for a postdoc to lead a project in which we seek to develop non-lethal bee survey methods for monitoring bees in CA refuges. We'd like to get apps by the end of the month. Please spread the word and apply.

MIGRATION ALERT: More than 600 MILLION birds predicted for tonight! Given the tragic mass window collisions in Chicago (see our previous post), it's an important time to dim nonessential outdoor lights at night & make your windows safer for birds: birdcast.info/science-to-act…

If you've never seen a baby ant's heartbeat- now you have! 🐜

Come check out all the awesome talks members of the Poveda Lab are giving at #EntSoc23! We're excited to see you all 🪲🐞🐛🪰🐝🐞

The Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ) is a tool to estimate pesticide risk for humans and non-target organisms. If you want to learn more about it, join us for a virtual symposium on Nov 29th. Multiple companies are going to show how they use the tool. cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55…

On my way to ESA, first time leaving these two cuties on their own. 🥰😬🐞🐝🪰🦋. Be patient with me if I am socially awkward.

Why does landscape matter for IPM? Short article on the topic. Thanks to Northeastern IPM Ctr for the opportunity. northeastipm.org/about-us/publi…

New bee-friendly restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides in New York … and a barrier to further progress on this topic in the USA. Some examples and thoughts on how disinformation is currently obscuring evidence-based pesticide policies. blogs.cornell.edu/mcartlab/files…

Las grietas en el piso del edificio que alberga el Museo de Historia Natural - Universidad Nacional y el Instituto de Ciencias Naturales - UNAL de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia

La #SierraNevada no es solo de Santa Marta La Nevada queda en el Cesar, por las lagunas glaciares Guatapurí arriba Marta, la santa, es una superstición impuesta por los conquistadores y su religión judeocristiana La Sierra no es de Santa Marta para ninguna etnia

What’s the buzz with insect bioacoustics? 🐝 This systematic review of automated bioacoustics models shows how novel machine learning algorithms can be used to monitor critically important insects of ecological and societal concern around the world 📊 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Getting ready for the apple blossom in NYS. We will investigate which pesticides are potential hazards for pollinators @NYSIPM. We are setting up nests to obtain pollen provisions from cavity nesting bees. 🌸🌸🌸

Expeditions can be hard to maneuver as a mother & scientist. Intense & exciting to have my essay published in The New York Times exploring how Expeditions can be an Academic Act of Defiance Mapping fungi w/family SPUN New York Times Opinion: tinyurl.com/5adc5cwf (photo 2011, Kenya)

New study! We demonstrate a transatlantic flight for Vanessa cardui butterflies. An incredible feat for insects! Read the full paper here: nature.com/articles/s4146… #insectmigration #butterflymigration #PhyloMigrationLab Institut Botànic de Barcelona CSIC

We just finished a major update of the EIQ values and created an EIQ User Guide!!! (The EIQ is a web-based calculation designed to estimate potential pesticide risk for workers, consumers, and non-target organisms). @NYSIPM cals.cornell.edu/new-york-state…

Estamos encantados de anunciar la creación de la Reserva La Cristalina, una impresionante selva tropical de casi 265 hectáreas en la región del Alto Sinú, al noroeste de Colombia. 🦅 bit.ly/4ecHsGl Audubon América Latina y El Caribe Birds Canada #RNLaCristalina #ConservaAves