Elegant study! Not surprised to see ant colonies recycle every bit of nutrients but indeed very cool that removal of the fluid is required for molting success & happy that our fire ants contributed-

If you are at #SICB2023 and want to see fire ants making pontoon bridges, come to the social behavior section tmr (Thursday) in the early morning ~

I have two funded positions for graduate students. Project #1. greenbeard effects in the fire ant (with Ken Ross and Jocelyn Millar) Project #2. cumulative culture in ant colonies (with Josep Call and Mathieu Charbonneau) For details, please see sasakilab.ecology.uga.edu/opportunities/…

Now I need to make my talk for ESA...

Jiayi (an artist) and I, in collaboration with fire ants and other forces of nature, had our first solo exhibit at the school of art at UGA, and check out our new website: gzstudio.org

Anyone else going to #EntSoc23 ? See my talk Monday to learn about my work with Daniel Kronauer about how clonal ants maintain viable genotypes! Pictured (left) is a rare haploid male next to a diploid female (right). Rare haploids helped us detect crossover recombination!

I’ll be talking at 3:45- and thanks for the invite!

Calling all grad students in N. America studying #ants, #bees, #wasps or #termites! We're accepting applications for Int Union for the Study of Social Insects - NAS Spring Research Awards, plus nominations for Best Student Paper on behavior/evolution in social arthropods. For more info: iussi.cyberbee.net/2024/03/iussi-…

Great opportunities for grad students who study social insects in NA!

I just learned of the two graduate students injured in a shooting during the Entomological Society of America Southeastern Branch meeting. Grad insurance is pretty awful and these are going to be big bills for these young people. Please help if you can. gofund.me/c538310f

IUSSI-NAS Spring Student Awards fund graduate students studying social insects🐝 Find details about these 4 awards here: iussi.cyberbee.net/2024/03/iussi-… Follow the links in the comments to find instructions and application details for each award! Applications due April 15th!⏱️ 🔁repost!!

Applications for student & postdoc travel awards due May 7th! Travel grants will support travel to Prescott, AZ for the 2024 IUSSI-NAS Breakout Meeting to be held August 5th - 9th. More details about the meeting here: iussi.cyberbee.net/iussi-2024/