New blog online! The Great Gypsy Moth War ; a story about hairy caterpillars and big jawed beetles. science-explained.com/blog/2018/06/1… #beetle #moth #pests

How to express sympathy to a scientist. #digitalhealth C. Michael Gibson MD Daniel Kraft, MD

Paper was rejected, apparently 'never read the comments' doesn't apply in peer review.. #peerreview

For the first time ever an insect has demonstrated learning abilities beyond anyone’s expectation

My list of deceased beetles, looks awfully colorful doesn't it. Pattern = coincidence

My students like to see if I'm paying attention when I read their proposals. This one very much improved my day.

"The woman from the ‘slow line’, however, would be pregnant for 48 weeks!" - new project update online! science-explained.com/projects/ #selection

She spend so much time on her back that it left its mark. #things you can say about a beetle but not about your wife.

If I wouldn't turn them back over, they would do this until they die... #tenebrio

Maurijn van der Zee, evolutionary biologist LeidenBiology , received the National Zoology Award universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2016/1….

New post: Jumping gene turns snake white(r) - by Suzanne Saenko science-explained.com/blog/2017/02/0… #cornsnake #colorpattern #transposon

New project online: "Dutchifying beetles"! You don't have to check it, but it does include a 3d beetle! @Ontogenie science-explained.com/projects/

If they win, they'll sequence the Bombardier beetle! (should've called it the Explosive Butt Beetle) goo.gl/YOhe5G #genome #PacBio

New update on 'Dutchifying beetles'; do big beetles make big beetles? and is color heritable? Find out now! science-explained.com/projects/

March for science Jena, Germany. #marchforscience

Think you can guess which of the 2 is from the orange-selected line and which from the black-selected line? More on: science-explained.com/projects/

Insect can apparently taste with their legs, want to know more? Read our guest post by Dr. Stefan Pentzold: science-explained.com/blog/2017/07/0…

Entomology joke #104

Look at that difference in color, after only 3 generations of selection! New update and more info at science-explained.com/dutchifying-be… #selection

Old school supplies @ the Max Planck office supply room. Don't think there are computers left that could use them..