A study from Daniel Kronauer's lab shows that a newly discovered “social fluid” appears to unite ant colonies across developmental stages into one superorganism. #RockefellerScience rockefeller.edu/news/33214-ant…

My latest story for National Geographic, inspired by a nature paper about something ant pupae have done for ages without ever being caught by myrmecologists, featuring among others Daniel Kronauer, Susanne Foitzik & @[email protected] aka Adria LeBoeuf! nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

Some more press coverage on the study by Orli Snir. Here’s a Brazilian take in Folha - thanks to Rodrigo Feitosa for the perspective and kind words: www1.folha.uol.com.br/amp/ciencia/20… Viviane Callier 柯蔚文 in The Scientist: the-scientist.com/news-opinion/a… And here’s the NYT: nytimes.com/2022/11/30/sci…

@ctaylsaurus my last two brain cells calculating how much ant milk must exist if there are 20 quadrillion ants

This week the lab celebrated a cast of unlikely heroes: ant pupae! Here are two photos of Lasius ants tending to their pupae inside their subterranean nests in Woodstock, NY. In these species, pupae are enclosed in silken cocoons.

In many ant species, the pupae are “naked”, i.e., not enclosed in cocoons. The left image shows a nest chamber of the acrobat ant Crematogaster lineolata, the right that of Tetramorium immigrans.

The World War of the Ants is claiming millions of lives every day. But straight-up war is not the only way. Some species practice slavery, the most extreme division of labour. Today, we're looking at Polyergus, the most intense of the slaver ant tribes: kgs.link/SlaverAnts

This was an interesting read: haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Sorry, too excited to not brag a little: clonal raider ants are on the cover of Nature 🤓 Orli Snir Rockefeller University nature.com/nature/volumes…

Contamination in your #microbiome data? SCRuB it out!! SCRuB is our new decontamination method for #microbiome data, out today Nature Biotechnology. Wonderful collaboration w/ @tkorem, led by the talented George Austin. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Researchers tell Vivien Marx🐘📬⛅️ about care-taking of young plants, ants, mice, zebrafish, cichlids, cephalopods. Includes: Ash Parker, K. Slanchev, Baier lab MPI for Biological Intelligence, Carrie Albertin Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Orli Snir Daniel Kronauer nature.com/articles/s4159…

#Throwback to Ant Course 2022 in Vietnam We are currently 52 days away from Ant Course 2023 in Papua New Guinea! If you have attended an Ant Course before please comment a favorite memory you have from it 🐜

This paper is far too cool to be in Cell. Did they steal it off the Current Biology editor's desk? doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…

An algorithm developed in part by Liat Shenhav, dubbed SCRuB, can distinguish native bacteria and viruses from contaminants—a powerful tool for researchers working with the microbiome. #RockefellerScience rockefeller.edu/news/34179-new…

Our first neurogenetic study of ants survived peer review and just appeared OA in its final form Cell Cell Press: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…. Taylor & team Rockefeller University created the first transgenic ants and identified a sensory hub for alarm behavior. 1/8

Congratulations, Ana Badimon!

Thank you Rockefeller University

Congratulations, Rachel! Great work!

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Way to go Orli Snir! Orli, of Daniel Kronauer's lab, has been named a 2023 #STATWunderkinds by STAT for her discovery of ant "milk" that unites ant colonies across developmental stages. Learn more here: statnews.com/wunderkinds-20…